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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-11-12
County Commissioners
Proceedings

L1Dpy, montana, november Znu, 1901
The Lincoln County Commissioners
met in regular session, Monday, Nov
ember ?, 1881.
This being the date for the hearing
on the application of Henry Krebs Of
Libby for Old Age Pension and the
report of the investigation having been
made an Old Age Pension in the
amount of $500 per month was
granted
The Board appraised the following
described land as shown by the amount
set out following the description of
each piece or parcel of land.
Portion of Gov. Lot in Sec. 81
Twp SO Mr. rs w containing 26 acres
Appraised at $4,000
Old Reliable No 6987. Outlook No
6988, Outlook Fraction, No. 6989, Mis-
fit No. $500 and Misfit Fraction No.
1891, patented Quartz Lode Mining
Claims. Appraised at $500
Lots 7 and Block 4 West Troy. APP
praised at $500
Lot Block Third Add. to West
Troy. Appraised at $500
Herykaha Placer No. 1878 in Sec Is,
Twp. 81 N, r. 81. Appraised at $1,000
E1a SW, El2 NV, NV NV, 200 acres
in Sec. and El2 of Sec. 8. Twp. "a
N, R. rs containing $40 acres. APP
praised at $4,000.
The following bids were presented
and accepted by the Board and the
Board executed quit claim deeds con-
veving the property described in said
bids.
Bid of Elmer H. WOLF, in the
amount of $500 cash for Old Reliable
No. 6987, Outlook No. 6988, Outlook
Fraction No. $3.50, Misfit No $3.50 and
Misfit Fraction No. 6991 Quartz Sur
veys.
Bid Of Walter Bissell in the amount
of $500 cash for lots and 8 Block
4, West Troy.
Bid of Ray Payne in the amount of
$500 cash for Lot S Block Third
Add. to w. Troy.
The following bids were presented
and accepted by the Board and con-
tracts for deeds were executed cover
inp the property described in said bids:
Bid of Robert Gregg in the amount
OF $4,000 for Herykaha Placer.
Bid of Earl Redeye in the amount of
$4,000 for Lots and Block 10, West
Troy.
Bid Of Guy HARDWOOD in the amount
of $500 for Lot IS Western Add. to
Eureka
Bid of Gordon LYONS in the amount
of $4,000 for lots 26, 81 and % West
ern Add to Eureka
The Board ordered Notice of Sale
be published according to law cover
ing the E12, E15 SWA, EI2 NWl4 and
NW1a NWI of Sec. 9, Twp. 81 N, r.
rs containing $50 acres more or less,
said property having been appraised ut
$4,000
Commissioner H. E. Brink reports
he snent days, October s, 15 16, II,
10, Is, % and 31st inspecting roads
and road work and 3 days, October 2.
rs, and II inspecting bridges and
bridge work in his district.
Com Geo ]. Monio reports that he
spent days, October 2, 8, 10, n and
% inspecting roads and road work in
his district
Com j. w Millegan reports that he
spent days, October 2, 20, q and
II inspecting roads and road work
in his district
Inc above reports are hereby rail-
fled by the Board
The commissioners are hereby auth
orized to attend to all emergency mat
tiers that may arise in their respective
districts and to charge and collect
legal fee therefor.
The following claims were allowed
by the Board
GENERAL FUND.
IncIndinn all rncr1tlnr snlarrr rI.lir,ns
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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-11-12

