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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-20

Yogo sapphire mines. A large force
of men are employed.
Richard Newman and Miss Lizzie
Mungull, formerly of Belt, are to
be married today at Gilt Edge.
1t is now announced that work on
the Rew-Billings and Northern rail
way will start next spring at the lat
est.
Farmers are preparing to begin
their spring work which has been held
back somewhat by the ~fateness Of the
season.
~ Sheep shearing has begun in the
lower Yellowswtone country, but will
not begin in this section until about
June LIST.
The new state capitol at Helena is
approaching completion and prepar-
ations are being made for its dedica-
ton on July 4th.
The young son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Linderman died at their Stock
EFT home Monday. The remains were
buried in the Belt cemetery.
An agitation of a creamery in Belt
has been started among some of the
business men. There appears no rea-
son why it should not be a paying pro-
position.
Or" Leon and his show put in five
days in Belt last week and cleaned up
$500 or 5000 by selling electric" belts
and other nostrums. There's one born
every minute, you know.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-20
OTIC TO

Estate Of Phillip Faily Burns, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un-
dersigned executrix of the last will
and testament of Phillip Faily Burns,
deceased to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said Deceased, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers, within FOUR
months after the first publication of
this notice, to the said executrix at
the office Of Pray, Galloway & Tooie,
Rooms S~-9-10-11, Stanton Bank
Building, Great Falls, Montana, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said estate.
Dated April Srd, 1922.
LORETTA L. STURGEON,
of the last will and Tesla
-ment of Phillip Faily Burns, de-
ceased.
Pub. Apr. 6. 1922. 4-27.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-20
ORDINANCE NO. 81

An ordinance providing for salaries
Of elective officers of the City of Belt,
Montana, from May 1, 1922, to May l,
1924.
Be it ordained by the City Council
of the City of Belt, Montana.
Section l.. That the salaries of cleo
tive officers of the City of Belt, Mon
tana, from May l, 1922, to May 1,
1924, shall be as follows.
Mayor, per year, $1,000, proportion
ate part payable monthly. Police
Judge per year $4,000, proportionate
part payable monthly. City Treas
urer per year $4,000, proportionate
part payable monthly. Aldermen, no
salary.
Passed by the City Council of the
City of Belt, Montana, the 23rd day
of March, 1922, and approved by the
DOMINIC SPOGEN,
Mayor.
ATTEST: F. t. HERON, City Clerk.
City Clerks Office, Belt, Montana
] hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Ordinance No 81, was reg
ularly placed on its final passage and
passed by the Council of Said City at
a meeting held on the 23rd day of
March, 1922, and that the same was
approved by the mayor of said City
the oath day of March, 1922.
In witness whereof, / have h~ereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said City this oath day of March,
1922.
F. T. HERON,
CITY Clerk.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-20
NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE
ON ORDER OF SALE

In the District Court of the Eighth
Judicial district Of the State of Mon
tsna. in and for the County Of
Cascade,
Annie Mathews, Plaintiff,
VS.
Frances Ross, limerick Ignac and NJ.
h. Matthews. executor of the estate
of Albert III. Ross, deceased
defendsnts.
Under and by virtue of decree and
order of sale No. 1897, the sheriff of
said county will sell st sheriff's sale
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-20

the northeast quarter, the west
half of the southwest quarter of
the southeast quarter of the
northeast quarter, and the north
west quarter of the northwest
quarter of the southeast quarter,
of section twenty-six (26); the
north half of the northeast quar-
ter of the northeast quarter of
section thirty-five 1857; all in
township sixteen (16) north of
range six (6) east, M. NJ, con-
tanning Two Hundred Sixty (260)
acres.
.-The northwest quarter of section
thirty-six, township sixteen (16)
north of range six (6) east. con-
tanning One Hundred Sixty (160)
acres, more or less.
Dated Great Falls, Mont, this 10th
lay of April, 1922.
BOB GORDON, Sheriff,
By MELVIN ROWE,
Under Sheriff.
pub. Apr. 20, I922-5-4
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-20

