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Devoted to the Development of Libby, and of Lincoln County
VOLUME XLVII
Libby, Lincoln County, Montana,Thursday, May 6, 1948
Number 51
THE FOREST SERVICE DISCUSSES
WORKING OF SUSTAINED YIELD
«
The auditorium of the New Cen
tral School Building w-as well filled
Friday evening when a représenta
live group of Libby citizens met to
listen to and take part in a discus
of the proposed Sustained
Yield Agreement. The meeting was
called by the Forest Service and
was preceded Thursday evening by
a similar meeting at Troy.
The gathering was called to order
by Forest Supervisor W. G. Guern
sey, w'ho after a few remarks intro
, duced Regional Forester P. D. Han
son, Missoula. Mr. Hanson called at
tention to the growing scarcity of
commercial timber in the United
States. He stated that 90% of the
virgin timber in the nation is gone,
and that most of the remaining
virgin forests are found in the
Pacific Northwest. During the 36
years following 1909, the timber
capital dropped 44%, and at the
present rate of consumption, is due
to make alarming drops during the
next tw'o decades.
Congress for many years has
been alarmed over the situation,
and document 32 gives a report of
the Joint Congressional Committees
of Forest Lands of the United
States on the forest situation. This
document, stated Mr. Hanson should
be in the hands of all who are in- !
terested in the welfare of the lum-|
ber industry. !
The speaker added that for full
utilization of the forest it is neces
sary to have the waste timber
sion
pro
ducts used, and to do this consider
able capital is needed. The fact
that the J. Neils Lumber Company j
is now operating in Lincoln County,
and has both the needed capital and
the desire to utilize the timber pro
ducts so often wasted, causes the
which will
an
mill
Lindh, Missoula, w'as next introduc- of
Forest Service to favor a sustained
yield
them.
cooperative agreement with
If the agreement goes through,
the Neils Company has agreed to
put in a mill at Troy,
handle 10 million board feet
nually, and will run the
same ap
proximate number of working days
in the year that the Libby
runs. Mr. Hanson also stated that
roads built into the national forest
by the company will be used by the
public; and added that timber lands
privately owned by the Neils will
also be placed under government
management as to what is cut and
when.
Assistant Regional Forester Axel
to the gathering and gave a
cription of the amount of forest
included in the proposed agree
ment, which he stated extends south
from the Canadian border on
W'est side of the Kootenai River
Rexford and from there on south
along the divide between the Koot
enai River and the Tobacco River
valleys: thence south along
divide between the Kootenai and
Flathead drainage to Loon Lake
near Happy's Inn; and from there
almost due south to the summit
the Cabinet Range, and all forest
lands west in Lincoln County ex
cluding the Cabinet Primitive Area
and several other small areas
the county. It also includes a small
area lying in Bonner County and
Boundary County, Idaho.
Lindh added that
1 . "sustained
yield" is the use of forest timber
not to exceed its growth. In order
to harvest the timber when it
ready for harvest, roads back into
mountain areas difficult to reach
must be built. Of the million and
one-half acres of national forest
land in the Kootenai Forest,
third of a million acres are back in
this high altitude, difficult to reach
country. This is country into which
the ordinary operator cannot afford
to build roads. Another third of
million acres is Lodgepole of "jack
pine" timber. A half million acres
(Continued on Page Six)
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ELECTED FROM UNIONS TO
SERVE ON PARK BOARD
Abner G. Role and Edward Dut
ton were elected from the Lumber
and Sawmill Worker's Union 2581
and Sawyers Local 2662 to serve
with the City Park Board appointed
by Ma yor Gompf Monday ev ening.
BUILDING OF THE DOME
PROCEEDING ON SCHEDULE
The walls of the new Dome
Theatre have been completed and
work began yesterday on the scaf
folding for the roof. The roof work
is being done by Leo Kyser & As
sociates.
