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The Western news., 1934-05-17
SHERIFF'S SALE.

The Federal Land Bank of Spokane,
a corporation, Plaintiff, against Blanche
Huson, widow; Bertha Stofer Vie
land, same person as Bertha Stopper
Wieland; Lincoln County, Fffie L.
Weeks; and Kootenai National Farm
Loan Association, corporation, De-
PENDANTS.
To be Sold at Sheriff's Sale.
On the 18th day of June, A. D. 1884,
at one o'clock P. NJ, at the front door
of the Court House, in the City Of
Libby, County of Lincoln, State of
Montana, to the highest and best bid
der for cash in hand, the following
described real estate lying and being
in the County of Lincoln and State of
Montana, to wit: Lots Three and Four,
Section Nineteen, Township Thirty-one
North, Range Thirty one, VrBst of the
Montana Principal MeridianJ contain
ing 5564 acres. Also H. E Survey No
AL embracing a portion of the unsur-
veyed Public Domain, Montana, de-
scribed as follows. Beginning at Corner
No. identical West Quarter corner of
said Section Nineteen, Township Thir-
ty-one North, Range Thirty-one West;
thence South ! West 1888 chains to
corner No 2, situate on right bank Of
Kootenai River; thence meandering
said right bank Of Kootenai River
North 81 30 West 32 chains, North 81
West 1T chains; North IL 30 West 211
chains, North So SIS West 3.14, chains to
corner No. g. situate on said right bank
of Kootenai River; thence North 28 Sc
East 28.l2 chains to corner No. 4, thence
South 81 03' East 3293 chains to corner
No. 5; thence South O. East 589 chains
TO corner No /, the place Of beginning,
containing 1928 acres, according to of
ficial plat Of said land returned to The
General Land Office by the Surveyor
General, all in Lincoln County, Mon
tana.
Together with all and singular the
tenements, hereditaments and appurt-
enances thereunto belonging or in any
wise appertaining, and all water and
water rights used upon or appurtenant
ito said property and however evidenced
Dated this 18th day Of May, A. D.
1884
F. r. BANEY,
Sheriff Of Lincoln County, Montana,
BY L. G. Sperry, Under Sheriff.
m17in7-4t
The Western news., 1934-05-17
JUNIOR HIGH NEWS.

In the Better Speech" contest, con-
Quoted last week in the lower sixth
grade, Eugene Butt proved himself 10
be the best grammarian in the class
Robert Larson, grade 6B, won the
grade school marble championship last
week when he defeated Clarence
Moody, eighth grade, in the final game
by a score of 7 to g.
Winners in each class Of the inter-
mediate and Junior high school grades
were as follows:
Fourth grade, Gilbert Earle; fifth
grade, Marion Freel; sixth grade, Rob-
ert Larson; seventh grade, Clarence
Johnson; eighth grade, Clarence Moody.
Libby's junior baseball team met de-
feat at the hands Of a team from Troy
here last Sunday afternoon by a score
Of 13 to 2. Batteries for the two teams
were: Libby: Phillips and r. Lamuton;
Troy. P. Lindsey, Durfey and Wilcox,
Daugherty
The eighth grade will have its annual
picnic on Thursday. Miss Knarr and Mr.
Nordstrom will be in charge.
The Western news., 1934-05-17

were quintet Of boys who rendered
colossally, really magnificently, the
beautiful Silent Night" in close har-
mony. mot always so close at thatD
AS a grand finale Of the English vi
course, our Christmas Program" was
a success. "Greta" could not let the
time pass without soul-stirring poem
and O-how feelingly she read Christ
mas Trees" Luella F. told us about
mullins Tor was it ragamuffins?) and
Don 0. gave us short story by an
author about Christmas and Satan =
Satan was well-educated pup in case
you do not understand Of course we
could not leave out Santa so Paul
Moody gave us his idea of the day with
a no! no! and all the goodies for good
girls and boys And what Christmas
program would be complete without
THE Night before Christmas? This
was giggled out very nicely by Phoebe
and Elizabeth, who performed with
amazing versatility. BY the end of the
we of the audience were firm
ly convinced il was showing outside
and that we would soon be hanging up
our stockings and listening for Santa S
reindeers. How did il happen that no
one initiated reindeer? But even with
that slight omission A GOOD TINE
WAS HAD BY ALL.
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[0(A[ STUFF

