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Devoted to the Development of Libby and of Lincoln
County
Libby, Lincoln County, Montana, Thursday, January 24, 1946
VOLUME XLV
Number ,36
Forestry Com,
Banquet For
Sat. Night
Good Speakers Including
Founder of Montanans,
Inc., on Program
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PROGRAM IS OPEN TO
ALL AFTER BANQUET
next Saturday night
is when we eat! At least all who'
are fortunate enough to have tick
ets for the Forestry banquet given
by the Libby Chamber of Com
merce that evening in the Moose
Hall are expecting to enjoy another
splendid banquet at that time.
The Chamber's forestry com-1
mittee consists of K. A. Klehm,
chairman, George Neils, Howard E
Ahlskog, Ted Kessel. William Po W :
ell, Max Sturm and A. C. Austin
These gentlemen have worked out
.'Ær.CS ÏSd £
formative value. Headlining this
program, is Stanley Hodgeman.!——
Another outstanding Montanan
appear on the program is L
Campbell, assistant regional fores
ter with headquarter in Missoula.
where he is in charge nf the
partment of education and^infor
mation. Mr. Campbell is also credi
ted with being the founder of Mon
T. h H , u „ u
It had been hoped that a
from organized labor could be
cured for the occasion, but,owing
the present unsettled conditions,
Dor was unable to promise a speak
thï WmL n0t . T t0 , CanCe
at the last moment. It is planned
to have a third speaker on the pro
gram, who will be announced that
nIght
An added feature of interest
all who live in Lincoln county will
be a sound picture, ''Forests For
ever." Tickets for tl?e banquet are,
limited to appi-.-xlmatvly the num
ber in the Chamber, but a few ex-,
tra tickets will be available at the
Forest Supervisor's office. Those
desiring a ticket at $1 each, should
contact Karl Kaufman, who will.
continue to sell them as long as
last.
Missoula, representing the forest
dustries.
i
iJl 6 Pr ^ r3 ^^ n L be he i d ,i n
lodge room of the Moose Hall. The
public as a whole is invited to at
tend this program which will be
free to ail and starting immediately
after the banquet in the basement.
The Forestry program is rated as
one of the city's high-lights in
public gatherings and there will be
few if any in attendance who will
fail to enjoy the good entertain
ment which is being provided for
both members of the Chamber and
all others who may be interested.
State Auditor John J. Holmes
announced the distribution of $138,
363.44, Montana's share of National
Forest receipts for the 1945 fiscal!
year, to 35 counties.
Holmes explamed the money a
mounted to 25 per cent of total
receipts and was apportioned to
counties according to the number
of acres covered by forestland. The
money, he said, was ear-marked by
the federal government for public
school and roads.
Three Western Montana counties
—Lincoln, Flathead, Missoula—re -1
ceived more than half the total get
So 539 ' 874,84, $16,700.59 and $11,-1
055.22, respectively, while the small
et allotment—$90.37— went to
Golden Valley County.
Lincoln Leads in
Forest Receipts
Other counties and their allot-!
merits were: f
er M 682 fi ea r a $ rbel% 4 ?an ad r at
er, $968.28, Carbon $4.440.40, Car
ter $1.367.85, Cascade 680.90, Cho-i
teau $122.59. Deer Lodge, $964.62,
Fergus $355 86. Gallatin $4,743.95,
125.72, Lake $1.287.98.
Lewis and Clark $4,634.27, Madi-;
son $6,104.12, .Meagher $ 1 , 766 . 20
JSSS?
Powder River $5,190.19, Powell $3,
328.69. Ravalli $95.16, Rosebud $ 1 -
475.47, Sanders $3,671.65, Silver
Bow $995.44, Stillwater $2.884.98,
Swectgrass $2,126.05, Teton $903 -
66 and Wheatland $250.08.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Peterson who
have owned the Libby Greenhouse
since 1937 sold the business to M R
Knight, Jr. florist, from Gooding,
Ida The Petersons have not an
nounced their plans for the future
but expect to remain in Libby.
