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VOLUME XXVIU
Libby, Lincoln County, Montana, Thursday, April 18, 1929
Number 45
Came To
TUs District
42 Years Ago
George Blackwell Passes
Away After Long Resi
dence in These Parts.
MUCH INTERESTED
IN GOLD MINING
Lincoln county lost one of its oldest
pioneers last Saturday in the death
of George Blackwell, Sr., Mr. Black
well having come to Libby 42
ago and having lived here most of the
time during that period. He had been
in poor health for the past two or
three years, death finally being caused
by dropsy. He was nearly 77 years of
years
won many
warm friends who held him in deep
est respect as a man of upright char
acter and always honorable in his
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loving husband and father.
George Blackwell was bom on May
24, 1862, at Hoboken, N. J., and was
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his parents decided to migrate to
Washington, and they sailld from
New York, crossing the Isthmus of
Panama. After a somewhat event
ful voyage in which the sailors mu
tinied, they reached San Francisco
The elder Blackwell homesteaded in
the Williamette valley near Portland
Ore./ where George grew to man
hood. .
In 1874 he married Eliza Field at
Cottage Grove Ore and a short time
after moved to Sprague, Wash., where
he was employed as engineer on the
Northern Pacific When^the gold ex
citement arose fn the Coeur d'Alenes
in 1886 he removed there and in the
following year came to Libby, where
he was one of the original'locators
of the Silver Crown mine. After sell
ing out to a Spokane firm he re
turaed to Coeur ^d'Alene for a short
time where he ebeaecd in eold mill
ing 6 'Re turning toUbbyhe entered
S sheriff office and for 17 yeS
was county iailer retiring 'about a
ïïf «Âéfu« HÎ
WÂÎX and a son!
George Jr. Two daughters died while
y °rw' t l - • , . ,
the tLli S F
tne tunerai weie Mr. ana rars. J. r.
Be 68 y of Cashmere, Wash.
Funeral services were held from
the Gompf chapel Tuesday afternoon
with the Rev. John Pate officiating.
The impressive Masonic
used at the grave, the Masons hav
ing charge of the services there. The
funeral was one of the largest
held in the city and the chapel
more than filled with
service was
ever
was
sorrowing
friends. Many beautiful floral offer
ings testified to the high esteem ih
which the deceased was held. \
In the long years of his residence
here Mr. Blackwell had
Play Fascinates-
Large Audience
Playing to a capacity audience,
merhbers of the cast of "The First
Year" gave an excellent and enter
taining nresentation ofthat nlav Fri
taming presentation ot that play 8 n
day night. Decidedly above the aver
age of "home talent" acting, the per
formance was as finished and smooth
as any given in Libby in years,
The various roles were verv well
V J roies were very wen
handled. Mrs. Jaqueth as Grace Liv
invston the sweetheart and bride
ingaton, tne sweetheart ana onae,
Was Charmingly VIVaClOUS, and Paul
Curtis, male lead, gave a m °st con
*?' dîs r .7p"otated ra .„ , i„e i b d. V S
husband. L » d L «" k k > " ■ ^
lÄ m .nd r V„ P jh'ÄfBSÄ
eapabie and ettectiveportrayaf as Hie
■narent-s of nonular Grace Mrs Tames
parents oi popular urace. Mrs, James
Christie as Hattie, the maid, fur
ri± n the house m y " ' Ug
Carleton Touvhin was uncnualed as
Caneton Jougnm was unequaled as
e .,r ;i C a °vi f£ n^ n of an m elt
er uncle, playing the part of an eld
the nvIl^Dkk Turing
t femfntee' hearts te thé
made many feminine hearts in the
neÏÏSve manne/ Mrs ^rIv Rk/
nnH T WH n,r« ; and Mrs
R«l.w yd « dd/wrea 1 1 V M tc thi S'
Ra " ta J rti ' Ϋ.Î2S art* fnraiahW
cess of the second act, furnishing
much comedy during the dinner scene.
