Newspaper Page Text
* ^Torioal •tS" The Western News OF srt ,v* N \o* Devoted to th*e Development of Libby and of Lincoln County Libby, Lincoln County, Montana, Thursday, September 26, 1946 VOLUME XLVI Number 19 Six Planes at Libby Forest Service Port u *14 u u pr riamilton Hough r lies a New Piper Super Cruiser From T P r rom LiOCKfiaven, renn. . .u r uu x • . , . the Libby field was increased to six. The new plane is a beauti fully modeled ship with a regular cruismg speed of 100 miles per hour. The trip home with the super cruiser was made by Mr. Hough m 17 hours as compared with the 38 hours needed to fly the Piper Cub recently flown home by Harold Gompf..... . , In addition to the new p lan ^ the Libby port now has two Piper Cubs two Aronca Chiefs and a Fairchild trainer. The new plane will be used as a charter plane and for Cr( T )S lu C0 . Un x try * tr ^ S - . .. Libby s first GI aviation class is about to complete its course, and the second class has just begun its training. There are eight mem bers in this class, which received its first ground training under Dick Veldman, Monday evening. Tues , The popularity of flying is grow-! ing rapidly in Libby. The first extensive trip made by the new i plane after its arrival here was th e ; Idaho trip made by Mr. and Mrs. Don Hargreaves Flying business . trips to Kalispell were made dur- ! ing the past few days by Clay Par , ker, who was there Friday, and ( TO ORGANIZE THIRD G. Ir ÇLYING CLASS When Hamilton Hough flew m last week from Lockhaven, Pa., with a new Piper super cruiser 3-place plane, the number of planes based day evening the class started on its flying instruction. A new class is to be organized in the near fut ure_ Don Leach, Tuesday. The following exchanges of pro perty were announced this week by The Wallace Heal Estate Agency Mr. and Mrs. Robert Riddle sold their home on Montana Avenue to Mr. and Mrs. Russell K. Anderson; Mr« Dnra Rrwprc Diirehased the home of Mrs. ^Esther Wen^r on naixoiQ Avoniio- Mr nnH Mr« Plif fnrd Swenson sold their home on California Avenue to Mrs Virginia Beauliew; Mr. and Mrs Walter Kat arzy purchased a home on Califor nia Avenue from Clifford M. Swen son. PROPERTY EXCHANGES Charles Hartsock sold an acreage on Highway No. 2 to Pay LaClaire;! on Utah A A1 u ï .f a n of V ^5eatile^ ornrhasedT the home of Mrs Merle Schermerhonr Mrs Merie Schermerhorn ourchased the hîfme mJTe I Ra?kSt on Mon home ot Mis. 1. Kacicoi on mon tana Avenue; Ruben Hamman pur chased some property on California Avenue from Clifford M_ Swenson Härry Burrel! purchased 28 acres from Glen Smith located west of Libby. _ Senior Vice Commander, Jack A. Collinson resigned because of pro longed absence from Libby, and Jr. Vice Commander Milo Miller was apointed by Commander Irvin B. Flescher to fill that position. Brad Phillips was elected to the office of Junior Vice Commander. Meeting nights were changed from the first and third Fridays to the second and last Thursdays of each MILLER APPOINTED IN PLACE OF COLLINSON month. Judge King Holds Court Lost Friday Frfda d v e in De Libbi ng The Allowing cases y apeared' b on ÄckS"""* Cassius Duncan, who was i^vol ved in a fatal automobile accident last June- and is charged with n^an slaughter will enter his plea Oct ober IL Charles Chapel was granted a divorce from Ruth Chapel. Timothy C. Tiffany was granted a divorce from Martha Tiffany. Edith L. Berscheid was granted a divorce from John A. Berscheid. Raymond L. Robertson was ap pointed Court Reporter in place of Frank Robischon, who resigned to go into the Abstract business at Kalispell. . _ . The rest of the time of Court i that was taken up was of prelimi- j nary probate matters. ' There will be another session of Court on October 11, 1946. j The following is a report of the weather as furnished through the courtesy of the Libby Ranger Sta tion: ( Max. Min. Prec. 00 i 00 THE WEATHER REPORT FOR THE PAST WEEK :<2 71 Sept. 19 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 22 Sept. 23 Sept. 24 Sept. 25 .32. .74. 