Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-01-04
CayuivuI Is Best Ever
Pythian Hall CrooUded Both Nights and
Nearly $1,000, Gross, Realized

couples competed. hr. and Mrs. Ed
ward E. Johnson Of Great Falls out
stepped all the rest.
David Gray and Mrs. Charles Ric,
took the prize as being the best rep
resentatives of the days Of '4s.
Among the features of the evening
was the presence of strange youns
lady, Miss Fuller of Great Falls, whs
was escorted by Boston" Wilson.
This charming young lady was the
center of attraction for an admirine
crowd of young men who were en-
amored by her winning ways. After
a1sile ID .l1As q a.eeSaszssl ssassa ali
was wonderfully constructed. The
chief constructor was Mrs. C. E Pc.
terson, who constructed the coiffure
the complexion, the figure, and who
levied tribute on Miss for the
dress, on Mrs. - for the corset, on
Miss - for the green silk bloomers
on Mrs. - for her hair and on Mrs
- for her slippers. If we have
missed anything please mention it,
Deep down under this masquerade of
paint, powder and clothes was Arne
Baklso.
In the voting for the most popular
young lady, Miss Alice Nordquist of
Arlington won the diamond laval
liere having 122,4o0 votes. Miss
Louise Lochray was second with 80,-
100 votes, Miss Nellie Klimas was
third with 32,400 and Miss Felida
Schilling of Great Falls was fourth
with 30,100.
We travelled for about four hours
but we did not see all the show. We
heard that somewhere you could get
hamburger sandwiches but we never
got close enough to smell them. We
sort of revolved about the faro table,
the wheel of fortune, the roulette ta-
bic and the cashiers box.
At the faro layout r. H. Bemis, the
counterpart of Johnnie Murphy of
other days dealt all night long with
out a smile, his broad brimmed Stet-
son giving him the real touch neces-
sary to make us feel that we were
really playing the game when we
coppered the eight with a stack of
phony chips.
Lew Clergy was the lookout and
Jay Leland kept cases.
Above all the clamor and tumust
you could hear the voice of John Jaap
as he exhorted the people to buy
chance on the "wheel."
If you were slow about buying a
paddle, Nick Browning and Bob Her
on took your money away from you
and staked you to as many paddles
as they thought would pacify you.
Mrs. Charles Walters won two
baths offered by Cal Sharrard as
prize
Billy Miller was the croupier on the
roulette table, while Phil Leveille was
the cashier.
They got nice play all the evening
and allowed none to get away with
any money.
At the cashiers desk Charles Holt
and Art Winston presided with digni-
ty and took your money with the
sang-froid of big-town banker.
The Supreme Court had nothing on
them for dignity and many dollar
passed through their hands in the
course of the evening but always in
the direction Of the firemen's treasury
and never to the person before the
bar.
Casey" Boyd was the ballyhoo for
the wild man of Borneo and mighty
good spieler he was, extracting many
a chip from the unwary while the
wild man extracted many a giggle |
from the girls who risked their lives
to see him.
Peter Madura won the diamond
ring given by Eddie Sundermeier, but /
as to who won the Times subscrip-
lion, the -four donated by the Belt
Farmers Mill & Elevator company /
and large number of other prizes
donated by the friendly people Of the
the minds Of the barker
and his assistants are blank except
FOR the fact that someone won them.
They say that at times they came SO
last that they remember It as a dim
and distant dream.
Mrs. Sam Wilson won the IS bank
at the Farmers q Miners !