Each of the players deserves in
rn/rtnrtng r ^rtrival th^rMe ^
convincing portrayal of the role as
signed. At home on the stage, and
enthuaiastically responding to each
wl' aïdTence everv mteute of îte
large audience every minute of the
P T^ko nl»v wno given nmW mis
_The play was given under the aus
pices of the Libby Women's , club.
which reports a very nice profit
from ticket sales. Coaching was done
by Mrs. Clem West and Miss Clin
ton, who staged the final produc
tion. Music, furnished by Miss Gompf,
Jack Jefferson, Art and Jim Christie
during the intermissions, was greatly
enjoyed. '
To all who assisted in making the,
play such a success, the Woman's
club tenders a sincere vote of thanks,
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Women Honored
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Two Lincoln countv women were
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St week Mrs^oS B*
iwt^i # rr j- -H 0 wa ®
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\rlvli g p ' p k ®? cretai 7 bein *
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atabes M f 8, + De Vu n f' j but b u e
thT • to tbat
dean P ■?, in , univ er3ities and
gdrls^Tf the; 3 Milhvootl ÄT '
i the Mlll wood, Wlash., high
Wfl p. Mrs - ®eLano s predeces
fZ ^ adviaer K> rla , of
wa s preSnt it^loDkairin? «Â
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,? 1C ^ e of the Troy schools,
m ,5 ba! * maa °/ tke . division,
Se PadSc Northwest Associatlon of
xuuri 01 , fr* orthwest -
r Wh,k at the convention Mrs. De
Äendenfof SfeTfbbvSS Z
P crmtend ?P t the Libby schools and
of ,. Goodl ^,College of
ani
rem arked that he hoped soon to meet
them again.
, L hi> ,r s ^ rs - P **"* tirst vi *; t
to the Inland Empire association meet
{ At the meeting of ttie division
to which she was later elected chair
man, she delivered an impromptu ad
dress
MONDAY NIGHT, APRIL 22
Major-General Hugh L. Scott, U.
S. A., retired, Indian fighter and In
dians - friend( will personally re late
some of his early experiences -With
the Indians of the Northwest dur
ing the "Empire Builder" radio pro-!
gram Monday night, April 22.
In pre3ent ing General Scott to the
radio audience of America, the Great
Northern y ai way is following the
precedent it established a few weeks
a S° when > in dramatizing the Indian
j d cent erimr around the elusive
it-genaa centering arounu ine elusive
Manas Pass, it introduced John F.
gt world renowned civil engineer
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jjo relatec the j
this ot All the north"™ Rock?
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N GeneraI'lclrtt is credited with hay
intimate "knowledge of In
)?«. and reli K ion than
an y Lvmg person. On several oc
. a , as t 0 unded the nation
unattended into hostile In
dLn encampirLnts! restorteg peace
and effeetiug the surrender of out
. savages
This famous Indian warrior has al
f e u that the Indian was more
siancd a gal n5t than otherwise. He
has no sympathy with the causes of
- x. earlv Indian wars Hu
kindly lndkns who had be
friended the white man times with
out number were virtually extermin
at « d to satisfy the greed and rapac
. . the white man as General Scott
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' a t 0 ry of these Indian days in
the Northwest which Major General
Scott personally will relate promises
^ another unique treat for radio
The "Empire Builder" programs are
broadcast " very Monday night from
the Northwest stations between 8:30
, Q mouhta ! n t : me
ana y mo untain time.
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More Snow m Mountains.
Last week Herman Bockman, Jr.
purchased three purebred cows of
the milking Shorthorn ^rain. The
animals were bought at Bozeman and
cost about $225 each delivered here,
This makes another valuable add!
tion to the dairy industry of the dis
trict, which is gradually being dcvol
oped.
EMPIRE BUILDER" PROGRAM
FORMER LIBBY MAN
k,lled ,n ^l to
of Libby, was drowned Thursday,
April 11, when a car in which he was
r ' dbl ^ plunged into a deep irrigation
Sirs *r.
An S*-| es Herald tells of the accident
""SShAMENTO Anil n t
. "AMENTO, April 11.—'Two
I/'AA 1gak . s 0l1 "î 61 ? wa re killed and
f, tb,rd seriously injured today when
car P^ng^d from the state
SrÛon n dftch CDUrt a " d mt ° * deGp
10 j d: '1 th - tir T „
The dead^ are W J Beager. 63,
geologlst ' and Frank Callahan, 40, oil
B °îîi pan - y ^P resenta tive, Los Angeles.
Louis Chasseur, 39, driver of the
SSl'haSltri"" 0 "' C ° nd,tl ° n ^ ^
local hospital.
He « sca I>e d by breaking the wind
b f the others were drowned
Wi the^vihicle" d fieht theU ' way
the , veh ^®- ,
AnJSfa bhree^VÆrc reburmng- to Los
Angeles after investigating oil lands
near Orland, according to Chasseur.'
f 0 iS' senTtb^cHnnf^Tn^^" Cah 'i
tonna, sent the clipping to this paper
and wrote that water in the ditch
S°t Ä 1 1 A th s1ste/o? 1 B ged 10
teet deep. A sister of Beager s, Mrs.
