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^TOftlCAL mont°nÀ ET% elena s v Western News 71 Devoted to the Development of Libby and of Lincoln County VOLUME XLVI Libby, Lincoln County, Montana, Thursday, June 13, 1946 Number 4 Two Die When Truck and Car Hit Head-on mmM M International pick UP drived b? Cassius Duncan 21 of P Libby met! a Pontiac sedan driven by Morey.|the According to State Patrolman W. Riddle, Duncan, accompanied by Booker, Dale E. Nickols 21, Oak land. Calif, (formerly of Libby), Donna A. Miller. 16 Libby Annie Boothman, Libby and Joyce Thomp son. Libby, had been at the club, and was coming from there to Lib by when they met the Pontiac sedan driven by Morey, who was accom panied by Clarence W. Hoyt, 17, Ural. Ellen L. Norse. 16, Ural.Helen Jean Morey, 15, Ural, and Donald DeShazer, 15, Rexford. The patrol man stated that Duncan, under the influence of liquor, was on the left side of the road With his 5 com panions riding in the seat of the, pick-up. Morey pulled to the ex-; treme edge on his side of the high way, but the two cars struck, both 1 gomg at high speed. ' The patrolman, who was cruising west on the highway, arrived at the scene of the accident several minutes after the crash and, took over the rescue Work. He adminis-( tered first aid to Morey, who inf addition to internal injuries and a crushed pelvis, receded severe cuts about the throat. He also cared for several of the worst injured and arranged for all who were able, to be conveyed to St. John's Lutheran Hospital in Libby. He speaks high ly of help given him by those at the scene of the wreck, and also given by the Libby police force and Fatal Accident Sat. Eve Takes Lives of Anthony Morey and Wm. Booker SIX IN PICK-UP ON LEFT SIDE OF ROAD Two killed, six seriously injured and three suffering from shock and bruises is the toll from the head-on collision which occurred at 11:15 o'clock last Saturday night. The accident happened about a mile east of the Cedar Creek Club on U. S. 2 . from the Sheriff's office. Injuries received include Clarence H6yt, lacerations and bruises; Ellen L. Norse, fractured collar bone, head contusions and abrasions, shoulder and knee injuries; Heleç Jean Mor-1 ey severe lacerations about head and face with contusions, injuries; to right shoulder, left thigh and ieg and loss of several teeth; Don-, ald DeShazer, cut about head and face, sprained arm and wrist, loss of some teeth; Cassius Duncan, severe lacerations of head and face and possible internal injuries; Dale Nichols, sprained hand; Donna Miller, sprained ankle and multiple tusions face and hands; Annie Booth man, slight injuries; Joyce Thomp son, lacerated face and head and loss of front teeth. All the injured suffered severe shock. The body of Booker was brought to the Gompf Funeral home in Lib by. The truck and car, both com plete wrecks, were towed in by Jaqueth and Charnholm. Booker, recently discharged from the U. S. Air Service, had been Libby for 12 days preceding his death and was employed by the J. Neils Lumber Company. His body will be shipped to Spokane for cre mation, after which the ashes will be sent to his mother, Mrs. W. H. Frazier, Clarksdale, Miss. Services will be held tomorrow at 3:00 p. m. from the Gompf Funeral Home for Anthony Morey. Interment will be made in the Libby Cemetery. A coroner's inquest was held Tues day evening, the jury being com posed of Paul Church, Walter E. Partlow, Leonard R. Sleizer, Don ald C. Hargreaves, Fred H. Maurer and Harold W. Miller. The follow ing is from the jury's report. "We the coroner's jury find from the evidence submitted that Wil lacerations on left leg, con ,. „ „ , , , , liam Green Booker and Anthony Morey were killed as a result of the criminal negligence and under circumstances not excusable or justifiable by law. by one, Cassius Duncan." C. R. Montgomery Circus Soturdoy The C. R. Montgomery Circus will show here Saturday, June 15. The advance agents promise a very fine wild animal show and menagerie, Ac an in^Maamanf 6 nf âfrf™ ^arrSf"L°/c T ^ made arrangements to allow the children into the afternoon