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The New York herald., 1922-11-05

LEEDS, England, Nov. 4 (Associated
Press) Additional details Of the new
British Governments policy of tran
quillity" were given by Prime Minister
Bonar Law in an address before 5000
persons to-day.
While the main part of his speech
was concerned with domestic policies
and politics he reiterated emphatically
that the Anglo-Ir Irish treaty would be
given a fair trial and that the root OF
his foreign policy would be to work
with France and Italy.
Mr.. Bonar Law said he had been
bombarded with queries as to whether
the British would leave Mesopotamia
and Palestine.
''An / can say is that we shall exam
inc the matter very carefully" he de-
clared. but we cannot. with our record
IS nation, consider merely what 1t viii
pay us to do; we must consider to what
extent we are bound by obligations
For Air Defense.
Referring to the League of Nations he
said it had worked under great difficult
ties, but had not done so badly and that
his Government would certainly try 10
give 1t scope for more effective action.
Referring to his predecessor he said
MIR. Lloyd George is man of amazing
energy and astonishing vitality. Every
difficult question, at home or abroad,
he undertook to deal with himself. 1
cannot do it, and If | had the strength
% nd ha solomon
l wouldn't try to deal with them that
way"
The Labor party's program Mr.. Bonar
Law characterized as amazing If it
he'd been a question of policies the La
horites would not have had ghost of
chance in any constituency in the coun-
try He was confident the Unionist
party. would have been in the majority,
hecause the people know that the
pledges made by the Labor party were
nonsense and could not be carried out
The New York herald., 1922-11-05
Same Policy as DisracIfs.

THE policy I am putting before the
country now Is precisely the same policy
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07
Merk|e Coal Company
Receives Railroad Order

AS had been expected, the G. w
Merkle Coal company the latter part
of last week received from the Great
Northern Railway company an open
order for coal, shipment to begin with
the first of the present month.
Notices were posted by the company
notifying its employees to appear for
wOrk tuesuay morning. and with the
resumption of work at this mine fol-
lowing a few days shut down last
week, all the mines of this place are
now in active operation, with the
exception of that of the East Belt Coal
company, with prospects of continued
activity until at least the first of
April.
In the first days operation the
Merkle mine got about 500 tons of
coal, with about 65 men employed 1t
is expected that about this tonnage
will be produced daily, though it can
and will be increased to between $50
and 800 tons should the Great North
ern require it and be able to supply
cars for loading.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07

they we're able to get teacher, the
Morton side or the Mumper side of tbs
river.
The iHterfamily controversy was
friendly, but they could reach no deci-
sion.
Both families wrote to Miss Keeney,
explaining the situation and asking
her assistance. She settled the matter
in personal visit with the families in
few hours Friday and returned to
Great Falls as pleased as the young
sters she had aided with her achieve
ment.
In six years Of personal contact with
all kinds Of people, teachers and chill
dren, in her official capacity as county
superintendent, her experience Friday
presented a bit Of human interest
entirely new and long TO be remem-
bered, she said.
From the Mid-Canyon siding she
walked 20 the Mumper home and was
later taken across the river 10 the
Morton home by Mr.. Morton in a row
boat where she was guest at fried
chicken dinner. After dinner she sat
IN an interfafnily conference as arbi-
TRAITOR and plans were laid for the
school year for the five youngsters. 1t
was decided TO remodel log granary
IN the Morton place and convert i into
. schoolhouse. The Mumper boys VIII
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07
Costs District Nearly $4,000 to
Operate Local Schools for Term

