Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-05-24

A serum for the relief and cure o
hay fever is being experimental witt
at the meteorological laboratory Of the
University of Montana at Mlssoula.
w. C. Rcnwick was elected presidenl
of the board of fair commissioners OF
the Midland Empire fair at an organic
alton meeting for the 1923 exhibit, held
In Billings.
To promote the interests of sports
men In eastern Montana in particular
and Montana In general, a meeting has
been called by the Laurel Rod and Gun
club to be held In Laurel May %.
The 1873 annual meeting of the Mon
tana State Commercial Secretaries as
ISOLATION will be held at Glacier Park
August "a and Is, 1t has been an
nounced by L. f. Jones, secretary.
Albert Hansen of Victor recently
bought 25,OO0,OO0 feet of timber on the
Lolo forest, near st. Regis, at a sale
held by the Mlssoula branch Of the for
est service. The whole sale amounts
TO approximately 100000.
The United States war department
has Issued 30 new instruments to the
university band at Missoula. TO be used
In connection with the r. o. t. @. bat
talon. With the acquisition from the
government, 1t makes a band OF 90
pieces possible.
Promoters Of the Dempsey-Glbbons
heavyweight championship fight at
Shelby July 4, have been advised by
Jack Kearns, manager of Champion
Jack Dempsey, that he would Dor be
I'm the state 10 establish a training
camp for Dempsey Mt Great Falls.
II is claimed by whites and Indians
who know her that Lightning House
Woman, an Assinlboine-Sloux Indian
OF Frazer, holds the record for age.
125 years, for any person In that part
of the state One Indian who is well
Informed goes so far as to say that
she is the oldest living Indian.
Contract for the building of the
drainage system for the Valley Cente.
drainage district, north of Hardin. was
awarder by the drainage commissions
ers Mt Hardin TO Winston Brothers Of
Minneapolis at II cents n square yard,
the lowest bid. The cost Of the work
nj this basis will be about 100000, II
Is understood.
That the Libby section is the premier
ieer district of the northwest received
additional proof by an occurrence of
/ recent happening. Mrs. J. M. Ken
ledy, who has n ranch n few miles
rom Libby on the Warland road. re-
ated TO visitors at her home recently
hat she had counted 81 deer feeding /
N the ranch one evening.
Saltwater county farmers are In
reasing their corn acreage more than
90 per cent this spring, according to
stImates made by field representa- G
ives Of the Montana Development as q
ociation. About COCO acres were
TAINTED to corn last year and it is X
that this win he increased to
rom 1900 to 1900 acres this season.. ;
The first annual livestock tour of Il
'ell0wstone county viii be made June C
and Z by n number of men well p
TO the livestock growers of the n
orthwest. The trips win be made by :"
utos. under the direction OF w. p.
tapleton, new county agent, and the
arty will visit n number OF ranches In
le county, where lectures o. livestock h
III be given. V
Billings boxing fans are TO have nm o
pportunity TO see Tommy Gibbons, a
no win meet Jack Dempsey at Shelby 81
nly 4 for the worlds title. In action. G.
he st. Paul challenger will he in Bill T
ngs Thursday evening, May "a. with b,
large number of his trimming troupe
Id will stage an exhibition under the tc
of Yellowstone post Of the 8.
merican Legion. w
Farm management, farm credits, and II
e many opportunities for improving m
,nditIons In agriculture MS well as m
,mparisons to show that farming is m
: long odds the most gigantic of all
g business enterprises In the world
day, were the outstanding points
ade by /. d. O'Donnell OF Billings, tn
ell known farm authority, who spoke nj
n Community luncheon in Bridger h,
m
Montana is the best winter wheat nj
untry in the United States, accord or
G to Thomas n. Campbell, manager XII
the Campbell Farming corporation.
hIch Is farming 10000 acres on the w,
Indian reservation near Hardin ju
ID has this year 10000 acres In win of
r wheat and 10000 acres In spring In
heat. Mr.. Campbell also asserts that
g crop prospects for 1923 are the best 70
any of the five years during which mi
s company has been operating In su
High schools of Montana are being
on a more sane basis than
were n few years ago. according TN
Carl A. lessen of Helena, state high W,
nool supervisor. "Some of this SAN mi
has been enforced by our difficult IN
situation" said Mr.. lessen, all
Or II has shown the schools Just
lere they stand. During the over DIR
osperous period which came with the an
#, high schools all over the country
work and fixtures which they