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WESTERN NEWS
With which is consolidated THE LIBBY TIMES and THE TROY TRIBUNE
VOLUME XXXIII
Libby, Lincoln County, Montana Th ursday, J u!v 2Û, If):
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N umber 7
Carratb Is
Montana Hone
Loan Manager
Ha-vre Man Is Appointed to
That Important
Position.
HEADQUARTERS TO
BE IN GREAT FALLS
Much interest is being manifested
locally in the Home Owners' Loan cor
poration. Inquires have come to this
office asking who is to be the Montana
manager of the corporation and for
further particulars as to the securing
of loans.
It can now be announced that E. C.
Carruth of Havre has been named
state manager for the Home Owners'
Loan corporation and he has given out
that headquarters will be opened in
Great Falls within the next two
three weeks.
Hie Great Falls Tribune says that
in the headquarters office will be
attorney, appraisers, title examiners
and other necessary assistants to the
manager. Mr. Carruth does not ex
pect to have a large
fice for the present. All appointments
must be approved by the home loan
board. There will be a local attorney
or
an
force in the of
and local appraiser in each county
where the home loan business
rants it, these officials to be paid
a fee basis.
The Home Owners' Loan corporation
is a relief agency for home owners and
is intended by the government to give
relief, it was explained. The
managers were reminded that the $200,
000,000 of cash provided under the re
lief act cannot take up 20 billion
dollars of mortgages,
cash, therefore, is to be used only in
a limited way so as to relieve the
greatest distress.
Upon receipt of an application for
a loan, the state manager or his as
sistants must determine if the loan
probably can be made and the mat
ter is then taken up with the mort
gagee and other claimants against the
property, and such claimants shall
sign a written consent to
war
on
and
this
accept a
stated amount in bonds in settlement
of their mortgage or claim.
The program provides thgt a state
advisory committee of three outstand
ing citizens be appointed to serve
without compensation. The duty of the
committee is to meet from time to time
and observe operation of the office
of the corporation and make such in
quiry as it deems apnropriate as to
the operation of the offices of
sistant state manager. The state
ager must submit to the committee
the complete file of 0 all transactions
closed the preceding week, includ
ing those on which advances have
been made and those on which ad
vances have been declined.
There also are
any as
man
regional advisory
committees, members of which serve
without compensation. They are rec
ommended by the state manager and
approved by the board
Negro Bound Over.
David Butler, negro C, C, C. worker
at the Pete creek camo on the Yaak
was brought back to Libby from Kalis
oell last week, given his preliminary
hearing and' bound over for trial in
the district court Butler is charged
with having stolen an aggregate of
*220 from companion worker with
which he bought a ticket for flWcego
at Trov and boarded a G. N. train. He
was taken off the train at Whitefish and
held at Kalispeli until the arrival of
Sheriff Baney to get him. Butler, it is
said, confessed to the theft.
A number of the negro workers at
the camp gave Butler various sums of
money, with which to buy money or
decs, which he was to mail to various
destinations. Instead of doing as in
structed. he bought the ticket and
started for Chicago. It is said that he
has been in trouble in New York and
that he was on parole for connection
with a car theft in the east.
HILLS OF HOME.
In the glorious sunshine of ft# flew
day,
I see you majestically holding sway;
And in the evening close to
breast,
The tired sun comes home to rest.
Storms beat against your rugged face,
But sturdy and strong your hold
place;
Winter's snows fill high,
Your reservoirs from out the sky.
Warm summer winds wash your face,
And beautiful green shrubs spring into
place;
I look at you With
For as long as I live
your
your
a reverence divine,
you are mine.
Friends come and go along the way,
But you alone will always stay;
To bring joy of living and always
looking up.
To thank you for the pure water
That fills my cup.
No matter where I travel.
No matter where I roam.
The everlasting hills
Are calling me home.
— R. J. WOLLASTON.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Fewkes of Rex
ford and Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Fewkes
of Troy were in Libby Sunday call
ing on Miss Mildred Fewkes who was
a patient at the Libby hospital. They
also took in the ball game on the local
grounds at that time.
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BODY OF DROWNED
NEGRO IS RECOVERED
Mrs. Lura Gompf, county coroner,
reports that the body of William Cop
pedge, negro C. C. C. worker who was
I drowned in the Yaak river, was re
j covered Tuesday and taken to Spo
| kane, from which place it will be
shipped to his mother in Brooklyn,
N. Y. An inquest was not deemed
necessary.
The body was recovered about three
quarters of a mile from where the
young
drowned. Receding water left the body
on some rocks on the bank of the
river. It was in the water 11 days and
was badly decomposed.
