Belt Valley times., 1924-10-30
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? annOunceQ by General Manager A. b.
Cowan Of Denver. here on his semi
annual tour Of Inspection. The central
accounting idea was proposed BY DIS
triet Commercial Manager q. G. Life
Of Salt Lake, and simply means that
J the accounts viii be handled here and
viii be in the hands Of expert account
ants Installation Of the center Is In
charge Of H. H. Hardy, division com
mercIai manager, and r. Van Time,
division auditor. both Of Denver.
Trapper Makes Record.--T W en- t v
four coyotes in six days was the record
made by a transient trapper in the
Long Butte country. 10 miles south OF
Simms, according TO ranchers from
that section who claim that the trap
peF now At work there gets coyotes
faster than anybody they ever saw
According to the ranchers, the trapper
Is using the strychnine method OF bring
ing down the quarry. and he handles
this poison so skiHfully that coyotes
fall for the bait like a child does for
candy. Some difficulty Is being ex.
perienced by the trapper, however, as
the cattle that range over the baited
area smell the bait and In many In
stances trample It TO pieces The cey-
ote menace in this section had become
80 alarming that stOclSmen. 1t is be-
lieved, are paying the hunter good
wages in his attempt to eradicate the
pests.
New Company Soon To Operate
lanes Keith Of Spokane and Dr. ]. B. /
Peeso Of New York City. leading stock
holders in the ZonOlite company OF Lib
by, were recently looking over the com
pany's property The oven which e. N.
Alley has under construction will be
ready for the fires In about another
week, after which time the company
win be prepared to take care OF large
scale orders 1onolIte the product
which the company Is mining. Is at
tracing considerable attention in the
commercial world not only as an un-
usually high class insulator but for the
many other uses TO which It Is adapted.
University Has Large LIbrary-The
state university library at Mlss0ula
aow contains 100000 volumes ranging
from first editions to modern text
D0oks, according to Miss Gertrude
Buckhouse. librarian. To care for
these books requires Six full-time ll-
orarians. one full-time stenographer,
0ne half-time clerk, and nine students
receiving from $40 to $25 per month 4
according TO their efficiency and the !
line they work. These students aFeA
selected from the class in library econ ,
1my.
Paying Back Taxes-That large
mount OF delinquent taxes are being
Oaid In Richland county by farmers
who have threshed their grain Is re-
aorted by Delbert Dotson, treasurer.
Some Of the farmers were In arrears
since in 1918, said Mr.. DotSon. The
same Is said to be true OF Roosevelt
county. according TO the treasurer at
Wolf Point.
Close Irrigation canaI.--The High :
Line Ditch company at its annual +.
meeting recently decided TO tnrn off :
he water October Is for this year, in {
lrder that all repaIrs needed may be ,
lone this fall, when the farmer share
folders. can assist, and that at the busy ,
lime In the spring when water will be Z
needed and all the farmers will he ,
,usv putting In their crops. there need q
,e no delay to make repairs. q
masons Award seholsrship-Aias p
c lodge. Corinthian No. n at Laurel, y
las authorized a scholarship Of 500
% be awarded annually 10 the most o
student in the Laurel high n
'choOl. the fund to be made available a
when the student becomes enrolled In
'ome institution OF higher learning up
N successful completion OF his work,
according to Superintendent Graft. He n
itated that the purpose Is 10 encourage m
inhibition for higher learning and to q
Issist in small way the fulfIllment Of ~
Iuch desire. n
Trying 70 Pass.--AEiss Pearl Travis n
suffered 3 compound fracture OF the n
light arm and WIS badly bruised. while al
Garjorie Putnam and Bernice Dahl q
rere slightly injured. when an auto m
Mobile driven by Miss Putnam over m
urned on the highway between Shelby IN
nd Dunkirk, Oct. H. Miss Putnam m
raa attempting to pass another car "
Fhen loose gravel y. the edge Of the m
cad gave way, causing the car 10 skid
nd turn turtle.
Put Lid on Gambling games
nnch boards and all other forms of 81
ambline must 20, Miles City council Il.
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