Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-11-26

discussion as to the terms OF the res
olution asking for the survey, with
an amendment moved by L. S. WEIGH
and seconded by Mr.. Neils, a motion
was carried to the effect that the high
way commission be petitioned to sur
vey the highway from Libby to the
Elk Hill project, to conform with a
similar petition by the board Of county
commissioners. r. r. Veldman suggest
ed that the petition ought to be sent
to the state highway commission, the
bureau of public roads and the forest
service. Donald Lloyd also joined in
this discussion of highway matters,
stating that he thought the commission
was spending too much money on sur
veys and changing the route of the
highway too often
Mr.. Veldman said he had letter
giving the information that next year
three projects would be under con-
struction in District No. | out of gas
tax money, l. e., from Somers to Kali
ispell, from Kaispen to Kila and from
Kalispell to Whitefish. The inference
was that possibility of getting an ap-
preparation of gas tax money for Lin
coin county next year was not prom
ising.
Superintendent A. A. Wood Of the
Libby schools was asked to tell about
football activities. Mr.. Wood stated
that the success of the high school team
had given Libby valuable advertising
and that he had received congratula-
tory letters from all parts of the state,
Mr.. Wood stated the school always at
tempted to finance its own activities
and thought the Libby-Big Sandy game
could be taken care of with only little
extra assistance from the town. This
consisted of the purchase of what was
termed Sportsmen's Tickets at price
Of s1.OO, by Libby business and pro-
| fessional men E. M. Boyes and Har-
old Miller, who had the sale of the
tickets, reported they expected to sell
| about rs of the Sportsmen's Tickets
Mr.. Boyes emphasized the fact thai
the school had put up to the club &c
| do as they pleased in regard to bring
ing the game to Libby and the club
had decided that it ought to be stagec
here
| E. E. Jaqueth, who attended the
Corvallis game, said Libby fans who
did not see that game missed won
derful contest, and that it was COM
mon thing to charge S1.00 ticket II
other places.
f. j. Townsend of the well known
Happys Inn expressed his and Mrs
Townsends thanks for the patronage
Libby people had given them in past
years.
AT this time the president asked all
the guests to stand and they were in
troduced to the asscmblage.
E. j. Barkee, chairman Of the COM
mittee that had prepared the dinner
stated there would not have been any
dinner had not the farmers voluntarily
contributed toward it. He read lls1
Of those who had made contributions
toward the dinner. A pig was donated
by the Pioneer Meat Market and was
barbecued by the Turner Tavern; po-
tatoes and carrots by the Maize
Brothers; rutabagas by Mr. Gram
bauer; bread by the American Rose
Bakery, apples by II. A. Joughin; but
ter, celery and sugar by MacMarr' S,
cabbage by Hubert Beebe and MIR. and
Mrs. Sanford: coffee by j A. Krall,
ice cream by Libby Creamery; cigar
cites by III. A. Hough; cigars by I. ;.
Welch; potatoes and pickles by Floyd
Bowen: cash donation by j c. Penney
company; while the carving and serv-
ing Of the roasted pig was done by
Howard Turner. A number of other
Libby business men would have been
glad to contribute but they were not
called on.
Mr.. Herbst Speaks.
A. c. Herbst, one of the pioneer and
most successful farmers of the county,
spoke at length in an interesting mat
ter. He told how he began to think
his cream tests should run higher, SC
he bought tester for his own use and
found that his and the creamery's tests
ran about the same. However, | die
/ find something wrong said Mr.. Herbst
land that was that | had some expen-
sive boarders in my own herd. When
] got rid of them my tests improved
/ Mr.. Herbst urged all farmers to have
a testing machine of their own. He
said they would thereby be more con-
tented in regard to the tests they were
getting from the creamery and it would
enable them to find out the cows ir
their herds that were not giving
| enough butter fat to pay for their keep
Mr.. Herbst also said the squirrels
were serious problem. That it was al
most impossible to eradicate the SPUR
rel handicap with SO much vacant land
He urged the passage of new Law
in which all timbered, or otherwise
vacant land would be assessed a small
sum per acre to be devoted to gopher
eradication. He mentioned the fact tina
deer are big nuisance to the farmer.
but even at that he liked to see then
around and said they were an asset
to the country Nevertheless in partia
payment for the damage they do thi.