Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-05-10
MONTANA NEWS NOTES.
Tersely Told Tales Concerning
the Treasure State and
M~0ntanans

ct AnC Gnu VI may VI III
first week In June. the date not being
yet definitely decided.
Five hundred steers, reputed to b,
OF the best In Montana, were sold by
the Martinsdale Livestock company Of
Billings TO a buyer In SCOTS Bluff
Neb., Ii has been announced.
Chief Two Leggins, head of the Riv-
err Crows and one of the most famous
Indians OF inter-tribal warfare, died
recently at his ranch eight miles south
OF Hardin of heart trouble, aged 76.
After an Illness OF several years f.
A. (Jack) Serruys, a resident of Gus
ter county since the early eighties, and
well known to all the old stockmen of
eastern Montana, died at Mlssoula re-
Gently at the age of Ga years.
Northern Pacific trains from the east
were delayed recently by a rock slide
two miles west of ~Springdale, IL miles
east of Livingston. Nearly 100 tons of
rock broke away from the top of the
bluffs and rolled on the track.
r. f. Collins, formerly county attor-
ney for Yellowstone county, who re
Gently accepted appointment as assist
mt attorney general under Wellington
ID. Rankin. has resigned from state SER
vice and has returned to Billings to
make his home.
Immediate reorganization and re-
sumption of work is announced for the
Scratch Gravel Gold Mining company,
owning proterty on the flats north
Of Helena from which more than
100000 worth of high-grade ore was
shipped to East Helena some years
ago.
The second annual sale of the Mid
land Empire Shorthorn Breeders as
ISOLATION will be held at the Midland
Empire fairgrounds at Billings on May
II, with the offering for sale of 35
bulls and 20 cows, officers of the ASSOC
citation have announced. The animals
are all hardy, Montana-raised, 1t is
said.
In the hope that a visiting nurse may
be secured for the children OF Glen
dive, and Dawson county, a committee
representing the high and grade
schools, the Glendive WOman's club
and the business men have taken the
matter up with the board OF county
commissioners. the city council and the
school boards mentioned.
Formation of employment commit
tees throughout the state to cooperate
with the United States Veterans
bureau, is announced by Left Fred
erichs employment representative for
the bureau in Montana. Committees
will be established in all the larger
towns and will he composed Of rep
%resentative business men and former
veterans.
An old Clipped milestone imbeded in
the ground on the university campus
is the only thing left of the once IA
nous combination flour and saw mill
which marked the beginning Of the
city Of Mlssoula. The mill was built
In 1865. This stone is only one relic
of an interesting collection on the
campus to which the university is en-
d~eavoring TO add each year with SOU
venirs of all state history.
Because the law imposing a license
tax of 2 per cent on production of crude
oil was passed by the last legislature
during the 44-hour period that the
hands OF the clock were set back to
the time was still officially be-
fore midnight Of the sixtieth day of
the session, the Sunburst OIL & Gas
company of Great Falls has protested
payment of the tax. A letter received
by the state board of equalization de-
clared that 2 per cent tax law was
40 hours after the legal time for the
of the session"
The last obstacle In the way Of con
structing the canal of the Red Lodge
Rosebud Irrigation district seems TO
have been removed with the dismissal
IF an appeal to the state supreme court
If a petition for the withdrawal from
he district of several land owners who
viii be assessed for the work. Almost
simultaneously with the announcement
the dismissal of the appeal comes
he announcement that the Montana
service commission has APP
proved the recent action of the district
in granting a contract for con-
ltruction of the ditch.
Lake county was created ont of
of Missoula and portions of |
Tlathead county recently by the votes
# persons living in the area effected. !
The people voted for the creation of
he county by a three TO n majority.
rhe voters also voted on the choice
t the same time voted IN the choice
f a county seat and Poison was chosen
" more than 200 votes. Lake county
what is known as the Flat
lead Indian reservation. The south
Inc of the county is about Is miles
Of Missoula and the north line
; about Is miles south of Kalispeil-
he new county takes In virtually all
( Flathead lake.
Slowly but surely work is going
head on the grading of the horse shoe
hape bend where the new railroad
with the main line of the MI
raukee northeast of Miles City.