Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-10-04

1t is said that the strength of the
/, khan in the state is about 5000.
Explosion of a dynamite cap In n
stick of stoyewood resulted In serious
injuries for the 10-year-old son of
John Rider OF C~harbonneau. The boy
was putting wood In the Kitchen stove
when the accident occurred. So great
was the force of the explosion that
the lads right hand was severely torn.
After examination n physician found
ambutation of the thumb and fingers
necessary.
Pleading guilty before Wallace p.
Smith. United States commissioner at
Nissoula. Earl V. Thornton, arrested
last week on a charge of embezzling
federal funds, was bound over for trial
in the United States district court at
Seattle. Thornton is accused of EN-
bezzlement of postal and money order
funds from the u. S. S. Prometheus,
and with desertion from the United
States navy.
Two special cars will leave Montana
for the national convention of the
American Legion at San Francisco Oc-
tober 10 to 10, It Is expected, reserva-
| tions for one car already are being
made, according to O.-G. HamPort,
state adjutant Of the legion. The two
cars will he hooked on the special train
from Minneapolis at Butte.
Wheat on the John Pick farm on
Arrow creek. near Stanford, hailed out
In June. Is expected to yield from p
to 30 bushels an acre. A devastating
hail storm struck n portion of the Ar
row creek bench In June and pounded
wheat into the ground. A second
growth soon sprang up. however, and
developed into a splendid crop.
State headquarters of the American
Legion will be move from It's present
location In the National hank Of Mon
tana building in Helena to rooms 10
and II Of the Montana building. nc
cordIng to an announcement Of o. c.
Lamport, state adjutant.
Shipments of cattle from Ringing
have been heavier than had been *
pected, the total being about 113 car
loads. Most of the shipments came
down the branch line and were as
sembled from a large territory.
William G.. Roberts. pioneer rancher
of the Beaverhead valley. is dead after
n protracted Illness. He vas horn In
Switzerland 81 years ago. lie settled
in the valley 30 years ago.
Steps towards the establishment of
a new entrance to Yellowstone park
hy way of Three Forks and the scenic
West Gailatin canyon will probably
he taken within the course of another
year.
Cocaine. the standard price of which
was formerly 81 a ~"bindle," now sells
for $3.50, sheriff-s officers of Butte de-
clare they ascertained with The arrest
of Tom Wing, a laundryman of that
place on a charge of violating the mar
cotic laws.
While sinking a winze on their
property In the Big Foot district. be |
tween Whitehall and Boulder. William
Dan Donovan and John Foley
opened up a two-foot vein of ore re-
GENTLY that shows exceptional values. |
The assay returns give ID per cent
Ieid, q per cent zinc, 16 ounces OF sill
yer and $40 in gold TO the ton. The
mine was first located more than 40
ago.
A worlds record Is claimed for a
,and OF ewes owned by Barker Broth
RS of Ingomar. This rel the band
$ running on the range In the Calf
creek country in western Garfield
tounty. The band is composed of 357
.ead which raised this year 40 lambs
m the past four years only 10 head
ave been lost from the original band. :
n 1915 at the Ingomsr plant these
sh~sr~d 121 pounds per head. ~
rnis rear the 357 sheep win give the !.
1wners 5000 from the sale OF lambs :.
nd S1.4o0 from the wool clip IL,