Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-08-17

Lewis Terwilliger. mayor OF Living
ston, will be a candidate In the Repub-
lican primaries August 20 for the noml-
nation for state senator from Park
county.
Missoula is making preparations TO
entertain the Pioneers and Sons and
Daughters in a royal manner when
they meet there on August "a. IS
and 26.
With Henry c. Smith OF Miles City,
grand master of the grand lodge, A. r.
and A. NJ, of Montana officiating, the
cornerstone OF the Laurel Masonic
temple was laid:
Chouteau county taxes Will he
slashed nearly $4,000 for the next -
months, according to the budgets al
lowed by the commissioners at their
meeting recently. s
The total registration of voters in
Montana for the primaries of August
10 is approximately 224,236. which is
about 6.0o0 less than the registration
for the primaries of 1920.
That GlendIve is enjoying a building
boom is evident from the fact that al
most a million dollars is being spent
in Improving the streets, laying new
rQfQr gantnu onl arnpfIn.x ,,x. h..ffl
ings.
A report OF the Glasgow q. s. Land
office showed that there are pa, 7a3
acres of unsurveyed land In the Glas-
gov district and T51 ,217 acres OF sur.
veyed land, making a total Of 1907. 010
acres.
A destructive fire originated in the
100 acre wheat field belonging to Mr..
Shremmlck. south of B%roadvlew. re-
Gently, and before 1t could be extin.
guished. had destroyed 10 acres of the
finest wheat In the district.
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With 3O0,O00.O00 feet OF standing
cedar on the Flathead forest and 65,
100000 feet In the MIssoula district.
forest officials declare that that region
will be able to care for the demands
expected for the next few years from
the east for telephone and telegraph
poles.
According 10 a statement given out
by the university employment bureau.
over 300 state university students were
given employment in MIssoula during
the last regular session OF that lnstltu-
ton as n result of an effort by It's
officials 10 help students meet expenses
while attending school.
Opponents of the county division
scheme, which would take a part Of
Missoula county. a part of Sanders :
and a part OF Flathead county !
form a new county to be known. !
probably, as Lake county. with Roman :
,r Poison as the county seat, are con :
a vigorous fight against those !
Who favor the creation Of the new unit. :
0 o y
The show which ten thousand Mon
anans Witnessed In the final of Boze-
mans annual roundup would have :
'acked Madison Square Garden 10 en- :
'aclty for thirty days. II was the testi- .
nony of old cattlemen. old cnwpunch- y
RS and all those who frequent the y
odeos OF the west, that nothing az -
Is kind has ever been staged in y
.merica. =
According TO reports from Red
'0dge, n new lake. covering an expanse =
T 80 acres. has been formed on the X
est fork of Rock creek In the Bear =,
both mountains by a landslide. A -
lrge slice of Timberline mountain :"
is reported, fell from its age-old -
and slid down into the canyon -
Hing II in entirely across the course -
the stream. -
A special reduction in railroad rates =,
rs been made for the Montana State
fr. September $3.50 inclusive, by tire "a
Threads operating within Montana. ;"
Or those who live $50 miles or more ~
pm Helena q rate Of one fare for m
e round trip Is given. with a mini p
Inn for the round trip Of 500. To 20
ose within a radius Of 80 miles, the -
te is one and one-thIrd fare for the IT
md trip. h"'
The Houtana Farm A~fnrtgage Bank
association VIII hold IT'S annual LEA
e,gre dat. 80 .rrnat oorronn ner