Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-01
News OF mentana


lyA UOAA NNAn 10 -+tHAtVfCAEAs HELUENIUI
ito Vice President J. r. Robbins Of hi
Anaconda company. The properly vii
employ between 500 and 600 men.
Exonerate ceItrfn from Blams.--l
coroner's jury empaneled by Count,
Coroner J. e. Graves at Niles CIT,
exonerated Charles CoItrin (Kentucky
Coke) local boxer, OF all blame IN con.
pectlon with the death Of Jack Young
TAFT Of Forsyth, who died during 4
boxing exhibition staged there Dec. 1g
Psrishes When Cabin Hurns.-John
Asper, a bachelor living In = one-room
structure at Butte. was found liSeless
after a fire which destroyed his cabin
had been extlnguished. Death evident
ly was due to the smoke fumes, and
first aid crews worked for nearly an
hour with q pulmotor in vaIn attempt
TO revive him.
Colonel sherldan BECOMES Benedict.
Colonel Charles l. Sheridan. state
adjutaat general, and officially desig-
mated as MOntana's greatest World
War hero, and Hebe N. Roberts OF
Helena, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Roberts OF that city. were married Dec.
IS in Salt Lake according to tele-
gram to her mother.
Hearst Buys 20 Buffale.-forty head
OF buffalo from the bison reserve near
Dixon, 80 miles west Of Missouaa. have
been sold to William Randolph Hearst,
according to information reaching
there from the Flathead reservation.
The statement said that Bfr. Hearst
had paid an average Of $1,000 q head
for the animals.
Conrad 70 West Pclnt.-Gordon Con-
rad. 1s, son OF Bfr. and Mrs. o. q.
Conrad, Of Great Falls, has received
word Of his appointment 90 a eadetship
at the West Point Military academy
from Senator Wheeler. He took his
on October rs. Conrad
was graduated from the Great rails
high school with the 1924 class.
Wanted 70 Make sure.--John Brown,
50, after slashing his throat and wrist
with a razor blade Dec. 10 jumped
from the fourth story Of a rooming
house. and died Instantly. Associates
.eport that he had seemed cheerful
md they can give no reason for his
lction. He was a man of reserved
IemeanOr Ond little Is known of his
history.
Train Hits Track Waiker.-Thema
50 Of Butte, who was struck
> a Great Northern train as he was
galking along the right OF way on his
nv home from work at a mine, died
{ the hospital Dec. 10. He was slight
! deaf. and was mufTled against the
Did so he did not hear the train, which
anne around a curve before It struck
i'm. the engineer seeing the man only
hen tibet pilot was within few feet
him.
Newspaper oults.-The Roosevelt
ounty Independent has suspended
1blIcati0n at Wolf Point. II was
Dpiar publication for three years. and
gave lack Of patronage as the reason
n it's move to Wifi Point a few
onths ago. The same reason Is given
r its suspension there. The paper has
ID five different editors. The owner
rs Charles Taylor OF the PlentywoOd
'0ducers' News, who announced that
unexplred subscriptions are to be
led by that paper
Sentenced For Burulary.--Barthold
arson and Ben Takethehow Of the
untry south OF DOdson pleaded guilty
fore Judge Borton at Malts to
arge OF burglary and were sentenced
term Of one TO two years in the
ate prison. In the case OF Ben Take Q
chow the sentence was suspended. o
a the prisoner released on parole, as .
ere were said to be extenuatlng cir T
instances. The two men we're
arged with bnrglarixIng the build q
n OF Jens SandvIg. farmer residing e
attn of Dodson. v
ssavre's Blu Paynoll.-0n the Great
,rthern's seml-mOnthly pay day at o
ivre at total Of sS1 100 was dlstribu- 4
! sm0ne the employees All day Dec.
Charles Emory Of the local force p
Is busy handing out the checks to 8
lployes OF the road at the passenger
ltlon. The pay foll OF the Great
,rthern now Is running over the
4. 600 mark monthly. and during the o
nrner II was much higher With tn "
,ased freight traffic and other rail- D
"a activities predicted for 1925 1t is n
pected the local pay roll win be con- II
|arnbly increased r
1aaxre On Cash BasIs.-The city Of III
Ivre VIII be on q cash basis after W
auary /. II present plans Of The city Il
sncil to reduce the s275.0O0 indebted d
Is maferfalIxe. The council also
ns 10 transfer money into sll OF the
asas IN such manner as to make all
; warrants worth their face value. Of
Z finance committee wns Instructed q,
meetinR OF the council TO meet a
n CITY Treasurer william Kendig a
furtheF discuss the reduction and q
city treasurer was asked to compile Ia
~ 81 Indebtedness, the Interest pay y.
! and when the bonds mature. Of