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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-07-18
Troy Locals

The p. F. Fewkes family visited rela-
tives in Spokane last week end. Mr..
Fewkes, Lura and Rhea have returned.
but Mrs. Fewkes remained for a longer
visit
Mr.. and Mrs Gordore Wood and son
returned to Spokane Sunday after a
short visit with Mrs. D. T Wood and
the A. l. Kensler family.
Mr.. and Mrs Warren Antisdel and
son made trip to Spokane and back
this week.
Mr. Stone arrived here last week
from the Libby Hospital and will make
his home with Mrs W. F. Doonan,
P. A. Peterson has received a 8 II P.
johnson cupboard motor with which
he glides swiftly and gracefully over
Bull lake. He also has a rustic log
cabin on its shores With temperatures
at 100 to lot above who does not
think of lakes and cool babbling
brooks2
Mrs. E. DUNCAN is a guest Of Mrs
Ed Henrichs this week
Miss Barbara Leoffler of Conrad is
making an extended visit ut the E. A.
Woods home Miss Loeffler is Mrs.
Woods niece.
Mrs Annie Cummings left Tuesday
for Bonners Ferry and will accompany
her daughter and her husband, Mr..
and Mrs. Lou Shelley, to Spokane
Mrs Mildred Johnson Of Libby was
a guest of Mrs Elfreda Fritz Saturday
afternoon.
John Chase fell off a load OF hay
Monday evening severely fracturing
one Of his leps. Mr. Chase was pulling
on a rope which gave way, causing the
fall
Robert Grant Of the Keller Creek
CCC camp was Libby business visitor
Wednesday
Ed Granmo Of Missoula was the guest
of Mr. and Mrs Scion Ranlo Monday
Mrs Jack Wheeler and Sam Laffoon
won hiph score prizes Of two nice frv-
ing chickens u the Racreational Club
party at fhe c r Mcdowell home Sat
insanv EVENING The club reports 4 most
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-07-18

salesman's 1885 Plymouth hit the Spo-
kane auto freight truck, on curve
the other side Of Callahan creek. The
front end of the Plymouth was badly
damaged and the frame bent beyond
repair, but the freight truck needed
only small repairs. No one was in
jured in either wreck.
Mrs. p. r. Wood was a business
caller in Libby Wednesday,
Mrs. Lee Kensler visited Mrs A. M.
Sanford at Standpoint for two days the
last of the week
Miss Cecile Nestingen returned 10
Spokane Thursday after. spending sew
eral weeks Of her vacation in Troy
visiting friends and at Linger Longer
Beach.
Miss Lorraine Weidner visited Miss
Eileen Winkler in Spokane last week.
A small traveller from Panama was
seen this week in local flower gar
den The humning bird, though he
travels every year to winter in Central
America, seems not bit tired as he
fits from flower to flower
Vernon Adams of Wkitafish is a
guest Of Douglas Papineau this week.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-07-18
Troy News Items
BURGLARS aT WORK.

Burglars broke into the garage at
Mrs. T. Gavres home last Thursday
night, opening the padlocked door of
the garage and locked trunk and get
ting loot valued at $500. The stolen
goods consisted of army boots and
shoes and a Navajo rug belonging 10
Joe Devich This is the second time
the Gavre place has been broken into
this spring, the first loss being around
SIS The same night the l. A. Hosea
garage was robbed of fishing tackle
and the contents taken from their ice
box.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-07-18
MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE in
MURDER ON A HONEYMOON

Battling mystery spiced with hilari-
GUS comedy and highlighted with adj
venture and the glow of romance, is
presented in Radios Murder on
Honeymoon follow-up picture to
The Penguin Pool Murder and
Murder on the Blackboard all writ
ten by Stuart Palmer.
Carrying the same delightful char
acterizations that brought them high
acclaim in the previous pictures, Edna
May Oliver, character coincidence par
excellence, and James Gleason, famous
for his wise-cracking roles, are seen
again as the school -sleuth and
the police Inspector, respectively.
The two featured players are sup
ported by cast of outstanding favor
ties. See them at Kootenai theatre
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-07-18
Fisher River News

