Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-12
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Devoted to the Welfare of
Montana

William V. Beers, reelected mayor
of Billings at the pee city election
is the first Billings mayor to succeed
himself in 16 years.
appointment of Howard w. Holmes
as chief engineer of the state highway
commission to take the office May 10.
at $4,000 a year, has been announced
at Helena.
A new community center Is now at
the disposal of the people OF Bozeman.
with the completion OF the community
meeting o at the chamber of com
merce headquarters.
During 10 days in July. 200 Boy
Scouts from cities OF Montana viii
take training In camp at Helena, under
scout LEADERS, Executives from Butte
and Helena arranged the program.
Curtailment of activities of the state
highway commission because of re
duced appropriations VIII include the
closing of the district office In Billings
about April IS. according to H. j.
Ephland, district engineer,
TIE ~reorganize for 1923, the Spring
Creek Boys Corn club of Custer u
ty. met at Miles City with County
Agent G. M. harrington, with all of Its
10 members present. Each member
Will grow approved seed corn this year.
The Beartooth mountains have more
snow at the present time than at the
same time for the past several years,
Is the gratifying statement. made at
Red Lodge by r. II. Ferguson. super
visor of the Beartooth national forest.
A crew Of men is working in the
canyon of the West Rosebud, near Co
lumbus. In the construction of the
Mystic Falls project. An S0-man camp
has been established and several cars
of material have been hauled to the
works.
AT its reguinr meeting Custer post
No. 5 Of the American Legion, Miles
City. placed itself on record as OPP
posed to the American Legion, de-
partment of Montana, bringing Jack
Dempsey into Montana for a boxing
match, prize fight, or other athletic
event.
hA'A0t 10 tAiAAActANAA1 WV AhN owl
ond annual Northern Montana Corn
show which Is to be held In that city
next fall. This was the feeling at a
recent meeting OF business men held
at which time County Agent Gustaf-
son presented the plan of holding the
show In Chinook the coming year.
Psychologists and health officers
from half N dn1nn usafaz and nf ~ co
one Canadian province. with doctors
from many points In Montana, met IN
Afissoula for a twO-day conference. on
methods of combating the Rocky
Mountain spotted fever, called by DIR.
r. Cogsweil OF Helena, secretary of
the state board OF health. {
For the purpose Of ~perfecting a
organization OF farmers, r. f.
Snodgrass Of Musselshell. secretary 4
of the Musselshell County I
Farmers union, has called a meeting I
be held In Roundup April IA. \
Building operations have apparently 7
doubled In Shelby. Not less than 100 7
buildings. large and small, are under I
@. A. Arnet of Clyde Park and sew (
raj other farmers attended a meeting c
II the county commissioners in an c
,ffort to reopen the question of the
appointment of q farm agent. The 4
commissioners, however, maintained I,
he position taken by them last month I,
lgainst the appointment of an agent, e
aging they saw no reason to change Il
heir decision. d
Opportunity is again TO be given O
files City students TO attend the cItI- n
ems military training camp. as the al
yar department is making plans for A
he summer. Information has been n
that the camps viii be held al
throughout the country the same as
lst year. excepting funds available HI
Ill limit the number Of students that II
be accommodated. Eight hundred M
will be allowed for the camp ia
t Fort Douglas. In
One thousand pairs OF Hungarian pr
artridges will soon be liberated In es
under the directions OF the he
state fish and game commits OF
These birds, in addition TO the so
10 pairs which viii. to a great extent. ST.
Ike the place of the grouse and pral- pa
2 chickens. which, I'm past years, pro- I'll
ded sport for the hunters of the state,
IT whose numbers have been so great- mi
reduced that they are now compare OF
vely few. dr.
Filing an application for incorpora- HIS
On. a group OF Livingston, Bozeman sol
ID Red Lodge citizens have taken the tn,
-st step toward establishing at Liy- lat
a $4,000 plant to produce he
ke for the smelters. and a variety Of an
products. including ammonia sui this
ate. benzol, tar, pitch and gas. The to
ant. according TO a statement author Mr.
ID by the lncorporators. is expected sis
be In operation by next October, Inn
tn an output of 100 tons of coke, for Mr.
Itch 1t is said a market has already w.
en- procured. Mu
aid sellers and purchasers Of cat '
and sheep to get together, the Mon the
10 Livestock Finance corporation Is son
this a the plan OF sales sta
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