( a chance again on SLACK methods. Farmers are beginning to take
a pride in doing their work Wen and according to the methods
that have proved their efficiency.
1t has taken twenty years and a great many failures to prove
that dry farming can be made to pay in Montana, and in some sec
sections where it is practiced, the good farmers have shown that
it can be done. Inc season Of 1919 was a severe jolt to every
fit, but that year was exceptional and only calls attention to the
fact that great drouths have occurred in regions where the normal
rainfall is many times greater than in Montana. The exper-
fences of Montana dry farmers during the dry seasons has been
of great value in bringing a wider knowledge of the best methods
and Will eventually result IN surer crops even in dry years, should
they come. Few farmers will henceforth take a chance, regardless
of the promises of a wet season.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-20
MOISTURE AND GOOD FARMING

Official weather reports for Montana carry the information
that more moisture has fallen in the last month than during the
similar period for a great many years. During the wet years fol-
lowing 1911 Montana farmers went through the pleasing exper-
fence of raising huge crops under a very careless system of farm
ing. Numberiess instances are of record where crops of grain
stumbled" in yielded in excess of fields carefully prepared and
planted under approved scientific methods, but a series of dry
seasons demonstrated that the careless methods did not pay.
The present outlook so far indicates a wet season and fields
properly prepared give promise of a good crop, even though the
season itself fails to fulfill the present outlook. 1t is pretty safe
to rely upon the lesson taught by the dry years, and regardless of
the rainfall, there are very few farmers in Montana who will take
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-20
SUMMONS

In the District Court of the Eighth
Judicial District of the State of
Montana, in and for the County
of Cascade.
Ada McCollum, plaintiff,
VS.
Frank McC0llum, Defendant.
The State of Montana sends greet
ings to the above named defendant.
You are hereby summoned to ans
wer the complaint in this action
which is filed in the office of the clerk
of this court, a copy of which is here
with served upon you in the county
wherein you reside and to file your
answer and r a copy thereof upon
the plaintiffs attorney within twenty
days after the service of this sum-
mons, exclusive of the day of service,
and in case of your failure to appear
or answer, judgment will be taken
against you by default, ferthezrelief
demanded in the complaint
This action is brought to obtain a
decree of divorce dissolvIng the bonds
of matrimony existing between plain
tiff and defendant on the ground of
wilful desertion and wilful neglect,
the complaint alleging that on Febru-
airy LIST, 1921, said defendant wilfuliy
and without cause deserted and aban-
doned this plaintiff and ever since has
and still continues to so wilfully and
without cause desert and abandon this
plaintiff and to live separate and
apart from her without any cause or
and against her will and with
out her consent. Also hat the de-
PENDANT has utterly failed to provide
for plaintiff the common necessaries
of life for more than two years i'm
mediately preceding the filing of said
because of his idleness,
p~rofligacy and dissipation.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said Court this 10th day of March,
1872.
court Seal) ALEX REMNEAS,
Clerk.
BY G.. s. Leuchars,
Deputy Clerk
J. A. MeDenough- 38-41 Stanton Bank
Bldg, Great Falls Montana, at
torney for plaintiff.
First pub. Mch. %, 1922. Alb.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-20
TW6ntu Years 400
Items Taken at Random From
the files of the Times of 1902

DIR. Vidal is on a bushes visit in
Chicago.
A. G. Hay was selected trustee of
the Arlington school district.
George Bulge, druggist of Neihart,
died in Great Fall the first of the
week.
Mrs. j. l.. Whyte left yesterday to
visit friends and relatives in England
for several months.
Shipping work has started at the
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-20


Under and by virtue of Decree No.
1880, the Sheriff of said County will
sell at Sheriff's Sale on THURSDAY,
the 18th day of May, 1922, at 200
o'clock p. M, of said day, at the West
Entrance to the Court House of Cas-
cade County, in Great Falls, Montana,
all the right, tile and. interest of the
above named defendant in and to that
certain tract of land described as fol-
lows, to-wit:
A-The south half of the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter
of section Twenty-Five (25); the
southeast quarter of the south
east quarter, the south half of
the south half of the northeast
quarter of the southeast quarter,
the southeast quarter of the south
- west quarter of the southeast
quarter, the south half of the
southwest quarter of the north
west quarter, the south half of the
southeast quarter of the north
west quarter, the southshaf of the
north half of the southwest quar-
ter Of the northwest quarter, the
northeast quarter of the south
west quarter. the north half of the
northwest quarter of the south
west quarter, the north half Of the
south half of the northwest quar-
ter OF the southwest quarter, the
south half Il tie sc-the~s. Guar
ter of the northwest quarter Of
the southwest quarter. the south
half of the southwest quarter of
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-20
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
-eNon-eoal Land)

