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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
BIG BASEBALL GAME
FOR LIBBY RELIEF FUND

The Libby Junior Womans club is
sponsoring a baseball game between
two Libby teams, the proceeds of
which will go for worthy local relief.
A picked team from the Libby Cubs
and Bills Gang will play the town
team on next Wednesday evening,
June %. Game to be called at $50
p. m. The ball boys have donated
their services for the good of the
cause, Vernon Bessey announces the
band will be there in force, and the
Junior Wosaen will sell ice cream on
the grounds
Admission for adults will be rs
cents, but children will be free. Turn
out and help worthy cause.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
Urges Care With
Fire While Within
Forest Areas
Danger Is Always Present In Spite oil
Wet Spring-24 Fires
Set Last Year.

MISSOULA, Jupe 19.-Although The
spring of 1888 has been unusually we
in Montana and northern Idaho, sew
eral days OF intensely hot, rainles6
weather would dry out the woods to
the danger point, Is the opinion Of
forest service officials of Region One
which includes Montana and northern
Idaho.
For this reason we are not relax
ing our efforts to make clear to the
public the grave danger to our for
ests from carelessness with fire in the
woods during the summer months, y
said Evan w. Kelley, regional forester
at Missoula. Put out YOUR campfire.
and think twice before you toss away
a match or cigarette, even though the
woods may be wet at the time. This
practice tends to form a good habit
which will not be forgotten later when
real danger exists
A new regulation by the secretary
of agriculture makes it an offense
punishable by jail sentence, fine, or
both to threw burning cigarette,
cigar, match, pipe heel or firecracker
on national forest land, say forest of
ficials, When the woods become dry
smoking in the forests will again be
limited to camps and places of human
Last season smokers and campers
set PAL fires in this region, burning
4.200 acres, and causing loss of ST.
000,' says Major Kelley These fires
were not set maliciously, they were
largely the. results of carelessness. And
fortunately it is a small minority of
thoughtless persons whom the forest
service must educate in proper care
with their cigarettes. pipe heels,
and campfires."
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
Business Improving.

! E. w. Oylear and Joe Sheffield mot
ored to Spokane Monday on bust
ness visit to the city. Returning home
they report that business conditions in
the city are improving at great rate,
that delivery of autos cannot be guar
anteed short Of 30 days, and that there
Is decided upturn in business in all
lines, with great optimism.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22

From 1000 to 1900 men are at work
and some are working from "a to 30
hours without stop. Men, women
and children are exerting every eff
fort in the battle. The state has sent
in a steam shovel from road work and
a fleet of trucks has been kept busy
working night and day hauling earth
to weak spots in the dikes The steam
shovel operator worked rs hours with
out stop. All tayel has been kept
from the main street to clear the way
tor trucks. A train was stopped and
200 men riding the rails" agreed to
join in the battle and went to work
Reports are that. some of the crop
that has been flooded is under 20
feet of water.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
MAGAZINES WANTED.

Miss Inez Ratekin. county Librarian,
reports that she has a constant call
for magazines for farmers and others.
To supply this demand she is asking
all who have old magazines in their
homes to please call her, she will list
their names, and on a stated day,
probably next Saturday, will have a
truck call for them Please phone Miss
Ratekin at once if you have magazines
to donate.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
Visit Kalispell Lodges.

Two Patriarchal Chevaliers and nine
members of the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Patriarchs Militant will motor to-
day to Kaispell to attend meetings Of
the Flathead Canton and Fortress. In
the party will be M. r. Karnes and
j. w. Barrett the Patriarchal Cheva-
liers, and Ladies Mary Peterson, Jen-
ME Breeder, Mvnie Karnes, Emma
Driear, Edna Olerich, May Barrett
Mildred Hamel, Lura Dell Gompf and
Margaret Kemp.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
Explains Plans
For Reducing
WhfatAOeage.
Processing Tax of 80 Cents
a Bushel Will Be
Levied.
FARMERS CONTRACT
TO CUT PAINTINGS