Mr. Knight who is just out of
the armed service, has grown up in
the business, his father owning a
greenhouse in Gooding. The new
owners expect to take possession
within the next two weeks.
Petersons Sell
Libby Greenhouse
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i Libby
The Libby Farm Women's Club
j held their annual Christmas din-1
ner at n o°n, December 19, at the
country home of Mrs. Eyra Shan-1
ho | tzer . Tne dinner always con-1
fi st f of a Z0 -P°u nd turkey and all
HI. goes make a real American
Ch ^" r dl l n f er t ^ ^
r..fi OS n P uL SCn A 3 n th if dinner were
SJSsot 5«h"
J, er , lcb ' Pearl Ripley, Eyra Shan
1 " Mar 8 are tte Shawl,
tolTûlTlûrC \A/1 fl
A 11.11 lr.l\ Will
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Ho I Ima I ä /« « j 1«. ^
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V/l lv# Lv/Jv 9 SC
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Po SOn - last Saturday evening to
speaker'make up for the 38-28 defeat suf
se-1 fered Friday night at Big Fork.
to The team got off to a slow start
la- at Big Fork trailing by ten points
! at the end of the first quarter.!
j The Te ™ers camo from behind in
the third oënod to narrow the «an
to 20-28 and with four minutes 8 of i
playing time left, the score was 26- i
28. That seemed to be the end !
to | of the Terriers drive and the Vik-j
mgs pulled away with a 38-28 vie-i
tory. Ripke. Big Fork center, took
scoring honors for the evening with 1
' « points. Ne^on, high scorer for|
Libby, followed with 12. Tbe'shotlf°
Percentages were; Big *Vk 36 per-:
i cent and Libby 25 percent. The'i
points per quarter were as follows: 1
Total
Libbv 2 7 1 1 h or I
in
Big Fork 12 9 7 10 38
The Terriers inability to find the
! basket was worse in the game with
Poison, the shot percentage being
18 percent for Libby, and 38 per
cent for Poison
The f u
succeeded in edging out ^ 32-30
victory over he Pirates. Daggett
was high point man for Libby with
10 points and Nelson, a close sec-!
ond with 8 points Demolier cap-1
[ ped scoring honors for Poison with
18 points. The points per quarter,
_ .. .
, Libby . 7 10 7 8 32
! Po ™°° - J 2 _ 8 6 4 30
—Written by Gordon DeRosia and
I Norma n Darsow. _
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BowllllQ LcOQUe
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Hi J^;L? ,0nday N,ßbt Lea ^ e 0 i
Highlander . 33 21
M?n e e S r t . s; SerV1Ce . ^ 25
f ul v T r. n ' f . 26 28
Ll ^ by . TraPsfGr , . v , 21 33
?ttrir dlVld M a i ß 30 * 10 with handi
ca £.J" ,ma .m. Nejson. 275
individual series with handi
cap '. Jobn Lovick. 741.
H s > ngl Ç ga me with him
d *cap. Forest Seivice. 1111.
Nigh team series with handicap
Fo i, CSt . S M, v î, ce ' . '
The Pirates led through-out the
first three quarters, the Terriers
being unable to find the basket
til the last quarter.
follow;
Wednesday Night League
Silver Tnäf ^ ll
* i Libby Creamerv. 28 II
^reameiy . 28 26
Standard Motors __ 16 38
Lgh indundual giime with handi
; «P. Wm Daraow, 292.
wthhand '
J High single team game with han
dloa .P. Silver Loaf 1149^
, High team series withNhandicap,
W uW
j Zonolite . 33 21
Libby Motors ....30 24.
Neils . . 23 31
! Kootenai M(? rc. 22 32
! High individual singe game with
i handicap, Wm. Nelson, 263.
High individual series with han
, dicap R. Roberts. 756.
High team single game with han
i dicap, Libby Motors, 1093.
High team series with handicap,
Zonolite, 3145.
I one * S tatf PAPKivr
rniv T «'r»'ftr CKJNG
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j Helena— (U.R) —Montana meat i
packing firms were operating nor-j
mally last week, except for
plant, a survey disclosed.