Coppedge was 20 years of age.
man was swimming when
Libby Picks
Best Players For
New BaH Club
Men Selected From Two Teams for New
Organization—Battle Colored
Giants Again Sunday.
There will be a ball game on the
Libby diamond next Sunday between
the Colored Giants of the Pipe creek
camp and a reorganized Libby team.
The best players from the Libby town
team and the Libby Cubs are being
worked into a new organization. In
this new aggregation there is an
abundance of good material and out
of it there is no question that a team
can be developed' that will call forth
the spirited support of all Libbv fans.
They are going into the Sunday game
with a determination to take* the Gaints
to a beating, following two defeats by
the colored boys.
After the two games in which the
Giants have participated here, they
need no introduction to Libby fans.
They are a clever team. With either
Peorsall or Perry on the pitcher's
mound and Stevens on the receiving
end, they have plenty of battery
strength and with Manboy clouting out
a home run or two and with two or
three other strong men with the bat,
and with fast support, they comprise a
team that will be hard to defeat. Un
doubtedly a large attendance will be
out to see a fast game Sunday.
Survey On
Lihby-Kalispdl
Road Is Stopped
Engineer Says AU Such Work Is
Suspended Pending Final
Construction Plans.
Frank Koons of Kalispeli, district en
gineer of the state highway commission,
was in Libby Wednesday. While here
he stated he had been instructed to
start a survey of a section of the Lib
by-Kalispeil highway on July 15 but
later had received orders not to begin
the work. He reports that all high
way surveying* in .the state has been
stopped pending determination of final
construction program.
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED
FOR "THE ROSE DAWN"
For the past week, work on "The
Rose Dawn" has been going very well,
and the show promises to be in per
fect condition by Tuesday night.
Six choruses of girls of all ages have
almost mastered the difficult dances
required of them and by the time of
the show will be in top-notch condi
tion, it is said.
Hie setting of "The Rose Dawn" is
the temple of an obscure HiadH sect
hidden in the outskirts at London,
England. The leads are play«! by Alice
Peterson and Tommy Jewell Action
aplenty begins when Sally, an Ameri
can actress, played by Dorothy Racicot,
and Oscar, played by Buzz Baker, enter
the temple so that Sally might learn
a secret temple dance. They find things
in confusion and Sajly immediately
starts solving things more or less
helped by Oscar, who is really more
of a hindance than a help.
Charles Martin takes the very dif
ficult part of Nakkar, the priest of the
temple. Mrs. Blackwell takes the part
of nurse, the one who awaits "The
Rose Dawn." Lillian Friend will make
you roar with laughter in her role as
Laneera, a very simple native girl.
Viola Bessey plays the part of Zad„
the principal dancer of the show.
For specialty numbers the American
Legion Auxiliary have secured Charles
Moore's colored quartette. These boys
will delight you with their perfect
harmony in singing songs you have
never heard them sing before.
Miss Bettye Martin has consented to
present a song and tap number. As
Miss Martin has been away to dancing
school for the past few years, this
number already promises to be
especially good.
All in all the entire production will
be a real two hours of perfect
tertainment and easily worth much
more than the low admission
asked.
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price
A CORRECTION.
It develops that the item in last
week's paper to the effect that K. J.
Boles, forest worker, had gone insane
was incorrect. Boles was taken to a
hospital in Missoula by his brother
and the doctors there state the sick man
is suffering from a very serious nerv
ous breakdown, that there are no
traces, whatever, of insanity, and that
he will probably be fully recovered
within about six weeks.
Big Drop In
Last Year's
Lumber Cot
Montana and Idaho Pro
duction Was 45 Per Cent
Below 1931.
WAS LOWEST
IN 42 YEARS
MISSOULA— Preliminary
based on returns from the lumber j
census conducted jointly by the bureau j
of the census and the forest service
show that for 1932 the combined cut of I
Idaho and Montana amounted to 350,
456 M feet, a decrease of 45.4 per cent
as compared with 658,112 M feet sawed
in 1931.
A comparative statement of
pro
duction for the last three years follows,
in M feet board measure:
State
Idaho
Montana
1930 1931 1932
840,409 499399 248,408
296„990 158,213 111,048
Combined cut 1,137399 * 658,112 359,456
The Montana cut of only 111,048 M
in 1932 is lower than that of any year
since 1890. The cut of 248,408 M in
Idaho is the lowest since 1905.
For the 10-year period 1921 to 1930,
inclusive, the average annual cut of
Idaho amounted to 934,986 M. On the
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average ,during the
Montana produced 353,208
nually.
