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The Ely miner., 1937-11-11
This Game Called
Football Has Many
Confusing Angles
@ New York Post.-wNU Service.

THIS game called football:
NOtre Dame and Marquette tied
for three consecutive games from
1909 to 1911. In 1912 the Irish won,
So to O.
Year after year Pittsburgh has
one of the nations superior teams
But it has been seventeen years
since the Panthers have had an un-
defeated team, nineteen years since
they have had an undefeated and un-
tied team, and twenty-seven years
since they have had an undefeated,
united and unscored upon team.
So you're football expert, eh?
Then:
1.-Name the coach at Iowa uni
versity.
2-What is the "Coffin Corner? ?
3-What time out is permitted be.
tween the first and second quarters
of game, between the third and
fourth quarters, between the second
and third quarters?
4-What college team is nick.
named "The Friars"?
5-Name the "FOur HOrsemen''
and what they are doing now.
Sure, you knew them all along,
but here are the answers, anyhow
1-Irl Tubbs of William Jewell
college.
2-The angle formed by the side
line and the goal line.
3-One minute between the first
and second periods and the third
and fourth periods. Fifteen min
utes between the halves.
4-Providence college of Provi.
dence, R. I.
5-Elmer Layden, head coach al
Notre Dame; Jim Crowley, head
coach at Fordham; Harry Stuhldre,
her, head coach at Wisconsin; Don
Miller, practicing law.
From a Pennsylvania gentleman
who SO often makes this weekly
football piece so easy to write:
Football is some game! 1t lasts
but three months, yet symbolizes
college activity for the whole year,
IT'S just an amateur sport, yet puts
hundreds of boys through colleges,
supplies employment to thousands
and provides a good living for hun.
dreds of coaches. 1t supports the
athletic programs for other games,
yet is played by but twenty-five ia
fifty boys per school. 1t builds sta
diums, but pays no cash to the
participants theoretically, at least
"Tts 'All-America' teams are
dominated by fOreign-sounding
names. It's the roughest game in
America, but girls love it. It's wit
messed by millions each week, yet
only a few hundred really under
stand it. 1t reaches its apex
n the picking of 'All-America' teams
when every honest fan knows one
team can't honor all the best play
erS,
Football is some game!-fOr
contradiction"
The Ely miner., 1937-11-11
Cancellation Wins

Cancellation Wins
1t is the part of a prudent man
to conciliate the minds of others,
and to turn them to his own ad-
vantage.-Cicero.
The Ely miner., 1937-11-11
NOT IN THE BOX slo..a:

NOT IN THE BOX SjU.s2l:
YALE football trainer Fra-" s"a--
lie gets a higher salary than ei.
ther Ducky Pond or Greasy Neaie,
the head coaches Tennessee's
football admirers still are sguawix-
ing something awful about the OFF,
ciating during that Alabama defeat
Although he has little time
for baseball now, Jordan Oliver, the
young Staten island giant who plays
so much tackle for VillanOva, was
being watched by big league scouts
while still in high school Ralph
Wolfe, Ohio State center and cap.
tain, played 430 minutes out of a
possible 4S0 last year Ohio
State, by the way, cleaned up a cOel
40 G's on that trip to California
even though losing to U. S. C.
Although six more eminent foot
ball universities were after him and
his dad was willing, young John Nc
Laughry, who is most of the Brown
team, refused to listen. 81 can solve
at least part of your problems, Pop,
and my place is here" classmates
quote him as having told Coach
TusS McLaughry During the
five years their teams have clashed
Mylin-coached Lafayette outfit never
has lost to one coached by Pop
Warner.
His polo friends say the duke of
Windsor is in better standing with
British bigwigs than the press indi-
Gates. Say he really is making those
trips, including the one to the United
States, for propaganda purposes.
Sort of hands across the sea ges-
ture from popular guy in case our
cousins need help later on, you
know Jockey Willie Obert, who
still is riding around Rockingham
park, is forty-seven years old and
weighs los pounds Retired
Jockey SilviO Coucci is so busy play
ing golf that he doesn't even visit
the tracks nowadays Eastern
hOrsemen are changing their minds
about racing at Santa Anita this
winter. They put the blame on Cali
fOrnia's insistence upon displaying
its native son spirit DebaterS
of the pari-mutuels VS.. books prOpO-
sitiOn are noting that Jim Buffers
Laurel, Maryland, pari mutuel
course is for sale while business
continues brisk at his bOOkmaking
Empire City.
The Ely miner., 1937-11-11
Old Masters