09; 41 .63. .00 . 22 . .65. .00 .25. .71 .00 .79.30. .00 .40. .77. Building Becoming More Difficult New government regulations go ing into effect during September i relating to building, have imposed numerous added hardships on pros-, ipective builders and firms handling materials. A few of the new regu-1 lations which the Westen News has I received from the retail department i of the J- Neds Lumber Co., follows: Seventy-five per cent of all sewer PÛ* 6 jmust be reserved indefinitely i for H. H. ratings; 75 per cent of | all cement shipments during the month must be sold on H. H. ratings I during current month. If not sold ( in that time, the cement may be sold on other orders. Seventy-five per cent of plywood A multitude of other! building and equipment restrictions under the new regulations, make it parctically impossible for anyone but a GI or persons wishing to con struct buildings for GIs, to attempt to even secure building permits. I I HI | # 4 I I I If U WII Att-Jf-l/r ¥ I Y Y A4! !Qi f ■ »I f U3V4k,lW i » if < . y y T^f/N I UMI \ HIM Hi I VI JiUlU I UA • n Q no ° n . Sunday. September 22 Com mander Irvm B. Flesher with dele f£ tes v G 1 Adamson Brad Phl1 ' Jf 8 - F a 1 w d c J °fv, F ^ eSSy, and Edward W. Smith, and sev-' f ral members traveled to Whitefish to represent Libby s Harper Erd-, man Post No. 1548 at the district Na 1 meeting. tt Gu ^ Adamson spearheaded the against Montana veterans ■ in *> o pay a state income on 5?°"® y r«. ^ ^I ( ° ve '' s ® as .P ay ' fb ® bt and pay l J h ere is no actual law that^requires * v ' Cut tins Ux s caused byli rulffig of l " 18 ^ ax a J" 1 " 1 ® ° • reeived in any month must be sold; 1 on certified order only. The same percentage restriction applies to all brick sales. A multitude of other , j « °i fo^The n Di8tfict Râo 0 lutions Com mittee drafted a resolution "that ; appropriate and omprehensive legis i a tion be enacted bv the State Legislature of the State of Montana to specifically exempt from the I ttntx» inxnnu. tax all earntnes which I hav?' STecelved b^anv ^ Montra n -S * n re * elve " " y a " y Montana i Stete^Tor their : ccs OI Ine unueo öiaies ior ineir services betwe ® n ^ e date Jan * l^ ary and tbe formal déclara aency'' * natlonal emer - g Joe ' Fennessv Jr served on the Res^lutioJs ^Smmittee and wal nsS , rJ5riJK"l gency." Joe Fennessy, Jr. served on the Committee, and was elected ^Alternate District Legis ,'U ■ * j u * Ed Smith was appointed by Dist i a tive officer, rtrtCSäändÄ. soula - to serve as District Adjutant. C f omma 7 der , Fles . he r. gave the re Z ° n T IPk 3 3n ^ C1 ^ 1C r a Kiî lV1 i! eS S 1 #—* i Ub K y P ° St ' fîî d KH by has d^nitely been "on the ball even w hen comparing its endeavors with those of i arger posts, such as Mis soula Kalispell. Whitefish, etc. H ot Springs will be host for the next First District meeting to be held next spr i n g. _ XLo MifrhoHc Riiv I IIC fYllienciia uuy Pnnnfnin Jn fa I UUIIIUIII V4U1C # ivr r . and Mrs. Edward Mertel an nounce the sale of The Fountain t Q A . R. Mitchell of Centralia, w n fbe transaction w r as handled b y the Wallace Real Estate Agency. Mr. and Mrs. Mertel have opera t ed Fountain for the past six months. Their plans are indefinite f or tb e future other than looking af ter other interests here. ^ r - and M 1 ? - Mitchell aie well known in this locality. Before mov mg to Centralia they operated a Yaak - Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell will take possession of the Fountain September 30. YOUNG REPUBLICANS HELD SEPTEMBER ,8 A meeting was held by the Young Republicans in the court TOorn the court house Wednes-1 day evening, September 18. The program speakers consisted ! 