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Devoted to the Development of Libby, and of Lincoln County
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VOLUME XLVIII
Libby, Lincoln County, Montana Thursday, November 11, 1948
Number 26
Army Engineers Ask Many Dams
On Columbia, I ncluding Libby
By Leon Starmont in Spokesman-1
Review, Nov. 8
The army's long awaited revision
of its "308" report on Columbia
river .development will be officially
unveiled at Portland Wednesday.
The full document, described as 18
inches thick, will be laid then before
the Columbia Basin Interagency
committee, according to announce
ment by Col. Theron D. Weaver
north Pacific division engineer '
Colonel Weaver, however, has
permitted a peek by the press so
the public may be properly informed
of the $3.000,000.000 program, in
eluding which of the controversial
dams are recommended for authori
zation, which are proposed on a de
ferred basis, and how floods like
that of 1848 may be prevented under
the ideas now advanced
The official public notice bears
today's date and includes 13 mime
ographed pages and two colored
maps, prepared by the staff of the
corps of engineers' division office
at 500 Pittock block. Portland, Ore.
The immense magnitude of the
projects recommended in this re
port is of profound significance in
the development of the entire Pa
cific Northwest. 1
Last spring's devastating floods I
accentuated the need for revision '
of the "303" report originally pub-|
lished in 1932. Fortunately, the
corps of engineers had initiated such
a revision in July. 1943, under con-!
gressional authority. Some 35 pub-1
lie hearings have been held in the I
last five and one-half years be-|
ginning with those at Missoula and
Kalispell. Mont.. Juno 3 to 5 1943
and closing with one at Kamiah
Ida., August 19 1948 '
Most of these hearings have been
-ettended and reported bv membeis
of The Spokesman-Review's news
staff. Other cities in which thev
were held include Libbv and Ho
Springs. Mont.: Sandpoint Priest
River. Bonners Ferry Couer d'
Alene. Lewiston, Boise and Poca
tollo, Idaho: Jackson Wyo • Met
aline Falls. Wenatchee, and ' Walla
Walla. Wash., and Portland. Arling
ton. The Dalles and several Wil
lamette valley cities in Oregon.
$21 Power Rate Seen
Positive protection against major
damage from floods in the Columbia
basin is assured, say army engin
eers, under the plan recommended
in the report. It i» being unveiled
at Portland because flood damage
was greatest in that area.
Colonel Weaver emphasized, how
ever, that the plan is multi-purpose
and does not provide flood control,
power development, navigation aids a
and irrigation water alone.
In many basins, he said, flood
control and power cannot be pro
vided from the same reservoirs,
But in the Columbia basin there
are stream characteristics peculiar
to the region. Dams for power and
f .°°d control are therefore co-or
dmated with the needs of irrigation,
„ Flans m "308" as revised call for
6.000,000 kilowatts of additional hy
droelectnc generating capacity
costs far below the cost of such
power elsewhere.
Even at current high construction
costs, the report recites, the basin's
power can be stepped up to 10.
, 000,000 kilowatts for distribution
at a wholesale rate base of about
$21 per kilowatt year. The present
Bonneville rate is $17.50.
More Dams Proposed
Authorization is asked of three
more Columbia river dams—The
Dalles, John Day and Priest Rap
ids—also of Hells Canyon dam on
Snake river. Albeni Falls on Pend
Orielle and Libby ( at Jennings) on
Kootenay river, which would back
water into Canada.
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Cooties Elect
1949 Officers
Timber Pup Tent No. 11, Military
Order of the Cooties of the United
States, held their annual election
' of officers Tuesday, Nov, 9, in the
V, F. W. club room. Officers elected
are as follows: I. B. Flesher, Seam
Squirrel (Commander), William
Hilbird, Blanket Bum (Sr. Vice
Commander), Joe Archer, Hide Gim
let (Jr. Vice Commander). Fred
Metzger, Hungry Nit (Adjutant),
John Ledum. Custodian of the
Crummy Duffle Bag (Quarter-Mas
ter). Vernon Friend, Provost Mar
shall, Harold Miller, Shirt Reader
(Master of Ceremonies), Russ White
field, Jimmy Legs (Officer of the
Guard), Warren Brown, Sky Pilot
(Chaplain), Walter McCallum, Shv
ster (Judge Advocate), Isaak Lud
vikson, Keeper of the Crummy Rec
ords (Historian), Dean Courtright,
Pill Pusher (Surgeon), Claire
Schneider. Tight Wad (Trustee—18
month term). Other hold over Tight
Wads are Joe Fennessy, Jr., and
Sam Vartanian.
