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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-15
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION
HEARS EMINENT DENVER DEvlNE

The regular monthly nesting 81
the Belt P. T. A. was held At the an-
ditorium Monday evening
The program was opened with >
well-rendsred piano dust BY Misses
Marjorie Sharrard and Erma Wilson.
DR.. &. F. Cox Of Goodwill Endnskxial
Church. Denver, Colo,. gave the znazn
address Of the evening. Hia work b
IN the very poorest section Of Denver
where dwelt the naoat law'less slesnsat
Of the city. Sin years ego Dr. Cox
commenced his work thsrs, and Aa mow
has 8 splendid equipment ard Il dsiss
a wonderful work
Boys wers frat reaehed tnxeuaA
patient skxores first atkrasAsd BY Tee
athletic prosFamA heskekh@A esd
other sparta. Gixls wesw fuusaa Aara-
er 70 ianpEoys ard wogA wskA. AaA
wsrs finally esaehsa snsoush tha h.
herens daaixe to lmpTpse tAaaK nax.
aonal appearances. Eash gszi wa@
promissd ! new dreas II sha @osaad
Join shs nswsme class 900 psaaze 49,
dress. Th@n kkay w8sN aa@sa - semah
thalr eIoAhaH. haaAs. and Rznallv - szvo
clean uprlahk Aswa Glasses @Ta aA.s
held IN msaksa9 haka haix dznsaaaa.
cooking, caring for babies @na anz'az&
for khe home. Older wona@n ax@ @A@@
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-15
CASCADE SETS REC
ORD AT STATE FAIR

Cascade county has won 15 cups out
Of possible fifteen in three years at
the State Fair. No other one county
has equalled this record
1o24--Cascade won;
First cup vegetables, 90 points out
Of possible 100.
First cup potatoes. 100 points out
Of possible 100.
Second cup corn, 81 points out Of
possible 100.
Fourth cup forage, 50 points out Of
possible 100.
Fourth cup grain, "a points out Of
possible 100.
l92S-C Cascade won:
First cup vegetables. 100 points out
Of possible 100.
Second cup grains, 50 points out Of
possible 100.
Second cup forage. s5 points out Of
possible 100.
Second cup potatoes, 80 points out
Of possible 100.
Third cup fruit, 20 points out Of pos
sible 100.
1922 Cascade won:
First cup forage. 100 points out Of
possible 100.
First cup vegetables, 100 points out
Of possible 100.
First cup corn, 100 points out Of
possible 100 In DISTRICT
Third cup potatoes. S6 points out Of
possible 100.
Third cup grain, SO points out Of
possible 100.
In 1924 winnings are better appre-
,iated when it is understood that in
he ease Of grain-RavalIi county, 100
points for first; Saltwater was sec
md with 36 points; Gallatin county
third with 20 points; Cascade county
lourth with 25 points; Yellowstone
county fifth with II points. II is an
lonor 10 be beaten by such counties
IS Saltwater or Gailatin, but it is
worse than hard TO take q back seat
o RayaiIi. The same situation holds
n f0rage- -RavalIi first with 100
points; saltwater second with SO
Soints; Callatin third with 3S points;
Cascade fourth with 81 points; Madi-
'on county fifth with 20 points.
out Of .. possible 500 points:
RavaIli County was first with 420
,oints.
Cascade County was second with 2ss
,oiuta.
saltwater County was third with
,27 points.
Madison County WIS fourth with
rs points.
chouteau county was fifth with isS
points
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-15
CLUB WORK SUCCESS
IN COUNTY IN 1894

