Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-07-30

P. A. Peterson. merchant of Troy, was
transacting business in the city
Wednesday.
We have just received a complete
stock of bronzing powder for home
| decorating.J. & c. Hardware. 1t
Mr. and Mrs. c. S. Christensen will
move the latter part of this week into
the Ralph E. Fields house in West
Libby, which they have rented.
c. w. Hutton returned Monday from
having spent month visiting with
son who resides on a ranch in the
White Salmon, Wash, district
Ell. Driear and Jim Leonard mot
ored into Canada Sunday visiting Fer
| ME and other towns across the border
They report numerous bad forest fires
in that district.
Mrs. T. E. OConnor left last Thurs
| day for her home in Seattle after hav-
ing visited here about three weeks
with her brother, Forrest De Rosia,
and family. She expected to visit in
/ Spokane several days en- route home.
John and Sidney Escott accompan-
led by their mother, returned last week
from Butte where they had visited with
sister and daughter, Miss Escott. Miss
Escott accompanied them home and
will visit here a month.
John Thornbury of Belleville, H.,
is in Libby viiting his nephews, Ell
mer and Walter WOLF. Mr.. Thornbury
is making an extensive tour OF the
West. He plans TO cover the west coast
country down to southern California,
returning home through Arizona and
Texas
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wotring and
daughter passed through Libby Tues
day and stopped at a service station
but their destination was not learned
Their car carried California license.
MIR. Wotring will be remembered as
one of the principal owners OF the War
Land Lumber company before it sus-
pened operations.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wood and Miss
Agnes Lee motored to Bonners Ferry
Sunday where they were met by MIR.
and Mrs. Eli Wood of Wallace, Ida,
and Mrs Chas. Wood of Glacier Park,
the entire party returning to Libby
later. After visiting here for time,
Mrs. Wood will join her husband in
the park, he being employed there.
A number Of friends gathered at the
A. c. Herbst grove east of town Sum
day and enjoyed splendid time pic
nicking at that pleasant place, with
fine lunch one of the most enjoyable
features of the afternoon In the party
were Swift Hunter and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd Hunter and children, Mr..
and Mrs James Blackboard and the
mother of Mrs. Blackford; the Misses
Grandjean and Mr.. and Mrs. Herbst.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Wood and fam
lily have enjoyed visit the past week
with Mrs. Octavia Marquis and daugh-
ter, Miss Octavia, of Berkeley, Calf.
They were motoring through this
northern country and stopped to visit
with Mr.. and Mrs Wood Mrs Marquis
| is matron Of one of the sorority houses
of the University of California at Berk-
eley. Miss Marquis teaches in north
ern California and is dean of women
where she is employed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Davis of San
Francisco, Calf, stopped in Libby
during the week for visit at the A.
C. Herbst home, on the return trip
| from Chicago where Mr.. Davis had
been delegate to the meeting of the
American Federation of Teachers held
in that city. Mr.. Davis is assistant
superintendent Of the Monroe school in
San Francisco. He is foster son of
one Of Mr. Herbst's brothers living
in Reese, Mich There is an unusual
bit of interest in Mr.. Davis record.
AT the age Of Is years he, accompan-
led by another boy of about the same
age, "bumed" his way from Michigan
to San Francisco where he worked his
way through school and college and up
to the very fine position he now occu-
pies. That is quite record for boy
who left home at the tender age of IL
years.