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Devoted to the Development of Libby and of Lincoln County
Libby, Lincoln County, Montana, Thursday, January 10, 1946
VOLUME XLV
Number 34
Forest Men Go
With REA
-
Merrill Tester and Gordon Daugh
arty, rangers with the Kootenai
Forest Headquarters in Libby are
being transferred to REA in the
capacity of consultants or expedi
of Libby, where both they and
families are well known and liked.
Merrill Tester is a Libby boy who
entered the forest service here in
1930 and has risen to a position of
considerable responsibility H e
chairmaned one of the latter War
Loan drives for the city, and has
been active in community work.
serving as president of the loca
Chamber of Commerce He wil
have headquarters in Spokane and
his territory will include Idaho sev
eral counties in Washington ' and
oart of it oh wasningion and
Daughtery came here in '32 as
de„7 a „; ,t'ccc "'" S
the nasi C r Ca h 1 * 3 ' w nd f 9 r
charge of timber sales ?n the"foïï
Montana fnr hic > the ?* t u t n C .* f
Sula headqUarterS Wil1 y h e ' m Mls -
f
est
äs-st srrÄ'sÄ
month before moving to their new
h ° meS
= ■ -,Ä Ä
k 'it EP
2_ Construction f n t
t. Consti uction of a 1/4-foot
steel and concrete overpass over the
Sile scShwest" Falf' ^
milesouth west of GreatFaHs
3. Giading, diaining and surfac
6 m,le 5 of «»
Armmgton-Lewistown road in U.
* 4 8 lJ?Z e t rgU l COUat r 171 f . ,
«Äwt'2 .„Ta?
n ' l 5 nS sî'rfae' V ' SlOWn r °" d .1 J
ÄS» Of a -.foot
lÄIÄtttiteWteÄÄ
4 miles northeast of Broadus. (
treated 0n timber°brid°g f e ovel^Sa^e i
fn re ?L 3 ? d n ec 9 ssary approaches
Highway Comm. Will
Open Many Bids
Helena
The Projects were:
l.-J&rafl
h
RK j! 6 t T 3 - b r* d 8 es on the
Shore road in L ^ke County.
grading draining
surfacing ap piox ir natel y 9 miles
th* Billmgs-Broadview road
Yellowstone county.
Proposals wJI be received at
office of the Second Assistant Post
master General, Post Office De
partment, until 5:15 p. m. of Feb
ruary 19, 1946, for carrying
mails of the United States from
July 1, 1946 to June 30, 1950, upon
the star routes in the states of Kan
sas. Nebraska, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colo
rado, New Mexco, Arizona, Utah,
Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Nevada.
California, and Hawaii, as specified
in phamplet advertisements of this
date. Proposal forms and all neces
sary information will be furnished
upon application the locaLpostmast
The star route in this vicinity;
open for proposal is from Libby
to Yaak and return, a distance G
Ali receipts have been receiver
r° y i -hif 3 / n t d - f a 'h of
ovor 5« Libby district; how-1
nlnnlp whnm t d h° Ube f y t n are stl11
nnohio ™ hom the solicitors were
tif hi' n!e «f îh Ct If y f OU happ . e P
n Hnnaf! ! 0r ^ WIS 4 h
to donate a sum in addition to
Ion »i® a ready given
fi™. ^ y °i ai1 you C subsenp
£ V J ° r
Shaurett^ of^ nhhv Jrni
reeeVvfng rinna^lnos ' I
vmi Tn thp d nw m " f y of
y Renorts from' Rexford and F..r
ekahave n com mî, vel w'.
SL'ÎÏVS« m ( a f S yet -., We
ari^fs loon mfoJ 6 ? 0 * fr0 w thcs , e
Club Ruth rnJh ro^K°r^ anS
Club, Ruth Ciush, Count> Chair
!
_ ,, D J Tr .
Donald Raymond Corley and Vir
ginia Simon of Seattle were mar-1
ried by Justice H. B. Wallace, Jan. j
4. I
STAR ROUTE MAIL
LETTING HERE
or.
57»/è miles, three times a week. The
present pay is $1,601.60.
May Still Give to
Mont. War Fund
MARRIAGE LICENSES
0 Beverly C. Curless and Blanche
E.Logan, Bonners Ferry, were mar
ried b y Justice Wallace, Jan . 5.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Decker, Mrs.
Oliver Decker and Mrs. Joe Baenan
motored to Seattle, Wednesday.