Eva Neff Durfee, took, the body to
Soth« ' Oh ' 0 ' t0r ' b " r "' 1 bCS ' de
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GENUINE TALKING PICTURE
to ubw theatre
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Here is what you have been waiting
for—a genuine talking movie To line
w i t h his policy to give his customers 1
the best in entertainment, W, F. Kien- 1
itz has aiTanged'for the showing of i
a talking' picture at the Kootenai
theztve nert Friday and Saturday.
Generation," featuring Jean Hersholt,
Lina Basquette and Ricardo Cortez,
three excellent stars. The story is by
Fannie Hurst, which assures a heart
gripping picture. >
A portable machine has' teen de
veklped tfiat allows the giving of
talking pictures in any theatre, and
in a wholly natural effect. You will
hear the actors actually speak their
lines. Talking pictures have made the
screen a living thing—see and hear
"The Younger Generation" at the
iv lounger generation at tne
Kootenai theatre Friday and Satur
day.
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Pbe Spokane chamber of commerce
Î* a get-together meeting
°P uesday, June 18, of représenta
tives from all the principal towns ly
>"* the Park to Park highway he
^ weeM Glacier national park and Spo
ka n«-It is probable that a Libby dele
S at,or | att en ' i *n d towns repre
sen ted will be Kalispell, Lihby, Troy,
Bonners Ferry Sandpoint. Priest Riv
er N !ù VP °w' . XT ,
W , hl1 « the Western News has not
received authentic information as yet
,roni Die Spokane chamber as to the
purpose of the meeting, it is under
8 t-u° d the gathering is called'to con
f' dei * matters of general interest to
tbe towns represented and also wh^t
<an be done ^ or the speedy completion
?/ r . tbe highway through this district,
With augmented funds voted by Mon
tana for highway construction the
completion ot the highway will be
accomplished sooner than was at first
expected.
A complete highway will mean much
more tourist travel and that means
hundreds of thousands of dollars left
in the district each year,
It undoubtedly will mean more rap
id development of the country, more
industries and more wealth,
While details of th" Spokane pro
gram have not yet been announced,
it is understood the program will he
' broadcast over KKQ.
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Renekalis To Hold
njrfHft Wertina
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district at a special meeting to be
held > this city Monday next. The
opening session will be held at 1:30
o'clock in Odd Fellow hall, when a
program of entertainment will be
presented. At 6:30 a banquet will be
s A e . r , ved the Rebekahs by the Ladies'
Aid of the Presbyterian church, in
the church bdsement.
The evening session will open at>
8:30, when degrees will be conferred
upon candidates and other lodge work
î viU be d ,T' Follo ?' i ^ this ' session'
lunch will be served.
Delegate's will be present from Kal-^
ispell, Columbia frails, Whitefish,
Pols . on and Eureka. The assembly
warden of the Grand Lodge, of Butte.
will be present, as will also thétiis
trict president, from Kalispell.
The four hostesses have issued in
vitations for another party to be given
Friday evening, cards to be the di
version of the evening.
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Two more carloads of elks can be
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obtinned for Llncoln county, according
announcemen t made by E. M.
Boyes, who is advisory member for
northwestern Montana of the State
Sportsmen's association. Mr. Boyes
j^ked in co-operation with the^ state
Lsh'and game commission m the re
cen , fc P ,acm f of two carloads at Libby
, . ®j ys T tw 9 mor Jj are avai ' a ",' e
£ L!?«
^ G,b ^ b ? , al1 tbey
fan handle at this time but a car
Ioad wdl Probably be taken by the
s P°rt8mmi of the northern end of the
^ ou . nt y- Hoy men were asked if they
r 6 ? 11 ?," a car load of the game animals
tbey regretfully refused because
of the expense involved,
Rp nor tin 0 . the tnkino- nf a ear for
,, importing tna , tak i n f u 01 a ^ ar f° r
the northern part of the county, the
Eureka Tournai »aid
^Steps'were taken up by the To
b»»« V.Iley. Sport.men'» „»cintion.
jütsä?®
whleh will be liberated in thi. vichC
'S' J"'™*) '»-operation of E,
« e L "f L*b,.who » advmory
member tor tms district ot the state
association, arrangements are being
made with the state game commission
for their capture, loading and ship
ment to this place.
The expense, it is estimated, will be
approximately $260, and a committee
is raising what funds it. can, and if
there is any deficit, it will be cov
ered with funds from the local as
sociation. Our fellow townsman and
most public spirited citizen, O. P.