Star coach for sale cheap Phone 89-J
OF call at this office. 1t
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
d. A. Parker on Tuesday.
Sheriff Baney left yesterday for the
Eureka district on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. E E. Jaqueth were
business visitors in Sopkane last Fri
day.
For Sale-Congoleum rug 9x12, rock
ing chair, buffet, table. garden tools,
fruit jars.-Mrs George Little. 1t
For Sale or Exchange for City Prop
erty-10 acres, mile from Libby.
Alfalfa, pasture, good house; a bargain.
See Western News 48-tf
You will enjoy seeing those always
popular stars-Janet Gaynor and Warn
er Baxter-in Paddy" at the Kootenai
theatre Sunday and Monday.
The Libby Motor garage reports the
sale of Ford 4-door sedan to v. A.
Sather of Troy and Ford 2-door sedan
to w. H. Kemp Of this city.
For Sale-We are forced to repossess
n your vicinity small bungalow model
piano, like new. Responsible party may
have same by paying balance due.
Write Orton Bros, Bozeman, Montana.
1880
Some six or seven cars of Libby peo-
Ile drove to Troy Sunday to take in
the Libby Troy ball game. They re-
port wonderful turnout by Troy peo-
ple at the game, with the grandstand
crowded and cars surrounding the field
P M Munro of ST Vincent, Mimi,
and Washington, d. c., has been visiting
the past two weeks at the home Of Mrs.
Clara Woodruff and with his grand
daughters, Mrs Earl Switzer, Mrs. Clar-
ence Parker and Mrs. Hal Dawson. Mr..
Munro will leave Friday to visit a son
in Powers, Ore. He will stop in Libby
again on his way back to Washington.
T. O. Bair left Libby last Saturday
with a heavy piece of machinery from
the rock crushing plant north Of, the
Tiver and broke through bridge on
ne switchback. His truck did not 20
clear down-only sagged through the
bridge. He was pulled out by w. H.
Kemp. The bridge has been repaired
temporarily but is closed for heavy
loads.
Bert Mooney of Butte, Of the Butte
Aircraft company, drove a ship into
Libby Sunday bringing to this city Two
men interested in the Zonolite company.
Talbot Smith Of Detroit and Edward
Shea of Butte Mooney stayed in Libby
until Tuesday and while here went up
several times, Bill Farris, who is also
trained aviator, going up with him.
This is the first commercial use made
Of the new airport at Libby.
Chris Carroll came over during the
past week from Poplar, Mont, and took
home with him his son Gerald and two
other little sons and a daughter who
had been until recently cared for by
Troy people Mr. Carroll is in the res
taurant business in Poplar It will be
remembered that Gerald was the boy
who placed tie on the Great Northern
track a few weeks ago, which was
struck by passenger train.
The Western news., 1934-05-17
National Forest Timber for Sale

Sealed bids will be received by the
Forest Supervisor, Libby, Montana, up
to and including June IS, 1884, for all
merchantable dead timber standing or
down, and all the live timber marked
or designated for cutting on an area
embracing about 100 acres within Secs.
II, IL, Uns T 50 N. r. 33 W., O'Bmen
Greek watershed, Kootenai National
Forest, Montana, estimated to be $50
M feet BM, Of white pine and 750 M
feet Bin. OF spruce saw timber. No bid
Of less than S4 per NJ feet for pine and
$3.50 per M for spruce will be con-
sidered S50000 must be deposited with
each bid. to be applied on the purchase
price. refunded, or retained in part as
liquidaied damages, according TO con-
ditions Of sale. The right 10 reject any
and all bids reserved In addition to the
above stumpape SIS per M feet BIN
must be deposited in cooperative fund
to cover the cost of brush disposal Be-
fore bids are submitted, full informa-
ton concerning the timber. the condi-
tions Of sale and the submission Of
bids should be obtained from the For
est Supervisor, Libby, Montana, m17&31
The Western news., 1934-05-17
Typewriter Old Idea