The Libby Volunteer Fire Dept.
i answered three calls the past week,
all being chimney fires,
r. a MlH da » y ,a T st . we p k they , were
ta.led to the John Running home
ii n i d K Joh T' Ru . bard hom . e in South
wee^ f thlS
9, xtmgu ' shed J» chimney
WedneSaf ^ichf i,
thewanswefedacalf ü a « m ?n
residence^ 4m.th I a sma ü.|
a
FIREMEN ANSWER CALLS
TO CHIMNEY FIRES
I ILL., fL f*. f* I l . u . -r i
LlDDy KOCl (J Glifl ClUD tO MGG t TuGSdQV.
IC Dl D*£l n kl A • I I *
JOR. 15; Plan Rif G RonOG NgOI* AlT Field
-
County Clerk G C Earle an
nounces^ the next meeting of thô
Libby Rod & Gun cTub^fo? 8 n m
T i b for P
mSng wüî be held in^the C^
mnnitv V .iT
3 „h l y f, R n 0rn .f dt j tbe 9 ou |] th ? u ^ e
Plan« f for ^, ttendan< : e 15 desired
Plans for the coming year will
amonf these' nl H ' gh ' n I ^ iportan ^ e
of the Ubby mifc
f^ 1-055 the . riv . er south of the air
. by^^O-Ttln ïngth'anïwîll make
an excellent range. It also con
! ^ as bU an d .ndooT h range'wit U h d 22 b £
^
^ _,
T Il h
rnnirAlT l<^lll/r
Li lull fill n lv\
LI IUIV.UI I U U V J
I ;uu w r rAamAni
^
of Kalispell, Mr. Endicott is re
modeling the plant and putting in
'"ÄÄts
glvc mucb needed room for the
storage of ice creams New lockers
will aso be added Another im
provement the immediate future
will be a new set of capping heads
which will handle a coverite can
that covers the pouring I? of îh?
milk bottle and is much more sani
tar y and convert,enTfo? use in the
."comVonus"' 6 ^
And s P= aki "« of milk bottles, the
S h „rsT'V^ iT^f
rees where it is held for 30 minu
T^milk^îs '""them 'pumieŸTvïr
cooling coils which lower the tem-j
East i perature to 40 degrees. It next
is taken from a smaller vat by the
and i bottling machine which fills the
of dividuâl bottle 5 and caps them at
in speed which makes it almost im
; possible for one man to place
empty bottles in the machine and
.remove the filled ones.
these and many other improve
the |^ en î s 9 ow * n tbe near making are!
f Ijclusive proof of Mr. Endicott's
i a .!T ln the futui 'e prosperity
^ bby
i i n • I i
Ml'S. KlChardSOIl fO
r . _ . "
btOff ÜIIT1G DtIVG
.
. Mf" 8 ' E ' R'chardson of Eureka
' as ° een appointed chairman of the
H or , n .| nd of , Lincoln county for!
J he J T 94 ® March of Dimes Campaign
T or -tniariti le Paralysis to begin
J Ia a "" r ry 14 and continue through
1 £9 ary 3R , , ,
| he n orth end of the county will
sen *u out cojn collectors this
„ ^ the contributions will be ac
f j ^ epte d by the committee appointed
ui work in your local community,
I «ehor.i CO hn„ c C0 l! eCt0r u ° f the liltl 9
f^i^^ J e ha've been sent to the
1 SLTJTte 1
follows - 35
i Knapp, Rexford' Mrs I^nito
Amessiger Fortine• Mrs
i Martin, Stryker Mrs Lucille Berg
Trego; Mrs^ Mary* Jackson Toha/^i
Valley Grange- Mrs Frank Benda
Tobacco ffi- Mrs Burr Al ver '
! so Eureka Names nf nnmmi** r
w f' *^ rk ^ rfsiSTdif
tricts in Eureka will be nublished 1
^n»ti U - publlshed
' Your contributions and coonera
tion will be very much -iDDreciated
, by the ladies who will ca P fon von
also by y0L »r local chairman Mrs' <
R>chardson. cnairman,
j Help us to make this the greats
! drive to help stamp out infprtn
Paralysis. P ° Ut Infantlle
Yours very truly
Mrs E • L* Richardson
North End Lincoln' ro.,nt„
ipaign Chairman Infantile ParalvsTs
Eureka. Montana a ralysis,
-—
COURT PROCEEDINGS
A divorce was granted to Otto
Olt from Mary Ann Olt, both of
Eureka on grounds of extreme
cruelty. 8 extreme
The rest of the court period was
taken up wtih preliminary probate
™tters. P
Missoula, Jan 4 — Major William
W. Kimbrell of the local Army Re
cruiting Station announces that 102
men enlisted in the Regular Army
of the United States from this sect-,
ion during the last quarter of 1945.
