Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-08-16

r cake at Belt Hardware Store Satur
q day, August 18, beginning at noon
+ Auspices of Ladies Aid society.-Adv
The Ladies' Embroidery club will
meet next Wednesday with Mrs. B. F
: McConkey.
e Madeline Spogen went to Sand
e lCoulee Saturday to spend a few days
with the young daughter of DR.. Fouts.
5 Tom Watts was in town the other
day getting fixed up so that he could
J take in the circus.
c. d. Ladd and party from Great
Falls passed through town on Friday
morning on their way to the noun
tains for a vacation.
B. F. McConkey and Jos. Morris
left last Sunday for the McConkey
ranch in the Bear Paws for a weeks
vacation. On Tuesday the clouds be-
gan to accumulate around the noun
tains, SO they tuned up the Lizzie and
started for home. Rather than tackle
the Peck and Lacey Hill when it was
slippery, they came came home by the
way of Great Falls.
Jim Harris, former popular assist
ant to A. V. Bakko, is back in the
neighborhood looking fine and strong.
He has been at Camas Hot Springs in
the western part of the state for sew
eral weeks taking the baths and in
c~identally working. He is now run
ming a combine for A. /. Crazy.
Harvesting is progressing rather
slowly due to bad weather and unfor-
tunate break downs.
Clarke Bumgarner is making ex-
~tensive improvements on his ranch on
the Great Falls road. He has built a
new barn and an addition to the house
besides giving everything a liberal
application of paint.
John J.. Tofte Of Tiger Butte has
painted his home. d. Spogen has
frightened up his residence with paint
and the Odd Fellows are r~enovating
the front of their building, the work
being done by C. E. Peterson. The
result is a decided improvement.
Last week John Pick of the Arrow
creek bench was driving toward Belt
at a pretty fair clip in his big Buick.
The roads were somewhat slippery
from a recent shower and about ten
miles out his car slipped off the grade
and took TO the ditch. In grading the
road a high shoulder had been left at
the side of the road and the car slid
into this bending the tenders out of
shape and completely demolishing one
real wheel. Fortunately no one was
A trouble car from Belt
went out and brought in the wreck.
Delicious brick ice cream sold by
the Ladies Aid Society at the Belt
Hardware store Saturday afternoon-
Gasoline has dropped two cents a
IN Great Falls.
Mrs. Barbara Alice Kappa, aged So
years, wife Of Seri Kappa, died at the
ONE in Great Falls Wednesday MORN
ng. The funeral will be held in
Georges chapel at 2 o'clock tomorrow.
Spring wheat 81 cents. Winter
vheat So cents.
Mrs. Elsie Anderson and two chill
rem of Bonner reached Belt last eve
ing at 1920. They are visiting her
Mr.. and Mrs. C. e. Gustafson. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Alcide Fischer, Jr., of in
we're Belt visitors Sunday.
Otto Gulden and family of Waltham su
ere the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
ulden on Sunday. Trees are scarce
Waltham and Otto came down to
st in the shade of the trees.
Train Number 237, formerly due in
lit at 12:48 p. M, now arrives at
.18 p. m. which is half an hour ear
r and consequently one going by
ain has his time in the county seat
by that amount.
CcSU hftDo mas KOut 70 Cdincfuu
see her sister, Mrs. c. Althouse ID
: a fortnight. f;o
Last Thursday Mrs. Homer Arm
'ong entertained at dinner at her
on Cora creek. A feast was
we'd on the lawn, the hors d'oevre
Hng spring chickens served in the TIL
style, surrounded by all the
things which should accompany mo
The guests were Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.,
Provin, Mrs. 8. A. Remington, Mr..
! Mrs. N. II. Nelson, Mr.. and Mrs. sac
r. Culver, Mrs. Felix Armstrong,
! Mrs. Homer Armstrong.
dr. and Mrs. Henry Daniels of
ghesville, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Thor
and children, and Mrs. Grace Dun
an took dinner here Tuesday on
ir way to Great Falls To attend the