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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-04-02
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NEXT TO CHILDREN PLAYING
WITH MATCHES, THE MOST
DANGEROUS RECREATION
is DAY DREAMING ON A
GOLF COURSE.
First Farmer-Judd, your corn
looks yellow.
Second Farmer-Yes, I planted
the yellow kind.
First Farmer (getting very
angry)-You are not far from a
fool, are you?
Second Farmer-No, jest the
fence between us.
To the Weather Observer
"Fair tomorrow" you predict.
Oh, thanks, my learned brother!
Altho it's cold and showing now,
That's as fair for one as another.
Two old settlers sat smoking IN
! cabin far away in the backwoods.
No feminine presence ever graced
that settlement, and the domestic
arrangements were primitive and
crude.
The conversation drifted from
politics to cooking, and one Of the
confirmed bachelors said:
First Settler got one O. them
there cookery books once but ]
never could do nothing with it.
Second Settler-Too much fancy
work about it?
First Settler-You've hit it.
Every one of them recipes begun
in the same way. Take clean
dish'-and that settled me at once
First Sailor-Dan, what's q
heifer-is it pig or a sheep?
Second Sailor (reflecting)-To
tell the truth, mate, / don't know
much about poultry.
TIMES DO NOT CHANGE. THE
HOT BOOKS ARE NOW ON
THE TABLE INSTEAD OF
UNDER THE MATTRESS.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-04-02

HUMoR is SAID To DR.
BEST IN THE Cor AZ ms
OFTEN THE JOKE IS1oS ,i
Uncle RagsOn Tatter, 9.
when a woman gets 80 ., s !.
she can't get into 4 80 =. That
booth there's no use talkinS sph0Oe
a. Lady (entering storel-Wn..
your envelopes run at NOW, mat %
Smart Clerk-Tbey don.
ma'am, they're STATIONERY fun
The worlds greatest glass on
now placed on ball bearin.s we y Is
do not expect that this will ;,. We
est You but we have done on, S.'a
as a newspaper in TELLING s Nv.
about it anyway. -. sOu
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-04-02

Kimonas, p a.
jamas in the day
time, worn by
both men and
women. TIL j s
Boy says that
most all the Re-
v OIL u t j o n a ry
trouble ov e r
there starts in
among the stu
dents. Well ours
the C / lie g e $
over here does
too, but one
good Con with a
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-04-02

that is one of the best colleges IN
this whole country, they are con-
| stantly grooming it for "The Ok
ford of America"
Well these boys had taken a lot
of movies of their trip and he just
rought EN- up to the ranch tonight
and run them, and he told US lot
about China.
He showed us movies Of that
great Chinese wall. It was a good
deal like the ones the Republicans
erected last year by the architects,
Hawley and Reed Smoot. China
wanted to keep out her enemies,
and Smoot and Hawley wanted to
keep out our friends, and also
keep our stuff in.
We keep out everything, unless
it is owned by some rich Ameri-
cans that want to bring it in, then
the tariff don't hold. Take oil for
instance. You can't bring in wheat,
orn, cotton or any of those In COM
petition with our own, but oil, you
can. You can bring it in from Ven
zeula, or any other place, and
knock ours out. Why? Well that's
because it's owned by Americans
who are richer and more influen-
tial than the ones that have Inde-
pendent Oil Companies over here,
but no foreign oil.
Our Alabi is that at is saving
our OIL" That's just like shipping
in foreign autos, saying we want
to save the ones we make, they
might all: wear out. But never
mind that. That won't be changed
as long as the Republicans stay in
there, so we better just let that
drop.
This Boy said that China along
about two or three hundred A. d.
(After Democrats) that China had
the first League of Nations, that
China was lot Of small Nations,
and that they formed an exact
league of Nations like the one that
had the Ia points, and Lodge did
MT like any of EN-. Well they de-
cided that they would be a good
way to prevent war, they first got
the two biggest ones to sign it,
saying they wouldn't fight each
ther. But they didn't say that they
wouldn't join together and fight
somebody else, so that scared the
little ones till they thought they
had to join for protection, and they
all met and made out Covenant,
and it worked for little while till
hey all got back on their feet from
the last war and got armed for the
next one, then some Lawyer found
a flaw in it, and his country,
which was one of the original sign
ers, and the big one, they went out
and defended their honor against
some small ones, till they took 'em
over, and the breaking up Of the
league of Chinese Nations was the
start of the Chinese Empire. The
League worked fine till they found
out that the only way you can an
mex more territory is not by pur-
chase, but by war.
Now Morrow has gone over to
Europe to tell England and France
and Italy that the Treaty they
made with each other is null and
void, as fas as we are concerned.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-04-02
MoMENToUs MOMENTS:

MOMENT0US MOMENTS:
When a fire eater burns his
tongue on a bowl of soup.
Over in England in the village
cemetery of Dagenham, Essex,
stands a tombstone on which this
bit of advertising copy appears:
"Here lies John Steere
Who, when living, brewed good
beer;
Turn to the right, go down hill
His SON keeps UP the business
still"
The man who devotes more of his
time to politics than he does to
his business almost invariably
fails in business, and seldom sue
ceeds in politics.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-04-02

See a lawyer has found flaw in
it. So from what I hear folks say
and what read, it just looks like
China and the original idea of
about everything that we had ever
done and thought it was new.
Photography was one of theirs,
so they are really responsible for
Hollywood, Printing, Gunpowder,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-04-02

lot of things
without reading
them. Bill, our
eldest w h j t e
II ope h a d a
friend that had
just come back
from some ex-
petition over in
China with some
College B o Y S,
f r o m Pomona
College, of Po-
mona, Cal. And
saw Inv the Way
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-04-02
says as
WILLIE
ROGERS

BEVERLY HIuLS.-Well all I
know is just what I read in the.
papers. But tonight I found out a
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-04-02


There two principal needs that facing Washing
ton now One development of the Columbia River Basin
industrial activity and the development of the White Pass
highway connecting eastern and western Washington An
other need is the exploitation of
vantages. sgs.4
The first activities would be of two fold benefit
Both would be of infinite value to the southwestern portion
of the state aiding the growth and of that part
of the state The other advantage would be immediate
relief to the unemployment situation The prosecution of
these projects would provide labor for thousands Of
would tighten the load being carried by charities providing
for the hungry and would put the of unemployment to
worth while tasks.
Furthermore, the Columbia Basin project would be of
state we'll and the highway project would provide the
necon between the southwest and the east that has been
lacking for so many wears.
The second project the attraction of tourists, is of
doubted value This be accomplished however only by
advertising and that have failed to do to appreciate
degree We should shake off the lehargy which has been
holding back and buckle down to work of exploitation
1t be DONE California proved that-Ths editorial
leased by the Washington Press Association written by
Dan Welch Tacoma.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-12-19
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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-08-06
ASKS FOR FURTHER
COOPERATION AT POOL

Officials of the J. Neils Lumber
Company in commenting on conditions
at the swimming pool to officers OF the
Woman's Club said that never has
there been such cooperation on the
part Of those using the pool as there
is at present.
Mrs. Ed Olson, chairman Of the
committee in charge of dressing rooms,
reports great Improvement in observ-
ance Of the rules. Although few
still insist on using other routes, alley
16 is used by practically everyone.
In anticipation of some careless
smoker, the lumber company has put
on extra watchmen They have found
a few lighted cigarette butts, Some OF
which had started small fires, but due
to the vigilance of the watchmen no
damage was done,
In appreciation of the generosity OF
the lumber company, the Woman's
Club again asks for the fullest CO.
operation that the pool may be kept
open
Note The lumber company has oil
ed alley 81 and they ask that all use
that alley. Alley 16 is now closed to
pleasure parties.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-08-06
Holds Annual Meeting

The D. & w. Mining and Concentrat-
ing Company held its annual meeting
last week at which time the following
were elected directors: II. E. Brink,
Timothy Miller, DR.. c. B. Boyle, Elmer
WOLF and Walter WOLF Officers elect
ed were Elmer WOLF, president; H. s.
Brink, vice president; Walter WOLF, sec
rotary and treasurer
Rapid progress is being made on
driving tunnel into the property,
states Elmer WOLF, about half Of the
500 foot contract being now completed
1t is expected that the vein will be cut
late this fall. The tunnel is already
running into stringers of ore, with the
formation being loose and much tale
appearing, all of which are considered
favorable signs. M. A. Shanahan has
the contract and is being assisted BY
his sons, Ward and Wayne.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-08-06
Points Out Where
MoreStatc Highway
Signs Are Needed
After Drive Throughout This Section,
M r. Gay Recommends More
Guide Posts at Certain Places

