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Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-30
MAN PAYS $40
OVER CHIMP SMOKE

NEW YORK, March 30.-,U.P)-
John Shein. %, was arrested today
for giving a cigarette to a CHM
panzee in the zoo. Schein explain
ed that the chimp smoked the
cigarette and seemed to enjoy it.
The spectators laughed and seemed
to enjoy it; and Scein said he. him
self. enjoyed it. Magistrate William
Knapp said Ten Dollars
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-30
u. S. AIR FLEET
TO MANEUVER

LOS ANGELES. March 30. UP
Plans for huge massed maneuVer
by the 500 airplanes of the U. S
fleet at SaE Diego this summer
were announced today by Vice
Admiral Frederick j. Horne, fleet
air force commander.
He said the squadrons will fly
O North Island Immediately after
the fleet returns from six weeks OF
war games in the Pacific From
June to September l they will
engage in fighting, scouting. bomb
ing and massed tactical operations
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-30
Soldiers Killed in
Fight With Tribe

NEW DELHI India, March 30.
tUP)-TWenty three British and
Indian troops. including two Brit
ish officers, were killed and Al
wounded in battle with tribes
men yesterday southwestwards of
Damdil. on the northwest frontier.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-30

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Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-30
WALKER BACK ON
PUBLIC PAYROLL

NEW YORK, March 30.-tUp)-
James ]. Walker, former mayor Of
New York, today held his first
public office since he was ousted
as mayor in 1922 job as member
of lunacy commission. He showed
up 80 minutes late but will get
$3.50 for his work.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-30
Clipper Arrives at
New Zealand on Hop

AUCKLAND, N. T., March 30. U.P)
The Pan-American Clipper. sur
veying a new aerial trade route be-
tween the United States and Aus
tralia arrived here today, COM
pleting a 1850 mile flight from
Pago Pago, Samoa. in II hours, AZ
minutes. against a head wind.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-30
Dairy Legislation
Will Be Discussed

Matters of pending legislation
affecting the dairy industry of
the state and also the problems
Of rising costs in dairy feeds Will
be discussed at the regional meet
ing of the state farm bureau dairy
department Friday at 10 am. in
the Los Angeles farm advisors
office.
Imperial farm bltleau's dlrry
department will send represen-
tatiye to the meeting but the sell
ection has not been made.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-30
SHOW BIG JUMP

KANSAS CITY, March 30.-tU6
Edward G.. Jones of Olpe. Kans.,
needed no charts to show that ag-
riculture has staged a recovery.
Today he sold 40 head of Hereford
steers at an average price of $l87
each. In 1890, he sold similar act
tie for SIS a head.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-30
NOISE BLOTTED
RADIO MARKER

MARCH FIELD March 30. (UP)-A Northrop fight
ing planes crash in the high mountains north of here
Saturday night killing two army flyers, blamed to-
day on static bloting a radio marker the valley
below Fellow officers believed the static caused Lieut.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-30
Get Rid Of
Excess FAT
with this SAFE
DRUelESS Treatment

Do you feel as
though you have
a rubb tire
around your
stomach !? Do
your fat arms
distress you? Is
your face pudgy
looking because
of surplus flesh?
Does that layer
of fat across your
back and shoul-
ders classify you
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-30

Arizona lettuce was contracted
for in the fields early in March at
,$85 to $i25 per acre.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-30

Some varieties of sweet potatoes
can be s.'own successfully in the
Pacific Northwest
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-30
Court Requested
To Settle Dispute

In complaint filed Monday,
George Lack asked the court to
make final settlement in share
crop agreement arranged May Is.
1896. with Charles Tucker.
Tucker appropriated the $1,000 net
proceeds from the venture to his
own uses, Lark ALLEGED He asked
the court TO render him judgement
for half the amount of the net
proceeds.
Idaho All Club members made
net profit on their projects of
S26.290 during 1886
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Libby Young Man
Marries Spokane Girl