Albert Egan, who returned recently
from Missoula, has leased the Harvey
Shelley place and moved onto it week
ago.
F. J. Townsend was on the sick list
last week
Mrs. Morris Davis and children spent
last Thursday with Mrs. G. E. Gilbert
son.
Gene Scott is building a new hay
barn. James Orr has been helping him
with it.
Mr.. Egan and Miss Kluk were callers
at the Meadows the first of the week.
Warm weather has arrived at last
The thermometer registered 98 degrees
Monday.
Marion Miller and Homer Davis Of
Libby were out to the Meadows week
ago, They brought out fine young
Shorthorn bull to the OK. ranch which
Mr. Davis had purchased near Jennings.
Mrs. Griffin spent the day with Mrs.
c. e. Gilbertson Friday
Penrod Davis came over from Poison
and visited over Sunday with his folks.
Mrs. Fallas and children and Mrs.
Nordheim and children from Kellogg,
Idaho, are visiting at the Gene Scott
home
Morris Davis and Mrs. Clayton Davis
and baby were in Kalispell the first of
the week
j v. Ferguson and Mrs. Henderson
from Poison visited over the week end
with the Morris Davis family.
Another odd thing about the whole
business is how they can wallop the
taxpayers for four billion dollars at q
whack and call it relief.
Middle class: The one who is too
poor to pay for hospitals service and
too rich to get it for nothing.
A southern evangelist says the road
hog is a sinner. There's one thing about
that, he doesn't have to wait for the
hereafter to be pretty thoroughly
damned
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-07-18
Eureka News
BASEBALL NEWS

The Eureka baseball team motored
to Columbia Falls Sunday morning n
the cars of Alex Purdy and Prof. Day.
The game was played with Half Moon.
The Eureka team gave an excellent
exhibition of how baseball should not
be played Ralph Arnold of Rexford,
who pitched for Eureka. did 4 COM
mendable and fine job of pitching but
was not given any support. The .inal
score of the game was Eureka S. Half
Moon b.
Sunday. July %, Eureka will play
Whitefish in Eureka and Sunday, Aug
ust 4, Half Moon will play return
game here.
The American Legion Junior base
ball team lost the district champion
ship to Missoula Sunday. The game
was played in Kalispell with the Eur
reka team losing by the score Of IL
10 |.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-07-18
LITTLE THEATRE CLUB
y ANNOUNCES PLAY CASTS

The Little Theatre Club has selected
THE Apothecary' THE Chemist), a
phantasy, in place of "The Maker OF
Dreams This also is a Pierrotte and
Pierrette play. with Punchinello acting
as the matchmaker Punchinello con-
cocts very powerful potent in his
laboratory that brings about the love
of Pierrotte and Pierrette.
The Apothecary (The Chemist)
The cast-Punchinello Julian Tripp,
Pierrotte. Faye Wolff, Pierrette. Lois
Rice. Director, Maureen Thomas.
The Valiant.
The cast-The Valiant, Robert Fet-
terly The Warden, Lynn Schuck: The
Chaplain Robert Herrig: The Girl
Vivian Johnson; The Jailer, Ambrose
Gael. Director, Olga Weydemeyer,
Interlude-The Ferry.
The cast-Mama Blossom, Eva Silver
Papa Blossom, Manly Schagei, Freddie
Blossom. Roy Mikalsen Director. Manly
Schagel.
II Men Played Cards As Women Do.
The cast--Jay, Lewis Eetterly Earl
Merrill Trip; Shorty. Francis Gael;
Mac. Manly Sehagel Director AM
brose Gael
In addition to the three one-act plays
and comedy skit. the Little Theatre
Club orchestra will make its first APP
pearance. They viii play selections be-
tween the acts and furnish the music
for the acts.
All members of the Little Theatre
Club are very busy and will present The
entertainment on July 30, 30 and 81, at
the Majestic theatre.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-07-18
Returns From Spokane.