The question arises as to what
percentage of the paintings called
"old masters" are fakes. No COM
pilation of statistics is available.
By way of Illustration, however,
of the volume of the business done
in spurious "old masters" it is
said that 1000 paintings attributed
to Van Dyck have been sold to
art collectors and galleries,
whereas the artist actually pro-
duced only 70 paintings during his
lifetime.
The Ely miner., 1937-11-11

In Action and Words
There is a philosophy that ex-
presses itself only in action as
there is the verbose philosophy of
words.
The Ely miner., 1937-11-11

Slnltn are seeking
relaxation by watch
ing big-time football
games Ohio
State misses Frank
Cumiskey, the end
now starring for
B r o o k | y ms pro
Dodgers. Against
Michigan, last fall,
he made three con-
secutive tackles to
hold the foe on the
one-yard line. Then,
later caIIoht q for
The Ely miner., 1937-11-11

nus, II to 0, in
1918. Next year they
slapped a 121 to 0
score on Colby .
Columbia w e n {
twenty one years
without getting a
man on the ALL
American. From the
time Richard S.
Smith was named at
fullback in 1903 un-
til Wally Koppisch
got the halfback call
=. 1n0d TIL HI
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09
License Income for
Year $426,602 More
Tex Boord Reports

HELENA.-Montana's tax sleuths.
the state board of equalization, in
creased collection of license fees
this year over 1886 by SAFE, 6020 90
to total of $7,242,355.58 for the
first IL months of the year, Chair
man E. A. Dye announced. Novem-
Der collections exceeded last year
by $59,569 to a total of 5000, 128 for
the month. Gasoline taxes brought
in $486.392 and the metals mines
tax $3.50, 1859 The electric energy
tax paid in $10,063.
Assessed valuation of all Mon
tana property dropped S33,594.2 64
compared to 1886. This was due
to a Redistribution of agricultural
lands in more than q score of droutr
stricken counties, made by boarc
order last spring. which reduced
value of this type of property il
the state by s42,I14,290 Othel
property was assessed Sl5,907, 70s
more. Chairman Dye pointed out
Total assessed value this year i:
jS1,018,074713 compared to 1886 val
uation of $l,05l, 668,977. Drouth alst
caused a reduction in livestock val
ues of S8,7a3,314
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09
Art Appreciation Theme
For Junior Women Program

The Libby Junior Woman's club
will hold its regular December meet
ing Tuesday evening in the Com
munity room at p. m. All mem
bers are requested to attend and be
there for the roll call in the at
tendance contest
The program for the evening will
be in charge of Mrs. Ned Joughin
who has secured an exhibit of loo
museum prints of famous paintings
of France, England, Italy, Holland
and America. This exhibit has beer
highly praised and enjoyed in many
parts of the United States Mrs
Joughin will talk on Art Apprecia-
ton as an introduction to the
pictures
The Juniors have arranged tt
leave the exhibit in the Community
room during library hours and tfit
public is cordially invited to visi'
the collection.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09

The county treasurer of Lincoln
county has received check from
the Great Northern Railway for $69,-
1910 as the first half Of the rail-
roads 1887 taxes. A similar amount
will be paid in May, 1888, Flat
head county received check for
500, 078.21.
Checks totaling 1862, 42l05, rep
resenting more than half of the
Great Northern railways 1897 tax
bill in Montana, have been forward
ed to treasurers of % counties.
The railways taxes in Montana
in 1887 total $1,919,683, as compared
with $1,770,620 last year. The final
installment of the 1887 taxes will be
paid in May, 1888. IL
Of the total taxes paid by the
Great Northern in Montana, approx
imately SO per cent goes to schools
more than 10 per cent is diverted K
the road and bridge funds in coun
ties and villages, while about 40 per
cent is expended for other purpose
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09
Peculiar Formation
Found in Thompson Lake

James Christie and James Harris.
Jr., recently found in one of the
Thompson lakes several balls of pc
culiar formation that are puzzhng
the natives. The balls consist of
masses of tamarack needles matted
together into balls varying in size
from an inch or two to six or seven
inches in diameter. Christie left
one of the balls at the forest service
office that measures about six inches
in diameter
The balls were found in the bot
tom of the lake, along the shore,
They are almost perfectly round
How they came to be formed is the
puzzle. One that was cut open had
a small piece of wood in the center
One theory is that the tamarack
needles falling into the water were
washed against small object such
as a piece of wood, which was ther
rolled around by the action of thu
water and other needles chung to i
much. as a large SNOWFALL is made
by boys by rolling small ball IL
soft snow. There were dozens 0
these balls along the lake shore. tn
men say, and all were water-loggee
When dried out they are light an
quite fluffy.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09
6. N. Ry.Co.
Testing Mile
Long Rails
No Joints i'm Steel Over a
Section a Mile East
of Rexford.
WATCHING EFFECT OF
BITTER COLD WEATHER

