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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21
School Buildings
Get s190,000.OO

The bid of Stacy 4 Braun Of Toledo,
Ohio, for $4,000 of educational bonds
was accepted Saturday by the state
board Of examiners The bid SUBJ
mitted by the Minneapolis office of
the Toledo firm was considered the
lowest Of the Is which were received.
The bid was to buy at par $4,000 Of
the bonds carrying 4 per cent interest
and S160,000 at par carrying 4 IL
per cent interest
Within the last day or two there
has been talk Of using other state
funds for the purchase of these bonds,
but nothing tangible resulted from the
The state land board dis
cussed the matter Friday and Satur-
day without reaching a decision.
The bonds sold Saturday will be is
sued July / at which time the money
will be available for continuing the
building program at the state educa-
tional institutions.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21
Or. Fuson Quits
Co. Health Job

AT meeting of the county commits
sioners and representatives Of tha
city council of Great Falls on Friday
last the resignation of DR.. Fuson N
city-county health officer was received
and accepted to take effect July 1st
An outside man. it was agreed at
the meeting Friday, viii be selected
to fill DR.. Fuson's place. DR.. Fuson
has received $4,000 annually as full
time health officer but his successor
will be paid q smaller sum it was
said after the conference Of city and
county officials.
In the event tina tn new health Of
ficer is not employed by July 1, DR..
F. T. Foard Of the United States Pub
lie Health service viii act until the ap-
pointment is made.
Under the reorganixed city-county
health board, at the suggestion Of DR..
Foard, there will be seven members,
instead Of three as at present. Undsr
the old plan the mayor, chairman Of
the board Of commissioners and the
health officer comprised ~ health
board. The new arrangemshx which
it was said Friday will probably -
put into effect At once, will include
the three commissioners. Ben C. john
ston, L. H. Kommers and ]. A. Bar
ker. Mayor H. B. Mitchell, two MEM
bers Of the city council, to be selected
later, with the health officer.
1t will be several weeks before tn
vacancy caused by DIR. Funon's resie-
nation is filled.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21
Pat Gallagher Dead

Pat Gallagher, old timer of Great
Falls and Montana was buried from
st. AIMS cathedral in Great Falls on
Tuesday of this week
He was formerly a hotel man, hav-
ing run the Overland hotel in Fort
Benton, the Ulm house in Great Falls
and restaurants in Marysville and
Helena.
Deeply Interested in politics, he was
figure at the state and county con-
ventions before the installation of the
direct primary and took an active part
in the Anaconda e-Capitol fight
of 1894. ~
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21
Industrial Review

All banks showing increased depos<
its over same months last year. South
ern Pacific and Central Pacific Merger
upheld. Wages increased in various
industries. Labor out of reach Of the
farmers.
California company has taken over
the operations at the Devereaux well
in the west end of the west dome of
the Cat Creek field.
Shelby-Gladys Belle company brot
in . gas well with flow of between
s5 900 900 and 10000 900 cubic feet q
day.
Anaconds--Cornerstone laid for the
new Parochial school.
Roundup-l080 acres of Roundup
Oil 4 Gas company's land in DEVILS
basin has been taken over by the Sc
Petroleum company on q royalty ba-
sis and will be developed Immediately
Montana iron ore output last year
valued At Ss9, 900; total Of 21,627 tons
produced.
Jib Consolidated Mining company
now employing about go men on work
Of razing old Hope mill and main
building of Heinz concentrator at
Basin.
Butte-Nevin-F Frank company Ia to
build refinery here.
Carter-Well spudded In by Mon
tana Giant company on w. E. Bennett
ranch.
Broadus-Butler Oil and Gas COM
pany to resum drilling operations on
Williams lease.
Bear Lake structure, four miles
east of Wild Horse lake to have an
other test well.
Six-mile highway to be built IN
Bull lake section of Kootenai national
forest at cost Of $4,000.
Havre-Farmers meet to boost
Marrias irrigation project.
PhiIipsburg-Ground broken for
new Methodist church.
BilIings-N. p. widening bridge
across Yellowstone to permit double
Will spend S125,000.
Great Falls-Kevin-S Sunburst Oil
pays S13.315 income tax.
Diamond-Placer mining operations
start on old Boulder bar.
Great Falls--Improvements planned
On old Bird Tail military highway.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21
Better Train Ser
vice for Valley

