Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-21


The fifteenth annual convention OF
the Teton Association OF Baptist
churches closed its sessions at Havre.
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The Northern Paci-c Railway COM
pany will build a new %storehouse and
warehouse at Glendiye at an estimated
cost Of $4,000.
Volunteer shopwofkers brought &c
Mlssoula from st. Paul are gradually
being released and are returning east
But Is men are left.
Free city mail delivery VIII be esab-
llshed In Whitefish November 10
There will be two regular carriers and
one substitute carrier.
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Thirty cars of cattle were shipped
from Miles City recently to the Chi.
eago markets. This ia the first ship
ment of this size this season from that
city.
A total production OF 1000 barrels
of oil from three Sunburst-O Ohio wells
in the KeYin-SHnbHfst fleA isz shown
by a report recently filed at Great
Falls.
o. f. Shrode of Great Falls, was
elected grand chancellor of Montana
Grand lodge Knights of PythIas at
the annual convention held ia Billings
las t-week.
Moving pictures of Custer county
farms were made during a recent trip
of State Agronomist A. ]. Ogard. The
pictures will be ready for distribution
by the first of the year.
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Although $4,000 bushels of wheat
have been delivered to the two eleva,
tors at Denton. Fergus county. only
ten carloads have been shipped out
due to the scarcity of cars.
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Ward Crosby, well known Livingston
war veteran. has been appointed act
Ing postmaster at Livingston to sue
ceed Postmaster J. e. S~wlndlehurst
whose term expired recently.
Official notice has been received
at Forsyth from the state athletic as
ISOLATION that the Forsyth high schooi
athletic team has been reinstated. II
will be recalled that the Forsyth team
was disbarred by the state organiza
ton because of alleged Irregularities
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Reorganization Of the American
Bank & Trust company Of Great Falls
is being effected. Approximately
$4,000 is needed to reopen the bank
and depositors are expected to sign
up for this amount soon. State Bank
Examiner L. @. SHELTON will supervise
the reorganization.
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A splendid example of community
spirit was evidenced at Chester when
20 n%elghbors with headers, wagons and
bundle teams headed and stacked 20
acres Of oats and so acres of rye on
the Herman Stein farm. Mr.. Stein
had been III for some time and the
neighbors harvested his crop.
Dead Mans curve near Turah will
be Strengthened. The Northern Pacific
will remove a ledge of rock 600 feet
long and 100 feet high. This will
straighten the road SO that the loop
that crosses the track and then recross
es 1t will be eliminated. Twelve &C
ofSor+, have ooo,rrad % tbto p0Tp8 |
during the last year.
A bomb made OF matches, pieces
of a file and a small can of kerosene
was found In a bundle OF wheat on q
farm near Roman. The articles were
so arranged that the matches would
ignite by any dlssarrangement Of them
The bomb was found by one OF the
workmen just as he was about TO pitch
1t into a threshing machine.
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The Montana Wheat Growers asso
citation, which was recently extended
credit Of 100000 by the war finance
corporation. has been notified that the
Mercantile Trust corppanyLoflSan
francisco had extended It credit OF
81 100000. The association began last
year with 800 members and now has
a membership of 5000 Montana wheat
growers who will be enabled, through
these huge credits. to receive about
~ per certt=of the value OF tfTeEFHeaf
advances. and at the came time
to take advantage of the entire sea
price, under the orderly market
ing program of the association. I
The Anaconda team won the cham
pionshlp Of the Mines baseball league :
by two straight victories over the A {
c. y. team Of Butte In the post-sea- =
son Neries after the two ended the reg {
alar schedule tied for first place. Q
In an effort TO deepen the chanDei
II Silver Bow creek and thereby avoid !
In overflow every time a heavy rain !
'ails. the city OF Butte is installing !
sand pump, which. II lis thought, viii .
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