perfor-| mance if they present the ad on another page of The Western News ânei 35c Don't fail to take the ad with'you, kiddies, as this is a reduced price and you are sure to want to see the big show. L. J. Brown and Bob Brin ton were business visitors Tuesday in Kalispell Marilyn Cone Has School Honors Miss Marilvn Cone of Trov was recently elected to the National Col leciate Radio Guild National sne^h honorary and awarded snec aMion ors for her outstanding work in the radio field at Washington State College 8 te Miâ Cone has been associated wiîh KWSC? five* SÄ educational station at Pullman the past three years, participating in writing, directing and producing , approximately 10,000* Miss Cone will continue her work;_, Pullman as summer student teacher and assistant director a tj KWSC. . . _ . k r L Mrs ranfirnprn To Head Drive • A. T. Hibbard. State Chairman of Treasury Department's U. R.jSavmgs Bonds Division, today an nounced that Jessie S. Fagerberg : Wl11 bead tbe campaign in this 1 c °unty to stimulate the sale of Sav in 8 s Bonds during the national tb ^ campaign, June 6 to July 4. i Mrs. Fagerberg, who took a promi j nen t part in the sale of bonds dur-!p; Jthe war, is a member of Mr. Hibbard s Advisory Committee, com Pp»ed of civic leaders throughout i the state. The national thrift campaign will furt include an organized solicita V on dn ye such as featured war loan d ?y s - ,Instead. Mrs. Fagerberg ex P^ned. its purpose will be to em P hasiz e need for continued invest ment of excess funds while con turner goods are scarce, help to ward off runaway inflation, and to tlmStir th fhHft' SOnal beneflt * of sys ' te !? atlc . . In . urging all citizens to continue; 3, uym Ç Bonds, Mrs.. Fagerberg said: The people of Montana purchased $236,498, QQÛ of i F and G bonds during the war. J n the first four months of this j year, the people m this state have mvested $10,723,422 m Savings Honds, an average of more than $2,680,000 per month. It is evident, J bat 5 >ur citizens and our commum- j ties face , a more prosperous future, as a result of this commendable sav in «5 T r ^ ord - u J Until merchandise and consumer a t 6oo ds . become available, we can build future security for ourselves and f utu r e prosperity for our j by con tmuing to invest in U. S. Savings Bonds. n « r. I . KUral btUaCntS RprG|V0 DiolomaS ,XCV,C,TC ^ipiUHIUb • and; Supt. Jessie S. Fagerberg has ; awarded ..ighth grade diplomas to | fwenty-three rural school students. | b e list reads as follows: A. Joseph Beagle Ural James Morey .Ural r^ e ^!f y A? anS i bei i ry ^ ar î an j Keith Ahrenkiel .Warland Kenneth Alkire Warland Donald DeShazer ...Rexford Raymond Becquart .Rexford i er i y ? e J elty , .Mamcke Richagd Kenelty .Manicke Mary Jean STielly .Manicke Howard Aemisegger .Fortine; Jack Dickinson .Fortine^of Edward Shiflett . vZll™ Julia Hume . Fortine Verna McKenzie ..!.Fortine Adeline Morris Fortine DeLoris Bergette.' . Pinkham Alan Brock .Tooley Lake Joyce Cole .Tooley Lake I Lloyd Kidder .Sylvanite I Eddie Berg .Stryker Sally Martin .Stryker I Pauline White . Stryker The five highest in the county were Keith Ahrenkiel, with an average of 93, Kenneth Alkire with 91, Julia • Hume with 90, Joseph Beagle with 89, and Lloyd Kidder with 88. ' A erouo of membpr*? nf thn A group of members of the I PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PLANS IMPROVEMENTS Presbyterian Church gathered at the Manse on Tuesday evening of this week to work on the yard. This is the first project which the mem-■ bers of the congregation are under taking to do through volunteer labor This work has been set forth by the Planning Committee which met ! (last Thursday at the Manse. Var-j I ious projects of improvement of the I church property are to be done by ) j the volunteer labor of members and I friends of the church. j 1 __ _ ' JJ, i WEEK ON TROY ROAD i î Word has been received that thejed road work west of Troy on U. S. 2, ^ scheduled to begin this week. I ; This has b | en ^ th ho £or several mo nths. i _ ATTENTION DEMOCRATS 1 A meeting will be held Thursday evening, J une 20, at 