Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-29
MONTANA HAPPENINGS
TOLD IN FEW WORDS

interesting News Items About Mon
tsnsns and What They
Are Doing
An unsuccessful attempt was re-
Gently made to burn the hotel at Gid
ford.
PFesbyterians Of Montana will hold
a summer conference at Bozeman. July
8 to IL.
The explosion Of a watchman's Ian.
tern caused the burning OF the Hanson
lath mill at Radnor.
The Billings Red Cross chapter has
raised $685. to continue its work untn
August.
The ~Seven-day Adventist confer
ence Of Montana is In annual session
at Great Falls.
The postoffice at Essex was r~ecently
ROBBED, SIS in cash and stamps and
500 money orders being taken.
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work of erecting a modern three
story Masonic building at Butte at q
cost of $250,000 will shortly be begun.
The annual convention OF the Mon
a Hotel Mems association Will be
held at Hunters Hot Springs his
year.
G~rasshoppers have beer multiplying
In such hordes near Molt tina farmers
have organized to start a poison drive
on the pests.
Controlling Hterset In the Montana
REFINING company Of Billings has been
acquired by the Lew1stown OH and
Refining company.
Gilman and Augusta will celebrate 4
the Fourth OF July this year with q
two-day entertainment staged by the
Gilman Fair association.
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Sam Lindquist. IT, was instantly
killed and Ed Oliver, IS. was temper
arily incapacitated by lightning during
an electrical storm at Butte.
Hober johnson, one of Miles Cfty.s h
Oldest residents and a veteran Of the o
Indian wars Of the south and north. q
west, died at his home In that city. b
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Montana Baptists will combine their
state convention and summer assembly b,
at an e~ncampmsnt at tie Brosdwater a,
Resort at Helena, June % to July 8 C
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The Ingomar sheep shearing plant,
the second largest In Montana. has
opened for the season. Between $1,000 st
and 10000 sheep have been booked for D,
shearing. os
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The Firestone Tire company Of Ak
Ohio. has opened distributing
for two-thirds ~ Mon m
tana and the northern half OF Wyoming 10,
In Billings. 20
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At a meeting held In Bozeman, at
tended by representatives Of eight or
raniEations, q permanent organization plr
the Montana women's Legislative nj,
council was effected. Or
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With 227 enrolled the eastern Mon "a,
ana summer school attendance al
lilies City exceeds that OF last years :
session. Anticipated arrivals the
re expected to swell the total TO 800 Prs
Washington J.. Mccormick of Mis-. Mis-
oula, congressman from the first Mon the
ana district. has filed with the score
sry of state his declaration OF fnten- r
on TO seek denomination and re-elec st
on on the Republican ticket. the
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m her Tor his wife ~divorcing def
Inn. Fred d. Mil Of Billings. shot and was
his slster-in-law and ct
TO take his own life by turn n
x the pistol on himself and inflicting offe
70 bullet wounds In his forehead. OF Il
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Fred Falk declares he Will never nea,
noke another cigar. He was arrested you
Iarged with breaking into a box car bod,
Livingston aRd stealing two-boxes -
cigars, and was sentenced to serve
ON one to two years in the state Save
lson at Deer Lodge. Belk
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Girl Mooie Segis, owned by c. Save
Loud Of Miles City. has been de- petit
lred a new champion for Montana for culal
e 3Oo-day division class by the Hol oues
.ln-FreIsian association of America. stan,
e produced II. 435..4 pounds Of milk
q 401.9S pounds of butter fat. TIL
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VIII De represented az the this
,erfcan Library association, which NJ L
lvenes at Detroit. Mich. Jun %. 1t onstr
i e an exhibit OF the extension with
being done from It's county H. ing I