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

total weight being 17.SO0,o94 pounds,
or almost 10000 bushels, The tota
amount of the 1923 wheat crop
shipped up to October tenth, was 25t
cars, or approximately $4,000 bushels
1t is estimated that there are COOK
bushels on hand In the elevators, which
brings the total amount of grain mar
keted to AS, 900 bushels. II is con,
servatlvely estimated that this is about
40 PER rent of the 1928 wheat crop,
which would indicate that Denton will
pass the million hushel mark this
season.
State convention of the I. O. O. f.
bodies Of Montana closed with election
OF officers as follows: Grand patri-
arch. NJ. A. Hewett. Butte; grand high
priest. c. J. Bonnie, Havre; grand SEN
Tor warden, NJ. #. Mann, Miles City I;
grand junior warden. w. ID. Bell, Boze-
man; grand representative. two
years.. d. w. Selfridge, Butte; grand
representative Zone year,, II. w.
Gloege, Helena grand marshal, James
Harris, Butte; grand inner sentinel,
w. A. Huff. Bozeman; grand outer
sentinel. A. K. Caufield. Great Falls.
The Rebekahs concluded their twenty
eighth annual assembly by electing
the following officers for the coming
year: Ethel c. Hlrsch, Straw, presi-
dent; Mrs. b. NJ. Kempter. Corvallis,
vice president: Mrs. Jennie Bywaters,
Sand Coulee, warden; Nellie Neill.
Helena. secretary; Mrs. NJ. Boyd, Liv-
ingston. trustee.
Butte's tiniest baby is dead. Elsie
Myriam Lahti. who weighed scarcely
one pound when born. has succumbed
TIE constant care OF a physi-
clan who undertook the task OF keep
ing life within the fraIl body. That
the infant lived a week is considered
remarkable In view of the fact that at
birth artificial respiration was resort
ed to for 80 minutes before the heart
began to beat. Physicians then de-
clared that the mite could not live
than q few hours unless kept In
IN incubator. This was dlsproved,
however. Although the attending ply
had admitted from the first that
he question of keeping the child alive
vas q serious one, until a few hours
death there was every lndIca-
Ion that tiny Elsie would survive. In
he absence of an Incubator, the bnby
kept rolled In electric pads.
Mrs. Margaret Mahr has a lilac bush
t her ranch home near Bridger that
as just finished blooming. The bush
eafed out as usual last spring. but the
rasshoppers denuded II Of foliage.
iInce the insect pest season ended the
ush r~edecorated Itself With new leaves
nd then proceeded Its seasons cycle
y producing blossoms. The blooms
Yere not In as generous abundance as
J the %springtime, but In goodly num-
er, and the faIlbloomlng lilac bush
Tas quite a curiosity while IL was In
loom.
With horns of wide spread and
40 points. a 200pound white
Ill buck deer, shot by Wayne Bull
ear FIathead lake early this week.
on display at a butcher shop In
aiispell. The points range from the
sual size down to that of a small
pencil. White heads Of this char
tier are occasionally obtained, II Is
sneralIy believed that the unusual
Of points is due to an injury
during early growth Of the
,tlers.
August Brey, Spring Gulch, near Alb
rokee. who was found guilty on the
of not sending his children TO
hooI in accordance with the state
w. refused to pay the $50 fine and
serving time in the county jail at a
lily wage until the full amoun has
paid. Mr.. Brey has been re-
atedIy notified OF the consequences
breaking the school law.
II now seems as II the proposed Pc
,leum country is drilling on a
and IL is barely possible that
= promoters will find II necessary TO
,rt a new hole. II Is said that the
country Is pefitoning out,
big landowners are enlisting
I~unteers to help fight II. and there
some question as 10 the validity Of =
oil royalties, a large share Of the
N speaking of the apple crop Of the
vicinity this year. Donald
stated that he believed he
! something interesting to report In
fact that he harvested 40h boxes
Mcintosh apples from three trees $50
Of the trees yielded II boxes each,
lie the other had 1914 boxes.
IN complaint OF his wife and tweN
that he had threatened to
them, Lester Anderson was ar
ted and placed 10 the county Jail
.avre. Anderson, according to his
e. beat her and threatened to take
lives of herself and her two minor