■&ÎS» Friday Night Kiddies' Play "The Seasons •ff' Libfnrr 9 9 t * p* 1 • * r •* i j * . ' s ** ? ■ *~ VOLUME SS. NUMBERS?. BELT. MONTANA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER EL wusm -^OE 12.80 PER TEAR IN ABVANCM im COASTING ON CASTNER HILL IS DANGEROUS Coasting has been a favorite ! People in Michigan or low« would wonder why a state like Montana is wofolly short of good hills for coast ing. A state half full of mountains ought to have a surplus of. hills There are some elsewhere in the ete. but the boys and girls of Belt h.« Si.s. sS MS-Ä* .X0.pt a. poblic So far there have been no very ,__ serious accidents as the boys coast Aiwn hill through the main street of the town but there have been num amusement among the boys and girls of Belt ever since the first snowfall. cmas miraculous escapes. It waits upon the proper grouping of autos and coal wagons to make a tragedy. One boy waa thrown from the middle of the street to the sidewalk as he struck a car backing out. Two boys ran into a post on the upper Great Falls grads. One o* the boys hurt his leg severely, the other broke a rib. The state papers have already chronicled the death of threa children in the state from coasting accidents. In each case the coaster has ran Into or under an auto. In every case no blamç has been at tached to the driver of the car. The Castaer street hill with its blind tore at the bottom is not a safe place for coasting. ! m Belt beat Centerville 18 to 8 at the'f auditorium Saturday night Follow- J ing the game tfhe teams partook an appetizing supper prepared by the Freshmen class. The boys, who si-1 ways eat sparingly before a game, enjoyed the spread to the utmost and their appetites enabled them to do ; full justice to the food. Later the> 1 This game, the first of the season J for the Belt team who had played to ' gether for a few nights only was . aatisfactory although still more play wlfl smooth out the rough spots, cor* Bell Wins First danred for an hour. xect errors in play, and make a more finished team. Howard Lease of* ville tallied six from sixteen at fed to Lelsnd who was high scorer. In the second half the team still con ( tinued to feed to him although V wav'covered by two »guards The first quarter ended 6 to 3, the second quarter raised Belt's total to 18, Le-, land getting 3 baskets. Centerville adding one point on a foul. In the last half Gossack made one field basket, Leland, Johnson and Jewell 1 each annexed one point by the foul route, making their total 18. Center ville adding 4 points on free throws bringing their score to 8. | The second half was slow with the' -visitors playing a fierce guarding game and Belt apparently unable to. rf Leland (12) Johnson (3) Remington (0) tempts. During the first half the Belt team break through the defense. The teams were : Simonis (0) Goasa r.i (2) rg Hafcharick (0), Jewell (l) Belt has a nice string of subs who be Those Ibe Belt Centerville Lindsay (1) Butch (1) if Motil (6) c Lingle (0) Oimmings (0) Aracne (0) are coming on fast and will available later jn the season not already mentioned are Cody, Florek and Bodner. . Games are as follows with achedule not complete. (Con, on last pag«*-) 1 Belt versus Basketball j MISS R Y A N ENTERT AINS Thursday evening was so storm) that it prevented two af the rural teachers of this district from attend ing the - dinner given by Miss Rya n and her department to the teachers and to the trustees. The two sheen tees were Misses Sophie Miller and; Lillian Servoss. The hostess and the girls in the science department re ceived m * ny fUtterin * word8 of *P prec | at,on of 1116 cookery and the * ervicc - There -were a lot of good thin * fl to after which came a few short ulk » *>y trustees and teachers and the party adjourned to the gymnasium -where they watched Isri^as ^ ml*** «volutions. -pictures T A | I O AHTlOTO | HLLO fill 110 I 0 DELIGHT CROWD omest * c _ Only half a house were present si the auditorium on Friday evening to enjoy the program rendered by the Great Falls Symphony Orchestra the direction of Prof. R. A. Keyes. Most of those in attendance en rendered that even the smallest cbjUd sat raptly listening. All regrettée the inability of Mrs. Lyfoid to give 'her number owing to illness. TV round applause and seemed to be a avor ite throughout the evening, the;^ audience especially enjoying the of'ceifo with which Mrs. Wadsworth the piano and Mr. Cramer at the violin played in perfect accord. The evening was delightfully spent and even the radto fans who. w hn e professing to be' bored by symphony orchestras, were stilt present, yielded to the spell of live performances and paid the visitors many compliments. Pro f. Keyes is to be congratulated upon th e technique and harmony of the aggregation. ' Joyed the music and, but for the whispering and play which broke out occasionally among a small portion of the students present, there would have been nothing to mar their pleasure. The hi outside and two < sard was howling the cars bringing musicians were late so that the pro gram did not start until nearly nine o'clock. The overture was so excellently - of* Äiii _ ..... . IIIM MISS THIS 8cree n adaption of "The Cohens sno Kellys," adheres closely to the ori ginal of Aaron Hoffman's famous gU gs p Uy, "The two Blocks Away." No J of the delectable humor of the play has been lost in Unlvereal's tBm verafoÄ whh*h nms at PHhtaa Theatre Friday and Saturday, Dec. 17 and l8 . The plot has been pro served an d the choicest lines of the p i ay have been Incorporated onto the screen in the fkjrm of sub-titles. 