8 P. M. in the Community Room of the Courthouse 1° complete a Lincoln County Demo cratic Central Committee and out line a program for the coming elec tion. M. G. Adkins, Acting Sec'y. MELODY MUSIC SHOP OPENS FOR BUSINESS An ad on another page of this issue announces that the Melody M Vf iC u Shop at 5 1 ? Mineral which ^ 11 be operated by Bob Bigelow U5 ,îî° w open for business The shop W l. 1 carry a line of re Çords. music ? nd m ®l rument accessories and var 10US i oth ^ r * mus,cal and musicians | supplies. Mr. Bigelow invites every 1 °v 6 to inspect his stock of mer * ( C J^ d .. lse _ for'ii • . Cax, n . . ■ •. Müll fl tO 111 StOtfiS POWCT CODipOliy IllvitGS D . . . k, |^ K . 7 , Publ,c 1° Inspect Newly Completed Water Pr °J ect on Flo * er Creek | • - _ . t ^ J Itie grounds at the new dam on Flower Creek will be open to the Public du '. 1 "* tbe hours p. m to 9:00 p. m. next Monday ,and Tuesday. June 17-18 . pubbc - 15 mvited to visit the te|Si Power Comnlnv M ° Untam StateS P —- S.jD.J rinA (Zun C l..k IVOO 0110 V3Un V^IUD n- ; ■ IQ lICIHC JUDO 10 # Annn..n™monf committee in charge, composed of Forrest DeRosia Chairman Rav va i ru a u Kpmn and Cpnrgp Rin^ th? annual picnic ß of R the Ljbbv Rod and Gun Club will be held at the ^ Ftoh EtatehS^ thl evening of JunTlS Members with transportation a va HaSe are requested fo be at the £j ty jj a jj t i ater t h an g.ßQ _ m ""pSSUif wiS"Jtion £ aTe Requested to'meet A11 spo rtsmen are urged to at tend Memberships will be avail ab j e at the picnic , . —which RAINBOW GIRLS HELD INSTALLATION MAY 27 The Order of the Rainbow for ; Girls, Assembly No. 5, Libby Mon- * tana met on May 27 for Instal-j lation of officers. Helen Swimley, outgoing Worthy Advisor, acted as! installing officer and Mrs. Ray ' Rice acted as installing marshal 1 New officers in their order of im portance are; Worthy Advisor, Helea-wi^bfe Church; Worthy Associate Advisor?] Pat Gooselaw; Charity, Mary Har -1 ris; Hope. Ruth Hepner; Chaplain, Alberta Watt; Drill Leader. Geor- to gianna Erhard. Color stations are Leone Harris, Mary Ellen Erhard, Catherine Church, Joan Larsen. com-jArdyce Gillespie, Lyla Brennan and June Baney. A mother-daughter I banquet was held before the meet witb Mrs. Frank Baney. Mother Advisor, as toast mistress. ; Several of the mothers made de lightfully informal speeches and . i ater formed the Rainbow Mother's Club. Mrs. Alberta Rowland was un animously voted president, secre I tary, and treasurer. The first meeting of the new officers was held on June 10, and Shelia McCrory, Barbara Rawlings, and Charlotte Becker were initiated into the ° rder - Proficiency certifi cates were presented to the girls who had taken the proficiency work and passed the tests given by Mrs. Bob Hileman, members of the Ram bow Advisory Board, some time ago. After the meeting a group por trait was taken by Clay Parker. Refreshments were served by some the mother*?_Rainbow Renorter ot the mothers—Rainbow Re porter. ST JOHN'S i ttttifran HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted: Walter Smoot, Troy Sunday, June 9; David J. Wynn, Thursday, June 6; Robert Beasley, June 10 for a tonsilectomy. Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Delaney, June 6, a boy. Released: Mrs. George Monio, Mrs. R- E. Clay, and John Rickerts, all of Troy, Saturday, June 8; Mrs. Wilfred Becker and Mrs. John Ncl son and babies Wednesday, June 12. . Admitted following the Saturday night accident were: Donald De Shazer, Rexford; Anthony Morey, Clarence W. Hoyt, Helen Morey, EIlen L - Norse - Ural î Cassius Dun j Thompson. Annie Booth man Donna Miller Ubby and Dale E. Nickols, Oakland. Calif. Anne D .. , , rm oothman and J °y ce Thompson were released the same night and Tony More y died early Sunday morning. The others were released Sunday with tb f exception of Cas ?ius Duncan, who is still a patient m . e hospital suffering with con us ? lon °* * be bram and other in unes - Relatives and friends of the young J couple were present and a pleasant itime was spent in visiting. Delicious refreshments were ser ved to conclude the enjoyable