REXFORD. = Miss Madge Melvin,
who has been spending a few days in
Spokane with her sister, Mrs F. l..
Hafner, returned Friday She motored
from Spokane with her sister, Miss
Katherine Melvin, who will spend a
few weeks here.
Mrs. J. M Hurst was postmistress
during her absence
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-07-18
Siberia

Siberia Is not a political entity.
Practically all of the area known as
Siberia Is part OF the Federated
Soviet republic, the largest and most
important of the Russian states max
Ing up the U. S. S. Il.
, 1935-01-13
FAMILY GETS
WARNINGS TO
PAY $4,000

NEWTON, Mass. Jan. IL. -tP-
A threat to destroy" the six-year-
old son Of Thomas p. Beal. pres
ident Of the Second National Bank
Of Boston, was revealed Saturday.
Demands for SIS 900 ard warm
ings that Thomas p. Beal, Jr.. would
be destroyed" unless immediate
payment was made. we're first re-
ceived by the Beal family two
months ago.
An unobstrusive but heavy guard
of state and Newton police have
been at the Beal home, 48 Lawrence
Road in the exclusive Chestnut Hill
section. since receipt Of the first
threatening letter. and special
guards have protected the boy and
his sister. Judith. z.
Federal agents and postal inspec-
tors have been working on the case
secretly for the past two months,
during which telephoned threats.
repeating first written demand. have
been received.
All police agencies engaged in the
investigation we're agreed Saturday
that the letter and subsequent de-
mands were not the work Of cranks.
State police, who revealed the
kidnap threat early Saturday. would
not discuss the "a further.
, 1935-01-13
Happiness To Re
Text Of Sermon

Are YOU happy? That IS, as hap
py as YOU could be? Certainly II Is
not wicked to be haDDy. And since
ii is rot wicked to be happy then 1t
is ~notwicked to tel people how 70
be happy. That Is exactly what the
sermon Sunday night az the Central
Christian church is scheduled 10 do,
for the subject is The Secret Of HUI
man Happiness Rev. d. w. Noel
roy. pastor. stated.
There is plenty OF happiness for
everybody. The trouble IS that SO
many have not found the right re-
cipe. They are using the wrong kind
OF ingredients. Bring your friends
Sunday night TO hear and TO learn
this secret. Then go into life 10 find
the happiness that IS yours" he said.
Special music Sunday night Will
be a duet and chorus number. Ser
vices begin promptly at 1880 ant
last one hour.
, 1935-01-13
Valleyite Arrested
AS Escaped Convict
fSnsclai to md Heraldl

EDINBURG. Jan. l2.-Eight years
of freedom from a federal peniten-
tiary apparently had ended FRIDAY
for Albert z. Evans. who has re-
sided OH a farm neal here for sew
eral months.
Evans who had assumed another
name was arrested by deputies OF
the Hidalgo county sheriffs de-
partment at the request Of officials
OF the federal ~penitentiary in At
lanta. Georgia. Penitentiary off,
Gals wired the department that
his fingerprintS matched those al
Evans. who escaped from Atlanta
in 1924 after serving one and a half
wears Of a three-year term for vio-
lation Of the Dyer Act. national
automobile theft act. Evans Is be-
ing held pending arrival OF Atlanta
federal officers.
, 1935-01-13
DINNER PARTY
JOKER HUNTED