1 Furthermore, thecast is one thaï could never be equalled on the stage. With an all-star cast the picture features Charles Murray, the father | of a ll comedians who started in ths mov ie 8 16 years ago- George Sidney a n actor of unusual'ability and a lifetime of experience, and Vera Gordon, the f.mou-s mother of "Humoresque" who has been on the 'stage since she was 12. Kate Price. another. veteran, has an important ro i e with this cast and a gripping story, Harry Pollard, the director, has turned out one of the big hits 0 f the year. Much praise is due Pollard for the adaption which he d j d himself. The tymantic interest in the stör» Is contributed by Jason Robards and Olive Hasbrouck. about whose fovt They ■seem perfectly cast. Another in-! cident to the play's action is the sod den inheritance of $1,000,000 by the of the big affair the action revolves. Jewish family. , «Ma IttMUNl t t tr* VIt t >!»*»£■ 5 DEPARTMENT 5 Em S t NEWS GATH- | ER HD FROM = EVERY EDITED BT PUPILS OP i BELT I HIGH SCHOOL 19 j| ' " • j • S n(||||||||HmilllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllHlltlllllillHllilllillllllllillllllilllllllllllllr = -—" REPORT OF ANNUAL STAFF | Accordinir reDort of the editor jn chief Ruth Jennin(r8 »ad «k business manager Leslie Jewell the Annual, satisfactory progress wn. •«. a. .™»i for Th« .t.B,u.. m b«r. .un»t .tot natures nf the different, organ oi me uuierem inations be taken as soon after the first of the year as possible, flash . , light» being recommended when pos sible. The cover design of the an nual, has been selected. Also the panel for the senior class. Tha ad vertising section of the annual shows the interest of the local business men in this desirable school pubh cation is the report of Jay La land the assistant business manger. LITTLE THEATRE TOURNEY PLAN All accredited high schawls will ha permitted to compete. Rules govern* ing all other contestants will also apply to those mitering the play con tost. Each school will be aThrwsd U. enter DOe more th,n on * P 1 **- ,nd ft be restricted to 46 minutm Priie * wUI be awarded by the Mon tan. M«*juers. state university dre w "' payment of ell expense# to 6 meet of the cast . the personnel not exceed five persona. Second ri *e of I 20 W ^1 be presented by the state university. Medals will be riven to the best actor and actress i A print of $10 will be presented by TV Frontier, state nniverstty Eng bsh department literary mag asi ne , tv the high school pupil writing the best Original one-aft play. It ia the pl»n of the Belt High School to pge P* 1 " 6 • end contestants to this now fratnre of next spring's program of interscholastk events. H. 8. NOTES Car! Click, director of d ram a tics at the state university announces a ona act play contest to be held to connection with the state Inter scholastic track and field mrat ; -- ^ EDITORIAL Times. The second six weeks section two took H up. With this haue of the paper our work is finished .and the High School Chat will be turned over to junior. We freshmen hope gbcerely that they can do letter than we hare. We wish them .ucc*,, _ SOCIAL _ _ „ .... 71,6 Economics das« gave f »cboolboard and faculty dinno j ,a8t Thursday qgening. Those pre ; ,ent wer * the * chooIÎK,ard and * be,r wive8 ' ^ facu L lty> and M,s8 Edna Burrows, teacher of _ Lower Belt ~ The dinner wa " aa 0,iv * 8 ' bak * d P 01 * ch °P # - ma " hed P otatoe » and P«"* **•*«<» almonds, «nn.mon apples, candied sweet po teto Williamson, Louise John-. , On Friday DecemVr 17th a P'*? "W be given in the Auditorium by the of th ® * About IS Saturday night Prank S Smith and another man .from Lewie town passed through town in a Big Six Stud«baker Brougham. In the bliisard they missed the Great Falk road at the head of the grade and continued on the Tiger Butte to a point near the Roman ranch where the machine caught fire from aonu unknown cause and the entire car; con I back to above the running gear sumed. The men walked town and tried to get garage men U> j go back after the wreck but were un successful. On Tuesday it was brought in sno | is still at the Pioneer Garage. The car seem j to have been utterly ruinea tw s ^1" " ** did not burn. GRAPE PIONEER LEAVES WORK