Besides the election, the Cooties
voted to donate to the Christmas
Party fund for the children of the
V. F. W. Home at Eaton Rapids,
Michigan, and to the veteran's
Christmas fund at Fort Harrison.
They also agreed and voted to
help pay for the cost of lights and
fixtures at the new Rifle and Pistol
Range.
Following the adjournment of the
meeting, a dutch lunch was served.
SAVINGS BOND CAMPAIGN ,
GETS UNDER WAY
Montana's goal in the fall pro
motion campaign for U. S. Savings
Bonds, which begins today Armistice
Da >'- * s 3750 additional payroll sav
ers and 300 more bank depositors
on tbe Bond-a-Month Plan. Mrs.
3ess * e Fagerberg chairman of the
Lincoln County Savings Bonds Corn
mittee - announced on the eve of the
opening of the national campaign,
This * s Montana's pro rata share
oI the national goals of 1,250,000
added payroll
ad ded Bond-a-Month buyers, Mrs.
Fagerberg explained. There
no dollar quotas in the present
campaign.
rural phase of the cam
paign, the goal is to reach every
P 0SSlble farm family and urge them
to build «P their financial reseryes
against the future by investing as
mucb as possible of their current
money in savings bonds. In
thls the Ç ounf y savings bond com
mittee will have the help of im
P lement dealer members of the Na
tional Retail Farm Equipment As
soc 'ation, which is backing the farm
bond campaign nationally.
As a res ult of the Security Loan
dnve and steady promotion of sav
ln ? s bonds during 1948." Mrs. Fag
erberg continued, "some 2,000 ad
jditional firms employing more than
1 " 0 Persons each arc now offering
lbc ' Pay r °B savings plan and through
£S?JP n a '* ns . fi rms some 2.
500 ' 000 additional payroll savers
hav f. bc 8 un buying bonds regularly.
swelling the national total to 7,500,
000 Scor es of thousands have now
Joined the Bond-a-Month Plan, o(
fer 9 d as a free service to their de
P° sit ars by 98% of commercial
banks of the nation; though there
has been no surve - v recently,
tln ate ?,. of total participation run uii
tü a million. The holdings of Amer
lcan farnl Emilies in Savings Bonds.
f late survey reveals, have risen
P y a blH >on dollars since the Victory
Bwan and now exceed $6,000,000,000.
Mrs - Fagerberg said,
Mrs. Fagerberg welcomed the aid
to be given the local Savings Bonds
committees by units and members
of national organizations that have
adopted an intensified savings bond
promotion as part of their 1948-1949
public service and Americanism
nrograms. These include posts of
tbe American Legion, clubs, lodges
and chapters of other organizations
among the 38 represented on the
National Organizations Committee
f° r Savings Bonds which adopted
program to enlist their 35,000.000
savers and 150,000
are
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members in buying, advertising, pro
moling and helping to sell Savings
Bonds during and between national
bond campaigns.
"In this critical time, when so
much depends upon the economic
stability and strength of America,"
Mrs. Fagerberg concluded, "there is
no more practical way for Amer
icans to help make America strong
than through the practice and
| motion of individual thrift"
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Modern Arts Club
Meets Tues. Eve
The Modern Arts Club opened
their November meeting with the
flag salute and singing of America.
President Lillian Morton asked for
the several reports and conducted
the business meeting. Miss Living
ston, Mrs. Denvir and Mrs. Robert
son were presented as new mem
bers
A cash donation was given to Nar
cotics Education which is striving
for an educational program thru
out the State.
The annual Christmas party was
i announced for December 18th and
the different committees appointed.
Miss Ruby Swanson of Mountain
View Lodge at Troy,
"Operation Democracy"
trying to interest towns in helping
needy towns in Europe, both in à
material and cultural way. Follow
ing her talk a committee
spoke on
which is
was ap
pointed to investigate the possibili
t '? s and see if they could proceed
wltb . a P lan for this locality. Those
a PP°mted were Mrs, Clarence
Brown. Mrs. William Heise, Mrs.
Arlee Thompson, Mrs, Howard Ahi
| sk °g> Mrs. M. G. Adkins. Mrs. Al
Morton, and Mrs. Fred Maurer.
