Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-08-31

AAS 8hHQA NOAtftAAtVh Va So
cesar council of Catholic men will be
held In Helena on September 3, ae-
cording to word received In Butte.
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The Bird annual session OF the Mon
tana Grand chapter of the Eastern
Star. held at Helena, reached adjourn
ment sine die. following election Of Of
ficers.
Contracts for 10000 lambs at 9ih
cents a pound have been made by east-
ern men. These contracts total around
100000 and make the situation of the
sheepmen of the state look very prom
Using.
Newspapers of Hill county Will
conduct a voting contest to determine
which young lady OF the county shall
represent them at the state fair at
Helena. She will have all her expenses
paid.
Fishermen and hunters who were not
residents of Montana paid S11,179 into
che Golfers OF the state last year, ac-
cording to figures complied IN the Of
flee of State Game Warden J~ackaways
at Helena.
All incumbent Officers were unanl-
mousiy reelected aud Lewistown chos-
en- as next years convention city by
delegates to the State Laundrymen's
association, which held Its annual SEES
sion there.
DR.. III. RI. Swain has been appointed
as temporary chancellor OF the Mon
rama State university to succeed T.. C.
Elliott who resigned recently TO accept
the presidency OF Purdue college at
Lafayette, Ind.
The loss sustained by the Rutledge
Lumber company, operating in the
Marble creek country south OF Avery,
during the recent fires which swept
over that region. Is c~onservatIvely esti-
mated at $4,000.
Forty-two bushels OF wheat TO the
acre Is the yield this year on the farm
of Peter Benner near Sidney. Crops
In Richland county were never better
than this year and optimism pervades
the entire community.
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Improvement OF the Monarch Log
cling creek road between Great Falls
and Helena on the Park-to-park high
way has been decided by the state
highway commission. The expenditure
of $4,000 has been recommended.
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Removal Of Great Northern railway
armed guards who are not United
States deputy marshals. for the safety
OF member workers was demanded In
resolutions passed by the Big Four rail
brotherfoods in session ut Hayre.~ "
Shortage of farm labor exists In
northeastern. eastern central. and In
some northern Montana counties ac-
cording to the weekly crop summary OF
the state department of agriculture Mt
Helena, based upon reports of county
agents and others.
The effort for the creation Of a new
county out of portions of Flathead and
Missoula counties entered It's second
stage when committees began the work
of circulating petitions to secure the
slgners required tie get the matter be-
fore the people for final action.
Alvin @. Leighton. manager of the
Buffalo Rapids hydro-electric project,
that the company will soon
be incorporated. Maps and plans for
the irrigation of the land under the
project have been completed and
passed on by the federal commission.
Search for the body Of Mrs. NJ. y.
Norman. believed drowned with her
son In n storm on Flathead lake. ended
when Mrs. Norman and son arrived at
the home Of Frank r. Llnderman, after
having been buffeted around on the
lake for some time but finally thrown
or the beach at Angle posnt.
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The Montana State School of Mines
at Butte win open for the 1929 term
on September IL. Judging from applI-
cations now being received, the school
Will enjoy the largest enrolment 1t has
ever had. A new building Is being
added at an expense of s250.000. TO
house the metaliurgicsl and chemistry
departments,
The state board of health issues a re-
port at Helena stating that diphtheria
IL prevalent in several Montana coun-
ties and with the approach OF the
school year usually spreads They
urge that special attention be paid to
sore throats and that compliance with
quarantine regulations be observed by
those afflicted with the disease
The Methodist Episcopal church for
the north Montana district win hold
d conference at Havre devoted to mis-
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