It is expected that inside work
and the laying of the floor will start
this weekend, and W. J. Keinitz,
states that in view of the manner
in which the work is being pushed,
it is expected to open on scheduled
time, about June 20. _
Libby Takes Third
In N. W. Track
Coach Fred LaRoque's track team
placed third in the Northwest Dis
trict track meet held in Poison last
Saturday, with Poison taking first
and Eureka second. Other place
ments were Whitefish 4th, Colum
bia Falls 5th, and Big Fork 6th.
Libby lads to place were Luscher
—100 yd. dash, third; 220, fourth;
Potter—440 yd. dash, first; Cox—
440, fourth; K. Miller—first in
high and low hurdles; Madison—
tied for third and fourth in pole
vault; Potter—tied for third and
fourth in high jump; Luscher, Pot
ter, Cox and Peterson took first
in the relay.
CO AGENT ROBINSON
SPEAKS TO GARDEN CLl'B
The Libby Garden Club met at
l * le b° me °f Mrs. Harold Chapman,
A P'R 20 - with Mrs. Loren Gompf
anc * ^ rs - Walter Johnson, co-hos
tesses - About 40 members and
S uests were present. Mrs. Kappa
rcice, president, had charge of the
meeting,
R °R caR was answered by each
°. n . e namin g her favorite garden fer
tilizer. Reports w'ere given on the
P r °g res s of the city projects spon
sore< f by the club by Doris Chap
I man anc * Etta McCullom.
were made to bave a large dele
gaf'on attend the meetings of the
State Federation of Garden Clubs
at Missoikla. June 28, 29 and 30. A
f° od - plant and candy sale for Sat
urda y, April 24, was planned, to be
held at the Parker Studio,
County Agent, B. F. Robinson,
gave an interesting and instructive
talk on soils and the comparative
value of fertilizers, supplying a
for mula for killing quack grass. A
supply of material for this purpose
ma y be had at his office at the
courthouse. Bulletins on gardening
were distributed and more may be
bad at the courthouse,
A delicious lunch of sandwiches,
sa lad and coffee was served by the
hostesses.
Plans
More Candidates
Aclz Çfrtfo
JIUIC
George A. Davis of Helena is ask
ing for the Republican nomination
for the office of railroad and public
service commissioner. Davis, a 35
year resident of Montana, owns the
family homestead in Carbon County,
has worked in the coal mines before
enlisting in World War I, in which
served overseas W'ith the famous
91st division. He won the Purple
Heart during the war. He has
studied engineering in Colorado
University, and graduated from
Butte Business College. The can
didate states in part that he will:
"Make my own decisions, decid
ing each petition on its merits. Per
form the duties of the office in an
efficient manner and for the best
interest of the people of Montana."
Dean Chaffin of Bozeman writes
that he decided to file May 5th on
Republican ticket for the office
Lieutenant Governor,
land didacy May 1, for the office of
Treasurer on the Democratic ticket,
Fisher, who lives in Missoula,
the 48 years of age, is a former
to ployee of the N. P. Railroad
served 12 years as secretary of
cal No. 41 of the Benefit Association
of Railway Employees. He is a
the state president of the Eagles,
is a member of the Elks, Moose
Lions,
of
in
Fisher says; "Tax money belongs
to the people and should be spent
for their greatest benefit. As a
vant of the people of the State
Montana I pledge my undivided
tention,"
National Forest
Stumpage Sold
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The Burns-Yaak River Lbr. Co.
of Troy was the successful bidder
on 800,000 board feet of ponderosa
pine and 170,000 board feet of larch
and Douglas fir on National Forest
land located in Payne Creek east
Bull Lake, it was announced by the
local forest office.
The stumpage price bid for pine
was $8,95 with an additional $2.00
for stand improvement and $1.25 for
slash disposal, a total cost of $12.20
per M.
Larch and Douglas fir sold for
$4.00 plus $2.00 for stand improve
ment and $1.25 for slash disposal,
a total of $7.25 per M. The total
value of the above stumpage
$10,990.50, according to Forestry of
ficials.