NEW YORK. Jan. II. R)-One Of
New York'S men about town called
in the police Saturday night TO look
for "a short. dark and handsome
man who telegraphed invitations
in his name to a huge farewell par
w in honor Of Princess Barbara
Hutton Mdivani.
The practical Joker invited more
than a hundred persons from Broad
way and Park Avenue and the en-
tire cast of the revue. Anything
Gees" to come TO the party.
kilograms were sent from the up
per level Of the Grand Central sta
ton and all were signed Jules
Glaenzer."
Glaenzer is we'll known for his
parties.
Said the kilograms: Having fare
we'll buffet dinner for Barbara Hut
ton Mdivani. Friday January 18th,
my house. Please drop in any time
from six on"
Acceptance began pouring in and
Glaenzer soon became appalled, at
the magnitude OF the "joke."
Calling III telegraph officials, he
at once got busy and Immediately
sent this TELEGRAM TO all those VINO
had been invited:
Through distorted sense Of hu-
NOR of some moron. invitations have
been sent out owe my name to my
friends for a bullet dinner In hHn-
- n-L-. YT@~- Rltvvn 40 ~T1@tc
dinner was never contemplated and
will not take place. The name OF
the stupid idiot that has 81 greatly
inconvenience you and me would
De most appreciated
, 1935-01-13
"~-'s,evs'ion Of
OdNoNows Set
For Jan. 18th

HARLINGEN. Jam IL. A COM
plete program celebrating founding
Of the I. o. o. +. lodge Is to be
held at headquarters here Thursday
night beginning at 8 o'clock
The program includes addresses
by Rev. o. G. Grow Of Brownsville
and DR.. Z. r. Milligan OF Harlingen,
a supper, songs by a quartet and the
audience. a dance number by Fran
ces Jennings and Iva Weed and an
old time fiddlerS' contest. Those an
tered in the last contest are VIM.
Moon. VIM. Barnett. w. NJ. Nor
rison aid Madison Grant.
This is a joint meeting OF I. o. 0.
+. members and Rebekahs and all
members in this vicinity are invited.
New officers of the local lodge,
headed by Noble Grand Barney Lew
is. we're installed recently by a San
Benito degree team under direction
Of A. G. Kyser. district deputy.
, 1935-01-13
HUEY RESUMES
F.D.ATTACKS

NEW YORK. Jan. II. 0Pi-Advice
TO radio stations: Don't try to stop
Huey Long when he's making a
speech over the air: he'll keep on
talking just the same.
The Louisiana senator started out
Friday night on what was 70 have
been a Commute speech about his
share the wealth" movement in
which he heaped fresh criticism on
President Roosevelt.
At the end Of the half hour. sta
ton attendants Signalled frantical-
" that his time was up, but the
kingfish went right on with his
speech.
This Is United States Senator
Huey p. Long Of Louisiana speak
ing" he announced and kept on
talking for Is more minutes. A
musical program that was to have
followed the senator was hurriedly
s~ide-tracked.
Long critncized the president for
not ending what he called the
Roosevelt depression" He said there
is more unemployment now than
ever in the history OF the country.
and asserted that in three wears OF
experimentation by President Roose-
welt the debt OF the United states
has increased 10 S28 500 O00.0 00.
Declaring the president has fol-
lowed the same course Of expert
mentation as Herbert Hoover. Long
said he had helped to nominate and
elect Roosevelt president on a share
the-wealth program. but that the
forgotten man has become poorer
while the wealthy have amassed
more money.
, 1935-01-13
new HIGHWAY
Continued From Page one

