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WESTERN NEWS
With which is consolidated THE LIBBY TIMES and THE TROY TRIBUTE
Libby, Lincoln County, Montana. Thursday, July 13, 1933
VOLUME XXXIII
Number 6
176 Families
Given Relief
Last fflontb
Total of $3,552.19 Expended
In June to Help the
Needy.
NUMBER ASKING
AID DECREASES
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Paul Church, secretary of the Lin
coln county relief committee, mailed
on Saturday his report for June to
the state relief committee at Helena.
Th« report showed that 171 local and
five transient families had been helped
in Lincoln county during the month;
also 62 local and 29 transient unmar
ried persons.
The total value in dollars of relief
was as fol
given, from federal funds,
lows:
To local families
To transient families
$2,911.50
23.75
To local non-family persons 495.40
To transient non-family per
sons ....
Cost of administration, includ
ing compensation insurance
14.50
107.04
Total paid out
With increased local employment,
there is likewise a lessening demand
on the committee for assistance. It is
fortunate that this is true, because the
funds allowed the Lincoln county com
mittee are being drastically cut
$3,552.19
EUREKA DEFEATS LIBBY AGAIN.
EUREKA. June 1L—Without the aid
of Missoula players Eureka won a
closely contested game from Libby on
the local diamond Sunday. As the Lib
by team was incomplete, Elmer Ellis,
one of Eureka's players, assisted them.
contest
played a slow game while Libby
worked up a lead of several points. In
the middle of the game the score was
tied six to six. At tne end of nine inn
ings the score stood seven to seven.
No score was made in the tenth inn
ing, but in the last half of the elev
enth, with one man out, Eureka ended
the game by bringing in the winning
score. Although the game was exciting,
there were quite a few errors chalked
up aftainstboth teams - ...
Batteries were; Libby—Patt and
Baumgart; Eureka—Homer and Fet
terly, and McDonald and McGuire.
A car carrying some of the Libby
players broke down a few miles out
from Libby and by the time the
trouble was repaired it was too late for
them to proceed to Eureka.
Lincoln County
Finances Arc In
Fine Condition
Few Counties In Slate Can Make as
Good a Showing—No Net Bonded
Indebtedness.
The excellent condition of Lincoln
county finances is reflected in the re
port of County Treasurer Bessey made
on June 30, 1933. The report shows
a net wararnt indebtedness amounting
to the small sum of $11,704.11, and
there is no net bonded indebtedness.
There are bonds owed in the sum
of $5,000.00 but there is $5,29490 in
the bond sinking fund with which to
pay this indebtedness and thus there
is no net warrant indebtedness. In
othqr words, the county has more than
enough cash on hand to pay what
bonds are owed, and the warrant in
debtedness is less than $12,000.00. It
is doubtful if there is another county
in the state with a better financial
showing.
Forest Worker Drowns in Yaak.
William Coppedge, negro C. C. C.
worker on the Yaak, was drowned in
that stream Friday afternoon. Super
visor Webb states the water of the
Yaak stays at about 48 degrees, alto
gether too cold for swimming. The
negro dived into a 15 foot pool in the
heat of the afternoon and, it is said,
did not swim at all; just rose and sank
and was dröavned. It is surmised he
was taken at once with cramps or
heart failure.
Up to Wednesday morning the body
had not been found.
Victory for Town Team.
The charity baseball game last eve
ning between the libby town team and
a picked up team, sponsored by the
energetic Junior Woman's club for
charity, brought out a small crowd. It
resulted in the sum of $19.00 for
a worthy charity purpose. The game
went five innings and was an easy
victory for the town team with a score
of 17 to 8.
The Junior Club wishes to thank
both ball teams and the band for their
courtesy, the band having furnished
music during the game.
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Reports are that a number of the
boys in the C. C. C. camps are be-1
coming fired of their jobs and would!
like to throw them up. To some, the
affair was considerable of an adventure
and now that it has been reduced to
hard work, they are ready to quit.
is said that eight men have taken
French leave from the Rexford camp.
Some Getting Tired of Jobs.
JUDSON BIBB PASSES
AWAY IN NEVADA HOME
Friends in Libby received word
Monday that Judson Bibb had passed
away Sunday at his home in Winne
mucca, Nev. Burial was on Tuesday,
the 11th. Cause of death was not given.