0 £ three men from Missoula, Har j.j a Hogan Representative of the or g an i za tion, Sam Nicolet, State Treasurer ' and William Howell. Mr. {j 0 g an and Mr Nicholet gave talks in regard to the organization and M r Howell sooke on the retail meat S fS dealers situation ^ie ! c ] ub here in Lincoln County was the first one organized in the state. The meeting was well attended. ^ and the talks highly appreciated by a ll present. -—— 1 ARRESTS NON-RESIDENT FOR HUNTING WITHOUT LICENSE Deputy Warden O. J. Nollar ar rested J. C. Munyan of Fairfield, Nebr., Sunday for hunting upland game birds without a license. Fair field was hunting north of Troy in the Kilbrennan district. The Nebraskan was taken before j us tice of the Peace D. L. Jackson of Troy, and posted bonds of $52.50 which he forfeited. i * Mrs. Roy Lucas of Pipestone,} Minn., left for her home Monday after spending several days at the Duane Whitehouse home. Sen. Fewkes Heads Referendum No. 50 Club in Lincoln Co. • : Sen. D. F. Fewkes has been ap pointed Chairman of the "Referen d um No. 50 Club." The club favors the passage of a bond issue for the improvement of the state hospital for the insane, which is located Warm Springs. I A copy of the referendum has I been mailed to all the registered voters in the county. The Senator | is in hopes that all the various or ganizations in Lincoln county will 1 arrange for discussions on the meas ure, in order that a better under standing of the needs of the insti tution may be had. Following are excerpts from an _ "On the official ballot at the gen I eral election on November 5, Refer endum Measure No. 50 will appear and it behooves every elector to I understand what they are voting for or against. In words of onelmits syllable the act is to authorize the i state of Montana to become in-' debted to the sum of $2,000,000 in'rats excess of the constitutional indebt edness for construction, repair and equipment of necessary buildings and other improvements of the Mon- ' tana State Hospital for the Insane at Warm Springs. : "In past years the question of im proving the Warm Springs physical 1 niant was not one of whether the PJfgJ not one oi wnetner me f secU rine the funds A number ;of obstaclfs presented themselves thoueht of incurring indeb 1 substantial orooortions tedness of substantial Proportions „ boards of examiners f nd legislative assemblies i 8 . J a descriotion F inv es t S53^ondiSS at the h«ïï . . vo i umes re norts were comniled Some of these renorts were calculated to arouse the citi- ! zens of Montana to the stark real- i natients were not receiving p^S ewe Kause o" a kSkof ' space and he^p. One thing could d hardlv be denied Those charged _ ___ __ editorial on the subject which ran in The Havre Daily News: ' syllable the act is I state of Montana to become in debted to the sum of $2,000,000 in j excess of the constitutional indebt- ' edness for construction, repair and equipment of necessary buildings | and other improvements of the Mon tana State Hospital for the Insane at Warm Springs. i "In past years the question of im-|son proving the Warm Springs physical ' plant was not one of whether the nHna fnr w( , rp n . ing the best they could under difitt cult circumstances. The most glar mg difficulty was over-crowding because of not enough physical P lant - That difficulty can be strict ^ alleviated by the passage *ti lileferendum Measure No. 50r - ' NOTICE TO ALL LOYAL ««OOSE .After a three months vacation this summer let us all start the JjJJ sea ^ with a LUte more vigor ^ ™ eting Wl11 be Monda y night. Oct.. 7 'A._ ^ 7. At a meeting Monday night, Sept 23 ' the . officers signed a special dis pensation for open charter to sign Q f $5.00. Our quota is 30 new mem- ! b ers by Christmas. We raised our spr * n 8 Q uota of 30 in less than one months time. Let's do it again this fall; we can! Why not start right now and get the work done, After our charter is closed this time initiation fee will be raised somewhat higher, so lets give the new members a chance for this saving. And don't forget members—Dues are now due and payable to the secretary. Bro. Paulson is on vaca tion and out of town. Bro. Past Governor Warner is acting as sec retary, so see him at once about your dues and for less trouble, pay dues by the year. Be an annual payer.