Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-22
MONTANA HAPPENINGS
TOLD IN AFEW WORDS
interesting News Items About Mon
tanans and What They
Are Doing

Are Doing
Plans are being made TO organize Q
militia company at Wilsall.
John r.. Haislett, of Edwards, died
Of spotted fever complicated by chronic
nephritis.
A movement for the building of a
municipal swimming pool has been
started by citizens of Three Forks.
Bonds for. a new high school build
ing Mt fngomar have beer sold and
construction will commence Immediate
ly.
Colonel Charles L. Sheridan. state
a%djutant general, has been designated
as Montana's greatest hero OF the
World war.
Fifty thousand bushels of wheat
were received at a Miles City elevator
in n day recently. The price paid
was S1.15 a bushel.
Anaconda was selected as the CON
vention city next year OF the Montana
Federation OF Woman's clubs, recently
in session at Bozeman.
r. A. Anderson has beer appointed
assistant state forester, and will have
boa dn1ort Of KoItr-oT -
northwestern district Of Montana.
The Custer county fair board will
hold community fairs at Knowlton,
Beebe. Hillcrest. Moon Greek. Pine
Hills, Ismay and Miles City, in Sep
TENDER.
Work on the boys, Y camp on Chey-
enne island in the Yellowstone river,
seven miles west of Miles City. has
been begun In preparation for the an
nual August camp.
Approximately 1.400 acres Of land In
isolated tracts were recently sold at
the Miles City United States land Of
flee to bidders at prices ranging from
S1.25 to S3.25 per acre.
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Thlrty-two cases of Rocky Mountain
spotted fever have been reported in
Montana this year. The seasons death
toll is three, two in Mlssoula county
and one in Carbon county. ]
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All Bedoo Oasis OF Billings has been
granted a charter as a temple by the
Imperial council of the Ancient Arabic I
order. Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine,
recently in session at San Francisco.
Miss Hazel Davis of Great Falls was I
reelected president of the State FEEDER 8
alton of Business and Professional b
Woman's clubs at the closing business s
session OF the state convention at Great
Falls.
Owing to the demand for cement and 4
gypsum products, the Three Forks p
company's plant at Hanover and the j
Northwest Gypsum Products company o.
of Heath are shipping out to coast
points over the Milwaukee from four
TO five cars a day. Z
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Governor Dixon has been invited to W
attend the Fourth of July celebration CT
of the American Legion at Livingston. -
A rodeo Will be a feature of the occa- r.
The Park county chamber of u
commerce is cooperating with the le-
gion In the program for the day.
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Owen Criswell, aged "a, member OF III
a prominent Park county family. told a tn
sanity commission In Livingston that In
he was being pursued by Oxygen" and III
hat Thomas A. Edison was the only DIR
person who could aid him. Criswell was ne
placed in the state asylum for
he insane at Warm Springs.
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The Dry Forks well. two miles north so
Il Conrad, drilled to a depth Of 1,700 me
some six years ago. when a con- Gu
iderable flow Of gas was encountered 10
nd a good showing of oil made. will acl
q drilled TO completion by the Dry Flo
Oil company, a new %organiza- 20
Commissioners Of Fergus county chf
ave dismissed the petition for the ella
of Petroleum county out of Jos
he eastern part of Fergus county upon ere
he grounds that the petition did not are
ear the signatures of SO per cent Of VII
he registered electors Of the proposed Loo
,unty. vlcl
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The Rev. C. L. Bovard was elected L
of the Montana Wesleyan rus
at a meeting of the board of wht
ustees In Helena to fin the vacancy licl.
by the resignation Of the Rev. Gait
d. Crouch G. b. Pfeiffer was will
vice president. DIR. r. @. Hitch Cou
ok wal elected a member OF the tion
ard. nua
Steps are being taken 10 organize aA
d and gun club In Glendive. cent