Mr. and Mrs. Bibb were residents
I of Libby for a number of years, when
Mr. Bibb was local manager of the
Libby Water and Electric company
prior to its sale to the Mountain States
Power company. Upon sale of the plant
to the latter company, Mr. Bibb went
to Missoula and engaged in the gar
age business, later going back to man
agement of a public utility company
at Winnemucca. Mr. Bibb was promi
nent in local business life, where he
was held in the highest esteem,
has a large circle of friends here who
will regret to hear of his passing.
Forest Worker Goes Insane.
K. J. Boles, employed in bug control
work on the Kootenai forest until a
few week* ago, went insane during the
past week. He was held in the county
jail until his brother from Victor,
Mont., came and took Kim away.
He
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ti,e winter. The committee * instructed
to "drop cases wherever it is possible i
and to discontinue issuance of certain
commodities such as clothing and fuel
That makes it necessary hereafter to
elimmate all dothmg items from re
hef granted and merchants will be in
Money For
Relief Work Is
Drastically Cot
Committee Instructed to Drop Cases
Wherever Possible—No Money
for Clothing.
Funds allotted to Lincoln county for
relief work have been drastically cut.
This was made necessary because of
a similar draitic cut in the amount al
lowed Montana by the federal govern
ment. At present the Lincoln county
relief committee is receiving only half
as much money as it obtained during
accordingly.
th e ak reliif
all the more necessary for the relief.
committee to watch with great care,
all expenditures, and everyone who can
obtain work should do so by all means.
The public should realize that the local!
committee will refuse to extend relief
to anyone who refuses employment
when it is offered him.
NEGRO WORKER
ON YAAK WANTED FOR
ALLEGED ROBBERY
Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Baney
received a phone message from one of
the army lieutenants at Troy asking
the sheriff to apprehend a certain!
negro on G. N. No. 2 train if it stopped
in Libby. Baney received the request
just before the train arrived and did
not have time to obtain permission to
stop it here. The lieutenant was to.H
to have the man arrested at White
fish.
It appears the negro had run away
from the C. C. C. camp on Pete creek
and had bought a ticket for Chicago,
at Troy. It was later learned that other
workers at the camp had been robbed
and the amount missing totaled about
enough to buy the Chicago ticket.
Later report was that hte man had
been taken off the train at Whitefishi
and Baney has gone to get him. It is]
said about $200 is missing from the
camp.
INJURED MAN BROUGHT
IN FROM REXFORD CAMP
W. H. Huffman was brought to the
Libby hospital from the Rexford C. C.
C. camp last evening, with badly cut
arteries and tendons of the forearm.
Huffman was working on camp build
ings and was injured when his arm
struck an axe left lying about by an
other workman.
There
Three Small Fires.
There was quite a severe electric
storm over this district Sunday ( night
and Supervisor Webb of the local for
est rejxirts that there were at least
125 strikes. Three small fires resulted,
one on Swamp creek, one at Warland
and one back of Sheldon mountain.
They were all easily extinguished. The
timber is still quite damp, especially
the higher ground, says Mr. Webb,
which is why more fires did hot re
sult from the Sunday storm,
was considerable rain with the storm.
Mrs. Veldman Is Hostess.
Mrs. R. R. Veldman entertained at
three tables of bridge Monday night
in honor of Mrs. M, W. Christie and
Mrs. R. M. Griffin of Great Falls, who
were visiting in the city. High score
prize was won by Mrs. Rosella Burke,
the consolation by Mrs. Fred Cloutier
and a traveling prize by Mrs. E M.
Burke. The honor guests were also
presented with prizes. Refreshments
were served.
Roger Billings Resigns.
At the regular monffily meeting of
the city council held Tuesday night,
the resignation of Roger Billings as
alderman from the Second ward was
tendered and accepted, although with
regret. His successor has not yet been
appointed. The council also began the
work of preparing the budget for the
ensuing fiscal year, as required by law.
Aside from this, only routine matters
were given attention. *
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Fnterttons »t ninnor
j Mrs. Rosella Burke was hostess at a
j dinner party Saturday honoring Mr.
and Mrs, M. W. Christie and Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. Griffin, both couples being
here from Great Falls for a visit with
* relatives.
Delinquent
Tax Sale Law
Is Explained
Owner Has Three Years In
Which To Redeem
Property.