Department of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office at Great Falls, Montana.
April 6, 1922.
Notice is hereby given that Ben
jamin j. Gossack, of Highwood, Mon
tana, who on August 4, 1921, made
Add'l Stock-raising homestead entry
Serial No. 042490, for Lot 9, Sec. 81;
Lots 8, 4 NEA SWA Section "a.
21 N, Range 8 E., Montana
Meridian. has filed notice of intention
to make three year proof, to estab-
lish claim to the land above described,
before Register and Receiver, U. S.
Land Office, at Great Falls, Montana,
on the'23rd day Of May, 1922.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Oscar Klay, John Wright, Edward
Bryant, William A. Bryant, all of
Montana.
w. f. BENNETT,
Register.
nuh Anr 90 1q22-5-I9
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-20
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE ON
DECREE OF FORECLOSURE

In the District Court of the Eighth
Judicial District of the State of Mon
tana, in and for the County of Cas-
cade.
Talcott Nj. Tyler and Nora Tyler. his
wife, Plaintiffs,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1922-08-25
"SHEK" BAUSELL is SHOT 8
TIMES BY OSCAR FISHER

Oscar Fisher shot Allen (Shek)
Bausell three times with revolver
some time during Saturday night near
the home of Elijah Fisher, two miles
!, 9TH of Cora.
'eiS are conflicting stories about
the a.. ir.
One of the reports say that Baus~
ell went to the Elijah Fisher home
late at night and asked for Mrs. Oscar
Fisher, who was living at the Elder
Fishers home. He was told she was
in bed. Bausell said she was not in
bed and when the younger Mrs. Fisher
heard Bausell talking she came into
the room and then went outside the
house with Bausell. Soon after
they left the house Oscar Fisher, her
husband, was seen coming down the
railroad track and called to his wife
to some into the house; that Bausell
grabbed her and told her she should
not go, that Oscar would "beat up on
her. if she went into the house.
Fisher, who had entered the house,
then came from the house and began
to shoot at Bausell one bullet hit
ting him in the shoulder, ranging up
and breaking the collarbone, another
lodged in the stomash and the other
in the jaw.
Another report is that Bausell and
Mrs. Fisher were on or near the rail-
road track when Fisher came upon
them and Bausell and Fisher began to
fight. Fisher finally shooting him,
as stated above.
BauseIl is about 35 years old and
has only one hand. Several years ago
he accidentally shot the left hand of
at the wrist with an automatic shot
gun while hunting quail. All of the
bullets have been removed and if he
continues doing as well as he is at this
time, it is though he will recover.
Sheriff Rouse arrested Fisher Sun
day at his home in Cora, and
took him to Trenton and placed him
in Jail. Monday he was released on
bond of $4,000 for his appearance at
the Preliminary trial which is set for
August 2s.
Prosecuting Attorney House went
to see Bausell Monday morning and
asked him if he wanted to make a
statement about the shooting. "Shek''
remarked that if he recovered suf-
ficient to be at the preliminary hear
ing, he would then make statement,
but if he died before that time there
, would be no statement from him.
Milan Standard.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1922-08-25
JOSEPH w. FOLK SICK
AT HOME IN CAPITAL

Washington, Saturday, Aug. 19.-
Joseph w. Folk, former governor of
Missouri, is repoi =" at his home.
The governor Is hi5L,a It is
believed that he will live r.. y Iy.
night.
Folk has been prominent in ma
tional affairs and at one time was con-
sidered candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination. He is SO
years old.
From 1906 to 1909 he was governor
of Missouri, carrying that state by
10000 as Democratic candidate for
governor, while Theodore Roosevelt
was carrying it as a republican candi-
date for president by $4,000.
AS circuit attorney of st. Louis
from 1900 to 19OO4 he exposed politi-
cal and official corruption and pro-
secuted numerous bribery cases.
Mr.. Folks cousin, Miss Bess Tho
mas, received the message of his ILL
ness last Saturday and immediately
left for the east to be at the bedside.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1922-08-25
MYSTERY ATTACHED TO
STOCK DISAPPEARANCE