Most of the 102 T en we f e ex - ser '
vicemen going back into the service
c, y ilian i,fe . a try - 4 ,
.'„'pÎ C « un ' y wbo enlisted
^t Peter 0_ Erie Eureka; Frank
j5Ä"woSrKbb y w,,lram *
FOUR LINCOLN MEN
ENLIST IN ARMY
T~ i
Wnmoh'c Pl..k
S LlUO HoluS I
I i i • i n
MuSICOl PrOQram
I • 3
U" T . , * .... .... ,
' ( ? h eK Lp^fla Mus f lc In
a * the regular meeting of the Lib
s Club held Tuesday af
During the busin^r mSglS
Ra y R*ee, president, announced that
"oln îount^"^ 6 the" Cancer" Con- 1
tr °l work and the Youth Conser
toU "acc^ptTThe Cancel Control |
y °C r "®!a r W ° rk , .
: the Tuberculosis V Chrisüna'/ d Seaî
!Sal ° had roacheci th<; ?1300 mark
' ^' ith stl " 500 letters from which
: be heard. A short interesting sur
Æ «. fî&ïïÂ'Â
- i he bftenèrs became somewhat ac
> ffuamted with her. The book re
i ~ s ,o «*
, Mn ' °hvei Phillips, program
C iairrnan arranged an interesting
1 round tab,e discussion of musical
f ° rms , whicb were illustrated by
9?" s,cal Performances. This gave
those present a musical program
">« *» l»*»d a treat. The chair-!
rran was ass,st ed by Mrs. Clive
5°f r f: Walter Ne, Is. Miss Inez
welî " < ' Rcï ' M ' Sh °'-1
, Th o following musical numbers!
^ Ä Beethoven Sonata
ÄL Ra,akia
Concei f to No. 5 in A Major by Moz
wel/ 0 ' Vlolm ' Rev - C. M. Shot-1
Ar ia ' Fair Springtime Beginning
f
£[ on } c Samso *. and ,. De hah
A nf nt '? 3en -n ' M * rS i' 2u V6r Philli
in-, 7 !. wiR extol Thee from
a, 9, ra ^ orio 1s . E .^ 1 by Costa -
| n ,Yi 1 ^ Ne ; ls : „
thei 0 ^ 1 / S St R 9 mo from Stabat
J?atf by Rossini - Mrs. Walter
| NeiL s and Mrs. Phillips.
f a f t t —
ALlA -% i, Ä |
^ /I j \|/>4TO I mV
of! I^JIUIv I UA
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(f \ A 4 \ A H
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• •
,„îe 0ntana ,' s tax collections during
1945 totalled $10,136,105, an in
! crease of $850,826 over 1944, ac
cording to the state board of equali
nation.
.Gasoline taxes showed the great
est increase with a jump of $634,1321
.while the largest loss of revenue
was a dip of $135,478 in corpora
tion taxes. However, income taxes
! were up $272,386 over 1944.
Coal, oil, electricity, inheritance
taxes decreased last year the board
said but storc ' telephone, theater.!
contractor, freight, express and pull-1
SS BECORDED
«ÄTpÄ Ä ° °
Libby: W. J. Erickson. Army;
Clarence E - Shafci - Army; Jack
R ' Da ggctt, Navy; Clarence W.
Johnson, Navy; James C. Evans,
Navy : James P. Woodworth, Army;!
Mabcl J ■ Maisel. WAC; Don e!
Switzer, Army; John Arthur J
Mortcnso ^ Navy J Clarence O Brod
shaug - Manne Corps; John L.
|Beebe, Army; John A. Thedo,;
Charles E. Carrell, Army.
Eu reka — Francis L. Utter, Navy;
Roy a Livengood. Army.