3.-BrownSville port road Assured.
Port Isabel port road. Assured.
demonstration of Highway IS
from Edinburg to the Hidalgo-
Brooks counties line. Assured.
6.-Building Of bridges on the
Brownsville to Laredo road through
Zapata county. Assured.
San Benito TO Harrington par
allel highway. Practically assured.
6.-Boca Chica road improvement.
Practically assured.
9-Pharr road south to Military
highway.
l0.-Reynosa 10 Monterrey road.
Under construction.
1i.-Santa Rosa TO Edinburg cut
off road. Practically assured.
Reconstruction Approved
Reconstruction OF State Highway
Sc from Edinburg to the Hidalgo-
Brooks counties line, a distance Of
"a miles. has been approved by the
Texas Highway commission. accord
ing to information given local peo-
ple by Highway Commissioners w.
r. Ely and d. K. Martin on their
recent visit here.
The project. expected TO cost be-
tween 100000 and 100000 will
include the widening and resurfac-
ing Of the south "a miles Of the
highway and probable complete re-
construction Of the north 10 miles
Of the road.
The pavement will be widened
from Is TO 20 feet and the right OF
way will be widened from 60 feet Il
100 feet.
Also included in the program o.
road construction. a part Of federal
road aid. of which Texas was the
-ecinient OF more than $4,000. 600. are
two BRIDGES over arrovos in Ia
nata county. about 90 miles west oi
McAllen. on the Brownsville to La
redo road.
These two bridges will assure ira
vel In we+ weather over state High
roy No. 4 from Brownsville to La
redo. and will be another step to-
NGah CNFifAuTf DMNAtN vi 'tilN CAitAlC
route. to make q border loon.
The bridge construction will make
IL possible FOR Valiev ueonle to &c
direct to Laredo on the river road
in ell kinds of weather when thew
are going 10 Monterrey or Saltillo.
instead Of being forced TO 90 BY
Alice In haS weathn-. &C at present.
PROSPECTS, Bright
Prospects for getting the larger
road projects. such as the Kennedy
county road and the Matamoros-
Victoria highway are brighter this
year than thev have been for the
past three or four years.
Nest OF the other road projects
have been given tentative approval
by the state highway department,
and their construction depends up
on the availability OF funds.
Improvements in the Boca Chica
road to repair the gaps in ii are al
most certain to be made. but the
exact nature Of Improvement has
not been officially announced vet.
One interesting feature OF the
road construction program Of the
area Is that none Of il will cost the
Valley any money. the roads all be-
ing state or federal projects, or both
, 1935-01-13
Ruff Named To Head
Differential Fight

President Roy Ruff Of Brownsville
of the Tri-County Vegetable Grow
ers' association will be one Of the
associations three representatives TO
90 to Washington to lobby for re-
moval OF the Robstown freight diff
ferential. it was decided at a meet
ing of the Cameron county unit at
San Benito Friday night.
Date for the trip will not be de-
termined until directors Of the Hi
dalgo and Willacy county units meet
and name representatives for the
Washington conferences.
More than 10000 Valley residents
have signed the petitions being cir
culated by the association asking
removal Of the freight differential,
according to association leaders.
, 1935-01-13
Yeggs Attempt To
Crack Church Safe

ABILENE. Jan. IL. -P-Yeggs
are dumb. they'll never learn that
a church safe is the last place TO
look for easy money commented
Rev. w. {. ChildreSS. First Method
list pastor here Saturday.
For the third time in q year safe
crackers had attempted to blow the
church safe. The yegRs Friday night
tried blasting of the lock. Then
tried To rip a hole in the top. They
failed. Even If they had succeeded.
a few coins would have been their
only reward.
Loot in the two previous safe rob-
berries netted only a few dollars.
, 1935-01-13

Continued From Page One)
tract with the Secretary Of Agri-
culture III 1888 and will farm the
land in 1885 on which such a con-
tract was fulfilled. he may enter in
10 a contract covering such farm
and shall have as his base acreage
the acreage planted to cotton on
such fern in 1888 or. If cotton was
planted in both years. the average
acreage so planted in 1882 and 1888.
and the AVERAGE Weld per acre shall
be fixed by the County Committee
in accordance with the 1928 to 1882
yields Of ether similar lands in the
community.
In addition
Ce) Farms not qualifying under
any OF the above clauses "a, (b),
(cJ. and Cd but OH which cotton
was grown in 1894 will be eligible
with 1884 acreage as the base acres.
The yield ner acre will be assigned
BY committees.
ExceDt that
10 In no event shall the base
dCAEdkG tACCtQ OAlC~fAAAAA VI tAAC
acreage in cultivated land on the
farm in 1884, but
~ If farmers Of the county gen.
orally plant less than one-third or
their cultivated acreage to cotton,
the base acreage cannot exceed this
percentage.
Any farm will be eligible on which
cotton ives not planted in 1884 on
account Of:
n Such farm being planted TO
rerennial crops in regular rotation,
or
~ Such farm being under agree
ment with the government to eradi-
cate the pink boil worm If on such
farm cotton has been planted our
ing the period 1923 TO 1884. The
acreage Of the year or the average
acreage Of the years on which sucn
farm cotton was planted may De
used as the base with the exceptions
as stated in the above clauses I'd
! and (g).
, 1935-01-13
City Briefs