BOHEMIAN, June 19.-Plans for re-
ducing wheat acreage through allot-
ments to farmers to apply to the COM
ing fall and spring paintings and fol
collecting processing tax on wheat
products to supply funds for benefit
payments to farmers were announced
in the press June II.
According to the news stories, Sec
retarv Wallace has announced that q
processing tax of approximately 80
cents per bushel will be levied soon
after July of this year Two thirds
of the fund SO raised will be used to
pay bonuses to farmers this fall when
they sign contracts to reduce acreage.
1t is expected that these bonus pay
ments will be largely completed by
September Is.
|. The bonus payments are regarded as
an insurance feature which will be
particularly valuable to farmers whose
crops have been destroyed or dam
aged
The June II statement clears up
much speculation as to what form the
wheat program would take under the
farm adjustment bill enacted May 10.
The allotment plan. developed by
Montana's NJ L. Wilson and who now
is one Of the administrators of the
wheat program, supported by the
processing tax is the heart of the pro-
posal by which the necessary acreage
reductions will be achieved.
Farmers will be expected to sign
contracts agreeing to reduce acreage
not to exceed 20 per cent, the exact
amount to be determined after the
outcome of present international con-
ferences are knoWn.=l5
allotments to states and counties will
be based upon average production for
the past five years. Allotments to
farmers will be based upon averagt =
for the past three years. The work or
arriving at individual allotments will
be accomplished through volunteer
county and community committees
and through the cooperative action Of
farmers.
Farmers will receive benefit pay
ments upon that portion of their al
loted production which is necessary
for domestic consumption. The bene-
fit payments are intended to bring the
power Of bushel of wheat /
to a parity with what it was during
the five-year period before the war.
No curtailment of the present wheat
crop is contemplated because adverse
conditions have already greatly re-
duced potential production for this
season.
The acreage reduction proposal is
necessary because of the
tremendous accumulated supplies of
wheat in the country approximately
$50 million bushels) brought about
largely by the reduction of foreign de-
mand as many of the nations have at
tempted to arrive at self-sustain-
ing basis.
The plan for wheat follows closely
The suggestions of wheat growers and
farm organization representatives at
held recently at Washing
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
Sunday Game
Was Close And
Interesting Battle
Libby Wins Over Trey but Only
After Close Contest-Score
to 6.

One OF the most interesting ball
games played on the Libby diamond
this year, was that Of last Sunday be-
tween the Libby and Troy teams. Lib
by finally won with g-B score but
it was battle all the way.
The game started in an unusual
manner when the first man up to bal
MCNEIL, OF Troy--smashed out !
home run. That was starting things of
with a vengeance
In the second inning, the score was
tied, 2 and 2. In the third, Troy took
the lead by scoring two more; score,
AZ. The fourth inning was a blank
on both sides and then in the fifth
inning Jack Rowland of Libby came
to the rescue of his country by slam
ing the horsehide nearly to the hospi-
tai, bringing in two runners-Thomp-
son and Patt--in addition to his own
home run. Score, to a, in Libby's
favor.
Troy was drawing blanks in the
fouth, fifth, sixth and seventh inn
ings. but in the eighth X. Hubbard
batted out a home run and Murphy
also scored in that frame. In the sew
enth inning Libby had put four run
ners across the home plate, and that
ended the scoring for both teams.
The lineup follows:
Libby-Patt 81; Allen, c; Rowland
1b; Ried, 2b; Thompson, 3b; BurRae,
S. Baker, Diessner, If; w. WOLF rf:
Mortenson, RI.
Troy-Lindsay and Walcott, p; Kid
der, G; Morrison, lib; G. Hubbard,
2b, K. Hubbard, 3h; Murphy, SIS;
Thornton, If; McNiel, cf, Weidner, RI.
Score by innings
Libby % z 3 0 4 0 ks
Troy - l 2 0 0 0 0 2 0-6
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
Guests at WEIGH Home