* Rexford ~ Raymond E. Knotts,
Mrs.^rmy; Donald G. Brock, Marine
Corps -
John J R° bic h, Navy, Penn •
Billy J. Dorrington, Army. Kamil
Wiliam G. Seims, Navy, Calif; p a t
nck Donald Walsh. Navy. Penn •
Jack p loHs. Ark., Army.
uiv ravTOirr -
WIN CONTRACT FOR
MONTANA DRILLING
Cannon & Jefferies rnmntnn
Calif have bPPn Sol P '
tract'' for the cxploratorv drilW
at thp I ihhv D.m »i.i .n d v . g
gniili^ by r 3m S i lte ^° n tbe Koot 'I
aria, rl ,p Oncoln County, Mon-[
awarded bv the riiVfr?/, $12 ' 125 wa , I
Seattle Road Builder^ l . en J 1 "? er of,
Jf at "® v - Road Build c» & Engineer
mg neview.
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i
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Lf|lr\|ir I
| I I IV Hrl-1
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•
A most despicable theft took
P^ce in Libby during the past week
when an unknown cu , P d n
h p ain f,
F,re Dep,s
11 was fortunate, indeed, that
when an alarm was answered Tupc.
day morning of this week the fire
nrov^d n i u
and ïse of hnfh y f 3 cbimney fire
a nd use ° f both trucks wa ? not
fîre Chiof c a w w .
W °° d says that
enZh ï tf 0 hydrant is not near
f u° the Iocatl °n of the fire,
ISe seconTtrueH n™* t0 5 each '
I1 tru L ck follows and ex
te P ds . tbe length of the hose. Such
mi 8 ht bave been the case, even
on a chimney fire. He also add«
extra ladders and other equipment
,mCk ^
As was remarked. "What if the
some ^ther ^"tafspoU' h ° Spita1 ' or
Difficulty was encountered when
roîet'^JÏck 'rSesday^mo^ng^ö
™
t th f y wou l d not need the Chevrolet.
j they^jnv^tigated and 'found^that
the truck, which has an old fash'
i ioned gas cap that cannot be locked
had been drained dry Both rnd«
a:
Benefits
•
Helena - (UP) - Chairman R-ir
:
red that unemployment benefit^ i
during 1045 totaled nparîv
«00 of which over S300 000^»<
[Paid to discharged World War lî
Veterans for unemployment- pay
monts under the G 1 Rill P J
Craighead rented "aims had
increased 50 percent durh!« Thn wi
.six months^^ OM945 and he^^ 1 ,
^SÈr workers F and j
of 1946 might^*total^ }20000M°" "
F ê i;
ment payments°°to vetenm^^how
businesses realized less than $100 I
Craighead estimated the 1
some 30
by 000 Montanans had been discharged
P s - from the services during 1945 8
the majority of which were^ released
during October, November
December. During December alone
he said, unemployment and read
justment claims accounted for
percent of all claims in the
six months.
The unemployment compensation
[claims increased 50 percent and
I adjustment (G. I. Bill) claims jump
ed 850 percent during the past
months.
Daily processing of claims since
January 1 were running at about
[625 checks totaling approximately
| $11,000 daily to unemployed work
I er s and veterans. If this rate con
! tinued, he said, payments during'
j the first six months of this year
might total $2,000,000.
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Helena - HIP) r vie v w-it
i |oÂ. h r^Æ ÄS.5
- be mailed Montana as its share of
SPSS SPÂLÎT - *
Watts added that the service had
$55.345 available for construction and
maintenance of roads and trails in
forests within the state.
The $138,363 would be divided
among counties on the basis of
the number of acres covered by
national forests and used for im
Provement of public schdols and
; >« a ds. ^
Counties covered by the Kootcnia
National Forest will benefit most
under the federal act which gives
j sat cs 25per cent of receipts from
forests for the year. The Kootenia
: noted $40,298, Watts said, while
! Flathead forests yielded $20,472.
Receipts from other forests were
Absaroka, $3,202; Beaverhead, $15.
i 188; Bitterroot. $3,907; Cabinet. S4.
i 975; Custer, $17.358; Deer Lodge,
'$5.523; Gallatin, $7,242; Helena, $5,
:i02; Kamksu. $377; U>wis and Clark
$7,005 and Lolo $2 507
' - : - 1 - 1
RIPLEY SHIPS OUT 300,000
EASTER N BROOK EGGS
,, .
Monday morning Foreman Geo.