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nf 1 0?S 701 l M f Idah ° îil!, 1 . 929 . c H t
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soecies follows: (Mills cutting 50 M
feet and upward.
same period,
M an
within
Combined
Idaho Montana Cut
Idaho white pine 169,425 2,705 172,130
Ponderosa pine .. 45,354 54.897 100,251
Western larch ....10,813 32,620 43,433
Douglas fir .15376 15,795 31,171
Spruce . 2,104 4,492 6,596
3,734 30 3,734 :
Lodgepole pine .. 779 479 1
All Other 823 20
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White fir
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248,408 111,648 359 456
Lath, M pin. ...... 13,676 4,362 18.038
Shingles, M pcs. 4,332 358 4,690
Total
In addition to the above combined
output by commercial mills, Idaho and
Montana mills cutting less than 50 M
feet during the year produced 2,811 M
feet. Including these small mills cut
ting for the operators' own use or on
a custom basis for neighbors, total pro
duction for the two states amounted
to 362,267 M, of which 250,080 M was
nroduced in Idaho and 112,187 M in
Montana.
A Guaranteed Entertainment.
Will be seen Sunday and Monday
at the Kootenai Theatre in "Clear All
Wires."
Not often do you know in advance
how ( you're going to like a picture!
Here's one that guarantiees enjoyment.
Certainly it's the great stage hit, laugh
for laugh, thrill for thrill! Cheers for
Lee Tracy who plays the role of the
romantic news faker whose trans-At
lantic cables set the world afire. When
it comes to head-lines, what a man!
And when he reaches for a waistline
. . . better see for yourself!
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Miss Betty Quinn surrounded by a few thousands of peonies that
shown in a special exhibit and prize contest at the Horticulture Building, A
Century of Progress—the Chicago World's Fair.
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BUSINESS MEN APPOINT
FOURTH OF JULY COMMUTEE
A meeting of Libby business men
was held last week and a committee
appointed to have charge of next year's
Fourth of July celebration. The
mittee consists of L. C. Welch, repre
senting the Commercial club and Lions
club; Miss Inez Ratekin, representing
the Libby Woman's club and Libby
Junior Woman's club; and Jack Harris,
to have charge of sports features.
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Past Week Was Hot.
So far this year the mercury in Lib
by has reached 100 only once and that
was on June 15, but nevertheless the
past week saw some hot weather. Last
Thursday it was 93, Friday 94, Saturday
97, Sunday 94, Monday 94, Tuesday 91
and Wednesday 89. Last night the
thermometer dropped to 38.
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grounds Sunday, when the Colored
Giants of the Pipe creek C. C. C. camp
trimmed them with an 18 to 10 score,
Patt, pitching for the Libby boys,
hurled a very good game but was not
given the support he deserved by team
mates Numerous costly errors lost the
game for the locals.
Defeat Libby Team with a One Sided
Score of 10 to 18—Errors Lose
Game.
The Libby town team went down to
a rather disastrous defeat on the local
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: °k "rZalnder of U., g.™
! 0n the other hand, the colored boys
'were able to take advantage of Lib
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The first inning looked as though it
was going to be easy stuff for Libby,
when they scored five runs to none for
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Sam Thompson, 3b .5
dac k Rowland, lb 5
K - Reid, ss
Brace Allen, c , 5
Rad Mortensen, If' 5
Monty Bookman, cf 5
George Rusher, 2b 5
L! °y d Baker, rf
Martin Patt, p
AB H. R. E,
1 2 1
1 2 0
5—0 3 4
I 0 1
1 1 1
1 1 1
0 12
5 10 1
••• 4 T Ö 0
Total
44 7 10 11
Giants
M ac Stevens, c
W, Stevens, ss
Cor P Lee. lb
Manboy, 3b
Hall, cf
Marion Stevens, p. If 3
Redmond, 2b S
Perry, If, p
Jefferson, rf
Thomas, If
6 13 1
. 6 10 2
6 2 3 0
6 3 3 0
6 15 0
0 0 0
2 1
5 12
5 0 1
3 0 0
Totals
. 52 II 18
Summary.
Strike outs—by Patt 12; by M. Stev
ens 3, by Perry 5, Base on halls, each
team got one. Hit by pitcher—by Patt,
6; by Perry, 1. Home runs—Manboy 2.
Score by Innings.
