Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-22

Aarch 10 TO May 2S, both inclusive.
A campaign Of progressive road and
bridge building and maintenance was
outlined by the Carbon county commits
s'oners, in session for their regular
March meeting.
Disposition OF the wool clip for 1923
was the main topic discussed at a
meeting OF Powell county w~oolgrowers
held at Deer Lodge. Ii was finally
decided TO hold the wool until the
first OF June.
On his annual tour as president OF
the American Institute OF Metallurgical
and Mining Engineers, +. 4. Mathew
son will be in Butte on March %, ac-
c%ompanied by f. +. Sharpless OF the
executive board.
Re-zonlng of the state for application
OF insurance rates on hall damage to
crops. and preparation OF new forms
and drafting OF new ruling to comply
with the new amendments to the hail
insurance law, has been begun by the
state hail Insurance board.
Hin county is setting up a record as
a healthy and pleasant neighborhood
In which to live. that probably cannot
be duplicated by any other community
of the same size. Within three months
II has had three we'll known families
celebrated the golden wedding anni-
versary.
The reopening Of the American Bank
and Trust company. which has been
the topic of keen interest In Great
Falls for over a year. has taken n new
angle with the passing of law relative
to banking by the recent legislature,
which has been signed by Governor
Dixon.
All records for Sunday school at
tendance In Sidney were shattered re-
| Gently when $50 boys and girls and
men and women attended the Congre-
g%ati0nal Sunday school. There were
i26 children In the primary depart
ment and 213 In the other departments
of the school.
1t is reported that work viii begin
within a short time on the new railroad
from Miles City 10 Salt Greek. That
Miles City is meeting the Haskell In
terests In every way is evident from
the fact that 100000 have been sub
scribed by Miles City people, and 1t IL
now up TO the ruilroad promoters to
get busy. 4,
The birth rate In Montana was the
next lowest of any state In the union.
with 1874 births per thousand popula-
tion during 1922. the bureau of the
census ut Washington. ID. c.. has nm
nounced. The figures are complied
from a survey extending " % select.
ed states I'm which registration aren
Montana was just admitted In 1922.
AT n largely attended meeting OF re
>t8ll clerks. held in Miles City. an or
ganization was formed for the pur-
pose Of safeguarding the interests OF
the local store employees and for stabil-
lzlng and sta~ndardizing working hours
and conditions. About three times the
required number were signed up with
prospects bright for a 100 per cent
membership.
at " ifitHA nitfAiHk HfAh ~ "ff''
City, Milwaukee shopmen and others
discussed plans for opening n workers
bank In Miles City and seriously 0 n
sidered organizing with n capital stock
OF S25.OO0 to take over and operate the
Custer County hnnk. which has been In
charge of n representative of the state
bank examiners office since the dentfI
Of Its president, w. C. McCliptosk, last
fall.
improvements to be made In the
waco-CHster irrigation ditch this
spring will insure an ample supply Of
water to the farmers operating tho
400 acres Of land In the project and
make the area oue OF the most %Inten-
sIvely farmed and most productive In
all Montana. according to an announce
ment by John Bird. Of Custer. nresi-
dent OF the Waco-Custer Ditch com.
pany.
Thirty : five registered Herefords
passed through the auction ring AT the
yards of the Dillon Horse Sale com
pany Mt the sale conducted there by the
Montana Hereford Breeders ~associa-
tion. and brought an aggregate sun Of
s5.o45. The prices ranged al the WY
$40 paid for two heifers 70 $40
paid for n coming ~two-year-old bal.
The average price paid was a little
than s144
The basketball team from Miles city
won the 1923 high school championship
Of Montana by defeating Mlssoula u
10 g In the tournament finals. To
cloyse Overturf Of Darby was award +
q the medal Offered by the Rev. II. q.
Rlemme Of Bozeman for the best all =
.ound athlete nj the tournament on .
of 30 per cent for craftsmanship,
3 per rent for aggressiveness aud %
yer rem on value 10 his team.
The Yellowstone Valley Cooperative
Bean Growers association which met
erentIy at the office Of the Montana
fortgage company in Billings for their
nnual meeting discussed matters re-
ntIng to contracts and considered
thoroughly the marketing problems of
he association. The association viii j.,
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