even ing. SHOWER IS HELD AT JOHNSON HOME Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Johnson, who wer-ewecently married, were honor last Friday evening at a miscel laneous shower held at the A. L. Johnson home, OFFICIAL DISCHARGES Libby—Maurice William Echo, navy; Harold E. Snyder, army. Spokane—Alice M. McReU, mar ine corps. CELEBRATE JULY 41H WITH CABINET GRANGE The Cabinet Grange is sponsoring a 4th of July Celebration at the Lake Creek Shool House. A very füll days program and beef bar be< î ue is Planned and there will be entertainment and fun for every one. The days festivities start at 1:30 and will continue until 12:00 p. m. An ad on another page of issue gives the days program ™ dctail - _ MlINSFL-THf»MA<! rïtf« were SATURDAY The Marriage of Mary Munsel and Paul B. Thomas took {dace Sat urday, June 8, here in Libby, with z %:j„ y R ° y if tiilïp . Mr Thomas " fl t present employ £ d as r a P ainter b y the J. Neils Lum Company_ KOOTFNAI vaiifv rnAvrv MFT WEDjfnf s GRANGE ' WED - JUNE 5 The regular meeting of the Koo tenai Valiev Grange wa? hein Wednesday evening, June 5th, with a ver y good attendance. Five new members Mr and Mrs Frank Perkins. Mr. and ' Mrf Gus Fdstrum and Edwin Edstrum were given the obligation to the* SSd a nd fouth degrles by Master Shel den Mr s. Julia Beebe gave an in-1 teresting and informative talk abôüt the various proposed hospltaliza-1 plans, their advantages dis advantages, and adaptability to local conditions. The legislative committee report ed favorably on the two resolutions had been referred to them 1 °ne resolution opposed the adoption of a sales tax in Montana and the other favored legislation to abolish bill boards along our highways. The Grange voted to approve both reso luctions and'to present them at the b next Pomona meeting. The motion presented at the pre vious meeting to change our by- E laws and meeting nights was voted uporv_and hereafter our meetings) held on the firsthand third ' Frway of each month. « committee's consisting of Messrs. Pickens. Ba- ! renz. and Courtright was apopintedi 3 meet with the County Commis - 1 sioners in regard to the employment 1 of a County Agent. A memorial service was held honor of our departed member Florence Stevens. The lecture hour was devoted to personal reminis-1 cenes by various members. Lunch of sandwiches and coffee was served by the Burrell and Wey-! demeyer families and in addition two large birthday cakes, baked by Mrs. Grambauer in honor of Mrs Burell's and Mrs. Vanderwood's birthdays were cut and served. The members were seated at the tables according to their birthday months, and each group was called upon present a skit, stunt or song. All of which provided much en joyment and amusement and when the meeting broke up all departed for home replete with good food and in a merry mood.-Grange Re porter. 8 - BROTHERS TOGETHER AFTER 42 YEARS j oe McCallum was given a pleas ar *t surprise last week when a broth er ' whom he had not seen for 42 years, came from Sitka, Alaska for a visit here. . Louis McCallum went to Alaska in . 1898 during the big gold rush and has been all over Alaska, mining and prospecting up to *he present time. He has made three trips to the states in that time, finally settling in Sitka. Mr. McCallum spent a week here with his brother and left Monday, f° r Butte. After transacting busi nes s there, hé was to go on to Cali-1 fornia to visit a sister, Mrs. Chas. Vick of Santa Monica. v „nwiriv bipadtc BEALT * TRANSACTIONS John F Bowen Strout Rcaltv Agent repoT^ S tolSng Anna R. Seims sold property on of ln LewisR>wn eV Mont t0 J ' CUS ° r John F. Bowen sold a home on Louisiana Ave. to Dexter Rieman i of Libby. Miles City—(U.R)—Quick action by i the father of five-year-old Matthew Winsley, Powderville, saved the youth from serious illness or pos sible death from the bite of a deadly ratlesnake. The father sucked the blood from the wound, killed the snake and rushed the boy to a Miles City hospital where serum was adminis tered. Consequently, the boy suf fered only minor effects of the bite. ! 