Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-07-12

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Big Horn county were never better
according to reports from Hardin
Cutting Of the grain win start In thai
vicinity about July Is. II Is said
The Rsvsm Canning companys
canning plant at Stephensviiie has
started putting the large crop Of peas
In that section In their tin jackets for
E~enresl consumption by the people OF
the nation. The pea crop this year
Is q heavy one.
When the automobile she was driv-
Ing was struck by a fast moving North.
ern Pacific train and was cut In two
As II by a large cav. near Forsyth,
Mrs. Mons Thorson, a resident Of b .
place. was thrown beyond danger OF
being run over by the train and e.
capped with a deep cut on the left side
OF her face and several bruises.
Montana counties will receive
nearly ninety thousand dollars
more from auto licenses this year than
last year according to figures made
public by the Secretary of State. He
is mailing checks totaling $50, 70S 70
county t~reasurers. The figures com
piled also show there are 10000 more
passenger cars and 1,4O0 more trucks
registered In the state this year than
In 1922.
South Dakota Indians have pur
chased $40 head of white faced year
ling heifers from stockmen near
Broadus. The y~earlings will be load
ed at Miles City. The Indians were
represented In the deal by Archie
Wells. of Eagle Butte, s. ID. Ii Is re-
ported that the heifers brought $50 a
head. which is an increase In price
of two dollars a head over a similar
bunch sold last year.
Uncle Sam" Hampton. father OF The
County Agent movement In Montana,
and known TO practically every farmer
In the state as. a leader In farm extern
sion work, was Injured recently when
an auto In which he and County Agent
Lewis, of Prairie county. were riding
plunged into a washout. They succeed
ed in walking to a farm house In the
neighborhood and after a few days in
the hospital at Terry are able to be
out again.
When Earnest Headrick attempted
to drive a lotion tractor across .
bridge over Soap creek, a mile and q
half from Hardin, recently the bridge
collapsed and the tractor plunged to
the bottom Of the creek. Headrick es-
capped without injury. 1t was neces-
sary to grade n road from the bed OF
the creek to the highway before the
actor could be salvaged.
Mrs. George w. Miller, OF Wibaux.
will recover from injuries received
she was struck by lightning.
She was standing near the door Of her
when a bolt of lightning struck
Ter In the hip and followed her limb
o the floor, knocking her unconscious.
Her foot turned black but prompt
attention probably saved II.
Heroic action on the part of her ,
unit saved the life Of little Celeste
when, while playing with ,
Ighted matches ut her aunt's home in .
lutte, her clothes caught on fire. Her
unit, Mrs. Charles Collins, beat out
flames with her bare hands and
ucceeded In saving the little girl from r
eyere injury although when she !.
the scene the child was a mass :
Z flame from head to foot. !.
The children of George Waldo, OF |,
ear Darby, are broken hearted at the :
,ss Of .tWo bears which for a year and :
half have been their playmates :
luch as large woody dogs are the =
Iaymates Of other children. The
have been shipped to Kansas
ity to be placed in a park zoo at that
ace. Nearly two years ago Mr.. Wal
, captured the pair Of cubs which q
ere raised to maturity at his ranch :,
Id became as gentle and affectionate y
dogs. p
A falling off In the production OF e'
ude OIL in Montana is indicated in
ports made public by the United y
geological survey, which re- o'
'rts an increase In every oil produc- a.
g state except Montana. Kentucky u'
d Louisiana. During May, the re- "
rt shows, Montana produced 100000
rrels Of crude, compared with 231,-
0 barrels I'm April. The total pro-
ction for 1923 shows a decided In np
wei the production for the ga
st half OF 1872. however, 100000 rt
having been produced from ~
nuary of this year until the end of ~
while only $4,000 barrels were -
In the same months last III
ar. -
When their owner, a hermit sort OF "s
rson who inhabited an island In the ns'
ssoula river under the Higgins ave-
e bridge at Nissoula, died a few
ars e a pair OF white rabbits were
by those who moved the ne
ongings of the deceased to the ,a'
Today there h a thriving TN
ony OF pink-eyed white Dummies, per coi
Is standing on the bridge have WI
Inted as high as sixty in open view, pa'
.oncernedly going about the bust M
10 OF their daily existence In spite
the traffic and noise OF the city. !,
e rabbits successful residence on -
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