Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-05
Is Years Ago In Libby


say in its issue of March |, 1906:
While this section of Montana never
has severe winters, yet this winter
has up TO this time been an excep-
tionally fine one There has been but
little cold weather. the thermometer
having been below zero but.one or two
DAYS and then not to exceed 4 degrees
below. Yet there has been lot of good
sleighing and much work has been ac-
complished which ordinarily can not
be done during the winter months"
Aside fro mthe reference to sleighing
one reading that item might think it
was descriptive of this winter
The paper had another extensive ar
tiele about the hydraulic plant on
Cherry creek. 1t. said 24O0 feet of steel
pipe had been hauled to the site,
weighing approximately % tons. The
pipe was % inches at the large end and
tapered to 8 inches
A few of the local and personal items
were as follows:
John P Wall, N E. jenkins and W.
B. Jefferson left this morning for trip
TO Cabinet.
Miss Rose Simmons of Kalispell is
in Libby to visit with Mrs. ]. e. Clark
a couple of weeks.
A. G. Beager made trip to the
West Fisher district this week with
a party of Spokane mining men.
W. S. Megquier. who has been con-
fined to his house all winter with n
broken leg. has sufficiently recovered
to be out on crutches.
p. E. Schanck. who has been the
receivers clerk at the Snowshoe mine.
has returned to Libby after an absence
of several weeks.
John ]. Hubbard, the timber man
and rancher near Jennings, was in Lib
by Friday on some timber land BUSH
ness.
Joseph F. Williams was down from
Shaughnessy hill on Saturday for a
few hours to make a few inquiries
about his Continental Rubber inter-
ests which he has in South America
and Mexico
J. f. Harris and E. H. Clingan have
started their gardens. and they say
they are out for all the blue ribbons"
to be presented at the Libby county
fair this fall There may be few
others, SO don't be too sure about it
E ]. Hughes passed through Libby
on Monday in company with John Nc
Cornick. one of the section foremen
at Stonehill, who had the misfortune
to break one Of his legs. They went to
Spokane for the purpose Of placing
Mr. Mccormick in hospital
George Robson, the Libby minine
man. returned from Spokane on Fri
day afternoon with some capitalists Of
that place for the purpose Of going into
The West Fisher district to look over
some of Mr. Robison's gold properties
near the American Kootenai mine.
They expect to form a company and
to do considerable development work
in there this coming spring and sum-
mer.
Supt Steere has created another
school district on Swamp creek to
be known as district No SIS. R. r.
Prout, Henry Schneider and John Fl.
Geiger have been appointed trustees
There will be five months of school
during the summer months, school to
open about the first of May The school
house will be located near the Listoe
place The district comprises five town
ships and it gets about $3.50 from the
parent district and there are II school
children.
James v. Hawkins, who has been the
principal OF the Libby school since
December, resigned last week and left
on Saturday for Spokane On Thurs
day evening he was given a farewell
party at the Commercial hotel which
was largely attended. A petition was
circulated and signed by large num-
Der of people asking that he remain
and teach the remainder of the term.
Mr. Hawkins will probably 60 into the
life insurance business. He has been
succeeded as principal by W. L. Iver-
sen, who arrived from Spokane on
Sunday afternoon and who took up
the work on Monday morning.