Construction engineers of the
Great Northern railway are waiting
for Old Man Winter to apply the
acid test to the first experiment in
the Northwest with continuous rails.
Two rails, each more than mile
long, are in place on the systems
line east of Rexford. The continu
Gus tracks were installed in Sep
TENDER, and daily inspection up to
November Is failed to show any
movement in the rail ends.
However, the experiment has yet
to be subjected to the combination
of heavy traffic, snow and intense,
lasting cold-factors which will de-
termine strength of the weld
The Great Northern's continuous
track is a series of ordinary, 39-foot
rails, welded together. Welding was
done on the track shoulder and
steel was moved into place in one
piece.
Engineers employed standard fas-
Jennings in laying the continuous
rails and added a clip OF spring
steel which attaches the rail to the
tie plate through bolt. The clip
lifts the tie plate against the rail
with a pressure of 1000 pounds,
tending to eliminate creepage
through contraction and expansion.
The continuous rail reduces noise
and affords smoother riding sur
face. Track maintenance costs also
are greatly reduced through use OF
the continuous rail.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09
Getting Storted
GroveIing, Oiling
Highway Contract

Some machinery has been moved
in during the past week by the G.
A. Wagner company, for the begin
ming Of its crawling and oillng
highway contract here. Fl. Fl. Hurn-
ing, Montana manager for the Wag-
ner company, came in during the
week to supervise the start of the
work. He states that Dan Madison
will be superintendent in charge Of
the work here. He also states that
most of the needed machinery will
not arrive for about two weeks as II
is still in use elsewhere.
The preliminary work, stated
Hurning, will consist In getting the
roadbed ready for the application al
the first coat of coarse or sub-bal
gravel The highway is now being
scarified and then graded. For the
grading a large road patrol ma
chine has been brought in and is
being used. There has been some
little difficulty in the scarifylng
caused by about two inches Of frozer
ground but the real difficulty j.
due to the roadbed being packee
SO hard by travel.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09
Libby Rod and Gun Club Argues Always
DebotobIe Buck Low-vote Fovors Ii

ed that if any change is made the
number of fish permitted be re-
duced but not the number of
pounds. j. T. Brindley spoke in
favor of the present limit.
B. "A. Bealey said the Wolf creek
preserve had outlived its useful
ness and was in favor of the, club
taking action to have it abandoned.
His reasons for the proposed action
were that game went onto the pre-
serve at the beginning of the hunt
ing season with the result that the
winter range there is being grazed
much earlier than it would be if it,
were permitted to hunt deer over
that area. Hunting the deer would
keep them up on the higher ranges
until deep snow drove them down,
said Bealey, the winter range would
be thus conserved and fewer deer
would die from starvation.
! Bill Baenen made motion re-
questing the game commission to
4 open the season on elk in Lincoln
county during the last eight days
of the deer season, elk Of either sex
to be taken. The motion carried.
Graham CALDWELL, superintendent
of the state fish hatchery here, ad
! vised the club that the specimen
: pond at the hatchery was now II
tA,use and contained about LOO NAL
eastern Brook trout The member
I were invited TO pay the hatchery
: visit
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09
American Legion
Plans For Annuol
Christmas Porty

The American Legion and It'll
Auxiliary met Last Thursday euen-
ing with the Auxiliary serving a
dinner at $50. This dinner has
become regular monthly affair,
and is being served the first Thurs
day of each month, with business
meeting following Immediately af-
forwards.
Several matters OF interest were
discussed, one of which refers to the
decorating of the five trees at the
rear of the. memorial monument,
and concerning which this paper
carries a further explanation else
where in this issue. Another item
of interest was the organization and
training of a junior drum and bugle
corps. All Legion members and
service men and women who
would be interested in furthering
| this project kindly get in touch with
E. E. JaQueth, Harold Miller or Rus
sell Whitefield for further informa-
ton. This matter will be discussed
| further at the next regular meeting
Of the American Legion, which viii
be held at the Legion hall Thurs
day, Dec Is, at o'clock.
The annual Legion and Auxiliary
Christmas party for all children OF
ex-service men and women will be
held at the Legion hall at O'Clock
Friday, Dec. IT, Parents to bring
a toy for each child present of theil
own family. which must not exceee
the cost of Is cents. Don't forget TIT
date of the party, December IT,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09

