The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13

members will be invited and will be
allowed to bring one guest.
Roy Coffman returned Thursday to
the CCC camp at Paradise after a visit
at his home here.
The Brownies and their leader, Miss
Ellen Ovens, had a Valentine party
Monday after school
Mrs. c. r. Holmes returned home the
first of the week from Spokane, where
she underwent major operation sew
eral weeks ago.
The Troy town team defeated the
Libby town team in a fast game here
Tuesday evening. The score was 1852.
A preliminary game was PLAYED BY the
| Walnuts and the Peanuts, two fourth
and fifth grade teams.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Diamond of
Helena were here the first Of the week.
Mr. Diamond is state boiler Inspector
|. F: S Mckay left last Thursday for
Alder, Mont, where he has a position
in the mill of the Marietta mine
Richard Satran and Richard Mahar
Of Whitefish drove over Sunday in a
new Dodge to visit the f. j Weidner
family. They left Whitefish at Ii
o'clock Sunday morning and arrived
here at three o'clock in the afternoon,
certainly record time for this weather.
Mrs. Frank Thomas entertained the
teachers club at pinoch.e party last
Thursday evening Miss Ellen Ovens
won the high score prize.
Of interest to many will be the news
of the recent marriage Of Miss Stella
K1uska, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Kluska, to Walter Daley at Occur
dAlene. The young couple will make
their home in Spokane.
l.. A. Hosea is again up and around
town after siege with a severe cold,
The Recreational club party Saturday
evening in honor of c. A. Innan's 9Th
birthday, was we'll attended in spite of
the very cold weather. Pinochle was
played and Mrs. Einar Petersen and
Allen Broom won the high score prize.
Refreshments were served.
The lowest temperature of our recent
cold spell was that of Sunday when the
local thermometers registered "a below.
Since that time the weather has been
that there is now about foot Of snow.
At the upper Liberty on Grouse noun
tain there is between and 6 feet Of
snow. with the total snowfall there this
winter being q feet.
John Reicherts was found at 4.30
,,,t4b 1Ath hondc
severely frozen He had started for
home about o'clock and had fallen
not far from his home and unable to
rise, had crawled within few feet of
his own porch when his cries aroused
Ed Regain who lives with him; He was
taken to the Libby hospital
Fred Fisher Of Whitefish, tirnekeeper
Of Gang No 1, was in town over the
week lend
A letter received by R. <. Clay from
his son Horace Of Amery, Wis, states
that it has been Is to 38 degrees below
zero for IL days The highways are in.
good shape with snow piled on each
side from three to ten feet deep. Amery
is located 10 miles northeast of St. Paul
on Apple river.
The following clipping taken from a
readers column in the Detroit Free
Press. and quotation of Abraham
Lincoln's, seems particularly appropri-
ate at this time
Property is the fruit Of labor; prop
erty is desirable, it is positive good Ia
the world That some should be rich
shows that others may become rich, and
hence is just encouragement to industry
and enterprise. Let not him who IS
houseless pull down the house Of an
other, but let him work diligently and
build one for himself, thus by example
assuring that his own shall be safe from
violence when built. Abraham Lin
coin.
Dear Sir. The above quotation was
found on the first page of Irving Bach
ellers book "a Man for the Ages
which was published in 1919 / have
not seen this particular paragraph be-
fore and it may be new to other of
your readers. It's date is given as
March 81, 1864, but in spite of its age
the principle set forth applies at the
present time with particular force.-F.
G.. Pardue.
The Rev. Margaret Clifford of Kali
spell will be here to hold church serv-
ices at the M. E. church Sunday morn
ing, Feb 16.
Miss Irene Coffman returned Satur-
day from Columbia Falls where she has
been for several weeks playing in David
Does orchestra.