Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-11-25
State Tabloids

A new school house has been COM
pleted on Muddy creek, about 10 miles
from Lame Deer.
Kiwanians from Lewistown, Great
Falls, Harlowton and Billings took
part in the charter presentation at
Stanford.
A group OF Lewistown men have
completed plans to explore for Oil
within the corporate limits Of the city
and a we'll will be put down on the
hin on which the city ateT-teweE Is
located.
Gift OF a 900 statue Of "A Range
Rider OF the Yellowstone" by William
s. Hart, motion picture star, to Bill
lings, to be erected on the rimrocks
which skirt the city on the nerth, has
been accepted.
A campaign has been started In Dan
iels county for the establishment OF a
county high school, in order to re-
Iieye the condition which confronts
the county for the education OF pupils
after they leave the grades.
A generally poor potato crop In the
producing countries OF the world was
reported Monday by the federal agri-
cultural department. Although the
American crop was said to be $4,000
900 bushels more than last year. It
still Il $4,000 900 below the five-year
average.
A carload OF purebred cattle will be
sent from Billings to the sale at
Great Falls of the Montana shorthorn
Breeders association. There will be
is head in the consignment from the
herds of A. ]. Lever, and DR.. James !.
Wernham of Billings, and Elmer
Johnson OF Livingston.
The Montana state Poultry Breed
ers' association will hold the annual
State Poultry show in Bozeman Jan.
uary 1922. The show is being put on
under the auspices OF the Gallatin
County Poultry association and will be
held in the livestock pavilion at Mon
tana State college.
After paying all It's expenses. the
State fair, conducted by the Lewis and
Clark county fair board. showed a
good cash balance, according to Lew
is Penwell, president of the fair board.
lSsiiE. feaSs ST. States ttaS The recetpts. x
including the county levy OF $l6.sO0.
totalled ses,t4s, while the expendi-
lures were $50 ,235, leaving cash bal.
ance of sS.s63.
Conditions In the dairy and cream
cry business in northern Montana are
far better at present than six months
ago, according to G. A. Norris OF Hell
ena. chief OF the state dairy division,
who has Just completed an inspection
trip through the north central portion
of the state. Violations OF the dairy
department regulations and state laws
have been very infreQuent this year,
he said.
Helena has been selected by the ex-
ecutive council Of the Montana Teach
ers' association as the place for the
annual meeting OF the delegate as
sembly. The dates were fixed as De
cember 20 and 20, which are a part
of the Christmas holiday. It was an
nounced at the same time by J. A.
Woodward OF Bozeman. principal of
the Gallatin county high school. that
the mid-winter session OF school ad-
and college executives
viii be held Ia Helan& December q.
Construction Of concrete curb and
walk approaches to the Belt bridge at
Belt has been completed.
Cascade county's potato crop this
year has probably totaled 10000
bushels Is compared with $1,000 bush.
els IN 1895. according to computations
from figures announced by R. e. Cam
sron, county extension agent, who es.
timafsd 9 nincrease Of 10 to Is per
cent IN the acreage this year over
laaE year. and an increase IL yield
Eron 81 bnailsia "a thn acrs IN 1875
% 100 bushels