Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-22

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Adoption of the honor system for ail
examinations given at-Montana State
college at Bozeman Will be the ultimate
result OF resolutions recently passed
by the faculty OF the institution.
Notice OF an advance In Cat Greek
crude oil was received recently by
the Mid-Northern OH company at
Billings. The increase amounts 10 10
cents a barrel, making the price *.
Richard A.. Haste. OF Billings. private
secretary 10 United States Senator
elect Burton X Wheeler. announces
that he will leave for Washington
about February % to take up his duties
at the senatorial office.
Appointment Of DIR. Hazel Boness of
the Minnesota board Of health as chief
of the division Of child welfare OF the
Montana board OF health has been an
nounced by DIR. w. f. COgswcll. secre-
tary Of the board. She viii succeed
DR.. j. j. Sippy.
Passenger aud freight trains VIII be
In actual operation on n new railroad
between Miles City and Sheridan.
Wyo., by September /, 1927, If the COM
munIties most directly Interested In
the new route accept the proposition
offered recently.
The Pondera extension service Is CO.
operating with the farmers and several
Of the banks In the county In shipping
In a few loads of 2-year-old grade
heifers that have been bred. and also
some cows and purebred bulls of the
Holstein and Guernsey breeds.
A blind man is eligible to hold tho
office Of police Judge, according to an
opinion by Chief Justice Galloway. de-
livered by the supreme court at Helena
in the case of Dan Shea. blind police
Judge In Butte. against Mayor Cooking
and the city treasurer and city clerk.
That the next beet growers contract
will provide for nm initial payment of
SO per ton and Will he the most attract
i've contract ever offered by the Great
Western Sugar company to the farmers
of the Billings district, was predicted f,
by the new chief agriculturlst of the
company.
The oil town of Shelby was able TO I
Jack Kearns. manager of Jack i
Dempsey. heavyweight champion OF 7
The world, the guaranty stipulated by 4
Kearns for a meeting there on July 4 +
between the champion and Tom Glib r
lons, OF st. Paul, according TO a re- y
'ent report. II
The government rangers have begun n
o feed the elk which have made Gardi- "
Ter their home during this winter.
were sem down from Mammoth A.
lot Springs. They were empty, but Il
he elk seemed to understand why they n
iere coming to Gardiner and followed "
hem like domestic animals. m
by a recent ruling the requirement
nr grazing fees of last year has been II
hanged to some exteat, according to m
'ord received by II. Il. Ferguson, SUI n,
ervisor Of the Beartooth mountain ri
crest district. Last year the require
rents were that half the fees should I
e paid on entering the reserve and the
smalning half on December !. u,
An indication of Improving business, -,
It'll an optimistic view of the future, y
to he seen in the action of the !.
amble- Robinson company of Mime -
''iS' nu'' N"'e' '""''No anu vi,
n new organization unit to
rye Montana and Wyoming, and In II,
aking Billings the headquarters for ~
e district. -,
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A new plant. with q daily output a.
more than 5000. will be erected -
is year at Anaconda for the man II
acture of the Hawkesworth drills. o.,
achlnery has been ordered and viii .
obably be ready for installation with 49,,
the next GO days. The present o.,
undry turns out about 100 drills ~,
lily, but the success of the invention 49,
said 10 have made 1t necessary to
the plant.
The soldiers compensation measure,
ted by referendum by the people OF
,ntan last November, was held I'M se'
Institutional by the state supreme S"s
art in a decision In a test case hand. nrl
down by Associate Justice Albert -"
Galen. The decision was I'm a va
endly action brought by II. NJ. Mills wv
Helena TO determine the legal status gus
the measure before the S4.500.000 ~
of bonds was put on the market. 'e'
4 demonstration of methods used p"'
on successful farms of the north cen ue0
| Montana dry farm triangle with sio'
pecial train to carry the d%emonstra-
n equipment. is scheduled for %
rms of that area in the coming few v
eks. Announcement of the demon. frot
alton train was made Mt Bozeman by mac
l.. Wilson. of the Montana extension mer
vice, who last summer made a SUR Dec
of successful farms In the "tri- 900
900
he saltwater Livestock association decl
In the Nye school house recently, port
to an announcement made and
r. It. Ferguson. supervisor Of the
.rtooth forest district. Members of
association from Limestone, Absar. A
e and other nearby towns were Met
at the meeting and certain larg