The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-05-10
Committee
Appointed To
Plan Projects
Named From All Parts of
County to Cooperate in
FERA Work.
MEETING HELD
IN LIBBY MONDAY

the FERA, the board Of county COM
missioners on Monday appointed 9
planning committee for Lincoln county
whose duty will be to originate and
plan work projects throughout the
county to provide work for relief cases
Naming of the committee by the
county commissioners was done Mon
day afternoon after meeting attended
by number of interested parties. The
meeting was presided over by Chas
D. Rowe, county relief chairman. Pres
ent was Mr.. Henry Good of Kalispell,
district chairman of the FERA, Mr.
Good having called the meeting. Also
present, in addition to the three coun-
ty commissioners, was large delega-
ton of men from Eureka, Rexford, For
tine and other communities of the
north end of the county
Explains Plan.
The chairman asked Mr.. Good to ex-
plain to the gathering the salient points
of the new planning program and this
he did briefly A general discussion
followed regarding the representation
the various communities of the county
should have on the planning commit
tee. Mr. Good made several sugges-
tons and E. B. Sisson, president of the
newly organized Eureka chamber of
commerce, advanced the suggestion
that the chairmen of the chambers of
commerce of the various communities
should be members of the planning
committee. Mayor Gibson of Eureka
also spoke, as did H. Mccullough
and Frank Carey of Eureka and A. E
johnson Of Fortine. Mr.. Good remarked
that the county surveyor, the county
superintendent of schools, the chairman
of the board of county commissioners
and some prominent man from each
district of the county should be mem
bers of the committee. Chairman Rowe
stated that the relief committee had
talked the matter over with ]. W.
Stewart, field surveyor, when he was
here recently and that the relief COM
mittee would ask the commissioners 10
name planning committee composed
of the board of county commissioners,
the county surveyor, county superin-
tendent of schools, one member of the
relief committee and the mayor of each
of the three cities 1t was finally agreed
that those present from the northern
end of the county should hold meet
ing of their own and suggest to The
county commissioners men from their
districts for the committee. Following
adjournment this was done
Names Committee.
Later in the afternoon the county
commissioners officially named the
planning committee to be composed Of
the following: The mayors and presi-
dents of the chambers of commerce Of
Libby, Troy and Eureka; the county
surveyor, the county superintendent Of
schools, one member of the relief COM
mittee and the three county commits
sioners.
The personnel Of the committee will
therefore be composed of: Mayor Elmer
Switzer and E. E. Jaqueth, president of
the Libby Commercial club; Mayor
Walter Gibbons of Eureka and E. B.
Sisson, president of the Eureka Cham
Der Of Commerce; Mayor A. H. McNeill
of Troy and P. T. Mettler, president of
the Troy Chamber Of Commerce; Coun-
ty Surveyor Sam Ratekin; County
Superintendent of Schools Carrie La
Munyan; Chas. D. Rowe, member of the
county relief committee and County
Commissioners Brink, Kensler and
Millegan. 1t was decided that County
Commissioners Brink should be chair
man Of the county planning committee
and Mayor Switzer vice chairman
Under the understanding at the meet
ing, each of the three chambers of COM
merce shall supervise the naming OF
subcommittee to cover their respec-
tive districts. These committees
will join with the main committee In
their districts and plan projects to be
submitted to the planning committee as
a whole This will give representation
to all parts of the county without max
ing the planning committee too large
and cumbersome.
Passes on All Projects.
The duty Of the planning committee
will be to devise work projects through
out the county and submit them to tht
Lincoln County relief committee. These
projects may consist of almost any prof.
ect Of a general public benefit. M
project of private nature can, O
course, be considered. 1t will be thu
duty Of the county relief committee K
pass on all projects submitted and !
approved by them the approved prof
ects will then be submitted to tn,
Helena office Of the FERA for final APP
prevail No work can be doae on an,
project until finally approved by th'
Helena office.
No Definite Sum Available.
Unlike the procedure under the oh
cWA, no definite sum Of money vii
| be set aside for any project. The none