Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-14
MONTANA HAPPENINGS
TOLD IN FEW WORDS
Interesting News Items About Mon
tsnans and What They
Are Doing

Two. tons OF clothing to relieve suf
rering la the hear east was the gift OF
Livingston recently.
A carload of wild Mexican steers has
arrived In Bohemian for the annual
roundup In August. and viii be turned
cut on range until that time.
The average cost per month of send
Ing a girl to college Is about SIT less
than for a boy. as shown by data com
piled at Missoula from a representative
class OF students.
One large sinnamon bear which made
Its appearance In the farming country
south of Laurel last week has caused
considerable comment both II the ter
ritory In which he was seen and In
Laurel
Lee II. Bennett OF Moon Creek, near
Miles City, reports that three Chester
White sows narrowed three filters ron
taining 81 pigs, all OF which are living.
and he claims the record for success In
this line In Custer county.
The 3S-ton boiler of the Rayalli Can
ming company at S%tevensville which
laid In the waters OF the Bitter Root
river near the Stevensville bridge for
four days while workmen were using
all their ingenuity to recover II, has at
last been fished out and taken to the
cannery, where II is now being ms
tailed.
William v. Johnson. who Is running
four bands OF sheep on the Crow In
dian reservation south and east of Har-
din, states that during the lambing
season. which has been very successful
this year, more than 1000 lambs have
beer saved thus far. All old ewes are
doing remarkably well, averaging close
to 100 per cent.
The state convention OF the Ameri-
ran Legion of Montana will be held In
Billings on Thursday. Friday and Sat
urday. August 0, 10 and IL, according
to an announcement by Commander
Art Thompson OF Yellowstone post No.
4 of Billings. who said that the dates
idu NtF4 SQDtHfltG1 " tAC 1latS VA
Ulcers of the legion and by them APP
proved.
Mr.. and Mrs-AW. Bradley and chit
dren arrived in Hysham recently, eight
days out from Hillsboro, Ore, where
they spent the winter with relatives.
Mr.. Bradley is glad to get back to Mon
again and will operate his farm
near Myers. He says that farming In
Oregon has Just as many drawbacks
as in Montana, and between the two he
much prefers the latter.
Sitting ms an old g pension board
under the law passed by the last leg
stature, the county commissioners at
Roundup granted nine applications for
Under the provisions Of the
law any citizen of the state who has
the age Of 10 years. having re-
sided in Montana during the past Is
and being without other means
Df support. is entitled to a monthly
pension not exceeding s25.
One of the unusual features OF the
which will graduate from the
Anaconda high school this year is the
,~reponderance of boys over girls, ac- I
to the list of graduates recent
v published. This Is considered very
unusual as most graduating classes or
Ugh schools have a generous plurality
girls. or the 81 seniors who viii
'eceive their sheepskins On June Is,
IS are boys while the number Of girls
SO.
Returning from Wallace. Idaho.
where he attended a meeting of cxecu-
i've officers of Boy Scouts in the
northwest, C n. Clark. executive In
announces that Percy Frazier
ms received appointment AZ deputy
egional executive In Montana, and
hat he viii have his headquarters in
He will be the chief execu-
we officer OF scouts In Montana. under
he direction of G. X. Warne Of Seattle,
.xecutive In the northwestern district
The dedication OF the new building
I the College Of Engineering of Mon
ma State college vas held at Boze-
June s. The building was dedi-
afed 10 the memory of w. Minor
.oberts, first civil engineer OF Mon
ana, and q memorial tablet in his
was unveiled as n part OF the
rogram. The building is one Of a
roup OF four which are being built at
as part Of the rebuilding pro-
ram Of the Greater University OF Mon
under the recent bond Issue au-
by the voters Of the state.
Work on the Dempsey-Gibbons fight {
is being rushed. The contract {
ais for Its completion by June 20.
nth the framework all mp and the (
COR laid something of its size and de- {
ills now gives the curious sight seeing Z
a picture to gaze at. Nothing I
ever built in Montana or west OF c
re Mississippi river Ike II. II Is Q
$50 feet around the eight-slded wood
J bowl. A diagonal across II nj the .
idesf place is SIS feet. There will a
; 80 entrances. The gates are so 3
ranged that DO one of them will have {
handle more than $500 people. {
The state land department has au-
orIzed the state engineer TO award q $
'ntract for the plotting Of $40 acres J
state land adjoining the cifv of e