Three hundred and six club mem
bera were enrolled In club work Ia this
county In 1894. Two hundred and
slxty-one completed the work. This
enrolment for the various clubs was
as follows
lit garden cluh snembeFsl
Ae poultry club members.
a. garment club members
81 corn elub members
2S pig club members.
70 calf club members
is potato club members.
10 sheep club members.
canning club members.
3 bread club members.
rs club members entered exhibits at
the Community. County and State
fairs.
Two community fairs were held At
which boys and girls club members
exhibited.
One county club fair was held. BY
cooperation with the Lions Luncheon
club Of Great Falls, over $4,000 was
raised for premiums. The winning
exhibits from the local fairs made up
the county exhibit. Then the best
from the county exhibit was taken to
Helena to compete for state awards.
In competition with club members
from all sections Of the state the Cas-
cade County club members took .
first. third and fourth on potatoes;
two firsts, four seconds, four thirds,
and one fourth on corn, winning the
District Corn Banner and having the
highest individual county ranking on
corn in the state; seven firsts, tsnir-
teen seconds, and ten thirds on gar
den entries; eleven firsts, six seconds.
four thirds on poultry; three firsts,
one fourth. and two fifths on pigs;
two firsts and third On dairy calves;
two firsts and second and third on
sheep. and second on bread.
first livestock Judging team on beef
cattle.
Second livestock Judging team on
sheep.
Third livestock judging team on
swine.
Tbird livestock Judging team on
dairy cattls.
Second medal for the best team.
Total value Of club products. s3l6e.0o
Total cost Of production ....-... 2Os0.Oo
Total value Of premiunis..--.- S0b.2S
Total value above costs 1304.2b
Three club members started to coli
leQe in the faIl Of 1924 as a result Of
club work
The Lions Luncheon Club Of Great
Falls has taken over the fostering Of
the Boys and Girls, Club work as one
Of their principal projects and viii
aid by writing enrolled club members
letters 70 keep them interested IN their
work, also raising premium money for
the annual club fair.
The Beis community WIS very Wen
represented at the 1924 State Fair by
Ted WyDegar, Rami Blais, Evelyn Nc
cafferty, Florence Wood, Archie
Feeler, Lawrence Janetskis Tom BFp.
fsfsd, Ralph Gray. Evan Cry, Don
l.opafch, Nathaniel Burrows JUDE
1Iabbss ilIIana Habisas aad "a
ragbaft winning ribbons AS well as
subsfantial cash prizes.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-15

|she effect Of curing and dissipatins
many departmental day-dreams.
As a result all departments Of the
government are beginning 70 reflect
Dot perhaps willingly but with a little
slement Of fear the Presidents ambi-
kiOns, Meanwhile his basic rule Is
khat with economy there must be in
creased efficiency.
The cooperation Of Secretary Of the
Treasury Mellon. Of course. Is genuine
@nd originates within himself. An
souncemeas Is now made that the
Treasury has rsducsd the public debt
Ag almost . billion dollars within the
sass twelve monthz. Thla makes On .
#aaE peg cent basis an additional saw
ia Of nearly 80 .oO0. 900 3 year M
sFeat charges. Qnlts . saving Of the
aopls'a money.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-15

Waahinofon Ian 5oWhile the
,,sssaantss aor;cuIt,,val commission
.ontirnad MONDAY 10 urestIe with the
nroElam of Farm relief Senator Borah,
,-er,,hI;car Idaho ur0e5 in the senate
fhat there he an earlv extra session Of
The new congress TO enact Legislation
.saalsng Win the u,,biect.
caIIinr stteutiou that farm aid had
haan ! rredonsnant ,ssue in the last
campaien. the Idaho senator declared
the problem confronting the country,
Il the farmers are % have any perma-
nent RELIEF. is the same as it was be-
fora TIA eIsekion.
81 wmnt "a ravister nav protest" he
Sid aawainst he uroposition that ag-I
rsem5eufs viii have adjusted itself In
4hp near futuran
Ssamasm ~ Sa~4faru.ausa
,n1.+.v.s,ts 4, so,ae Ilnes az agri-
...,Is,,v,n y. contlr,,ed have been due
- s,-n cs,,.ss - 81. sniIure Of crops IN
E,,-n,,a ara 80 nawes reparations
slnn hnt said that the Dawes plan
s.o,,la vrt ~ a. Iaatinv benefit unless
sAe amount a. reparations 70 be paid
~ csavu,anv q ssrad At = definite sum.
senator Bruce. democrat. Maryland,
toak issne With senator Borah. He
asserted that the might Of the farmer
was being relieves sqby natural pro-
eesser with which the government has
nothing to do.r
4sThs truth Is tha MARYLAND sena-
*or aa;d stbat the western farmer
.5o.s not trm HARD anouUh He il too
rrone - run 70 the government with
IL troubles No mater how far from
laoialative functions his trouble may
he, he sets nm cry. and we may con-
slider ourselves fortunate II the cry
does not assume tsse tenor of tsnreat
against the government"
when Senator Bruce declared at an
other noint that Ne was almost CON
strained 70 ask dis there any agricui- /
toral problem ), several senators were
IN fheir feet seeking 10 give the in
formation. hut the MARYLAND senator
declined to Weld
Reconmandations for relief of the
l;vestocl, induatrv occup;ed the atten-
ton o. the agricultural commission.
These win be submitted to President
COOLIDGE next week. Chairman Carey
announcing that the report which was
expected to be completed ON Monday,
would await the return here Of Fred
H. Bixby. president Of the American
National Livestock association, and
member Of the commission, who is at
tending the associations convention at
AIbuqueroue N M.
Cooperative Marketing
perdsno comuIption ~ tbe livestock
renort t,e coroyr;s.ion will tal,a nm 70 4
operatiye marlxetino - farm, products
spenind;no his colIeaoues that the
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-15