Miss Lois Melcher, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. <. M. Melcher of
Spokane, became the bride of Al
bert Peterson of Libby at a pretty
wedding in Central Methodist
church, in Spokane, on Sunday,
August |. The church was beau.
tifully decorated with ferns and cut
flowers for the happy occasion. The
bridal party entered to the strains
of wedding march, while the ap-
propriate song, Il Love You Truly"
was sung.
The bride was attended by her
sister, Miss Helen, as maid of honor
and by two bridesmaids. Jean Ell
Ian, and her sister-i n-laW, Mrs.
Howard Melcher. The groom was
attended by a fellow student from
Kinman Business University, and
two ushers were friends from the
same school,
The bride was most beautiful in
a gown Of white satin and wore a
long chiffon veil. The mother of the
bride wore dress of black net
and the mother of the groom gown
of pale blue silk crepe Three hun
dred guests were present.
After the wedding ceremony, a
reception was held at the home of
the brides uncle, with so guests
present After the reception the
bride and groom left on a wedding
trip touring the Banff and Lake
Louise districts of Canada. They
will be at home in Spokane after
August g.
The groom is the son of MFR. ano
Mrs. Axel Peterson of Libby. He
was graduated from the Libby high
school and later finished a course
at Kinman Business College, Spo-
/ kane, where he is now taking 8
| course in certified public accounting
J Mr.. and Mrs Peterson went tc
Spokane for the wedding, Mrs. Pet.
erson having gone in on July q
and being joined there by Mr.. Pet
: erson on the 10th. Others from
| Libby who were present at the wed
ding were Mrs. Ned Joughin ane
Carleton Joughin, Miss Margare
Weller and Clifford Brown
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Libby Mining Man To
Be Married This Evening

Richard Tarantous Of this city
will be married this evening at 5
o'clock to Miss Gladys Wegner of
Seattle. The ceremony will be per-
formed in the Methodist church by
the pastor, the Rev. H. w. Woods,
in the presence of few intimate
friends of the bride and groom.
Immediately following the we'd
ding, dinner will be served to the
bridal party and a few friends al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. G.
Bolyard.
Mr.. Tarantous came to Libby a
few months ago when he and as
sociates took over a mining proper
ty south of the city and began its
development He is mining en-
gineer and is president of the Libby
Gold Mines and is actively in charge
of the property. Mr.. Tarantous
states he and his bride have secured
house in Libby and expect to make
their home here. Miss Wegner il
talented young woman, grand
daughter Of former Judge White O
Wisconsin.
Two sisters of the groom, Mrs
Laura BroWnstone and Miss Marth;
Tarantous, came from New Yorl
City for the wedding and to visi
here a short time.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Investigating Cost
OF Swimming Pool

Investigations will be made at
once into the cost of building a
swimming pool for the people of
Libby. This was the decision ar
rived at by a number of interested
citizens who met Monday evening
in the community hall of the court
house to discuss the project. The
meeting had been called under the
sponsorship of the Libby Woman's
club, Mrs. r. w. LIE Due. presi-
dent, and with other civic organiza-
tons of the city cooperating.
Paul Church, of the local county
relief organization, was present and
stated that WPA representative
would visit Libby within the near
future. 1t is hoped to interest him
IN the project at that time and Sc
cure assistance from WPA funds.
1t 1t is finally decided to 60 ahead
with the building of a pool, the de-
cision will have to be made by city
officials as it would have to be a
city project.
Nothing definite as to plans has
yet been worked out, but Montana
laws require that certain strict reg
ulations be met in building a pool.
The water must be adequately
chlorinated, there must be bath
houses, showers, and other arrange
ments made for the protection OF
-the health OF those using the pool
After information as to cost has
been obtained, another meeting will
be called, states Mrs. lie Due.
There was also some discussion
of building Wading pool for small
children on the playground south
of the grade school building. 1t is
said the cost of such a pool would
be small
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Placer Gold
Mining Failure in
Helping Jobless

