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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26

New York.--The banking situation
In the northwest Is better than at any
time since 1920 and there Is every in
dlcation that crops. business and rail-
road traffic VIII improve this year, ac-
cording to Carl R. Gray, president of
the Union Pacific While crops In
Oregon, Washington. Idaho, Montana
and adjacent states were only half Of
those the year before producers re-
ceived slightly more, which has
strengthened banking.
The railroads alone suffered from
decreased traffic Ae.asserfed.- but their
position had been partly improved by
lack OF unfavorable legislation this
winter.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26
Rsuln sprLnu vsLth Eun.rnIl

Funerals were held in groups Of vari-
GUS affected towns, while many squads
OF men volunteered to dig graves for
those who had been killed In a flash
by the twisting wind.
Some families went to their graves
with almost no close relatives to mourn
them, while in other cases all varia-
lions Of household separations were
portrayed at the funerals. The sad
duty Of disposing OF the dead will con
tinue for many days, as many OF the
wounded are fatally stricken.
The Red Cross has announced that
James Louis Felser Of st. Louis has
been placed in supreme command OF
the destroyed area, with Henry M.
Baker, national director Of relief, In
Chicago.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26
ASSOCIATION Of FAIR
SECRETARIES FORMED
Tbs Secretaries - Various Msnsana
and Wyoming fair. oruanlzs
El@et offlcers

Organization OF the Montana Asso.
citation OF Fair Secretaries and the
formation Of fair circuit consisting Of
Sheridan, Wyo.. Forsyth. LewIstown,
Billings, Bo1eman and Mls soula were
the outstanding features Of the meet
ing Of fair secrstaries held at Billings
recently.
The dates for the different fairs was
settled after a long discussion In the
following order: Sheridan. September
1, 2 and 3 Forsyth. September 8 8. 10
and II /; Lewist0wn. September 6, 9, 10
and II +; Billings September IS. 16, II
and 18: Bozeman. September p q. "a
and %; Missoula. September % and so,
October I and 2. Forsyth and Lewis
town fairs viii be held the same dates
but as the races at Forsyth will be
Of running horses. it will not
effect the harness horse circuit.
C., Peat Of Aflssoula was elected pres
Ident Of the newly organized ass0cia-
ion. OTHER officers are Theo HogTand,
Lewistown. vice president, and Bert
Billings, secretary. These
officers with A. ]. Hans Of Sheridan,
IVyo., and George Lewis Of Bozeman,
make up the executive board.
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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26

SUGAR COMPANY WILL SIGN UP
co-osERATgvEs soon As
RELEASED
The FARMERS MAKE ERROR


DENVER That the beet contract for
the 1925 crop Is final and cannot he
changed was the announcement Of w.
d. Lippitt. general manager Of the
Great Western Sugar company.
We feel compelled to announce def
nitely and finally that the acceptance
Of 50-cent Increase In the price seals
would so seriously teopardize the N
ture operations OF the company that it
cannot be considered.
The contract which we are offer
ing, formulated and Endorsed by the
very group which is opposing it today,
is one which we were Induced to ac-
cept on the definite assurance OF the
support OF the associations Under
the circumstances there is nothing left
but for the company to say finally and
without qualification that the schedule
as offered cannot be changed. We are
confident that the growers and COM
muhities VIII ultimately be convinced
Of the justice Of our position.
Only release by the cooperative
beet growers associations can now
break the deadlock on the question Of
the 1925 beet contract If the Noun
min States Beet Growers Marketing
association viii heed the wishes OF the
great majority of farmers and business
men In the beet-growing communities,
The directors VIII release the assOcia-
ton members to grow the crop on the
contract.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26
DEVELOP LAKES As
RECREATION cENTERs

z. N. Boyes. secretary Of the Libby
Commercial club. is having consider
able correspondence with the Joint COM
mittee on recreation survey Of federal
lands at Washington, D. c., relative to
developing recreation sites IN the Libby
district
Mr.. Boyes has suggested to the joint
committee at Washington that Granite
and Cedar lakes, both have great re-
creationai possibilities and the Wash
Ington office seems much interested
regarding It's wonderful endowment Of
mountains, streams and lakes and its
great possibilities OF enjoyment for
the lover OF the outdoor life.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26

