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The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07
REWARD MONEY
CALLS UP R0ND0
TRAIN ROBBERY

The disposition by the courts of
the SIS, 900 reward for the capture
of Frankhauser and Mcdonald re-
calls the famous Rondo holdup of
Great Northern train below Rex
ford over two years ago. The me n
secured $40, 900, which they cached
at Sylvanite. Returning with some
OF the swag, they proceeded to
paint Bonners Ferry red and spent
money so riotously that the Spo-
kane officers were notified and the
pair was taken off the train at
Hillyard. They had over $I4, ,oco
of the stolen bills on their persons
and we're sent to Helena for trial,
but later made Jail break. Nc
Donald has never been heard from,
except by rumor, but Frankhauser
was arrested in a harvest field in
Minnesota. He was given IA life
sentence and is doing time in the
federal prison at Ft. Leavenworth,
Kansas.
The Minnesota officers put in a
claim for the reward, also a St.
Paul detective who had worked on
the case. The court allowed the
St. Paul man 5000 and divided the
balance on basis of S. per cent to
the eastern claimants and as per
cent to the western contingent.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07

Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. J. P. Bartlett, at Troy, Judge
Geo. +, Davis united in marriage
Vim. Warwick and Miss Gertrude
Woods, both of Troy. Miss Ger
trude is one of the pretty girls Of
Troy and Mr. Warwick is to be
congratulated upon capturing such
a charming prize in the matrlmo-
NAL world. They have not decid-
ed upon definite place of location
for their future home and will first
visit for few days, Libby, Spo-
kane and other cities. Mr.. War
wick is all expert photographer and
may locate at Libby.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07
LUCKY LIBBY
THE BEAUTIFUL
Council Proposes Ordinance
for Cluster Lights on Mineral
and California Avenues.---Will
be Best Lighted City for Its
Size in America.

At Tuesdays meeting of the
city council an ordinance was pro-
visionally passed creating Lighting
District No. 1, which embraces the
territory on California avenue be-
tween Second and Fourth streets
and on Mineral avenue between
First street and the Boulevard.
1t provides for the erection of
steel pressed electric light poles at
each corner of intersecting streets
in the district, the poles carrying
cluster lights of FIVE each, four Of
90 watts and one of 100 watts.
All modern cities are instituting
this system of street lighting and
aside from the effectiveness of the
light itself they have a beautiful
appearance and impress a visitor
with the metropolitan flavor of the
town. Mineral avenue lighted up
On this plan, reinforced later with
cluster lamps in the center of the
block, will be one of the most
beautiful thoroughfares at night in
the United States, for its size.
The council has set the hearing
on this ordinance for October 9th,
at which time definite action will
be taken IN accordance with the
wishes of the property owners di-
rectly affected by its adoption.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07
Troy, Mont, Aug. 80.

Surrounded by family and girl
hood friends who have known and
loved her from childhood, Miss
Pearl Whiting, youngest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Whiting,
was married Monday evening to
Ray Lawrence Burr of Spokane.
The wedding solemized at the
family home was the most inter
esting of the season. The cere-
mony took place at 9 O clock, Rev.
Father Van AIKEN d Whitefsh
reading the services in the pres
euce of about 60 guests.
The Whiting home at Troy
made beautiful setting for the
nuptials. The lawn and veranda
were artistically lighted with Jap
anese lanterns. For the wedding
ceremony the parlors were profuse-
ly decorated with ferns and flowers.
Between the rooms the arch was
lined with a network into which
which ferns and flowers were en-
terwoven to form bower under
which the ceremony took place.
TO the strains of mendolshon
wedding march played by Miss
Helen Callow, the bridal party ell
tered, preceded by pretty little
Alice Brawley carrying the wedding
ring in,a basket of FLOWERS, fol-
lowed by the bride leaning on the
arm of her father, Mr.. H. D.
Whiting. She was attended by
her sister; Mrs. Charles Brawley
acting as matron of honor.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07

The First Presbyterian church of
Libby has now completed It's plans
for the erection of church build
ing and manse. For this purpose
the church has purchased of A. G..
Beager three lots on the boulevard
directly across from the school
building and will proceed at once
with the erection of manse there
on. A modern church will be erect
ed on the corner as soon as the
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07
New.Church, I resbyteriian

winter breaks in the spring, or, if
possible, this fall.
A large part of the funds for the
buildings has been arranged for,
but part will be raised by sub
scription. Eastern money can be
procured for the church, provided
a sufficient local subscri ption can
be secured at once, and the church
members are now woeking to Sc
cure the necessary amount.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07

a late circular letter of instruc-
tions to land Offices changes a GUS
tom which has been i'll practice for
twenty five or thirty years. Home
steaders have been allowed six
months to get on their claims, and
this period was credited in making
proof as constructive residence. To
take effect Dec. Ist next, home
steaders must actually live the full
five years on the land before they
can make proof.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07