The only hit by the nationwide
strike of CIO and AFL packing
house employees was the Butte
branch of Swift & Co. where eight
employees were called off their
jobs.
one
Farm Women
Shelden, Nell Slauson, Mary Smith
Nan Smith, Bessie Wallace. Mabel
Vanderwood, Ruth Vanderwdod
and Lona McCallum. Due to ill
ness Evelyn Burrell. Essie Maize.
Dorothy Slauson, Betty Sullivan
and Iris Maize were unable to at
te " d „
Following the dinner at noon the
time was spent in c t uiz contests
^ Postes. There w aS
also an exchange of gifts and home
Ruth'made pop-corn balls for all.
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I G. I. Loan WoS
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Müde Jo0UOTV 1 6
, 7
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" Countys first G. I. loan.,
according to R. W. Smithbcrgcr of
the First State Bank, was made
several others are pending
The em-cnm™* ,,.;n
The government will now guar
0 " nS Up ° $4 ' 000 on business j
' rcal estate and dwellings, or $2000 '
00 equipment for use in business, j
The plan has now been liberalized
. , 1
* > appraisal on a reasonable
Value rather than on a normal
value -
Fn all cases the specific purpose j
°* the F° an , has to be named, and
3ppra >sed by a government apprai-1
sei ' and investigator, for the govt_L„„
crnment makes no loans where
nsidcrs the one receiving the
ioan h * s small chance of using the •
mone y to advantage and of repay-,
m S the deb t. The local bank will
cooperate m every way possible
states Mr. Smithberger,
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JUIliOr CIOSS PIqV
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In UTS JqM 31
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| January 31 at eight o'clock in the}
I Junior high assembly is the date,
time, and place for the junior class'
presentation; "The Campbells
Admission ^111 m bt d, 10c n 25^^nd^Oc
for grade students, high s?hoSl stu
j dent s and adult*
This play is a snappSe^examnle
D f a farce comedy dSgnedp^lly
1 for laueh*» "THp a y
Coming' 8 is' noMnteifded^o educate
j you—it is not int?nffed to ehcit
thought, but its rapid sequence
of hilarious action is bound to keep
; the doctor away for a month. Then
follow through with the Bostonian
Campbells as they nose-dive into
surprising complications. Laugh at
Catalpa Whitefield and Billdad Gil
christ as they go into a song and
dance strictly out of this world!
The tbriUin S romantic situations in
to which Kaye Petrusha, Jeff War
rington and Kingston Swimley are
involved will keep you on the edge
of your seasts. Dick Raff and Betty
Tisher will supply the " family at
mosphere," portraying the
and sister. The imposing handsome 1
"lady" of the play is acted by Aug-1
usta Homan, but definitely!
And in keeping with the spirit
of the play the live hen used in
the second act will be given to the
holder of the lucky ticket Each
Purchaser of a ticket will be given
f numb °u r and the drawing held be
tween the second and third act*
Mrs. Wm. Erickson is dïecflig
"The Campbells Are Coming", and
her committees are as follows; Sta^
srss
mart and Waran Thompson- m-ik?"
up. Patsy.Boomer and Marie Sobmi
and prompter, Ellen Norris
VETE R AN S URGED TO
RE-ENLIST AT ONCE
... 01 . u
Ha J Ia f nuary 31 15 absolutely the last
d y for veterans of World War II
*° re =enl»st in the Regular Army
and retain their present grades,";
H ieutena nt Colonel Fred L. Hardy,
Commanding Officer. Montana
„ S*! military Personnel Procure-1
^ erv,c e announced from his
neadquarters in Butte.
o 15 m ust be accomplished with-j
ônel°went S ni discharge," the Col
L ? I 1 s ^ y and addt ' d
Jt must be remembered that the
tïi ha^'® n ! 1StS d ° eS T l ha ve,
day. He may eLTTo" 6 Same
- J 1 1
receive Jiü
enlistment furluogh of either 30,1
ä sÄts-s
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Lumber Prices
Not Higher
I
There has been no recent in
crease in lumber prices in which
J. Neils Lumber Co. of Libby have
participated."
