Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-21

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shipped within a short time.
Frank Lehman of Miles City. charg-
ed with placing explosives on the NH
waHkee tracks In that city was found
not guilty by a jury after but 80 min.
utes elaboration.
Earl Bowler, who owns 1870 acres
near Hoosae, threshed 20 bushels to
the acre of winter wheat from the
entire plot. The land had been sum-
mer fallowed.
III. A. ~Borcherding, near Moore. has
a Yield Of 43 bushels per acre on a
32O-acre field: s0ther yields in that
locality have ranged from 20 to 40
bushels per acre.
The new Butte city directory viii
be off the press on October Is. The
beck Will contain 10000 names, which
Is 1000 more than those In the last
directory published In 1918.
A.. W, Miles and the Park chamber
of commerce have made a gift of 80
acres on McLeod's island TO be used
as a permanent tourist camping
grounds in Livingston.
IA saw that with a single stroke
will fell a comparatively large tree is
the Invention Of Valentine PaganlnI,
of Roundup, who has received patent
rights from the government.
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c, o. ID. parcel post shipments in
the Butte postoffice Increased 80 per
cent within the last year. The send
ing of movie films by parcel post Is
one reason for the Increase.
The Milwaukee railroad, from its
Great Falls offices, that
1900 new freight cars will soon be
In Montana TO relieve the car short
age caused by Montana's grain crop.
Invitation to speak at Portland,
Ore, at the unwilling of an equestrian
statue of Theodore Roosevelt on Octo-
Der ~, has been declined by Governor
Dixon, who pleaded press OF state af-
fairs.
Fergus county leads the state In
assessors rolls returned to the state
board Of equalization. 1t has 27,610
listed. Valley county stands second
with 26,163 and Phillips third with
20,137.
Miss Evelyn CoughlIn Of Helmyllle
has been appointed supervisor of PEN
manship for the Panama canal IONS
and will sail for Panama September
%. Her work will be throughout the
canal zons where there are 90 teachers
In the white schools.
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The new rig that is to be used for
drilling on the Pioneer oil & Gas COM
pany's property on the Poplar dome
has been unloaded at Poplar and is
now on the location Of the well and
will be put In operation Immediately.
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Carrying out adoption rites Of their
ancestors, the Gros-ventre Indians,
at the seventh annual Phillips county
fair. adopted into the tribe Governor
Joseph VI. Dixon, OF Montana, State
Secretary Of Agriculture Chester 9.
Davis and John Suryant. former state
senator from Phillips county.
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The lake which was formed by a
landslide on West Rock creek near
Sonia, near Red Lodge, has been
chrlstened Overnight Lake. Steps are
being taken up to build a dam which
will keep the lake in It's present dimen-
sions. The lake has receded slightly
the landslide but still covers
about 80 acres of ground.
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The case Of the state against Frank
Conley. former warden Of the state
p%enitentiary for an accounting. Is be-
fore District Judge A. ]. Horsky for
consideration with the filing OF the
brief by the defense. Each side
was allowed 30 days for filing first
after which each side filed a
reply brief. The suit asked account
ng for 100000 Of state funds alleged
nIsspent at the prison.
A checkup at the various mines at
Butte showed that about 100 men out
q day shift OF 400 had quit work
presumably as a result of the strike
.alIed September 10 by the Butte
branch Metal Nine Workers Industrial
Union No. 2fe +. w. WEEewer-than
10 men were engaged In picketing and
hese were stationed chiefly at the
,o~toffice corner and on the Anaconda
Dad, on the main avenues to the mines.
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tGovernment officers seized a big
Whisky making outfit IN Niece creek,
light miles from Pray, In the Yellow
tone valley. The plant was In full
tperation when the officers arrived
70 the scene.
After five years OF endeavor on the