VIM. Edwards, the we'll known
contractor, has goSs to Poison to
build a school house, which will
require his time and attention for
the next three or four weeks. Up
on the completion of this work he
will return to Libby and bring his
family with him to make his per
manent home here.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07

A. c. Herbst, the commercial
clubs committeeman on agricul-
ture, urges that our people bring
in exhibits for the county and state
fairs at once, so that we may be
properly represented. Samples
may be left at Judge Hoffman's S Of
fee. Exhibits can be received only
to the 18th inst. Get busy.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07
No 0ldti1l1e
Libbyan Can
Keep Away
Bill Hills Sees the Old Guard
Every So Often and Will Like
ly Drop in Some Day for
Keeps Visit Recalls Bear Story
by Herald Man.

w. "A. Hills visited in Libby
over. Sunday. "Blll'' - all his
friends call him "Bill' - never
misses an opportunity to stop off
at Libby if he is anywhere in this
section of the country, and being
cn route to Lis home at Portland
from Terrie and other British Co.
lumbia towns lie naturally cm-
hraced the opportunity to sec the
old town and the oldtimc friends
again.
AS is we'll known Bill is one of
crack shots of the country and is
giving exhibitions of fancy shoot
ing in the interests of the Relning-
ton Arms company. During this
season of the year he has many en-
gagements at fairs and is billed to
fill one next week at Salem, Ore.
His ground covers Oregon, Wash
lngton, Idaho and British Colum-
bia, ard while this is out OF his
territory he could not resist the
temptation to give us an exhibi-
ton of skill as trap Shot, with a
few fancy stunts thrown in, which
was pulled off at the ball park Sun
day afternoon and was much ell
joyed by the large crowd present.
Mr.. Hills was one of the sue.
cessful mining men of the early
days in the Libby district, and sold
valuable property on Shaugnessy
hill and in the West Fisher. The
writer remembers him when he was
developing the Bachelor, in which
he was interested, and he used to
make periodical trips to the prop
erty. One of these trips he will
probably never forget, hot Aug
ust day ten years ago. He was
the camp from Libby on a
bicycle. AS he made turn in the
road near the Childs ranch, he met
a big silvertip bear, scarcely thirty
feet away, trudging towards him.
1t is hard to say which was most
astonlshed as they came to a sud-
den halt, but Bill remembered that
he was unarmed and had not lost
any bear. As he reversed his
wheel to make a mastery retreat
he hs ard snort and looking over
his shoulder saw bis bruinship tear
ing 1t off through the tall timber.
The bear having beat him to a re-
treat, Bill went on up to the camp
without further 9dventurea
Bill likes to talk Of old times
with the natives and it would not
us to see him some day
come back for good. For do they
not all come back Sure.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07

Conceive, if you can. grande1
or more inspiring stretch of scene
ry for an auto trip north from
Kalispell through White6sh, ac-
ross the Saltwater, and up past
the beautiful chain of lakes into
Lincoln county, past that indesevi
ably piece of water, Dickey lake;
on through the matchless forests
and farmsteads in the Trego and
Fortine countries; out into the
open stretches of the beautiful
Plains country leading into Eure-
ka, the metropolis of Tobacco
Plains; on through fertile farms,
orchards auc meadows in a circuit
of this patch of paradise, and off
to railroad Rexford, across the far
famed Kootenai. up to Dodge
creek and into the forest primeval,
by easy grade over the Purcell
range and down the Yahk.
What stretches of silence aud
b auty, through glade and glen
and forest aisle! Here new max
ing homesteads, girt by deer trails
and crowned by trout streams;
there mining camp and again a
sawmill. Here crag and towering
peak and waterfall; there wide
stretching meadow filled with fat
tening kline. Around through
Sylvanite and down through Troy,
the Pearl OF the Kootenai; up the
Kootenai hanking that grand roll
ing river, past home, farm and
orchard, the mighty roaring of the
great falls Of the Kooteni and into
Libby-"Lu Lucky Libby'-with her
live, bustling streets, her busy
marts, her beautiful marts, her
beautiful homes, thriving little
city with every modern equipment
of comfort and convenience that 20
to make homes attractive and liv-
ing comfortable.
Again across the Kootenai and
sixty miles spin up the north and
west bank of this grand stream
and out through Rexford; or turn
south at Libby, through the Libby
creek valley up past the mining
camps, numbering camps, fruit and
stock farms of Swamp creek, Fish
er and Pleasant Valley out into the
Flathead, coming into
Kalispell frorS the west, a circuit
of nearly 800 miles since leaving
Kalispell.
AS side issue to the proposed
Park to Park auto road this circuit
would eaten them all.
1t is not an idle dream. Such a
road is practicable. The settlers
and farmers and Nero hants in the
several towns would get the bene-
fits. Hundreds of people would
then pass through our county
where scarcely dozens go now.
They would stop by the wayside
and buy a basin here, build a shop
or home there and return after 60
ing further to settle among a peo,
pie so far sighted and business like
as to build good roads and good
bridges.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07
WHERE THE
TEACHERS co
IN COUNTY.