The first typewriter of which there
is record was patented in England as
early as lila. Over a century later
in 1929, the first American typewriter
called a topographer. was patented by
W. A. Burt. In 1888 typewriter was
produced in France having a separate
key lever for each letter. In 1914 and
in 1916 typewriting machines were in
vented in England which, like many
OF the other early machines, We're de-
signed primarily for use Of the blind,
and so produced embossed characters.
Between 1910 and 1860 Sir Charles
Wheatstone invented several type
writer's, which are now in the South
Kensington museum.
The Western news., 1934-05-17

Margaret w. gives us perfect ex-
ample of how TO appreciate the SHINY
GREEN LEAVES, SWEET DANDE-
LIONS, DAZZLING AZURE SKY, etc.
(And are we thrilled?)
Pete H. still holds her Junior through
WIND and RAIN and STORM (And
contests also).
Alma S. is conserving her OCEANS
of love for one person.
Angel is as firm as a ROCK in his
efforts to be one for all and all for one.
Hank Katarzy is our High School
FLASH and Odin R. supplies the
THUNDER.
Those of you who complain about the
lack OF DIRT in this column should
know that the editor believes in the
policy OF keeping it pure as SNOW
The Western news., 1934-05-17

Paul Church was at Troy and at Yak
yesterday on relief administration
business.
County Commissioner L. c. Kensler
OF Troy was in Libby this week called
here by court matters.
Fred Callow, long time resident
and banker of Troy, was in Libby Tues
day called here by court matters.
George Monio, well known rancher OF
the Troy district, was in Libby Tues
day to act as witness in district
court
Mrs. William Anderson (nee Marie
Comply came up from Portland Sun
day, called here by the death of her
foster-father, Mr.. 0. c. Gompf.
Mr. and Mrs. r. w. Billings and
children motored to Missoula on week
end trip. They went by way Of White
fish and came home over the Bull lake
route.
DIR. c. b. Hamilton and Attorney
Marshall Murray of Eureka were in the
city Tuesday, the Doctor visiting with
old time friends and Mr. Murray at
tending to professional matters in court.
Rev A. ]. Stewart, district superin-
tendent, and Rev E. V. Swinehart of
Eureka, of the Church of God, accom-
panied by number of Eureka men,
were in Libby Tuesday getting the
camp grounds here ready for the an
nual camp meetings A Delco light sys-
tenn was installed and the grounds were
given a general cleaning up. The camp
meeting will be held from July 19 TO 20.
The Western news., 1934-05-17
Protected by Nature

The eggs of the killdeer present a
good example Of protective coloration.
They are so mottled as to be scarcely
discernible in their crude nest which
is nothing more than slight depres-
sion In the ground among few peb-
bles bits of wood and shells. The col
orings and markings Of the young
birds are equally protective and the
young OF this species are especially
adept at hiding In slight depressons
In the earth where they blend perfect
ly with the background.
The Western news., 1934-05-17
Marmalade and a Queen

Writing from Nice, France, that she
particularly enjoys our "Historic
Snorts,' Olga Kaufman questions the
supposed English origin of marmalade.
"Marv queen Of Scots brought over
from France the preserves she loved
so WELL" says this correspondent.
MARY loved it TO such an extent that
every time she was i'll she would call
for it-untl 1t became known as
Marie est malade by her French
court, and through the years it has
degenerated into 'marmalade.' Path
finder Magazine.
The Western news., 1934-05-17
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
TO ALL STOCKHOLDERS,
HERBERT GOLD MINES. INC.