—Publicity chairman: Glen E. Leckrone, Sr., Local Order of Moose No. 1039. , MONDAY IN LIBBY q,, „ Mike Mansfield IT S Congressman from this district; called on Libby friends last Mon day Mr Mansfield, who is the democratic candidate for re-elec t j on succeed himself, is a very p i easan t gentleman to meet and is MIKE MANSFIELD VISITS an interesting conversati®nalist. , The Congressman has enjoyed ("td ""''tSSfÄd« in his party. He has many friends in Libby, * 1 TO BE IN LIBBY OCT. 2 _ r Young men between 17 and 30 if y° u are interested in a million doBa r home with free board and room thrown in, contact the re siting officer CBM Wm. Wayne Matthew, who will be in Libby at the Post Oct. 2, between 11 a- and P* m ■ Anyone interested in either the re ? ular " av y or the inactive reserve 15 invited ask questions of the re cruiter. RECRUITING OFFICER STEPHENS & WILKES BUY GRIZZLY GARAGE John Stephens and Robert Wilkes have purchased the Grizzly Gar age from Russell Baeth and A1 Peters, who have managed it for the past six months. The new own ers habe been employed in the garage and are well acquainted with all the wofk to be handled. H. B. Wallace left Tuesday for Hettinger, N. D., where he will look after his ranch interests in that lo cality. He was accompanied by his daughters, Mary and June, also his grandson, Tommy Smith. Commission Makes Pheasant and Fur 46 Regulations • Helena—-(U.R)-—The Montana Fish and Game Commission has tenta lively set the 1946 pheasant season for October 27 through October 30 and closed the entire state to Hun atjgarian Partridge hunting. I Lake County was closed to pheas ant hunting along with Garfield, Glacier, Lincoln and Mineral coun | ties. The bag limit for the pheasant 1 season, which is subject to final approval at the board's October meeting, was set at three cocks per day. Shooting hours will be from '30 minutes before sunrise until 30 minutes before sunset. The commission also set the fur season for Nov. 15 to April 15 and restored open season on otter. The restriction of shooting beaver was lifted because of an apparent con-i flict with state law. There is no season on beaver but special per are issued in case of severe damage. The restriction on shooting musk in'rats was not lifted. The Medicine Lodge Creek area in Beaverhead county was opened to hull elk hunting from Novem ber 1-15. The castle mountain area in Meagher county 'was opened to Elk hunting during the regular sea- 1 son Oct. 15 to Nov. 15. 1 ' F,Rfc PREVENTION WEEK OCTOBER 6 TO 12 • 1I7 . . Wlth the coming of cooler wea thc i and the f *ring up of furnaces and beaters, tb e fixing of Fire Pre y cntlon Week for October 6 to 12, JS most timely . Citizens every . wh * re should cooperate with local authorities in every way possible to F educe this g reat threat to human llf £ aa d property. Tbe Libby Fire Department has ? rran ^ ed a special film on the sub Ject- which will be shown in con- f nect L lon , Wlth a11 th e regular shows at the Kootenai Theatre during Fire Prevention Week. Help save your d ^. n tv home and y ° Ur nei « hbors ' P r ° perty ' rats was not lifted, The Medicine Lodge Creek area in Beaverhead county was opened to bull elk hunting from Novem ber 1-15. The castle mountain area in Meagher county was opened to Elk hunting during the regular sea Oct. 15 to Nov. 15. _ PREVENTION WEEK IS OCTOBER 6 TO 12 v ^ ^ ^ , To Build New Road T n i . *| /-* | To BobtOll Creek _ T Switchbacks over a steep , hTSîiniMte/ y H be gflminated by the F, oad wjtch will be built to Bobtail Creek. Lincoln county m cooperation with the Forest Service will make the survey and construe tion work is expected to start in the, ! spring. The Forest Service expects to construct the lower one and one fo ^L th mile ° f new road J * The new road is expected to re ddC f„„ the grade from an average ~ of 16% on & the"old roadZo'an ap-' proximate 7% average, and will be a long desired improvement for drivers usTng'îhe^rS' M rs. Ida Becquart of Rexford, spent the weekend with her daugh ter, Miss Edith, who is first trick operator at the Great Northern sta tion in Libby. .