Il. ". johnson was a visitor IN
Donna this week.
Coy williams VI Elsa was a visitor
here the early part OF the week.
N Mrs. T.. I. Wilson OF Elsa was a
kdsitor ia Brownsville early in the
week
Johnson,s electric floor poliSher
Ind wax. Cara Hardware, $50 18th
Ht.-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Troy Montgomery
Pharr- and their guests. Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Nichols OF Wichita, Kan
we're recent visitors here.
MRS. volney " Taylor left Sat
Aruay night for Washington, d. 9.
a attend a meeting Of the general
nederation OF Woinen's club. Mrs.
ravlor plans TO remain in Wash
nrton also for the 10th annual
Inference on tie cause and cure
I war. Mrs. Taylor plans 70 spend
few DAYS In New York before her
Icturn to Brownsville.
Meals barber shop nov located
9th street next TO star Electric.
bdv.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Wells OF
anderson, Indiana arrived FRIDAY
y spend the winter IN BROWNSVILLE.
fr. wells owns a citrus orchard IN
VA Bayview Citrus grove.
Pinking shears. sewing and mani
[ure scissors. Hedge and pruning
hears. Brownsville Hardware.-Adv
Ar and Mrs. Sherwood Bishop.
rrT and Mrs. Ralph Buell.. and Miss
nlia Montgomery were In Mission
F1day.
ntckey,s Old Reliable eye watei
,ljevcs sore eyes. Doesn't burn O
- Adv.
, 1935-01-13

witnesses have withstood effective
ly the cross-examination by the de-
Tense. and their evidence stands
unimpeached."
The state Is ready to refute any
effort by the defence TO shaw that
other persons than Hauptmann per-
petrated the crime.
I'VE do not concede in the ieaSt
the possibility Of q gang" ne said.
The fact that we can trace the
use OF $40 $50 OF the $4,000 gan
som money to Hauptmann rather
precludes a gang. 1t would be high
" improbable that Hauptnann had
assistance and then failed to di-
vide the money with accomplices."
The state. Large pointed out. has
presented five identifications or
Hauptmann - by Colonel Lind.
bergh. by DR.. John +. Condor, the
ransom intermediary. by the cab
driver. Joseph Perrone. who told Of
carrying a ransom note from Haupt-
mann to Condor. by Amandus
Hochmuth. who said he saw Haupt-
mann in the vicinity Of the Lind
bergh home on the murder day. and
hv Albert S. Osborn, handwriting
expert. who testified Hauptmann
wrote all the notes.
Attorney Large said Hauptmann
has established himself a a prin-
cipal by his own handwriting. and
regardless Of our one-man theory
Of the crime. he can be convicted
of first degree murder under New
Jersey law
In addition TO Osborn who testi-
fled at length Friday. the state win
offer four other handwriting ex-
perts, and more II necessary"
Large expressed the conviction
that the defense could not show
that Fisch wrote the notes.
, 1935-01-13
Ganpster Surrenders

" CHICAGO. Jan. II. Pl- Edward
Father Tom McFadden. last with
EDne exception or the Terribly
trouhyv gang. surrendered Saturday
10 await trial on WisconSinis anti
machine gun law.
His conviction would leave only the
originator OF the gang. Tommy
0Touhy. at large out Of all the pow
|hrful band which ruled beer selling
6n Chicago's northwest suburbs un-
Nit repeal and then turned to kid
haping.