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eliminated. But in the United
States, in the last hundred years,
the American people have come
nearer to these goals than any
other people anywhere In history.
Brave pioneering and hard work
and patient saving have made this
the richest and fairest civilization
in history. It has not been made
by sleight-of-hand tricks. With
the American system preserved. we
shall in due time have a free peo-
pie, living in plenty and security,
without exploitation Of destitution.
The American people are not going
to surrender this prospect to the
RECOMMENDATION of visionaries and
amateur economic planners. They
are not going to exchange our eco
nomic system for the rainbow mil
lenium Of political magicians.
The President has recently told
the American people that they
have q rendezvous with destiny.
As understand the term, a rem
devious is q date. What is this
rendezvous? Under present condi-
tions, the most likely rendezvous
is with a receiver for the Treas
ury. After the acceptance by the
people of the promises Of the 1882
platform, what unexpected rem
devious did the people have? They
had a rendezvous with the N. r.
A. They had q rendezvous with
Farleyism. They had a rendezvous
with the tax collectors. The
American people want no rem
devious with q destiny plotted on
blue prints in a Washington Office.
When they have q date with des-
tiny they want to know what The
lady looks like. They want 70 have
a word to say about it.
The issue before the country is
the preservation Of free enterprise.
On this issue the Republican party
appeals to the whole people. 1t
appeals to the millions Of sincere
Democrats who have been out
ragged by the appearance Of un-
American practices in the garb of
ancient Democratic principles. 1t
appeals to the millions Of thrifty
and hard-working people whose
patiently accumulated savings in
life insurance and savings accounts
are jeopardized by the reckless
spending Of the present admins
tration. 1t appeals to the millions
Of business men who have for
years faced the adversities of de-
preston and are now facing the
regimenter and the tax gatherer.
1t appeals to the real forgotten
men and women Of the Nation,
the millions Of workers in agricul-
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outlined the details will be pre-.
sented in the coming campaign.
On certain matters Gov. Landon
made the issues clear In his tele-
gram to the Cleveland convention.
In his acceptance speech one week
ago he presented specific policies
In reference to other important
issues. Whatever concrete meas
ures the Republican party has in
mind will be presented to the voters
before election, not after. And
whatever measures the Republican
administration may urge upon Con.
gress, not one will fiout the Con-
stitution Of the United States. Not
one will violate the obligation of
contracts. Not one will break o
promise.
Government Stands
Convicted Of Failure.
have already said that this is
no ordinary campaign. On the
mere issue Of efficiency In admins
tration the present Government
stands convicted Of failure. But
there Is larger issue. an issue that
goes to the heart of American life.
1t is the issue Of the kind of
economic system the American
people will live by. For more than
three years the economic life of
the country has been at the mercy
OF o crew of amateur experimenters,
hacking at the vitals of American
industry, agriculture, commerce
and finance. Driven by a fanatic
impulse to shape our economic
structure to their fantastic designs,
they have usurped the powers of
Congress. insulted the authority of
the courts, invaded the powers of
Congress, and undermined the in
stitutions Of local self-government.
As one experiment after another
has ended in ignominious failure
or reputation by the courts, new
experiments have been attempted,
from laws to put producers of po-
tatoes in jail, to proposals to cut
Florida in two. Driven to despera-
ton by failure, the present admin
istration undertook to gamble with
fate. Realizing that recovery was
inevitable, in time, it undertook to
overcome the depressing effects of
its experiments by an artificial
prosperity to be created by the
squandering Of public funds. It Is
now q race between exhaustion of
Federal credit and the coming of
natural recovery. 1t is a race be-
tween imitation and the revival of
normal business activity. The race
is not yet decided.
The fundamental issue is now
clear. No one can define the New
Deal or even describe 1t. But we
know what 1t means. It means
Federal control over local business,
over local bank credit, over local
wages, over local conditions of
work. 1t leads to Federal regi-
mentation of the labor, the busi-
ness, and the home OF every Amer.
ican citizen. It leads to price,
fixing and production control by
Federal authority. It leads inevi-
tably to the extinction of the small
business man, to the end of free
enterprise In America.
There Is no halfway house in
which American enterprise can
take shelter. The coercfve con-
troll Of bank credit leads unavoid-
ably to control Of investment and
that leads to the end Of competi-
tive industry and free enterprise.
The country must choose between
the regimentation of the economic
life of 3o,oO0, 900 people by politi-
cally appointed Federal bureaucrats
and the continuance of the Amer
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Of self-support. self-sovernment
and self-respect.
Which will We chooSeS We knou