lyz3 SnOuf@ ne DAMMIT &S1f ~
the United States
DILLON New buildings for State
Normal school heating plant and gym
nasium ready for use, and library il
almost complete.
MILES CITY milwaukee, railroad
plans extensive rebuilding campaign
for this season.
RED LODGE = Contracts let for
growing $500 acres Of seed peas IN
Carbon county. Total may reach 5000
acres for 1925.
LAUREL - Murray oil well on
Mosser dome gets oil showing at 1850
feet
CASCADE COUNTY farmers have
so1n more rye and 15 per cent more
wheat than 1924 crop.
CHINOOK Great Northern m
sGailinr machinery Tor large gravel
washing plant here.
LAUREL - First dividend Of Sill
0oo paid on defunct Laurel State bank.
GLASGOW = Carload Of certified
seed potatoes shipped to Louisiana,
from Glasgow, Malta and Chinook.
MALTA - Contracts for $500
acrsa Of sugar beets insure Utah
Idaho sugar factory here during 1925.
Labor guarantee promised Of yl2 an
mere for cultivation.
BOZEmAN - Valley county grew
2a .sas bushels Of registered and ap-
nruvad aead for 1924
QUEEN CITY OIL pays 10 per cent
|divsaend. and has income Of $4,000 ~
per nenfh on sl85, SEQ stock
AMAcONDA - Fire losses Tor
aezA WE'RE cnly 81 per capita, where
naksonas average loss is $50.
KAKkspELL Despite winter
aforsna rock work continues on Bel
1Ava highway. 10000 yards rock
asll be moved during January,
! KJREKA -Ton Of 1900 VITA
500 nscrs pcopIe sributasy g with
ans sIanfsns
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-15
SENATOR BORAH SEEKS SPECIAL
SESSION FOR RELIEF OF FARMERS

Idaho senator Cites Predominant Is
sue Before Electfon. Urges Legis-
lation. Coolidge Agriculture Com
misaiou win sabmit Report 70 Chief
Soon.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-15

: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% = = = = =
; FARMERS STATE BANK =
, ELECT OFFICERS TUESDAY :
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the methods of the sleuths Of the de-
partment of justice. Gard had come
to New Beaufort with but suspicion
that Torrance, the assistant cashier,
was playing the market on the funds
of the bank. Torrance was known to
be placing orders with Wall street
broker.
At the boarding house Gard learned
that Torrance lived modestly in a cot.
tage with his wife and babies, had not
been seen to make any display of
money, was of sturdy farmer stock On
the other hand the Investigator imme-
diately picked up the facts that the
cashier, Compton, maintained an ex-
pensive establishment, entertained Law.
ishly, was often absent from town,
was nervous, highstrung, in bad
health.
All these facts led him to watch the
cashier rather than his assistant. They
led him, also, to some experimental
testing of the condition of the banks
accounts. He knew that a dishonest
employee of bank, in appropriating
money, had to charge it to some ac-
count to make the books balance. The
large, inactive accounts offer a most
tempting opportunity of this sort; but
these were found to be intact by his
ruse of inducing the depositors to call
for their balances.
1t was to get better line on the
business of the community, and par
ticularly upon the accounts of Comp
ton, that the special agent secured a
position as bookkeeper in Joys
grocery store. Here he found, in the
first place, that the buying for the
Compton home was most profiigate
and evidently wasteful. He found
further, that the bills were always
paid without question and by check
Knowing of an old trick that has
brought many a cashier to ruin, Gard
sought way to test these personal
checks to determine whether or not
they actually found their way to the
personal account of the cashier.
The cashier of bank is usually the
individual who opens the mail. and
many of these have been known to
cash personal checks and destroy them
when they came in for collection,
charging the amount to some account
where it might temporarily be hidden.
To determine whether or not these
personal checks were being juggled by
the cashier Gard, as the grocer's book
keeper, found pretext to send to the
bank for record of some personal
checks of Compton's which he had
handled a few days earlier. The call
was made while Compton was out to
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AN ODD ITEM OF SLANG
Why Is a Person of Dubious Men
tality Referred To as
"Nut2"