Mrs Archie Patterson and daugh-
ter, Mary Catherine, and Mrs. Dom
aid Buckingham arrived from Kalis-
pell Sunday and are guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. S. WEIGH They were driven
over from Kalispell by Ward Buck
ingham and small son, Ward Jr., who
returned home the same day.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
Ostcopathic Physician Locates Here,

DR.. J. W. Church, formerly Of Hell
ena, arrived IN Libby Monday and
will take up the practice Of his pro-
fession here. His office will be the log
building opposite the c. & H. Service
Station He will be Joined here some
what later by Mrs. Church, who Is re-
naming in Helena for a few weeks.
DR.. Church is a graduate Of the
American School Of Osteopathy at
kirksville, Me-, and has practiced his
profession 20 years.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
Girlhood Friends Visit.

Mrs. Lee Northup and daughter,
Miss Beth, of Wenatchee, Wash,
stopped In Libby Tuesday evening
while on their way home from their
old home in North Dakota. Mrs.
Northup and Mrs Sam Ratekin are
girlhood friends and enjoyed a fine
visit
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
Eastern Relatives Here.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Hance Of Dor
othy, Mimi, parents of Mrs. Louis
Gamache, and Mrs. Gamache's cousin,
the Rev. FIR. La Plante, of Bournnaies,
ILL.,, arrived here Sunday and have
been guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Gamache.
They leave today to drive to Seattle.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
Lodge Officers Visit North Dakota.

Mr.. and Mrs M D. Rowland left
Saturday for Fargo, N. D., to attend
the grand lodge meetings Of the Ma
sonic and Eastern Star orders of that
state, Mr. and Mrs. Rowland being the
ranking officers Of the two orders in
the state of Montana.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
Mine Work
Not Necessary
For One Year
Congress Cancels Require
ment for Relief of Claim
Owners.
REQUIRED NOTICE
MUST BE FILED

BUTTE, June II (SpeciaD-For Thu
second year, mining claims ma.
be held without assessment work, &C.
cording to the provisions of a bill re-
mently passed by congress and signec
by President Roosevelt, it has been an
nounced by Vice President A. E
Adami, professor of mining at Montana
School Of Mines
Under the provisions of the bill min
ing claim owners who were exempt
from payment of federal income taxes
for the calendar year of 1882 may hold
their claims by filing in the office OF
where the location notice or certificate
Is recorded notice of intention to
keep the claim. This law thus exempts
persons from assessment work for the
fiscal year from July l, 1882, to July
l, 1888. Unless further legislation is
passed by the national congress the
assessment work must be resumed
next year.
The bill is similar to that passed
last year and signed by President
Hoover, and also to a bill passed dur
ing the World War.
The act, as passed by congress pro-
vides in part as follows:
''That the provision OF section 1924
Of the revised statutes of the United
States be suspended as to all mining
claims in the United States, includ-
ing Alaska, during the year beginning
at II o'clock meridian July /, 1882, and
ending at IL o'clock meridian July |,
1883.
THAT the provisions Of this act shall
not apply in the case of any claimant
not entitled to exemption from the
payment Of federal income tax for
the taxable year 1882
THAT every claimant of any such
mining claim, IN order to obtain the
benefits Of this act, shall file, or cause
to be filed, in the office where the To-
cation notice or certificate is recorded,
on or before IL o'clock meridian July
l, 1888 notice of his desire to hold
said claim"
Such notice might be of the form
suggested by Walter w. Bradley, state
mineralogist of California, as follows:
NOTICE OF DESIRE OF. ,..................
TO HOLD THE ............................M MIN
ING CLAIM FOR THE ASSESSMENT
YEAR, 1932-1933.
Notice is hereby given by the I'M
derSIgned. that ne is
the claimant of the .... min
ing Claim situated
Mining District, County State
of Montana and that he desires to hold
said mining claim during the assess
ment year 1892 1888 under the pro-
visions of the Act of Congress entitled,
AN Act providing for the suspension
of annual assessment work on mining
claims held by location in the United
States and Alaska Approved May Is,
1888.
That the location notice or certifi- I
cate of said mining claim is recorded
in the office of the county clerk and
recorder of said county, (that being
the proper office of record),
And notice is hereby further given
by said claimant that he, said claim
ant was entitled to exemption from the
payment Of federal income tax for the
taxable year 1892"
Dated this day of .............-..1933.
.................-..... -..---..-.-..
Claimant
If several claimants join in giving
this notice it should appear therein
that each of them was entitled to said /
exemption.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
KOOtenai River Highest in Years.;
Crest Seems To Have Been Reached