Mosby, headed the list with a dona
turn of $25, and nearly all sports
men approached have come through
with donations of $5 or more,
Many sections of Tobacco valley
are deemed natural elk country, and
they will he liberated in the Fortinc
or Trego sections, probably in the
former, where they will have an op
portunity to drift in to the bunch
grass country,
Two carloads, or approximately 100
head of elk, were liberated at Libby
recently, and . year or ,o «j an
earlier shipment was liberated there.
Some —ere .1,0 taken to ft. Wolf
These animals are all reported to be
doing well, and the early herds have
been considerably augmented by pro
geny. 1
This step by the local club is one
in the right direction and it is antici
pated the animals will spread to var
parts of the valley and their
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Alexander-Haugher Wedding.
Mrs. Amelia Baugher of Bonaparte,
Iowa, and Mr. WiLiam Alexander of
Kent, Wash., wtjre married at St.
Joseph's church by the Rev. Father
McRory Tuesday morning at 10
' o'clock.
1 Mrs. Baugher is a sister of Mrs.
I J. N. Nass and has spent the winter
at the Nass home. Mr. and Mrs.
Baugher left on the afternoon train
: for the bride's former home in Bona
parte and will be at home to their
I many ft-iends in Kent, Wash., after
, the first of June.
W.J. Mandley Given
Fine Promotion
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W. J. Mandley has been promoted
to the managership of the Sandpoim
division of Mountain States Power
Company, it was learned here today.
Mandley received this promotion in
recognition of his splendid record with
the power company, the last four
years of which he has served as man
ager of the local office.
R. E. Russell, who will succeed
Mr. Mandley, comes here from In
dependence, Ore., where he was man
ager. Russell will assume his new
duties here May 1st.
For the present at least Mr. Mand
ley will continue to hiy-e supervision
over the company operations at Lib
by although located at Sandpoint,
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A, L. Hamel moved Tuesday onto
sm vziTLt s;
Neils Lumier comp " nï - He has
erected a large garage bpUding on
the property and will occupjy it as
temporary quarters until he has time
*» tr tr* which he pl,ns to
do before fait
The tract-is an ideal location along
the Kootenai, just easterly from the
city park, with a beautiful mountain
view, Hamel plans to develop it into
a stopping place for tourists, and
will erect a number of cabins He
has four cabins already nearly fin
ished and more will be built from
time to time during the summer. Two
of the present cabins are 12x14 and
two are 10x12 feet. Both are of log
construction and the rustic idea will
be carried out in all further construe
tion on the place, so as to make the
buildings harmonize with the sur
roundings of river and mountains.
Hamel already hhs a private electric,
light plant installed and is digging
a well so as to provide water for
a water system. Garages will be built
so that each cabin will have a garSgo
of its own.
The tract adjoins the Roosevelt
highway, which is the main artery of
.travel from the northern part of the
county, and is so situated as to at
tract the attention of tonrUta tray
cling ovei this popular highway.
BRINGS PUREBRED SHEEP
TO TOBACCO VALLEY
Eureka Journal; The sheep industry
in Tobaaco valley received another
substantial boost last week, when 100
head of purebred ewes were brought
hero* by S. T. Christian ■ of Great
Falls. The animals arrived last Thurs
day and were taken to the Peltier
ranch where Mr. Christian already
has 200 head on shares.
.Mr. Christian was here recently and
was so pleased with the way his sheep
.came through the winter and the
very apparent advantages of this sec
tion as a sheep country, that he de
cided to bring these purebreds here
and also plans on bringing in more
on shares this fall.
Several of the farm flocks in the
valley have nearly completed lamb
ing, and very good success is reported,
the increase being from 110 to 150
per cent. It is estimated now that
there are well over 2000 head in the
valley in small bands or farm flocks,
ranging from 100 tu 400 head in a
flock. Those who have engaged in the
venture are apparently well pleased
with their start.
FORMER LIBBY WOMAN
RECOVERS FROM BROKEN BACK
Mrs. Fay Dickey of Colfax, Wash.^
arrived in Libby last week for a visit
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Smith. M.rs. Dickey is just getting
about from injuries sustained in an
automobile accident last June, when
she suffered a broken back. The ac
cident, she reports, was due to too
fast driving, »he repeatedly having
urged the driver to drive sloweri
Traveling at about 65 miles an hour,
and approaching a curve, the driver
applied the brakes, locking one rear
wheel in some manner. The car left
the highway, completely jumped an
intersecting road 32 feet wide that
had been graded some two or three
feet below the surrounding ground
Striking the far edge of this cut, the
leaped 60 feet and turned over.
hU 1 ? driver and a young 19 „ a i d
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increase in years will provide another
real game asset for the future. As
Hugo Klossner, president of the local
association put it, "all that will be
necessary is for the natives to be
careful of their trigger finger."