The financial report of school dis
tricts of Cascade county for the year
ending June 80, 1922, the official pub
lication of which has just been made
shows that the Belt district No. 20
expended during the year total OF
S41 1,S9O.27, or an amount equal in
round numbers to S83.75 for each stu.
dent attending the city school. The
actual amount, however, would be
somewhat less than this, as the sum
expended included the three outlying
schools of the district, while the fig
ure used in arriving at the cost per
pupil included only those attending
the city schools
The district began the year on June
30, 1921, with a deficit of s21.39,
according to the report. The appor-
tionment of state school money
brought in s4,78S.99, while from the
gasoline tax, imposed by the last ses-
sion of the legislature, $377.98 were
received. The county apportionment
amounted to Sl2,42123, a pecial tax
to S15,692.l4 and the high school
apportionment to S11, ,494.67. An add.
tional $l,l05.38 is credited as coming
form all other sources, making a total
of $45,859.00 received by the district
during the year.
Salaries of teachers, the report
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07

siderable correspondence. Was there
something she could do? Miss Jane
Keeney, superintendent of schools TO,
Cascade county, thought il over And
well, she fixed it. But wen start at
the beginning.
The Mortons and Mumpers live in
the MIDI Canyon country, bit Of ter
ritory in the southwest corner Of Cas-
cade county, lying along the Missouri
river bottom. There is only flag
station on the Great Northern there,
and not even a wagon road leading
into the mountains where the two fam
ilics live. The Mumpers live on the
north side of the river. half mile
from the railroad siding. Across the
river live the Mortons. There are no
other families living within several
miles Of them.
With but two means Of travel avail
able, the river or the railroad, the
nearest country schoofhouse at Hardy
10 niles away, it looked like a year
OF no school for the children. The
family dads and mammas talked IL
over. They couldn't afford TO move
away from their homes to put their
in school and the youngsters
were too young to be sent away alone.
And then the question arose as to
where they should have q schooIhouse
= one were available for them and
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07
GuIden Takes Lease ON
the Park Garage

Paul Gulden, who for the past -four
years has made his home in Seattle
engaged in and working at the auto.
mobile repair business, has taken o
two-year lease on the Park-to-Park
garage, opened several years ago by
Fred l.. Siegling and since conducted
by him and his brother, Herbert Sieg-
ling. Mr.. Gulden returned to Belt a
few weeks ago from Seattle, and
believing he saw an opportunity here
to engage in his line of work, deal
for the lease was closed.
For the past two years Mr.. Gulden
was engaged in the garage business
in Seattle, which he disposed Of before
returning to his home here. II is his
to remodel and repair the
to some extent and TO carry
a stock of automobile parts and access
sories.
Mr.. and Mrs. Siegling plan to leave
the middle of the month for the coast,
where II is understood Mr.. Siegling
will enter the sales end Of the automo-
bile business with coast firm.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07
Handling Wheat
Crop Now a Worry

Elevator men figure it out that
the storage facilities will care for
perhaps half of the wheat crop of
the state. Accepting the state esti-
mate of S6,00000 bushels of wheat,
the 600 elevators, with an average
capacity of 10000 bushels, will care
for 12.000,000 bushels. The storage
facilities of the mills is expected to
raise this figure somewhat and the
farmers themselves will be able to
handle part of the threshed grain
/ in granaries already built.
Some Of the means taken for con-
servation of the remaining crop
include the farmers who are stacking
it in the field and win delay thresh-
ing until later in the year. Grain
men said that probably few more
than the normal number of farmers
are stacking this year, due to the
fact that few farmers today know
how TO stack grain properly Many
years of threshing from the shock
have spoiled many for stacking.
Should il happen that there is part
of the crop that cannot be provided
with storage, grain men said that they
believed it win be largely dumped on
the ground with no more protection
than perhaps a tarpaulin thrown
over it.
IF this is followed, the farmers
will find that in taking up the grain
much dirt and sticks viii be taken
with it that will cut down the value
Ben Fisher of the Gallatin Valley
Elevator company. Where possible,
a platform of boards should be used
or even some tarp thrown down so
that the grain can be taken up with
out the dirt. OF course, the best way
is to build granary Of some kind,
even with cheap materials, but with
a tight roof.
I'm afraid that few farmers will
take this precaution. although it
appears at this time that the elevators
are going TO be taxed greatly Even
what elevators we have are not dis
tributed evenly with the result that
some districts will have ample facil-
tiles and others will have little in the
way of storage space. We have three
elevators ourselves that will be filled
by the end Of the week. We have
been able to get only an occasional
car"
The situation was reflected in the
opinions Of other grain men j. II.
Reid of the Royal Mills said that it
was not yet acute with that company,
although considerable difficulty in
getting cars was being felt, especially
around Kalispell j. Watkins, secre-
tary of the Northwest Grain Dealers
association, has sent letters warning
the members to make the best possi-
Bile use of cars obtained by using
paper liners and the like so as TO lose
as little grain as possible IN transit.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07
Lose to Highwood
Win From NeihaTl

