Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-02

who served as a nurse In the Cavi
war, was buried there recently will
military honors. Taps was sounde<
. over her grave.
]. Arthur Mattson, Of Butte, has
been appointed by Attorney Genera
D~augherty to be junior attorney In
the war fraud section Of the depart
ment of justice.
Alex Walker, OF Butte, is exhibiting
! to friends a gold Shrine badge which
he declares he extracted from the
I stomach OF a trout he caught in the
Big Hole river.
K. N Bressman, assistant state ag-
economist, is certifying alfalfa fields in
the nelghborhood of Miles City, for the
purpose of allowing the seed to be
sold as certified seed.
The state game n fish department
has been made a present of the fish
hatchery at Greenough Park. near
Missoula, recently built by the Vest
ern Montana Game and Fish associa-
ton.
Thirteen carloads OF wool, valued
at $Z25 900, were shipped to eastern
markets recently from Columbus. phe
price is reported to have been from so
cents down.
z. ID. Foster, 81 years of age, and
a pioneer trail blazer of the state, who
participated in the gold rushes to Vir-
ginIa City and Alder Gulch, died re-
Gently at the home of relatives neal
whitehall.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Earnest Barton,
who had spent the day in Milestone,
returned TO their farm ten miles north
OF that place recently, they found their
home had been struck by lightning and
burned TO the ground during their
absence.
Shipping of cattle from the Brown
ing country will start about August l
and be very heavy. according to re-
ports from that section. Plenty Of rain
and excellent range have made this a
banner year for cattle raisers Of that
section.
Preferring death to life without his
helpmeet, who died a year ago. Charles
Carson, 20 years of age, committed
suicide at the home Of his son-in-law
near Roundup by shooting himself
through the head with a .30-.30 on July
-.
Drain bonds of the Valley Center
district, near Hardin, amounting TO
$4,000 have been approved by attor-
neys OF bond purchasing firms. The
money raised by the sale of the bonds
VIII be used to drain lands north OF
Hardin under the Big Horn ditch and
Two Leggin canal.
While lightning never strikes twice
In the same place the third death
from lightning is reported from the
Huntley ranch, six miles north of
Wisdom. where Barney German was
killed on July go Two other men
have been killed in the past two years
by lightning on this same ranch.
More than thirty children have been
barred from the municipal swimming
pool at Havre on account of infections
on legs and arms said to have been
caused by the bite of q peculiar species
Of mosquito. The infection, accord
Ing to the city health officer, is highly
contagious.
A truck load Of beef, en- route from
to Anaconda, was barbecued re-
emily when hackfire from the engine
gnIted the gasoline tank. Passersby
prime cuts of beef very prop
srly cooked and the balance of the
Dad. about a thousand pounds, was
buried by the roadside. Truck anu
contents were a total loss.
Kills-Together, the wife Of Plenty
zoos, chief of the Crow Indian tribe, I
lied at the chiefs home at Prior on 4
Tuly % following a lingering illness. =!
IRIS. Plenty Coos was 55 years OF age. !
She was married to the Crow chief 80
ears ago by Rev. FIR. Prando, a mis-
Toner 10 the Crows. and was known TO
,ractically every member of the tribe. l
he is survived by her husband. :
Two tickets for rlngside seats pre- 1
to Governor Joseph NJ. Dixon ;
v Dan Tracey Of Great Falls, for a y
financial manager OF the title
held at Shelby on July a, this
ear, between Jack Dempsey and Tom
ibbons. not having been used, have y
cen presented by the governor to the q,
tate historical society, and after !.
abinetmaker Casey of the statehouse :
arpenter shop, has them suitably u
they will be placed on exhibit
ION In the rooms containing other
tate curios. =
Plans to substitute Priest lake for :
lake as a water source for !.
ne Columbia Basin project In wash :
,gton are being considered by a fed .
raj investigation committee Flat
Fad lake has been counted upon from
,e start, the state commission, state :
,~gineers and General George Goethals =
cling agreed upon Its necessity. The :,
olumbia river board of the federal =
commission. however. expressed "
he opinion In its recent report that
lake was not required. If