Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-09-29
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At Meeting
Libby Men Hear Reports on
Highway, Mining and
Other Matters.
MANY ATTEND AND
MANIFEST INTEREST

An interesting and largely ATTENDED
meeting of the Libby Commercial club
was held Tuesday evening at the Tur-
ner Tavern at which a number of i'm
portant matters were discussed. Fol-
lowing dinner. President Wood called
on Walter Neils, chairman of the high
way committee, for report but Mr..
Neils said that r. R. Veldman had in
formation that would be more inter-
esting and asked Mr.. Veldman to re-
port
Mr.. Veldman stated that he recently
rode from Spokane to Libby with D..
S. Worden, chairman of the state high
way commission, with whom he dis
cussed highway matters. During this
conversation he understood that B. P.
r. engineers had said there were a
few minor things to be checked up on
the Kootenai Falls right of way prob
lem but that they expected no diff
Guilty there and that construction ought
TO start soon Mr.. Worden also re-
marked that work in this
district would undoubtedly 60 on much
faster during the coming two or three
years.
Mr.. Worden also told of his trip
to Washington in an endeavor to get
the reconstruction finance corporation
to purchase Montana gas debenture
bonds, but without avail. The corpora
ton refuses to advance money to any
project to be paid for by taxes and
not on anything but one continuous
project. Montana officials still hope,
however, to obtain = modification o.
this ruling that win permit purchase
of the gas debenture bonds. The state
has been unable to sell the 1882 allot-
ment of these bonds amounting to ST.
5O0,O00O0.
In view of the fact that work is ex-
pected to start soon on the Kootenai
Falls project, there was much discus
sion as to the best method to handle
the giving out of jobs on this work to
needy men, After long discussion,
it was agreed to leave to the Libby
relief committee this matter of COM
piling a list of names of those per
sons needing work, but with the UNI
derstanding that County Commissioner
Brink would be member of the sub
committee appointed to handle the
task. The law requires contractors to
handle local labor and stipulates that
local relief organizations must supply
contractors with lists of local laborers.
The relief committee was complimented
for the efficient work done during the
past year.
DR.. c. B. Boyle reported on mining
activities in this district, commended
DIR. Russell Gibson for the work he
has done here and urged more Libby
men to visit local mining properties
in order that they may have more
knowledge of mining development here
Carleton Joughin reported the fol-
lowing tentatives dates for future
meetings: Farmers night, October Is;
election night dinner and dance, Nov
ember 5; mining meeting, possibly De-
cember IL; January and February
dates open; March meeting joint
meeting with Woman's Club and Lions
Club These dates are only tentative and
may be changed later.
w. G. Seims of the entertainment
committee reported briefly and fis-
cussion followed regarding the closing
of business houses an hour or an hour
and half for the three football games
this fall. The merchants were appar- |
emily willing to close provided the |
closing dates were given enough pub |
icity SO that farmers and others would |
know of the closing and not come to
town and then be disappointed when
they found the stores closed.