1 QUICK ACTION SAVES SON FROM SNAKE BITE Herman Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. i Horace Cole and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Anderson, Missoula, drove out Sun day to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Leach. Other guests at the Leach home are Mrs. Lloyd Harbottle and daughter Gy nel of Yakima, Wn., who came Sun day for a week's visit. The stockmen of the Libby Creek district met Saturday, June 8. at the courthouse for the purpose of starting a livestock association which will be known as the Libby Creek Liv«tock Association. "Officers elected were Tom Booth "S.. -To. Olson Sec. I »^ d ^? lze ; ,Rm Collier directors. ectors , will announce the «m. Æ « ^ Wf. ». urged to attend a11 meetings . . .... ■■■ IL 11 I | " |y|||| I JniAri | |||| Öl IU LJI IIUI I ' ' BM ^ 1 11,V/I 1 ^ I I Sinn ( ontr^rt cal Union Lumber and Sawmill Workers 2581 effective June 8, 1946, and thereafter from year to year, subject to 30 days previous notice before any termini date beginning with June 1, 1947. • 'ïf contrac } includes bracket ad Jushnents. and one weeks vacation at pay ^° r , tbose haying been Companys payroll June 1, 1^® and on ibe payroll June 1, I 947 - a " d haying worked 1400 hours. ® ra ^ ket adjustments and a two veeks va " tl0n wdh ful1 P a y wil1 be g ' ven those employees who were P n th f P a yr° n t . June 194 2 and h f ve be f n > n the continuous em ^* oyrnen t of the company until June 1947 ' k . --- N ohlP-F pFO HQnn [? 0D,e r ergUSOn Rifpc limp 7 J U MC L. . • Miss Ada May Noble, daughter of Mrs. Myrtle Clark and Mr. Gor- P don A. Ferguson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ferguson, both of Lib- a y. were united in marriage Sun- r day, June 2, at the home of the bride's mother in Libby. The Rev. î Boy Fort, pastor of the Libby Methodist Church officiating. nf The bride was attired in a light t>lue suit and wore a white veil iädi corsage of rosebuds. Her brides-^ maid, Mrs. Burfah Price also wore light blue suit and a corsage of [, rosebuds. The bridegroom was at tended by his brother, Eddie Fergu Libby Cr. Stockmen Form Association j son as best man. in' Following the ceremony which joccured at 9-30 a. m., the mother served ice cream and cake. the table being decorated with ligh-L„ ted candles and a bouquet of roses. !The couple left at 11:30 for a din ß tri P to Spokane and Richville, Wash., returning to Libby Thursday of last week. Mrs. Ferguson is well known and ! respected in Libby, and Mr. Fergu son has recently been discharged from tbe Navy in which he served ! during the war. toi Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson are now a * home in the Oliver Decker resi den ce in Libby. Mr. Ferguson is i employee! at Burgan's and Mrs. Fer guson ^ continuin 6 her work at The Fountain Cafe. - rj '«I ^0110001111 UeiOOlS I -LL n 1 C J LIDOY I I SlUldaV ' / j ^ J 4 v 4 . u L „ The Sandpoint Kootenai baseball team trounced Libby vets 12 to 1 lon the Libby home grounds Sun-, da y afternoon before an enthusias ' ^ lc 44ft S rou P., local fans. f "The Libby boys just weren t up! par and, although we had great, support from the spectators, fair i decisions from the officials and a j l nic< : , da y f ° r . playi i? g ' L W J^ . Just .couldnt do the job Dutch Deister, I I manäger of the locals reported. The ; defeat was due primarily to too j ! man y errors and an off day for the;Law Pitchers he said. "We promise !some real iy good games during the season and we do appreciate the ! support that the crowd has given us n n u . - , f D. Daugharty just getting out of the se J vlc K e 3 1S Kntmy Bar^S *.'° Thc Libby te y m will play Copc . land Sunda y > n Idaho. WESTERN UNION D , wcro ,, ,,, RAISES RATES j The flat over-all increase of 10 percent in telegraph rates and re-1 visions and eliminations of certain classes of service authorized by the 1 Federal Communications Commis- i sion will become effective at 12:01 ( AM Wednesday Juno 12. Thc West ern Union Telegraph Company an-iney nounced. ... REPORT OF THE PAST ; WEEK'S WEATHER I , , weather during the past week as finished by the local Ranger The following is a report of the Station Max. Min. Free. .73 .46 .52 June 6 June 7 June 8 .. June 9 .. June 10 ... June 11 ... June 12 ... 