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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-12-28
Granite Greek Bridge Out.


In the immediate vicinity of Libby,
damage consists of the floods carrying
out half of the Granite creek bridge
Just south of the city and also part
Of the bridge over Libby creek, leading
to the Herbst ranch. The highway be-
tween Libby and the main Granite
creek bridge is also badly cut up, with
deep holes in many places
The bridges across Libby creek near
the state fish hatchery were undam-
aged, although approaches to two Of
the smaller bridges were partly washed
away and part of the grade between the
bridges is also gone But the bridges
are intact
Much Damage ON South Highway.
Earl Maxim, who lives on the former
Jack Brown place In the Manicke dis
trict, made his way to town Wednes-
day. He reports a vast amount of
damage all along the way
One Of the worst pieces of destruction
Is about quarter mile north of
Cowell creek, between the AL Huffman
ranch and Libby. There jam formed
and turned the creek out Of its channel
into the roadway. At that point the
rushing waters gouged out hole some
ID to 20 feet deep where 1t first struck
the road. The cut extends northward
down the highway about mile gradu-
ally growing shallower as it runs down
hill.
AT the Claus Detjens ranch, the small
stream that comes down past his house
and across the highway became a
raging torrent left its streambed and
ran directly down the side Of the road.
cutting channel 10 feet deep. The
fence posts bordering the road hang
suspended by the wire, the earth hay
ing been washed away
The Hadwen ranch also suffered. The
small stream that crosses the highway
there also did much damage. It cut
out a bed where it crosses the highway
some 10 or II feet deep, dropping the
Continued on page Al
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-12-28
Lincoln County Granted 70 Men For
Emergency Work on Highways

As soon as ii was learned that heavy
damage had been done to the highways
and bridges Of the county, The Lincoln
County Civil Works Administration
board wired to state headquarters with
the request that the county be granted
an additional 100 men to do emergency
work to repair damage done. Secretary
Paul Church, who phoned headquarters,
was authorized to employ 50 men at
once and put them to work as soon rs
possible. This number was increased
by four men who had not yet been as
signed from the allotment Of rs men
authorized a few days ago, thus making
total Of 81 men to 90 into emergency
work.
The committee apportioned these over
the county rs follows, most Of them he
ing placed in The western part Of The
county where the damage has been by
far the heaviest Fifteen men were given
to the Troy district, I to crew in The
Manicke section, 18 to Libby, to Eu-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-12-28
Libby Airport
Project Is Given
Final Approval
Sum of $4,000 in Labor and $500 in
Supplies Awarded-Crew OF
IL Men at Work.

Mayor Elmer Switzer received word
the last Of the week that the Libby
airport project had been approved in
the amount Of $4,000 with $500 set aside
for materials and supplies. Consequent
ly, crew picked from unemployed lists
was put to work Tuesday morning,
under the direction of Billy Farris, who
had charge of this work during the
summer with a CCC crew.
The city had asked for an expendi-
ture of S5,682 but this was cut to 5000
by the director Of aeronautics.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-12-28
Flood Waters Do Heavy
Damage In Lincoln Count

Week of Rain Heavy Snowfall Sends Greeks on Ram
page-Bridges and Highways Washed Out, Cut Up and
Covered with Slides-Mai Routes Blocked and Tele-
phone Lines Down-No Lives Lost.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-12-28

LATER-Yesterday evening, after The
above was set into type, another wire
from Helena allocated 20 additional men
to Lincoln county for emergency high
way work. Just where these men will
be worked has not been decided
County Commissioner Brink received
q wire this morning from Senator M.
d. Rowland, in Helena, stating that The
CWA had alIocated 500 men to western
Montana for flood work and that Lin
coin county would receive its share;
also that he was to confer with the state
highway commissions this, afternoon
regarding immediate construction Of
bridges.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-12-28
Discusses
Legislation
At Helena
Tells What Had Been Done
BY Montana Legislature
Up to Holiday Recess.
MANY PROBLEMS
ARE PERPLEXING