BUTTE, August q (SpeciaD-
Romantic and fabulously hopeful az
it may have seemed, the bubble oil
gold placer mining as depression.
time source of employment and in
come for a vast number of the I'M
employed has finally been burst.
As result of findings on this
subject, just compiled by the WPA
National Research Project on Re-
employment Opportunities, State
WPA Administrator Joseph e. Par
ker today was advised that although
as many as $4,000 miners operating
small diggings sold some gold
in 1895, their average yearly earn
ings was only $72. Many others
probably prospected with no luck
whatsoever.
Magazine and newspaper articles
have speculated throughout the de-
preston on the romantic oppor-
tunities for jobless men in prospect
ing for gold. But this is the first
time that the earnings of these pros
pectors and their actual number
have been measured to demonstrate
conclusively the futiity Of the sug-
gestion that gold mining offers an
important solution to the employ
ment problem" Harry L. Hopkins
informed Mr.. Parker.
The full report on the WPAss sur
vey has been made up into an at
tractive booklet entitled Small
Scale Placer Mines as Source OF
Gold, Employment, and Livelihood
in 1895" printed in cooperation with
the bureau of mines and the de-
partment of the interior.
Montana has received limited
number of copies of the booklet
which have been sent to the public
libraries at Anaconda, Butte, Boze-
man, Billings, Deer Lodge, Dillon
Glendive, Glasgow, Great Falls
lHaure, Helena. Kalispell, Lewistown
Livingston, Missoula and Miles City
Other copies have gone to the State
Historical Library, the School oil
Mines, State College and State Uni
versity
In addition to a moving story OF
the itinerant men and women who
when they lost their jobs at home
trekked hopelessly in search of the
lend of the rainbow" the publica-
ton has a number of illustrations
contains a considerable amount Of
statistical information and has ar
individual chapter on each of the Il
states covered
In the chapter on Montana it i.
revealed that big placer operators
using the services of only $50 mer
were able to recover 26,299 ounce
of the yellow metal in 1885, while
I'll miners on small-scale placer
produced but 4,586 ounces. "Al
though Montana's average was bet
I ter than that for any other state
| the gross earning of each small
miner per day worked was but S2.2
with operating and marketing cost
! having to be deducted from this,
Mr.. Parker says.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Clamps Down
On Mortgages
On Homes
Two Foreclosures i'm June,
1887, as Against None
a Year Ago.
YEARS TOTAL TO BE
HIGHER THAN IN 1886
BY Paul May

Washington, D. c., Aug. 2.
Home mortgage forecloc-
ures in Libby increased by
two over the total for the
same month in 1886, figures
released by the Home Own
ers Loan Corporation re-
vealed today.
The figures include all home
mortgages. The Hole, adhering to
its rigid policy. did not break down
the figures to show how many of
the foreclosures were on delinquent
loans under its supervision.
The June total for Libby was two
foreclosures, the federal agency re-
ported, as against none during May
a year ago.
The total number of foreclosures
during the first six months of this
year in Libby, was slightly over
the figure for the same period
in 1886, the Hole report showed.
Up to May 81, this year, mortgage
note holders had clamped down on
four home owners who fell behind
in their payments, while during the
same six month period year ago,
one action was taken.
Hole stated the trend appeared
to be considerably higher than 1886,
and the indications were that by the
end Of the year, Libbys total fore
closure actions would be consider
ably over the total for last year,
which reached two actions.
State figures for Montana, conf
piled by the Hole, only include the
first five months OF the current
year. but on the basis OF the total
foreclosures for the state dur
ing 1887, 50 far, Libby home own
ers suffering under such actions
are five per cent of the s. listed
UP to the end of May for the entire
state.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Midgets Will Play Midgets.

Tomorrow (Friday) night at $50
o'clock the Midgests of Libby will
tangle again with the Midgets of
Troy on the Libby diamond. The
Libby youngsters are working hard
at their chosen sport and give much
promise of developing into real ball
players after a few more years are
added to their ages. The boys are
under the coaching of Charley Al
len. that veteran of the diamond
He is teaching them all the secrets
of the game-how to bunt, hit anc
run, how to steal bases and slide
and how to play under secret sig
nails And the youngsters are prov
ing apt pupils. Those. who have
watched themsin action say it is wei
worth any mans time and money t
see them work. Remember TIN
time, next Friday night at $50, an,
the admission is the small sun
of Is cents.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Glacier CrOsscut
Is Nearing Vein

The crosscut that Is. being drives,
at the Glacier mine on the. No.
level to cut new body of ore is
nearing the vein, according to re-
ports submitted to the president, t
r. Poole, Spokane. by Charles FL
Goodesll, mining engineer. The
crosscut was at the 162-foot point
Saturday night A diamond drill
cut the vein some time ago and from
that it is figured the crosscut must
be driven approximately 200 feet
The formation is softening and
water is appearing, said Goodsell
With those conditions the weir
may be broken into any round,
said Toole.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Libby Rainbow Girls
Attend Grand Assembly

Eleven Rainbow Girls from Libby
will attend the grand assembly of
the order that is being held in Kali
ispell on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of this week. Delegates from
Libby are Genevieve Hough, Win
nifred Boothman and Haldis Han
son. Mrs. G. J. Martin is in at
tendance as mother advisor, Shir-
ley Brinton as pat advisor, and
Helen Martin as acting grand choir
director. Others attending from
Libby are Mrs, M. ID. Rowland and
Mrs. o. II. Nordstrom. Mrs. Martin.
Mrs. Nordstrom and r. w. Smith
/ berger are providing cars for trans
portation. Ten other girls will go
over for today's sessions, making I'll
present from the Libby lodge today
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05