CERTIFICATES BEAR
EIGHT PER CENT
Having been forced to allow their
taxes to go delinquent is a new ex
eprience for many Lincoln county resi
dents, As a result many of them fear
they are going to lose their property
and homes at the delinquent tax sale
to be held July 19, states County
Treasurer Vernon Bessey.
A Bttle explanation of this matter
may set these people's minds at rest
to some extent.
Each year the county makes an at
tempt to sell property against which
taxe» have gone delinquent, thus giv
ing the county the use of the tax money
that is due and payable. After the sale,
tax sale certificates are issued either
to the parties "buying" the property or
to the county. But it should be un
derstood that these tax sale certificates
do not grant the buyer possession ol
the property at once. The original own
er of the property has three years tn
which to redeem his property that has
been "sold" for taxes and if, in that
time, he pays the delinquent taxes and
whatever penalties the law imposes, he
retains possession of his property just
as though it had never been "sold" at
delinquent tax sale.
However, if he does not pay the
of the delinquent taxes and
, ties within the th ree years , then
^ halder of the tax sale certificate
elther an individua i or the county
& case be-may make applica
ti f a ^ deed in * the
vided b Uw and he then became
as
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Delinquent tÜU Iraw interest at the
t o{ 8 per <^„4 annum and often
^ inv £tment in cases of
"Those whose taxes are delinquent
and who cannot pay them before the
tax sale on July 19 need not worry
about losing their property at this
time," say* Mr. Bessey, "for the taxes
are merely a lien against the property
the same as a mortgage or other in
debtedness might be. The county at
tempts to sell its interest in the prop
erty only so far as the taxes are con
cerned, and this does not give the pur
chaser—either individuals or the coun
kind"
ty—the right to possession of any
Colored Giants
Winners in Ten
Inning Bali Game
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Defeat Libby Cubs Sunday Before
Large Crowd of Fans, Score
17 to 14.
Featuring both good and bad base
ball, the Libby Cubs lost a 10-inning
thriller on the Libby diamond Sunday
to the Colored Giants of the C. C. C.
camp on Pipe creek, to the tune of
17 to 14. Heavy hitting was done by
both sides, Manboy, star colored third
sacker, driving one of the hardest hit
balls seen in Libby this year for a
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homer. Perry of the Giants also clouted
out a home run, as did Martin for the
Cubs.
The lead changed hands several times
with the Cubs holding an advantage
until the seventh, when the Giants took
the lead whigh they never lost. The
Cubs staged a ninth inning rally to tie
the score at 14 all, running in three
tallies. But heavy hitting by the Giants
in the tenth scored three to put the
game on ice for the colored boys. Both
Peorsall of the Giants and Wolz of the
Cubs checked nice ball for their teams.
The attendance was the largest seen
at a local game for some time.
Giants
C. Stevens, 2b-c
W, Stevens, ss .6
Lee, lb
Manboy, 3b
Hall, rf .,i.
J. Jefferson, If .
H. Jefferson, cf .3
M. Stevens, cf .1
Alfred, 2b .
Redmond, p
Peorsall, p
Banjon, 2b
Perry, 2b
AB R H A
3
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1
2
3
1
6 > 1
0
4 \ 1
6 n
3 I)
.6
2
3
. 6
.5
2
0
2
0* 0
0 1
1 1
1 1
0 2
1 1
1
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3
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Total .52 17 21 14
Cubs
Peterson, ss .5 3 2 0
Wolz, 3b-p .6 2 5 o 0
Martin, If . „...5 2 10
phiUi^' rf ! ... ,!..!'.Z',4 Î 0 0
p Raker n-lh fi 0 0 2
w Raker cf 2 I 0 0
nävid-mn S ? 2 0
Rusher 2b 5 1 0 4
Botrhek —j i o n
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Tntai 47 14 12 6
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0 , H ° r y ie J, un3 ' Manboy, Perry, Martin,
3b hits, M. Stevens, Hall; 2b hits Jet 1 -
ferson, Redmond, Wolz, Peterson;
walked, by Redmond 2, Peorsall, 1,
Wolz 3; struck out, by Peorsall 12, by
Wolz 12; double play. P. Baker to
Davidson. Umpires, Allen and Stowell.