This is the second sale awarded
to the Burns-Yaak River Lumber
They recently purchased 700
feet, BM, of ponderosa pine
Grouse Mountain on the Keeler
Creek drainage.
The Leighty Brothers of Rexford
were the successful purchasers on
bids opened on May 3 for 16,000
feet of ponderosa pine, 156,000 feet
larch and 245,000 feet of Douglas
fir in the Young Creek
stumpage, stand improvement and
slash total for this sale is $9.30 for
ponderosa pine and $6.65 for larch
and Douglas fir with a total value,
according to the Forestry office, of
$2,815.45._
JAMES M. BLACKFORD, SR
DIES LAST NIGHT IN LIBBY
As The Western News goes to
press word comes that James M.
Blackford, Libby attorney since
1911, passed away last night in the
hospital.
Mr. Blackford was born April 2
1867 at Shoals, Ill. He is survived
by two sons, James M., Jr. of Eu
gene, Ore., and John L. of Libby.
Funeral services will be at 2 30
Monday afternoon at Funeral Home
the M asonic Lodge in char ge.
TO HELP ORGANIZE
CENTRAL TRADE COUNCIL
William Baeth and Harry Moe
were elected from Lumber and
Sawmill Worker's Local 2581 to
help in the organization, with other
local labor union, of a Central
Labor and Trade Council in Libby
was
Co.
on
area. The
Co. Commissioners
Ask Flood Money
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The Board of County Commis
sioners met the first of the week
! for the transaction of regular busi
ness. A road petition from Eureka
asked for a quarter of a mile of
new road located on Sec. 37, 36
N-26-W. Commissioner P. V. Klinke
and County Surveyor Miller were
appointed as viewers to view the
proposed road site.
A road along the east side of the
Kootenai River between Ural and
Rexford w'as also petitioned. The
above viewers wall view this pro
posed road site. Wednesday a hear
ing on the abandonment of that
part of No. 37 from the Tourist
Camp north of the River in Lib
by to junction with New 37 was
held, and as no opposition appeared
the section w r as declared abandoned.
Leland Tripp of Eureka tender
ed his resignation as Justice of the
Peace in Tobacco Township. A new
appointment will not be made till
the May 17th meeting.
The following letter signed by
each member of the Board of Com
missioners was sent to Represent
Mike Mansfield. Sen. Zales Ecton
and Sen. James E. Murray relative
to needed funds for the Flower
Creek Flood Control Project:
"We. the Board of County Com
missioners of Lincoln County, Mon
tana, earnestly request your help in
obtaining an appropriation from
Congress for the purpose of con
tinuing the Flood Control Work on
Flower Creek already started by the
Army Engineer Corps.
"We now find that the sum allotted
by the Engineer Corps was not suf
ficient to complete the project and
that in the opinion of the Corps of
Army Engineers an additional sum
in the amount of $40.000 will be
necessary to protect the work al
ready accomplished, w'hich is of only
temporary nature. The additional
work to be done consists of straight
ening the channel for several miles
and rip-rapping the banks in order
prevent future flood damage.
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May we rely on your support to
further this very necessary improve- st
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Unions Call Fair
And Labor Day
Meeting Fri. Eve
The Labor Committees for
can
is
and
Lo
annual Fair and Labor Day
announce there will be a meeting
8.00 o'clock tomorrow (Friday)
evening in the Community Room
the Court House, to which all
ganizations wishing to participate
the 1948 South Lincoln Countv
fue5W°to S?md Pr08lam ' "
Committees set up last week
the Unions to work on the big
nual event include the following:
Morrice Walker and John Postle
waitc, local 361, Operating Engin
eers; Harold Rorke local 1061,
borers Union; Lloyd Midyett
Clayton Young, local 2581, Lumber
& Sawmill Workers Union
SLd an ^ a, E 2 d 225 DSt rPenter d S H
iw d eet Pe i C o k cal Ed 266° Utt L°o n g g a e^
constitute a general over-all com
maïffCr el T1
mon' Jnrt ™ a f ^ ch n a,r
S^s E Ä l S r ^S;
baseball committee with Clayton
S UPg M aS l Stant - Sid , £ SC0U W j
onH Mn • w^ n ° f parad
chüdWs sniSS 35 Chairman
_ S P°' th '
of
at
transfer,
was.