We are indebted to County STU
perintendent of Schools Forrest y.
Head for the following assignment
of teachers throughout the county
for the coming school year
Dist. No. 4, Libby
Blanche Brinton principal
Wilhelmina Bierbower, 9TH and
Sth grades.
Mrs. J. w. Scott, 5th and Ga
grades.
Anna Ketridge, 4th.
Maxine Miles, 5rd.
Lulah Gray, end,
Gertrude Skeels, Ist.
Donna Schanck, music.
Antonio Grandjeon, unsraded.
Carrie Downing, ungraded.
Eureka, Dist. No. 13-
Joseph Carroll, principal.
Svea B. Herou, 7 and 8.
Ruth Carey, 5 and 6.
Estella Minor, 3 and 4.
Elsie Hoefflin, 4.
Ethel Chambers, I and 2.
Troy, District No. L. VII
Pearl Eaton, principal.
Eta Reynolds, I-2-.3.
Ungraded, John B. Chase.
By Districts
Dist. No. 2, Mrs. Maud Chase.
Dist. No. 2, Miss Ethel Chase.
No. 5, II. B. Groom.
No. S, Edna Price.
No. 5, Pearl w. Fuller.
No. 6, Josephine Dempsey:
mo. 7, Gwalia Hickingbottom.
No. 7. Wallace Gaines.
No. 8, Karterine Melvin.
No. 8, Effie Mikalson.
No. 9, Geo. w. Woodwork. =
No. 10, Mabel Thomas.
No II, Emma Self.
No. IL, George Gasahl.
No. IA, Chas. F. Nash.
No. IS, Earl Price.
No. IS, not supplied.
No. II, Agnes Dewey.
No. IS, not reported.
No. s., Nellie Bartlett.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07

his week s session OF the
boardaof county commissioners
is one of the most important
and most interesting of the
year, several side issues coming
up which have overshadowed
the routine work of a regular
session.
tuesday, morning the prop
osition came up on the petition
filed some time ago asking for
a special election under the
new law providing for the loca-
ton of county seats. The
board refused to sanction the
wishes of the petitioners by a
vote of Z to Commissioners
Pratt and Bartlett voting against
it and Commissioner Carey
for it.
This morning the road and
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1911-09-07
COMMISSIONERS VOTE AGAINST IT
Road and Bridge Proposition in Balance, All Depending
On Commissioner Bartlett Does Anyone
Know Where He's At?

bridge bonding proposition
was taken up. Nearly 600
names were on petition ask
ing for an election to bond the
county for $l50,000 for roads
and bridges. About 135 from
the Plains country signed a Pc
tition against it. The whole
proposition seems to simmer
down to Commissioner Bartlett
Of Troy, Pratt and Carey divid-
ing squarely on the issue.
There were 95 Troy names
on the petition outof a posi-
bic ll6 voters at the last elec-
ton.
This afternoon arguments
were still being heard and it
did not seem probable that the
matter would be settled before
this evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-14
FREE SYNAGOGUE MAY BUILD
Celebration Of Fifth Anniversary To
Be Held in Carnegie Hall.