The minutes Of this meeting were
read and approved this 4th day of
November, 1881,
H. f. BRINK,
Chairman, Board Of County Com
missioners.
Attest: WALTER L. WOLF,
Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
WEATHER KNOWLEDGE.
(New Haven Times)

kANcW L1dtcu liHico)
 Weather reporting was establish ed and developed in this country as an aid to shipping and to farm ing. The application of scientific method and operations to these practical uses has been increasing ly valuable, no doubt, but with the coming of aviation 1t has entered a new field of service and will be expected to solve new and difficult problems. To meet its new respon- abilities 1t must extend its research and develop greatly improved facil- ities. But its first requirement is frank recognition of present .n- adequacies. The tendency of the official to find alibis for failures. to resent criticis: and suggestion. and to resist novelty or change is operative even among a scientih- cally trained personel. and must
 be counter-acted, if weather report ting is to advance in efficiency even approximately with our advance in aviation. The later has been very rapid and already is one of our major activities. A network of air lines is covering the continent and individual aviators are multiplying in number. To provide for this swiftly expanding activity a cor corresponding system of weather re- pjorting is essential. both for the protection of life and for efficiency of commercial transport. The or lganization of such a system must not be retarded by official inertia. It is the most urgent need of av!a- ton at this stage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
Picnic Tools

North Dakota Agricultural College tells you the minimum list of tools you will need at campfire picnic. They are one sharp knife, a frying pan, cooking pail, long handled fork and spoon. a can and bottle opener and water bottles.
 You can cook almost anything with this equipment But the cooking pail is better if it be good stout iron kettle. and Mother adds that dish towel, dish mop hand towel and cake of soap never hurt any picnic.
 One mother who had unpaeked and washed dirty dishes after several hours hardening in the basket, enough times for her souls good, decided that dishes should be washed while there was a cooking fire and many hands to make the work light. Her family uses paper plates and napkins. but tin cups. knives and forks accumulate for any number of people. So the kettle IS washed out first with cedar branches. then used to heat water and it becomes the dish pan. Salad is taken in a granite pan which IS used for rinsing. Towels and mop are washed out last and hung on bushes to dry. It's over in a few minutes, and company thinks it's fun to do things that way. Clean utensils are packed in a clean basket. ready for next picnic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
Wine Bricks

Anyone able to view the American liquor situation calmly - and the number of such philosophic souls increases - is intrigued by the wine-brick situation.
 The debut of potential wine in this curl ous form made hit in light minded New York. as might have been expected. Not for two years has there been such demand for brick. This particular building mater ial is composed of concentrated grapes, con taining all the makings of whatever kind of wine one desires, except water The cost, which is $2 per brick, is not considered prohibitive. The purchaser. if more n- clined to liquid refreshment than eonstruc- ton work. simply adds a gallon of water and lets the brick work
 It is all strictly legal and respectable. The label on the brick expressly warns the buyer that this beverage should be con- stunned within five days; otherwise. and Tn summer temperature, it might ferment and become wine Sales girls even instruct the buyers more particularly as to just what mischief may be expected if they do not re- frain from certain procedure. The prohi- biton administrator shrugs his shoulders. What else can he do? Yes. it's funny country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
Some More Choosing

Isn't 1t just four years ago that Calvin Coolidge. then president of the United States issued his famous manifesto from the sum mer White House out in the Black Hills of South Dakota? Certainly there was no more propitious time for the ex-president's latest remarks anent the presidency than the present. We don't doubt but what there will be many who will still consider Mir Coolidge excellent material for the republi- can nomination next year despite his quite evident effort to avoid such an embarrassing moment. His article this week in the Satur- day Evening Post may be as enigmatic as his T do not choose to run of 1927, but it should convince the majority that he con siders President Hoover the logical choice to succeed himself
 Four years ago we argued long and heat edly that there could be no other meaning placed on Mir Coolidge's cryptic utterance than that he desired to follow the peaceful pursuits of private individual following the expiration of his presidential term in March, 1928. We held to this opinion through year of constant conjecture. We still believe that he is definitely out of poli- tics. His 'No' of 1927 is 1891 No. Though stock quotations may have fallen to new low in Mir Coolidges vocabulary, No is still No, worth just as much today as it was four years ago. Why not let it go at that.
 Some months ago Mir Coolidge was issu- ing his thirty words of advice daily through the Herald Tribune Syndicate His maga zine article this week is considerably longer +Lo IL cl,4 show signs of padding. The same Coolidge platitudes are uppermost Just as Coolidge in the White House resembled the p1odding type of individual, so does his writing reveal his character. It is simple in thought and expression There are no new ideas ex- pressed by Mr Coolidge in Party Loyalty and the Presidency" It is readable enough. but not terribly interesting after one has digested the information that Mir Coolidge is behind President Hoover, not lurking but aiding.
 Personally we don't think there were so many republican politicians in the nation clamoring for the entrance of Mir Coolidge into the political arena next year. We don't think the ex-president was forward in squelching all efforts to renominate him in l932. There has been enough press pub lioity about the same to warrant his hear ing about 1t. However, we do think that even if Mir Coolidge had maintained his GUS tomary silence he still would not have re- ceived the republican nomination for presi- dent. It takes tremendous upheaval for the republican party to turn down the pres- ident it has in office. If you asked us we would say that fear of being dragged back into the political limelight more than any thing else caused MT Coolidge to decline prematurely any potential invitations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
Supreme Nuisance Tax