M rs - Norman Risley. program
chairman for the evening presented
Mrs. Clarence Larson who gave a
ta } k "Lil's Beauty Hints." She
talk cd out hair styling and care.
stressing the importance of health
and brushing for pretty hair. She
m casured the faces of nearly all
those present, telling each one, with
{.the aid of a chart, whether her
f ac . e was °val. round, oblong, trian
gul 31 ' or square, and the proper do's
a J)d dont's for each type. Assisting
Mi* 5 - Risley on the program cofn
J™ttee weré Mrs. Les Bloom and
Mrs. Frank Wood.
. ."P 16 hostesses served a delicious
J e B° salad, ritz, and coffee. They
were Mrs. Leonard Sleizer. Mrs.
Russell Anderson, Mrs. Fred Clark,
3r - Mrs. William Hafferman, Mrs.
David Foster and Mrs. Ove Larson.
BASKETBALL NOTICE
All interested in playing City
League Basketball, meet at City
Hall, 7:30 p, m .. Tue sday, No v. 16.
Mr. and Mrs. Clive Roark visited
relatives in Stevensville. They visit
ed Tuesday of last week with Mr,
Roark's parents of Plains.
4-H Achievement
Day At Eureka
I North Lincoln County 4-H Clubs
held their annual Achievement Day
program in the Grange Hall at
Eureka last Friday. Each club paye
a report on the project work it
carried on during the year. Follow
ing this, the clubs furnished some
very good entertainment. Lela Wet
zel. Geraldine Kuchenski, and Del
sena Peterson of the Tobacco Valley
Home Ec. Club sang "Blowing Bub
bles." Joyce Cole. Edith BUtts, Shir
ley Stark, and Betty Clarke of the.
Kootenai Valley Girls' Club t sang
"A Tree in A Meadow" and "Hair
of Gold, Eyes of Blue." Wayne
Bernhard, Rodney Butts, and Dale
Hudson sang "Cool Water" to the
accompaniment 4>f a guitar played
by Dale Hudson. Mrs. Trina Har
vey played a song written by Edith
Butts, entitled "No One Can Say."
Mrs. Harvey'accompanied all voc
alists with the piano. Roger Helms.
Robert and Raymond Starling, also
of the Border 4-H, put on a one-act
play about a fishing trip. James
Rein of the same club read a poem
entitled "Friendship."
All girls enrolled in clothing proj
ects put on a dress revue and model
ed the garments they had made
during the year. These included
pajamas, sunsuits, skirts, and
dresses. All of these garments
were well made, showing good taste
in selection of materials and pat
tern. and skill in sewing.
County Agent, Frank Robinson,
gave a report on 4-H Club work and
activities during the year, and then
gave out the following awards:
Gills Record and Canning—Edith
Butts. Kootenai Valley Girls 4-H.
Food preparation—Nancv Clark.
Tobacco Valley 4-H Club.
Leadership—Glen Helms, Border
1-H Club.
Achievement—Roger Helms. Bor- 1
der 4-H Club.
Clothing—Shirlev Farley, Alpine
1-H Club,
Garden—Dale Butts and Jack i
Butts. Kootenai Valiev Boys Club.
A delicious potluck lunch was !
served at the conclusion of the pra-1
gram.
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November 14-20 is the Annual
Book Week which is celebrated all
over the United States by libraries,
publishers, schools and book stores.
In Lincoln County it is a time when
the new fall books are on display
for the week at the libraries in Lib
by, Troy and Eureka. Juvenile books
are the feature but a few adult
titles are included in the displays.
The national theme for Book
Week this year is BOOK TELL
THE STORY,
explanatory for most everyone has
personal experiences of reading for
pleasure or profit.
There is art attractive, colored
poster that is being used nationally
and the Library has procured
enough copies for all the school
rooms in the county's elementary
grade and one for each of the high
schools. Book marks will also be
given out to the children.
The books this year are very at
tractive and the library staff in each
place hopes that many will come
to the library during Book Week
to see the new books which will
start circulating the following week.
Parents are urged to look at the
children's books so that they can
see what literature is being pro
vided for today's youngsters.