5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2—10
. 0 2 0 1 4 2 3 2 4—18
Some 200 Masons, Eastern Stars, De
Molays and Rainbow Girls of Libby
and Troy gathered at Savage Lake
Tuesday night and spent sev«>-al hours
at a most enjoyable picnic. Swimming,
dancing, kitten ball and sociability
Libby .
Giants
Mason« and Stars Enjoy Picnic.
nassed the time most pleasantly.
Says Highway
No. 2 Not Yet
On Program
Libby Men Given That In
formation at Glacier Park
Dedication.
SENDS DELEGATION
TO HELENA MEET
That this section is apparently to be
given no part of the 13 to 15 million
dollars that are to be spent in Mon
tana this year on highway work, was
the word brought back by Libby rpen
who attended the dedication exercises
of the Going-to-the Sun highway,
held in Glacier park Saturday. While
there Libby men contacted O. S. War
den, chairman of the state highway
commission, and other Montana offi
cials.
When asked for a definite statement
as to what will be done regarding
highway construction in this section,
the Libby men were finally told that
the program so far contemplated no ap
propriation from highway funds
work on the Libby-Troy-State Line
highway. It was further said that if
an appropriation is secured for this
work it will have to come from funds
made available by the Public Works
program.
for
A number of Libby men gathered in
the city hall Monday night to hear
report from those attending the dedi
cation exercises. After a thorough dis
cussion of the subject, a night letter
was drawn up and wired to Secretary
Ickes, who is in charge of the Public
Works projects. He was asked to have
an impartial investigation made of high
way conditions here, and his attention
was called to the fact that 90 of the 136
miles of uncompleted highway on No.
2 are in Lincoln county. The telegram
lodged a protest against the recon
struction of already nighclass highways
in other sections while this part of fed
eral highway No. 2 is still wholly
finished and on much of it no work
whatever has been done.
The meeting also decided to send
committee of Libby men to Helena
to confer with the state highway
mission and other highway officials at
a meeting to b© held there tomor
row. The committee will include Sen
ator M. D. Rowland, A. A Wood. R.
R. Veldman and W. H. Kemp,
Kemp driving them over in his car,
Highway officials have made out a
partial program for 1933 construction
which it is said will require about
million dollars. This has been sub
mitted to Washington officials for their
approval. It is understood the meet
ing at Helena on Friday is to select
other projects for the more complete
construction program. When these proj
I ects are selected, they also will have
to be submitted to Washington for ap
proval.
Announcement has been made of ap
proximately $11,000,000 of federal money
that has been appropriated for high
way work in Montana, in the admin
istration's endeavor to provide work
for the unemployed. Hie state high
way commission is hopeful of selling
a million and a half of gas tax de
bentures, which would add that much
more to the highway fund. It is
ported that other sources will ma
grand total of about 17 million dl
to be spent on Montana highways fhis
year. And from present indications this
section is to receive none of that vast
sum.
In the grouD from Libby were E. E.
Jaqueth, Fred Cloutier, M. E. Schou
weiler, Wm. Dorrington, Senator M.
D. Rowland, R. R. Veldman. W. H.
Kemp, C, T, Young and H. E. Brink.
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(From the file of the Western News of
July 23, 1908.)
A postoffice has been created at
Ripley, seven miles east of Libby. Jos.
Chpchlovsky, Jr,, has been appointed
postmaster.
Announcement was made of the let
ting of a contract to Duncheimin Bros.,
of Colfax, Wash., for a new school
house in Libby, to cost $14.010. To con
tain eight rooms, to be two stories, with
full basement, dimensions 63x68 feet
and to be built of red pressed brick.
Libby's ball team clashed with White
fish and defeated them with 14 to 1
score, after having been previously de
feated by the fishers in a 9 to 1 bat
tie.
In attempting to raise a city flag pole,
the pole fell and broke into three pieces.
The pole was 119 feet long. M. W. Wal
lace volunteered to get another
Several quarts of large ripe huckle
berries were brought down from the
hills last week.
L. Betts of Great Falls arrived in
Libby Sunday to visit a couple of days
With his sisters, Mrs. C. B. Hemp.
Mrs. E. H. Hughes and children, who
have been visiting relatives in Kellogg,
Ida , have returned to their home in
Libby.
one.
Wm. Lamey returned to Libby (from
Moyie, B. C„ and says the old town
looks good enough for him and he in
tends staying here.
GedVge H. Williams of the Williams
hotel made a trip to Spokane this week
for the purpose of purchasing furni
ture for the new hotel.
F. tv Bergstrom and Jos. Perriault
have taken a contract to erect a build
m h ' 16x24 feet on Mineral avenue for
Mrs. James Quivey has returned from
an extended trip into California.