(signed): Peter A Stone, lum
ber^ branch OPA, Washington,
II • . ,
Unions Will Vote
The foregoing wire was received
last Saturday by Abner G. Role,
president of the local council and is
verification of the fact the local
company has not participated in
! any lumber
i Pnccs. It is published above in
fulfillment of Mr. Role's promise
I to readers of the Western News,
made in last week 's edition,
A meeting of the Mill committee
and a committee from the unions
» scheduled for Saturday morning
January 26 at 10 a. m. Any pro-'
posais which may be agreed upon
b y union and company com
mittees at this meeting will be
Placed before the union members
at a . meeting Sunday afternoon,
I uSdeTT ST
j ing.
ac
Sunday. JonUOrV 27
/ ' -'«nuuiy L. /
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i h A meetinß of the J - Neils Lum
■ ber company committee and the
committee of the union Local 2662
and 2581 will meet Saturday morn
lng ' Januai T 26 at 10 a. m.
Placed before union members fo?
a vote Sundav Imnanr w * o
--when a,, ' y ' 3
„ rp urged to bo p resent
The above notice was given to
this office by Harry Moe secretary
of Local 2581. ' StcIcta,y
AR.MY RECRUITERS HERE
c 4 IT
iHoVr s' Arm«"? Sg o Hou „ e11 of
Kalisnell eci uding office at
Tup*Hîjv ' mnmin« 3 ♦ P !u 3S3 ?v caR
Office mf 3 4be " es t ern
r c Pac . 10 n \ en , are both
mïïf' aod plan every
in thL J 3 ^ h .°u
" u y ' at . Llbb y
Thpu iU ?' m ' r 3 p ;
'rhur*Hav* bC m Eureka on
y
union members
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Ihe Victory Clothing Drive
It I I III C* I I -y
J\J A A/|C Hûm \l I /
linClIN I Ini I I ll 111(1/11/ IHM / I
1 ■ IV/lk/ -/UllVJUf, JUII. L |
Are!_ _ _+ * ' _
J* ILL COMING TO
1THE KOOTENA I THEATRE
,
' Geo . rgc Raft - a man as tough as
an7 VilTa n Rl.in f B ° nnott and
! a nd " lvJan Blame, two women as
tSwSnKSi 38 m *u k ? en L in a
i Cold rn.l^L? 3 " 16 th ( at made the
fr?m it? women and ?
hip^ See "Nob Hfll " 20th f
turv-Fox's torrid romafic
the* torrid fh«.« mo«« arama in
& Mondav at th? n ^ Unda;y
'Nob Hill*' is motion Sire
mite set to m!TsS P You'll d w??t
to hehr the old tunes- vou'll w?m
to hum the brand npw nirmc 'a 3 ^h
yoU r heart will warn anew to Ppp
e v Ann Garner in "M n h inn >• v! g
Brst big picture since "A ' Tree
Grows in Brooklyn " "Nob Hill"
iïT must-see ' ' Nob Hl11
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brother,I
UVGT J)ZUU I 0 011
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MarCn Of Dimes
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A report from Miss Mildred Buck.
county chairman for The March
Dimes, states that as of Wednesday
evening, contributions from Libby
. ., nA „ , *
' pmfiMntC ' d t0 S l 8 .°: 75; and Tr0y dona
tlons were $4/.35. This is a good
I st;) rt and while only about one
of ihc ^ ^
1 P<S iaVC COm ° in * the drive )s ga,n
i ,ng daily irnpetus '
' The Lions club committee for thc
jÄÄ'ÄÄ 1
lied trades d cf7mmft h t?^ A r^n .1^1
Fri^ Dutton hTI M R Ä ( , ,1(
Goodeame H Y M d A
, d g a ^i;_
TO DISCHARGED VETERANS
Eureka—At a regular mooting ui
Dis-'Euffeka Post No. 74. American Leg-i
ion. on January 18th, the members,
j voted to establish an employment!
j service for North Lincoln Countv
with A, J. Barney as employment!
officer
Employers needing help and those!
seeking employment arc urged to
contact him,
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Wnrld War H Veterans than World
xiää
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LOCAL FIRE COMPANY
MAKES 35 MAJOR RUNS
Geo. Wood, Libby fire chief
his recent report to the state
marshal reported 35 company
I to fires in addition to minor calls,
j The total loss incurred by these
i fires amounted to approximately
$7,000,
Libby levies a 2-mill tax for
sup
port of the fire department which
brings in about $900 annually and
money well spent.
