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The Owosso times., 1922-02-17
|OWOSSO MAN VICTIM
OF FORGERY, SAID.
Nation Wide Hunt Begun for
Poynter; Said Committer
of Three Forgeries.

OWOSSO. Feb. 17-Owosso po
lice have notified all cities in the
United States of 10000 or more
population and the Pinkerton de-
tective agency to be on the watch
for Claude M. Poynter alias Claude
NJ. Pointer alias C. M. Mansfield.
1t is said that a few months ago
while working for the Bounell
Electric company Of Baker, Ore,
Poynter stole a series Of checks
which he wrote on the First Ma
tional bank Of Roanoke, Virginia,
and had a fellow worker cash it.
The check was returned marked
mo funds"
Poynter's next forgery was at
Bismark, s. D., Jan. 20, cashing
a check there for $84. It also was
returned soon afterward and au-
thorities were notified but not in
time to stop Poynter' from reach
ing Owosso on the night of the
%. He stopped at the Wilder
muth hotel registering as G. M.
Poynter of N. c. Early on the
morning of the "a. Poynter found
c. M. Beeler with whom he used to
soldier in the army. Beeler in
vited him home to dinner and
shortly afterwards Poynter asked
Beeler If he would identify him at
the bank on check of $500 he
wished to have cashed. Beeler
readily agreed and thought little
more Of it until few days later
the State Savings bank received
word that the check was a forgery
The check was on the Brounell
Electric company of Bismark. s. d
Poynter is OF a dark complexion
with black curly hair. combed II
in a long pompador, dark eyes and
a scar on his lower lip, five feet five
and one-half inches tall.
American Legion posts and
auxiliaries are requested to put q
notice in all their club rooms and
cooperate with the authorities as
much as possible.
Poynter served as first sergeant
in the 42nd Field Artillery, Battery
B, at Camp Custer, and was dis.
charged at Camp Wadsworth.
The Owosso times., 1922-02-17
PEOPLE Of OWOSSO
SEE DUDEC SPECIAL
First Car Built in Owosso on
Exhibition in West Main
Street Garage.

OWOSSO, February 17-Eyes of
Owosso people are bulging at sight
of the first automobile ever built
in the city. The car was designed
and built by II. A. Dudec who owns
a garage on West Main st. Artis-
tic taste, inventive genius, me-
chanical skill and patience are ex-
hibited by Dudec in building such
a model. Fifteen months were
well spent in producing this mas
terpiece. Every conceivable de-
vice has been used to make the
car strong and beautiful. The
painting was done by an expert
brought here from the Packard
Motor Co. Twenty coats were
used.
One of the special features of
the car is the disappearing top.
Dudec tried to have one made but
found that no one thought it pos
sible. SO he made it himself
When the top is down the car
looks complete and smooth without
it; when il is up IL adds beauty to
are of red muleskin leather. The
body is cream color and the fend-
ers are red.
The car has a McFarlan radia-
tor similar to a Rolls-Royce which
will withstand a temperature of 20
degrees below zero. There are dis
steel wheels and solid aluminium
hub caps which were cast here
The car has 40 inch wheelbase
The March number of the Shia-
wassee Motor News will contain q
picture of the Dudec Special and
an article concerning It.
The Owosso times., 1922-02-17
Owosso Lodge 7S6
Cares for Brother

~OWOSSO, Feb 17-Many peo.
pie do not fully realize the mean
ing of brotherhood until they are
many miles from their home lodge
and are, as we might say, ION the
rocks" Sometimes the 8 ties of
brotherhood are stronger when
made through the oath of q lodge
than OF blood relation, for l.. E..
Oberlin, president of the Brother
hood Of Railroad Trainmen, lodge
No. 1856, received notice the other
day that brother by the name of
f. e. Stansbury. formerly of
Cadillac. was lying critically i'll at
st. Vincent hospital of Peardon,
Arkansas. Mr.. Oberlin at once
notified l.. w. Snyder, a brother
member of North Little Rock,
Ark, this being the nearest point
to Peardon, to have everything ar
ranged and done for the care and
welfare of Mr.. Stansbury and to
forward all bills to Owosso lodge
No. 7S6, or Mr.. Oberlin.
This shows the spirit OF good
fellowship existing between the
members of the trainmen.
The Owosso times., 1922-02-17