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Giants 0 40014311 3—17 21 6
Cubs .2 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0—14 12 5
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TWO ARE CAUGHT STEALING
GAS FROM AUTOMOBILE
Tom and Arthur Burch of Eureka
were caught Sunday night about
o'clock by Officer Hannon while steal
ing gas from V. F. Paddock's automo
bile. The car is kept in a garage on
the alley in the rear of the Pioneer
meat market and the two men were ap
prehended there bv the officer.
The culprits had removed the drain
plug from the gas tank and were fill
ing a large can made with an attached
spout, just the thing for pouring gas.
Later the officer found in their truck
a length of hose undoubtedly used for
siphoning. The truck was without a
license.
p were
Justice of the Peace Skidmore and
wore given a sentence of 20 days in
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obtain enough gas to get them back
Eureka. They were on their way
from Spokane and said they ran out of
gas just before reaching Libby.
Camp Wccting
Opens at Libby
On July 20tb
Church of God Preparing for Annual
Event—Expects Usual Large
Attendance.
The annual camp meeting of The
Church of God will again be held this
year on the camp ground one mile
west of the Libby on the old Troy
road, which is always in good condi
tion. We have not been informed as to
transportation from the city out and
back each service for those who have
no other way to get there, but we feel
safe in promising that free transporta
tion will be furnished as it has always
been.
It is well worth while for each in
dividual in Libby or any place in
reach of here to make special effort
to be present at each service if pos
sible,
Special music and
will be a leading feature in each
preaching service and there will be at
least two sermons daily. Everyone is
cordially invited to attend and a special
invitation is extended to the people
of Libby, as we feel that this is a won
derful opportunity for you to acquaint
yourself with the work and doctrine
of The Church of God of which you
have a representative working among
you.
The first service will be held at 8
o'clock p. m, on Thursday, July 20,
and they will continue until and In
cluding the evening of the 30th. Those
wishing to do so may bring tents and
bedding and remain on the grounds
the entire 10 days. Meals will be served
on the free will offering plan just as
it has always been, and those who have
vegetables or anything that will con
tribute to the fare are solicited to
bring it with them, or if you live near
and have no way to haul things out,
they will be called for if you will
kindly notify the local pastor. We can
use anything that is edible.
The regular Sunday services will be
held at the camp ground both Sun
days.
REV. FRED DECKER, Pastor.
LIBBY MEN WILL
ATTEND DEDICATION
It is expected that two auto loads
of Libby men will attend'the dedication
of the Going-to-the-Sun highway at
Logans pass, Glacier national park, on
next Saturday. An auto load of Troy
men will also attend.
Rasputin and the Empress.
The much-heralded united front of
the Barrymores—all of them—in one
picture now is with us, and we take
occasion here and now to say you
can't miss their offering.
Ethel's talking-screen debut is ex
ceedingly fortunate, for her subdued
fire is exactly suited to portraying the
regal, but timid and anxious Imperial
mother. And contrary to certain antici
patory fears, John's dashing Prince
Chegodieff and Lionel's sinister, de
bauched monk, blend with Ethel's per
formance to provide a presentation as
unified as the various facets of one
gem.
Director Richard Boleslavsky has
provided a lavish Russian court back
ground, and in his use of news shots
of the 1914 Russian mobilization at
tains the grand manner. At Kootenai
theatre Sunday-Monday.
Noose Order To
Stage Big Meet
In Spokane
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Large Numbers of Lodge Members Will
Gather in Notable
Celebration.
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. P* bi «gest and nl0S K V S \W,^ U frateÎ'
* air * or mem ^ ers jrater
n ^y * n years will be participated m by
rnember s °f the order in Libby, at
Spokane, July 14, when the fraternity
Initiate the "Al J. Sartori Class to
number 150 candidates enrolled as a
home-coming welcome to the leader
of Spokane and Northwest Moose.
Sartori» l° n 8 a prominent Spo
kane business man, has just returned
{ 0 this city from the supreme conven
t jon of the order at Chicago and
Mooseheart, Ill., where he was elected
Supreme Dictator, the highest office
w ithin the gift of the membership of
j_be fraternity.
Notification of this meeting has been
sent to all Inland Empire lodges, in
Libby to Wm. Vanderwood, and an in
Continues Campaign Tn Secure
Read Menai for This Section
Libby Club Solicits Support
of Other Towns on
Highway No, 2
ASKS PRESIDENT
FOR INVESTIGATION
Convinced that it is highly doubt
ful yr mj* _ art { ^ st ate will re
™ £5*? for Sfwaycon'
struction this year, the Libby Com
™rcial club baa launched a cLpal
to gain reco gnition, if possible, in
distribution of the vast sum of money
^ has ^en aIlotted to Montana fa y
the federal government.