New York.-HarTy wills negro
heavyweight, and Tommy Gibbons OF
St. Paul. MIMI, viii meet IN a IL
round match AT the milk fund bouts
at the Yankee stadium May e. pro-
viding the managers Of the two princi-
pals can be given assurance that there
Is no possibility Of title match With
Jack Dempsey. heavyweight champion,
before fall.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26
Head Of commIsaarv

James L. Martin becomes the head
Of the commissary department at the
penitentiary. under an appointment by
Warden Arthur Middleton. Mr.. Martin
served eight years al Lewistown as
clerk OF the court and two years as
clerk and recorder. retiring from that
position January /.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26

ChIcago.-The annual report Of Ar
mour & Company, packers. just made
public by F. Edison White. president.
In the form Of letter to stockholders
shows that sales for 1924 totaled more
than $500. 100000 and that net profits
Tor the year were SIS. 1903. TBS as
against s13.772, o26 for 1923. Surplus
At the end Of 1924 amounted to x54.
s07, l52 as against s45,T00.sOs at the
end OF 1873
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26

Canton. ChIna.-DefInite announce
ment has been made that Or. Sun Vat
Sen, who died IN Picking, Will be buried
at Marking, and a memorial service
viii be held here.
No successor to the post Of president
Of the provisional government Of South
China which he held, viii be appointed
but five picked officials win be select
ed as an executive committee to gov
ern local affairs.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26

Carbondaie nl.--Southern Illinois.
scene Of numerous tragedies h the
last three years, sncIuding the Herrin
mine riot and the elena Yonne fued.
monrns over the victims OF It's greatest
disaster last weeks destructive tor
nad0.
A. one grey-haired woman uttered
past row Of bodies o. school eassdrsr
victims Of tha De Hoae Gisaaene. sra
seanned % express Ahe sentiments a. ia
when with tears mfxeaminR a0wn her
uAaseksi she fagnsd % a cosupsnson assA
aphbed This was mex aisasaax. n
RNq cyNeaSlxian
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26

Minneapolis Flour took one OF the
most radical declines In many months
March IA. when the largest mills here
nut their quotations 50 cents a barrel
for the best grade OF family patents.
The range was $500 to $40 barrel.
Il being the first time since last De
cember that figure under 50 was
uuotable here The severe drop IN
wheat was given as the cause BY mill
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26
New church opened

The doors OF the new Sacred Heart
church at Miles City have been opened,
and services are being conducted IN
the new edifice which was erected and
completed In the fan Of last year and
In the beginning Of this year.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26
Flre Tr,.ek Burned

Herrin, LITTLE brand new $4,000
fire truck Of the Herrin department.
which with companies Of the Benton
and other Departments from nearby
towns, went TO Aurphysboro, was
burned on it, first run, when It became
mtred in the mud and tho flames
swept over It.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26

An additional payment OF 81 a ton.
totaling $40.217, win be made to sugar
beet growers OF the Midland Empire
by the Great Western Sugar conpanv
It was announced by W. p. Hogarty.
general manager.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26

BY almost q unanimous vote the
people OF Ismay Endorsed the 5000
bond issue to build a new city lighting
plauk -l--
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26
AlD FROM MANY SOURCES
RUSHED TO STRICKEN AREA