The nth year Of the life Of the Free
Synagogue, which is 20 be opened with the
holy day services In Carnegie Hail. is eN-
rected 10 be banner one in the history
of the movement, according TO announce
ments made yesterday.
Dr. stephen Wise will speak at the
New Years services Friday evening and
SATURDAY morning Of next week on the his
tory OF the inner and outer life OF Israel
during the. last year, dealing especially
with the increasingly tragic position OF
Russo-Jewry
The list Of speakers for the Sunday morn
irg services In Carnegie Hall includes Dr.
lyman Abbott RABBI Emil Hirsch. Or Ed
ward Howard Giiggs. Or. Alsernon 5.
Crapsey. Rabbi Leon Harrison, President
John II Finley and George KEENAN,.
The union meetings, which were held
last year in conjunction with the Church
Of the Divine Paternity and the Church 81
the Messiah. viii be resumed during Janu-
airy and February. 1912, the general subject
az the addresses m these meetings 20 be
Social Justice
II Is expected that plans for the building
Of a permanent and suitable synagogue
centre win be developed I'm the course OF
the year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-14
HAT CHECKING PAYS WELL
Privilege Sells for Thousands,
Court Action Discloses.

Some statistics that should prove OF in
te-est 10 all men who visit restaurants and
other places where the checking Of hats
and coats has become rule were made
public Yesterday in an action brought 70
protect q lease covering the checking
privilege at the College Inn Of the Hotel
Albany
The action against the Robert P. Murphy
Hotel Company. which runs the Hotel AL
banv was brought by George Abrams, who
leased the hat checking privilege there
from another holder in August. 1910 lie
paid Sl.750 for the lease, which was TO run
20 February 1913, the rent being $500
wear. The hotel management tried to eject
Abrams. and he obtained a temporary IN
junction I'm the Supreme Court 20 restrain
H. He viii ask to-day that the in
junction be made permanent or TO continue
for the term of the lease.
Abrams said one Of his competitors I'm
the business offered 5000 for the lease
and offered to pay down 5000 In advance
for three year lease Abrams took In
II. 600 in the yeal ne had the privilege. He
employed three boys he said Murphy sent
a representative 10 him asking him to give
no the lease, Offering him first 500 and
then l60j if ne would do so, out he refused.
Then the defendants wanted to throw in
An automobile a. an inducement but
Abrams rejected that offer also.
According 20 Abrams, these are the
annual rentals paid by the hat checking
Iessees AZ several well known places: Louis
Martins. 5000; Hotel knickerbocker, 3d.
800. Hotel Aston 5000, ChurchiIs, $500,
and rhe Cafe Boulevard. 5000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-14
FIRE MENlCES The INSANE
Meagre Protection Shown in
Long Island Hospital.

Albany, Sept 13t-That the hre-hghting
facilities at the Long Island state Hospital
for tho Insane are more Of a menace than
protection because OF their ancient type.
and that the thousands Of inmates are IN
danger as a result of improper consruc-
ton Of buildings. lack OF fire escapes, and
the occupancy Of structures Of finnsy ma
terisl. Is set forth in q report to-day 20
the state Fire Marshal, Thomas J. Ahearn,
by P p AcritelH. one OF the deputies in
the department The Investigation Is the
first made under the new law creating the
State Fire Marshars Department
The report says that most Of the old build
inss have no standpires or FIRE hose, the
only fire-fshting apparatus consisting OF
FIRE extinguishers and 1--WE pals dled with
water. The fire company consists Of ten or
twelve attendants, who are not paid extra
for their services and who sleep IN a dor
mitory about a thousand feet from the fire
engine house, a fimsy one story frame
structure, formerly used as a stable. The
report continues:
There is a hose cart Of an ancient type
which is drawn by the men after the
fashion Of many years ago. II is not even
equipped with hfe nets. FIRE hooks and other
appliances Of this kind. When In is corsld-
cred that the institution covers several
square miles and contains about four thou
sand human beings ard many million dol
lars worth OF buildings, IL can be readily
seen that such archaic apparatus. instead
Of being o help In lighting fire, is actually
a menace by the false reliance which may
be placed upon II.
The deputy makes recommendations de-
signed 10 remedy the conditions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-14
PRESENT TRANSFER FIGURES
Companies Argue That Commits
sion Plan Would Not Pay.