Property owners in Arkansas, like those in other states, if not more so, are carrying a heavy tax burden, The agricultural com missioner of the Louisville and Arkansas Railway has simple plan to relieve them. At least. it looks simple to him.
 His idea is general sales tax on every commodity sold in Arkansas. It would be a tax of l per cent. collected by the sellers and turned into the state treasury. It would be easy enough to collect 1 cent on $l sale. On small sales the collection of the fractional cent would be less simple. The commissioner suggests that in selling a pound of sugar, for instance, at cents. the grocer should just take enough from the pound to enable him to meet the tax on it., and the customer would never notice the difference. There might be arguments about that How to levy the tax on sealed packages and indivisble articles costing less than Sl is problem not yet worked out.
 The tax would be imposed on electricity. gas. telephone bills. railroad fares clothing and virtually everything else. And it would be enforced in this beautiful manner: All merchants. agents dealers and others selling commodities or services would become fiscal agents of the state, licensed and held account able under oath like other public officials.
 The inventor of this unique scheme says it would produce $6,250.000 net. abolish the state property tax and relieve real estate of burden of S4587. 900. while providing inc funds needed for schools. charitable in- stitutions, etc. IL might, And almost any oIan that will tighten tax burdens is worth discussing. But what roar will go up from the business men in any state that ser iously proposes anything of the kindl Also from <he consumers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30

Judging from all accounts New Jersey legislators didn't come to an amicable agree ment on the question of legalized beer this week. Representative Baeharach summoned the congressional delegation to little gath ering at which matters of importance were to be discussed, such as prohibition. etc. Senator Morrow. generally regarded as a wet. was among those present What the various ones said has not yet been made public, but those things have way of ind ing some channel which will lead them to the eye of the public. If they didn't we don't suppose that Representative Baeharach would have stated that he discussed 4 per cent beer with Vice President Curtis and Senator Davis of Pennsylvania, the former labor secretary at the recent Moose conven- ton in Atlantic City. Both these officials denied any such discussion, so there you have it. Rumors will persist won't they?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
At The National Capitol
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What By RODNEY BUTCHER

has there been anything like this recent showing of wet sympathy in the ranks of the administration.
 Republican politicians who have been working for moister atti- tude on the part of both the presi- dent and the party are mostly in populous states where they have learned the difficulty of defeating wet democratic candidates. Wet leanings have strengthened among them and the same thing is claim ed to have been true among busi- ness men. The active wet campaign of labor leaders, increasing agita- tion among veterans and the re- cent emphasis placed by the Amer ican Bar Association on its two to one referendum in favor of re- pealing the 18th amendment are among other developments indicat- ing that in this time of depression the vets are in Q stronger position than they have been before-even though they may not be within range of victory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30

