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



According to pitchers who were at
tracted to Helena by the state hors,
shoe contest, the tourney OF barnyart
golf this year was the best yet hello
and attracted a great deal of interest
The final result of the tournament
was: Charles Conklin. Big Sandy
state champion; Joe Duble of Butte,
runner up; George f. Wright, Lewis.
town, third r. r. Frazier. last years
champion, fourth Guy Buzzard. Hell
ena, fifth Mike Sullivan, Butte, sixth
George Cook, Helena, seventh; ID. w.
Heffner, Lewisfown, eighth. Follow
Ing the contest the state organization
held an enthusiastic meeting and Il is
laying plans to Increase the member
ship to 1000 this season. Officers for
the coming year were elected as fol-
lows: President, Charles Conklin, Big
Sandy; vice president, Joe Dubie,
Butte; secretary : treasurer, Leigh
Wade, Lewlstown +; contest manager, r..
r. Frazier. Helena.
A flood along powder river following
ittCt8l u 1dAl1 t1utlth III tbAdiN
culable damage. sweeping away
bridges, fences, hay stacks. livestock,
farm buildings and i%nundatlng the en-
tire valley from source to mouth, ac-
cording to Tom Barnard of Powder
vile, who declares the flood is many
times worse than anything of like ma
ture remembered by even the Oldest
residents. Alfalfa fields were flooded
to a depth Of IS feet on the Barnard
ranch, where the river, ordinarily n
few feet wide, swept from side TO side
of the valley, a mile and a half wide.
Horses, forced to high ground. were
at last reached by the water. ever on
the tops Of high knobs and were COM
PEELED to swim TO keep from drowning.
Mr.. Barnard says.
According TO an estimate made by a
Roundup fruit dealer. residents of that
city and vicinity will have expended
500 for grapes this season when all
orders are filled. Counting orders
filled and those on the books, there
been II car loads of the fruit
this territory, each car having n
of about IS tons. The price
IN the truck AT Roundup was about
;140 a ton. The dealer, when asked
What was being done with such n large
of grapes, replied with a
mile: "Oh, making Jelly and such"
I Is generally thought that the 'and
UGH" accounts for 80 per rent of the
.rapes.
prospecting In Idaho. Colorado,
and Montana. A. III. Shaffer.
0-year-oId pioneer of the west. has
,ade the strike OF his career In the
highlands, II miles from Butte. he
sserts. Not far from the Golden Sur
rise property, which he located 20
ears ago, Mr. Shaffer says that he
as found goId-bearing quartz ore that
n OF the o~utcroppings showed
in gold and SO In silver. An
her assay from the lead was reported
him, Mr.. Sbaner says. as showing
lIues of s9.1s65o in gold. :
William cowan. ork of the few sur- /,
wing soldiers of the regular army .
no fought in the campaigns against
Sioux Indians, died AZ Lewistown.
red sc years. He served at old Fort .
aeinnis. and was mustered out there ,
1888, remaining hear the old fort !
ID engaging in farming. He was on !.
e Custer battlefield the day follow :.
g the fight. Mr.. Cowan was a native /,
Ireland. A widow and several chill !,
survive him. r
MontaBa's first radio broad
station KFJR. owned and OPP n
afed by Ashley c. Dixon and son OF IL
is sending out programs. =.
Ie apparatus is entirely homemade, a
the designing was done by n Butte n
Regular programs will be IA
every Friday and Sunday nights !,
'm 3 10 o O'Clock. D,
Waller was chosen N next years r.
citing place nj the closing srssion n
the district conference o< the Bap- -
/ church In Great Fails. The Rev. se
ri McNsir Of Waller wss selected &c ri,
ssch fhe snnusi ses1Don 1T the con Ie
suce In 1924 -