During the past week the local base
ball team broke even in its games,
dropping Sundays go AT Highwood to
the Chouteau county boys by 1913
score, and winning Labor day from
Neihart IN six-inning game by a
score of 19 to 4.
With the absence of Fischer, who
was with the Great Falls Eagles team
in Helena, Fluhr was in the box for
the locals at Highwood with Kjose
catching, but with the team as a
whole putting up one of the poorest
exhibitions of ball of the season, and
giving them no support, the locals
were unable TO make any kind of a
showing against the fast work of their
opponents The lone redeeming fea-
ture of the game was . home run hit
over the left field fence by Buehler.
with no one on the bases.
II had been expected that Geyser
would oppose the locals here on Labor
day. but of necessity the plans were
changed and Neihart played instead.
The Silver City boys came down with
a big following of rooters, were fully
confident of victory, and took their
defeat hard. In fact they would not
acknowledge defeat and now want a
game with $3.50 posted by each side,
winner to take all, TO be played on
neutral grounds. 1t is not known as
yet whether the challenge will be
ssoaaptaas as the sgsraes So f8x as. the
locals are concerned, would have to be
played on a week day and it is doubt
full whether this would be possible for
all the Belt players.
Fischer and Kjose worked for Belt,
and Walker and Trip for the miners.
Outside of the first inning, when the
visitors sent two men home, the local
battery had the miners completely
bafflled, Fischer striking out 10 while I
Walker had only four strike outs to
his credit. Buehler and Culver were
the heavy hitters for the locals, the |
former getting a homer, triple and a
double in three times at bat, with |
Culver adding long three bagger. +
But all members of the team were up
on their toes as shown by the score
book, which records but one error
against them.
Neihart scored in but two of the six
innings making two in the first and
two in the fifth Belt scoring three in
the third, four in the fifth and two in
the sixth.
Frequent showers of rain and
clouds of dust made it unpleasant for
the players as well as the large
crowd which witnessed the game. the
only observance of Labor day TO occur
here this year.
Belts next game is with Cascade on
this coming Sunday then on Septem-
Der Is, 10 and 90 they expect to take
part in tournament to be held at
Cascade, playing either Stockett or.
Fairfield on the 18th, Cascade to take
on the other team on the 18th and the
winners to play for 500 purse on
the goth. h
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07
Sheafing Contests at Fair

Montana will be the first state in
the Union TO present a state sheep
shearing contest as one of its state
fair features, says w. b. McLennon of
Butte, secretary of the international
Sheep Shearers' Union, who is in
charge of the event at Helena this
year, Sept 26-30. Mr.. McLennon prom
ises that by state fair week the lists
will be narrowed down TO six contest
ants who will represent the best in the
state. This contest will be staged
directly before the grandstand and
the bleachers in two sections with
three shearers on each platform. 1t
is for state title and cash prizes, and
will occupy only about twenty minutes
on each Of three afternoons during
Fair week. Secretary McLennon
offers a side-light on the speed Of
expert sheep shearers in the statement
that one Of the best has record of
one minute and forty seconds a head
for the sheep he has sheared.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07