Laat Wednesday occurred the not unexpected death of Andrew Moselle an ol time resident of Belt, in a Great Falls hospital. Fbr some months he has bean scarcely able to get around and a few weeks ago became so III that be sent to Bear Creek for Mrs. Mory Moselle, widow of his son. Andrew, cmm * immediately aad who has been bare ince thta time. The unarm! was held In Gnat.Falls un Tuesday of this week Two sons Mr. Moselle was an Italian and was best known because of hir st WmpU to wise grapes in this Vicln , U)uifip and t "* r * "• and waa successful ht producing grapse in small quantities. Old ago on he gave up ranching and ntJn(j ^ a cabjn ROt Ur (nm the nrfnfln * : d t e e he pa era tha last tan years of his life. There, too. ha was successful in raising grapes and it was a beautiul sight to ^ hanging full of clusters vouncer OI " nm n *° ™ man there is no question but that He could bare developed • grape that of the deceased. Araoe and Edward Moselle Streator, Illinois, ware In attendance. ls, couW u m «tured ia Montana. ,•„> innfiF mfirs llfiw ^ December 11th W. H. Judge-elect of the 8th Judicial Die trict, took office, Judge Cowley re tiring. , t {g rather unuatui ) for Btr of f| cer |to assume the duties of hi. office before the term of his predecessor exp |ra a This is due to the fact that [judge Cowley was appointed to fill u vaca ncy or until his successor was eIected and oua lified. . 'nnointnH n,.dl«v . mnnv PP . _ / L„ n fv fK JJ? nreviouslv held bv A A P y Dy A ' A -- [GREETINGS TO THE REBORN GRANGE ■ ;— The Wayne Grange, after a period i ( 'f inactivity hax been revived and will function again wth headquarters at Fife where they will mpet on ak ternate Fridays. The newly elected officers are. Master, Clark Bumgar ner; Overseer. Ed I«ason; Steward, Clarence Bumgarner; Lecturer, Mrs. Lester Howard; Assistant Steward, E. F. Finn- Gh*pl*i» r -Mra. Clarà-^Wr Bumgarner; Sec.-Treas., Guy Porter; fia te -Keeper. Ted Porter; Geres. Mrs. Guy Porter; Pomono, Mrs. Clarence Bumgarner; Flora. Mrs. Ed Larson; iLady Assistant Steward. Helen Stew ur *- , ---I*** at Fife where they will mget on ai ternate Fridays. The newly elected COMMUNITY XMAS TREE SORE SUCCESS --T-T ~ A v c ' \ A fine program has been arranged for the Community Christmas tree exercises to be held at the aud itorium on Christmas eve. December »■U 24. The school dramatic club under the direction of Mrs. Mabel Me Donald will give a one act play, the glee clubs under Miss Olga S kart vedt will sing Christmas carols, Mrs b i. «.* ,-ui tall a. MM. will sing a Christmas song with a tableaux setting. Santa has already promised to be present sometime during the evening and A. N. Prather is furnishing IM pounds of candy for tha kiddie*. The American Legion ia getting nicest tree they can find for occasion and «very church in town cooperating to maka this a rani community event. The Woman's club bas charge el the program and immediately after the exercises the young folk, cempanied by some of the oUtar J ones an going about singing those who are sick. Those who are able to plag ' aka la Is art aaked to bring that» instrumenta. Guitars an also Chinook. The dub starts with an initiated membership of *h Served in the roost acceptable by Mrs. Berg. Mrs. Johnson and Mu. Samualson. Several lady teaehera y to th* sstisfae - ^ ^ |wyoM , ad. . Let's make it a rani Chriatmaa of good will. No present* will be placed «pen tiri tree and in order to avoid diaa* pointment, people attending wiR please send present» By othtir chan nel*. ' ■ I« & e t-mr?' i p»„ Lions Cliartenlay The Belt Lions Club received charter last night from the hand* «I The meeting started with a dinner W nro _ r . m M VZi , P * . "'»'' b-"' I training and reflect great credit uura Mel«*'™ * r ^ ^ ^ pUred wra ** * ^ j be.rinner-.ctess. froM the For the Ctab L« C. Gray«* * r f et ~ **" .!??*» 4 1 v#in that Called forth deserved »» ! P lauM - ,ohn Van Dlke «"P 4 «* **• chartar " pre,ldent 01 ^ c,ttb " ter I which LoiÜ8 * Lochray sang beaut ! ful,y "Felice" and arr encore. Dr. ft wi " Ulked of the P®*»lWUt*è« of the ! c,ub ' MarjoHe sharrard pl*y«d ano whistled a »" ,ection and on **• encore Cal jo ' ned in> Mr8 ' MacDoB - aid gave two humorous reading, to the delight of her audience. taught the ladies what the sound oj f the bcl1 n,ennt ' after whlch al * tb « crowd » tood and « an K "Montana." The rest of the evening war. spent ■ IMP I » directed by Cbm. Cal in dancing to the inspiring music of the Belt Valley Orchestra. woman dishes rattle and wondered as to the reason while others recognized the phenomenon as an earthquake, menr^^ who feite their feet sod- - denly grow unsteady, wondered If old age and infirmity had overtake*» them. There was a second less dis tinct shock some minutes later, bnt neither was as severe as the one fel. , .?*•?*. SCARED? YOU BET Sunday afternoon at 6:45 many a listened to windows and