Belt has two new trains and the
train schedule is such that person
can spend a long day in Great Falls if
he 70 wishes. He can leave Belt at
5:35 in the morning and return at
10:42 at night. These trains run
from Billings to Glacier Park and
make only few stops such as Hob
son, Stanford, Belt, Great Falls, Con-
rad and Shelby. This gives US three
passenger trains each way during the
summer and is exceptional service.
Mr.. Nelson meets one Of the trains
and Mrs. Nelson the other. These
trains carry no mail
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21
Treasurer Reports
on Seed Loans

Out of t311, ,805.47 lent to the farm
ers Of Montana as war measure IN
1917 and 1918, s113.978.87 has besn
repaid leaving balance due the stats
of $197 7,416.60, according to figures
supplied by State Treasurer o. H. Ju-
nod.
The last legislature appointed .
special committe to invsstigate ths
status Of these loans and 10 recon-
mend methods Of proceeding for the
collection OF the balance due.
Since the legislature adjourned ths
state treasurer has addressed lettsrS
to 1000 or 1000 debtors Of the state
and has collected about 5000, . gum
he states that will not pay the cost OF
stamps and stationery. Vast amounts
of clerical work has been involved in
the checking Of lists, attempts to 80
cure the addresses of borrowers and
the writing and addressing of the
and virtually the only
results accomplished. he states, has
been to secure an almost unanimous
acknowledgement Of indebtedness and
an expression of willingness to pay
when the borrowers get the money. A
good crop, Mr.. Junod thinks, would
result In the payment Of a considerable
amount Of the money outstanding, -
many of the farmers who borrowed
the money have had hard times and
inferior crops since the loans were
made.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21
RiCeviIIe-MOnarCh
Contract Is Made

Contract for construction of the
highway unit between Monarch and
Riceville, stretch of 4.24 miles ex-
tending from the end of the Kibbey
canyon road to the top of the hill
above Riceville, was awarded at Mis-
soula Saturday to Fagenstron Broth
ers of Great Falls for $74,806. The
price of the highway construction was
$56.767, and Of the bridges $18,039.
The road is federal aid project and
the contract was awarded by the bu-
reau of roads.
Work on the contract will be start
ed Immediately and will be completed
in three months, under the terms Of
the agreement. Completion of the
stretch will close the gap of ungravel-
. led road between Monarch and Rice
vile with the exception of the section
between Riceville and the end of the
new work.
Fagenstron Brothers won the con-
tract in competition with five other
firms. These were the Pioneer Con-
struction company, $67,4S0 for grad
ing and $26, ,0O3 for bridges; J. F. Har-
rington Of Missoula. $19,939 for the
bridges; the Security Bridge company
of Billings, $l9,161 for the bridges;
Mcclure & Blakeslee of Great Falls,
s23,201 for the bridges, and Nilsson &
Smith of Great Falls, $73,690 for
grading.
The Riceville- Monarch contract was
one Of three for which bids were open
ed at Missoula. The others were Cor
&m-Spotted Bear road in the Flathead
forest and the Skalkaho road Of 1872
miles. The bid of the Pioneer Con-
struction company of Bozeman was
low for the Coram-Spotted Bear road,
that firms proposal calling for $152,-
744. Gardner & Laux of Kalispell bid
s175,397 and Stevens Brothers of st.
Paul $206, ,O57. Twenty.four and one
third miles of road will be graded with
a total of 144, 900 yards of excavation,
of which 21,45O yards is rock work.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21
Gold Strike Reported

1t is reported that William Wilson,
who discovered the Gold Reef mine at
Gilt Edge, from which John A. Drake
took some millions in gold, has just
made strike of rich gold ore in the
Judith mountains, not far from
Maiden, on the Gilt Edge side Of the
Maiden canyon. The old Spotted
Horse and Maginnis mines at Maiden
yielded millions in the early SOS, so
that it is not remarkable if the strike
reported has been actually made.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21
HUffah for the
Fourth of July