This theme is self
The T ihhr Torn ( ..-c wt o, un, it,, i
fish in the play-off game at White-If"
fish Saturday. The score was 13 to ;
7 with the Bulldogs scoring ju% as
the half ended and then again in
the third period. Libbv made their
touchdown in th* third quarter af
ter Bob Volkenand ' broke thr-imh |
for a spectac ular 72 yard run. :
The field was quite wet and was i
a direct handicap for the break
away running and passing of the
Had the team played in !
the good record this veaill
would undoubtedly have been a Let
ter one.
The entire team and coach wish
to extend their appreciation for the
fine support gven them bv the I
T . y . -
COln *u- unty , Board
Commissioners this week, accepted :
the resignations of Kenneth Eigc
} ow - County Treasurer and Leslie
d£ h ' County Assessor.
Commissioners expressed re
Mr ;^ el0W and . Mr ' Leigh
,, « • , V? .t b ? ir resignations but
that the salaries of county
iri . a , which are set by law are
Announcement of a
appointment of Mr
ingles Sturm as acting County Treas
! J na r r- and * Ml l S Edith Baeth a 5 a u t '
ing county Assessor was made bv
c °mmissi° ner s. ,
Mr. Bigelow goes to the J. Neils
Company, and Mr. Leigh returns to
the Forest Service. i
Terriers Lose To
Bulldogs 13 to 7
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Terriers.
, Thus Libby closed it's 1948 foot
ball campaign with a record of five
wins and two losses. They scored
137 points against 32 for their op
ponents.
1947.
people of Libby.
ANNOUNCE RESIGNATION
OF COUNTY OFFICIALS
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NOVEMBER 11,1948 -ARMISTICE DAY
The marked graves of lens of Thousands of our boys—
of all races, colors and creeds—and the monument
to the Unknown Soldier are a constant challenge to all
of us to fight unflinchingly for unending peace.
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Mr Doxtater was employed in
die local creamery for about 12
months during 1946 and 1947. He
has spent 12 years in the business
in addition to taking a dairy course
in the University of Minnesota. H*
has worked for Meadow Gold
Creamery, Billings; Deer Lodge
Creamery, Deer Lodge and B & C
Dairy Co.. Havre, and is thorough
ly acquainted with the work. The
family expect to join him here a-1
bout the first of December. C. H.
is a brother of L. W. Doxtater of
this place.
C. H. Doxtater To
Manage Creamery
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C. H. Doxtater arrived Thursday
of last week from Havre to assume
the management of the Libby
Creamery.
Kenneth F, Endicott. who has
operated the Creamery for the past:
four years, expects to move to Kal
ispell, where he will serve as ser
viceman for the Glacier Dairy of
that' place and the dairies at Libbv,
Eureka and Whitefsh. During the
time he has operated the Libby
Creamerv Mr. Endicott has built
up the institution, adding both to
the equipment and efficiency of the
plant and to the volume of busi
ness handled. He has been active
in community life, and the family
have a large circle of friends who
(will wish them the best in their
new field.
Forest Service
Personnel Change
Supervisor W. G. Guernsey an
nounces the arrival of Fred Currie,
formerly of the Cabinet National
Forest, Thompson Falls, Montana.
Mr. Currie will be employed in a
clerical position in the Libby of
fice, succeeding Del Williams who
was recently transferred to Seattle.
Mr. Currie was accompanied by
Mrs. Currie and their three children
to Libby and they are residing
temporarily at the Libby Cabin
Court.
Leslie Leigh. former Lincoln
County Assessor, has been re-ap
pointed storekeeper for the Koo
tenai National Forest with head
quarters at Libby. Mr. Leigh oc
cupied this position with the Forest
Service for many years prior to
his election as county assessor two
years ago.
Jessie D. Hough on
Missing Transport
A former resident of Libby, Mrs.
Jessie D. Hough, widow of the late
Hamilton D. Hough, was one of 17
pe'rsons aboard the missing DC 3
transport plane of the Pacific Alaska
Air Express on flight from Anchor
a 8 e to Seattle. Mrs. Hough was
™ ute to atU ' n T f| a medical sch ° o1
mneapolis, Minn.
. Hamilton Hough, son of Mr and
J" rs - Harr >' Hough, formerly of Lib
by > but now of Fort Jones Calif
m ® t hls death December 10, 1946
when his plane crashed in McGregor
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1 Mrs - Hough, who has been cm
Oloyed in Alaska for almost twoj
years became a student flier over
year ago. She was formerly em- j
ployed by the Zonolite Company)
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A newspaper article stating that j
tbe old battle-scarred heavy cruiser j
Pcnsecola is to be sunk, recalled to |
the mind of I. B. Fleshcr of the
battle of Iwo .lima, when the Pen-j
jecola was hit by three 8 inch shells j
tired from a Jap shore battery, i
which set the shin afire and as the {to
dispatch states, killed 17 and wound-[
,.(j J20 men !
