Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-01
MONTANA HAPPENINGS
TOLD N FEW WORDS
interesting News Items About Men
tana and What They
Are Doing

ors of the Billings Y. NJ. G. A. met TO
the first time recently and organize
for the ensuing years activities.
This years meeting Of the Yellow
stone valley district of the Montana
Teachers association will be held a
Miles City instead of Billings accord
Ing to latest reports.
c. C. Anderson, general manger OF
the Northwestern Improvement com
pany affairs at Red Lodge, states that
the Red Lodge mines are in excellent
condition and operating smoothly.
Evidencing the kind of winter Great
Falls has been having. the Great North
ern railroad has shipped In the first
three cars loaded with Ice from Spicer,
MINI. Each car contained IS tons OF
ice.
There has been marketed In Terry
so far this season nearly $4,000
bushels of wheat and flax. and there
yet remains on the farms In that sec
ton fully 100000 bushels yet to be
marketed.
Conditions are considered favorable
TO crops for the coming season by non
irrigation farmers on the bench south
of Laurel. They report plenty of mois-
ture at present, although very little
snow has fallen.
Bond of State Senator Charles s.
Muffiy, just appointed receiver for
the Boston and Montana corporation,
which operates the Elkhorn mines In
Beayerhead county, fixed at 100000
has been given at Dillon.
The sssRpth aanFst F~nrzpeE we
for Fergus county opened at Lewis
town with an attendance of around
700. A special program wa carried
u by experts in home economies for
the farm for the benefit of the farmers
wives.
An occurrence claimed 10 be un-
history is the fact that farmers near
Billings are blowing at this time. Much
of the spring blowing is being done
now, according TO rural carriers of the
postal service.
The immense increase In the respon- !
slbllities and expenses attached TO
public schools in the state Of Montana
is shown In statistics which have been
compiled by Miss May Trumper, state
superintendent of public instruction.
The statistics cover the increase In stu
dents, schools, and teachers in Mon
ana since the year 1912 or during the
last 10 years.
With the aim of making the Billings
convention of the Montana Retail Deal
ers' association, to be held June %.
90 and 81, the most successful one In
the history Of the association, plans are
already being formulated for the con-
vention. Committees will soon be APP
pointed which viii have charge Of GER
tain phases of the work of putting on
the convention.
That eastern Montana, particularly
the territory In and tributary TO the
valley, will become the
livestock basket OF the northwest and
the not far distant future, admits of
no doubt in the minds of Walter Han
sen of the Hansen Packing company Of
Butte. and Mike Barclay of the Bar
clay Sheep company of Blackfoot, Ida,
who were visitors in Billings recently.
With a mine payroll approximating
100000 a month, and with the miners
paid twice each month. Roundup is less
dependent upon favorable nationwide
financial conditions than almost any
Dthed city In the entire northwest.
reasonably constant employment
1t the mines In the district, of which
Roundup is the industrial and geo.
graphical center, business prosperity
s but slightly affected by the adverse
conditions which frequently bring de-
preston TO other communities.
The northwestern sterilization con-
has been called to meet In BIZ
ings. February 1917. This congress
has been called in the name of the
United Farmers of Montana and will
re conducted under the auspices OF
hat organization assisted by a commit
ee representing the business interests
If the state. The first purpose OF the
ongress will be TO discuss the agricul.
ural situation, determine II possible
pDIilt iktdnS 10 SidDiflLes LIE prices OF
arm products and recommend the
to the various legislatures and
he United States congress.
The Billings community was pro-
shocked and all Montana was
addened by the sudden death of one
Il the states foremost young men,
larry L. Wilson. co~nspicuosly able
ttorney. member of the widely known
irm of Nichols & Wilson of Billings,
nd twice the Republican candidate
or governor Of Montana. Mr.. Wilson
led in a Pullman berth on Northern
'acific train No. AZ, sometime during (,
he night while the train was en- route f,
ron Missoula to Billings. He had
cen In Missoula. where he made an /,
Mt a banquet held by the ]
Western Montana Fish and Game as /
5
Thirty-six days without food Is the
ecord of a Hereford bull. owned by {,
Burke of Bercail. Mont. The bull I
found In q deserted barn after ,
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