H. Ripley of the Libby State Hatch
cr * n ™ aS r- m town w,th a cargo of
300,000 Eastern Brook eggs which
he shipped that day to the state
(hatchery at Somers. I
Contrary to the belief of good
: folk in many sections of the nation
.Northwest Montana is not gripped
all winter in the clutches of
Zero temperatures. In fact Jan
, uary • has startp d off with almost
.tromcal" weather. Butterflies and
buttercups have been reported from
te M " n,a " a ^—-*•
c Llbby ste PPed into the line last
Saturd ay When Lewis Johnson, liv
i hlftt OI #i EaSt Lincob J. Blvd -- saw
butterfly come sailing over and
: light in his yard. Capturing the
insect, he took it to the Forestry
1 1 Headq " a rters for identification, and
learned it is scientifically listed as
Anglis Californica. but commonly
known as tortoise-shelled butterfly
^ feeds K U P°J Ceonothus leaves,'
known as buck brush.
In case any readers of The West-1
' ern News are interested, the but-1
i terfly was still alivn la«V
an d enjoying the hospitality of a
* ^2^ -
C " I I
J IITIII fflfl l( R| | l/C
■ Wl vlVlfV L/Ulfj
/^^mKIn OaKA
Libby Folk Enjoy
Tropic Weather
*
«
A busme.ssdea 1 was recently con
^irT hlCh resulted in Frank
< buy | n R 'he Libby Gamble
n 6 fr ° m . Herb Anderson The
nirPl
Ä/rÄ" Ä5
Mr Shm.rdTir u.
m uidak. Who has had pre
€ mir*
Libbv whirh PP thnJ v. b f loca ^ ed In
y* %v "icn they believe has an
f ^ turc m a busness way.
for slenTc and ^ n ldcal,y s,tuat ^
Mr and Mr« AnJ tS attrac J tlons -
l, ' a f lcl j lls - Anderson and son
the? JÂJîhl S| 7"r e ' wh " e
nntL p r oba . bly locat ^ perman
Li b b y
nile deal. SincX^fthTubby
fiSÄ' 1 ? VCar ^°' lhc
'r e •"Ä'Ä
fr^m e fh^° d w,shes with them ■
Mr. SimuTak's^announcement
fssSe °" 3001ther page in this
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i ___.
a : M cELROY BUYS
DOONAN HOTEL
and i ^
E ' T ' McElroy this week took
£ ossession of The Doonan Hotel
501 Tr0y J Mr ' McElroy 'owned and op
I t rated the K °otenai Laundry and
.Kootenai Cleaners for about a year.
I u-, tba ^ aundry ^ ast November k
re- blS br olher-m-law, Herschel Chap
mar V,. Re has °P era tcd the cleaning
ft;f b . * ment f ince that time ar
expects to continue to care for the
Kth ^ 1 * he f ? rn i er ow . ner> Ar
l* T hom P s °n g^s home from the
FI .
,• McElroy has been active in
f ne lal ? n . s Club and other commun
u-t *u R,es and b * s move to Troy,
be * n g a l°ss to Libby, will
[ provc 4 a benefit to our sister com
| munit y to the west. _
licii ■■ ■
•». J. rlGDIlGr PlGCldç
■ i ^
L|kky 011X10 DriVO
' C 17
, •
CAN happen here, let's be
prepared to combat it," is the motif
\ behind the local request for con
Itributions to tho v, .■ r-,
1 £ r a,1 s L " y - ».
ged by S. Hepner, chairman for
^
Although the r-.mn-,-.
Although tho campaign nation
' i y . cov - t ' ls tht ' cntir i-' last half of
January, Mr. Hepner suggests a
F tci , and <I ,J nor e concentrated
u We 311 arc « ,lin « to
contribute why not do it early"
,sb '® viewpoint.
M Co ïï mittce a PPomtments made by
,ndude ^ R Littell.
P" bl, £ Ry chairman; Howard Ahls
k " g , a " d F °w est D eRosia - federal
i?? P u yces ' M3X StU ^' J ' Neils
Gbîdveo R^« 3ny ' fm P lfty eÇs: M r
£ adyc n e , R ° gge "' T Un ' v P, rsal Z ?no
te c m P oyees O. L. Gillespie. Lib
by Public Schools; and George
n S ° empl u oyecs: Ar-•
chie . Mmde. collection boxes, will
intact the business and profes
" al r , m t n '.. .
, ,^u v f A Endicott, manager of the
V bby i ^ rea " 1 cry. has offered an ad
i, d m ccntive for contributions
fr , om sch ° o1 children by an award
nf a " »ce cream "treat" to grade !
