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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28

es around the hill side and deposited
into large settling basins in the can
yon, and topography of the country
being such that there is no chance Of
the tailings getting into Carpenter
creek, much less Belt creek, into which
Carpenter creek empties.
One thousand five hundred tors of
material viii be used in the construc-
tion of the mill and as much of this as
possible will be bought locally. The
Neihart Lumber company of this city
has been given the contract for the ce-
ment to be used, and bids for the lum-
Der required, have been called for.
Two cars, or about 80 tons of this ma
terial is to be delivered daily at Ben
ton spur, the railroad point nearest
the Silver Dyke, and will be teamed
I'D to the mill site from there. VIM.
Thormquist of Neihart has the con-
tract for the teaming work and 1t is
expected he viii keep is four-horse
teams continuously ON the road The
road from the spur to the mine has
recently been rebuilt under an agree
ment whereby the mining company and
the county defray the expense on
50-50 basis.
The Silver Dyke properties are said
TO have 100000 tons Of ore already
in sight, and vast quantities Of it yet
to be prospected, so that with the ore
already proven, it will require practic-
ally three years steady operation with
present mill capacity to work it out.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28
DiDersiIcdtion Brings Quick
B0SineSS ReUiDdL to Montana

Diversification in farming is being
demonstrated today in the northwest
as never before, and the business
standing of the towns is the barome-
ter by which il is measured, according
to Harry Baxter of Chicago, repre-
sentative Of the United States Cham
Der of Commerce in North Dakota,
Minnesota and Montana, who spent
last week in Great Falls.
Diversified farming is the only rea-
son that can be assigned to the pro-
nounced difference in business revival
in North Dakota and in Minnesota and
Montana. North Dakota, with only
wheat to depend upon, is recovering
but slowly, he said.
"Minot is the only town that has
weathered the storm effectively in
that state and is making a quick re-
covery." he said. "Of course conditions
all over the northwest are improved,
but it's effects are less pronounced in
the North Dakota towns than others
in my territory. In Minot, the quicker
Of business can be traced
quite clearly to such factors as the
10iAy tfhuSthys WfbeH ScAA0 "NS~e
5000, 900 worth Of milk month.
: I'm Minnesota towns. the results OF
farm methods are to be
seen in the speed with which business
improves. Wheat isn't bringing a
good price and there is sfowness in
getting to market, but where the
farmers are still getting good money
Tor milk, and what is also important,
getting it every week of the year,
business is standing upon pretty firm
"In Montana, the diversification
hat is helping conditions now comes
rom varied interests. For instance,
N Great Falls you have the smeiter,
'ailway shops and many other forms
II income An additional $4,000 =
month from an increase in snelter
mployes wages brings just that much
more into the monthly income OF the
fty. The Montana towns can take a |
cason from the results Of business to-
ay and obtain that necessary diver
ffication--in industries, IL possible, II
'ot, In the diverxification Of their
nrniug interests
Another contributing fact IN North
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28
FALLS MAN PREDICTS IN
FLUX OF LAND BUYERS

An influx of farmers and land buy
ers to Montana may be expected this
fall, according TO j. H. Corcoran,
Great Falls attorney, who returned
from a nine-months stay in Portland
and other coast towns.
"Crop failures are general from the
Idaho line west to the coast" said Mr..
Corcoran. "In the Palouse country,
the big wheat belt of eastern Wash
ington, the average yield per acre this
year was about six bushels. This is ON
high-priced land, and the farmers IN
that section are up against it.
"They paid on the average Of sl60
per acre for the land, and now they
can't even meet the interest demands
Montana lands are cheaper by far,
and for the past year or two have
been vastly more productive. Many
farmers who left Montana during the
dry years now realize that it is better
to 20 through dry year on land that
costs SIS per acre than to move 500
miles and 40 through the same
drought on land which costs $3.50 per
acre"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28
Wheat Gro WeTS
Sue on Contract