ED NICHOLAS PURCHASES
STATION AND LOTS
A business property
which involves quite a sum,
the purchase, by Ed Nicholas, pro
prietor of the Oval E Quick Service
Station, of that service station and
the five corner lots on which it is
situated from Mary E. Barrett. The
Maurer Realty handled the Irans
action.
Mr. Nicholas had a lease on the
station from the Carter Oil Com
panf. prior to the deal.
CITY AND NEILS CO.
Ray Dunwoodie and his crewL
have been cleaning the gutters of
Mineral Avenue this week, and
putting on the first application of
1 1
company were apply
ing oil to California' Avenue this
week, Dunwoodie explained, and
the city was working in coordina
tion with them so as to have it over
with at one time
, ,
Peter C. Huchala, local hortiem
tunst in South Libby, has recently
Pvrarrfuf^i
hnr Vitl.t n rb a° r i
S° r n Y Rae ' Rr ' dal Wr f at} ? a " d JL
ernunT* f i he ÎT: ly landscape
fnH til m ♦ he A Nei * ls A P artment -
Thl h KK n A?ar 4 ? k - niif.il
The shrubbery is truly beautiful.
both in shape, lustre and color and
Mr. Huchala is to be commended on
the thoroughness he follows in the |
raising of his many lovely trees and
other shrubbery
We are most grateful to Mr.
Huchala for two beautiful Blue ;
Spruce, which are planted at our j
home now.
—..
Sig Wacker, Great Falls, visited ;
Sunday and Monday at the j
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Partlow
OILING STREETS
oil.
The Neils
HUCHALA LANDSCAPES
LIBBY GROUNDS
over
LIBBY FOLK SEE
WOODS PROJECTS
WITH RANGER
.
..Libby group enjoyed a pleas
f nt £ udd day trip into the forest last
week Tuesday as guests of Ranger
and Mrs. J W Fox of the Libbv
Ranger Station. '
Leaving Libby about 9:00 a. m.
the group drove out to the forestry's
bee planting project on the 1945
Cherry t reek Burn east of Libby
L reek near the Fish Hatchery. Here
Mi Fox had a crew of 15 men on
Raged m putting in three-year-old
Ponderosa Pine and Douglas Fir
seedlings. These trees have been
brought over by the service from
Mineral County, and are planted ap
proximately eight feet apart in
their new location.
Members of the party Tuesday
tried then skill at tree planting us
*P;f the tree planting mattock, but
after a few pictures were taken of
their operations it was decided to
leave the completion of the work
to the regular crew, which was
making good time, the average
number of trees planted daily by
each man amounting to from 500 to
750 seedlings.
It was noted while in this section
that the range in spite of the abund
ance of mpisture which has been
furnished by nature, was in poor
condition. The grass gave the ap
pearance of having been over-graz
ed which the Ranger stated is the
case in much of our Lincoln County
grazing sections.
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A survival during the first two
of the trees
per
years of 66% to 75%
planted is consideied a good
centage. stated Mr. Fox.
T . , . .
The party returned to the Libby
mger Station by noon, where it (
mas joined by Miss Faith Zollars,
station clerk, and County Clerk
George C Earle befoie going to the
Ranger station s mess hall, where a I
substantial and appetizing luncheon
was served to the group which did
full justice to the fare. Following
the meal. Ranger Clarke Hamor
showed the group the delicate in
ruments kept by the forestry for
recording the weather. The visitors
were shown the
which record the present tempera
tures but show the record "high"
"lows" during periods between
settings. Instruments for recording
humidity, the fire hazard due to
climatic conditions, and the wind
velocity, were also shown and ex
plained as was the precipitation
thermometers
auge. Returning to the station
programs
at various charts showing the location
Ir
at
in
Fair
re ' T** luck was encountered
from |î, he Morris-Knudson Construction
an- ^ mpany Wednesday of last week
| "Pon completion of them work
J? G f reat nn r | i "'' hcrn Rallwa - V ,hls
■ S1 ^. f denn| n g s.