Sunday evening the Robert Me
Grew family left Dana, Ida., at
p. m. after viçiting during the day
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Kohler end family. Some three
hours later as they approached the
Lions' Picnic Grounds at Kootenai
Falls, the headlights on the family
car caught the reflection of two un
blinking balls of fire gleaming
short distance ahead and in the
da £" ess - . . ,
McGrew, knowing this dark por
tion of the canyon is used by deer
as a crossing, stepped down on the
gas, thinking he would catch
glimpse of the shadowy creatures,
He caught a good view of the ani-!
mal> whlch was not the deer
Sees Mountain Lion
At Kootenai Falls
daïk ^ Spe t u dily to ? k to °^ p
dark timber on the south side of.
th ^ highway
A year ago last December, V. T.
Hovey also reported an adult cou-!
8 ar near this same place. The fact
that the place is popular with the
big cats probably is on account of
HAS NEW PASTOR
'
Reverend Leon H. Ayers, who is
pastor of the Assembly of God
Tabernacle, suc-ç,«i
ceeding Reverend
F a Dai ton
comes to his par- j
isli from Spokane, ;
where he was min
mm ï
• . . .
istenng f o r the j
past two years. I
„ . f ,
g s for several
years.
Last Sunday Reverend Ayers
gave his opening service. . i
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&
Previous to this, he
was engaged in the
ministry in Bill- i
i n
Wl11 V 00 Jelp our cold and his
couraged allies in Europe? Our
soldiers helped them conquer Ger
many, but you and I are câlled
f upon onco more to help them, this
time the foe is the bitter cold of
w ! n . tei :' aod thc munitions we help
WIth ,• 1 i , s old cIoth *ng, clothing that
1Î ^ arm aod whole, but that
r » U u v y ithout '
• In Llbb y tho Lions Club is pick
> n 8 U P the clothing contributions
. the relief of suffering Europe,
A . large box 15 , in the post office
S^h e° U i!Pt y f aVe your c,othes
^ hlch sh °u ld be clean and wearable
and ,°^ a H y slze ' Tbe drive will
conclude Sunday, January 27, when
Frocks will cover all the Libby
fna CetS ^ 1° m ' to pick up cloth- j
contributions securely tied in
bundles and left on the curbs. j
Don't forget to help in The Vic
tory Clothing Drive.—Your old gar
j ment may save a life.
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flininr Mink \A/i«r
JUHIOr filQn W fllS
C. I |
rFOlTI turGKO
of 9
The Libby Junior High sank
set-up in the closing seconds oth?
J game FHd-.v -n P„r»i„ . .
H?ixth sTrllght LmJ fell Th?.
1 j or High was abend it half tim
It)!?, but sTarting îhe sceïï S
■ F
' mwer lead which they
| mg moment? 1 clos *
i r ihhv not
Wa.ah 7; Potter 2;
K T b< ?ÎT S ?î* 4 ;, Mad >son 6; Woods,
'' ! W^tefield Donald Thomson, Ban.
Fureka ^ 18) e
Owens, Erie, 6; Bargetto 3; Howe
Lv ms 2; Gilbert L Hansu n, Butts.
.
Inwlnr Givpc \/afr
" 'Of VJIVCb V GlS
InfnrmnfiAn
* ** "w* IflO (IOT1 Oil
'TLa "("* I D'll
• \3. I. Dill
Earl V.
j ministration
#/
t,VC -Will Ük Rop ï cscnta -
i,V ve ' . ^ ls| t Libby on January
SS™ 1 «."TÄr ^ l Euroka , "" 1
j tuctcd at the ' Depaiimtm^of 'pubhc 1
«to contact Mr. Lawlor.