The first round in litigation through
which the Montana Wheat Growers
association proposes to compel ebseFv-
ance of contracts with individual
farmers for the delivery of grain was
won by the association Friday morn
ing at Fort Benton when Judge John
Tatten issued a temporary restraining
order preventing E. f. Donnrose from
selling his crop to other agencies, ac-
cording to Bruce b. Johnson of Lewis
town, counsel for the Wheat Growers,
who was in Great Falls while en-
route home from the Chouteau county
capital. The association is seeking a
permanent injunction and the final
hearing will be held before Judge Tat
ten October IL.
Donnrose signed contract in 1920
to deliver his crop for the next five
years to the association, Johnson
stated, and this year declined to OBJ
serve the alleged agreement. The as
sociation demanded delivery and
brought suit in the Fort Benton dis
trict court to compel specific perform
ance. 1t is the intention TO make the
Donnrose suit a test case in Montana,
the attorney said.
The association has 4,500 members
in the state, a number in the vicinity
of Raynesford, and a disposition to
disregard the contract has become ap-
parent at but two points, according
to Johnson. In 1921, the association
had 1900 members and handled wheat
to the value of $1,700,000. This year
johnson said, the membership has
trebled and the association expects to
handle 100000 bushels of wheat, ap-
proximately one-sevcnth Of the states
crop.
The association now is moving to
procure a seat on the Minneapolis
chamber of commerce and is advanc-
ing IS cents bushel on wheat deliv-
cred by its members. A loan of
$2,500,0 900 has been procured by the
CONCERN, to be used as needed for ad-
vances on grain.
Tho purpose of the association,
johnson explained, is to market
wheat so as to avoid over deliveries
in the fall and to distribute it among
millers in way that will prevent
price slumps resulting from seasonal
surpluses.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28
Belt is Again First
in Club Exhibits

Besides winning first place In the
general garden exhibit, the grand
prize, Belt boys and girls club mem
bers won four first, two third and
one fourth places at the competitive
exhibit of the Cascade county boys
and girls clubs held in Great Falls
last Friday. Again this year the prize
winning general garden exhibit came
from the Holden Gray ranch on Lower
Belt, Mr.. and Mrs. Gray's son Elmer
entering the exhibit The prize was
won in competition with exhibits from
all parts Of the county and is q dis
tinct credit to the young man who
grew the stuff, and to the superior
productiveness of the Belt Valley. Be
sides winning this grand prize, young
Gray took three first prizes, on toma-
toes, onions and cucumbers, and one
third on turnips. His award is q one
year Montana university scholarship
on the general exhibit and $3.50 in
cash prizes on his other winnings.
Vara Densmore brought to Belt the
fourth first prize, winning the high
award in clothing group Ho. 2.
amounting TO $500 The local cloth
ing club was under the direction of
Mrs. Phil Leveille, and besides this
first award, third prize was taken,
in clothing group No. /, by Gladys
Burnett.
; Because of the departure of Mrs. j.
D. O'Connell, who was in charge of
the garden and canning club work
here, very few entries were made
from Belt in the latter, but at that
Dolyene Hoyer won fourth place. with
an award of s1.00 There were no
entries from Belt or vicinity in the
poultry or livestock clubs.
The first prize winning exhibits
from the club fair, as we'll as from the
fair held here a week ago
are entered at the State
Fair being held in Helena this week,
and it is confidently expected that
some of the entries will receive
awards.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28
First CTidirOn Con-
test on Saturday

The first game of a series which the
football team Of the Belt Valley high
school expects TO play between now
and Thanksgiving, is scheduled for
next Saturday when the locals will
meet the first team Of the Great Falls
high school at Great Falls.
While the this is only the second
year of football for the local school,
Leo Spogen, who is coaching the boys,
is confident that he has whipped a
team together which viii make cred
table showing in the Northern district
Of interscholastic football Since the
opening of school nearly a score of
huskies have appeared each evening
at Castner park for practice and for
the past week Coach Spogen has been
grilling the boys through scrimmage
until now he believes he has them in
shape to give the Blue and White ma
chine as hard battle as they will get
during the preliminary practice games
of the season.
The boys who have been showing up
for practice are r. and e. Blais, Ser
voss, Shirley, Remington, Mccoy, Poh-
lod. Boboth, Nordquist, Auren, Pats
ner, Butts, II. Johnson, Spogen and
Harcharak, and from these Coach
Spogen viii probably line up a team
as follows for the first game: n
Blais center, Shirley and Servoss
guards, Mccoy and Remington tackles,
Boboth and Pohlod ends, Butts and
Pattsner halfbacks, spogen fullback,
and Johnson quarterback. This will
give the team an average weight of
about $50 pounds.
Efforts are being made to arrange
games with st. Mary's High school of
Great Falls, Fort Benton, Stanford
and one with the Great Falls second
team for Thanksgiving day.
As soon as the football season is
the high school athletes
will turn their attention TO basketball
and with the material available II is
thought that Belt will have an excel
lent chance of putting it's team into
the district tournament at least.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28
Native neihart Girl Weds
In Great Falls Sept. 18Th