You are hereby notified that the reg
ular annual meeting of the Herbert
Gold Mines, Incorporated, will be held
on the first Monday in June, June 4th,
1884, at 2 o'clock P. M, at the office Of
]. w. Barrett in the Libby Hotel Build
ing, Libby, Montana. At this meeting n
board Of directors will be elected and
any other business transacted that may
come before said meeting.
BY Order,
WILLIAM HERBERT, President.
]. w. BARRETT, Secretary.
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The Western news., 1934-05-17
LIBRARY FUND.

Duplicate Bridge fund warrant No.
$3.50 in the amount of $500 was issued
to Jess Haworth
Mr.. Jerry Fritsch was appointed
deputy registrar in and for Ural pre-
cinct No 2.
The road petition of Frank Kitchen
etal requesting the Board to straighten
out, repair and improve road between
Roosevelt Highway and Fish Lake was
presented The Board agreed to repair
the road as soon as possible.
The Board appointed Mrs. Helen H.
Peay to investigate the applications for
mothers pensions of Mrs. A. D. Barr
and Mrs. Clara E. Woodruff and re-
port her findings to the Board Monday
June 4th, 1884, at loo p M. is the date
set for hearing of such petitions.
The refunds of Mr. George Cody and
Bill Bright, both in the amount of $400
were examined and allowed by The
Board
The following quit claim deeds were
issued
Mrs. J. M. Kennedy, lots II, Is and
Ia block 10 Lukens add $500
T. NJ. Mattix, lots q and % block 23
Libby Orig $1,000
John A. Stout lots 10 TO 16 block IA
Faust add $500
Glenn Roose, bill Of sale to house on
lot 40 Western add. $4,000
The Chairman was authorized to sien
lease between Lincoln County, and
Chas. w Hoyt and Henry ]. Yoppe.
Various pieces cf County property
We're appraised and ordered advertised
for sale.
The petition Of Marshall Murray etal
protesting the establishing of a public
park in portion of the Sc NE section
"a, T36N, R26W was presented. Mrs.
Pomeroy appeared IN support Of the
petition. After due consideration The
Board compromised by eliminating 4.48
acres from the proposed public park.
The Board adopted and passed a
resolution creating a public camp and
park in the SW NE Of section 27, T36N,
R26W, containing 752 acres.
Various budget items were trans
ferred from one budget TO another.
Com. Fl E. Brink reports he spent
q days April 6, 8, 16, and IL inspecting
roads and road work and days, April
5. and 26 inspecting bridges in his
district
Com. j W. Millegan reports he spent
10 days, April 5, 9, IA, II, IS, 49, 20 %.
IS and 20 inspecting roads and road
work ard davs, April 6, II, "a and 27
insnectinq bridges in his district.
Com Leslie c. Kenslcr renorts he
spent 10 davs, April 5, 6, 7, 3, 10, 13, II,
49, q and 26 inspecting roads and road
work and II days. April H. IL, IA, is,
90 %, "a, Is, 27 28, and 80 inspecting
bridges in his district.
The above reports are hereby ratified
by the Board
The minutes Of this meeting were
The Western news., 1934-05-17
THE KEYHOLE REPORTER.

Rays rosy HORIZON has been dim
med by Lee Hand what has Alice 10
say?
Fern Stout reports that it is very
FOGGY but LIGHT at 5 o'clock in the
morning.
Jean Switzer has taken TO walking
on CLOUDS again.
Mary Stevens has wept RIVERS Of
tears over the Senior whom she had
MOUNTAINS Of faith in.
Sophie and three of her classmates
held a minor WHIRLWIND around a
ponsickle Monday noon
The Western news., 1934-05-17
s CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to extend our sincere and
heartfelt thanks to all those who SO
kindly and willingly assisted us in The
illness and death Of our little girl, also
for the beautiful floral offerings by the
school and others.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Edwards and
Enp,i1y
The Western news., 1934-05-17
Mrs. Curtis Is Hostess.

The members of the Entire Nous
bridge club enjoyed one of their pleas
ant gatherings last Thursday evening"
with Mrs. w. N. Curtis as hostess. High
score prize was won by Mrs. W. F..
Kienitz while Mrs. M. K Kedzie cap
tured the consolation Refreshments
were served
The Western news., 1934-05-17
MISSOULA!

