The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-04-22
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(From the, file of the Western News
Libby was defeated in the baseball
game at Troy Sunday by score of 8
TO 0. II was the first game of the sea-
son for the two teams. but with the ex-
ception of one inning, when ali the runs
were made, 1t was good one.
Floyd Bowen is constructing a stump
puller at his ranch south of town and
when completed, he will use the APP
paratus to clear his land,
Frank Woods, while employed on
the Pipe creek log drive, was fatally
injured Monday through the explosion
of charge of dynamite. His left hand
was torn almost to shreads and he re-
ceived injuries on his body He died
Wednesday at the Boomers Ferry hos
pital from internal injuries and will be
buried in Libby today.
F. E. Williams is new arrival in.
Libby from Dayton, Wyo, and expects
to locate here permanently.
The Libby cutoff is going to be
built this year, according to a local
booster who came into the Western
News office this week and impaired the
information, saying he had just re-
ceived the news from an authentic
source. 1t is requested, however, that
the matter be kept as quiet as possible,
for too much publicity might interfere
with the plans. 1t might be disastrous
if that Libby cutoff story should get
out and become public property.
Commenting on recent story in the
Western News wherein il was related
how Woody Williams had seen a r.
foot sturgeon in the river at Kootenai
falls, the Kalispell Inter Lake remarks
that mo one at distance has any call
to question the size, but IL feet is some
length for fish, even in the Kootenai,
where they grow big
b. F. Howard and Harry Howard,
who have an excellent piece of land in
the Libby creek valley almost adjoin-
ing the townsite on the south, are TAX
ing steps to clear large part of their
place of stumps. They are using dyna-
mite to blow the stunps out.
Mrs. James Casey spent the past
week in Spokane.
VIM. BristoW was visitor in the
city Friday from Warland
The work of clearing the Catholic
church grounds has been in progress
during the past week.
Mrs. c. w. Hutton left Sunday for
Minnesota. where she will visit her
daughter Mrs. John Keller.
Mr.. and Mrs Bertram Thomas have
rented house in the east part Of town
from A. L. Thompson and are now oc-
cupying the place
George Fowler has taken a contract
TO clear about 20 acres of stump land
for r M. Plummer The land is located
short distance west of town.
J. J. OMAR, for several months man
ager of the Libby Water Works, Elec-
trio Light and Power company, left
Tuesday for his former home in Sheri-
dan, Wyo. His position here is being
filled by E. E. Stone, who took charge
on April /.
| Mr. and Mrs. Arthur l. Ketchum
! have issued invitations to relatives and
! friends to attend the wedding OF their
j niece, Miss Emma Vida Carlton, and
Mr.. Edward Martin Boyes, on the ev-
ening of Wednesday, April "a, at s
o'clock. The ceremony will be per-
formed at the Ketchum home in Libby
The Western News goes to press now
with the paper on Wednesday night in
stead OF Thursday morning, as former
ly for the very good reason that the
electric light company does not furnish
a day service and the printing presses
are now operated by electricity.