Melvin C. Cottier, son Of Mrs. John
Cottier Of 926 Second avenue south.
and Miss Dorcas Shaw, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Shaw of 1917
Central avenue, were married at a
quiet ceremony Monday afternoon,
performed by the Rev. .ehristoph Keiz
Ter in the Church Of the Incarnation.
Miss Shaw wore three-piece suit
of navy blue duvetyne trimmed with
gray fox, with hat and accessories to
match. She was attended by her
cousin, Mrs. Murry Brothy Of Lewis
town. Gordon Cottier attended his
brother Only members of the two
families were present at the ceremony
and the dinner was served in the
Peacock room at the Park hotel.
Mr.. and Nrs. Cottier left on the
evening train for Seattle, where they
viii spend two weeks before returning
TO Great Falls to make their home.
Both are well known young people
Of Great Falls. Mrs. Cottier is a
graduate Of the Ursuline academy and
Mr.. Cottier is a graduate OF the Great
Falls high school
The bride is q native Neihart GIRL
where her father was a pioneer mer-
chant, and ber marriage win be OF m
terest to many Of the older residents
Of thfs section OF the county.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28
Big Well In, Daw-
SOn-MeTkIe Lease

George w. Merkle Tuesday forenoon
received word of the bringing in of
the first oil we'll on the Dawson Mer-
kle lease in the Sunburst field, and
left shortly after noon for Great Falls
to join John E. Dawson on a trip to
the well. From reports received from
the north county, the well promises to
be the biggest thing yet brought to
production in the northern field. The
drilling was done under contract by
the Mid-Northern Oil company and
with a cave-in of 100 feet in the bot
tom of the hole, oil had risen to l 400
feet at o'clock Tuesday morning
after the drill had penetrated but one
foot into the sand at the top of the
Ellis, depth of 1868 feet.
The horizon of production was
reached at o'clock Tuesday morning
and by 10 o'clock the oil had reached
/ 900 feet, rising, it was estimated, at
the rate of 100 feet an hour. The well
is conservatively estimated at 150 bar
rels, while estimates run to 200 and
$50 barrels. Geologist Hagerman of
the Mid Northern said that, in his
opinion, it is a better well than the
Gladys Belle, one of the first wells in
this sand. He said that the well APP
pears to be the best in the field. There
is no water in the well, it is reported,
and there is some gas.
Ii was announced that the Mid
Northern will run 6-inch pipe and
clean out the hole into the. sand. The
pipe line of the Illinois Pipe Line COM
pany is but mile distant and the well
will be hooked on as soon as possible.
well, an offset to the first
producer, will be drilled on the Daw-
SON -Merkle tract of 80 acres, at once,
t was understood.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28
Little Inter-
est City Licenses