Plans for the Fourth of July cele-
bration are going merrily on. The
committee in charge, ]. w. Brodie, ],
v. Harner and Cal Sharrard are doing
everything in their power to get
things ready. The park is being put
in first class shape. Buildings have
been painted and playground appar-
atus put in as good condition as when
it was new. The park never looked
better than it does now and tourists
tell us that from the time they left
Billings every tourist they met would
give them tip to stop at the Belt
camping grounds.
Watch for the small bills which will
give you a program of the Fourth of
July sports.
Not everyone can go to Shelby. Not
everyone wants to go to Shelby. Not
everyone is physically strong enough
to stand the strain of the trip and its
attendant discomforts. Those who go
will never be missed from the crowd
which will be in the Belt City Park on
Independence Day. Not thing will
be omitted from the program which
might add to the pleasure of the day
or the comfort of the guests Of the
city.
Bands, horse races, dances, boxing
exhibition, foot races, ball game, red
lemonade, balloons.
Don't forget that the celebration in
Belt will be the biggest and best ever.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21
Wants to Know

The Interior department might act
officially in the event of an Indian up
rising, but it has no jurisdiction over
pale face prize fights in any of the
states, not even in the matter of
granting special permission for certain
Indians to leave their reservations to
attend them.
Washington officials were flabber-
gasted today on hearing Of satirical
letter written by Chief Lying Down
Bear Face, known as the warrior
philosopher of the Glacier National
Park reservation. The old Indian is
rather facetious, it seems, in making
formal request for leave of absence
from the reservation to attend the
Dempsey Gibbons fight, July 4th. He
characterizes the "muffIed hand to
hand combat" as q sham affair COM
pared with real Indian fighting of his
early days, according to the translated
letter dictated in the Blackfoot tongue
to an English-writing Indian police
1t is quite possible much Of the best
of the aged Red Mans wise words
were lost by this crude means Of
translation.
However, there is no doubt marked
change has come over the fight game
Uncle Sam forced Bear Face to quit
the big Montana prairie arena as an
Indian fighter more than 80 years ago.
Bear Face, with the Blackfeet,
fought many battles against the
Sioux tribe on the bench lands ada
cent to where Shelby stands today
and his only trophies consisted of the
scalps he took with an occasional bow
and arrow or bowie knife taken from
the vanquished foe.
"All different today he ruminates,
civilization call 'em sporting event
now. Big herd of people go see
hand to hand battle and even pale face
warrior struck down is brought back
to life and handed heap big bag of
Huh, pale face funny
people"
Bear Face is an intelligent Indian.
BE is one of the few remaining In
iians of the bow and arrow days. he
IS about 98 years Of age.
He has taken keen interest in the
Dempsey Gibbons prize fight He
appeared at the Glacier Park
agency headquarters to
make request for leave Of absence to /
attend the bout. He was jocuiariy
old to write to the Great White
Father.
Bear Face figures, in his Indian
way of calculating, that it will be a
rood fight because the combatants are
o be paid so generously for fighting.
m the days of his prowess as fight
n, he says, he would have fought any
wo Sioux warriors single handed with |
,owie knives for half million dollars
ess than these pale face battlers are
o get for fighting each other with
padded hands"
3ut one bid was received on the Skal- /
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21

Tom INITIAL pulled neighbor's car
to town Tuesday behind his car but
we noticed yesterday that he was us
ing a spring wagon and team. They
have had plenty of rain around
Wayne.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21

H. d. Harmon, who will be princi-
pal of the Arlington school next
year, left this week for his home in
Spooner, Wis, to visit home folks for
the summer.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21

But one bid was received on the Skal-
kaho project and this was rejected, so
no contract viii be let
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21

M. J. Demitt has joined the Belt
baseball team as catcher and is work
ing for G. w. Merkle.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21

Jim Bough and family passed
through town yesterday on the way
to Great Falls.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Anthony and
little girl were shopping in town ON
Monday.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21

Miss Clara Christison was visiting
the schools in the eastern part OF ths
county last week.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21

VIM. McInnis stopped off in Belt
between trains on Wednesday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-01
WAIT ON ACTION ON HOME
FOR COlORED ORPHANS