OWOSSO, Feb. 1.-THE Cham
ber OF Commerce held it's weekly
meeting and luncheon Tuesday
noon. John Mcdonald, spokesman
for the committee of Chamber of
Commerce, gave a strong pointed
report on the reconditioning of the
armory into a recreation building
for the purpose of giving more
physical exercise and sports for
the young girls and boys Of Owos-
SO. Also to make it place where
the business man can come and
relax. Mr.. Mcdonald wants the
Chamber of Commerce to hire
man, an expert in the teaching of
physical culture to people of all
ages, but he also stated that a
budget of $500 will have to be
raised for athletic equipment be-
fore securing the services of any
teacher.
Mr.. Mcdonald thinks it shame
The Owosso times., 1922-02-17
OWOSSO HAS CITY
COMMITTEE MEETING

OWOSSO, February 17-The city
committee meeting of Jan. 23.
1922, appointed Claud r. Perry
sealer of weights. Also passed an
ordinance having all bread in
spected and is as follows:
Sec. 1. All bread shall be made
Of pure meal or flour, and each loaf
hall weight, one pound or "a ounces
accordingly. 1t is also to be in
srected within % hours after bak-
ing, by an authorized official.
Sec. 2. Once a month that al!
scales be inspected by sealer OF
weights.
Sec. 3. Anyone refusing inspec-
tor on property or hindering his
movements can be punished by
having a fine imposed on him FOR
500, or a sentence OF 90 days in
jail or both according to the de-
clsion OF the court.
Sec. 4. The ordinance shall take
effect 20 days after being passed.
The Owosso times., 1922-02-17
OWOSSO THEATER BARS
NORMAND, MINTER FILMS

OwOSSO. February 1.-THE man
agement of one motion picture
theater in Owosso announced
Tuesday it would not exhibit any
film plays showing Mary Miles
Minter or Mabel Normand. whose
names have been mentioned in
connection with the murder of
William ID. Taylor, film director.
The one other film playhouse In
the city will continue to show films
starring these two actresses, the
manager of the theater said.
Miss Dorothy Peussner, IL year.
old daughter of Frank Peussner
died Sunday at Memorial hospital
from injuries received from being
struck by am automobile driven
by j. Batchler of Chaplin who was
not held because of the testimony
OF witnesses.
The Owosso times., 1922-02-17
CORUN|VA ROBBERS
CAUGHT IN FLINT.
OWOSSO: Fehruary 17-With the

OWOSSO; February 17-With the
capture in Flint Of Lee Brooks,
Jack Welch. Sam Marshaw, Ray
Broker and Charles Beckwith, the
store and mill robbery of Feb. 2
at Corunna has been solved. De-
tective Hagood of Detroit, Sheriff
Sproule and Pardee making the
arrests after working on a tip re-
ceived several days ago by Flint
authorities on a charge of store
robberies. Brooks, Welch and
Marshaw were brought back by
Sheriff Sproule and Pardee. All
three waved examinations and will
plead guilty. OF the $40 taken
only 1854 in Canadian money was
recovered.
The Owosso times., 1922-02-17
BIRTHDAY
Today,
WALL STREET