Mr. Flesher who was Chief Elec- i
trieian's Mate was on board a Mine |
weeper about one-half mile from
..he stricken ship and Mr. Flesher
-tales that his ship was ordered to,
lender assistance but before it could
come along side, the Pensecola sig
raled that everything was under
control and no assistance needed.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Partlow and
U f hter> Merri11 ' and Mr and M rs
j Erickson and family attended
Lions International zone meet
mg and dinner dance held Saturday
çvPnmg in Kalispell. They returned
home Sunday.
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Lincoln Co. Deer
Kill Tues. Is 120
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Seven hundred and twenty-four
hunters checking through Lincoln
County stations report the bagging
| during the present deer season up to
Tuesday evening, of 120 deer and
s > x black bear. This does not in
! elude the take reported through
the Yaak River section, which
j«dd both to number of hunters and
j kll l °f game, Of the 120 deer
tagged. 75 were whitetails and 45
were muledeer. Many more deer
I beve been killed in the county and
1 not checked through any station
The report by station follows;
Lost Prairie—295 hunters bagged
whitetail. 16 muledeer and six
black bear.
Wolf Creek
whitetail and nine
Stryker Station
checked out 18 muledeer
whitetail.
In voluntary checks, six whitetail
and two muledeer were checked in
at Chet's Cabins, Libby: and 15
whitetail at" Wetzel's Service Sta
tion. Eureka.
Hunting success has increased dur
ing the past week the hunters re
port. snow in the high country start
ing the deer to move down into the
lower, more accessible sections.
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muledeer.
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Libby Woman' Club
Holds Nov. Meeting
The Libby Womans Club held
their regular November meeting
Tuesday afternoon in the Commun
ity Room, with Mrs. J W. Johnston,
in the chair. The
meeting opened with the flag salute
and club collect. Three new mem
bers—Mrs. A. G. Hedstrom. Mrs.
J. W, Post, and Mrs. A. M. Brock
way were introduced and a guest,
Mrs. Wilson.
Mrs. Evan Yaple was appointed
to the American Home Committee.
Mrs. Luvia Craven reported on the
successful work of the Mobile Unit
here. She also announced that she
was asked to be a committeewoman
for the Girl Scouts and requested
the Club to sponsor a troop» which
the Club voted to do. The annual
gifts for Fort Harrison will be col
lected next month and a cash dona
tion was voted to the Montana
Children's Home.
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Several guest speakers were in
cluded in the meeting, the first of
which was Miss Ruby Swanson of
Troy who spoke on "Operation
Democracy." The plan of work is
for ,'owns to contact and help towns
in Europe which suffered destruc
tion and need help and give the
needed clothing, food and other j
supplies Not only the material j
things are needed but friendshm 1
also and the friendly help both pri
vately and publicly shows the peo- 1
pie over there what democrats ran
do for a country. In some towns
the school children write to the
chool children of their adopted
town thus strengthening the friend
part ment
The Rev William Stearns spoke
fjn Armistice Day The significance
,,f the days to'have changed
Iv feeling. In larger places they
exchange students. Our State De
and other high officials
supporting the plan and en
couraging its furtherance.
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V( . r the years and now it seems!
to be in effect another Memorial
Day. He thinks however that it is
not too late to restore some of its !
'earlier meaning as a dav to cele
brate the coming of a just and last-1
mg peace. The only way he can |
see to accomplish this is Christ s
Way of Brotherhood. The present |
"cold' war promotes terror and fear j
which are two of the world's fastest !
growing businesses. There is a vast |
field for the demonstration of j
brotherhood and the picture looks i
rather dismal except for several j
things which make a silver liniag j
some of the clouds. These are |
the United Nations with its several j
organizations and the newly formed!
World Council of Churches The i
individual bas a strong rcsponsibil-:
ity to help make the Armistice
Day dream a reality.