Giving children living in isolated
sections Of the country educational
advantages is not always an easy
thing, but in the great majority OF
cases it is done The following story
in which graduate of the local nor
ma ! training course figures, is
illustrative of the efforts that parents
and school authorities will put forth
to see that each child is accorded the
privilege of an education. The story
is told in the Great Falls Tribune of
recent date, as follows.
Here sits the schoolhouse by the
road, ragged beggar summing
and the teachers name is Hazel. A
story of kids and a log granary for a
schoolhouse. this, story of blue
eyed teacher and an ever changing
rowboat path across the Missouri
river.
J. f. Morton and Ed r. MumpeF
and their families were puzzled. The
Mortons have three children, Ruth,
aged s; Helen, aged z, and James,
aged Q. The Mumpers have two boys,
Carl and Edgar, aged III and 10,
1t was nearing fall,
school day time and they had no school
and no teacher for their children
And then they thought Of the
county superintendent. Followed con
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07
High School En-
rOlIment Now 1885

| With the largest high school enroll.
ment in its history and considerable
larger grade school enrolment thar
for several years past, the public
schools of Belt opened for the new
term Tuesday morning. Last year
the high school enrolment at the
opening of the term numbered no,
while this year 135 were registered
on and before the opening day. In
the grades approximately 325 were
registered as compared with 290 last
year. II is known that there are a
number of students yet TO enter, both
in the high school and the grades, and
Supt j. X. Culver estimates that the
complete registration for the high
school viii reach 100 and the grades
probably $50.
At Tuesday evenings meeting of the
board of education. the purchase of
additional equipment, principally in
the way of desks, was authorized to
accommodate the increased attendance
in the high school. there being two
dozen or more students who could not
be accommodated with the present
equipment.
The board also authorized the
county health authorities to vaccinate
the children of the schools against
diphtheria, with the provision that
permission To do so be first obtained
from the parents. 1t is understood to
be the plan of the health authorities
to first make an examination to deter
mine what children are immune from
diphtheria, which it is said a large
number are, and to vaccinate only
those who are found not to be.
The schools opened with a full
teaching corps, with the exception of
first grade teacher. the resignation
of Miss Mabel Carlson making it nee
essary TO engage one just before the
opening of the schools. Miss Martha
Seebaum of Kansas City was secured
and arrived yesterday on train al to
assume her position. Miss Seebaum
taught last year at Fromberg, in this
state.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07
County Livestock Increases

Although there are fewer horses in
Montana in 1922 than there were in
1921, according to the compiled
reports of the county assessors Of the
state, this was not true of Cascade
county, where horses increased from
l0,608 in 1921 to 1,523 in 1922. But
while horses showed an increase in
the county, sheep showed decrease
in number of over 5000, due mostly
TO a decrease in yearlings, according
TO the records in the office of County
Assessor Harold Mady. There were
rs, 159 sheep in the county in 1921
and 70,031 in 1922 The total num-
ber of sheep in the state showed a
considerable increase.
In cattle the county like the state
showed an increase. There are 49,
600 head of cattle in the county in
1922 as against 24,3fS in 1921 OF
this number 469 are purebreds, 125
beef, 6,756 coming yearlings, 5,038
two year-olds. I2,207 stock cows and
2,075 steers three years old or more.
Dairy cattle showed an increase dur
ing the year of 258, the total number
in 1922 being 1880. Hogs now num-
ber 1,407 as against 891 year ago.
While all classes of livestock in the
state, with the exception of horses,
shows an increase over last year, the |
were considerably reduced |
and the total assessment does not /
equal the figure Of 1921 even with the |
increased number of animals.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07