Of self-support. self-sovernment
and seif-respect.
Which will we choose? We know
the path our fathers chose. More
often than not the right way of
life Is not the easy way. Because
we have always taken the self
reliant way, the self-respecting
way, American character has
emerged as our greatest national
asset. Take from us every vestige
of 800 years Of progress, leave only
the raw materials that God placed
here, give Us the American char.
scter, and we would swiftly re-
construct here a civilization as
great as that we have today. Amer
lea Is too young, too vigorous, to be
deceived by false promises of an
easy way.
And so I preach to you the doc
trine, not Of the soft and SpineleSs
kept citizen Of q regimented state,
but Of the self-respecting and self
reliant men who made America.
Which way shall we go? The an
swer is In your hands. I know
what it will be. Next November,
you will choose the American way.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
TELLS ALL THE SECRETS
OF GOOD KNITTING

Cast on 80 stitches, purl 2, knit g.
This is the beginning instruction on one
Of the new direction sheets which can
be procured from the Lincoln County
Free Library Among the knitting in
structions are some for two-piece
suits, sweaters and hats. With knitting
such a popular pastime, this informa-
ton will be much in demand.
Now that mothers are thinking OF
school clothes and fall house removal
ton, they will be interested in the new
sewing library put out by a leading
sewing machine company. Titles in
clude, How to make children's
Clothes" How to make dresses" How
to make draperies, slip covers, cush-
ions and other home furnishings, end
short cuts to home sewing
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
Postal Savings
Here Decrease
ID Fiscal Year
Drop Amounts To 5000
For Period Ending On
June 80 Last.
BONUS FAILED TO
BOOST TOTAL IN LIBBY
BY Paul May

WASHINGTON, D. c., August IT
Libby veterans were different from the
majority of veterans in the United
States, in at least one respect, in
handling their bonus payments, it was
learned today.
Large numbers of veterans through
out the country deposited part of their
bonus in postal savings accounts, so
that most of the country's postoffices
showed postal savings increases for the
three months period between March 81
and June 30, postoffice department
records show But in Libby, postal
savings decreased during this period
The drop amounted to 5000, from
$57, III on March 81 to S53,971 on June
30. The June 80 figures, it was pointed
out, has not yet been audited, and must
therefore be regarded as an estimate"
though it represents the total reported
to the department by the local posi-
master. However, any subsequent ad-
justment of this figure will be very
small, it was admitted
With the "lift" given postal savings
by bonus deposits, the total of postal
savings accounts throughout the coun-
try reached a new high with the end of
the 1886 fiscal year on June 30 The
increase during the fiscal year was
more than q million dollars, it is re-
ported
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
Teams Are Signing
For Baseball Tournament

That there will be plenty of teams to
compete in the baseball tournament
to be staged in Libby the three days OF
September S, 6 and is now assured,
reports Managers Roberts and Burpee.
Five teams are already listed and the
number is expected to reach seven
or eight, with the very strongest teams
CT this entire district represented.
Those who have already signed to en-
ter the r rnament are the Wood Pre-
servers # the Commercial league OF
Spoka',,, the ,Tewport, Wash, team,
Troy, Halfmot /, ~ l Libby.
Messrs. Mo 4.., and Henry of Spo-
kane were in !. by Sunday and made
arrangements to enter the Wood Pre-
servers in the tournament. Eve are
coming after that $50 purse and are
going to take it home with U.s." sale
Moberly. That's what it's hung uI
for" replied Manager Roberts, "anc
may the best team win it." Moberl,
will be remembered as having played
here year or two ago with Spokane
team and later played game or twt
with the Libby team in the position o
catcher.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
Carrier Pigeon Stops
To Rest In Libby