Our agricultural population Is
the most intelligent, advanced,
and thoroughly scientific in the
prosecution OF its industry or any
people on the face of the earth.
American farmers are INDUS
trious, frugal, and thrifty. They
work long hours, and every mem
ber of the family Is a helper on
the farm.
"Our soil is unrivaled in rich
ness. Our climate is unsurpassed.
Our haryests, the country as
abundant.
I'VE have been visited by no
plaques, ravished by no pes
tilences. and in all our history we
have never known the face or
famine.
"And yet today American agri-
culture, the great basic industry or
our national life, lies PROSTATE and
helpless. l verify believe that this
deplorable condition is an indict-
ment against the justice and in
tegrity of the national government.
"It has not come upon us as
sudden thing following in the wake
of war. Each census report for
decades has given us full warning,
and the accumulated wrongs
which have finally beaten agricul-
ture PROSTATE have for years been
glaringly manifest to every OBJ
server of public affairs"
The senator said he had followed
the proceedings of the agricultural
conference with great care and
lad found that President Harding
anrN many of the other speakers
ha AIKEN the position that "the
causts of the disaster which has
befallen agriculture are transient
in character and do not reach far
below the surface. and that super
ficial remedies will restore this
great industry to healthy, nor
NAL life."
"Wall street gamblers who have
robbed the American people of
hundreds of millions of dollars
under federal control of railroads
and under the Esch-Cummins law,
ought to be compelled to make
restitution and this would permit
a large reduction of freight rates"
BENJAMIN G. Marsh, managing
ldirector of the farmers national
council, declared Saturday in testi-
IXlnR DeIOre the lHleTSldle' COli-
merce commission.
& Marsh submitted a letter from
The White House, dated May 10,
1921, stating that, by the presi-
'dent's direction, there had been
keferred to the attorney general
1he letter of the late George p.
hampton, then managing director
f the farmers council, asking an
Investigation of charges of waste
made to the railroad labor board
"a the railway employees depart
lent OF the American Federation
~ Labor.
*ssThe failure of the attorney gen.
1tal to act raises suspicion that he
|6und adequate proof of guilt"
[4rsh said.
Continuing his discussion of the
@fIroad situation, Marsh told the
n mission that experience has
5wn that unified government
ration of railroads is most effi-
Ind. and cheaper than private
nculative competitive operation
the only way by which ship
ra can get lower freight rates"
The Owosso times., 1922-02-17
0W0SS0 QUINTET
BADLY BRUISED
When Arthur Hill Let Loose
There Was Nothing Left
to Do But Go Home.

OWOSSO. February 1.-THE
basketball team Of Owosso high
school met with disaster at the
hands of the Arthur Hill aggrega-
ton Of Saginaw. The first half
ended in a close lead for OwossO,
1919. The last half Arthur Hill
told different story. For just as
the referee blew the whistle at the
end of the last half they had piled
up a score of asia. The lineup
was as follows:
Owosso-Rice, Hildebrand, for
wards; J. Lewis, center; r. Lewis.
Hains, guards; substitute, Bell
for Hildebrand.
Arthur Hill-Debensky, Curott,
forwards; French, center; Freder-
icks, Druby, guards; substitutes,
Frisky for Fredericks. and Fred
ericks for French.
The Owosso times., 1922-02-17

.re department was called
sday afternoon to extin-
blight blaze at the house
1rl De Frenn. 311 E. Main
oamage was very slight.
The Owosso times., 1922-02-17
MENDON VETERINARY TO
PRACTICE in OWOSSO

OWOSSO' Fenrnary 17-Dr. H. p.
Conrad, veterinarian, has pur-
chased the professional library, in.
struments, office equipment, of the
late DR.. II. w. Wise.
DR.. Conrad Is a graduate of the
Michigan Agricultural college and
has practiced in Detroit, under d..
Brenton, and in Mendon.
Miss Minnie Wrathali, daughter
OF Mrs. Margaret Wrathall. died
Saturday at Memorial hospital
from swallowing of a mouthfull Of
tacks while at work. She was at
once taken to the hospital but
doctors finding pneumonia setting
in decided that an operation could
not be performed.
The Owosso times., 1922-02-17
IKE REPORT OF
/ MEMORIAL
Il HOSPITAL

