Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-29

Net operating reyenue OF the Mon
tana Power company for 1922 was ~
I76,OTS. according 10 It's annual report
filed recently with the public service
commission.
The leghorn pheasant. a new game
bird, has made its appearance on Ger
tain farms Of western Montana. and
according to sportsmen who have
watched the new breed with interest,
win become common In that part OF
the country.
Articles OF incorporation have been
filed by the Coulson Water Users as
ISOLATION, an organization Of Billings
residents. The articles were signed
by ]. +. Burgeson, Chris V~ollquardt
and p. Yegen, as directors Of the new
corporation.
The convention of the intercollegiate
Association of Forestry clubs, held at
the state university at Missoula, was
one OF the important events In the uni
versity year and, according to visiting
delegates, the best meeting in the his
tory Of the association.
C. J. Moody. engineer in charge Of
the Flathead reclamation project, re-
ports that with the appropriation OF
S5JO,OOO, which is the first adequate
sum received since the war. he VIII
be able to improve the project In a
most substantial name this season.
After having been thrown with ter
rifle force against the sharp corner OF
n building by n raging wind, Laurn
Linnell, n nurse. was killed In Red
Lodge when she fell 10 the sidewalk
and fractured her skull. She was a
member of the Yellowstone Association
of Nurses.
Rosebud county will hold It's annual
fair Mt Forsyth on September II. II.
10 and IA. The fair will be one week
In advance OF the Midland Empire fair,
which VIII be held at Billings, Septem'
Der 1s, 10, 90 and 81. and two weeks
ahead OF the Montana Stnte fair, which
Will be held at Helena, September q
to 20, Inclusive.
Charles Jarrett was found guilty OF
murder in the second degree by the
jury in the district court al LewIstoHn.
for his alleged connection with the kill
Ing of Allison Mccain. Of Roy, last
June. The defendant waived time ami
sentence was pronounced In the same
proceeding, that he serve not less than
10 and not more than % years In the
stare prison.
Montana is required to pay higher
freight rates on intrnstate shipments
than virtually every other state in the
Union, while net earnings of those nor
tions of railroads operating In Mon
tana are proportionately higher on that
intrastate business than on the total
business. of the same railroads, accord.
Ing 10 an opinion issued by Attorney
General w. u. Rankin.
Invitations have been sent out to
commercial bodies and individuals In
cities. towns and rural districts IN
eastern Montana 10 attend Il meeting
i'm Billings March % Of farmers, bank.
ers and business men with representa-.
tives Of the federal reserve hoard al
Minneapolis. The invitation was @ X
by n committee Of the Billings
Commercial club which is arranging
for the meeting.
Matthew Brown Of Missoula was re
appointed by Governor Dixon .
member Of the executive board of the
university at MIsSoula for the re-
malnder of the term ending April 10,
1925. to succeed J. II. T. Ryman of
Missoula. Mr.. Ryman was recently mp
pointed n member OF the state board
of education TO succeed A. J.. violette
OF Mlssoula. who Is one Of the members
Of the newly created state Board Of I
equalization.
Cattle and sheep In Montana are :
through the winter In better
condition than usual and the supply OF
food on farms and ranches is ample
TO insure more than 90 per cent of tho
stock going on grass In good condition,
according TO the March livestock re-
port Issued recently by George A. Scott
OF the Montana Cooperative Crop and
Livestock Reporting service. Despite
very severe weather for several days In
February. losses have been very light,
and s~hrinkages small.
Seventy-six Independent telephone
companies in Montana, serving SO
towns. and rs exchanges In the state
owned by the Mountain States Tele
phone and Telegraph company are
under investigation by the state public
commission. The Investigation
will meet the request made in II reso-
introduced in the house of the
legislature by John T. Caplis
Df Butte for a thorough investigation
into the matter Of telephone rates and
charges obtaining In Montana.
At the last meeting Of the Beaver
head Anglers association at Dillon, re-
spending to the appeal from the Dillon
Boy Scout troops to provide work for
members of that organization so they
can buy uniforms. and at the same
time to further their campaign for ex-
terminating predatory birds, the club
decided to offer n bounty of 30 cents
4 dozen for magpie and crow eggs, or
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