The iornade Of last "Wednesday
which swept over i've mid-westeru
states took It's ton over ter
ritory Of 800 miles 10 five hours and
within the same period Of time outside
aid was covering that distance to carry
help and comfort to survivors. The Red
Cross rushed supplies from st. Louis.
Chicago Offered $4,000. The Illinois
legislature appropriated like amount,
the Missouri legislature $4,000 and the
southern Illinois American Legion
$4,000. Other contributions are ex
pected to reach 100000.
The Christian Science board OF d.
rectors at BOSTON. Mass, Announced
that It had placed $4,000 at the dis
posal OF the committees OF the church
for the relief OF tornado sufferers in
the middle west and that contribution
for relief might be sent by the public
through the mother church relief fund.
The Los Angeles, Cal. chamber OF
commerce the day following the storm
opened subscription lists for the relief
fund for the tornado stricken AREAS.
Thousands OF former residents Of
these three states are visitors or resi-.
dents OF southern California.
The Pullman headquarters at Chi.
cago announced II would send sleep
Ing cars from st. Louis and other
nearby points into the storm area to
house the homeless. The cars win be
supplied with blankets and other neces
stiles.
At Washington President Coolidge,
who is president Of the American Red
Cross. suggested to Chairman John
Barton Payne that all OF the facilities
If the organization be put into opera.
Ion 20 relieve the suffering In the
middle west
No Warning Given
The storm struck virtually without
warming and inhabitants Of the terri ,
DRY traversed had no time to flee
rom its fury. Z
Reports Of the storms cratic be
iavior came from many points. Build I
ngs were carried hundreds Of feet,
vhile at De Soto grain elevator was
moved intact to the middle Of the road I
0 feet away.
In only one Instance was damage to
train reported, and II was not clear
neither this resulted from the storm. v
st. Louis & San Francisco passenger b
-ain went into a ditch near South @
reenfield, Mo-, and two coaches over a
irned but no one was injured. n
At Annapolis, Mo-, where the first a
ow fell, every building was wrecked "
damaged with the loss in that town
one placed at half million dollars. r.
mall loss Of life. but considerable pro- II
srty damage occurred In three other II
issouri towns, Biehle. Altenburg and q,
ape Girardeau. all on or near the
ississippi river. a.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-03-26

Starting from Annapolis. the storm
moved northeast and after striking two
other towns on the Missouri side Of
me river, jumped over into Illinois.
traversed that state, divided near the
Indiana state line and spent It's forces
in southern Indiana and northern Ken
lucky.
Evening star., 1925-05-16
EVIDENCE GROWS
IN BABY FARM CASE
Woman Says She Bought
Child for $1OC-Grand Jury
to Hear Data.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 16.-Official find
ing at an autopsy that an infant had
died of fractured skull. and admis
sion by woman that she purchased
a girl baby for 500 cash, increased
interest today in the investigation of
the baby home of Mrs. Helen Auguste
Geisen-Volk, where A infants have
died in 16 months.
Investigators have been Informed
that the baby whose skull was broken
was in good health when placed in the
baby home.
Mrs. Rose Fielhart has admitted
she purchased a girl from Mrs. Geisen'
Nolk, and Mrs. F'lorentine Vosahlo, a
midwife. says she signed birth GER
tificate naming Mr.. and Mrs. Fielhart
as parents of the child. Mrs. NoSahlo
said Mrs. Geisen-Volk gave her $40 to
sign the paper.
The grand jury Tuesday will hear
charges against Mrs. Geisen-Volk by
William Angerer, who said he received
child not his own when he went to
the home to recover his son. The
woman is in Jail on charges of child
substitution and of violating the sani-
tary laws.
The bodies of two babies who died
at the home have been eXhumed. One
was unmarked; the other was the
baby with the fractured skull.
Evening star., 1925-05-16
TWO SEEK FREEDOM.
Husband Asks Annulment, and
Wife. Divorce

Jules A. Petit has filed suit in the
District Supreme Court for annul-
ment of his marriage to Evelyn L.
Petit. He charge his wife failed to
wait the statutory period of six
months after receiving a divorce
decree in Virginia from her former
husband before she married the plain
tiff. Attorney Louis Gutenberg ap
pears for the husband.
Absolute divorce is asked in a suit
filed by Mrs. Ida Manns against Rich
ard Manns. They were married al
Plainfield, n. j., July Z, 1916, and the
wife charges cruelty and misconduct
She also names a correspondent. At
torney Octave Bigoness represents
the wife.
Evening star., 1925-05-16
ANNEXATION MOVE
BY GERMANY SEEN
Effort to Get Austria Apparent in
Proposed Deal, French
Paper Declares.
By the Associated Press.