Lawlor, Veterans Ad
First New Plane
Fp Come to
Lincoln County
in
fire
is
Members of Libby Club
Receive New Plane They
Recently Purchased
•
MARKS COMING OF NEW
TRANSPORTATION ERA
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r first n f w P lane ever to claim
ed
after circling the city and mountain
studded valley several times, came
HL„ g ;H on the Libby landing field,
is the property ofX Liiby^yüig
Club, and is not only the first new
plane to be owned in LtaSS
county but is also one of thTvery
-1 first of the new post-war planes
j to come into the Inland Empire
and the Pacific Northwest
a! The plane will' ho 1100 j \ , .
j members and other* a* d a ^ lub
and fo"cr"s count™ . T
hejsell Diest. Kalispell^is* the* clubffs
deaf o^flmTn Libby" 01 " 8 3 ß00d
PIanc . . y '
airport aS ^ 3t the
buf nothin » «1? de *i W3 £
* 1 u.?. yet bas been released
d° r P p bbpatl ° n „ t T1 } e ..? >rning of the
hplnnf f J ' 3 l ° Llbb - V marks the
fecti ,n air , trav ^
travel by air will be
go.
as common
as it is now between metropolitan
centers.
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JlTIKe MOWS FrOm
Lumber Industry
«
The following stories which deal
, WIth the present strike of the lum
ber industry in this area, are taken
from the Spokqsman-Review.
prices Frozen
an, „1.8. —Retail
. , . J»© yàrdà may
charge for western softwood shing
[les and northern softwood lumber
will be "frozen" at December 1
1945, levels, effective January 22,'
the OPA announced today.
P
Lumber
WA3HINGT
prices iwTiicfi'dîs'tnÊÜ
ceilings these
price increase of $2 per one thous
and board feet of northern soft
wood lumber and 20 cents a square
i for western softwood shingles.
! The immediate effect of the
tioTyards^oTb^orb these incSeV
Under the new regulation ceiSS
i for these product* m..*t hf ^
puted for maximum oriels 5 for m^ll
sales in effect last Decern be? 1
Wholesale distribution ' j
I wholesale type sales by retalf^yands
are exempted from the new provL
sion. OPA said the retail freLe is
IO Ime with its program requiring
absorption of producers' price in
creases to minimize increases in
sales of goods to ultimate
Two Mills End Strikes
PORTLAND. ÖRErrJan. 17—Two
strike settlements in Idaho saw
mills were reported here today by
the A. F. L. Lumber and SawmiU
Workers' Northwest council leav
ing only one operation in the In
land Empire district still strike
bound.
White Pine Lumber company at
° rf,no was reported by Norman
Morgan, Lewiston, Idaho, to have
signed an agreement with the local
there for a 15-cent increase and ad
ditional adjustments in some brack
ets for its planer, sawmill and log
ging operation. The new minimum
users.
is 97M* cents,
a . Schjmdt Brothers, Weippe, Idaho.
i !i gned „ a similar agreement for their
sawmill and logging operation
Morgan said.
'F'he Carney Pole company. Ah
s î hk "' Idaho ' is •»' «I? Orm in
smistrucK ****
re
Each Area /May Do Own
Negotiating
According to an
ssociated Press
dispatch from Portland, the local
union has the authority to settle
the strike in this area without con
sulting the northwest council of
the union. Kenneth M. Davis, ex
ecutive secretary of the northwest
council, was quoted as saying that
"no industry-wide settlement is
sought," and each area could ne
gotiate on its own authority.
More Return to Work
WINCHESTER. Idaho, Jan. 16.
—Settlement of the A. F. L. lum
ber and sawmill workers'
strike in another Idaho plant
union
was
announced today by General Mana
8 er w - C. Geddes of the Craig
Mountain Lumber comnanv
Ù wSl terme
s^bfhaT'neeot^atkn* 01 "^ tha h t0
^ «i ■
iditions warrant.
as soon as con-