TRENTON, Feb. 1.-The State
Board of Institutions and Agencies
at its meeting just held here went on
record as urging that the legislature
take no action on the bill introduced
by Assemblyman Pascoe OF Union
county, establishing a State Home for
Colored Children. The board feels
the present policy Of the state board
ing children out in private families
is preferable to the plan outlined in
the Pascoe measure. This IL done
under the direction Of the state
board of chiidren's guardians. AT
the present time there ts no orphan
home for white children under state
auspices.
The board, however, did endorse
the bill Of Assemblyman Roegner of
Passaic. to establish an institution for
feeble-minded in north Jersey. AT
the present time the institutions for
10th male and female unfortunates
Of this kind ara now located in the
southern sections OF the state, caus-
ing great Inconvenience to relatives
who must travel from the northern
end OF New Jersey to see them.
Because 1t Is likely that a blind
person may be named to member
ship on the State Commission for the
Blind when appointments are made
June 80. next, the Board Of Institu-
lions and Agencies urdeg that the
legislature not pass the bill to do
this, which has been introduced by
the blind assemblyn1au from Union,
Thomas M. Muir.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-01
GOVERNOR MEETS WITH
STATE HOUSE BODY

TRENTON, Feb. 1.-Governor Sill
ger met with the State House Com
mission here yesterday for the first
time in his official capacity. Under
the law, the state house commission
is composed Of the state treasurer,
state comptroller and governor.
The session yesterday consumed
practically the entire afternoon as
there was a tremendous amount of
business to transact, it being the first
meeting Of the body since before
Governor Edwards stepped from the
executive position.
State Comptroller Newton A. X.
Bugbee, OF this city, and State
Treasurer William T. Read, OF Cam
den. the other two members of the
commission, asked the governor for
his opinion on the long-established
custom pursued by the state in hon.
oring bidders from outside the state,
as well az within. The governor, it
Is said, took the position that as
long as the bidding was done openly,
and not with ''closed specifications
he was willing that such action be
continued.
1t was stated that Governor Silzer
was quite emphatic In his stand for
open specifications" in state work.
This was also the attitude taken by
Messrs. Bugbee and Read, both of
whom are Republicans.
The commission decided to lay
over action in approving the bill of
$4,000 for the removing OF the old
bridge over the Hackensack River
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-01

an object as when in a favorable
opposition. Neptune, which 10 q
hopeless object for the naked eye
astronomers and a battling one even
to those having access to good tele-
scopes is close to the constellation
Of Cancer, having moved only about
two degrees eastward in a year.
The morning sky at present con-
tains all the finest planets. venus
is at it's greatest angular distance
from the sun this month, and both
Jupiter and Saturn are good objects
for the early riser or the late reveier
If the latter have any eye for the
heavens. Mercury will be a fairly
good position for observation just
before dawn during the last two
weeks of the month.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-01
PLAN EVENTS
FOR METUCHEN
Y. M. c. A. Plans Series of
Lectures-Sproul to be
First Speaker

METUCHEN, Feb. 1.-The an
nouncement made recently by the
local Y. M. c. A. that a series of
lectures and concerts are to be held
in the auditorium during the winter
months met with responsive ap-
proyal of those who take particular
stress in keeping in line with the
policies and plans of that organiza-
ton in the larger cities of the
country.
Within a period of a few days the
committee has arranged for the inn
mediate execution of their entertain
rnent and educational plan. Begin
ming with a lecture on Banking by
John T. Sproul, president of the Coal
sand Iron Bank of New York City
on the night of February 8, the pro-
posed course will include interest
ing events to come.
On Friday, February 6, the Rut-
gers G1ee Club, a foremost musical
organisation from New Brunswick,
will give q program of special music
at the auditorium. The demand for
se&ts on this occasion has been most
gratifying. On March Is, Judge
Adrian Lyon OF Perth Amboy will
give q talk on law and its pos
sfbiIities for the younger generation.
An authority on importing and ex-
porting is being selected to follow
the lecture with instructive ideas in
that particular vocation.
The community dinner, however,
scheduled for the latter part of
March. will be the greatest task as
yet undertaken by the Y. M. G. A.
workers. AS explained by the Sec
rotary the dinner will combine every
known religious and civic organiSa-
ton OF the borough and held under
their joint auspices. DR.. Frank
Crane, editorial writer and editor of
Current Opinion Is being asked to
speak on this occasion.
While a committee is busy ar
ranging for the bigger event, nu-
merous entertainments are con-
stantly provided for the 100 mem
bers of the association. Ladies' day
at the z. M. c. A. on Tuesdays Is
popularity attended. The ladies take
complete charge of the quarters for
q day and usually show splendid re-
suits. particularly in securing ad-
ditional members. There is not a
week, the secretary said, that ap-
~rlications from ladies and children
have rot been pouring in.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-01