La- L h T t he . cre ™ had becn wo, k,ng
and i^at place the last five or six weeks
I, e i™ lnat \ n f the curve m the rai
™ and had started to 1( ?ad Hum
The ^70-ton
S
J sed a ? d 4^ the ramps * adin
the h sho e v n e d l 0 sen h d e in C g r it oïe/into
; a ditch which had water in it. the
usual — ofr thls
I '
]1 !mud and water the shovel was quite
V badly broken up. a result of that
i much weight falling. A large crane
was brought in from Whitcfish for
rived, and the latter were fortunate
(Continued on Page Four)
or
70-TON SHOVEL FALLS IN
DITCH FROM FLAT CAR
year.
Besides taking in quite a bit of
getting the shovel out and removing
to the Neils plant where it was
(cleaned up and repaired, said G. E.
| Bierhaus, foreman on the Morris
Knudson job.
The work was completed yester-,
;
day and Mr. Bierhaus and a small!
crew will remain here, working for
j Neils on their new road, removing
a large rock pile which the local
company does not have equipment
heavy enough to handle.
Burglars Make Big
Haul Friday Night
TROY (Special):—In the small
hours of Friday morning the door
I °f. Weidner s Food Store was jim
mied opea and the lock of the safe
was picked to permit a thief to get
awa Y wR h between three and four
thousand dollars in cash. Mr. Weid
np r was at the store and checked
; everything about one o clock At
«Ven when ho came down to m
? pect hls refrigeration plant ne
found the robbery had been com
mitted. When the door was sprung
the lock in some way managed to
, catch again so that when the mar
shal made his round he found it to
| be locked.
It has been Mr. Weidner's custom
10 Prepare to cash government
checks - P a > r ch ecks and others that
CQme tQ s0 as this was the
last of the month he was prepared
t0 take care of considerable 0 f
t bese
*t was reported that a man walk
in g along the street saw someone
evidently in a hurry going along the
a Rey in the vicinity of the store.
As yet no arrests have been made
but the authorities are working on
the case,
„
Pat s Carter Service plans to en
large the concrete surface of the
station driveway,
done next week.
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The work to be
Rod and Gun Club
Will Give Prizes
P . v . R „
& Glin Club s opening day fishing
Contest Committee, announces that;
possession of the club's loving cup
will be awarded for one year to
) ho cll,b member who catches the
largest Lincoln County trout on
terad in the Opening Day Contest.
J ht> °up is now on display at the
First State Rank.
A Ti* cash prize wiR fdso be
awarded some member of the club
w b° enters this Opening Day Con
test so in order to have a chance
to obtain the $10 prize you will
ncc>d to be a member of the club
enter your first day's largest
Lsh in the contest, which automati
pall >' makes you eligible to win this
prizp . regardless of the size of fish
vo , 1 ! P ;!? t0 p V ne î b 5 ^? nt . est . . .
, s tbat me, Tb^rship
'"J* 1 ' ^rnsn^tL * « 0V tI 35 °u th ia
? p . _ sp f^i v ,£ members should
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L,, Ju„° P if" mR d J* y *} nd ,£ bt r» n î*If ir
L ' W Doxtater
*' Kitllv «fiîT'Vhfi t
™" SÄ * tat . es „ that fur '
nnnnint' UP at, ^P regarding various
Opening Day Contests will appear
*" S *? PX 'u S P es ,?* West
. . ' f tck * or them he says,
a TP Pp J! ui ? l ° get >' our member
® t mnmhmht Pnt *tles
u . • p p R a| p h / P p^°p further
i Rifle & Pistol Club
, • mi s* «
CHlCf LlDOV \jQruCI1
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Uub Contest Now
v- uw VUIIIC5I MUW
yards. lawns and small projects of (
the ones who enter before the con
test begins, at different intervals
during the summer and again after
the closing date, September 30.
