Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-14

William Howard n resigned his
position as head of music department
Of Montana State college at Bozeman
10 accept a position In Boston.
Sixteen hundred bushels of wheat
received at the Miles City MIL weighed
O. pounds per bushel and yielded at
fhe rate OF % bushels per acre
Heavy rainfall at Mountain juno
ton washed out several portions of
the Great Northern track and caused
a slide of earth which delayed rains
for more than n day.
The Carpenter creek coal mine near
Milestone opened September J.. The
mine output Is 1900 tons daily, the
mining of which gives employment to
several hundreds of workers.
Petitions are being circulated in
Dawson county requesting the county
commissioners to reconsider their ae-
ton of disseminating the services OF
the county agricultural agent.
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Missoula county will receive from
s150,OO1 to 100000 in federal aid
funds to be used on the roads. A
like amount Will be raised by the
couSfy eJ1nAegh tha federui money
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Joe Adams of Livingston, Montana
junior welterwelght. has signed n con.
tract to box Muff Bronson Of Port
land, Ore, In Helena during state fair
week the latter part of September.
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A case of anthrax. one-ofth most
contagious infections known, has been
reported In Great Falls. The disease
Is very rare, but n other case has
occurred In Montana during the last
year.
For shooting up the town while |
enroute TO Boulder Hot Springs, Her
bert b. McNaIr and Sam Russell. both
of Helena, were arrested and upon
entering pleas Of guilty, were fined
$50 each.
The TeIgen community hall. near
Grass Range, was burned to the ground
recently and a day oil so before the
Slack schoolhouse was also burned.
II is thought the fires were of incen-
diary origin.
George Ray. who was shot at Su-
perior during an attempted burglary
Of a store there has confessed TO the
of the ~postoffice at Bonita
July 3oth--A special guardians been
placed over him.
Hiking 20 miles into Anaconda to Sc
a grubstake and then carrying II
pack on bis own back Is the feat ac.
by Frank Travis, veteran
,%rospector. Despite his " years, the
old timer" thought nothing OF the trip
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BY an executive order from Presi.
lent Harding the land within the orig.
nal boundaries OF Fort Keogh mill
AIRY reservation, near Miles City, and
asst Of the Tongue river has been
transferred from the war department
o the department Of the interior.
Plans have been completed 10 build
dditlOnal ~bunkhouses In the Living
yards Of the Northern Pacific
allway TO care for new shop workers. |
/ present 100 new men are employed
nd the new bu%nkhOuses will care for
n additional 100 employees. Work on
he structures will start at once. '
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United States Senator IT. J. Walsh $
III hold n competitive examination O
n October %, 1922, TO I'LL three va 6
Mt the naval academy at Ann
polls. Boys between 10 and 20 years &
: age are eligible. Further informa-
on will be furnished to those com.
Indicating with Senator Walsh. United 8
senate. Washington, ID. g. a
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Harry G.. Ketcham, formerly editor e.
the Sidney Herald. has been named v
Governor Dixon as secretary Of the 81
nsoIidafed board. to replace William a
yathouse. The appointment IL for III
term to end June l. 1926. The con- rs
lldafed board consists Of the board "a
pHrf0us, tine board Of prison rom
Issloners, the state board of equaliza-
m and the board for the insane. NJ
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Selection of a new chancellor Of the m
diversity Of Montana TO succeed DR. Fl
G. Elliott, who became president of ST.
Irdue university, Lafayette, Ind. the q
st OF this month, VIII he taken up CT
the state board Of education at q III
fixed by Governor Dixon and an
IS May Trumper, state superintend- n.
t of education. for September 10. 81
7. II. Bonner of Helena. for some
he employed by the public service str
nmissIon Of this state as chief engi- me
n, has just been appointed as valua- BIZ
n engineer for the federal internal
enueaservice In connection with the [