Only after considerable scurrying
about by Marshal Nalliner in quest OF
aldermen was il possible to get .
quorum together for a meeting of the
city council last Thursday night, and
after sufficient number had been
enticed TO the council chambers not
great deal Of business was transacted
and adjournment WAS taken early.
Mayor Millard and council had in
structed City Clerk Graybill to make
an effort to have the business men and
citizens who will be affected by the
recently passed license ordinance at
tend the session, but with the excep-
tion of one, not single business house
was represented. However, the ordin-
ance was read over for the benefit Of
Alderman Remington, who was not
familiar with its provisions. and some
discussion ensued.
The mayor stated II was not the de-
sire to impose hardship on any per-
son, and although the ordinance had
been finally passed, he believed the
council would be glad to make any
amendments that would tend to make
il more equitable to all. There being
no one present to offer any sugges-
tions along this line, the matter was
let drop.
A communication from the state
fire marshal calling attention to Fire
week, October 2 to 0, was
read. the letter again bringing to mind
the question Of the condemnation OF
several old buildings about the city.
Since early spring the fire marshal
mas promised that he would visit Belt
for the purpose of looking into this
matter, but up TO the present has
failed to arrive. The council was Of
he belief that the condemnation of
.hese buildings and the burning OF
weeds on vacant lots and along the
streets were the best fire prevention
Iteps that could be taken, and as the
'ormer can only be done by the fire
office, and he fails to act,
he matter was dropped. 3
Resolutions Nos. 1T and 118, max
ng the annual levy for the two
lighting systems Of the city, were
'assed on their final readings. and the
'onds of City Treasurer G. Fl. Provin
nd Police Magistrate d. E. Sullivan,
he former in the amount Of 5000 and
he latter for $500, were approved be-
ore the council adjourned.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28

Dakota at present is the political mud
die it finds itself in This also is due
indirectly to the lack of diversification
in its industries. In Minot, which
have cited as the best Of the North
Dakota towns, you find less Of the
radicalism rampant than in other
parts of the state. They have taken
the step that so often proves wise
one. They have found the remedy for
their ills in better business and result
ing better living, rather than in poll
tical theories.
IF persons searching for reform
would deal with the development of
business methods, they would find it
richer field that that Of government,
already the result of years Of evolu-
tion. They would find as well that
development of our resources in the
right business way has greater and
surer results in addition TO the general
standard Of human happiness than
has some untried theory Of political
change"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28
To Begin Work on Sill
per Dyke Mil, Neihdrt

Harvey Mathews, superintendent of
construction for the Stearns- Rogers
Manufacturing company of Denver,
manufacturers of mining and milling
machinery, who have the contract for
the supplying of material and the
erection of the new mill at the Silver
Dyke mine on Carpenter creek, near
Neihart, was in the city last Thurs
day, contracting. for material for the
mill and looking into the labor situa-
ton with a view to getting men from
this locality for work on the mill. 1t
is Mr. Mathews desire to employ local
labor as far as possible, preferably
from the farms, and for laborers are
offering $400 for eight hours, with
board at $1.20 q day. Quarters for
the 100 men who will be employed on
the work have already been provided,
and are supplied with good cots and
mattresses. The policy of the board
ing house is the best possible food
regardless of expense, Mr.. Mathews
says.
Speaking of the new mill to be
erected and what it viii mean to the
Neihart mining district, Mr. Mathews,
who is mining engineer and who fol-
lowed that work before taking up con-
struction work, said that the develop
ment of the Silver Dyke property, of
which the present proposed mill is but
a start, meant the future of the dis
trict. The mill is of 500 tons daily
which normally requires the
services of 100 men in the mines and
mill to operate. 1t is to be most mod
ern in every detail and the most up
to-date machinery will be installed.
Concrete floors are TO be laid through
out. The reduction of the ores will be
by the straight oil flotation system,
followed by gravity concentration by
tables. The ore will be brought TO the
mill from the mine over a surface
track leading around the hill, and the
will be hauled by wagon
or truck from the mill TO the railroad.
The contract calls for the completion
Of the mill by January 15.
When asked as TO the disposal of
the tailings and the probabilities Of the
pollution of Belt creek, Mr.. Mathews
replied that there was absolutely no
of this. The tailings, he
said, would be carried through trench
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28
Pierce Aids in the
Algonaut Rescue