When V. E. Beeb, Is year old groeer's clerk of Pueblo, Colorado. jumped or fell from the Royal Gorge Suspension Bridge at Canon City, Colorado, this week. the young man picked the highest bridge in the world for his funeral bier. It crosses the Arkansas river just l,052 feet above the level of the river There isn't another bridge in the world that compares with it for height, un- less you mention the railroad trestle down in Peru that is 15,00O feet above sea level. However. this structure passes over rel atively shallow ravine. The Royal Gorge is short, though. as suspension bridges go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
TODAY IS THEA
 ANNIVERSARY S SlghkA
JAPAN,S DENIAI

On Sept 30, 1927, .viscoant Ishii. head of the Japanese Imperial Mission to the United States, off, cially denied Japanese aggression in China.
 The mikado's official spokesman likewise said that the doors of both Japan and China were open to Americans. He continued:
 T am persuaded that the grum- blings and the whisperings about door closed in China by the Japa- nese against America did not come from the broad and generous heart of the enterprising American In New York or elsewhere, but are the result of 10 years of an enemy's effort to creatt perjudice and dis trust.
 "We will. co-opearte. We will help and we will hold, each of us, what is guaranteed under that agreement"
 That agreement was the agreement of 1908 between, the United States secretary of state an the Japanese ambassador, Taka- hira.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
Quotations

Nature is still our norm and our background, and farmers. for the benefit of civilization, must be preserved. Liberty Hyde Bailey. president American Country Life Assn.
 Nothing learned from a book Is worth anything unless 1t Is used and verified in life.-Will Durant.
 
 wellington's occasional "god- dams" are accepetd by Mir Shaw as a proof of Wellington's natural ness. whereas Nelson's kiss me, Hardy" is dismissied as a piece of studied stage emotionalism. In fact. both of them were natural instinctive. Great men are always theatrical figures-is there not a touch of 1t In Mir shaw.
 -clennel Wilkinson.
 It Is utterly impossible to bar gain with a federal court. Federal Judge James II. Wiiker- son of Chicago.
 My fathers fayorite saying was;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
JUSTICE HOWARD J. CURTIS
(Hartford Times.)

l For many years Fairfield county was represented on the Connecti- cut bench by two outstanding fig ures commanding the respect of the they had attended Yale college and law school where they were room- mates. They were partners on en- tering the bar. Each was an ac- tive democratic partisan in the I campaign of 1892. In the admin istration of Governor Luzon E. Morris, the older, Howard Junio. Curtis was appointed judge of the court of common pleas, an dthe younger, George w. Wheeler. judge of the superior court. They ad- bly vindicated the recognition given them and lived to become associates in the supreme court, of which Judge Wheeler was chief justice.
 Justice Curtis died. Thursday, at his home in Stratford. He had been thirty-four years in judicial service, in constnat high repute for his fairness his insight, his learn- ing and good judgment. The bar lregarded' him as a powerful, truse- worthy, conservative influence to- ward the maintenance of the tra- ditional standards of jurisprudence in this state. There have been other. justices more brilliant, more notable for intellectual capacity and leadership, but few as careful, or as sound. His county and his state have lost citizen of great J. worth.
 It is memorable that Justice Curtis received his appointment as superior court judge. during the legislative session of 1907, from former Governor Rollin s. Wood ruff, notwithstanding the pressure upon the latter was heavy to name a republican for the honor, and he was promoted to the supreme court, 1919, by one who had been long his colleague in the superior court former Governor Marcus H Holcomb, and who was in excep- tional position to appraise his fit- ness for the post which he oc- cupied until retirement at the age of TO in 1927.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
country.