)WOSSO, February III. Edwin
y. chairman OF the finance COM
Tee with Calvin Bentley, chair
= Of the board. gave a complete
brit to the chamber of commerce
heir luncheon Tuesday noon of
+ hospital movement. Mr.. Ellis
tts show subscriptions to build
ing $163,349. Only $4,449 of
41edges and subscriptions or
two or three quarters per
the total of $15S,850 paid
Mons.
nterest on money deposited
amounted to $2,4S1 and
was received from rooms
in memory of deceased
The committee succeeded
ling $58,000 from individ-
banks making a total of
for the hospital move
r. Ellis showed the dis
rs of the hospital were
for, office help; S1,798.33
lers publicity campaign;
or the office $358.7S and
,ffice at armory $40 a
iMephone at office cost
~ Organization expenses.
Daking a total Of .$4,3S5.-
bu1ed before operations for
d<Ing commenced. The
~ cost S181,103.00. not in-
y Equipment installed which
y = noI03.79; work on ground,
WI Insurance, s221.57; in
1o09.34; architect $1,000;
~ q total disbursement of
h on hand on February
|oujIted to 81, 1850 and Liberty
~ on hand totaled $6,650.
XhA hospital liabilities are as
Itr1: Owosso Savings bank,
&nt Citizens Savings bank,
501< State Savings bank. $14,-
6<;B. Woodward, $4,000; Old
<& State bank, $4,000; Vic
RAY corporation, $2,325.70
1htings and Ventilating Co.,
hid S. d., Butterworth, ar
51. 900. making a total of
.70 still against the hos
1us took Occasion to con-
the charges which are in
[on about the exorbitant
at the hospital.
Re department was called
|sday afternoon to extin-
|n]jgnt blaze at the house
6rl De Frenn. 311 Il. Main
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-02
WOULD OPEN CHICKEN SEA-
SON Is DAYS IN COUNTY

At a recent meeting of the Great
Falls Rod and Gun club, it was de-
cided that the club would recommend
to the state fish and game commits
sion, when it met in Great Falls the
latter part of last week and first of
this, a 15-day open season on prairie
chicken in Cascade county. The COM
mission viii consider the recommend
alton and a decision later.
The club also asked the commission
to stock this district with Hungarian
pheasants and it was talked that the
club itself purchase some birds from
Canada. Chinese pheasants have been
planted in this district but they are
hated by the farmers everywhere, &C
cording to reports reaching the club.
as they are ranked with crows as de-
stroyers Of crops.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-02
Lowered Valuation TO Re-
duce judith to 9Th Glass

Assessor Ed. F. Hershey of Judith
Basin county, has made the statement
that the new schedule. prepared by
him since his return from the state
meeting Of assessors at Helena
would materially reduce the valuation
of his county and possibly to such an
extent that the county would be re-
duced from the fifth to the sixth class.
The reduction practically mean that
the valuation of the county will be re-
duced one-third, or from a little over
I'll. DOC, 900 to approximately $4,000
600. and according to Mr. Hershey this
will reduce state taxes paid in Judith
Basin county from $45, 900 TO approx
mately $4,000, though it will make no
difference in the amount paid for
county purposes. Should the reduc-
tion in valuation be sufficient too re-
duce the county from a fifth to q sixth
class. another saving would be made
in the matter of salaries TO the amount
of $3,460. This comes about by the
reduced schedule of salaries as per-
to the two different classes,
and works out in a reduction in the
of each of the officials and
heir deputies.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-02
Six Weeks Agricultural
Course at High School

AS customary, the six weeks course
in agriculture is being offered at the
Belt High school for those who are un-
able to attend the regular course. This
year work will be given in husbandry.
dairying, butter and cheese making,
farm mechanics, gas engines and shop
work. The work WI begin February
10 and last six weeks.
A number have attended this course
in past years. This year even more at
tention is to be given those in the
short course than in past years. Any
one capable of doing the work is eli
gible, there being no educational re-
quirements. Those interested should
communicate with Supt. Culver or
Mr.. Beach of the agricultural depart
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-02
DEMAND FOR GOOD CATTLE
ON INCREASE IN STATE