We camel We saw! But we couldn't
quite conqueri
This might have served as the theme
song of those ten lucky students who
attended the state track meet
They didn't conquer but they gained
a wealth of experience which it is not
possible to achieve anywhere else ex-
cept at college.
Six of the group were in the play,
'The Back Swath,' by George Hayes.
In their preliminaries they drew Butte,
Geraldine and Darby Libby placed sec
ond, Butte managing to get the first
place honors, but their director says
they gave sincere performances and
we're sure they did
Alice Peterson represented Libby
High School in defamation Out of 18
contestants, Alice placed third; but as
faae would have it, only the first Two
qualified for the finals.
As to the track boys-all did we'll
but no one won an honor The meet
was unusually fast and the competition
was great
People might think money was
Missoula, but no-they were given a
hint of dornitory and fraternity life;
of how classes, in college, are conduct
ed; how college activities are stressed; ;
what thoroughness goes into the pro-
duction of college play; and most of
all, they had that chance that each one
should have. the chance Of determining
whether college is the place fer you.
The Western news., 1934-05-17

read and approved this 9th day of May,
1884. Board adjourned
r. f. BRINK,
Chairman, Board of County Commits
sioners.
Attest: Walter L. WOLF, Clerk.
The Western news., 1934-05-17

The Western News, only $500 yearly
Read the Western News Tor Lincoln
County News.
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County Commissioners
Proceedings

Continued from page p
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The TamaraG

CONTINUED from page y
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Libby Hirh School:
The following information may be of
interest to you:
Mr.. Alber. Peterson, graduate Of
the Libby High School. was recognized
before the Kinnaan Business University
Assembly Friday morning. President +.
/. Kinnan commended him for his work
in penmanship.
Mr.. Peterson IS keeping up the good
work Of Libby High School graduates
Very sincerely,
MRS. JESSIE v. CAY,
Student Advisor.
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MOCKING HOUSE
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detective nodded emphatically.
That's true. Chief"
Connofs snofted and leaned for.
ward over the desk, piifictuating his
remarks with vicious iabs of the I'M
lighted cigar. well. yours dead
wrong, Markison. And you. too. Bar.
~. Somebody has been tracking Mr..
Dufresne. That same somebody
fred three bullets into his ear this
afternoon.
'Tfs q miracle he wasn't killed.
Ne one but you two and Mrs. Du-
fresno knew about this trip before
hand. so It stands to reason this
other fellow was on the job-and too
smart for you.
Nov. get this. and get 1t straight.
We're going to protect Mr.. Du-
fresno II we have to turn out half
the Force to do it Get together all
the men you need to throw q Gordon
around him. Take no chances. Strike
out along every line Of inquiry you
can think of.
Barry. you take charge of these
arrangements. You have a free hand.
and I'll back yeu to the limit but
pick out men who know what it's all
about. Markison. I'm putting Mr..
Dufresne's personal safety. directly
in your hands. You hang on like a
shadow and keep your eyes open.
There is some one and it's up to NJ
to catch hint
Get busy now. for Mr.. Dufresne
wants to get back to the Austerlita.
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Chapter Three
DEFENSE PLANS