Libby. Montana, August 3, 1887
Mr.. Lloyd A. Hague, Chairman
State Highway Commission,
Missoula, Montana
Dear Mr.. Hague:
I am in receipt Of your letter of
July Goth, but am greatly disap-
pointed that you will not come over
to Libby and inspect highway No. 2.
/ do not think there is anything
more important for you to do as
chairman of the State Highway
Commission than to acquaint your
self with the condition Of the high
way in our district. We have been
shamefully neglected by your pre-
decessors but sincerely hope that
you will take an interest in our be-
half and make up for the neglect
of the others.
The people here now realize that
they have been cheated out of their
fair portion of highway construc-
ton and are determined that this
condition is not going to continue.
| note what you say with refer
ence to maintenance on Highway
No. 2. This is not what the people
want. They are expecting gravelec
and oiled surface. Kindly advise
me when we are going to get it.
Yours very truly,
WALTER NEILS,
Chairman Highway Committee,
Libby Commercial Club
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Livestock Killed
In Truck Smashup

EUREKA, Aug. 3.-Harry Bolen
and two sons experienced a har-
rowing and expensive experience
on Sunday night when they were
trucking a load of livestock to Spo-
kane. One mile this side of Sand
point the lights went out and the
truck left the road rolling over an
enbankment, killing five cows and
two pigs, demolishing the rack and
injuring Mr.. Bolen's shoulder.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Troy People Will
Save on Electricity Bills

That Troy residents will save
about $2,400 annually on their cleo
tricity bills is the news given out
by the Montana public service COM
mission. The saving will be due to
lower rates which the commission
has worked out with the kootenai
Light and Power Co., of Troy. The
company's customers, about 800,
will receive refunds totalling $700,
impounded since the company was
ordered to cut its rates nearly two
years ago.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Rod and Gun Club
Will Hold Special Meeting

r. N. Whitefield, president, an
nounces that there will be an i'm
portant special meeting of the Lib
by Rod and Gun club Friday night,
August 6, in the community room
of the court house. Meeting called
to order at 5 o'clock.
Whitefield says the meeting is
called to consider Improvements at
the fish hatchery. He also says
business of real Importance to ev-
cry person in the community will
be considered. A large attendance
is urged.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
August n is Next Date
for Highway Lettings

HELENA, Aug. Bids will be
received on about dozen projects
by the state highway commission
August II, department officials an
nounced today. Department Off
cials said the projects will involve
an expenditure of around $l,000,000
The list of projects and specifica-
tions will be announced later.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Campers Leave Fire
At Granite Lake

Some criminally careless person
left a camp fire burning last week
at Granite lake. Fortunately it was
found before it had spread and had
caused any damage. But the reck-
lessness of some people is beyond
comprehension. The Granite lake
district is one of the most beau
tiful fn the northwest. To have it
destroyed by fire due to someone's
carelessness would be a crime Of
major proportions.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Arrests CCC Boy.

Upon advices from the sheriff at
Huntington, w. Va, Charley Fry,
from the CCC camp near Sylvanite,
is being held in the county jail.
The wire from Huntington said Fry
is wanted on felony charge. The
West Virginia sheriff is on his way
here to get the prisoner.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Will Hold Eureka
PlcnIc III Spokane

SPOKANE.-Former residents of
Eureka, Mont, will have reunion
in Mantle park Sunday, Eureka's
annual picnic A. M. Mikalson,
W1706 Fifth, president of the Eu-
reka club, says there are many resi-
dents here and he anticipated big
attendance. The basket dinner will
be at p. m.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Starting Out Road
Crew at RexfOrd

Supervisor X. A. Klehm reports
that road crew will be started
out of Rexford the first of the week
by the forest service. 1t will work
on the Sutton creek project clear
ing right of way on road to the
Bear Trap lookout.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Installing New Bowling Alleys

E. Carlson arrived from Chicago
Saturday and is now engaged in in
Sailing the new bowling alleys at
The Play. The new alleys will be
full regulation length and will be
equipped with automatic pin set
tiers. There will be four alleys I'm
der the new arrangement. Bowling
fans will appreciate the improve
ment this fall and winter.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-05
Makes Record as Sharpshooter

John Echo and Dick Richards re-
turned home Monday night from at
tending the civilian military train
J ing camp at Missouia. Richards
qualified as a sharpshooter and won
the World War Veterans sharp
shooters medal