Montana will see a revival in stock
raising during the present year in
the opinion of Charles ID. Greenfield,
agricultural development agent Of the
Great Northern railway. who stopped
in Great Falls enroute to Chinook.
Two shipments of cattle have come
into Cascade in recent weeks, as the
start of the movement, he says. The
dreuth years caused nearly all the
stock to be shipped out. Up to this
time little if any has been shipped
back. Replacement of the lost herds
will be pure bred stuff.
Breeders say there is a greater de-
mand for pure bred breeding stock
this year than ever before. County
Agent F. E. McSpadden on Tuesday
received two letters, n making in
quiry about Durham and the other
about Hereford bulls. The officers Of
the-S
breeders associations are receiving
more inquiries than ever before, they
state, and as a direct result the Mon
tana Livestock pavilion on the west
side should have an important part
in the development of the industry
during the present year.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-02
TO RETRY FRISCO HOTEL
FIRE INSURANCE CASE

A new trial has been granted by
Judge j. B. Leslie in the action of
w. A. Stephenson against the Home
Insurance company, which was tried
during the last term of district court
and judgment allowed the plaintiff
for an amount which he deemed a4sat-
isfactory. Stephenson sought judg-
ment for $3.50, the amount of insur-
ance carried on the Frisco hotel at
Neihart when it was destroyed by fire,
May 2. 1921.
In sustaining the plaintiffs motion
for a new trial, Judge Leslie held that
the court was in error in directing the
jury to deduct $3.50 from whatever
Judgment was fixed. Tony Faller, one
of the witnesses in the action, testi-
fled that he was interested in the hotel
to the extent of $3.50 and IT was on
this evidence that the court erred in
giving instructions to the jury. The
question of whether Faller held an
interest in the insured property was
not submitted to the jury for decision.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-02
HEARING ON RAYNEsFoRD
r. r. CROSSING POSTPONED

The hearing before the railroad
commission relative to the crossing
near Raynesford, applied for by the
Judith Basin county board of COM
m~issioners. has been indefinitely post
poned. Attorneys for the Great Nor
thern have offered a compromise to
the county commissioners which is
said to be very satisfactory to the
board, if it is concurred in by the of
ficials of the Great Northern. The
compromise is, according to Chairman
Rosenquist, that the Great Northern
proposes to stand go per cent Of the
cost of constructor of a new road
hat would abandon the crossing in
question in place of installing electric
The attorneys will take it up
with the railroad officials and have
promised to inform the board Of the
results the first of next week.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-02
High School Orchestra Is
Nearly Ready for Debut
HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC


Through the efforts and influence
of Miss Alice Beaudry. supplemented
by MT. Messelt, several of the Belt
Valley High school students have be-
come interested in orchestra work and
already excellent talent is being rap
idly developed. Regular practices are
held each Monday evening and such
progress is being made that with the
orchestra of eight or more pieces a
public appearance is planned for the
near future.
In addition to the instructors, Miss
Beaudry and Mr.. Messelt, the or
chestra consists of three v~iolins, two
comets, saxaphone and piccolo, and
more chairs will be filled by the
promising pupils who have taken up
various orchestral instruments under
instruction.
According to MIR. Messelt, there is
talent among the pupils of
he High school, which if properly di-
-ected and encouraged, should result
the building up of a really excel
.ent musical organization, and the
development of an accomplishment Of
permanent value TO the individual and
real asset to he community.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-02
Richardson Mines Sues
Motarl for COai Bought