An effort is being made by the To-
cal commander TO have A. Bruce
Conlon, state commander. present TO
address the legionaires. Among the
other prominent speakers will be
Ronald Kleckner, county cemman-
der; Holger Holmes, post commsn-
der; Joseph r. Deegan, fourth dis
trict service officer and Raymond z.
White, state membership chairman.
A first class entertainment has
been secured and refreshments will
be served after the meeting by the
Ladies' Auxiliary.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-01

which was replaced recently after a
steamer had rammed into it, causing
considerable damage. AS the matter
Is essentially n for the State High
way Commission, no action will be
taken until the places of the "oust-
ed" highway board are filled.
Most of yesterdays work was mere
routine, this having accumulated be-
cause of the time intervening since
the last meeting, at which Mr.. Ed
wards presided as governor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-01
LEGION TO HAVE JOINT
EVENT TOMORROW NIGHT

The first big joint meeting Of the
Ladies Auxiliary and local American
Legion post 45 to take place this
year, will be held in the auditorium
of the Y. M. c. A Friday night, at
which time a program Of entertain
ment and important discussions will
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-01
place.

take pace.
Probably the discussion that WILL
take a prominent part will be that Of
the county convention. 1t was decided
at a meeting OF the department. ex-
ecutive. held on Saturday at Trenton,
that the convention be held Septem-
Der 10, IA and IS at Wildwood. 1t
is expected that on the last day Of
the convention there will be present
at Wildwood, Judge Lands, commits
sioner of baseball, General McCurdy,
chief of the canadian forces and
General Pershing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-01
Constellation

OF these stars, Campus. the scc-
ond brightest, Alpha and Beta Cen
taurl Achernar and Alpha Crucis-
five altogether--are invisible from
New York . From the southern tip
OF the Florida Peninsula all these
stars are visible, although Alpha
Crucis of the Southern Cross will be
emily one and one-half degrees above
the horizon at the most favorable
time and Campus, the most north
erly of these five, will at best be
only about eleven and a half degrees
above the southern point OF the
horizon,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-01
BY DIR. G. s. BRAININ
OF the Columbia University Obecrv.
atory Staff

The beautiful winter constella-
tons can be seer to good advantage
during the entire month Of Eebru-
ary. The great constellation Or Or
ion lies just to the west Of the meri.
dian at map time, with the rudy
star OF first magnitude, BeteIgeuze,
almost on the imaginary line through
the heavens. To the southwest lies
the Belt OF three stars and on the
opposite side of the Belt from Betel-
geuze. at about the same direction
from 1t, lies the blue white first mag
nitude star Rigel. The clear light
CT this contrasts with the fiery hue OF
its slightly DINNER constellation
brother.
Sirius, which ~ the giant OF all
stars in appearance, though not in
fact. Is found by producing the Belt
Of Orion in imaginary line to the
eastward and Is in excellent posi-
ton for observation. Sirius is about
five times as bright as Rigel. ca
pella, the She-Goat, in the constel-
lation of Auriga, the Charioteer. is
only slightly brighter than Rige. and
is of a white or ye1lowish white hue,
1t is very close to the zenith, !. e.,
the point exactly overhead.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-01
The Planets i'm February

h February evening sky IS
rather poor in planets. though ever
so rich in brilliant fixed stars. Mars
is setting in the west at n time,
and although it can still be observed
between sunset and map time, it is
low over the horizon. Furthermore,
Its actual distance from the earth is
too large to make 1t nearly so fine
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-01
Brightest Twenty stars

1t will no doubt interest the read
err to nave a complete list OF the
brightest twenty stars in the heav-
n which are usually known as the
first magnitude stars. although they
differ greatly from one another in
brightness. Below is a table giving
names, consultations and definite
astronomical magnitudes:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-01

DON say: cit can't be done" till you've
to do 1t the Classified Ad Way.