Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-06-21
Today the Belt Valley Times has a


birthday. Twenty-Five years ago tn.
firm of Sheridan and W~orthingtor
published the first issue of this paper
at Arlington. The next year saw
the plant moved to Belt where it has
not missed a publication day since
This issue is Volume 80, Number 1
which e that this paper has
started on the thirtieth year of its ex-
~istence.
Fred Mehmke and son Walter were
business visitors from Little Belt yes
terday.
Mrs. Susie Jakobov of Stockett on
Wednesdayxisited between trains
with her sister, Mrs. George Pohlod.
The regular monthly baby clinic win
be held Friday, June % at the high
school auditorium. All mothers are
cordially invited to attend with their
children.
Mrs. Mary Lucotch and little son
have been visiting with her mother,
Mrs. Andrew Bandre. Mrs. Lucotch
was formerly Miss Mary Bandre. She
returned to her home in Sand Coulee
Wednesday.
Misses Angelina Blais and Myrtle
Skadsen left Saturday for Dillon
where they are enrolled for the sum-
mer course at the state normal.
Miss Laura Spogen returned Mon
day from Great Falls where she had
been visiting relatives.
Christine and Charlotte Humpe are
home for the summer having complet-
ed successful terms of school.
Seven weeks old pigs for sale by s.
S. Johnson, phone 6 F 33, Tiger Butte
line.-Adv.
Matt Richardson has received a
check from the Great Northern rail
road in payment for the damage done
to a shipment of cattle made Nov. 81,
1922 and which were delayed for some
days enroute. Settlement was made
for $500.
Mrs. Tom James and Mrs. Carl
Merriman were shopping in town last
week.
Several rock slides have occurred in
his vicinity since the rain. There is
me between Arlington and Belt which
las narrowed up a narrow road and
mother opposite Jack Hane's place
oiled a number of heavy rocks nearly
the road. n
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Haney and
hildren, Donald and Dorothy, of
j. w. Leslie, Jr., and Flor
nee Livix of Stanford, drove from I
tockett after supper last Saturday :
light and reached Belt about eight !
clock. They left for Stanford a few
linutes later expecting to reach I
tanford about ten o'clock. At 1890 :
ley arrived at R~aynesford after bat +
ing the mud in the road where they
re grading for four and one-half {
ours. Many cars got stuck and were :
along the road in mud holes
nd the ditch. Raynesford was full
: tourists in the same ~predicament
) they. Finally they got shelter in L
IN Livix's cabin and in the morning A
mt three of the children by train to
while the rest came back to
cit by the Otter Creek road. After c
citing something to eat and resting m
few hours they resumed the return m
ip to Stockett and have doubtless N
rived there by this time if they en- It
'untered no more mud. M
Johnny Farrell and Robert Barker to
owe in Thursday from Belfry, where eli
ey have been opening some placer 70
'ound. They were compelled to sus- G
nd operations on account of high OF
ater in hat section and will go to !.
for a month or two, where
r. Farrell will look after mining in ia
rests in that district. Mr.. Farrell M
Iys this section appears to have had M
ore rain than other parts of the M
ate that he has travelled over and
at the crops around Belt are the
st that he has seen. q