The Kootenai river at Libby is DROP
ping after reaching the highest mark
since 1916. The crest here was 1883
feet on Sunday and this morning had
dropped about 3la feet from the high
mark. 1t is still going down, al
though the weather is hot today and
may cause slight upturn. Last night at
5 o'clock the reading showed 125 feet,
last night at 8 o'clock 124 feet, this
morning at $3.50 it was 12.1 feet
The middle of last week. this region
was struck by hot wave. Over the
weekend it cooled somewhat and now
the mercury is going up again. Last
Wednesday it was SO, Thursday 100,
Friday s6. 1t dropped into the sos
over the weekend, yesterday it was
SO degrees. N
Desperate Fight at Boomers.
Boomers Ferry is putting up des-
perate and discouraging fight to save
the town and farm lands from being
flooded. Up to Tuesday night dikes
protecting several drainage districts
had broken and had flooded 1888
acres. Desperate efforts are being
made to save the city and other lands
not yet inundated.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22

Bradley Phillips has been secured to
act as life guard at The mill swimming
pool from ! to 6 p. m, every day ex-
cept Sunday.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
Worst Seems Over.

A telephone message from Bonners
at 1880 this morning said that no
new breaks, had occurred and that the
river was dropping there; had gone
down more than two feet from the
high mark. However. the dikes have
been so softened by the water that
there will be danger of breaks for
some time.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Neils and Mr..
and Mrs. George Neils motored to
Kalispell this morning.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
Libby, Mont, June 10, 1898.

lily reflect the views OF this paper
The Editor
Libby, Mont, June 10, 1888.
Editor Western News, Libby, Mont
Dear Sir. As you probably know, all
of the temporary forest service en-
ployees who in former years worked
on trail and road and similar prof.
ects, are this year either without any
work after the last of this month or
else are only offered a chance to join
the G. c. G. at one dollar day.
Even the forest employees whose
work will not be done by the c. G. c.
are affected. The preseason and fall
work which fills in his full seasons
work is now cut short In fact, every
forest service employee is a loser.
This means a smaller forest payroll
and consequently affects the entire
section.
In normal and in all preceding years,
the forest service has been source
of income for all sections in which
they are located We workers spent
the greater part of our wages locally.
The forest service itself bought hun
dreds Of dollars of locally purchased
supplies. The loss of any part of their
work will be felt.
Now, instead Of the forest service,
we have the army c. c. c. What do
they bring to the community? That
remains to be seen, but we can see
that work which the forest service
would normally do over period of
years, paying decent wages and prob
ably source of local income, now be-
ing done in few years.
The c. c. G. hires very few local
or sectional workers in proportion to
their numbers. They pay practically
nothing and buy no supplies locally
The regular forest work with nor
NAL seasons employment was, in eff
feet, merely matter of relief If one
managed carefully, he could exist
through the winter. But what will the
locals who join the G. {. c. have when
it is over?
True, we need forest conservation
and the people need the work The two
facts are indisputable, but do we want
an "army" land it is an "army") of
c. c. c. dollar day men in our for
ests when right It home we have
thousands of skillful woodsmen who
would Jump at the chance to work at
a decent wage?
We have a forest service which
could handle this work, pay decent
wages and provide source of local
income.
If they must have an army, place
the c. c. c. recruits in regularly
established barracks and give them
some sort Of training that would be of
benefit to them.
This is not a matter that is affect
ing just us forest employees 1t should
concern every public spirited citizen
in these forest sections.
If we who live in these forest areas
do not protest this encroachment of
these eastern c. c. c, recruits into
work which should belong to us who
live here, then each year will see an
additional influx of them diverting a
source Of local employment to the east.
Sincerely yours,
A LIBBY FOREST WORKER.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22

The plan for wheat follows closely
the suggestions of wheat growers and
farm organization representatives at
conferences held recently at Washing
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
Claimant.

