Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-10-11

PRACTICALLY ALL ELECTRICITY
IN STATE GENERATED BY WATER

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Statistics complied by the depart
ment of labor aud industry show tina
the Installed capacity OF hydro-electri'
plants In Montana Is 10000 hors'
power. Not all OF this power is being
utilized at the present time or else |
Is being operated for uses which d.
o require its being reported to tbs
public service commission for the tota
developed capacity shown by the pub
lie service records commission records
is 294. 500 horse power.
In the eur 1922, according to the
United States geological survey. Mon
tan produced nearly sever per cen
of the nations electricity from water
power and was the fourth state In
rank In point of the amount of power
developed.
OF the electrical power used In Mon
tana g.2 per cent is generated by
water. Montana, the state department
claims. uses more electricity per cap
ifa than any other state. This. IL cor
rect, presumably is-due to the fact
that the state while large In area Is
small In population but within Its con-
fines has hundreds of miles of cleo
trlcally operated railroads and has
numerous mines which use a tremen-
dous amount of electric current.
More than two-thirds of the present
Installed hydro-electrlc capacity of the
c4oto t. - .f.o Hffa~1..-t ~i..o~ I'D lee
tributaries in central Montana but APP
proximately three-fourths of the po-
tential undeveioped capacity, figures
Of the state department show. is In
western Montana on the Pacific slope
of the Rocky mountains. on the Gark's
Fork, the Eiathead and Keotenai
rivers principally.
The total potential development in
Montana OF the Missouri river and It's
tributaries Is estimated by the ge0Iogl-
cal survey to be 100000 horsepower.
Oats that averaged ITO bushels to
the acre and wheat that averaged "a
were grown this year on the ranch OF
II. A. Espie four miles south of Wilsall
according TO threshing returns.
In drilling n well to supply wafer for
the Fergus county fair at Lewistown
sha1e oil was encountered Mt II depth
Of 300 feet and the ground Is now
being investigated by biologists.
The annual poultry show at Deer
is to be held Ia the agricultural
of the Powell county high school
December @, Z and 8. Indications are
hat the coming show will eclipse that
last year.
Five refrigerator cars comprised the
shipment OF the Bitter Root apple
to the New York market. The
apples destined for the Gotham market
ire of the Mcintosh variety. Ten
refrigerator cars were loaded out
or nearby markets.
Burns suffered when a pot OF boil
ng hot coffee was overturned have
fatal 10 the three-year-oit son
# MFR. and Mrs. ZIecracker Of MALTA.
The child was given prompt medical
ttention. but all efforts to save his
life failed.
When a 1890 rifle fell from the
Of John Szasy, ranche- near
Winston, just ms he had entered his
ONE on returning from a hunting
rip, the gun was discharged and he
led a few hours later In q Helena hos
ital. The wonnd was in the stomach.
The new grain warehouse built by
ne Occident Elevator company at
to replace the structure de-
by fire during the latter part
July has been completed and is now
eceIvIng grain. The new elevator /
occupies the same ground I
as the former structure. +,
Efficiency of summer following has
gain been demonstrated. this time In
he Silver Bow district where Nels
of Harlem threshed 1895 -
of wheat from n 3O-acre field.
an average OF 4h IL bushelssto the r
re. This is the highest average yield =
'er reported In this section.
william CowaB. one Of the few sur
wing soldiers of the regular army
lich fought I'm the campaign with the
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ed sc years. He served Mt Old Fort
aginnis. and mustered out there in
"a, remained near the old fort and
gagged In farming. He was on the
battlefield the day following
? battle.
Yellowstone county Northwestern
mt corn exhibited by II. Il. NeIcher
Rroadview took first place al the
fair at Helena and second
ice for the same variety Of corn
Mt TO Meri Naser of Brondview. w.
Allison of Canyon creek won n
oggs" potato grader valued AT s7J
the best busheI N Bliss Triumph
atoes exhibited ut the state fair.
after an Illness Of several months,
mes Bice. one Of the pioneers of the
tie. died nj the home OF his nephew.
II Bice. In Havre. He was 7s years
Nr. Bice was a rancher and
ckDlan and had livcd In Hasre 20
RS Prior 20 his coming to Hayre