The judges will take into con
sidération the general appearance
the premises—keeping the lawns
mowed, flowers weeded and well
cared for. Or you may be building
rock garden, lily pool or any such
small project.
in any event, be sure to join the
city-wide contest. It will help make
our city more beautiful and at
tractive.
Enter
It wouldn't take very much time
nr ottnrt to stop in at the 5c to $1
store. Parker's Studio, Libby Floral
,r the South Libbv Purity Store
and obtain an entry blank to be
filled out and entered. The judges
will make an examination of the
as P lease ' but get your entry
NOW as the closing date is May
First prize for yards will be
winner's choice of any patented
rose bush ; second, two choice peony
or iris roots; third, choice of
flowering shrub such as Forsythia,
Syringa or Spirea.
Fur the small projects, first prize
will be a Dr. Nickols Climbing Rose;
2nd. a collection of miniature flow'
enng bulbs; third, a collection of
spring blooming crocus bulbs.
Elton M. Roth, well known lyric
tenor and composer, will appear in
concert at the Methodist Church in
Libby Wednesday evening, May 12,
at 8:00 p. m. sponsored by the local
church choir. Roth is making the
stop en route from Spokane to Knl
ispell, where he has scheduled ap
pearances.
The composer wrote many pop
ular gospel songs which captured
and still hold the public ear. Per
haps his best known melody is the
ever-popular "In My Heart there
Rings a Melody," which has en
joyed popularity all over the world
and is still as well loved as when
if first became known some years
back.
by
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Singer-Composer To
Libby Next Week
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This will be an excellent op-j
j porfumty to hear an outstanding!
| musician singing many of his own!
| loved compositions.
no admission charge, hut a free will
There will be -
offering will be taken to help defray !
the artist's expense. 50% of the j
j offering being retained to go on !
the Organ Fund at the church.
i
The choir and audience will als
in the evening's singing,
Everyone is urged to attend, states
the pastor, the Rev. W, C. Stearns.!
,
, V 11 , Slncere hope, and my
belief, that our people will distm
guish themselves by showing our
neighboring communities that we.
I here in Libby, are ardent supporters
1 ,>f such a worthy cause—that we
i have not forgotten.
: WEATHER REPORT
■take part
Mayor Harold Gompf today gave)
his whole-hearted support to the
Veterans of Foreign War Buddy
Poppy Campaign, which will be held
Saturday, May 8.
MAYOR GOMPF ENDORSES
THE POPPY DAY SALE
In explaining his reason for
backing the campaign, Mayor Gompf
stated "The wonderful things that
the VFW is doing with the proceeds
from the annual Buddy Poppy sale
more than warrants a generous con
tribution from each member of this
community.
Following is the weather report as
furnished through the courtesy of
the Libby Ranger Station:
Date
April 29 72
April 30
May 3 ..
May 4
May 5 . 64
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STATE LIBRARY
ASS'N ENJOYS
LIBBY MEETING
The tsth mnuti f »,
Montana State I Uir- rv ' Ä -XJ?* #* he
wä'hHd fn Libbv ^ t
at the I incoln Counti Frei mk d 4
d.dv-sv^th^u Library.
b y city county and rolleffe lihr^
j a n, mm all om
mîmberTof h. S , , 1 v
tension and their secretVv ' and a
publisher's reoresent-itive ' d
The meeting onened vt nn j
morning™t 0 a m^wdh
"by Mrs HazTl ChJ5.tSm£i S
H.rdin y Jho has hLnnrolt^ ? Î
SeÀ«^ îa tion for The^ î
An invocation given bv Rev Wm
c . Stearns was followed by à weT
comc to the visitors bv Vi vor h,!
