Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-08

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Without whiting for spring. prepare
tions have been completed for the be
ginning of work on the Mystic lake
h~ydrpelectric installation of the Mon
tanaA Power company.
The boarding camps, which have
been maintained In Missoula and Hell
ena for the past six months. by the
Addison-MiIler company for the hous-
ing of the employees of the Northern
Pacific. have just been closed.
According TO j. II. Clark. manager
of the Billings headquarters of the
Mid-Northern OIL company, the price
of Cat Greek crude oil has advanced
at Denver 10 cents per barrel, bringing
the price in the field from s1.T0 to
$3.50.
Permits during the last II months
issued from the Butte city engineers
office show a building program IN
Butte exceeding s1,000.O00. The num-
Der of permits is significant. Since
Jan. l, 1922. AIS building permits have
been issued.
The chamber of commerce of the
United States has appointed Frank b.
Connolly to be the new national coun-
cillor for the Billings Commercial club
and represent that organization In the
national chamber. Mr.. Connolly Is the
new president Of the Billings chamber.
The Great Northern railway has an
nounced that 1t will cooperate with NJ.
L. Wilson, of the extension department
OF the agricultural college, In demon
strating to the farmers of northern
Montana the methods of agriculture
which have been found most successful
in that part of the state.
That the United States reclamation
service is going into the real estate
business Is the advice that came with a
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. md letters mailed
to project farmers at SImsns recently,
In which the reclamation service Of
fers TO find buyers for all surplus
lands under ditch that owners are will
ling to dispose of.
tana agricultural progress. says the
official bulletin of the Montana De
velopment association in an appeal TO
each of its 400 tillage club members
to plant at least 10 acres to corn this
spring. Corn, according to the bulletin,
diversIfication upon which permanent
agriculture must be built.
Word has been received at Missoula
announcing April 80 as the date for an
election, to decide whether Lake u
ty Is to be another of the many splitups
from original counties within the old
time state boundaries. The new IL
ty viii, IL the vote favors Its formation,
be composed Of a portion Of the north
ern part of MIssoula county and SOUTH
ern parts of Flathead county.
The Judith River Rod and Gun club
of Hobson at a big meeting and BAN
quet ipdorsed the work OF the present
fish and game commission, the "buck
now In force, the public shooting
ground game refuge bill. which is be-
fore congress-, and commended the
of superintendent of Fisheries J.
Brnnson, Secretary Carpenter of
the Montana Sportsmen's association,
and C. A. Jackaways, state game war
len.
If, as the Great Western Sugar COM
Dany hopes will be the case, the 1923
sugar beet contract with farmers guar
lnteeing $3.50 more a ton for beets this
rear than they received last year. in Y
'rcases the beet acreage In Billings ter
from 1900 TO 10000 acres, II
will bring several hundred thousand
more into the Yellowstone val
ey for beets than heretofore, In adj
Iitfon to increasing the factory pay
oil by thousands Of dollars. 1
Two elk, In an effort TO jump the {
teel picket fence which separates |
Gardiner from the Yellowstone nation .
| park, were Impaled OF the sharp
one being pierced through the
eek, and the other just back of the 4
ront legs. The first was shot by a 7
anne warden. when 1t became appar- 7
ut that 1t could not live, but the sec I
nd managed to free itself from the
-BSt anQ gut HWdys uttiouth IL WIS /
vidently In a dying condition.
The annual livestock report Of the Z
Cooperative Crop and Live 4
.ock Reporting service issued by a
Gorge A. Scott, agricultural statis-
clan, shows Increases during the past y
In the number Of mules. milk =
rvs, sheep and swine on M~ontana's =
and ranges. decreases in the :,
nmber of horses and other cattle, ),
lille the total value OF all these class
of livestock on January /, 1929, is =
ttimated at 800. 024.O This Is $10.- y
1900 over their values of a yea ago. y
What is expected will result in one :
the largest mining ventures In the =
story Of Montana. will be started
ortly by the Porphyry Dixie Gold :,
ming company on property situated |"
tove Rimini. near Helena. that ~
me- Breen, one of the best known
ming men and metallurgsts in the %
ut, has secured control OF LOO acres 10
the famous dixie which, through an ~
49, aEA mn