Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-09-03
Local Items of Belt
and Tciniy

mo HUNTING" cards for sale at
this office
Mike Rocks was in town replenish-
ing his comniisary Wednesday.
Miss Anna Duncan snd Margaret
Pimperton were in town with their
uncle Owen Fergus yesterday.
Mrs. Walter Cooper Of Raynesford
drove 10 Belt yesterday.
Mrs. A. j. Mcdonald, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jos. Mcdonald Of the Merrimac ranch
accompanied by Mrs. Ellen Harvey
of .Geyser were in town Wednesday
after supplies for the ranch Mr.
Mcdonald IS in Chicago with ship
ment of beef. The Merrimae outfit
viii soon start gathering cattle which
have been ranging between the Jud-
it'll river and Arrow creek on the Mis-
sour.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shirley are
home from an extended trip to the
coast. They went by way Of yellow
some Park and visited Bellingham
Portland, Seattle. Victoria, Vancouver
and other cities. They did not find
anything any more attractive than
the Belt Valley. They noticed hum
dreds of auto tramps who move from
one free camping ground to another,
possibly working few days here
picking apples or harvesting and then
drifting on the next city Mr.. Shirley
says that we have no idea of the
number Of people who are following
this nomadic existence.
T. w. Noble and family and Mrs ]
Price Lloyd of Great Falls will spend ,
Sunday and Labor day with Mrs.
Smith in Lewistown. Mrs. Smith is i
a sister Of Mrs Lloyd and Mrs. Noble. q
John Becker Of Tiger Butte road /
was in town Tuesday on business. t
VIM. Gerhart of Briggeman coulee v
was in town Tuesday. IS
Mrs. T. VI. Noble win spend the
rest Of the week in Great Falls with 5
aer sister. n
Herman Lescher, receiver of the
banks at Sand Coulee and Stockett s.
vas a business visitor in Belt Tues RI
lay. He and W. c. Blomquist made a
i trip into the Tiger Butte country +
J. L. Engdahl has returned from o.
rip overseas 20 his old home in Swed~4 n
n where he visited for severaf IL
months. Mr.. Engdahl has accumu-
ated considerable weight during his IL
rip and is looking fine. He is visit Fl
ny his daughter Mrs. Rasmus Nell
on a,
SamWilliamson and Bob Heron are tn
ONE from Silver Camp where they d
ave been doing development work Ga
or the Midnight Copper Mining Vo pi
hey were successful in uncovering Or
he extension of the old vein which hol
ad been lost for some years The hi
re found is of high quality gray cop un
er and is of the same class as that Of
nipped twenty years ago. One assey 10,
( the ore taken when they first
truck it went IA per cent copper and
irther development has made the
Elm solidify and become Of a much re
ore permanent character. This is re
Ipected TO carry as much as 25 per se'
mt copper besides values in silver IN
nd gold. They report that Ben Mil
r has opened up four foot vein OF IA
alena for Eastern parties in the Mon mr.
yuma Other activities lend a rosy FRO
'lor to the future Of the camp ey
The Neihart Flyer is doing local GU
i'd switching work on the Sand YES
,ulee branch It's arrival at Belt iiy
problematical and its return to
reat Falls is only matter Of time.
pussed through Belt Monday even
z about $3.50.
Lou Clergy is still in bed being re-
rted not quite so well this week. al
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Thayer and e
rs. John Grows were shopping in
It Wednesday