Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-10-12
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Gus Johnson went up to Geyser yes
terday morning on a short business
visit.
Frank C. Fogerty is out from Great
Falls assisting in the Merkle Coal
company offices temporarily.
Coles Hot Blast Heaters make a big
reduction in your coal bill-see their
advertisement and guarantee.-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Pearce and FAM
lily of Sand Coulee spent Sunday here
visiting Mr.. Pearce's sister, Mrs. E.
w. Peters.
Oscar johnson of the Black Dia-
mond cafe is driving a new Velie
touring car purchased from a Great
Falls agency.
The dance given last Saturday
night by the jazz a la Mode orchestra
drew a large crowd from different
points. and everyone reports a fine
time.
Miss Clara Harner, who is teaching
at Sand Coulee, came over Saturday
morning to spend Sunday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Harner,
here.
Mrs. VIM. Oriet and little child, who
have been visiting Mrs. Oriet's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Collard here,
left for their ranch home near Mon
arch Monday.
The local troop of Boy Scouts en-
joyed an evening hike last night under
the leadership of Scout Master Leo c.
Graybill, and enjoyed their evening
meal in the open.
T%--C Go-r 1..k <~11n C~~a4
Falls Friday afternoon posting pia-
cards for his chief, County Auditor
Fer'd c. Roosevelt, who is the repub-
lican candidate for reelection. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Cook.
.0wiHR-tuEthe fact that both the fed
eraI and county health officers are
busy with the vaccination of school
children, there will be no baby clinic
held in Belt this month, according to
word received by Mrs. N. H. Brown
ing.
Mrs. Geo. w. Merkle, who has been
a patient at the Columbus hospital in
Great Falls since suffering a nervous
break down three weeks ago, is ex-
TO return to her home here
accompanied by a nurse.
Mrs. Merkle is much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Provin and FAM
ly, accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Phil
Leveille, drove to Geraldine Sunday,
where Mr.. Provin had business. They
report that section in bad condition,
many nice ranch homes being desert
ID, the people having left the country.
dr. Leveille remarked that they saw
lot of Jack rabbits, (which must
ave to go a long ways for feed"
The Mid-Northern well on the Daw-
on-Merkle tract in the Kelvin district
5 reported to be flowing 150 barrels
n eight hours. All available storage
ABILITIES are now full. though it is
expected the well will be connected
Up with a pipe line by the last of the
The well is still only a foot in
o the sand and has not been drilled
n. 1t is regarded to be exceeding
ven the first expectations in its per-
ormance.
Those property owners whose names
egin with one of the first letters of
he alphabet are receiving their tax
tatements from County Treasurer
red C. Andretta's office. There are
1000 statements To be mailed out
nd all these will be in the mail be-
ore the end of this month. However,
is not necessary to await the re-
of a statement if one wishes TO
ay his taxes Immediately, as by call
lg at the treasurer's office or tele-
the office, the amount may
e learned and the taxes paid any /.
me. Treasurer Andretta says there
re many who are requesting an OPP !
ortunity to pay their taxes at once. (,