Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26
TREASURE STATE
PARAGRAPHS
Short Items For Busy Readers
Devoted TO the Welfare of
Montana

man roundup will be held this year OF
, August 2 to 4 inclusive.
Montana has held fifth place since
1920 among the various states In the
smelling and production OF lead, It has
been announced at Washington, ID. C
The state livestock commission met
In Miles City TO ~reorganize following
the appointment Of John Il. Foster OF
Harlowton to the commission to sue
coed Harry D. Mitchell of Great Fails.
Articles of Incorporation of the G.. b.
Pope Livestock company have been
filed with Custer County Clerk and
Recorder Frank F. Boiling at Miles
City. The company Is capitalized at
100000.
Two companies Of the First battaI-
ion. 416 Infantry regiment Of the 104th
division, organized United Static re-
serves. win be assigned to Great Falls.
according to Major G. Noren. battalion
commander.
Professor w. F. Schoppe, for the
past IA years the head OF the poultry
department of the Montana State col
ANHt NJ bpIthihut mas btbutfcu HIS res
ignation to the Institution, to take eff
feet May /.
Stock wintered well in the Bearpaw
mountains during the past season, ac-
cording to~a statement made at Hayre
by William FELTON,, a well known ranch
er from that district. Stock is In ex-
cellent condition, he said.
Top prices are being paid in early
season purchases of Utah wool accord
Ing to adyices received at Helena by
II. II. Pigott, secretary Of the Mon
tana W~oolgrowers' association, which
Are taken as justification of predictions
previously made that fancy prices will
be maintained this year for western
wool. including the clip In Montana.
"The adoption OF radical policies of
railway regulation now being widely
advocated would do no good and much
harm to the people Of the northwest.
and especially to the livestock raisers."
declared Samuel O. Dunn, editor Of the
Railway Age, in an address at the an
nual convention of the Montana Stock
growers association ut Miles City.
To further indicate the rapid strides
being made by Lewistown farmers in
the poultry business the management
of the Fergus County creamery stated
that just recently that institution
shipped a carload of Fergus county
eggs to the Boston market and is now
making preparations for additional
shipments destined to eastern markets.
A carload Is approximately 10000
eggs.
K~allspell's Invitation to President
Harding TO visit that city and Flat
head lake. in case the president comes
this year, has received a reply
from George b. Christian, Jr., PresI-
dent HardIHg's secretary. Mr.. Chris
message. to p. n. Bernard, sec
Of the Kalispell Chamber OF
stated that the president
would be glad to make the visit In case !
II n western tour. :
Decision to hold q county fair this
year in Flathead county was reached !
It a recent meeting Of the County Fair !
commission. This Is the first time in
many years that a county fair com !
has announced so early their I
fair dates which have been set !
or Thursday, Friday and Saturday, y
20-21-22. This also is ear 1
Ter than usual as the dates have gen :
been after October /. Z
The Bozeman Rod and Gun club Mt G
ts annual meeting recently voted to r
AXE the initiative In q movement 10 :
weld a stronger organization of sports Z
nen in Montana. The club holds the 7
Jew that efforts ut game preserva- Z
ion are not sufficiently concentrated. r
nd that a stronger state organization D
'ould achieve much in this direction. 9
Negotiations with other sporting clubs I
n the state VIII he opened In the next S
days. s
Four stretches of highway I'm the n
I~eighborhood OF Billings have nv far
he heaviest summer traffic of all the t
Dads In eastern Montana. A census c
4 vehicles passing certain points on L
G roads showed the Yellowstone trail a
rom Billings west to Yegen far In the 81
Fad next came the Billings-Cody way d
outh Of Laurel. with the Yellowstone Z
rail east OF Billings and the Custer v
battlefield highway south of Billings L
aklng third and fourth place. II
Montana Is one of the eight outstand- n
lg states In the Union where the work e.
( civilian rehabilitation has been con-
with such great success that In
laude II. Anderson. of Washington, 81
c., legal advisor and special agent W
{ the Civilian Rehabilitation division A
{ the Federal Board of Vocational HI
'ducation. has been assigned to In es
pect the work of L.. A. Henry, i'm m
barge of the civilian rehabilitation d. II
of Montana, for the purpose Of "
cquiring instructive views on the work b.
Y which Standardization for the 80 W
having this training may be lie
Iade. tr
That the Indians of the Flathead
sservation are beginning to learn the bs
aiue OF their lands is indicated by the hi
let that many Of them win use their OF