An unusual visitor stopped in
Libby Tuesday morning, one that
has rarely if ever visited these parts
before. 1t was a carrier pigeon.
From whence it came and whittier
it went no one knows at this time.
The pigeon was found early Tues
day morning by Mrs Fred Manicke
on the porch Of their house west Of
town. It apparently was very tired
and was easily caught. 1t was also
hungry and ate with much apparent
relish the wheat its kind hearted
captors set before it. The pigeon
was then turned loose, when it flew
to the top Of the house and sat there
for about five minutes and then de-
parted but in what direction was
not noticed by the Manickes.
The pigeon had little aluminium
band on its right leg and wider
rubber band on its left leg. On the
aluminium band was thcl- inscription
HKC 50 306; on the rubber band, a
horizontal G and the numbers Oil
065. 1t would be interesting to know
the home loft OF the bird and where
1t had been released.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
LINCOLN COUNTY TO RECEIVE
CONSIGNMENT OF CLOTHES

Harry Bouton, in charge of distribu-
ton of surplus commodities for Lincoln
county, was in Kalispell Saturday and
while there was informed that all the
output of PWA sewing rooms in Flat
head county produced this week and
part of next week will be sent to Lin
coin county for distribution to those
on relief. WPA sewing rooms are To-
Gated at Kalispell, Whitefish and Col
umbia Falls.
The consignment viii consist pri-
marily of school clothes and will in
clude dresses, slips, overalls, shirts.
jackets and similar articles, says Mr..
Bouton. The idea is to help clothe
needy children for school attendance.
The articles being made are high class
in every way, says Mr.. Bouton, who
added that the clothing would probably
not be available for distribution until
the first week in September.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
Spokane Editor Says
More Confidence Needed

A better distribution of money and a
restoration of confidence are what is
needed in this country, in the opinion
of Dale Strong, editor and publisher of
the New West Trade of Spokane. Mr.
Strong is also secretary of the Pacific
Northwest Hardware and Implement
Association. He was in Libby last
week calling on the business men of
the community and while here gave an
interesting interview to the WestGfa
News. Said Mr.. Strong.
1T is we'll to avoid politics by not
to give the reasons there
for, but there is no doubt that business
in the aggregate for the entire coun-
try is gaining steadily.
"This is particularly true of the Pa
cific Northwest, which has wheat and
other things the country needs and is
getting better prices for most Of its
products.
Generally, 1885 was an improvement
over 1888 and 1884 and 1886 is rur-
ming Is to rs per cent better than 1885
Nevertheless, the rapidly mounting
public debt is alarming to all thought
full people. The aggregate of federal
state, county and municipal debts will
shortly reach $500 per capita. This is
about $1,000 per family or per family
head. And that is an obligation, to be
carried and paid, over and above the
current support of ourselves and our
families, our personal indebtedness anc
the current cost of all government.
Many students surveying those fig
ures say the burden is an impossible
one and that the country is faced by
three Observation-Disclosures, repudi-
alton or initiation The last named is
the most likely of the three.
'But the burden is not an impossi-
BILE one. The difference between gooc
times and hard times lies in the dis
tribuation of and circulation of money
We have plenty of money in the coun-
try; more in fact than ever before Nov
if measures are taken which will eff.
feet a better distribution of the money
and restore confidence so that there il
rapid and free circulation and re
circulation of money. then all thos,
debts, refunded at low rates of inter
est, could and would be easily wipet
out in the next 20 to 80 years"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
Warland Man Displays
Exceptional Nerve

There is patient at the Libby hos
pital with broken leg who. after the
accident, displayed degree of nerve
and fortitude that was highly excep-
tional to say the least The man is
Andrew Klemowski, Sc years old and
he lives alone some distance from War
land
While coming down from the hay loft
Sunday afternoon Klemowski slipped
on the ladder and fell, breaking one
leg above the knee Having no one
to help him, he set about to take care
of himself He rugged up crutch, tied
a rope from the dangling leg around
his neck SO as to steady the leg, and
started down the trail to the nearest
neighbor, distance of mile or mile
and half. Arriving at the neighbor's
he found no one at home, with night
approaching. He decided to wait for
their return and had to lay outside all
night The night was chilly and to help
keep himself warm he covered up in a
pile of sand that he found nearby. The
neighbors returned the next morning
and Immediately made arrangements to
bring him to the hospital When he
reached the hospital pair Of crutches
were handed to him and he walked into
the building unassisted. Neither did
he fuss or complain, only remarking
that he was pretty well tired out.
In addition to walking over a mile
with a dangling broken leg and lying
out in the cold alone all night, he had
had nothing to eat from the time Of the
accident to the return of the neighbors.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
CONDEMNS IN STRONG TERMS