I c. C. C. CAMP ABOUT
FINISHED ON PIPE Cl
The building of the C. C. C. «-»tup
on Pipe creek is about completed. Hie
large mess hall is now being used
floors for all the individual quartern
are installed. Water has been piped for
camp use and shower baths. The water
pipe has been tapped in the main street
of the camp and the street is sprinkled
to keep down the dust. The camp, it
is said, is in a beautiful location.
Mrs. Alice Farris Entertains.
Circle A of the Presbyterian church,
was entertained at the home of Mra*
Alice Farris July 11 About 30
bers and visitors were present
Several of the ladies sewed on tha
men's shirts for the Red Cross. Mrs.
Switzer had charge of a short pro
gram which was thoroughly enjoyed.
Anna Louise Olson gave an interest
ing report of the Young People's work
done at the Flathead conference, fol
lowed by a short talk of the same
work by Mr. Orr. Several of the mem
bers reported they have earned their
dollars. This is » means to raise_
money toward church finances which
is badly needed just now, and each
member is urged to earn and turn in
her dollar at next meeting which will
be at Mrs. Vanderwood's July 28.
A correction of the report of the
meeting at Mrs, Ratekin's is that Mrs.
Farris had charge of the program in
stead of Mrs, Ratekin.
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Moody-Joeeph Wedding.
Mr. Frank Arnold Moody of Libby
and Miss Ida Mane Joseph of Brady,
Mont., were married! on Wednewfey
evening, July 13, by the Rev. Crater at
the Methodist parsonage. The young
couple were attended by hte groom's
sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. C.
O. Sugden, who acted as witnesses.
Thursday evening a reception was
tendered the young couple at the home
of the groom'* parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wylie Moody. Many friends in the
community will wish the young couple
every happiness.
Teaches in Fiji Islands.
Mr*. Carrie LaMunyan entertained
Friday In honor of Miss Cora Mac
Donald of the Fiji islands, who has
been here visiting her cousin, Mrs. Ed.
Rodgers of Warland, Miss MacDonald
is a teacher in the islands, this being
her second year there. On her trip
here, she visited in New York and
Ontario, Can. She left Monday to
turn to the islands.
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Says Short Crop
Wheat Problem
Officials Point Out That One Average
Year Without Control Would
Restore Old Surplus.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—"In spite of
the shortest wheat crop since 1803,
there is every reason for going ahead
with the Government plan for wheat
control."
This is the answer given by Sec
retary Henry A Wallace when asked
if reports for an unusually small wheat
crop this year would change the Agri
cultural Adjustment Administration?»
program for bringing wheat produc
tion into line with effective demand
by reducing a&feage.
The carryover of wheat in the United
States, as of July 1, 1933, is estimated at
360 million bushels, giving a total of
about 860 million as the supply for the
coming year. Disappearance, or con
sumption for the year, including do
mestic uses, seed, and possible ex
ports, is figured at about 660 million
bushels, figured conservatively.
An average crop next year, on the
basis of normal seeded acreage, would
run about 845 million bushels, giving
giving
a total supply of a billion bushels or
more. This would mean an immediate
return of the conditions responsible
for the ruinous wheat prices of recent
years, with a carryover at least twice
normal.
One average crop, in other words,
would destroy all the temporary relief
possible from this year's small wheat
crop. Controlled and reduced produc
tion, to bring about a balance between
wheat supplies and demand is held to
be essential.
Another factor which should be
taken into consideration, according to
the wheat control admisinistration, is
the danger that present raised prices
may have a tendency to stimulate in
crease in seeded acreage—unless the
production control measure is carried
out.
John Curtis Becomes Editor.
Beginning this week John Curtis
takes over the editorial work and busi
ness management of the Twin Bridgea
Sentinel. The new editor is a son of
W. N. Curtis of this city and was gradu- ,
ated in June from the school of journ
alism of the state university, with
honor. Curtis has made an excellent
record in his chosen work while at the
university and is well equipped for the
position he has now accepted The peo
ple of Twin Bridges are assured a very
good newspaper as long as the new
editor has the management of it
Samuel Summers, negro worker at
the Pipe creek camp, was brought t»
the Libby hospital last Thursday wild»
a cut in the back of his neck received
from carrying a sharp axe over hie
shoulder.
A. R. Gibson which is to be used by
Mr. Gibson for a barber shop.
The Misses Antonia Grandjean and
Emma Schliekum of Arthur, Mich., ar
rived in Libby last Thursday and am
guests at the home of Mr. and Mr£ A,
C. Herbst.
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