They certainly do nave a tough time these days with their memorials. There doesn't day pass now but what you read of some commission fighting or arguing about the particular monument with which it is concerned. Just now the George Rog- CTS Clark commission is having quite time deciding whether or not American or Canadian granite will be used in the statue of the great explorer which is to be erected at Vineennes, Indiana. in the near future. The commission argued for five hours (and in no mild manner either) recently on the above question. It was finally decided to limit the construction to use of American materials solely. lnasmueh as the contract involves about three-quarters of million it is of some concern where it goes. This isn't the first time that the Clark commis-
 sion has been in the limelight. It has been doing a great deal of strenuous boosting for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
WINGS PAY A DEBT.
(Christian Science Monitc

Christian Science Monitor) Snow and ice have come early
 in the Tyrolese Alps this season. North of the mountains, in Austria,
 thousands of swallows have been
 halted in their usual migration to the warm shores of Italy. Hunger and cold winter confronted them
 as they huddled in the woods and
 in farm buildings chirping dis consolately.
 But now they may twitter more merilly. The outlook has changed. At the request of the Austrians So- ciety for the Protection of Animal [ farmers are collecting the birds in
 wooden cages and bringing them to Vienna. There the society has
 chartered, airplanes to carry the swallows to Venice.
 It is not the first time the air plane has been used in a mission of kindness to birds, for grain has been scattered from planes to feed the quail in winter in the western United States and Canada. But it is perhaps the first time that man. made wings have substituted for feathered wings in transporting such numbers of birds over a ter- rain familiar but temporarily im- passhable to them. Ayt
 In this incident. and others like 1t aviation can repay a little of it's debt to the birds. Would men ever have flown if they had, not watched the gulls and hawks. and borrowed
 the idea from them? And let not
 human aeronauts assume they
 have outdone the birds because the
 beleaguered swallows in Austria accept ride. Men have vet to dis
 cover the secret of flight. by wing power instead of propeller. Re- Gardless of miles an hourf, mo hue
 man yet has flown so fast but he still could wonder at the dArting, veering. floating swiftness of tho swallow. Nor have wood and steel yet matched the gracefulness, ease ! and silence of that fight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30

Press dispatches from Windsor, Ontario, state that within one month beer by the glass will be sold in that province. Brew cries are preparing for this and where the usually heavy dry vote can be expected no opposition is anticipated. Barley at 50 cents bushel in l932 is the prize being dangled in front of the farmers. The present beer and wine permits expire on October 3l. After that it is said no permits will be asked for beer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
ILLEGAL HIGHWAY SIGNS
(Meriden JournaD

A law in Connecticut that does not seem to be generally known makes illegal the erection of ad-- vertising signs within IS feet of the boundaries of a state highway.
 Such boundaries include merely the paved surface but such right of way as is owned by the state. This right of way is often quite ex- tensive as illustrated on Middle town road where boundary lines cut through property that was SUD- posed to be privately owned.
 The regulation applies to signs of all kinds, impressive and illum- mated billboards and small ar- rows announcing hot dogs or gaso- line so many feet ahead.
 Every year the state, police have to make a roundup of hundreds of such sigs and they are ordered removed altogether or moved back on the owners property to comply with the 15-foot limit prescribed by law. Arrests are found upec- essary but the law has teeth in the shape of a penalty of not more than s100 for each sign illegally placed.
 The makers of this law had fin mind the dangers created by signs that obstructed the view of mo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
Here, There And Euery1Uhere

torists and distracted their atten- ton from driving and also prob ably thought for the beauty of the countryside.
 The latter consideration however Is more within the duties of zoning boards as provided for by statute through action of the last legisla- ture
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30

native Indiana limestone this past year. We thought that the committee had elimin- ated granite some months ago when Senator James Watson announced that Senator Moses of New Hampshire couldn't extend his influence into Indiana We'll, build the monument anyway. boys George Rogers Clark will be satisfied anyway you decide.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30
Personal Health Seruice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Dr Brady Address him, care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30

The trouble with those business panaeeas is they don't pan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30

The increase in the volume of mail this month may be sign of returning prosper ity and then again it may just be an extra effort to collect old bills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 60S tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-30

"A successful business man Is one who watches the crowd and then goes the other way"
 -Lndy Rhondda.
  The African savage Is more gen- tie and sensitive than men Of civilized countries.
 --Malvania Hoffman.