Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-01-14

. there Is snow within the uexk thirty
days, but II the weather continues dr.
It viii make conditions hard for both
the cattIemeu and the sheepmen. Cat
, tie are in good shape yet. but sheer
cannot be moved down to the wintei
range until there is more snow. There
are about 100000 sheep now in the
upper Smokey and Monitor valleys
and IA the Pancake range around
Duckwater awaiting snow so they can
be moved south.
ogden.-Ths Ogden Elks lodge has
planned an intensive program Of &C
tivity for the next several months,
the greatest Of which is the silver
jubilee and state EIks' convention to
be held here in July to commemorate
the twenty-fifth anniversary Of the
founding Of Ogden lodge.
Tetonia.-The Farmers State bank
OF Tetonia went into voluntary liqui-
dalton. The low financial condition Of
the farmers of this vicinity-its chief
depositors-has made It a non-remun.
eratiye concern 10 its stockholders for
last four years and present indica.
tions are that It will return but little
to the investors tor another few years.
Phoenix. Ariz.-The skeleton Of a
second prehistoric man. believed 10
have been a member OF the race Of
canal builders" which inhabited Ari.
zona 1000 years ago. was unearthed
here recently by party Of excavators
working under the direction of the
American Museum Of Natural History.
Rock Springs, Wyo.-Report from
the winter range south of the u. p.
and southeast Of Rock Springs. are
that the range Is in excellent condi-
ton and sheep are thriving. II is re-
ported that the tail end OF the heavy
snow storm that conferred at Cheyenne
recently struck the winter range re-
ferFed to, but did no damage, rather. |
It helped conditions. To date there /
has been no necessity for feeding.
Helena. Mont.-Heirs OF the late W. !
A. Clark, former senator and mining /
magnate. have paid 100000 as a part /
of the inheritance tax on his estate.
II was announced by the state board
Of equalization. The sum was repre-
scented as an advance payment TO be
applied to the settlement of the states
tax when the full amount is determ-
lned An inventory recently valued
Mr.. Clark's Montana estate at $4,000.
The board OF equalization considered
this estimate too low and authorized
an expenditure of $4,000 to make an
audit of the estate. Half OF the $780,
600 will be apportioned to the state
public school fund and the other half
goes into the general fund.
Sacramento. Calf Gener.
al r E Mittelstaedt has officially an
nounced the calling Of court martial
TO try Lieutenant Beard J. Dupree Of
the California national guard on a
charge OF violation of the war depart
ment regulation prohibiting the wear.
ing Of military decorations to which
the wearer is not Legally entitled. The
court viii convene In San Francisco
soon.
San Francisco. CaIiG-The four
masted schooner Honolpu. running be-
tween San Francisco and Honolulu for
the sugar trade. was wrecked on
Washington island. in the South Pa
cific, few days ago and the crew
was marooned there until picked up
by the power schooner Doris Crane.
which Is taking the survivors to Hon
Olulu.
Seattle, Wash.-Ws B. Drummer. SO,
and Emile Piquet. IS. were killed and t
three other miners trapped for eight
hours by cave-in 1000 feet below the I
surface In a coal mine at Black Dia- I
mond, twenty-five miles south of here. q
Eight men were working In the vicin- {
ty Of the slide. which was caused BY .
! collapse OF rock strata Three men
escaped without assistance.
Portland, Ore-~St Franciss Gurks,
l4-year-old ''newsboy." q picturesque
character on the streets Of Portland !
or many years. who died here, left :
IN estate Of nearly $4,000 to the Uni. : :
ed States bureau OF education. Clad
n rags, with burlap wrapped about
his feet In place of shoes. Gurks was
IN his corner In the downtown dis
riot every night crying his papers.
lie died without any known relatives. '
search of his effects has revealed In
'estments in Liberty Bonds and h
tocks Though known as Gurks. his
cal name was believed to have been
& o. Green. e
BeIllngham. wash--Henry Braith -
Vaite. 16. sophomore in the Mt Baker
high school. was run down and killed .
y an automobile while he was skat' !
ng on the pavement near Hopeweh :
= F. Musleman. Sumas. was driving
he automobile. He did not see the
OF because OF heavy fog.
Seattle. wash.--AutomobIIe stages
unning out OF Seattle are co-operat-
az IN q campafwn 10 economic On n