Montana labor news., 1936-11-05

not having adequate or proper sani-
tary facilities and improved four i'm
portant airports.
In addition to this, Mr.. Combo
pointed out, sewing rooms operating
in most counties under the Women's
Work Division produced 1,610
garments and household articles for
distribution to needy families in less
than eleven months A score of book
repair and library projects provided
an appreciated service to thousands
of rural people, NYA school-aid kept
many relief youths in school who
otherwise could not have attended,
WPA and NYA recreational, educa-
tional and cultural projects provid-
ed pleasure and beneficial instruc-
ton for hundreds of persons, young
and old, and much valuable statisti-
cal, research, literary and art work
was accomplished by white collar"
workers on professional projects.
From the scores of active and
completed WPA projects in District
No. 4, Mr.. Combo also cited a group
of individual projects which he said
he considered outstanding. They in
cluded:
A $l32,000 concrete civic center and
armory building at Livingston; the
new log gymnasium, remodeled
school and new brick addition to it
at Wilsall; Beaverhead County's 48
miles of new and improved rural
roads; a needed school water supply
system at Whitepine; several stock
dipping stations in the Bitteroot
Valley needed to control the spread
of spotted fever; Anaconda's winter
sports area, improved Washoe Fish
Hatchery, Cemetery ditch and 8
miles of improved city streets and
alleys; the West Yellowstone air.
port, cleared from mountain timber
to provide one of the most unusual
landing fields in the United States;
Gallatin Countys $4,000 gravel
crushing project which has hard
surfaced practically all rural roads
in the county; the improved and en-
larged sanitary sewer system at
Bozeman.
At Kalispell, WPA workers have
Handicapped the grounds of the new
Flathead County high school, built
a large athletic stadium and pro-
gressed well on the 100000 develop
ment at 40-acre Woodland Park
which when completed will be one
of the outstanding recreational areas
in the State; at the neighboring city
of Whitefish the WPA has improved
an airport and city sewer system,
completed the nine-hole municipal
grass golf course, constructed rus
tic clubhouse for the course and a
$1,000 municipal athletic field; i'm
proved schools at Pony and Jeffer-
son City, construction of 81 bridges
in Jefferson County; cemetery i'm
provement at Philipsburg; st. Igna-
tius' new swimming pool and earth
en- sidewalks; at Poison completion
of the substantial dock which has
facilitated transportation on Flat
head lake, handicapped grounds at the
New Lake County courthouse and
development of a scenic municipal
golf course; flood control work at
Eureka.
A $4,000 gymnasium and commu-
nifty hall at Virginia City; school i'm
provement along the main highway
in Mineral County; at Missoula, 81
miles of improved streets and alleys;
a $4,000 cemetery Identification
job, an improved municipal airport
and University of Montana golf
course; extension of the city water
supply system at Deer Lodge; and a
heavy program for Butte and Silver
Bow County which includes the
operation of five sewing rooms in
which some 500 women have pro-
duced almost 100000 garments and
household articles for distribution
to needy families; construction of
ski and toboggan slides and further
development of a large recreational
area at Thompson Park; the quarter
million dollar Texas and Shields
street development and overpass
which provides a needed additional
arterial highway through for the
heart of the city; redecorating the
county courthouse, hospital and Jail;
SO miles of street and road improve
ment, extensive city-wide storm
sewer development; improvement Of
the Butte airport and many other
jobs.