We are reliably informed that Rus
sell Warren, single man living be-
tween Jacksonville and Cairo is
gone, as is approximately ST.
200 worth of morgtaged stock.
We understond the jacksonville
Savings Bank holds the note.
The stock was in pasture on
Warren's farm. it is alleged, up to
last Friday. Some time between Fri
day night and Sunday the stock dis
appeared, and so far. it seems. no
trace has been found as to its
whereabouts.
Warren served in the Navy dur
ing the war, and it is reported that
he went to st. Louis and last Mon
day re-enlisted in the Navy.
It isn't known that young War
ren's reported re-enlistment in the
Navy had anything to do with the
disappearance Of the cattle from his
farm. It is, however, queer and
mysterious case and Investigations
now in progress it is hoped win aid
in clearing up the mystery. Moberly
Democrat.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1922-08-25
COUNTY AGENTS WORTH WHILE

Action and reaction are equal the
world over and always. The wave
of enthusiasm which swept over the
country a few years ago in favor of
the county agent movement is now
temporarily at ebb tide, at least in so
far as esteem in which the move
ment is held by some farmers is con-
cerned.
When our business is Improbable
we are inclined to attribute our mis-
fortune to the faults of deficiencies
or agencies upon which we had de-
pended for help. When prices are
high we cannot produce enough to
satisfy our desires. When profits
disappear through decline in values
we look upon overprodHction as the
chief cause of our distress. At such
times we listen with slight patience to
suggestions as to ways of increasing
our output. Since the county agent
is the disciple of better farming and
better varieties, of SAVING animals and
crops from the ravages of diseases
and insects, those who believe that
restricted output is the way out of our
present situation feel that the county
agent is an instrument of evil in
stead of good. These farmers see in
the county agent not only these men
acing features, but also the cause Of
additional burden to their already
heavy load of taxes.
If one questions the ability of the
county agent to bring about increased
production or to curtail the cost Of
production he needs only to read again
the story of county agent work. Adj
ding 100000 bushels of wheat to
the production of one state without in
creasing the acreage; cutting the
cholera losses in half as compared
with counties that have no agent; re-
Gucing the losses from winter killing
of wheat 10 per cent or 12 per cent
through better methods of preparing
the soil and by encouraging the use
Of harder varieties, are examples Of
the large benefits flowing from the
work of these agents.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1922-08-25
LILLIAN JOHNSON is IN
THE HUNTSVILLE JAIL

Huntsville, Mo-, Aug. 21.-Miss Lii
Ian Johnson, the half-witted woman
VINO is mixed up in the adultry case
with Henry Bowles and old Henry
Simms, coIored, told in Sundays
Democrat, was arrested in her flight
to Colorado, at Salisbury, Saturday
Lash by Constable Ben Atterbury, of
Charlton township, upon papers is
sued by Justice Elliott Palmer, and
returned to this county where she is
held under bond to appear against
the defendants.
Prosecuting Attorney O'Bryan was
in the Mt. Carmel neighborhood Sun
day and had a consultation with
Squire Palmer concerning the facts
in the case, but up to this writing no
date has been fixed TO hear the evil
dence in the case. Miss johnson
we learn, still insists that she had
illicit relations with the 80 year old
negro, but people in Huntsville and
in the western part of the county
who know "Old Henry" can hardly
believe the charge, but think it's 8
frame-up on the old negro. Satur.
day afternoon after being released
from Jail Henry was talking to some
of his white friends about the case
and how he happened to report the
conduct of Bowles and Miss Johnson
to his white friends in that neighbor-
hood, and said: "Fo' God, men, ]
neber teched dat oman in mi life,
nor said any bad or insultin' words
to her nor any other white oman. ]
hab always ben kind an spectacle to
white people, an eber white man an
! oman who knows me up dar knows
l neber done what dat young oman
sed did. God knows l am not
guilty OBJ dat trick"
Miss Johnson has, since her re-
turn, implicated or named two other
marned men in the neighborhood be
sides Bowles of whom she had i'm
proper relations, and there is still
much talk over the matter in that
part of the county.-Moberly Demo-
crat.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1922-08-25
BURKLAND's JEwELRY
STORE ROBBED