Seven million dollars of federal
money is to be spent in the state on
highway work and 10 million dollars
on other public works projects,
the million and a half of gas tax de
bentures are sold, that additional sum
will also be available. From this tre
mendous sum of money, justice would
require that this section be given a
liberal appropriation for highway im
provement, yet local men are becom
ing pessimistic in view of the
nouncement of highly expensive proj
ects that are planned elsewhere.
This week the Libby Commercial
club mailed letters to the leading cities
on highway No. 2 in Montana and as
far east as Minot and Grand Forks,
N. D., asking their support for com
pletion of highway No. 2 through
northwestern Montana. The letter fol
lows:
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Libby, Mont, July 11, 1933.
Secretary Commercial Club.
Dear Sir:
Tourists to the Chicago World's Fair,
routed by Spokane and points west
through Libby over U. S. No. 2, are
complaining bitterly over condition of
roads through Kootenai canyon. As you
perhaps know, this section from Libby
to the Idaho state line is the most un
favorably advertised section of road
this. While the scenery through the
canyon is unrivaled for beauty and
variety, the road for some distance is
high, narrow and dangerous to driv
ers from the flat country.
For years, Libby and Troy have
made every effort to remedy this con
dition. The highway is regularly estab
lished and marked as "U. S. No. 2". It
is a 7% road throughout
the natural and only outlet for all
traffic from the East on No, 2. Tourists
must come through libby to get East
unless they drop down to Highway No.
'10. Several cars in Libby yesterday
were loud in their determination to get
down to No. 10 as soon as they could
Look at your map and you will see
what this means to you as well as to
It is
us.
We have had representatives before
Registered Poor
Food Warrants
Draw 6 Per Cent
Holders Can Collect Neat Sum in Inter
est—To Be Partly Paid Next
November.
There seems to be considerable mis
understanding regarding the status of
poor fund warrants being issued by
Lincoln county at this time. People ob
taining these warrants should bear In,
mind that they can be taken to the
county treasurer who will register!
them, whereupon they will bear 6 peri
cent interest for the holder until such
time as they are paid by the county.
Payment of at least part of the'war
rants will probably be made next
November, after taxes are paid. By
registering them with the county treas
urer, these warrants will earn for the
owner 6 per cent interest during the
time they are held.
This is the only action it is possible
for the county commissioners to take
The poor fund Is exhausted and there
is no means by which the commission
oblain cash for that fund until
ers can
taxes are again paid. Hence, the only
recourse is to issue these "registered"
warrants, which they are doing.
More Libby Men to Forest Camps.
Twenty more local men will be given
employment in C. C. C. camps, states
Assistant Supervisor Dwindle of the
local forest office. Fourteen of these
are to go to the St. Regis camp on the
Cabinet forest and six to the Cedar
creek camp on the Lola forest. It is
expected that they will leave Libby
Friday in time to report at their des
tinations on Saturday.
vitation extended to send as large a
delegation as possible, and candidates
for invitation, for this outstanding
fraternal event.
Mr. Sartori, who is widely known
in the order throughout the country,
joined the Moose about 17 years ago,
and worked rapidly to the top, being
made a member of the Fellowship, the
highest degree of the order, in 1920,
and the following year being elected
to the supretqp council, the highest
tribunal of the order. He has been dic
tator of Spokane Lodge, Great North
Moose of Traehesoom Legion, Supreme
Prelate and Supreme Vice Dictator,
and is now supervisor for the order
in Washington, Idaho, Montana, and
Oregon.
His election to the supreme dictator
ship of the Moose marks the Nrst time
that the leadership of the fraternity
has come to the Pacific Northwest, and
the second time in the order's history
that H has been granted to a member
west of the Mississippi river.
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our State Highway Commission, and
the Bureau ol Public Roads, as well as
the Forest Service. We have had prom
ises and alibis until the time has oome
to act if Nb. 2 is to get the traffic it
deserves. At the present time a rood
project E-l-B, Libby-Troy canyon
road, is before the secretary of agri
culture for decision. The building of
this road would expedite conditions
materially, but Stuart, chief forester,
and McDonald, B. P. R, head, are in
a deadlock over location. The delay
held the matter up until the morator
ium was declared on federal appor
tionment by the President Its fate is
now problematical Meanwhile, the
highway commission has put money On
every other federal road in the state.
