Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-10-12

o1uoy huofhlhg from q snort business
visit in Great Falls.
Miss Rosalie Leveille spent Sunda,
at her home here from her school OF
Sun river bench, a few miles out o.
Great Falls.
Arne Bakko the first of the weel
installed a new lunch counter in Bar
ney's", an Improvement that is mucE
appreciated by his custmers-
Miss Margaret Pimperton, who ii
attending the Ursuline academy ir
Great Falls, spent the weekend at the
ranch home of her parents on Cora
creek.
The Pythian Sisters will give a pub
lie card party next Thursday evening,
October 10, at 8 p. m, at the X. of p,
Hall. 80 cents for each person. Ev-
erybody invited.-Adv.
Mrs. Thos. Wright and Mrs. j. w,
Leland and her younger children went
up to Campsite yesterday morning,
where they r visiting Mrs. w. C.
Blomquist for afew days.
Mrs. E. R. E6hts, who had been i'll
for a week, was taken to a Great Falls
hospital Sunday, where she is receiv-
ing treatment and undergoing a thor
ough medical and x-ray examination,
Miss Alberta Borthwick, county
demonstration agent, conducted the
first clinic for children who are under
weight in the schools yesterday. The
clinic will be continued throughout
the school year.
Mrs. Louis Mitchell and little child
left Sunday for Plains, Mont, where
Mrs. Mitchell will visit for a week
Witha sister before geinR to Butte fer
a|HsI@wIth friends. Mr.. Mitchell
drove them to-Great Falls to take the
train.
Mrs. J. A. Kierstead came out from
Great Falls Friday, spending the
night with Mrs. Jos. Leveille, and go
ing to Neihart Saturday morning with
the Rebekahs. Mr.. Kierstead drove
out Saturday evening, returning with
Mrs. Kierstead Sunday evening.
Among the auction sales to be con-
Quoted in this vicinity during the COM
ing week is the Clarke a. Eaton sale
at the -Four Corners on Saturday, the
14th; the Gust Probst sale at his
ranch next Wednesday, the 18th, and
the John Freeman and Son sale a
week from today at the Freeman
ranch west of town. On October "a,
Veach & Bryant will hold a sale at che
old Ashworth place on Otter creek.
Deputy Sheriff J. w. Leland went
to Chinook Tuesday evening to bring
back to this county j. A. Marks, a
garage mar at Neihart, who is ac-
cused of attempting TO leave the state
to avoid the paynent Of a note which
carries his endorsement. The action
was taken on the instance of Leo c.
Graybill. acting as attorney for the
Blaine County State bank at Harlem.
The note was given by a brother-in-
law of Marks and is for $106.S5,
dated in February, 1920.
Jack Gorham returned to Belt Tues
day afternoon after an absence Of
more than six months spent in visit
ing relatives in Maine, Vermont and
Massachusetts. He says that he
thoroughly enjoyed the trip back to
his old home in the New England
but though he found things
much improved back there and much
commercial activity, he would not care
10 make his home in the east, unless
ne was plentifully supplied with
Miss May Trumper, state superin-
.endent of schools, and Miss Jane
Keeney, county superintendent, will
beginning next Monday evening at
Monarch, hold six meetings at var
GUS points in the county, when they
will discuss all phases of public school
work, principally the financial SIDE,
With the local school authorities and
he public generally. They will be in
Belt on Wednesday evening, next,
Miss Trumper will give an adj
at the auditorium at 8 O'Clock.
musical numbers are being ar
for.
Last week the coal mines on the
asst side of the creek were idle a
-reater part Of the time owing to
heir inability TO get cars They re-
ort that local people seem to be max
~ no effort TO lay in their winters
bal supply and point out that should
ne car situation improve, which rail-
bad officials promise it viii shortly,
nd a cold snap come, many r going
, be unable to get coal promptly. A
Ike condition will exist in Great Falls,
ley say. The Merkle mine has been
cars quite regularly and has
orked practically every day.
Threshing is about completed in all
sction of this part Of the county,
lost Of the machines finishing up
thin the past 10 days. The fall has
zen exceptionally favorable for the
ork, only one rain storm, early in
he season, causing the threshers to
ge any time, and with only a few
avs lost because Of high winds.
lder residents Of this section are re-
Iarking that this is the first fall
thin their memory that we have not
nd a snow storm and cold snap be-
re this, but so far no snow has
llien except in the mountains and
lers has been no killing frosts, only :
more tender plants being nipped.
e. H Sundermeier and Will Brodle
owe into Great Falls Tuesday in the
& Brodie coal truck and besides I
out some supplies for the I
mine, brought out 20 cans OF |
out fry from the Great Falls fish |
which were deposited IN |
cit. Little Belt and Otter creeks !