The Special session oof the Montana
legislature recessed over Christmas and
got down to work again yesterday Up
to the Christmas adjournment, what
had been accomplished by the leglsla-
ture was reported in a dispatch from
Helena to the Great Falls Tribune,
which reads as follows
HE14ENA--A tax on cigarets expected
to yield as much as $500, 900 annually
for the relief of distress in Montana,
was approved by the state house of rep
resentatives
The act is similar to one which met
defeat in the regular session last win
ter. It imposes 2-cent tax per pack
age and proposes to distribute the rev.
enue with 40 per cent diverted each to
the unemployment and emergency relief
funds, Is per cent to the general sund
and to the school interest and income
fund
Several amendments to the commit
tee bill were considered, but all were
defeated as was move by Represen-
tative Bert Replogle of Lewistown 10
strike the enactment clause on the
theory that Its just another move 10
tax the poor to relieve the poor
Replogle found support in Represen-
tative T.. G. McElwain Of Powell county,
who charged that Of SAT- 900 received
by Montana from the government FOR
relief, $1,70O,0OO was paid into the fed
eral treasury through the national To-
bacco lax.
A recapitulation of measures already
approved or passed by the house showed
the following either having been sent
on to the senate or approved in commit
tee of the whole.
Estimates by the committee on rev.
enue and taxation indicate they would
produce $1677,000 yearly:
Liquor store profits (estimate), $780,
600.
Beer revenues (increased), 100000.
Income tax, double old rates, 100000.
Inheritance tax, double old rates,
100000
Chain store tax, $150,OO0. 81
Telephone-telegraph gross tax, $780,
900.
Telephone instrument tax, $150,000.
Natural gas tax, $4,000.
Corporation license tax, (increased),
$650O0.
Electricity tax, 100000.
Cigaret tax, 100000.
Cosmetics tax, $150,000
Contractors tax, 100000
Total new revenue provided, $1,677,-
000
Others held the tax would hit class
of people who otherwise pay no taxes,
and that the additional levy would
prove no hardship in view of the de-
creased price on cigarets.
The Montana house not only put its
foot firmly down today on the levying
of tax on gasoline for relief purposes
but closed further consideration Of the
plan during the present session by in
definite postponement of proposal tc
reconsider.
The measure ran into stone wal
and was defeated in committee Of the
whole but was given chance for sur
Continued on page 81
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-12-28

reka and & to work ON the big slide west
of Libby on the state highway.
No definite limit was placed on The
time these men are to be employed,
but they are to be used rs long us is
needed for temporary emergency work
It is understood they arc all now on The
various jobs.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-12-28
Troy Road Open.

The Troy road is now open. The big
slide west Of Libby is being passed over
the old switchback and Commissioner
Kensler has the Callahan creek bridge
at Troy repaired.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-12-28
Tells Why
Relief Work
Fell Short
Forest Projects Suddenly
Thrown Out and Pro
gram Upset.
PLACING MEN
WHERE MOST NEEDED

Now and then word of dissatisfac-
ton comes into the Lincoln County
Civil Works Administration board at
Libby, especially from the eastern end
of the county Complaint is made that
that section has not received sufficient
consideration in allocating work. Per-
haps word of explanation would clear
UP this matter to some extent at least
"A short time before the CWA work
was launched, all forest supervisors
were hurriedly called into conference
in Spokane. There they were told dat
the government was to start immediate
ly an extensive program of 'orest i'm
provement in order to relieve unen-
ployment and it became the task of the
supervisors to outline projects for en-
ploying large numbers Of men. Speed
was the word, in order to get the men
10 work.
The supervisors jumped into the task
and outlined the work projects, which
were duly forwarded 10 Washington
Supervisor Webb of the Kootenai for
est came home and announced that he
had outlined projects that would give
employment to $50 men. He expected
daily and almost hourly to receive au-
thorization from Washington to start the
work.
Another Hurried Conference.
About that time there c-me call
for hurried conference of mayors Of
cities, chairmen of boards of county
commissioners and representatives OF
relief committees to meet in Malta 10
confer with the state relief organiza-
ton regarding further work projects to
also aid in unemployment relief The
cry was that all able-bodied men must
be gotten off relief lists Immediately
and put to work.
In response to the summons, Mayor
Elmer Switzer of Libby Mayor Walter
Gibbons of Eureka, Chairman H. L.
Brink of the board of county commits
sioners and Paul Church, secretary of
the Lincoln county relief committee,
proceeded to Malta to learn Of contem-
plated plans. Still under the belief that
the forest program was to be carried
out and which program had projects for
nearly all parts of the county, they
added to this program projects largely
confined to the Eureka, Libby and Troy
sections. Going into conference at
Malta, they were surprised to learn that
state relief officials at Malta claimed
they had no authority over forest prof
ects, and that such projects must nee
essarily be set aside. However, the ex-
pectation was that these projects would
F be handled through another agency.
Only 100 Men Allocatcd.
With this understanding in mind,
projects were outlined for the three
above named communities 1t was also
learned at Malta that instead of several
hundred men to be allocated to Lin
coin county, that happy expectation was
to be cut to 100 men, which was done.
| The men were in conference in Malta
on Monday, Nov 81. They were iold
to go home and Immediately put the
men to work, that all men posifivel,;
had to be put to work by Friday, Dec.
Continued on page s.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-12-28
ESTIMATED WILL REQUIRE $4,000
TO REPAIR DESTRUCTION OF ELEMENTS

the d
fall that preceded the Of the
being made
fully
bridges andh highways
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-12-28
Highway Bids