shows, constituted the largest item of
expense to the district during the
year, or $29, ,1O643. The next largest
item. s7,752.55, was for maintenance
of schools, while the debt of the dis
trict was reduced by the sum of
s2818.35. The district expended only
S92.6S for new equipment during the
past year, but the maintenance of
plant and repairs cost 81 ,625.26. There
was also an expense of s495 for giving
isolated children in the district
school advantages, bringing the total
up TO S41 ,890.27.
The report shows the Belt district
to be the third largest in the county,
according to receipts and disburse-
ments. District No. /, Great Falls. is
Of course the largest, with receipts Of
1868, ,758.03 and disbursements of
$3.50, ,s95.79 The combined Stockett-
Sand Coulee district is second, receiv-
ing s90,394.77 and expending s62,-
642.s1.
OF the larger surrounding districts,
Armington had receipts of $3,503.86
and disbursements of $3,318.7s. Fife
shows receipts of s5.570.82 and dis
bursements Of s4,992.94. Monarch
received s5,153.57 and disbursed
$4,s53.57. Neihart receipts were
$9,249.63 and its disbursements but
S5,894.7S.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07

row across the river during the fall
and will cross on the ice during the
winter months. The teacher will stay
with the Mortons.
Several miles up the river a deserted
and long abandoned schoolhouse
stands, whose period of use is SO
ancient that it has been long forgot
ten. In the schoolhouse are still
desks, battered and worn, but still
desks that once harbored books and
still harbor carved initials. On its
walls are blackboards that may still
be used. These will be taken down
the river by boat and installed in the
granary schoolhouse. Later in the
winter, when the ice is solid on the
river, the men will take their teams
Up the river and drag the little old
down to the Morton place
and overhaul il 50 that it may be used
instead Of the granary.
And the teacher the kids +
should like her. Miss Hazel Browning
II Belt viii pilot the youngsters
through the paths Of readin' and
gritin' and 'rithmetic. She is a grad
tate Of the normal training depart
nent Of the Belt county high school,
rood looking. light complexioned,
ithe, active, the athletic type with
,Iue eyes and smile. Yes, the kids
hould like her. /.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07
Silver Dixie to Op-
crate on Big Scale

Reports from Neihart indicate that
+ the Silver Dixie Company operating on
1 Carpenter creek are preparing to open
their properties on big scale. it is
stated that something like four acres
of the big lead is being stripped on
the surface preparatory to the extrac-
ton of ore by the "glory hole" meth
cd. The company has had crew
Employed for the past year in driving
a main tunnel and several crosscuts
have been made from wall to wall of
the lead. Upraises will be made from
these crosscuts 10 the surface which
is being stripped and the ore, which
is an imm nse body, will be worked
by gravity through the glory hole"
and dumped into cars at the tunnel
level and then transported to the mill,
which is in course of building. This
method is one of the most economical
yet devised for handling large bodies
of ore and the properties of the Silver
Dixie company are very fayoraoly
situated for this way of handling
Practically every ton of ore can be
handled by gravity from the time it
is broken out until the final treatment
at the mill, and even then, in the form
of concentrates, il can be transported
to the railroad by tram or aerial con-
veyors and loaded on cars, all with
gravity as the motive power.
In the opinion of experienced min
ing maR whS h9~s- beer fsssesssgs.93 to
examine this property, the Silver
Dixie is destined TO make consider
able of ae disturbance in the mining
world 1t is stated that is is operat- i
ing under very capable management,
and that there is no lack of capital
behind it.
Camps of very permanent nature
are being erected and every comfort |
and convenience being provided for the
men, old miners who have visited the
mine tell US, speaking particularly of
the beds which are being provided.
These, they say, are single steel cots
of the best make and are provided
with good mattresses and blankets.
The boarding house also, they say, is
operated under policy of giving the
men the best there is to be had.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-07
WARNING PLACARDS ARE
DOWN ALONG BELT CREEK

Placards warning people not tc
drink Of the waters Of Belt creek
posted several weeks ago by County
Sanitary Officer VIM Shea between
Arlington and Riceville, have disap-
peared and no longer is the tourist
and camper bothered by thoughts of a
long Illness with typhoid when he
quenches his thirst from the crystal
like waters Of the creek
Sewage which was said 10 have been
dumped into the creek at Neihart was
claimed 10 have contaminated it's
waters after case or two of typhoid
at Arlington, and thus the placards.
People of towns up the creek have
said the placards were injurious to the
tourist and camping business they
enjoyed. and so they have disappeared.