The program for the day, in |
charge of Mrs. Craven, was on
books and literature. The first
number was a dramatization of the
well-known children's story THE
THREE BEARS by pupils of Mrs.
av Parker's first grade room The
characters were Mary Lentz, Del
Bloom. Fav Bloom and Frankie
Simurdak Another pupil. Ida Wii
son recited a poem, THE LEAVES.
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Gov. Matkin To
Visit Libby
Lions Monday
Gov. Charley Matkin of McGrath,
Atla., is scheduled to visit the Lib
by Lions Club next Monday eve*
ing. November 15. The announce
ments of Gov. Charley's visit was
made last Monday evening by Lion
President W. J Erickson at the reg
ular meeting of the Libby Lions
for the second Monday in Novem
ber. The meeting next Monday will
take the place of the regular meet
ing scheduled for November 22.
The date for the Lions' annual
stag party was set for Saturday,
December 18. and it was decided to
hold the annual Football Banquet
the first meeting in December.
Ernie Wood. George Wood. Jw*
Harrison and Melvin Knudson wen?
appointed as committee on prépara
lions for the stag night meeting.
Lion Sherman gave an interesting
discussion on the activities of Lion
ism, local, national and internation
A lively discussion was also
held regarding the proposed Libby
Dam at Jennings and its effect on
Lincoln countv
Double Phones
In Five Years
"We
are gaining appreciably on
work necessary to supply ser
vice to those who have waited on
so patiently." said George B.
Amas. Eastern District Manager of
Interstate Telephone Company to-'
day. "We have been able recently
secure for use at Libby, some of
material which has been in
short supply for so long This work
which has been done will enable us
a large measure, to give most
people the class of service they
desire. Some items of material are
hard to get and this means
a part of the job just accom
plished is of a temporary nature.
Mi«t oLU, however, can be worked
a rong rJnge program \ye have
the expansion of our service at
Libby. We realize that Libby is
growing rapidly and we have full
in the permanence of this
growth and its stability. The re
accomplishment has included
placing of 4.500 feet of aerial
cable of various sizes and addition
al bare wire, cross arms and poles
for proper distribution Some of
the outside plant has been re
routed for greater efficiency," said
Mr. Ama§.
"As of Stcptember 30. 1943 there
were 510 telephones connected at
Libby while September 30 of this
year. 1948, finds us with 838 con
nected, a gain of 10% for the past
five years and more than fifty per
cent over the figure given for 1943.
This gain of course more than
doubles the amount of local and
long distance calls. Toll service,
though not as good as we plan to
make it. is more prompt and effi
cient and toll business will continue
to increasd as we become more able
to improve the quality of the ser
vice," stated Amas.
Services were held at 2:00 p, m.
last Saturday for Thomas Sherman
Garrison, early day settler in the
Troy district, who '-passed away
November 3, at St. John's Lutheran
Hospital in Libby. The services
were conducted hv the Rev, W. C.
Stearns, pastor of tb<- Libbv Mcth
"di-t Church.
the Gornpf Funeral Home chapel
Mrs W. C Stearns sang two solos,
"Abide With Me." and "Bevond the
Sunset "
Hold Services for
Early Day Settler
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Casket bearers were, Fred
Clark. Sr . James Mahoney. Sam
Vartarian, Les Kens hr. Art Mc
Neil! and Harry Blair Interment
was made beside his wife in the
Libbv cemetery.
Thomas Sherman Garrison was
born August 1. 1864 at Auburn. W
Virginia, and passed away Decern
ber 3. in Libby, aged 84 years, three
months and two days. Coming to
the Troy district, he homesteaded
there in the early days of the coun
ty, and has been a resident of Troy
since 1911.
Mr. Garrison was preceded in
death by his wife, who passed on
during April of last year. He is
survived by one daughter. Mrs. Ocie
Bctzer of Yaak. and two sons, Ros
coe Garrison. Libby, and Romeo
Garrison of Yaak. Sixteen grand
children and six great grandchidren
a ]<, 0 surv j ve their grandfather.
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KALISPELL PASTOR DIES
SUDDENLY IN HOME
Rev. A Jordan. 57. pastor of the
Trinity Lutheran Church of Kalis
pell, died suddenly in his home
Wednesday of last week. The Rev.
Jordan had served the Libby con
gregation as vacancy pastor for
three months preceding the arrival
of the present pastor. Rev. A. O
Werfelmann, and is well and favor
ably known here.
The Rev. and Mrs. Werfelmann
drove to Kalispell Tuesday to at
tend the funeral which was held
that day.