A telegram received this morning
from Senator M. D. Rowland states that
the low bidder ON the Kootenai Falls
project was Sam Reno of Spokane. His
bid was $168,870.70. The high bid was
SIT, 36805. Contracts are to be let later
today. The bids were opened in Helena
at $3.50 this morning.
The Washington times., 1933-04-13
STOCKS HELPED
BY COVERING
Of SHORTS
By LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, April 13 G.N.S).
With the technical position
strengthened by two days Of re-
action, the stock market firmed
up today in moderately active
trading.
A better tone was displayed at
ne opening and mild recovery
followed which carried some OF
the leaders up a point from the
previous close. This failed to
Rarry through and the list sub
sided with the majority Of stocks
Euling higher.
Some Short Covering
The rise was aided by some
covering for the holiday tomorrow.
A restraining influence was q
mixed tone in commodities. Sugar
and rubber were strong and the
latter went to new highs for the
year.
!. Strength in rubber stimulated
The tire shares, which worked
higher, led by Goodyear. Coppers
were better on expectation OF an
early announcement Of the shut
down of domestic mines.
Utilities pointed upward, re-
@ecting the better power output
figures for the week. American
Telephone was sluggish. Steel
shares were strong with U. S.
Steel and Bethlehem preferredS
running up a point each.
Pullman Outstanding
Pullman was outstanding in the
rail equipments, going to a new
high for the year. Chrysler was
active and higher in the auto
mobile list while General Motors
was backward.
A new break in German bonds
which carried the per cent
Reich issue to a new low for the
year produced some unsettlement
In the second hour.
The Washington times., 1933-04-13
LISTING RULES.
T|GH7ENED Up .

NEW YORK, April 13 Q.N.SJ.
The stock exchange is now requir-
ing corporations selling new issues
to divulge the underwriting COM
missions charged by bankers, it
was learned today as Freeport
Texas Co., filed an application to
list $4,000 shares Of 9 per cent
cumulative preferred stock.
Freeport Texas Company re-
vealed that Kidder Peabody g.
Co., had agreed to find buyers
for all the preferred at 500 a
share, for which they will receive
a commission of IS share.
The exchange also has in
creased the severity of its listing
requirements by requiring appli-
cantS to state the name Of inde-
pendent auditors preparing state
ments, inform the exchange If
any change is made at any time
and if any member of the &C
counting firm has any official re-
lationShip with the applicant.
The additional queries supple
ment the exchange's listing re-
quirements placed In effect sew
eral months ago, under which all
new applicants are required TO
agree to have their annual state
mentS, at least, audited by inde-
pendent accountants.
The Washington times., 1933-04-13
NEW SUIT FACES
BETHLEHEM

NEW YORK, April 13 G.N.SJ.
Another fight to recover bonus
payments made to Bethlehem
Steel Corporation, officers from
1917 to 1880 has been launched,
counsel for Standard Investment
Co., holder of $50 preferred
shares, filing suit in chancery
court in Trenton.
In the petition, Eugene Grace,
president, is referred to as the
"chief beneficiary Of a wrongful
administration Of the bonus
SYSTEM" and it was declared he
received $5,745,307 between 1925
and 1880.
It was alleged that bonus pay
ments were not to exceed 8 per
cent of net earnings after deduc-
ton of all charges and dividend
payments, except depreciation.
The Washington times., 1933-04-13
CENSUS REPORT
SLIGHT AID To
COTTON

NEW YORK, April 13 U.N.S).
Cotton futures displayed a steady
tone today.
The South was a scattered SELL
er with shop houses and Liver
pool offering May contracts. Wall
Street was an active buyer OF
the distant months.
Market Marks Time
The market seemed to be mark
ing time and watching the prog
ress in Washington on the farm
legislation.
The report Of the Census Bu-
reau utting domestic consump-
ton in March at 494,167 bales
was a little higher than gener-
ally expected. This figure COM
pares with 441,663 running bales
consumed in February and 488,-
GOT in March, 1882.
Total consumption for the eight
months ended March 81 was 81
747,316 bales, against 3,565, ,889
in the like period Of the 1892
season.
March Exports Down
The bureau placed exports in
March at 487 ,988 bales, compared
with 557,0 in February and 927,.
127 in March, 1882. Total ex.
ports for the eight months ended
March 81 were 6,084,724 bales,
against 6,852,433 in 1882.
Midday prices were up 2 to 4
points, with May up 2 at 6.61,
July up 4 at 6.78, october up 3
at 500, and December up 2 at
Tia.
The Washington times., 1933-04-13
SPOT Cotton Trade
Quiet Qt LiUerpOOL