PARIS, May 16.-The Petit Parisien
says Germany is considering making
a proposal to guarantee the Polish
and CZechoslovak frontiers as they ex-
ist, on condition that the allies con-
sent to Austria being united to the
Reich.
The paper observes that this is as
yet only a suggestion without tangi-
BILE shape, put out by the German
government with view TO feeling
the ground before committing itself
but says it has already received wide
circulation in diplomatic circles, both
here and abroad.
per believes ought to be foiled with
out delay, would consist in waiting
until the French reply to it's Rhine
land guarantee pact is delivered and
then complete it by the further offer,
also, to guarantee the Polish and
Czechoslovak frontiers on the condi-
tions outlined above.
If accepted, said the Petit Parisien,
this would amount not only to the
first serious blow to be delivered
against the peace treaties, but would
give Germany territory equal to all
she lost by the cession of Alsace-Lor-
raine, Silesia and Schleswig, and in
stall her in the very heart of Europe,
with command over all routes. 1t
would further tend, the paper says, to
divide the allies among themselves.
Evening star., 1925-05-16
TRAINMEN WILL CALL
RAIL LABOR PARLEY
100 Will Be Asked to Conference
May % for Discussion of
Current Problems.
By the Associated Press.


CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 16.-The
plan of its president, w. G.. Lee. to
call a conference of 16 recognized
railway labor organizations and heads
of about so trunk-line transportation
systems June 30 was indorsed yester-
day by the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen in triennial convention.
The call for the meeting will go out
May % to about 100 persons.
Brotherhood representatives say
that the matters to be discussed have
not been fully decided upon, but they
will pertain to the railway labor prob
lem in its general aspects.
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis
and James Murdock, Canadian min
lister of labor and former vice presi-
dent Of the brotherhood, will address
the convention today.
Evening star., 1925-05-16
KASS0N LOSES BALTIC.
Dog Team Driver Grieves Over Sale
of Pet Malamute.

LOS ANGELES, Calf, May 16
0PO- Although Gunnar Kasson,
Alaska dog team driver in the historic
dash to Nome last Winter with diph-
iberia antitoXin, won a victory in his
dispute over wages he said were due
him for his short stage career, he
was disconsolate today because BALTIC,
the Siberian lead dog, which shared
honors with him in the grueling drive
across the Arctic SHOWS, will not ac-
company him on his return to the
northland. At the hearing of the
wage dispute, it was disclosed that the
team of malamutes, including BALTIC,
had been sold and would remain in
the States. A representative of Sol.
Lesser, who brought kasson and his
team from the North, explained that
Lesser had bought the team from
KaSson's employers.
Evening star., 1925-05-16
WILL EXPEND $1,000.
Salvation Army EnIarging Camp
for Mothers and Children.

The Salvation Army is making a
$4,000 enlargement of its Camp for
Mothers and Children on the Patuxent
River, 1t was announced today. In
the interest of economy the work on a
new building and installation of addi-
tional improvements is being done by
Salvation Army officers, headed by
Brig. William H. Barrett, who offered
to devote several days a week to the
work.
The camp will receive it's first con-
tingent of mothers and children June
%. with the formal opening set for
July l. Prominent Washingtonians
have been invited to attend the open
ing exercises, which will be held in
the new recreation hail.
The camp will accommodate about
300 during the Summer. Army work
ers will be in charge.
Evening star., 1925-05-16
WIFE SHOOTS FISHERMAN.
"Just for Meanness," Says Victim
in Serious Condition.

Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND, Va, May 16-L. H.
Beasley, fisherman, living on a
small island in the river here, is in
Memorial Hospital in serious condi-
tion, having been shot by his wife
this morning during quarrel in their
home. The woman is said to have
fired the rifle through a door, the bull
let taking effect in the mans abdo-
men.
Ambulance surgeons had to com
mandeer boat to reach the man.
Beasley told the police that his wife
shot him Just for meanness."
Evening star., 1925-05-16
Dynamite Hidden
In Tobacco Found
In Virginia Prison,
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va, May 16.-Fol-
lowing the attempt by one Of three
suspected safeblowers in Jail here
to smuggle explosives in his cell,
all are being subjected to physical
search every "a hours. The oldest
of the three, who has refused to
give a name, asked a police officer
to bring him can of tobacco"
out of his suitcase. The officer
noted the weight of the can and
found 46 dynamite fuses hidden in
the crumbled leaf. The fuses were
small copper tubes, about the size
of a cigarette.
Evening star., 1925-05-16

