Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-01-11

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to fight a hotel fire in Reed Point. The
hotel. a frame structure, was ruined.
but the Big Timber firemen are credit
ed with having saved the rest of the
Hinsdale's new modern school build
ing. built at a cost Of $4,000, has just
been completed. The building is de
signed TO accommodate both the glide
and high school work The con-
structure is of hollow tile and dark
brown face brick. The exteriOc
trimming is of light face brick and
stone.
Charles Suffer of Red Lodge, an ar
chltect and builder of wide experience
and reputation, has just been granted
a patent on a device for forming for
concrete construction work which does
away with the use of great quantities
of lumber in concrete wan work. Mr..
Suffers patent is attracting wide at
tention among builders.
Under the reclassification Of Mussel-
shell county whereby 1t drops from a
county of the fourth class TO a county
of the sixth class. the county will save
approximately $4,000 in the reduction
of salaries of county officials and the
elimination OF deputies and a county
auditor. The doing away with the Of
flee of county auditor Will effect a
saving of $2.25O a year.
Custer county poultry growers are
looking forward TO the Montana state
Billings January 1920. The campaign
waged all season by the Poultry Breed
ers' association for the marketing of
better eggs has slackened up on ac-
count Of the association devoting its
efforts at present toward better poul-
try. which win he urged through the
poultry show to be held at Billings.
Almost c%oincident with the rumors OF
a north and south railroad project TO
follow either Tongue or Powder rivers
comes q report from South Dakota that
another railroad is a strong possibility,
to be projected westward from Belle
Fourche to Broadus, with its course
from there continuing westward to
Billings. The immense and i~nexhaust-
ible coal fields are said to be the at
traction for this east and west railroad
project.
The question of forming a new coun-
ty in Montana, TO be known as Lake
county, and to be made up Of portions
of Missoula and Flathead counties. VIII
be decided by the vote Of the people
who reside within the boundaries of
the proposed municipality. The county
commissioners Of Flathend county, who
recently been reviewing petitions
for this division, have decided
to submit the entire question to the
Many farmers in Prairie county VIII
turn to raising %purebred hogs as the re-
suit Of a campaign conducted by Coun-
Agent Lewis. Orders have been
for Hampshire hogs although
the Duroc is also favored. Few OF the
are taking advantage OF the
financial offer of the chamber of COM
merce but are purchasing the hogs
outright. II Is planned 10 have the
rounty agent buy the hogs and ship
into Terry In a bunch.
All grain elevators were reported
open on both the Milwaukee and the
Great Northern for the first time since
The beginning of the present grain ship
ping season The elevators on the Mil
have been reported as opep for
he l~ast-three weeks. but the Great
Northern has beer less fortunate, due
% the fact that their lines tap a great
wheat producing region In North Da-
Sota, which snapped up the cars an
asst as they came back from the east.
The executive committee Of the Great
Falls lodge of Elks has designated July
9. "a and Is as the dates of the 1928
tate convention OF the order which
viii be held at Great Falls II has been
announced. One thousand delegates
the IS lodges Of the state are ex- /,
.ected 10 attend /,
Organization of a commercial club
O take care OF the civic and commun-
ty problems that have come as a re-
uIt OF the rapid strides made by Shell ]
. since oil was discovered In the north
Ield was sSfested at q meeting Ut busi-
go men The club will without doubt Z
q . permanent ons !