Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-22

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The Farmers and Miners unions OF
Carbon county will hold their joint
Fourth Of July celebration at Bridger
this year.
The Matador Cattle company Is ship
ping a large consignment OF Texas
cattle to It's ranch near Harlem, where
they will be placed on the range.
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Active warfare against the common
barberry bush. spreader OF black stem
rust, Will be opened In Montana July
l by the department OF agriculture.
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Contract for improving the present
system and constructing an addition
to the water works of Red Lodge has
been awarded to Mclaughlin & O'Nell
of Livingston.
Contracts entalllng an expenditure OF
SlO6,97T.97 have been awarded by the
state highway commission for work on
three road projects in the western part
of the state.
A surplus of farm labor In Montana
Is indicated by a report on agricultural
conditions Issued recently by the d.
vision of publicity of the state depart
ment OF agriculture.
Shearing is in full swing In Beaver
head county. Ten cents per fleece Is
being paid In both Beaverhead and
Madison counties. and shearers are
plentiful at that price.
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A summer military camp is being
constructed at Bowman lake In Glacier
national park by the Culver Military
school Of Culver, Ind, one of the iarg-
Of Its kind In the country.
G. L. Wentworth, formerly a Lewis
town alderman, has been appointed a
state game warden for the dis
trict adjacent TO Lewistown and will
assume the duties of the office at nee.
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Robert Egan Of Missoula. for the
past two years one of the State uni
best track men. has been
by the letter men of this years
cam as captain of the 1923 track team.
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The May report Of Mrs. Harriet Car
Ter, executive secretary Of the Cas-
'ade county chapter Of the Red Cross
ihows that 2S1 persons In the county
given assistance during the
month.
The Old Producers well In the Dry
reek district near Red Lodge, which
as been making a small flow Of gas
1t was abandoned, viii be shot In {
opes of starting a gas flow that viii ,
upply Red Lodge with natural gas r
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Several hundred residents Of Ana ,
onda joined the American Association =
ubffc, following an address there by n
ames f. Murray, national president
the association.
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A district meeting of the Order OF =
Star. and a school OF lnstruc- /,
on. was held In Bozeman last week, h
It'll representatives present from the h
at Livingston. Big Timber. y
Manhattan. Whitehall. Three al
)rks, Helena, Townsend. Wilsall, n
rummond. Pony and Bozeman. +,
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Trapped in a closed automobile, n,
for 10 seconds on the crumb- ~
brink OF a roaring torrent, and
suddenly diving into black swirl
Z waters, was the experience Of five
people. n Of whom was q,
owned, at Twelve-Mile creek on the m
llowstone trail east OF Billings. tu
Rapelje won the $50 specialp prize Of 10
ed by the Montana Development as y.
for the largest number Of IN
of a summer tillage club, Sc of
ed during the week Of June 4 TO
by adding 1873 names and 7,75S
of land during the weeks effort.
rt Benton took second place, n far
Dlar third. m.
With one arm and n leg partially Ka
off and the head and torso ree
we'd and lacerated. the body Of toe
eph Duret. 90, was found on Slough Or
in Park county. Park rangers
on the trail Of a huge grizzly bear,
oh killed Duret after breaking {
,e from a trap set by the bears Biz
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he second years campaign against the
the original started last year Pr
N Attorney General Rankin pub rel,
: named some prominent alleged
lie thieves In a meeting at Ekalaka. 6
be mapped N by the Carter I
nty Livestock Protective a~ssocia- con
ar PfutpiF. JuRfps a6s-whef=thez nnE4ka