The custom of lifting the bride over
the threshold of her husbands home
originated in Scotland, where it was
believed some mishap would befall her
if she stepped on the stoop.
Evening star., 1925-05-16

Wasngtons Summer social opens with the Annual
National Capital Horse Show amid an array of outdoor
fashion splendor interesting the show itself Sarty
dressed and pick out the winners of the turf
and Washngtons outdoor fashion gets under
to the hurried thud of horses hoos
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-12
ARTHUR BRISBANE SAYS

Not the country publisher, but the
businessman is the chief sufferer
from the fact that our merchants and
manufacturers have not utilized the
country newspapers advertising col.
umns as it should be utilized; He
who reads the little cross road news.
paper of a fair sized town is a man
who buys everything. He lives in a
house and on land that he owns. He
is interested in everything that the
business men of the United States
are doing. Through good advertising
you can sell him everything from the
paint on the roof of his house to the
cement floor in his cellar, everything
in the barn and every tool in the
field he buys, and you may sell him.
He is not like the dweller in the big
city flat, who gets his water through
pipe, his light through a wire, his
heat from the basement, and whose
shopping consists in getting a ready
made suit of clothes and ready made
dinner in tin or paper box. The
man who reads the country newspa-
per buys everything He buys pumps
stoves, clothing, automobiles, dresses
books, paints, farm implements, furni-
ture, carpets, oils. In this room are
$50 men and individuals. Some of
them represent a dozen manufactur.
ing enterprises and more. There isnt
man here who cannot sell to read
er of country newspaper. And
every man here could more profitably
advertise in a country newspaper in
proportion to it's circulation than in
any other publication on earth l EN-.
phasize the value of the country news
paper as an advertising medium for
it has that value"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-12
ARMISTICE DAY

Armistice Day has again become matter of annual
history and rapidly do the years pass by that
y seems though years have elapsed since that
memorable Nov l1h when the news flashed around
the world that the greatest ever known had been
brought to end after five years of bloody struggle
that had taken the lives Of countless thousands of
In the United States, there hardly community that
did not celebrate the victory that night with enthusiasm
and true thanksgiving. They could well afford to- since
it brought relief of mind to thousands of American
fathers and mothers and other relatives of boys France
in the that their loved would safely
turn to them, though other thousands of fathers
and mothers already knew from the casually lists of the
previous that their would not be among
those to return The term, Supreme Sacrifice is well
used in speaking of all men who give their lives for their
country and extends just much to the relatives they
leave behind them and to ali of the present generation
Armstice Day, should always fully much
Memorial Day meant to the survivors of the Civil War
and to their descendants
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-11-12
COOPERATION

One of the greatest handicaps to the and
growth of the small town. is the lack of harmony
and cooperation among the residents themselves in
gard to the right wrong way to promote conduct
social and civic activities OF nearly every kind 1t is
Of the first conditions noticed by strangers especially
when they from large places where knows
or cares whether rival business firms
friendly terms personally and where regardless of the
laOns of the individuals, the town city is carried
toward further success largely through it's weight
and force having passed the point where the grievances
and eaouses of individuals have much if any effect
upon the general welfare When serious differences do
arise they roned out by kind of compromise
that while it may not be entirely satisfactory general
y accepted the best solution of the matter possible
the time There always two sides to any question of
public interest," and it should be forgotten that
those holding opposite views be honest and sincere
in their beliefs whether it relates to the building of
school house, street improvement, contemplation
OF allowing the churches to be used for public social gath
erngs AS rule the decision of the majority turns out
to be the best for concerned but frequent
y whatever the decision may be, it opens up old
and creates that require time heal and ought
not to exist in any community DESTROYS of adding to it's
growth and business and social prestige.