If several claimants join in giving
this notice it should appear therein
that each of them was entitled to said
exemption.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-06-22
he Forum

This is department for the dis
cussion OF pertinent topics by anyone
who 50 desires is open to every
one and any suitable subject may be
considered. However, what appears
in this department does not necessar-
lily reflect the views of this paper
The Editor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-05-22
Northern Leaders
Ready For Series
Superior and Winnipeg Will
Clash At Canadian City;
Blues Maintain Lead

st. Paul, May 22.-(R-First and
second-place teams, Superior and
Winnipeg, were to open series of
Northern League games Monday on
the Canadian city's diamond.
The Blues maintained their lead
at the crest by taking two games
from Crookston over the weekend,
winning Saturday 9 to Z in ~ in
nings, and to ! Sunday.
Winnipeg played two games with
Brainerd Saturday, taking both by
scores Of 4 to 2, the nightcap going
only seven innings before halted by
rain. The triumphs moved the Ca
nadians into the runner-up position.
Eau Claire suffered its third
straight defeat by East Grand Forks
Sunday, Z to 6, when Nicholson poked
out a single with the bases full to
score two runs. The Colts also won
Saturdays tilt, II to 8.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-05-22
Husky Negro Scores 10 Points;
Indiana Wins Most Firsts,
However

Chicago, May 22.-(P)-Eight Of the
is track and field championships for
1888 belong to Indiana. Michigan has
only two, but the annual team title
still rests with the Wolverines.
Willis Ward, Michigan's huge negro
sll-around star, accounted for both
Wolverine individual championships
Saturday at Dyche Stadium. and a
pair Of seconds gave him 10 points.
Indiana swept everything from the
22O-yard dash through the mile relay
on the track, and in the field won the
discus and hammer. The rest Of the
Hoosier team, however, could pick up
only TX points, while Michigan, plac-
ing in 13 events, won 501a points in
seconds, thirds, fourths and fifths, to
collect its victory total Of COZ.
Ward won the 100-yard dash, but
from there on the Hoosiers took
everything on the cinders.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-05-22
Darlington Cops
At Valley City
Four Records Fall; New Rock.
ford, With Two Great
Stars, Is Second

Valley City, N. D., May 22.-(F-
Four records were shattered as Car
rington high school won the ninth
annual Kiwanis invitational track and
field meet here Saturday, capturing
27h points. New Rockford was close
second with Is. Ideal weather con-
ditions prevailed and 81 schools with
235 athletes participated in track,
golf and tennis.
Sanders Of New Rockford set up
new records in mile and half mile. He
ran the mile in 4:47.5 and half in
2:06. Previous records were 1855 and
2:07.4, respectively. McQuaid of Mil
nor heaved the discus 120 feet for a
new mark, lettering the old record
by seven inches.
Carrington's relay team also estab-
lished new record In winning this
event. Darlington lowered the record
set by Jamestown in 1881 from 1:49
to 1888.
Leslie Treffery OF New Rockford
was the leading individual performer.
garnering 10 points for high honors.
Valley City won major honors in
tennis, while Jamestown won in the
golf tournament. The team Of
Charles Thorkelson and Daniel Mack
ey, Valley City, won the tennis
singles. Koppen Of Jamestown was
medalist in golf carding 70 for Is
holes over the 32-par college course.
Gibson of Valley City was second with
70.
Other schools scoring points were
Minor, IA; Ashley, 10; Valley City,
10 SIS. Burnstad, 8; Glendale. g.;
Lidgerwood, z; Sheldon, IL; Marion,
L; Eckelson, J.; Cleveland, l; Hast
ings 1-3.