Nj. r. Gay, a member of the high
way committee Of the Libby CONNER
cial Club, was driving over this district
during the past week placing some adj
vertising matter for the Hotel Libby
and checking up on highway signs and
noting where additional signs are
needed
He noticed that large sign has been
placed at highway intersection east
ward from Standpoint, pointing out to
the traveller the Boomers Ferry, Libby
route This sign was placed last fall
by the Idaho highway commission upon
the solicitation Of Mr.. Gay and is much
appreciated by travellers who wish 70
come this way.
Mr.. Gay points out place where
a sign is badly needed, and that is OF
the top of the Yak hill. The Yak
road branches from the main highway
right at the top of the hill and in such
a manner that one not acquainted with
the highway might easily drive on up
the Yak when desiring to go to Spok-
ane. In fact, instances are known in
which travellers have made that mistake
and have finally found themselves up
the Yak miles off the highway they
wished to follow. A large easily read
sign should be placed there
Another place where larger sign
is needed, states MIR. Gay, is few
miles westward from Bonners Ferry
where the highway leaving to Canada
branches from No. 2 highway. There
are number of signs there but they
are all small and are confusing be-
cause there are SO many. Here, also
travellers have become confused and
have eventually found they were
travelling into Canada when they wish
ed to come on eastward to Libby. A
large easily read sign ought to be
placed at that point.
Mr.. Gay states the highway commit
tee Of the Commercial Club is con-
sidering these matters and is taking
steps to correct them. A large sign is
to be placed on the Kootenai river
bridge at Libby plainly directing travel
ers who wish to 60 eastward and other
signs will be erected where they art
badly needed
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-08-06
Pioneer Business
Building Is Now
Being Torn Down
Structure Was Built in 1892, The
Year in Which The Railroad
Reached Libby

One of the first business buildings to
be erected in the days when Libby was
d young and thriving town--situated i'll
thick stands of virgin timber and To-
Gated on the banks of the beautiful
Kootenai-was torn down this week by
workmen in the employ of W. F. Kemp
The old building must make way for
progress and SO it will soon pass into
the realm of forgotten things.
Reference is made to the old frame
structure that has stood for many years
on the corner of First street and Calf
ornia' avenue-a part of the stable and
stockyards just east of the city athletic
field. Mr.. Kemp says he intends to
erect modern warehouse on the site
either this fall or next spring, probably
not before next spring. The new build
ing will be 5Ox70 feet with full base
ment and will have storage space Of
1000 feet. 1t will be of tile construc-
ton similar to the Libby Transfer office
quarters.
The old building that was torn down
was erected by Plummer & Neff,
pioneer merchants, in the early spring
of 1892. That was before the railroad
had arrived, states D. p Boyle, local
historian. The quiet of the Kootenai
canyon had never, at that time, been
disturbed by the shrill shrek or the
rumble Of the locomotive as it tore
its way through the quiet of mountain
and forest and stream. The railroad
had not yet arrived but construction
was under way, the roadbed was being
built and it was known that the depo,
would be located approximately where
it now stands Therefore, these two
enterprising merchants moved their
store from the site of the old original
town, where the sawmill now stands
to the location near the railroad. Thai
was done by all of the business con-
Germs of that day.
The principal business street in thai
time was on First street, running east
ward one block from the corner where
the old building stood that has JUS
now been RACED. Other business house.
were scattered over that block, ;
number Of them being on Seconc
street between California and Minera
/ avenues, WIlGIE tliS La r. 1ooylS StUlt
and Windsor hotel now stand. All these
pioneer buildings were destroyed BY
1 the big fire of 1906, with the exception
of the little old shack that now stands
at the corner Of California avenue ane
Second street, diagonally across from
the building now occupied by the fores
service warehouse and the LIB,
creamery That one building was al
that was left standing in that blocl
4 after that early day fire.
/ Mr.. Boyle says the depot was bull
during 1892 and trains arrived here Of
regular schedule during that same year
He recalls that he reached Libby il
1891 and that he and A. c. Herbst Gu
logs where the depot now stands.
Il Now and then some incident, such a
the tearing down of an old buildinf
calls to mind early day life and condi
tons. 1t is interesting to think bac
over those days end compare condi
tons at that time with the present daj
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-08-06
Attempts To Save
Life Of Grouse and
Wrecks His Auto