LIVERPOOL, April 13 Q.NS0.
Spot cotton was quiet and steady
at the opening today. Receipts
totaled 5000 bales. including
1900 American bales.
At midday middling fair was
quoted at 6.57d; strictly good
middling, 6.12d; good middling,
5.82d; strictly middling, 5.52d;
middling, 5.37d; strictly low mid
ding, slid; low middling, 5.02d;
strictly good ordinary, 4.8zd, and
good ordinary, 4.52d.
Futures opened steady with
May at 5.12d; July, 5.12d; Octo-
Der. 5.15d, and March. 5.22d.
The Washington times., 1933-04-13

Public Utility Bonds | Bid ! Ask
Amer Tel & Tel AVS '33.. l10ShI.....
Am Tel & Tel AVS '39.... 1O2 .....
Anacostia & Pot R 5s... 80 Al
Anacostia Pot Guar 5s.. So 81
C & P Tel of Va SIS. 10" 80.
Cap Traction R r SIS ..... 39h IS
City & Suburban SIS ........ SO As
Georgetown Gas 1st 5s...s... 1O2 u los
Potomac Elec Cons 5s ....l l102 hl.....
Potomac Elec rs 1888. 1O6 l9l...
Wash Gas SIS '5S.........os Sc S6A
Wash Gas 5s 1O3 .....
Wash Gas IS series Bee. l102h ...ss
Wash Ry & Elec As 1900. "a So
Miscellaneous Bonds
Barber & Ross Inc 6hs.....I IS .....
Chevy Chase Club 5 rs s..s. 95 .....
Col Country Club 5hs s.... IS 100
d Paper Mfg 6s...s.. 10 .....
w M Cold Storage 5s......l 80 80.
Public Utility Stocks
@Amer Tel & Tel .......... 91%I.....
Gap Traction Co ........s. 10
Wash Gas 1t Co.......U.. rs IS
n W Steamboat ......l 70 .....
Pot Elec Power is pf. 1O7 80.
Pot Ell Pow SIS pfd ...... 105 HOY
wash Ry & Ell com...... 24O $50
wash Ry & Elec pfd ...... 81 SO
; Eek dividend.
The Washington times., 1933-04-13
Young LOree Named
On 3 More Boards

Robert F. Loree, son Of Leonor
Loree, who recently acquired q
large interest in N. Y. Central
railroad, has been elected a d.
rector Of the West Shore and
the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi
cago and st. Louis railroads. both
units in the Central system.
Edward B. Greene, chairman
Of Cleveland Trust Company, was
elected a director of N. Y. Cen
tral to replace w. N. King, gen.
eral attorney for the road.
The Washington times., 1933-04-13
Many Business
Gains Listed

Department store sales
make better showing.
National Cash Register
improving.
Republic Steel operating
ratio ascending.
International Hydro 1882
revenues climb.
Libby Owens Glass quar-
ter net scars.
General Foods volume
sales rise.
Steel Ingot output rises 3
per cent.
Electric power output ratio
best of year.
Western Union head finds
betterment general.
The Washington times., 1933-04-13
NEW YORK, April 1s HN.).

New York funds in Montreal $168.75,
Dremium at $1,000.
Montreal frnds in New York $16s7S,
discount at $1,000.
The Washington times., 1933-04-13
CLOTH MARKET

NEW YORK, April 1S UN.sD.
Buying was in better volume in the
coarse yarn cloths market today with
prices generally unchanged
The bag trade came in with mod
crate orders, which were supplemented
later by some fair buying from con-
'vertors and jobbers. News of the Presi-
dents attitude to the 30-hour law
reached the market and brought little
change in the situation. Mills which
had been refusing to sell deliveries
beyond April in fear of passage of the
bill and consequent increases in costs
were disposed to sell little later in
view of the unlikelihoOd of passage of
the measure in its present form.
The Washington times., 1933-04-13