57 40 .00 .00 70. .32 .00 .79. .39. .76. .47. .00 .75. 30 ,00 .33. .00 .82. The annmmc«^«* # u r> nr > i ar „ f nr l *° f B ' V? 1 ' coln rountv nn fr0 i? J* 1 ?' £ VÄhS announcement column Mr Wailae* as mentioned previously in the West ern News, if nominted will ? » yrasTt-S SSfSÄ VLÆ.-iSZ and a good businessm^ ** G. C. Earle announces »hie wn nt - for re-election on the reoubllean ticket to the office of County Clerk and Recorder. Mr. Earle vrtu> ser ved with the Forest Seîvte^ü, Lincoln county for 11 years is too iSpisii «™ce and if re-elected is in posi t,on to give the taxpayers the mum for their money FJ? 16 ™ 1 " 1 ' El i rek£ i'. 1 a, î nounces | that he has filed on the Democratic ticket for the off.ee of n°ict I l^* C0I L imS ^° ner fr0 ™ 1116 Third Lustncl. Mr. Dierman has lived in J, y ^ or ^ years. He has , , d in business m Eur ka Ihe past 15 years. He is ^J h _ e ri s " pport of j h . e . vote " . , y Primaries, and if nonu el ^ ted - Promises to give JJe ,public ^effiaen^.and honest V1 ^ n ^ h iî seaks ,., , candidate to We for p nt!nne r . tbe . democratic ticket, 5,°.L Garnson ' . M . r ; Garrison J®f n 8 *™ed " a constable m Lin anH i« pv^ f ° r w 16 - P ? St 20 years mett Wd her that at r . tbe fg e of 20, he trailed t hSr hideo^rin 0 a^bârr Lnn ic oie/, 6 3 j arr ' . Gbt . j nt and fmge T Lthmic en 4 f° rcem c ot b ov Hp t a??.° n 'V la i wb *u inr^Tn r n ,mtv =l,^ C 3» aintfcd i wl Vl ÎTominatpH p ^ op i e \.^ 1ri u,;)! m«ir« he feels that familiar offl cc- be mg mm/ino 3nd capab l e rummiJnrÜVv , nsumppq thU: Khnke, j office ]] e " ele ? t ' 00 TKir/i thehreserît F j 1 S inke ?Jilv SnÄftÄ' Wo d l- ■ work Political Pot Is Boiling maxi ser an te „ „ IC1 5 n v.' . practi cal. nnd «.„n nnaiif-^Sr . busmessman ' bride's"J* ,n . eve J y wa X pra i pa ^y in the gen nri ^ a n n °un „ nrr „ *i 1 PU °„ can llcket - wed-1™.! ^ arr V tne announcement this nfTj „^ " erson f< ^ instruction Mr AnrU™° ? Ub ^^ h ^ who ser m. )VV a ar .. c-nält years in the l ; a fTo -?• rt tne tl / ne liwiîf t ikk, • C Zon '£ as L,™ „ f „J > i )y sin ^ e and has ^ a " Pay fL f ° r K „ tb f , past J 5 f . a J t ■ ,,. g ® home here Ht 'lL • y 9 rs ,n ie .L!bhy of thp ' j lin ; nr g Hi „if arS t£f principa l t ., uoht in wLlanrf^n hilf 8 *!? 180 t . hi d . arvJ . ad three K ™ ex P ene,lce in Beav er experience ,n i - b rt i ral , and £ 3 g . rai ^ a P rf Montana State Normal College. P t ' lIlo «:"£„il as * d K specia I work at Minnesota Teachers College, Morehead. Minn. He has a life elementary State Certificate for teaching. He is announcing on the democratic ticket. An advertisement announcing the candidacy of Oliver Philips for re election to the office of County At torney appears in this issue. Mr. Phillips is running subject to the Republican primary election. _ has just completed his first term as county attorney, giving the county efficient service. He is a graduate from the University of Michigan School and has practiced Law in Montana for the past 27 years, He and Mrs. Phillips own and oper ate the Lincoln County Abstract Co., which they purchased from Mrs. M D ' Rowland Mr. PhiUips ex penence as county attorney has glven him the best of preparation T ' Smnd ^ - WALLACE AGENCY REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS He The Wallace Real Estate Agency announces the following real estate transactions during the past week. Bert G. Erickson sold his ranch five miles east of Libby to Walter Jazanc. Mr. Erickson is construct ing a home in Libby and will move in as soon as it is completed. Robert McCann sold his house in Libby to Charles Pilney. will take possession immedia tely. The transaction is_under way for the sale of the Harold E. Bitterman home on Lincoln Boulevard. Mr. PU Libby Picnic In Portland, Oregon All former Libby, Montana, resi dents in and around Portland are invited to a "Libby Picnic" in Wash ington Park on June 23. Bring your friends and your lunch for a get together at 12 noon —Committee.