r. Stanley Thurston, retiring presi-
dent of the Montana State Press as
ISOLATION, spoke with much force and
with high purpose when he strongly
condemned certain political propaganda
sheets published in Montana. in his adj
dress before the association at Red
Lodge last Friday. Said Mr.. Thurston:
II am mindful of the prohibition
placed upon the discussion of parti-
san politics by The constitution of this
association and in the remarks about
to be made and. in reference to the
above, will abide by that prohibition.
But, in conscience, / feel 1t mr. duty
to the legitimate press of Montana TO
call the attention of the public TO a
deplorable condition in this state which
is rapidly undermining public conf
dence in the press and bringing it into
disrepute. l have reference to certain
sheets masquerading as newspapers and
enjoying postal privileges which are not
newspapers but the mouthpieces Of
racketeers so as to perpetuate the pres
ent graft in state insurance and &c
IelnSIdLG Tie II alt LII Tie SldIC > u9uOI
monopoly - sheets without eviden'
means Of support feel it is my duty
to proclaim that these sheets are no
of the legitimate press of Montana, they
are no part of this association and 1
is no part of legitimate journalism t.
scurrilolsly attack the good names ant
character Of candidates for public offic,
Continued on page ~
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
County Democrats Elect
!. w. Barrett Chairman

The democrats of Lincoln county or
ganized for the coming campaign at a
meeting held in the community hall of
the court house last Friday afternoon.
Thirty-tWo committeeman and COM
mitteewomen were present,
The meeting was called to order BY
the retiring chairman, P 7. Mettler Of
Troy, and chose as temporary chair
man A. A. Brooks Of Troy and as
secretary Louis Fetterly of Eureka.
Election Of officers resulted in the fol-
lowing selection, after spirited con-
test for some offices.
Chairman, J. w. Barrett, Libby; vice
chairman. Louis Fetterly, Jr., Eureka;
secretary, Mrs Nina Curtis, Libby;
state committeeman, A. A. Brooks,
Troy; state committeeWoman, Mrs.
Grace Miller, Libby The chair was au-
thorized to appoint all necessary COM
mittees such as to fill vacancies, ex-
ecutive committee, financial committee,
etc.
In taking the chair Mr.. Barrett spoke
eloquently and periodically for few
minutes. He said he had never had
any desire except the welfare OF the
party and urged a united front. Plans
are now being worked out and finances
provided for vigorous campaign this
fall.
Among those present from outside
precincts were Eldon Schuck, Eureka;
Grover Anderson, Gateway; Ere d
Marks, ReMord; Hedge Hammonds,
Ural; Ed Woodwork, Warland; ]. c.
O'Brien, Jennings; Mrs. w. J. Bissell
P. r. Mettler, A. A. Brooks, Glen Saw
age, Mr. Sloan, Troy.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
Comment
WORTHWHILE AND OTHERWISE,
ON MATTERS IMPORTANT AND
UNIMPORTANT.
THE COLLINS WILL GET YOU.
let's cut out the open cut-outs.

Let's cut out the open cut-outs.
That remark is directed at numerous
drivers of trucks who have gotten into
the habit of driving through Libby
streets with the cut-outs to their trucks
open, and thereby vertically raising
the dead" Many complaints have come
to this paper over the practice and a
business man asked that we say some
thing about it. One day this week,
said he, truck backed away from the
curb with the cut-out open and he had
to pause in waiting on a customer until
the truck had gotten about half block
away, so terrific was the noise.
The bad practice is probably due to
thoughtlessness on the part of the
drivers but even SO, it should be
stopped There's a city ordinance
against open cut-outs and Mayor Nc
Gully has instructed the police officers
to enforce the ordinance. So "the
COLLINS will get you if you don't watch
out" the COLLINS, in this instance be-
ing Officer Jess Baker.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
Miss Barnes to Wed

Libby friends are in receipt of let
ter from Miss Mary Barnes which
states that she and Mr.. E. .. Kinney
will be married next Saturday. Miss
Barnes and her parents have been
spending the summer on Flathead lake
near Somers. Miss Barnes was princi-
pal of the Libby high school for num-
Der of years and Mr. Kinney is an
engineer in the employ of the bureau
of public roads.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
Fighters From Surrounding Cities
GROWS EXCELLENT WHEAT
ON YAAk RANCH