That M. J. Pierce, formerly the vii
lage photographer of Belt, and who
has been located In Jackson, Calf.
for the past year or two, would take
an active part in the attempted res
cue Of the imprisoned victims Of the
Argonaut mine disaster, was the fore
gone conclusion Of his many friends
here, who remembered his untiring
volunteer services during the epidemic
Of influenza in Belt in 1918. The Sac
ramento Bee Of September is has the
following In regard to Mr.. Pierce's ac-
tivities.
"Faced with the difficult task of
feeding and administering stimulants
to forty-two men, composing the two
rescue crews engaged in the race TO
reach the forty-seven men entombed
in the Argonaut Mine here, are two
men on duty from midnight each night
until the first relief Red Cross crew
comes on duty in the morning.
Stationed at the top Of the Ken
nedy mine shaft from which the two
crews burrow at a snail-like pace to-
ward their buried comrades, these two
men keep watch with never ceasing
vigil and In. constant readiness for
any emergency that may arise.
when the men, exhausted to
point bordering on collapse from
their labors deep in the bowels Of the
earth, come to the surface at o'clock
each morning, these men are ready
with strength restoring foods and
warming drinks, putting new life in
he worn and tired bodies of the
workers.
Zone man, M. j. Pierce, local pho
.ographer, is on regular duty on this
Jhift.
Each night his co-worker is
hanged"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28
Belt Grades Win Pen
nantS in Health Work

Teachers in the grade schools of
Belt have recently received letters
from the National tuberculosis asso-
citation apprizing them of the fact that
the various grade rooms have been
awarded pennants for perfect scores
in the National Modern Health Cru
sade tournament conducted in the var
ious schools of the country from Jan
uary / last to June 10 of the present
year. The Belt grade school is the
only one in the state of Montana to be
awarded pennants, though the Iona
high school, grades 8 and 10 also re-
eeived pennant. The pennants be-
come the property Of the winners and
viii be placed in the various school
rooms when received here and left
there permanently in the custody of
successive teachers.
All during the length of the tourna-
ment the children in the schools en-
tered were required to use their tooth
brushes and perform various other
acts Of personal toilet as well as fuf-
fill simple health requirements at
stated intervals Those children who
fulfilled the requirements were given
q gold badge signifying membership
in the Health Crusaders. besides the
pennant awarded to the different
rooms
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28
To Develop Big Cave as
an Attraction for Tourists

At its weekly luncheon at Hotel
Rainbow Friday the Great Falls Ad
club reached decision TO cooperate
with other agencies in making the
famous Lick Greek cave, near Logging
creek, an added attraction in this
territory for tourists. The cave was
"rediscoveredn last spring by a party
of Belt men, given considerable pub
licity and during the summer attract
ed many sightseers from local points
as well as among the tourists who
came this way.
The cave has never been wholly ex-
plored. and it is intended that another
year viii see important work done in
making it an even greater drawing
card. o. l. DeSchon, chairman Of the
clubs committee named to assist in
developing the cave, recommended
that attention be given TO the con-
struction Of a road to it's location He
also suuggested that pamphlets de-
scribing the cave be included with lit
erature supplied TO tourists.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28
Total County RegistTa-
tion Large, Few are New

The registration period for the COM
ing November election closed last Fri
day evening at s o'clock, and although
the number who registered after the
primary of month ago is small. the
total registration is unusually heavy
This fact is accounted for through the
fact that the registration for the gen.
eral election Of two years ago was un-
usually heavy and that there were .
large number who registered before
the primary election. Deputy County
Clerk A. Z. Caufield, in charge Of the
registration, estimates the number
registering between the primaries and
the close at 1,500. The total registra-
ton for the county Is 14,709.
Last Thursday and Friday TIERS
was rush at the county clerk's Of
flee by people who had delayed regis
tering until the last minute and during
the two days about 800 names were
added to the registration lists and
the entire force Of the office were
kept busy caring for the anplicants-
Of the total number registertnG, ~
far the greatest percentoge wpxo
women. and although no attempt wns
made to keep m accurAte n91ro,
Clerk John E. Moran estimates tAnt
here were four or five women y -
nan.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28

Jack Harswich of Raynesford, an
alien, was arrested Sunday by Deputy
Game Warden A. d. Roushap charged
with hunting with a resident license,
when he should have a nonresident
license, since he is not citizen. He
was taken before a justice court at
Stanford Monday.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28

VIM. McInnis was visitor in Belt
Friday from his ranch on Rocky
Ridge, continuing on to the Falls that
evening to attend the funeral of his
former business associate, VIM. Carr,
which was held Saturday.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-09-28

Yesterday was Commercial day. a
day Of recreation for Great Falls mer-
chants and clerks, many Of whom went
10 the State Fair on the special train.
The day was observed here only by the
closing Of the banks.