Who can expound the philosophy of
slang? Why, for instance, is a person
of dubious mentality referred to as a
''nut?" Nuts are good. There is moth
ing, probably, more enjoyable than nut
ting. 1t is the autumn's one greatest
happiness.
Hereabouts there are two chief nuts,
and two lesser nuts and one least nut,
observes the Cleveland Plain Lealer.
The chief nuts are the hickory nut and
the chestnut. The hickory nut is corn
monest and 1t is a good nut, despite it's
rugged exterior and it's propensity to
hide its sweetness in difficult woody
crannies and labyrinths. The house
wife desires hickory nuts for her cakes
the pleasure Of calculating their mys-
teries with hammer and fiatiron. They
are worth gathering.
The chestnut is of more apparent
virtue. 1t is all meat. 1t may be used
for turkey dressing and it is used
abundantly by dark-skinned Syrian
genii who preside over magic braziers
in the odd crannies of our busiest
streets. Everyone probably more or
less likes the chestnut. 1t is easy to
eat and 80 per cent nourishment.
The lesser nuts are the walnut and
the butternut. These are fewer in
number than the chief nuts and they
have borrific rinds which must be pene-
trated with caution. The reward, too,
is meager, scarcely worth the peril of
stained and smashed fingers.
The least nut is the beechnut. 1t is
a pretty little nut, and there are beech
nut brands of this or that comestible,
but no one ever seriously goes out to
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lunch, and the checks could not be
found. Through another dealer Gard
succeeded in getting second similar
request made with the same results.
He concluded that Compton was at
least juggling his personal account
and charging the amount of his per-
sonal checks to some other account,
probably loans and discounts.
In various ways the special agent
found opportunities, even without see
ing the books of the bank, of dem
onstrating to his satisfaction that the
accounts were being juggled. This
was particularly true of new deposits.
When cashier is particularly hard
pressed he may resort to a manipula-
ton of the accounts of current depos-
itors. The system is the simplest in
the world. When depositor hands in
his money, the cashier enters the
amount in the pass book of that indi-
vidual as a receipt. Then, instead of
entering the money to the depositor's
credit, the cashier puts it in his pocket.
Thus there is nothing to show for the
transaction but the entry in the pass
book, and that may not be presented
for a long time,s The cashier chooses
for spoliation the accounts that it is
least likely about which inquiries will
be made. AS far as the books of the
bank are concerned they are as though
the deposit had never been made, and
the bank examiner, therefore, has no
way of discovering the shortage.
Gard. through the store for which
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he had smoked and hastily entered the
bankers house. Arriving, he seemed
to know exactly what he wanted. He
hurried through the rooms of the
house, swapping on still more lights
until he found that apartment which
seemed to be the personal retreat of
the owner. Here he evidently had
business. Standing in the middle of the
floor he looked about Thrown care
lessly into window seat he saw two
heavy books of the appearance of led
gers. These ne secured and placed on
table in the middle of the room with
out even examining them. Next he
began further exploration. When he
found the bankers bedroom he seemed
satisfied. On the back of chair was
a coat, evidently that which Compton
had worn until he dressed for the eve-
ming. Gard thrust his hand into the
inside pocket of his coat and pulled
out batch of letters through which
he ran rapidly. He selected two or
three, thrust them into his pocket, re-
turned for the ledgers, tucked these
under his arm and left the house.
On the way to his lodgings he filed
a telegram to the department at Wash
ington which read as follows
Compton, cashier in First National
bank case. guilty. Torrance probably
not implicated. Bank burned tonight
by accomplices of Compton. Case COM
plete. GARD"
The manner in which these conclu-
sions were reached are but typical ~
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EcIAL AGENT SAT ON A HILL NEAR THE COMPTON HOME.

