Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-15

was being held On a desnentia charge
Beet workers, mostly Mexicans. ara
beginning TO arrive at Pompey's Pillar
where a heavy beet tonnage Is expect
ed this year.
Stockmen OF Powder River county
have sold 800 head OF whiteface year
lings to Indians OF the Cheyenne reser-
walton In South Dakota.
The Yellowstone Trail association
has installed an information bureau at
the Billings Commercial club building
with A. A. Schwartz In charge.
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Charles y. Pray OF Great Falls has
announced his candidacy for the Re
publican nomination for United States
senator at the forthcoming August
primary.
Plpestone Springs hotel. located on
the east slope OF the continental d.
vide. 70 miles from Butte. was destroy
ed by fire, the loss being estimated
at $4,000.
bikes are being rapidly Quilt to save
oil which is spouting an estimate of
1900 barrels a day from the Clayton
No. > well. drilled in by the Mid North
ern near wInnett.
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association will hold it's annual con-
vention at Great Falls. June - and 23.
One hundred and fifty grain dealers
are expected to attend.
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Half starved. his clothing in shreds,
George Pease. S5-year old civil war
veteran. was found along a roadside. /
- miles south of Missoula. after a
search of five days following his dis
appearance.
All officers OF the Montana Tax
payers association hoard of directors
were reelected at a session of the
board held recently in Great Falls,
attended by representatives of IL
counties of the state.
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Miss May Trumper. mentioned as a
possible candidate for the office of
chancellor OF the Greater University OF
signed. has denied her candidacy In
a recent letter addressed TO county
superintendent of the state.
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The Hobson summer tillage club,
with 90 farmers pledging 1905 acres,
leads the state. Membership In this
movement. organized under the aus
pieces of the Montana Development
association, now reaches 2,792 while
the total acreage pledged Is 1924.
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r. b. Dana of Chadburn believes he
has a flock of hens that has set a rec
ord In Park county for continuous egg
He claims his flock of 60 pure
bred Rosecomb Rhode Island Red hens
laid 6,120 eggs Inthe past six months
which Is an average of 102 eggs each.
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Winnett was visited by a heavy cleo
trical storm that struck a grain ele-
yatOr. damaging 1t considerably, and
bolt struck an oil storage tank =.
at the Weona refinery. A hail storm :
less than half an hour did dam J
to crops and broke many windows. :
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Articles of Incorporation have been =
'iled at Great Falls for the organiza- :
ion of the Louis Oil company. with q :
capitalization of 100000. The COM '
will develop permit land near the :,
Gordon Campbell Kelvin syndicate No. I
/, and is now hauling a rig TO the field. :
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Posters are out announcing the first :
Innual meeting OF the Carter County =
livestock Protection association at :
'Iniele on Monday, June %. The as "
collation. was organized about a year
go following a visit there OF Attorney
w. ID. Rankin in which he
ublIcly named several cattle rustlers n
nd advised the stockmen TO ''clean up y
n them" The stockmen give prom %
now TO the statement that they VI
ave come to stay. ~
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With both bones of his right leg 70
roken between the ankle and knee, 'n
Dhn n. Tolman, stockman and banker Di
Z southern Carbon county. extricated 50
frs. L. NJ. LeMotte from beneath a
automobile and probably saved
pr from drowning. The car in which
Iey were riding with three other pas Ia
myers plunged from a concrete on
-idge over the Sand creek canal three ba
lies south of Bridger. wi
Administration Of the Montana vet or
ans welfare fund has entaiied an his
expense Of 31.664 per cent
ID 68l336 per cent has been the total
d to soldiers. according TO an audit
the veterans welfare commission col
fairs. begun January 2 1872 and str
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