Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-07-19

tention TO a method OF killing hoppers
that was employed IN Minnesota az
far back as 1879. Grohs, who owns q
ranch six miles from Vaughn, believes
that the old method could be used eff
fectively now. Tar secured from a
gas plant was used In a large shallow
pan, which was run over affected
fields and the hoppers thrown into the
pan, were killed even If only a wing
or leg was touched by the tar. Three
trips oyer the field served to eliminate
the pest. Other Cascade county peo-
pie, former residents Of Minnesota, re
call this method. which was introduced
by foreigners fresh from Europe. The
hopper killing method can be used up
TO the time the grain is in blossom.
These are dollar bill' days, accord
ing to Fred J. Pelleter, a Butte deputy
sheriff, along the Great White Way in
New York. Several weeks ago Pelle-
ter j%ourneyed TO Bagdad by the Sea
with his pockets filled with $40 gold
pieces. He is back In Montana again
with the poke intact except railroad
fare there and back. II was a hot day
In the metropolis when the deputy
sheriff. feeling in need OF a stimulant,
threaded his way through the swelter-
Ing crowd TO a Broadway thirst empor-
ium. He ordered a drink and prof
fered In payment therefor a cleaning
ten dollar gold piece. Blu Broadway
bartenders are a wary. chary lot. One
tkn+ 4An p.x+xx -oo n1xon
back someday with some regular
money. A second rang the coin on the
mahogany, bit 1t. and said nothing
doing" A third became indignant.
SO did Pelleter. An unsuspecting nail
road ticket agent accepted the coin
and the deputy sheriff is back in
Butte.
Ten years ago the 500 Line railroad
forced a right of way through the
mountain ranch of Elmer Thompson,
four miles east OF Whitehall, in Daniels
county. Recently, according to com
plant made to the United States Dis
trlct Attorney In Helena, Thompson
tore up sixty feet Of 500 Line track,
fortified himself in the gap and,
heavily armed, is defying the railroad.
His defy is so successful. Ii is said,
that 500 Line trains are all stopped at
Outlook. 20 miles east of Whitehall,
and mail, freight and passengers for
Whitehall, the terminal Of the branch
are undelIvered. The railroad claims
that right of way was secured through
the Thompson land ten years GO, to-
gether with other right of way prop
erty In the district, but Thompson has
never accepted the decision of the APP
praisers nor the money paid into the
court to be paid over to him
on the basis Of appraisal figures. The
rancher will probably he
with interfering with the
United States mail, the federal attor-
ney intImates.
The Ethridge dome. n short distance
Of Shelby is to be given a thor
Dugh test by a syndicate of Great Falls
men. This dome is in the southwest
part of the Kevin-Sunburst field in
roole county. The structure, which
IS a new one, has been examined by
William Webley. %geologist, who has
the location, and It is believed
hat chances for oil are excellent. The
structure appears to be a part of the
main uplift that created what is known
is the Kevin-Sunburst structure. This
main uplift, along the southwest flank,
evidently underwent extra folding
itresses on the southwest and north
asst, as evidenced by the extra sharp
Uses encountered, which not only ere
ted a ridge or roll rising from the
vest, but also formed this small local
uplift on the flank of the gen.
raj structure, creating a syncline be-
ween 1t and the top of the main struc-
ure. There were no reversals or in
structural rises observed on
inspection trip of Is miles down
he flank below closure on the south
vest, west and northwest sides.
The Stanton Trust and Savings
ank. of Great Falls, and the First
Bank, of Shelby, known MS the
angel banks of the recent Dempsey
iibbons fight fiasco, have voluntarily
NfUtu lttif dlldlfS ONtI 10 Lnt SidlC 4,
nd national bank examiners. James !
!. Johnson, president of the Shelby !
ank, was n of the original pro-
of the fight, that was a nun
red thousand dollar loss, and Geo.
!. Stanton, of the Great Falls concern. t,
! said to have put up more than half /,
{ the second hundred thousand" OF {,
'empsey's guarante. Bank officials /,
lain financing the championship bat !
e had nothing to do with the failure ;
( the banks to meet obligations. :
When Archie Macarthur, an IL year
Id boy, showed his two small neph-
that a switch key wasn't neces-
airy to open a railroad switch. near
1hitehall, the @. B. & Q. Kansas City 4
!, coast passenger was derailed and c
persons killed. The dead are I
Engineer Thomas Barry, of White a
all. Albert Jacobs and Red Malcey,
Laurel, and r. Bollinger, Of Calf
Young Macarthur told the au-
sorities of his act without a qualm h