Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-02-26
MONTANA NOTES
TREASURE STATE TALES
TERsKLY TOLD

i bEtSS uelU IN 6OLeman.
8 Montana Power company employee.
5 at the Rainbow dam near Great Falls
are to have a new $4,000 home, &c
consist Of sleeping quarters, mess hall
and club rooms.
Steps Will be taken by forest Off.
Gals to have the upper Tenderfoos
creek and its tributaries closed TO fish
ermen for a period Of five years. ac-
cording to an announcement made by
BartO BurfeniDg, ranger OF the Tender
foot district at Great Falls. Because
OF the falls In the TenderfoOt near the
Wells ranch. trout are unable to reach
the upper portions OF the creek. which
Is considered by fish experts to be
an ideal spawning ground.
Reports that work Is to begin on the
new Deaeonessa hospital at Billings as
soon as weather conditions will permit
Citizens OF Ismay will soon vote on
a proposition to bond the city In the
sum Of $1,000 to expand the municipal
light plant.
II Is reported that preparations are
being made to resume drilling the test
well on the Woman's Pocket structure,
northwest Of Lavina in Golden Valley.
Depth In excess Of 1850 feet has been
reached In this test hole, started nearly
a year ago by the Absarokee company.
Plans are being made for the annual
assembly Of the Montana Congregation
al conference. which will be held at
the Polytechnic Institute near Billings,
July II to 90
Fifty-nIne voted for and twenty-four
against an additional mill levy for
school purposes at Sehrldan.
At lively meeting at Darby COM
1mittee was named to investigate the
possibilities Of getting enough acreage
to warrant a preceding plant in OAR
by. The possibilities OF a creamery
will also be Investigated and with the |
rapid growth Of dairylng in the com
munity It looks feasible that cream
cry should be erected.
Crossword puzzles have been adop-
ted as a regular part of the work Of
the sixth grade language at the Field
school at Red Lodge. for the next sew
eral weeks, according to J. A. Thomp-
son, principal.
A deal has been closed whereby the
Winnett Light and Power company has
sold its entire holdings IN Winnett to
Winkes brothers, owners OF the Win
nett Mercantile company Winkes
brothers will have the plant moved to
new location. new 100 horse power
engine added TO the equipment md "a
hour light and power service Initiated.
A movement Is underway to build
a packing plant at Helena. The new
enterprise Is to he established by the
Helena Meat company.
Roy Walsh. convicted slayer Of Al
bert johnson, Renova storekeeper. who
paid the extreme penalty for his crime
on the gallows Of the Jefferson county
Jail at Boulder. before going to his
death issued long statement IN which
he urged boys to avoid the pitfalls into !
which he had fallen. In rambling |
discourse, he praised the hOrxe as a G
servant of man and an ex-
ample of fidelity and duty.
Invitations are being sent to $50 ac- =
credited high schools In the state of
Montana by the committee In charge Of
he twenty-second interschOlastic track :
meet. and debating and deelamatory .
contest finals, to be held under the s
auspices Of the University OF Montana \
A huge avalanche last Thursday tore J
pHtA- down the side Of the mountain :
light miles east of the head of Lake
dcDonald. In Glacier National park.
md buried a gOO-foot section of the :
logan Pass scenic automobile road I'M !
Ter snow. trees and debris to q depth =
n some places Of 80 feet, according 10 =
eports. !
The executive council Of the Mon !,
ana Bankers association at a meeting !.
{ Bozeman indorsed plans to follow :
- the campaign for state development =
s suggested at the meeting OF the
Iontnna Bankers association last
ear. II is proposed to continue the q
rogram Of publicity and advertising e
arried on during Montana month, and r
the development Of the stnte 9
Y advising landseekers regarding the =
est localities and further aiding them .
! making a success.
The First National hank or Plpvna g
lared to Raker within "A few hours Of -
official notice that It's applI- "a
alton for a change OF location was
-
A Temporary organization for local
lrm bureau waS made ut n meeting at
uguSta, ~
During hot debate over the budget ~
n 10 the sennte Il WAS pointed out ny
one member that the Indebtedness OF
! the state. cities and towns and re
,unties OF Montana WAS $S4,00O,OO0
I'd some method must be. taken to
leck this tendency. II was contem- y
II BY supporters Of the bin that 1t a
AZ elastic enough 70 take care Of va
nerrenciez yet would curb extraya- az
lncs. re-
The Queen CITY No. , well. east off
.-..~r.-. =. a.. ur...-t.. NJ