JV nior h }ß h class - and senior high !
class making the highest per-capita
contribution.
.Collection boxee will be placed
,n varIOUS business places in Libby,
and other parts of the county, ac
cording to Miss Mildred Buck,
county director.
as possible.
1
sub-'
| rp. o T , , ,
. ^ Libby h Ig h school basketball
, teams both th * first string and the
i reserves, were defeated by the pow
from
aui ^ dy evening i
g> ™ nasium '
a The reserve teams from the two
schools put on the first contest of
J the
• -. . .
\ Whi eflsh boys proved too much
f° r the local lads who were unable
, ^ overcome the substantial lead of
their opponents.
Th .e ^st string game was a hard
| fought contest from the start,
Whitefish got off to an early lead
which the y maintained throughout
I the game. The firct half ««= îîül
I cide dly. in the visitor's favor the
' tiSftlf SSi
boys were unable to nenetraf®
V1S Äe F '^n^hSH^Vol^mu h
more exefting to loca? f
Ä 'and Ttaîtïi " sinking^SS
Whitefish Wins
Hard Contest
the Libby
in
The power of the
evening.
ää-ä p ,ä
offensive attack and was undoub?
ond' h^ T.bby"«^^^^! 8 ^
the large gap in V th^ score ^he^th^
quai-terendmeSSto l^ '^ev Von
| tinned to g!dn thrmiän.,^ i i
ä'ää'sä'ä ^
! >ng. s ana good coach
Whitelish lad a eonH t D , m j
™ «sa ä
district championship last year and
have mos* of thoi.- f *** ♦ nC *
again This' vear^ Th/ lnTnT / eam
look forward 'to thll, return pï
with Whitefish when they eînect
to avenge their defeat c , ' L 601
"isM " SalUrday
Tlie lineup I ibhv Fn. i v i
|Darsow AcLmson '^DeRosia
Z*' 't h B T Sa*en. ' Torgi
Van "r2dale anC ' a " r a " d
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the game F d
band and th e g girls De^cluh^lnf
i^gïls^emStlined ÏK"' A f r t ° UP
a t half time with tn exhibSon
War
of
baton twirling. The exhibition was
very good and enjoyed by everyone
present. 9 ' y
Tho ßig Fork high school basket
I b all team defeated the Ircal high
n Quintet last Friday night in the
local gymnasium, y 8 " the
v/
. .
>d MoniOn Moforc I
,v,u,,,un /VlOlOrS, I
* fO BuilH ^nnn
IU uu, »0 JOOI1
i ^
G. M. Manion and C. V. Manion
°I Kalispell have incorporated un
I der the firm name of Manion
Motors, Inc., to continue handling
i the McCormick-Deering farm mach
inery and International truck lines
' n Libby as well as in Kalispell \
L he G M ' Man 'on family came to
Montana recently from River Falls
Wisconsin where he was athletic
director of the Wisconsin State
Teachers' College.
| Th e Manion Brothers pl^ns for
tho new year include an extensive
bu 1 1 . ldmg P r °g ramh ere a ndatKalis
I pel1 Construction will begin in
; •>« »•>«■>«<.
TWO YOUTHS TAKEN
™
The wariness of a Libbv house
wife last week brought about the
arrest of two boys about 15 and 16
years of age, who upon being taken
into custody confessed to several
robberies along the line,
The two young fellows stole a
:car in Helena and drove as far
Milltown, near Missoula when they
accidently went into the ditch. They
hitch-hiked as far as Missoula.
where they stole another car, driv
mg as far as Kali spell. Here they
s.it°oktheIicenseplatesfromapark
ed car and switched them on their
second stolen car. While at it they
decided to lift some fishing tackle
from still another car.
The fishing tackle was the be
ginning of their undoing. A Libby
'woman thought it strange that the
two very young men who were
trying to sell her some of the tackle
should be driving such a big car
and called the local sheriff's of
ficc.
The county officers checked on
soula came after the boys and took
them back to Missoula
. ,, , , The final score
^ a L 19 '/ 5 T th B,g Fork in the lead
at the final whistle.
Both teams displayed very strong
defenses throughout the
to
game.
nc v
#
as
the stolen license plates and it
wasn't long after that they, with
the cooperation of the city officers,
had the boys in custody.
Sheriff R. D. McLean of Mis-

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