Ural, August 5-Mr. and Mrs. v.
f. Booth and family Of Salt Lake
City, Utah, who have been visit
ing Mr.. Booths sister, Mrs. Frank
Day, started for home Friday
morning but met with unexpected
bad luck. Just after passing Big
Creek a grouse flew into the road
in front of the car. TO avoid hit
ting the bird MIR. Booth put on the
brake. A defective brake and a
blow out did the rest. The car
skidded, veercd out of the road,
hit rock and turned over on its
side. Mrs. Booth was badly bruis-
ed along one side and MIR. Booth
came out OF the wreck with pain
fully twisted ankle. The three
children were uninjured. Ray Al
kire and Bill and Glen DeShazcr OF
the road maintenance crew assist
cd in getting the car back into an
upright position. Les LaBcyers
was called out with the wreckcr
and tpwed the car to Rexford for
repairs. After the accident Mr..
Booth drove back to Days and
spent \ couple Of days rccuperat-
ing. The Booths were on the last
lap Of = 1850 mile trim, having
driven from Salt Lake City to Mil
waukee and central Wisconsin and
thence across Minnesota, DAKOTA
and Montana and this was their
first accident.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-08-06
Gravels Eight
Miles Of Highway
In Troy District
New Machine Turns Out in Short
Time Much Material-Paints and
Repairs Bridge

The gravel grading machine pur-
chased by County Commissioners
Monio and Millegan several months
ago seems to be proving very practi-
cal machine under operation. Mr.. Mon
10 has had it in operation in the vicin-
ity of Troy the past few weeks and is
much pleased with the work the ma
chine does.
Mr.. Monio states the machine will
easily turn out $50 yards of graded
gravel a day or from 1920 to 1850
yards a MONTH He bases this esti-
mate upon results obtained under ac-
tual operation. He has placed ap-
proximately 1900 yards of gravel on
the Libby-T Troy road and the Bull Lake
road He estimates that he has covered
in the neighborhood of eight miles with
gravel.
He has graveled from the Kootenai
river bridge at Troy to the foot of
the Wallace hill westward; also from
the river bridge to the Troy city limits
and from the city limits to the bridge
east of town. He has also graveled
the long hill coming out of Troy on
the Troy Libby road and has covered
considerable distance on eastward Two
days we're spent placing gravel on the
high Kootenai canyon road eastward
from the iron bridge, spreading gravel
in the worst places. He estimates he
has covered about two and a half
miles of the canyon road Mr.. Monio
states that in these estimates of dis
lance he has not graveled the entire
road but skipped stretches Of the high
way where the roadbed consisted of
natural gravel. or where the material
is such that the gravel is not needed.
Following the recent light showers he
ran the grader over the newly placed
gravel and smoothed 1t up consider
ably and helped it great deal al
though he states more rain is needed
to make finished job of it. One can
readily understand how this eight
miles Of highway has been greatly i'm
proved by the application Of the gravel.
The machine grades two sizes of
gravel The large oversize is caught in
one bin and then dumped into deep
fills, holes or where it can be used to
the best advantage. Then there are
two screens that can be used in grad
ing the other material, either two inch
or an inch and quarter mesh.
The machine is economical in opera
ton. 1t requires only two men to
operate it, while from three to four
trucks are being kept busy spreading
the gravel on the highway.
Bridge Repaired
Mr.. Mono also reports that paint
ing of the Kootenai river bridge at
Troy has just been completed The
timbers supporting the approach to the
bridge have been repaired, a number
Of them having rotted out Concrete
footings have been put in and new
timbers placed where needed
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-08-06
Montana Cities
Gain In Population;
Farms Are Losers
Census Bulletin, Just Issued, Gives
Much Information Regarding
Shifting Population Of State

