Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28

Falls Tuesday for a short visit witt
friends.
Ted johnson, who spent some tim
IN this vicinity prior to this spring
when ne left for Iona, came in Sat
urday for a visit with friends.
The ladies of the Episcopal Gull,
conducted a very successful food sal.
at the New Drug company store las
Saturday.
John b. Clarke of the Four Corners
section has moved his family from the
ranch TO Great Falls, where the chill
dren will again spend the winter at,
tending school.
Gust Heikkila and Andy Sonia left
Monday for Missoula, where they vii
attend the Montana university, Sohs
beginning his freshman year and
Heikkila his sophomore year.
The Franco-American Hygenic dem.
~onstration to have been given at Mrs
Jennings this coming Saturday has
been postponed until later, due to the
failure of goods to arrive.-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Heck came out
from Great Falls yesterday, Mrs
Heck spending the day with Mrs. ],
B. Densmore, while Mr.. Heck enjoyed
the day fishing along Belt creek.
ALI Larson of the Lower Belt sec
ton last week purchased a new drill
from the Belt Hardware company and
is preparing to put in considerable of
a crop.
The sale conducted last Saturday at
the Ed Dunstan ranch below town by
w. P. Pilgeram proved very success
full, most of the stuff being sold and
bringing ralriy good prices.
Louis Hit, who is on the DR..
Longeway place on Lower Belt, has
loaded a car of wheat at the Wayne
station and passed through town Mon
day on his way to Great Falls to bill it
out.
Mrs. Geo. w. Merkle was taken to
the Columbus hospital in Great Falls
last Friday, she having suffered a
nervous breakdown that morning. Mrs.
Merkle was a very sick woman, ac-
cording to DR.. Macauley, who attended
her. but is now showing some inn
provement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. T. Rice were
called to Riceville Sunday by the ill
of Mr.. Rice's mother, Mrs. E..
Rice. The elder Mrs. Rice was taken
to the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Frank Tenney, in Great Falls Monday,
where she is now under a physicians
care. Mrs. Chas. Rice will remain at
Riceville for a time.
Quite a large number from Belt at
tended the funeral of VIM. Carr, held
at st. AIMS Cathedral in Great Falls
last Saturday morning at Q o'clock,
.has. Lochray, VIM. McInnis, Ben j.
Kennedy. Ben +. McConkey, Patrick
)'Neill and Mike Lynch, all old friends
IF deceased, were the ~pallbearers.
was made in Calvary cemetery.
With Fischer on the mound and
xjose behind the bat for a combina-
ion Highwood- Benton team, High
wood last Sunday defeated the Great
Falls Electrics by a score of 4 to l at
park in Great Falls. Fischer
truck out an even half of the men
Who faced him, IS out of 80, and only
our hits, but one of these being for
1ore than a single bag. He was given
xcelIent support throughout the
1t is expected that a return
anne will be played at Fort Benton
ext Sunday.
Judgment on default was entered in
ustice John A. Hackshaw's court the
itter part of last week against j. d.
'obbs of Fife in the amount Of $249.29
! favor of John II. Bogner, a former
ssidcnt of the Wayne section, but now
wing in California. The case was n
by Bogner on a note for
given him by Dobbs on June
1919, in payment for articles
ought at an auction sale conducted
Bogner before his departure for
alifornia. Dobbs failed to appear in
,urt and judgment for the full
together with interest from
ate Of the note and costs was en-
red. Leo c. Graybill represented the
Iaintif in the case.
In company with Deputies Fred
uotari and Locke, Deputy Sheriff j.
Z. Leland Of this city spent Monday
.ght patrolling the road between
reat Falls and Vaughn in quest of
stolen car, and about 3 o'clock in the
sighted a big Cadillac car
ming toward them at a terrific
Turning their a across the
'ad, the deputies stopped the Cadillac
ID on searching it discovered a cargo
brandy. M. F. Brown, an old time
Inge rider and at times foreman of
Of the biggest cattle outfits in
e state, was the driver. An infor-
alton charging him with transport
liquor was filed against him and
i. 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon he was
ntenced to pay a fine Of 5000 by
Idge Leslie. The car and liquor were
Id by Sheriff Gordon pending con-
proceedings by the court.
Art Hamment and Frank Sheldon
turned home Saturday from Chicago,
mere they accompanied several cars
cattle from this section. Consider II
lie delay in transit was experienced 1
ID the cattle did not go onto The
arket until the following tuesday,
after leaving here, causing
e stockmen considerable loss in the
sight of their stock as well as fore !
2 them onto a market about % cents |
wer than the preceding day, when
e stock should have been sold. Suit |
be entered 10 recover the loss.