Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-20

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Treasure State lumber shipments
for August totaled S24 carloads. or
2~l,2aS,OJ0 board feet, according 10 re-
port OF the secretary OF the Montana
Lumber Manufacturers, association.
Montana led all other states In the
purchase of her own lumber. buying
nearly seven and q half million feet.
Three million feet of this lumber was
for ties and timbers on the railroad.
More than three million feet went TO
the Atlantic coast states. Minnesota
led the individual states with GA cars,
or close TO two million feet. while ILL.,
nois was second with IS cars, or one
and a half million feet. Wyoming and
Wisconsin each took A. cars. Iowa
bought ~ cars, Michigan 20 and Mis-
sori "A cars. California bought a car
load from Montana and Idaho took 30
cars for construction purposes. The
cut for the month was 81, 241. 1872 feet,I
or nearly 10 million feet In excess OF
shipments. The stock on hand for the |
month was 1917. 091 .952 feet.
Consideration of the eradication of
the Rocky Mountain goat ms a means
of reducing the virulence of the Rocky
Mountain spotted fever was the prin-
cipal subject before the meeting OF the
Western States Game Warden's asso-
citation In session In Missoula recently.
DIR. r.. II. Parker OF %he United States
nrThtfF hnalfh cAr.411 1,L~-,to.. - |
Hamilton. told the wardens that the
discoveries he had made In his i~nvesti-
CATION during the last five years had
given him proof enough to warrant
the eradication OF the goat. Professor
X. A.. Cooley Of the state entomology
department explained the development
of the tick and how essential animal
life is for II to reach maturity. De-
clsion as to whether an open season
on the goats win be declared will he
reached by the Montana Fish and
Game association.
Tangible evidence that the govern
ment Intends TO develop the northern
air route, is apparent. Two army
filters, Lieutenant Kenneth Garrett and
Lieutenant Victor Il. Rertrandias
on the Helena field from
Mitchell field, Long Island, and after
to Spokane, Seattle. Portland
Sacramento and San Francisco. will
20 TO st. Louis over the air mail route.
Then they win enter their ship. the
Gray Ghost a De Havlland plane
equipped with n 400-horsepower Lib
erty motor, In the Pulitzer aviation
tournament. From Chicago their ronte
vas Bismark, Miles City and Helena
rhey made the jump from Miles to the
capital without loss Of time.
although they had a strong wind TO
with.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randall Gould. former
'esidents of Bozeman. were In Toxin
at the time of the recent DIS. /
but escaped uniniured accord
ng 10 o very brief message received f,
" Bozeman friends. !
Valuable ore has been ncountered
n the Iron Mask mine near Townsend
four-foot vein has been opened nm 4
or n distance Of 100 feet that con. :
aims an eight-inch streak ~ mineral 4
yeraging 81 per cent in lead. % per r
In zinc and carrying II ounces Of !
Arrangements for treating the 4
re are being made by owners Of the
line. a
James Wysong, fifty years OF nge. r
Tas e~lectrocuted at the Badger mine. a
ear Butte. when a crowbsr he WAS n
across his shoulder came In o
pntsct with a high tension trims RI
wire carryinx x.2Do volts. :