Will Elks
Become Pest
To Farmers
It Is Said They Will Hot
Bother Where Natural
Food Is Plentiful.
ARE A REAL ASSET
TO THE COMMUNITY
Will the planting of elk in thi»
district result in their becoming a
nuisance to the farmers and a hind
rance to the further development of
the dairy industry here? That ques
tion is somtimes heard propounded
by a few citizens who are much in
terested in seeing more cows brought
into the section and more farmers
engaged in dairying.
With the idea of obtaining
swer to the question, the query
put to F. J. Jefferson, supervisor
of the Kootenai national forest. "Elk
will never bother farmers in this
part of the state," said Mr. Jefferson.
"It has been the experience of the
forest service that elk
bot ï e î' to , the fa L rmin « industry
cept in pi ace8 -where natural feed is
scarce. Where natural feed is plentl
ful the animals never bother the
farmer's fields or haystacks, and
tarai feed here is exceptionally abun
dant * There is no need to worry aboot
tbe alk damaging crops in this part
äm c e , r d coÄbi 0 e , rur n ! c' nd T£s
j was n the Bitter Root valley, in a
I section where there was pratically
f!° natura l feed. As a matter of fact,
is Hie on ] y j ns tance where the plant
ing of these fine game animafs ra
suited in a damage to farming. With
j the superabundance of natural fesd
here there is no reason -to fear any
damage to local farm development."
"There is an angle to this matter
that many do not consider," continued
Mr. Jefferson. "That is the money
that will be brought into the country
by sportsmen who come to hunt elk
after they have become plentiful. I
| know of a small town in Idaho, where
elk hunting is good, where about 110,
000, conservatively estimated, £
brought into the town annually by
e Ik hunters from the outside. Ths
planting of elk results not only In
sport for local sportsmen but it has
a no mean money value to the com
munuity as well."
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Entertains for Grandson.
Mrs. John Patl invited in a few
little friends last Saturday to help
her grandson, Gerald Patt Hord, cele
brate his fourth birthday, and the lit
tle folks took full advantage of the
opportunity to have a good time, with
games and the delicious refreshments
served. The little guests present were
Douglas Saunders, Gordon Tibbets,
Lloyd and Eugene Lyons, Carl and
Geneva Lovick, Calvin and Mary
Downing, and Joe, Janette and Ju
dith Johnson. The guest of honor ia
the son of Mrs. Lillian Hord.
Play the Tin Foil Game.
A number of boys and girls of
Lihby are surely helping crippled chil
dren by saving tin foil, which is sold
and the proceeds turned over to re
lief work for crippled little ones. Any
boy or girl may join the game. Leav*
your tin foil and name at the W. H.
Dickin home. When school is out w«
wall make whoopee at the tin foil
picnic.
Party Is Social
Peak of the Season
The peak of the social season !■
Libby was reached Wednesday eve
ning when some sixty couples, bid
den by Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Peidalue,
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Garrett, Mr. ana
Mrs. L.—fr. "Wlgltth-and Mr. and Mra.
A. M. Hoffman, met at the Wood
man hall for a charming dancing
party.
" Shaded lamps, flowers in profn—
sion and corners rendered inviting
and comfortable by the aid of la^E*
chairs, rugs and lamps lent to taa
hall a homelike and luxurious at
mosphere heretofore unattained.
Brightly hued dolls, parasols and
pompons, passed to the guests
favors added a note of color and
gaiety.
Punch was served during the danc
ing hours by Miss Betty Garrett
Miss Frances Keller. ExceMent marie
was furnished by Frances GorafC»
James and Art Christie and Jack
Jefferson.
The four hostesses have issued far
another party to be given Friday eve
ning, cards to be diversion of tha
evening.
Report Unasally Enjoyable Tinm.
An outstanding evening for tbs
members of the '29 Pinochle club ma
that of Wednesday night,
club was entertained by
Chappel, the guests all reporting •
moat unusually enjoyable time. At
the bridge games high score honora
were won by Mrs. Irene Barrett and
the consolation by Miss Muriel Joha
son. A dainty lunch was served,
when the
Mrs. Jack