Statistics for the 1880 population Of
Montana classified as urban and rural.
and by sex, color, marital condition, IL
literacy, etc, have been issued by the
Bureau of the Census in a bulletin
(Population-Sec Series) entitled
Composition and characteristics of the
Population This is pamphlet of so
pages, 8 by liz inches, consisting
mainly of statistical tables.
The urban population Of Montana in
1880 was 181,036, representing an in
crease Of 9,025, or So per cent, since
1920. The urban population formed
1877 per cent of the total population
(537 6O6), as compared with 3l3 per
cent in 1920. Urban population, as de-
fined by the Census Bureau, is in gen
eral that residing in cities and other in
corporated places having $500 inhabi-
classified as rural.
The rural population Of Montana in
1880 was 356,570. comprising 203,962
persons living on farms, and l52,608 not
living on farms, representing as whole
a decrease Of 2O,3O8, or 81 per cent, as
compared with the rural population In
1920 (376,878). The rural-farm popula-
ton taken alone. decreased q, APT, or
9.5 per cent, between 1920 and 1880,
while the rural-nonfarm population
showed an increase of 1,119, or seven
tenths of one per cent
Of the entire population Of Montana
96.2 per cent are white, 1921 per cent
being native white, and 1876 per cent
foreign-bor white. Of the native
white population, little over three
fifths are of native parentage OF the
foreign-born white population Of Mon
tana (Which numbered 72,96D, 743 pei
cent have been naturalized.
The population of the State as {
whole decreased II sS3 or 81 per cent
between 1920 and 80, Montana beint
the only State to show loss of popu-
lation during the ten year period The
number of children under ! year o
age showed a decrease Of 2,913, or o.!
per cent while the entire group unde
S years decreased 1900, or $50 pc
cent.
The proportion of the population
to Ii years of age attending school in
creased from 92.8 per cent in 1920 I
97.4 per cent in 1880, and Of those 1
and II years Of age, the proportion in
Continued on page eight
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-08-06
School Board Lets Contract

The Libby school board met Monday
evening and opened bids for the trans
portation Of pupils on rural routes to
and from the schools. A large num-
Der Of bids were submitted The con-
tract for the Doty- Getner route was
awarded to Louis Burrell and for the
Boothman route to Harry Collinson-
The old Getner school building was
sold to C. r. Moody, who has pur-
chased the land on which It stands
from the lumber company. The build
ing had not been used for q number
Of years.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-08-06
Temperatures OF Past Week

The forest office at Libby reports
the following maximum temperatures
for the nast week.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-08-06

J. F. Fennessy was transacting bust
ness in Spokane the latter part of last
week.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-08-06
City Council Meets

The Libby city council met in regu--
lar session Tuesday evening and
spent much of the time comforting
with representative of the Mack
truck company in regard to the pur-
chase Of fire truck for the city. No
action was taken
The matter Of city health officer
was also discussed at length. Last
week a representative Of the state
board of health was in the city and
conferred with city officials No city
health officer has been appointed but
it can be stated that the city council
and the state board of health are
working in perfect harmony regarding
health matters here.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-08-06
WILL HOLD ANOTHER
TONSM CLINIC NEXT TUESDAY

DR.. ]. M Cairns announces that an
other clinic will be held next Tuesday
for children Of pre-school and school
age. Those wishing to take advantage
of this opportunity must make ar
rangements not later than Monday. DR..
Cairns states this may be the last
clinic Of the series that has been given
this summer.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-08-06
Young Couple Wed

Mr.. Lee Nixon and Miss Geraldine
Smith were married Monday evening
by the Rev. r. r. Wick at the Metho
dist parsonage. The young couple were
accompanied by Miss Marie Mccall
lum and Mrs Demmon Parker, who
acted as witnesses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nixon are long time
residents OF this city and have host
of friends who will be glad TO join
in wishing them every happiness in
their welded life.
Miss Harriet Fields is leaving for
Spokane to take course at one OF
the Spokane business colleges.