old Gompf. Mrs. Julia McMullen
0 f Butte responded to the welcome
Paullne Rich of Billings
rc tary of the meeting and presented
thp mir »utes Of the last meeting
Reports were given as
Treasurer and Membership. Jeane
Lewis. Kalispcll; Membership
PNLA. Kathleen Campbell, Mis
sou la; Membership in ALA. Lesley
Heathcote. Bozeman: Publicity Mm
Mabel Miiler, Helena; Indexing the
BULLETIN, Inez Ratckin. Libby;
Federal Coordinator and SLEC
Ellen Torgrimson. Missoula: MSLA
representation in PNLA, Mary Leo
Hall, Hamilton: ALA councilor. Mar
garet Fulmer. Great Falls: Legisla
tion, Mrs. Ruth Longworth, Cut
Bank; Certification and Constitution
revision. Mrs Amy Patterson. Great
Falls; Adu „ education and Histor
ian reports were prepared by Mrs.
Barbara Pritchard of Billings and
Doris Wilson of Bozeman who
unable to attend
Monday afternoons session
eluded a tribute to the H VV. Wil
son Co. on its 50th birthday by
Evelyn Swant of Missoula; a book
mobile talk by Virginia Walton of
Columbus; the hign school library
by Inez Haskins of Butte, the pub
lie library inquiry bv Lesley Heath
cote; intellectual freedom of libr;
by Doris Wilson: national plan of
public libraries, Margaret Fulmer;
public library demonstration bill.'
Ellen Torgrimson Two excellent
films owned by the Montana SLEC
were shown. "Library on Wheels."
an( ) "Books and People- The Wealth
Within.' The equipment and oper
ator for this film showing was pos
sible through the courtesy of O L
Gillespie. Supt.
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of Libby Public
Schools.
in Tuesday morning the group met
at 8:30 to attend to unfinished and
j new business, reports of the nomi
nating. resolutions and 1949 meet
j mg place committees. Election of
a ■ new officers for the coming year
(arc as follows: President Mrs. Àmy
Patterson, Great Falls: President
Elect, Evelyn Swant. Missoula; Sec
rotary, Loretta Kilrov, Great Falls;
Treasurer. Jeane Lewis, Kalispcll
The association adopted a volun
tary plan for certification of librar
ians to help improve library stand
ards in the state; adopted a new
constitution; appointed com mit tot's
<>n intellectual freedom, recruiting
of librarians, and planning.
Social events for the convention
j started with a no-host supper at the
Surprise Cafe Sunday night. Mon
day noon a luncheon was held at
the Cafe with Carlton Joughin as
guest speaker. Mr. Joughin made
a few comments on our town and
the Greater Libby Association and
then gave a history and description
of the Zonolitc mine and the uses
for vermiculite. Tube samples of
vermiculite were given to each
guest,
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A banquet was held in the First
Presbyterian Church parlors Mon
day evening, served by the ladies
of Circle B. Inez Ratckin presided
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Mayor Appoints
City Park Board
Mayor Harold Gompf appointed
four members of the Citv Council
to serve as the City Park Board
at a meeting held Monday cveninc
Selected to serve we're Bud Ad
kins, Thomas Robertson, Dick Bu'.i
(and Llovd Midvett.
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Also passing with unanimous fa
vor at this time was the lighting
project, with only three property
j owners opposing the measure, which
was not enough to hold it up
The lights, which will be installed
; on Mineral Ave. are of the verv
j latest type, being 16000 watt lumens
; lamps containing
mercury vapor
They will be placed on 30 foot
| metal posts, with a center light
! and staggered corner light, on each
i block, so that the whole block will
j be illu minated, said Mayor G ompf
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Earl Measner spent the weekend
in Kalispell on business.
To Begin Baseball
Practice Tonight
There will be a baseball practice
j this evening beginning at 6:30 on
i the baseball grounds at the park,
i All who are interested in playing
! this summer are invited to attend,
according to W. J. Erickson.
The practice was called following
a meeting Tuesday* evening at the
V. F. W. post room, where a report
was given by Erickson regarding
the league organization meeting he
attended Sunday at Poison. The
Libby team has been invited to
affiliate with the league.