The often discussed buck law came
I'D for more debate at the meeting
of the Libby Rod and Gun club
held Friday night at the community
hall, President R. N. Whitefield pre-
siding.
X. A. Klehm, supervisor of the
forest service, stated there did not
seem to be noticeable reduction
of the number of deer in adjoining
districts where the law permits
hunting of both bucks and does He
suggested the buck law be discon-
tinued for a season for trial
E. M. Boyes spoke in favor OF the
law and recommended that instead
of the club going on record as OPP
posed to the buck law that it pu
forth every effort toward more
planting of fish in this district ant
enlargement Of the fish hatchery.
B. "A. Bealey, forest ranger, salt
/ that in observations conducted OF
the Wolf creek game preserve h
had found the percentage OF faWn
was liz to each doe.
After considerable further discus
sion, M. X. Kedzie suggested the
4 the matter be laid over until N
next meeting and that straw vot
be taken. The vote showed 10
favor of the buck law and III Oh
posed, with several members NJ
! voting.
81 In the matter of the creel lin
for fish, Charles Johanson sugges
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09
Why They Object To
Decorating Memorial Tree

AT various times suggestions have
been made that the beautiful blue
spruce trees adjacent to the me-
mortal monument on Boulevard
avenue be decorated with electric
lights during the Christmas holi-
days. Some have always object
ed to that use of the trees and
it would seem there is logical
ground for their objections when the
history of the trees is known. w. K.
Dexter, who for many years was
chairman of the city park board
recently called the attention OF IN
terested parties to the reasons for
these objections.
Those lovely blue spruce trees
were planted many years ago as
lasting remembrance to the five
Libby boys who went over there
and who paid the supreme sacrifice
| in behalf of their country in the
World War, a tree for each of ths
| five boys, says Mr.. Dexter. This il
why many associate those five tree
with feeling of solemn reverence
and with them there is repug
nance toward decorating the tree
with gaudy lights typical of holida,
rejoicing.
This matter was brought befor
the Austin Reedy post of the Ameri
can Legion at its meeting Thurs
day night. The Legionnaires fel
quite resentful that anyone shout
propose to use those memorial tree
held in reverential remembrance
for such purpose. They adopted
resolution protesting such action.
The five Libby boys who paid tn
, supreme sacrifice and memory
: whom is to be kept green by thos
beautiful trees were Sergeant Hal
( per M. Erdman and Privates Neil
| Joughin, Austin f. Reedy, Fred
Fedorchuk and Robert David III
son, who gave their lives that III
) erty might not perish
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09
Another Fugitive
Arrested By Sheriff

Glen Clark was arrested Friday
at Jennings by Sheriff Baney upon
advice from Buffalo, Wyo., that
Clark was wanted there on forgery
or bad check charge. Deputy Sher-
if Gardner arrived from Wyoming
Sunday and took Clark back with
him. A Chevrolet dealer from Gas
per, Wyo., representing the finance
company, came after a car thai
Clark had driven here.
1t is alleged that Clark either
forged or passed a bad check ano
it IS believed the money went into
a payment on the car.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09
Libby W0men's Club
Program Next Tuesday

Plans have been completed for
the annual Christmas program OF
the Libby Women's club.
The regular December meeting
of the club will be held next Tues
day afternoon.
Mrs. Clay Parker has charge o.
the program and has announced
that a scene from one of Dickens
| Christmas stories will be drama
tized. In addition to this, each clul
member is asked to respond to rol
call with quotation from Dickens
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09
BowIes Sentenced
To Seven Years In
Stote Prison