At the hearing OF the transfer question.
which was resumed yesterday before the
Public Service Commission. the surface
railroad companies presented statistics in
tended 70 show that transfers would not
pay. The impression was current that IL
was the intention Of the companies -
carry the case 20 the courts II the COM
missions recommendations were against
them.
The hearing was the outcome Of an order
issued on July II that transfers be 20
stored or ISL POINTS in Manhattan The
commission was not satisfied with The olfer
Of the companies 70 give transfers on th,
basis OF eight and ten cent fares. The
cars. while the ten-csnt fare was 70 cover
a second transfer.
At yesterdays hearing John Flint pub
lie accountant. was the principal witness
He was called 10 The stand By william =.
Guthrie, counsel for the receiver or tho
Third Avenue Railroad. He submitted
summaries OF reports prepared by him TO-
the companies belonging 10 the Third Ave.
nue. system.
During the examination % Edward 4.
Maher general manager OF the Third Ave.
nue. Railroad. who was the second wit
ness, 4 developed that the operation OF the
18th and 10Th street crosstOwn Ines was
under an arrangement between 2. ".
Whitridge and Joseph p. Maher, receivers
for the lines in the agreement.
The hearing win be resumed this after
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-14
.ETNA MORE TERRIFYING.
Entire Crest of Volcano Appears
To Be Aflame.
LAVA TORRENT SPREADING
Menaced Railroad Static rs Aban-
doned-Many New Fissures-
EARTHQUAKES Continue.

Catania, Sicily Sept 1s.-The eruption OF
Mount Etna is assuming disastrous pro-
portions. The lava stream, which crosses
the railroad encircIinE the volcano, is ap-
preaching the stations 10 the north. and es-
pecially threatening those at MOlo and Al
csntara, which were abandoned to-day.
Squads OF laborers are at work taking up
the tracks and removing material to places
OF safety
The stream Of lava. which is now nearly
fifty feet deep and $50 feet wide is about
20 invade the bed Of the Alcantara River.
Alcantara marked the limit OF the lava
flow in the eruption Of 1872. Moio was
threatened at that time. but escaped.
The entire crest of the mountain appears
TO be in a state Of ebullition. An exact
count Of the number of assures is impossi-
bic because OF the smoke which shrouds
the volcano. but it was reported this after
noon that seventy-nine new assures had
opened since the disturbance began. The
river of lava. which is slowly moving north
ward, has increased in volume. and eX-
tends eight miles from its source. II iscar-
rying destruction through the invaded dis
tricts, and the houses Of many peasants
nave been overwhelmed.
Earthquakes terrify the people for miles
about. At Zafferana. on the north coast
Of Sicily, fifty shocks were recorded in
twenty-four hours.
The eruption means great suffering for
the peasantry. The slopes Of r.tna. with
an area OF more than four hundred square
miles, support population more dense
than that Of any other portion of Sicily or
Italy. There are sixty-fve cities and vii
lagos in the entire area. end more than
three hundred thousand persons obtain a
living from the fertile lava beds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-14
OBITUARY..
DEATH OF DoNNELL SWAN
One of Baltimore Most Prominent SO
ciety Men Dies in Atlantic City

It3v telegraph 70 The Tribune
Baltimore. Sept. l3-Donnel swan one
of Raltimore's best known society men,
died to-day at Atlantic City after priel
illness AS ne died the body OF ms
farher-ln-law, John Swayer wilson Wno
passed away month ago at Bass hocAs'
Mass. was being held in a vault, WaIllhs
for the arrival Of his brother-in-laW' VINO
WAS aur0aa: and al Newport his dsus"-
ter Miss Laura swan was YESTERDAY
operated upon for appendicitis
Uonneu swan was about sixty years o'u'
He was nrst cousin of Mrs. henry
Barton Jacobs and was related 70 the Ola
T. miles Of the Swans and DonneDs' anu'
bv marriage. 10 practically all the OLD
families i'm Maryland history. he We
actiye in the PIX Ridge. Bachelors, Cotl-
lon and Bsuluoie to.nJy cl~ 80 ,rf-s
n mis- Younger days he married Mss
Sionev Patterson Turner, nelress Gnu
society girl. wnCse mother was tormerly q
N,.s Patterson. The marriage was q NOT
al q social occasion The couple hSd one
child Miss Laura swan, who was operatep
an for sgpendtCits at Newport yesterda y.
After an sstrangement IN Paris, me W.
divorced him, taking the daughter, AM
marrying Elisha Dyer IT, u
Newport. 60 .-,-5 Fila
Tauett Wilson, who was Win MIN "Hen
he died. ,,....- .,...,, i,fs
es MS daughter, now living WIN MS
former vrEe two sisters survive MN
Mrs. Livingston Watson Of Luca, y. Il
sud Miss Isabel Swan.