Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-14

Ahpu In ulitS uol IiSASk
of Winifred, recently. =.
James Conlon, pioneer resident Of
sissoula county and one of the few
survivors of the Big Hole battle and
the Oldest Catholic parishloner In Mis-
soula, died suddenly at his home there
recently.
conservative estimates show the loss
sustained by cattle and sheepmen
whose animals grazed on the lands of
the - forests within forest district No.
l. near MIssoula, TO be approximately
S179,0@ for 1922.
Parties whose identity Is unknown
broke into the Northern Pacific depot
at Toston and stole three pouches Of
first-class mail and two pouches of
parcel post mail, according TO advices
received In Helena.
A dairy special" train starting from
the University OF Wisconsin and travel
ing under the auspices of the respec-
tive agricultural colleges of the states
of Wisconsin, Minnesota. North Da-
kota and Montana, will show in Bill
iings on the afternoon of June %.
Livingston is to have a seven-day
~chautauqua assembly this year and the
dates have been set for August 8 to IA.
inclusive. The program scheduled Is
said to be a very exceptional n and
Will be under the supervision OF the
Ellison-White Chautauqua system Of
Portland, Ore.
Maurice Bnockway. Is year old, OF
Missoula. was instantly killed when he
came In contact with live electric
wires. Heshad been out for a hike with
a companion when, On returning.
B~rockway decided to walk over this
top OF a bridge on the Orders. where
he met his fate. 3
Ice at 40 cents a hundred weight In
stead of so cents a hundred weight, the
prevailing price last year, Is pleasing
10 the householders of Great Falls, who
have been stocking up very literally
with coupon books since the local ''ice
var" was lnaugurated a few weeks
ago. One company alone is said to
disposed Of 400 books at this
price.
A prize OF $50 Will be offered by the
Billings Commercial club for the best
potatoes exhibited at the Midland Em.
pire fair by members OF the Boys Po-
tato clubs. according to an
ment made public by the trustees of
body. The prize money will be
into three awards Of SOS, s15
and $40, for first, second and third ex-
bibits, respectively.
A large party OF Billings Masons and
Members OF the Billings chapter, order
II De Molay. the boys order sponsored
~ the Scottish Rite Mnsons. motored
Red Lodge recently, where the Red
lodge chapter of De Molay was insti-
uted, Twenty-four youths were made
members of the new chapter.
he degree work being exemplified by
he staff from the Billings chapter.
Edward Whittick of the Columbus
boasts having an extraor-
Ilnary hen, In that she lays eggs of
size. This hen, ne claims,
ays two eggs nearly every day and re-
emily she laid two eggs I'm one day
together slightly more than
alf a pound. One of the eggs had a
oubie yoik. Mr.. whittick says he
iii keep a number of The eggs of this
en- for setting purposes.
What Is said TO be the largest party
vor vtxftfnw fha yellowstone N,ffoneI
ark Is expected In Livingston the lat
sr part OF June as the result Of ar
angements which virtually have been
INCLUDED by park officials. The party /.
Ill include nine United States senat- +,
r. and "a congressman, with members [,
{ their families and MAJ be increased
y presence OF other senators or con- {
from northwestern states. :
The east Billings bridge, which has /.
undergoing extensive repairs for
'e past two weeks, has been opened {
all traffic, according 10 an announce o
ent made by the board OF county !.
'mmissioners. The span which fell on ..
81, 1922. killing u number Of :
title, has been replaced with a new 1
OGDEN and steel combination struc-
ire, and the bridge has been pro- v
safe for light traffic. :
The board of commissioners of the "a
idIand Empire fair, at Billings, acting D
cooperation with James n. Hobbins p
Butte, Is arranging TO bring a juaior q
ir TO this years exposition. Demon
ration teams composed OF two or
rec members Of the various Boys !,
ID Girls clubs In the counties In the I
Idland Empire will be brought TO the !"
position, and they will present some :,
methods In home economics :
agriculture, which they have learned
club members. (,
Cooke City Is due for a mining boom :,
ring the coming season, according TO :.
l.. Tanner, manager and president !,
the Western Smelling & Power COM a.
ny. who has just returned from CHI =
go and Detroit, where he has been :
a business trip. Mr.. Tanner states
at the company fn which he Is inter-
ted has now formed a closed corpor~
on and no more stock will be for =,
10. Sufficient capital has been raised
insure the operation Of a smelter at IL
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