Pleading guilty to the charge of
grand larceny in district court last
Tuesday, William A. Bowles was
sentenced to seven years in the pen
itentiary by Judge ]. E. lockwood.
BoWles is an ex-convict and is the
man who made way with an auto
and a sum of money from his en-
ployers, the Drew Dairy. at Troy,
some weeks ago. He is apparently
highly educated, writer for mag
azines, and a World War veteran
having served with Canadian forces.
In the State VS.. Frederick Gathe
of Eureka, charged with having
practiced medicine without license,
the demurrer to the complaint was
sustained, the defendant discharged
and his bond exonerated.
In the State VS.. Ray G. Frost and
L. 5. Kensler, county commission
ers, demurrers had been argued and
taken under advisement by the
court. The court sustained the de-
PENDANTS demurrer as to the fourth
fifth, sixth, seventh and elghtf
causes of action but overruled tht
demurrer as to the first. second anf
third causes of action. The defend
ants were given 10. days in which t.
answer as to the first, second ant
third causes.
Iri the State of Montana vs. Vii
4 liam Fl. Kemp, county commission
err. the defendants demurrer wa
sustained as to the third, fourth
fifth. sixth and seventh causes 0
action, but was overruled as to tn
first and second causes Of actor
Defendant given 10 days in which t
answer. :.
Lyle Wheeler was granted di
vorce, by default, from France
Wheeler, as was also Mary Cards
pee from John Gardipee, this actio
also being by default.
: The Federal Land Bank OF Spc
, kane was granted decree Of fore
. closure against Lille &. and Williar
, A. Moore.
The estate of John J. Johnson We
closed and the administrator di'
, charged.
Judge lockwood will be in LIB
January 10 for the holding Of cour
at which time a jury will be draw
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09
Mdny Attend
Lost Rites For
Troy Citizen

On the morning of Dec. !, the
Troy community was saddened with
the news of the passing OF {. a.
Peterson, manager of the Troy Com
mercial Company, at St. Luke's
hospital, in Spokane, Wash. Inc
end came quietly after q struggle
of many months to regain his health.
Funeral services were held from
the Methodist church on Deem
Der 3, at one o'clock in the after
noon, with the Rev. r. w. Orr of
Libby officiating and under the
auspices of the Masonic lodge of
Troy. The Eastern Star quartet,
consisting of Mrs. D. F. FeWkes, Mrs.
IL. A. Hosea, Mrs E. B. Angel, and
Mrs. Lee Kensler and accom-
panied by Mrs. J. B. Farris at the
piano. Honorary pallbearers were
III. C. Weidner, {. ]. Weidner, d. f.
Fewkes, E. B. Angel, L. A. Hosea,
George Monio and T. E. SERVER of
Browning, while acting pallbear :
ers were A. L. Dean, Al Williams,
Walter Morrison, Lee kensler,
Frank Thomas and Clifford Clay
The church was banked with many
beautiful floral offerings, emblem
attic of the esteem his many friends
had for him.
Tnterment was made Saturday
December 4 in the Conrad Memo
, rial cemetery at Kalispell at one
o'clock. Pallbearers to the grave
were: r. w. Elliott, S. E. Johns, DR.
/, Brassett. John Stenbeck, all of kal
: ispell. and T. E. SERVER and +. I
+ Sherbourne OF Browning, Mont.
Peter Andrew Peterson was borr
5 in Halstad, Minnesota, son OF San
q and Charlotte Peterson. He CAM
: to Browning, Mont, in 1910 and wa
: employed by H. Ammon, who wa
c engaged in the mercantile business
G In 1911 he was then employed by IN
G Browning Mercantile Company re
s naming with this firm until TIL
$ fall of 1925, when he moved t
:, Troy.
: In 1918 he was married at Mour
$ Pleasant, Mich, to Miss Alice ToWr
y send of Cobdin, Ill. They returne
to Browning to make their hom
g He was the first to serve as cler
/ of the school board on the Blacl
! feet Indian reservation and held tn;
IT position for 10 years. He with ].
q Sherbourne, of that place, was II
IS strumental in securing the fir
e gravel highway across the reserv
tons. In 1924 he was elected
the state legislature from Glaci
re county and served in that capacl
OF until October 1925, when he, Wi
Sc his family, moved to Troy, Whe
r he became manager of the TT
I, Commercial Company and remain
Y. in that position until his passing
Y He was member Of Troy Lod
o. No. 126 A. F. & "A. M and a mel
Der of the Presbyterian church,
was interested in civic affairs a
in the development OF northWeste
Montana.
We He is survived by his wife, Ali
ate and their son, Stratford, his faith
by five sisters and three brothers.
lu His cherry disposition will
M greatly missed by his many frlei
and by those who loved him.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-12-09
Carload of Potatoes
For Free Distribution

Harry Bouton of the surplus COM
modities store reports that he has
received carload of potatoes and
also one Of apples for free distribu-
ton to the needy. In addition to
these two carloads, $4,000 pounds OF
potatoes are being bought from
farmers at Eureka for distribution
here. Bouton says the county com
missioners are attending to the haul
ing Of the produce from the rail
road to the warehouse in the towns
where it is distributed.