Leo C. Graybiil, as attorney fol
VIM. P. Pilgeram, has prepared papers
in a civil action to be filed in district
court against Joseph T. Motari, to
eeover on a note for S375.75 given
Pilgeram on May rs, 1921, and bear
ing interest at the rate Of 8 per cent.
The note represents the unpaid bal
ance for coal purchased from the Rich
ardson coal mine at Arlington a year
ago this winter, and became due in
80 days, but it is alleged that no part
of the same has been paid.
Motari is the same man against
whom the North B. & NJ. coal mine Of
this city brought a justice court ac-
ton in Great Falls to recover the sum
Of $50 on a worthless check issued TO
them for coal purchased this fall and
hauled to Great Falls by truck. He
was then released on $500 bonds with
the understanding that he would make
the check good.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-02
RAYNEsFORD DROPS ONE,
WINS ONE IN GFEAT FALLS

The Raynesford High school basket
ball team Saturday night lightened
the sting of Friday nights defeat at
the hands of the Great Falls High sec
ond team by nosing out the st. Mary's
academy squad by a score Of is to Ia
in the final minute of play in the st.
Mary's gymnasium.
The game was evenly contested and
the close guarding on both sides pre-
vented either side from having a mon
opoly on field goals. The first half
ended with st. Mary's leading by a
score of 8 to 6. They maintained their
lead until the score was tied late in
the second period. A field basket,
made just before the final whistle
blew, won the game for the visitors.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-02
HAMPSHIRE HOG SALE
BRINGS SMALL CROWD

Pure bred Hampshire hogs failed Il
excite thrill NOM the farmers that
was expected by the firm of Wier &
Sutherland, hog men from Hysham
who conducted a sale of the Hamp.
shires in the Montana Livestock pavil.
ion in Great Falls last Saturday after
noon.
Seventy-four hogs were sold during
the afternoon, but many brought
prices that were scarcely more than
pork figures. The highest price paid
for a single hog was sos and the low
est So. the later being one of the first
fall pigs sold. The hogs averaged
about $50 cash and the trios of fall
pigs averaged about $25. The top
price for any trio was $50 and the
lowest~416
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-02
OTTER CREEK MINE SUP
PLYING BARKER MINES

Joe Armont, who conducts a Goa
mine on Otter creek, was in town last
Saturday attending to legal matters
Mr.. Armont states that the coal mines
of his vicinity are doing a big bust
ness at the mining camp Of Barker,
He states that he is delivering about
200 tons OF c0Hf month there and
that other mines close by are deliver
ing about an equal amount 1t is de-
livered owe the new road built to
Barker last summer by Judith Basin
county. He states that two shifts are
new being employed at Barker and
that between so and 90 men are thus
at work.--Judith Basin Co. Press.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-02
AID TO GIVE CHICKEN PIE
DINNER AND A PROGRAM

Meeting at the home of Mrs. L. C.
Mccoy, with Mrs. N. H. Nelson and
Mrs. Mccoy as hostesses, yesterday
afternoon, the Ladies' Aid of the M.
E.. church made plans for a chicken
pie supper to be given at the Odd
Fellows hall ON the evening of Feb
ruary IL, to be followed by a program
at which Carl E. Boorman of Great
Falls will tell of his visit to Washing
ton, ID. c., as one of the three Mon
tana delegates to the burial of the
Unknown Yank. The local members
of the American Legion will be guests
of the Aid at both the dinner and the
program. A one-act play entitled
Thanksgiving Ann" will also be one
of the features of the program.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-02-02
NORBERT FLOCK BIG PRO-
DUCERS-LIGHT EATERS

According to the November report
of the Montana farm flock egg laying
contest, being conducted by the Agri-
cultural college in Custer, Cascade,
Fefiowswtene and Sanders counties,
Mrs. Robert Evans of Norbert owns
chickens that lay more eggs than most
chickens and are light eaters. Mrs.
Evans flock averaged a cash profit
Of 93.49 u bird, more thxn twice the
average Of any other flock, at approx
imately the same cost, the report
shows.