he worked, made several deposits, and,
upon one pretext and another, sent to
the assistant cashier of the bank for
the record of them in the absence of
Compton. They did not show on the
account Of the grocery store and the
matter was passed over as a misun-
derstanding. But so was second ave-
nue. of misappropriation discovered.
Thus was the special agent able
from the outside to get very good
leads into the condition of the bank
and to determine the manner of its
looting when the facts might not have
been obtainable by an expert working
from the inside.
Cards case was about completed
and the department was ready to act
when the dramatic denouement came.
Arson, suicide and fight are the three
events most to be expected when the
funds of bank have been msappro-
priated. The young special agent was
watching for any of these at the time
of the anniversary party given by the
O0hhNAs ~ was III PAGPoAoblOh AOA
either that he watched so late on that
occasion.
On the afternoon which preceded
the entertainment Gard was working
over his books at the store and at the
same time keeping an eye on the
bank. An hour after closing time at
the bank he saw Compton come out
of the side door with two books of the
institution under his arm. He could
make out that one was loans and dis
counts. He surmised that they might
be records that were to be destroyed
probably the books that showed his
guilt.
When from the hillside Gard that
night saw the silent car stop back of
the bank and the flames subsequently
break out, he knew what had hap
pened. These were accomplices of the
cashier who had probably looted the
bank of any remaining funds and, ac-
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partment of justice, was one Of the
few men in the town who was awake
except those who had been guests of
the banker and who had fingered to an
hour which was almost unprecedented
in New Beaufort. They would have
gone home at eleven but the banker
insisted that they remain for further
entertainment on the part of his New
York musicians. One song called forth
another and the quality of the music
proved SO much more pleasing than
that Of their customary local talent
that they forgot the passing of time.
The special agent sat on a hill near
the Compton home and smoked pipe.
1t was twelve o'clock before the
party finally broke up. Those of the
townspeople who had come in their au.
tomobiles were being tucked into the
tonneaus, and those who mad walked
up the gray macadam drive were just
setting out on foot when the clatter as
of bunch of giant fire crackers called
their attention to the village below.
From the bank building was seen sud
denly to burst cloud of smoke while,
moment later, a skylignt was broken
and a tongue of flame leaped forth.
"Firei Fire!" came the shout from
a dozen voices.
Gard had seen more than had the
guests of the banker. AS he smoked
his pipe and watched the village be-
low, the lights in the windows of Stone
Crest, and the silent cottage of Lor-
ance. the assistant cashier, he had
seen an automobile, with no lamp
showing, creep through the quiet back
street, purr stealthily into the alley
back of the bank and stop behind a
small building that shut off his view.
Half an hour passed and the darkened
machine reappeared from behind the
intervening building, turned into the
thoroughfare leading to the southeast
and disappeared in the distance at an
ever increasing rate of speed.
When the exploding cartridges in
the cashiers drawer at the bank gave
the first warning of the fire, the clamor
of the alarm followed and pande-
monium broke out in the village. OF
the dispensing group on the hill, every
one ran for a nearer view of the fire.
The musicians, the servants, the mas
ter of the house himself, all hurried
into the village to make part of the ex-
citement that prevailed. Stone Crest,
the lights of its entertainment still
glowing, was left deserted.
Gard, the special agent, again acted
differently from his fellows by failing
toNdo the thing which others did. He
crossed over from the hill on which
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cording to agreement, had set it on
fire that the incriminating records of
the cashier might be destroyed The
willy cashier, however, had made sure
that the books that showed his guilt
would not be found, in case the plan
was not an entire success. He had re-
moved them himself, but had not as
yet destroyed them for he saw no
probability of coming under immediate
suspicion. Likewise had he neglected
to destroy certain correspondence that
later connected him with the parties
found to have committed the arson.
The books taken from the bankers
house were found to be the personal
ledger wherein should have been en-
counts ledger in which account Comp
ton had entered the amounts repre-
senting all his personal checks. This
latter was the account that had dwelt
in the mind of Newton, the bank ex-
aminer. The letters that Gard had
found in the bankers pockets, though
unsigned and mysteriously phrased,
were later traced to the Dutch SHREDDER
gang. They proved a great aid to Nc
Cord, the plain-clothes man. who had
slept peacefully through all the clamor
incident to the burning of the bank,
but who, through them, was able to
trace the burglars.
Compton went to pieces when con-
fronted with the proof that his derelic-
tions had been found out. When his
townspeople came to know the facts
on the following day, they stormed the
Jail and threatened to lynch him. So
determined was their onslaught that
the sheriff spirited the prisoner away.
In desperation he confessed his crimes
and exonerated Torrance, the assistant
cashier, who in playing the market had
only executed the orders of his su-
perior. Compton lived but six months
after his conviction and sentence to
ten years in the penitentiary at At
lanta.
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Funny Ways ef loads.

There are few creatures so general
ly disliked as the toad This is prob.
ably because it is so misunderstood.
The toad Is really very interesting
little gentleman. It can be easily
tanned, and makes an interesting pet
its intelligence being of high order.
Perhaps the legend that the toad is
venomous has something to do with
its unpopularity. The toad certainly
has gland which exudes a milky,
poisonous liquid. 1t is placed behind
the Neye, and is marked on the skin by
dark line round its lower edge. 1t
is believed, however, that the toad only
exudes this liquid when hurt in some
way, and even then it is not injurious
to human beings, unless it falls upon
some tender or unprotected part, such
as the lips or eyes, when it may cause
much pain and discomfort.
This liquid and the power of inflat-
ing itself until 1t is twice it's normal
size are the toad's sole defenses
against an enemy. The toad's chief
enemy is the snake. When the snake
advances the toad promptly puffs itself
out and becomes so much bigger that it
is difficult for the snake to seize and
swallow him, for the imitation does not
yield to pressure of the snakes jaws.