Belt Valley times., 1925-02-19
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TREASURE STATE TALES
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n national forests OF Montana.
y Huge Eagle Trapped.--A huge eagle,
d weighing between 50 and 90 pounds
Z and measuring six feet and six inches
e from wing tip to wing tip. was caught
s By T. 4. Lewis on his farm near Clin-
{ ton The bird flew into coyote trap
! and Lewis had no difficulty In catching
the bird alive.
Garfield Hogs Top Market.--A car
load Of Garfield county pork shipped
recently TO Semitic topped the market
in that city. bringing $llT5, according
! TO word received from the coast city
by the Jordan shipping association.
5ottlers to convene.--Afore than 100
bottIers OF carbonated beverages from
Montana, Wyoming and Idaho Will
gather In Billings March 3 and for
the fifth annual convention OF the In
terstate BOttlers' association.
Oppose Boosting LIcense.-Lewis-
town spOrtsmen are opposed to the
bill before the state legislature which
would increase the cost Of hunting and |
fishing licenses, as contrary 10 the gen
eral policy OF lowering as much as
possible the assessments against the /
public. The gun CLUB expressed it's at
titude In a membership vote.
New Tourist Rznch.-The district /
forester at Missoula has just issued
a permit for a term Of IS years for the
construction and operation Of a tourist
ranch and summer resort on the north
ern part of the Lewis and Clark forest
It will be located south OF Two MedI-
cine river near the mouth OF MettleF
creek.
Would Annex Townsite.-Annexation
Of approximately tn rec and a half
townships to Judith Basin county Is
sought by residents Of the Coffee Greek
section, in Choteau county. A petition
bearing 105 names, or 50 per cent of
the freeholders. is TO be presented TO !
the state legislature FOR consideration. :
Well ls ed.-Announcement
has been made by the Midwest OIL co. G
Of the abandonment OF the Red Lodge
Lindsay well in the Lake Basin field
near Billings. The Dakota sand was C
found to be dry in this well and water a
was encountered In the lower KOorenai. &
indian fepee ViIiage.-An Indian te- n
pee village is maintained at the gate y
way to Glacier national park, for the G
edification Of Americas tourists. in ;
commemOration Of the fact that the y
Blackfeet Indians ceded TO the United
States government these 800 square
miles Of Rocky mountain country which al
congress set aside as Glacier national N
park In 1910 This territory was famed rs
as the greatest hunting grounds OF all *
American Indians. tn
~ Pigs Yield s1.to5.fz.--J. A. Perry n
II Maschetah near Hardin found hog Va
raising profitable He recently re-
seiyer check for 81 ,105.1T covering
~ porkers, raised during the past nine %
months The pigs were fattened on Of
.orn Of his own raising. The oldest II
I the pigs was nine months old and the tic
Of which weighed over 300 at
'onnds Hubert Hobson, who is buy ju
ng for the Omaha market says ne m'
'aid approximately $4,000 for porkers
Turing the month Of January. (
Experiment In Road 5ulIdIns--As pr
Don as material is available work of ve
uttIng In a mile OF experimental road ate
n the highway between Whitehall and Is.
.oulder win begin. The road Is OF a eia
ew character in the district, but 1t has an
cen tried out quite considerably in the Fls
Icinity Of Great Falls. 1t consists Of SET
rst putting on heavy layer Of Gin
ers, which Is then scarified and mixed Z
loroughly with gumbo and then grad kin
and treated with heavy coating for
road OIL After this the road Is me
,lled and is then ready for use. are
Fine Flock snlothered.--C. A. Dessa- bur
IRE, who lives near Poison, lost val wal
lble flock OF chickens in a most pecu- the
ar way. During the afternoon Mrs at
emptied a pan OF ashes In
e chicken house for the hens to A
ratch In. The next morning when the
r. Dessasure opened the door Of the bin
icken house he was greeted with a hOu
Irst OF smoke and flame. He was the
lie to put out the fire without damage san
the building but discovered that the regl
tire flock OF about $50 fine Rhode fixi
and Red chickens had been smoth- stat
ed. exel
Expense of Running Butts.-The q. alta
department Of commerce announces
1t the total payments for expenses II
crest and outlays for the city gov peri
1ment Of Butte for the fiscal year mat
ding April 80, 1928, including the worl
dependent school district Of Butte bills
the fiscal year ending June so 1923, from
counted to 81. .a05 .65S, or s2617 per mon
,ita. OF this total, se37 .Se8 repre- the
It's the expenses OF operating the Ierall