51S 35s Zonite Products. ~ ~ HS+ H
ira stock and cash. td5 stock. %! Also
Radio Corp $3.50 in cash go onshsf share of Radio
Corp (h) Payable IN stock (m) Payable in scrip
(AA) IoTs in stock (ww) With warrants. Cxw| with"
cut (S) Ex-dividsnd. UD Ex-rightG.
The Washington times., 1933-04-13
WOOL MARKET

NEW YORK. April 1S ONs.).-
Elnseed Oil firmer, rs carlots. Turpen-
tine. firm. 43hc. Rosin, firm, com.
mon. SIS.
The Washington times., 1933-04-13
N. Y. DAIRY RECEIPTS

NEW YORK, April 1S.-Dairy receipts:
Butter (packages) s............ 1923
Eggs (cases) ....sss.........,.. 34,s60
Cheese (pounds) AAS AS@ssssaSasss 151,S92
The Washington times., 1933-04-13
SET
FOR HOLIDAY

The Washington Stock Ex-
change, following the example Of
the New York Stock and curb
exchanges and most security and
commodity markets throughout
the country, will be closed tomor-
NOR in observance Of the Good
Friday holiday.
SALES
Washington Gas Light Com
pany SIS, '58, $1,000@85A, $4,000
,@S6; Washington Gas Light
Company IS B, $1,000 103A;
Washington Railway and Elec-
eric Company preferred, 6@81A,
B@S1A; Mergenthaler Linotype,
1O@2S, 1O@2S, 1o@2S, 1923, 10
1923.
AFTER CALL
Potomac Electric Power Com
pany so preferred, 2@108, 20
108; Washington Gas Light Com
pany 6s B, $100@103h, $1,000
1887, $1,000 103k.
NOTICE
This exchange will be closed
tomorrow, Good Friday.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-07
salad First" Is
Now the Vogue
Idea Adopted by Presidents
Daughter Finds Favor.

The United States is witnessing an
interesting transition of one Of its
important food eustoms-the serving
of salads. Our food customs in the
past have most frequently originated
In the East and spread westward.
In this instance, the custom origlnat-
ed on the west coast, in California,
and Is spreading eastward.
For many years the people of
California have eaten their salads
as an appetizer at the beginning of
their meals, while those living In
the East have been accustomed to
eat their salads with their meat
course, or as special course follow
ing the meat.
The California custom of serving
salads at the beginning of the meal
has been spreading rapidly eastward
during the past few months and is
now becoming the popular mode on
the eastern seaboard. The custom
first gained great Roadway in the
South, and has recently been spread
to all parts of the country largely
through hotels and restaurants.
The custom of salads first" be-
came somewhat Of a vogue in the
East this summer when it was adopt
ed and sponsored by no less per-
son than Mrs. Curtis b. Dali, daugh-
ter of President Roosevelt, who Is
popularity known as the Darling of
the White House."
When served at the beginning of
the meal. salads are found to be
more popular, especially with men
and children, who otherwise would
seldom eat them, thereby insuring
them a balanced meal. The new
mode also lends itself to colorful
decorative schemes, which always
please the hostess.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-07

TedI" he exclaimed. I'm dizzy, too ;
everything is going around in cir
cles. And I've got classes to-
morrow; ought to get some sleep
right away, or I'll never make it In
time"
He struggled to rise, pushing aside
the restraining arm of the young man
nearest him, Anthony Graham.
"You had better compose yourself,
Mr.. Palmer" The supervisors man.
ner was ominous and quite harsh.
"This is a disgraceful exhibition for
student of the University of Philadel-
phia. Coming in at this hour and In
such a. :"
He had gone so far, when Larry
Palmer collapsed Silently and with
out warning, he grew completely limp;
had not Stanton and Anthony Graham
quickly caught him, he would have
struck his head against the upper rails
of the bed and fallen to the floor. For
a brief instant, there flashed through
Ranllin's usually orderly mind, an
alarming vision of another murder,
and second victim of the criminals
poison.
He bent over Palmer. 81 believe he
has only tainted" he said. ASK the
doctor to come in, will you, Mr. Ora
ham"
The other returned in moment
with the university physician, explain
ing to him what had occurred. Though
thorough, Doctor Thompson's examina-
ton was brief: under the influence of
restoratives, Palmer began to show
signs of renewed vitality.
"Well, Doctor, how is he?" Mr.. War
wick asked somewhat anxiously. "Mere-
ly bit too much gin, suppose"
"That's partly it," Doctor Thomp-
son announced; again his voice was
grave. Hes been drinking a great
deal over his capacity. But that is not
what made him faint. At some time
this evening, someone drugged him
with Knockout drops; it was a heavy
dose and this was the reactionary
effect. / can't permit him to be ques-
toned any further before morning."