No. 10 is practically all oiled while No.
2 has 136 miles ol uncompleted road,
90 miles of which is in this county.
The only excuse for this failure to
give No. 2 proper consideration is that
the gas tax money has been removed
from this rogd leaving it for the For
est Service to build. We have
tacted every official concerned, from
county commissioners to President
Roosevelt and the condition remains
unchanged We have not the political
strength to get results. The reason is
clear when you study your map and
note the size of the cities on No. 10.
Tile fate of this road is as vital to you
as it is to us if No. 2 is to be a benefit
to northern Montana. Yov cooperating
is necessary to obtain restât*.
A wire to O. S. Warden, chairman
State Highway Commission, urging im
mediate action while Public Works
funds are available, will demand at
tention. It is now or a wait of years
until funds are again appropriated A
wire to the Administrator of Public
Works, when that official is appointed,
will be necessary. Governor Cooney
sent a representative to this section to
personally inspect the road. He is on
record as being sympathetic and in
favor of action, but pressure from No.
10 swings appropriations there. We
must fight for results if we get them.
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We petitioned President Roosevelt for
an impartial investigation as we are de
termined to get action.
Kindly send us copies of your wires
or letters and we will keep in touch
with you in this project of common
interest.
Yours very truly,
LIBBY COMMERCIAL CLUB.
MIDAS MINE RECEIVES
$7,Me FOB ORE SHIPMENT
The third settlement within 23 days
has paid more than $7,000 to the Spo
These
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shipped
kane-Idaho Copper company
funds were derived from gold
concentrate and gold bullion
from the Midas mine 36 miles south
east of Libby. They increase the total
receipts to $18,000, according to Jay P.
Graves, president. The last settlement
exceeded either of the others.
Hollywood Trip Great Experience.
Lamar Rowland, who left some two
or three weeks ago on a visit to Hol
lywood as the guest of James Cagney,
well known movie actor, is now at
Tacoma where he will visit a month
with his aunt. Mrs. C. C. Parker. La
mar writes that his visit to Hollywood
was a most wonderful experience and
that he was shown through the great
studios and saw every department of
the industry down to the minutest de
tail, something that the general public
is never privileged to see. He was given
screen tests and reports are that they
turned out wonderfully well. During
the visit numerous pictures were taken
of him with various actresses, who are
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to autograph the photos and send them
f° Lamar when finished. Lamar is
convinced that the life of a movie ac
l « r " tbe one t for but he
vlse " to walt unt " be 13 at * east a
couple of years older,
One Entertainment Feature Overlooked
In the writeup of the Libby Fourth
of July, in last week's issue, one In
teresting feature was inadvertently
overlooked. That was the water fight
staged by members of the Libby fire
department. A keg was placed equidis
tant between two white lines marked
across a street and the object was to
see which one of the teams could first
drive the keg across their opponent's
goal using a stream of water from a
nose. The keg was soon lost sight of,
however,* and both streams were
turned full force on the contestants.
It caused much amusement for the
crowd, some of whom were liberally
sprinkled with water from the two
lines of hose that, now and then,
strangely seemed to get away from the
control of the men holding the nozzles
and liberally sprinkled water over the
heads of the crowd.
Forest Men Transferred.
Because of the economy program
now being worked out in governmental
affairs, the Kaniksu and Pend Oreille
national forests are being consolidated,
with headquarters in SandpoinL This
has made necessary the transfer of a
number of men, one of whom is Rene
LaRocque, who is being transferred
from timber survey work In Idaho to
Lakewood, Wis., LaRocque was on the
Kootenai forest in 1930-32, stationed at
Troy and Libby. K. A. Klehm, also
formerly at Libby, will be assistant
supervisor of the consolidated Pend
Oreille forest.
Says Scarcity ol Labor Exists.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Barrett arrived
home Tuesday evening from a business
trip to Seattle and other western dties.
Mr. Barrett says he ran Into his first
experience of a shortage of men for
labor in a long time. Fruit growers in
the Wenatchee district are having to
import men from Seattle and Spokane.