CoNNoRS abruptly changed the
- trend of the conversation.
"Whefe was Markison while all this
was going onT he demanded.
"It wasn't Markison's fault. He
left the Austerlitz with me this
morning and rode as far as the Old
Pike Road. Everything was quiet.
and didn't see any necessity for his
tagging at my heels all day. so
dropped him there had taken Mrs.
Dufresne's car and no one but she
knew where was going. No one,
not even myself. knew what time
would be coming back. OF course. !"
he added, thoughtfully. this may be
just a coincidence and have nothing
to do with the crank letters. but 1t
looks as If those bullets had my
initials on Them"
Connors nodded and picked up the
telephone. "Tell Markisorl and Bar.
~ to report to me at once" he or.
dered. Then he leaned back. chew.
Ing on his cigar. Nov, give me all
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And while you're downstairs. take q
look at that car. Perhaps the bullet
holes will convince youl"
After the crestfailen detectives
had withdraw to augment their
forces. Duffesne came back to the
desk and fmpatiently crushed out
the stab Of his cigarette.
Those fellows are not up to this
Job" he declared. They're te6 thick
mentally. their ideas are muscle
bound. Probably they're stiil utcoD-
vinced. because they didn't see any
thing. The reason o. obvious
they're just the common garden Va,
riety OF 'gunshoe.' Their methods
are hallmarked. Even. q .halfswittsd.
criminal could see them coming
block away.
% EFoRE | can feel safe again.
- Jim. must have man who
won't waste time looking Cor false
whiskers hiding behind tfeAs.: Can't
you dig up q man | can take around
with me without having him arouse
suspicion or derision? Some one
who can move about Ia evening
clothes in places Ike the Atstefiits
without looking like q musical com
edy waiterf This thing may drag on
for weeks and I can't have . riot
squad picketed wherever I am.
Markison returned % Indicate
that the revised preparatfDnA we're
In readiness. Dnfresns picked ~
his hat and cvercoAt aud silently fol-
lowed his bodyguafd from the once.
After he had gone Connors tilted
back and forth in his swivel chair.
while he looked thoughtfully out ai
the falling snow.
Coming to . decision. he lifted the
telephone receiver. Get me Homt
eide" he ordered. and in . moment
he had bis connection. Director
Connors speaking. Put on Sergeant
Harper"
The chair ereaked back and forth
a. he waited.
Hello. Harperf >. Say. Harper.
hare you got dress suitf No.
I'm not Joking. Tuxsd0f Snfe.
thaf1l all the bin. Come On over,
Harper. and I'll tell you about this
soupand-nsh Job" He listened 10
the Detectise-sergsant's response
ana chuckled. NE. this IL the real
thing. I'll tell yo1 about Il when yes
get here. -"
fcesyrtcAs. 1854. ~ walter c. BrepnJ
Tsnesress. Narpsr has 9ineef
Ns6ef strange esre0nnetnneea.
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1 a. "Child Health Day." and the
month Of May has been designated
Child Health Month. II will be OBJ
served by health organizations.
parents organizations, school
groups and in some cases by NUM-
cipal governments as time in
which to cali attention to the fun
damentals Of child health.
This paper has arranged, during
the month Of May, to print a series
Of articles on child health written
by one Of the most distinguished
health officials in America today.
Or, John L. Rice. the new Health
Commissioned Of New York City.
DR.. Rice, recently appointed in
New York, was formerly health
commissioner Of New Haven. copn..
where he served for more than ten
years with such credit IS to gain
him national recognition. Previ-
onsly he had been . district health
officer in New York State, and ear
lisr still health oticer Of Mason
County. Kentucky.
He Is 4 native Of Connecticut.
and was graduated from Wesleyan
University in that state. He re-
eeived his medical degree from
johns Hopkins University. Baisi-
more. One u his most interesting
experiences after graduation was
. serve Tor two years ia Porte
Rico with the Rockefeller roanda-
ton studying health conditions
there.
Or. Rieess articles on child AeAifh
provlds the most up-to-date infer
matisn availAhle en- tAis important
sohiesk WaseA feg tAam-
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PETE NEBO in
BOUT TONIGHT
WILL MEET KID CHOCOLATE
IN ARENA AT SAN
FRANCISCO

Key West fight fans are dis
cussing the possibilities of the out
come of the fight tonight in San
Francisco between Pete Nebo, of
this city, and Kid Chocolate of
Cuba. Nebo will weigh 1876 l-2
and Chocolate will weigh in at
100 pounds.
Robert Shultz, who has kept in
touch with the Key West lad since
he entered the fight game. says
that Pete is in excellent condi-
ton. The fight is scheduled to go
10 rounds and the winner will
have the opportunity of meeting
Barney Ross, champion of the
world.