/, Otto Burkland's jewelry store suf-
fered loss Of about 500 worth of
diamonds and jewelry as the result
ef thieves breaking in a front win
dow Friday night.
About 2 o'clock this morning Mrs.
D. s. Forney and Miss Gregory.
who have apartments over the store,
heard the glass break. Police also
heard the noise and made rush to
the store; but the yeggs made safe
getaway; two Of them ran down
Fourth street. It is thought there
was party Of four. ]. Booker, mer-
chants night watchman, said he
saw four suspicious characters in
the neighborhood Of the store earlier
in the night. The yeggs probably
had lookout or two who let them
know when the police and night
watchman were at the opposite end
of their beats.
The window broken was a small
panel on the east side OF the west
front window. a glass cutter was
used and then q brick used to knock
out the piate. q hole In the window
ABOUT 70 incnes mgn was made. me
panel Is about a 1901 vide, :.
Inc Strumpier oloodnounds were
taken 70 tne WINDOW TINS morning
~ TOOK up a traii leading west on
coilins and tnen over 20 Carpenter
70 tne clty nmits tnrougn tne WOODS
ana across Sewer creek 70 a little
ROAD wnicn rs very dusty. Inc blood
hounds attendant claims the auto
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1922-08-25
TRAIN DELIBERATELY
WRECKED-TWO KILLED

Chicago, H., August 2O.-An en-
gineer and fireman were killed and
two express messengers injured when
express train No. 80 on the Michigan
Central Railroad enroute from New
York to Chicago by way of Detroit,
was wrecked near Gary, Ind, at 2:10
o'clock this morning.
The wrecling of the express train
resulted from the deliberate removal
of twenty y-seven spikes from one of
the rails, Michigan Central Railroad
officials announced tonight. A re-
ward Of $1,000 was offered for the
arrest of those responsible.
The cause of the wreck remained a
mystery for some hours because Of
the confusion at the scene, and be-
cause of the fact that the rails and
ties had been plowed up and tossed
about ike matchwood for hundreds
of feet by the locomotive. Z.
An investigation by Martin Quinn,
special agent Of the road, revealed
that while the roadbed had been all
ground into an unrecognizable mass
from the spot where the train had
left the rails, enough remained at the
place where the engine had been
4hrovn from ikr rnu,ca to furnish
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1922-08-25
TREES AND ELECTRIC
LIGHT SERvICE

r. Al. Graves, industrial engineer
for the Kansas City Power and Light
Co., was in town Monday. Mr..
Graves informs the Courier man that
his company is working at top speed
to get their new double transmission
line in and that when this has been
accomplished that the people Of this
community will have no further cause
for complaint on account of service.
Mr.. Graves also stated that one of
the great troubles that we are ex-
periencing here is the fact that the
transmission lines from Carrollton to
KeytesviIle are run through trees al
most all the way, and that when a
rain vets up everything with a bit
of wind added there is no reason why
we should have any service at all.
"And right here in Keytesyille," said
Mr.. Graves, "the condition is abso-
lutely impossible for continued SER
vice. Your trees are beautiful, but
they have got to be cleaned up in a
satisfactory manner before you can
expect to get away from these cut-offs
in service, Saturday nights and other
times, both day and night" Now
viii be the time to get out injunctions
your shot gun and let loose the dog
and do all your power to keep the
Kansas City Light and Power Co,
from doing things that viii insure
service. This matter should be at
tended to at once. Otherwise users
of light and power will be up against
good service and that has not been the
rule rather than the exception ever
since that eventful day when Keytes-
vile was hooked up with the "streak
of rust" from Brunswick. When the
men come to clean up these obstruc-
tions to service get busy, and do not
let them trim up the trees. This will
be the one best way to continue the
rotten service all are used to. Any
radical change from this would not be
in keeping with the eternal fitness Of
things in Keytesville. We have grown
used to dark Saturday nights. Why
not continue? We are used to. the
digging up the old coal oil lamps SO
that we can successfully guide our
trusty hands from the plate to our
mouths at dining time. Why change
the practice? The store keepers are
fully stocked up with candles with
winch to aid them in dealing with af-
ter dark customers. Good electric
light service would leave them with a
greater or lesser supply of the tai
low candle makeshift, and in time they
would become an entire loss. By all
means oil up the shot gun, loosen the
dog, engage an attorney if any of
these presumptuous Kansas City en-
ployes try to remedy the defects men
TONED in regard to trees. It's what
we're used to. What was good for
the youth of yesterday must be good
enough for the man and woman of to-
day. If the Courier man can learn
just when the attack is to be made on
the beautiful stately trees of Key
tesville, well do our best to inform
You, so that the trees viii not be en-
tirely ruined.