*■ FMI 1 j K. *r~' >v - ■fTl ; ' v r i 14 ■ ■w MR. AND MRS. VICTOR BURTON CHALCRAFT following their wedding at Brighton Presbyterian church on August 22. Mrs. Chalcraft is the former Lois Evelyn Porter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Porter. Mr. Chalcraft, a former sergeant in the marine corps is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter V. Chalcraft of Gateway. More Information On Chink Season The Rod & Gun Club and the Fish & Game committee of the Lib b y Chamber of Commerce have re ceived more information from the State Fish & Game department re garding the pheasant (Ring-neck) season, and a request for recom mandations, A "low" in the pheasant popula tion exists in most of the pheasant hunting states. This scarcity is very noticeable in Montana. The tenta tive season as stated elsewhere will ibe from Oct. 27 to Oct. 30, in elusive, in all counties of the state except, Lake, Garfield, Glacier, Lincoln and Mineral. There will be no °P en season on Hungarian Par tridges. Taking the above and many other factors into consideration, the Fish & Game committee of the Libby Chamber of Commerce according to Bd Boyes, chairman, has recommen ^d a closed season throughout the state, adding that their recommen dations be withdrawn if it conflicts with recommendations from sports-1 man's clubs in affected areas. ! ' H ITünf ûf II HI INHN Dill III l - ,VV/l IJVJ LSIIIBM ^ J A AT i A f" V I V J S /\ 1 S \IA 1 IL1 I I >1/ I \J I« I ~ • Lincoln county has received so far 1946 $823 in license money from slot machines, bowling alleys, dance halls, etc., as of September 1, and during the same period car licenses have amounted to $17 .531.15, which makes a total of $18,354.15 to the county from this source during the first eight months of the present year. The money received from auto licenses is allocated to the road i und , while of the remainder. $174 goes j n to the general fund and $649 benefits the poor fund. Included | this fund is $125, the license j money received from the circus which visited Libby last June. Readers of the Western News will be interested in the monthly breakdown of tax receipts, which Month Auto Other i^ uary .22 ^tü'22 . 4.478.00 Martch ..1,532-Q.O ApriI . 843 .So 79.40 Mav 2 296 50 20 00 Ju y e -^ZZ: '396.00 125.00 t„i v 604 75 A U g US t 663 40 10.00 During the oast fiscal year from Jul j. g 1945 June 30 1946, in elusive, the entire monies handled b the County Commissioners a ^ ounted to $271,914.32. During the same d ^ ha ndled by School Board No. 4 and Libby High School amounted to $131,877.34. Watch for Homecoming plans for Libby high school on October 12, Libby Terriers vs. Whitefish. FOOTBALL ALUMNI ATTENTION Terriers Win Over Badgers In Easy Game j j L ast *T lda y the ~l, bby Terriers took 1 on the Bonners Jerry Badgers ° n th e local field and whipped the f°y s "? m * daho b y a s ^ re °J to 6. The Libby team outplayed the Bonners team in all departments of the game except on passing. Bon ners passes were instrumental in scoring the only touchdown for the f aabo team. Libby line play was improved over the Kalispell game but stl11 n T e . eds w ?? k , on rushing the passer Libby blocking was ex ceptionally good, helping the backs to go for long gains. The Terriers were tackling viciously m spots Libby back ? wer ! carryi Pß the baB jin fine style and the line opened many holes for them to drive through. Bonners kicked off to Libby to open the game. Libby returned the kick to the 35 yard line where the ball was lost on a fumble and again recovered on a fumble. The Ter riers drove to the Badger 27 but lost the ball on downs Bonners kicked out to the Libby 27, Adam son returning to the Bonner's 40. Adamson around right end and Nel son through left guard put the ball Ion the Badgers 4 yard line. In two plays Adamson went over for the touchdown. The place kick for the extra point was blocked. Libby kicked off to the Bonners 10 yard line from where it was returned to the Bonners 40. Mixing in pas ses with line plunges the Badgers Game ends with score o£ 35 to 6 in favor of Coach LaRoque's Team TERRIERS WILL PLAY COLUMBIA FALLS, ERL went over for a touchdown in 8 plays. The try for the extra point was bilked making the score 8 to 6 at the end of the quarter. to^rîn^e^Sd ïuarter^ttwlJu J® , open ; he se ?°P d Quarter^ the^ball Uni h Dla^Setted b 8 f which nullified by a & y«rd penalty for lUegal use of '^ands on offense. The Terriers re « a |ned the distance on an end run an< ^ soon drove over for another touchdown. Adamson carrying the ' ba ^ f° r the 12 yards. Adamson ^o went over for the extra point. | Sc°. re . L + lbb y 13 - Bon 0 ner8 6 - Llbb y klcked to Bonners 8 Bonners re turning to the 43. Libby stopped L tb ree plays with no gam and on I th e a tt e "?P ted P unt Bo " der s center P as8ed tbe baB . ovg c tbe ,,P unt « rs head, Libby getting the ball on the Bonners 15. Three plays put the ball over for a touchdown, Madison going over for the score from the 4 yard line. Try for the extra point | failed. Libby kicked out of bounds and I the ball was put in play on the Bon Iners 40. The Badgers put on a (drive to the Libby 32. A pass put 'the ball on the Terrier 14 as the (half ended. Libby kicked off to open the third quarter, the ball going out of : bounds and was put into play on i the Bonner 40. The Badgers failed j to gain and again lost the ball on j a bad pass over the punters head, Libby recovering on the Badgers 22. Four Libby plays put the ball over, Daggett scampering the last 10 yards to pay dirt. Adamson made good the try for extra point. The score 26 to 6. Terriers kick to the Bonners 10, was returned to the 25. where Libby stole the ball on a fumble by the Badgers. The Terriers got to the Badger 6 and ■ lost the ball on a fumble. Bon ners attempting to kick out of dan ger again lost ground on a bad pass 1 from center, the ball going over (the goal line for a safety and two points. Bonners kicked off from their 20 to the Libby 30 Adamson returning the ball to the 46. On j the first play Adamson ran 29 (yards to the Bonners 24 and on the next play Daggett the remaining 24 The try for the The score I to a touchdown, i extra point was good. I Libby 35, Bonners 6. Libby substitutes went into the 1 lineup for the last quarter and gave ja good account of themselves. Bon ners connected on four successive passes and brought the ball to the j Libby 4 yard line as the gun ended the game. Libby made 12 first downs, Bon ners 8; Libby gained 395 yards by rushing, Bonners 64; Libby attemp ted 1 pass, completed 0; Bonners ; attempted 10 passes completing 7 I for 121 yards: Libby fumbled 5 1 times and recovered 3, Bonners 4 times and recovered 2; Libby was j penalized 35 yards, Bonners 10. This weekend the Terriers travel to Columbia Falls to tackle the Columbia Falls High Wildcats. The Wildcats have a big bunch of boys but lack in experience, however they are expected to give a good account of themselves on their own I field. The game will be played at j 3:00 p. m. on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Brown ! and daughter, Barbara, of Spokane 1 spent the week-end visiting Mr. Brown's parents, relatives and friends.