Mrs. Alfred Newman and son, George
Mongar, came in from their ranch on
the Yak and spent the last of the week
attending to business matters in Libby.
Mrs. Newman is an enthusiastic farm
woman and says she gets great salts
faction in growing fine crops and in
raising well-bred stock and poultry
AS evidence of the success that is
browning their efforts on the ranch,
Mrs. Newman brought to the Western
News office a sheaf of as fine wheat
as can be grown in any country. The
wheat stood over four feet high end
has heavy, well filled heads Of grain.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
YOUNG FAWN ONE OF
GUESTS AT SOCIAL FUNCTION

A party of local ladies drove to the
Cabinet ranger station near Troy last
Friday afternoon where they were
guests of Mrs. Ed Henrichs. After a
most enjoyable game of monopoly, the
hostess served delicious luncheon. A
very interesting event of the afternoon
was the appearance at the kitchen door
Of pet fawn for his regular evening
feeding. The little fellow was not in
the least afraid of the strangers. On
the way home the party stopped at
Savage lake and enjoyed swim Those
who made the trip were Mrs. Carl
Rawlings, Mrs. Rosetta Burke, Mrs.
James Christie, Mrs. Thomas Kapp and
Mrs. Rolf Fremming
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
FINE ATHLETES AT HOME

The Olympic games in Berlin have
ended and athletes from the United
States have won gratifying number of
the prizes and honors. And while Lib
by people were reading with interest
of the exploits of our fellow citizens
on German soil, they should not for
get that we are having very fine ex-
hibition of athletics right here at home
this summer. We refer to the Libby
baseball team, opponents of the rightly
called national game.
The Libby team is one of the best
balanced teams this year that the city
has ever had. Every department is
strong. The battery is high class, the
infield is fast and skillful and the out
field takes care of everything that
comes its way. The first of the season
the team showed weakness in bat
ting, but that fault is being ironed out
and better batting record is now be-
ing made.
Libby fans have been treated to some
very fine games this season. The team
has been playing in fast company, and
has been winning its fair proportion
of the games. Scores have been close
and small. And number of the games
have been exceptionally interesting.
When the high class brand of ball is
considered, the team has not been given
the support by the public in gate re-
ceipts that it should have had. How
ever, this may have been due to the
extremely hot weather that has pre-
vailed. AT least, the management is
generous enough to concede that and
to hope for better attendance when the
weather turns cooler.
Baseball is fine, clean game. 1t is
one of the few sports that has kept it
self free Of the faint of dishonest COM
mercialism. 1t should be gratifying to
Libby people to have SO strong team
playing such good brand of the truly
American national game.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-20
Obtain Large
Su1n0f Money
0nHOneLoanS
Lincoln County People Sc
cure $35, 238.OO From US.
Corporation.
DIVIDED AMONG
~ SEPARATE LOANS

HELENA - Residents of Lincoln
county received a total of SIS, 238O0
from the Home Owners Loan Corpora
ton during the three year period of re-
financing operations which terminated
June 13, 1886, according to the final
figures furnished the National Emer-
gency Council for Montana. This sum
represented AZ individual loans.
A total of 3,679 distressed home own
ers in Montana were extended aid in
the sum of $7,284,979. Of this money it
is estimated that 1851, 600 went toward
the payment of taxes and assessments,
the estimated average of tax and as
sessment payments per loan in Mon
tana being Sl7700
According to the 1880 United States
census reports there were 39,378 of
owned non-farm homes in Montana
The Home Owners Loan Corporation
refinanced mortgages on 9.3 per cent of
this number
The total number of loans made in all
states, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska
was 1,02l ,817 involving the sum of S.
092 ,870,784 making the average loan
S3,O27.
More than SO per cent of all money
involved went for the refinancing of
distressed homes by means of long
term replacement mortgages which are
to be amortized fully over the term of
the loan in small monthly payments.
The balance Of the money advanced
went for the restoration and condition
ing of properties
1t is estimated that s228, AS, 600 of the
Home Owners Loan Corporation adj
vances went to the tax offices of the
nation, with the national average tax
payment per loan being $224