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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
NATION IS SWEPT BY
 HYSTERIA

just as well go home to die. just heard it on the radio" Services were dismissed immediately.
 Extras Are Issued
 Newspapers in practically every city in the nation issued extras with flaring headlines to attract atten- tion and then gave the gist of the cause for the hysteria and there was nothing to be alarmed about.
 Five boys in the Brevard, North Carolina, College, tainted and a panic gripped the campus for half an hour, many students fighting for telephones to inform their parents to come and get them.
 In Pacific Northwest
 In Concrete, Wash, women faint ed and men prepared to take their families into the mountains for safe-keeping when the electric power failed during the realistic ra- dio drama tization of Wells War of the World" with meteors and gas from Mars. For a time the villagers of Concrete verged on mass hysteria because the power failed and many thought the invasion had reached Washington State.
 In Seattle Elsewhere in the Pacific Nortif- west calls poured into the news paper and Associated Press offices by the thousands.
 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Seattle Daily Times switchboards were white blanket of lights.
 Incoming calls reached the Asso- ciated Press office in Seattle from distance of 300 miles from persons asking about earthquakes and in- vasion from Europe, tidal waves and what have you" Many asked if anything was left of New York City. Some asked if New York City had disappeared beneath the At. lantic Ocean.
 Volunteers In San Francisco, offer to yolun. teer to stop the invasion from Mar; came among the hundreds of tele- phone calls received at Police Head. quarters and newspaper offices.
 During the broadcast one patrio excitedly roared into the telephone My God, where can I volunteer my services. We've got to stop this afwu thing"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
ADDeaIs to Man in AIaska
 His Mother Is Dying, Redca
 Him Finally at King Core

CHICAGO, IL, Oct. 31. = The poignant appeal to Henry L. Wal ther to come to the side of his mother, Mrs. Alice Walther, des- perately i'll, has reached him in the remote reaches of Alaska.
 Persistent efforts of amateur ra- dio transmitters, through four days, were rewarded Saturday night when a message from Henry, relayed, reached his home here.
 The message said: Message re- ceived through K-7-ATO at King Cove Take at least month to re- turn"
 Hope that Walther could make the trip in less than week devel- oped from a report of an amateur
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
Final Week of Off Year Campaign Witnesses
 Whirlwind Efforts
LEADERS OF BOTH
 PARTIES MAKE CALL
Record Polling Indicated President, Others Are
 to Make Speeches
(By Associated Press)

Thousands of candidates for Con- gressional and State offices today began the final week of campaign ing amid indications of a record off year vote in the November 8 election.
 Politicians agreed that the total of ballots will be far more than the 33000,000 cast in the 1884 Congress sional election even though the bal lots are not expected to reach 45,- 100000, the mark set in the Presi- dential contest two years ago.
 Both Democratic and Republican party leaders are calling out all their reserve forces.
 Campaign speeches this week are to be made by President Roosevelt arld by half of the members of his Cabinet, Hoover and Landon also slated for addresses, Landon today in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, before returning to help the Republicans in his home State of Kansas.
 President Roosevelt will speak Friday night to a radio audience to support the New York State Demo- cratic candidates.
 Herbert Hoover and John Hamil- ton will close the Republican cam paign. Hoover is to speak in Spo- kane. Wash, on Saturday and Hamilton will make final radio appeal for the Republicans next Saturday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
Commander of
 Allied Armies,
 RhineIand, Dies
World War General Passes Away in French Village
 On General Staff

LYONS, France, Oct. 3l.-Gen. Joseph DeGoutte, former command CT of the Allied Armies in the Rhineland, is dead tthe age of 72.
 Death came to the aged general at his home in the little village of Charnay.
 Dispite his long retirement from active service, Gen. DeGoutte was member of the General Staff until his death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31

radio operator that three airplanes were located within reach of King Cove.
 Louis Walther, the young mans father declared: If some generous soul will pick him up and bring him home I will be tickled to death"
 The young mans mother keeps continually calling for him as she is dying with cancer, complicated by heart disease which is threaten ing her sudden death.
 Her appeals were finally taken up and ham operators from Chicago to the coast of Alaska ere pressed into service to get word to Walther and these have proved successful.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
ROOSEVELT
 CALLS DOWN
 6. Q. P. MAN
President Resents "Deliber- ate Misuse of Name
 by Pa. Candidate

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 31. - President last night objected tc what he called deliberate misuse of his name in Pennsylvania's hec- tic political campaign by Judge Ar thur H. James, Republican candi- date for Governor.
 The President wrote:
 T felt that had every right to object to James saying in his speeches that I deliberately re- trained from meddling in local is- sues in Pennsylvania because I am unwilling to put my hands in that dirty muddy water"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
JUNEAU HARb0R WORK TO START
 WITHIN 10 DAYS
Breakwater Construction to Be Done by Day Labor,
 Colonel Wild Says

Work on Juncau's small boat
 harbcr will start within 10 days
 and will be done by the gov
 ernment with day labor, accord
 ing to a message to the Juneau
 Chamber of Commerce today
 from Col. H. J. Wild, Division
 Engineer in Seattle.
 In his message Col. Wild said:
 Authority has been received
 to proceed with the breakwater
 construction by hired labor and
 under the government plan.
 Will consider partial use of To-
 cal trucks and yardage delivery
 basis similar to proce edure
 adopted by the Alaska Road
 Commission on the bridge fill
 if satisfactory offers are made.
 Work will be started within 10
 days"
 Construction of the breakwaters has been delayed following the opening of bids in Seattle, the low est of which had been IA cents over the engineers estimate of 40 cents a yard. Col. Wild had recommended that the bids be rejected as toe high. In the meantime, the Cham Der radioed the Colonel pointing out the advantages of doing the work this fall, and that trucks anc men were now available.
 Today's response, Pre- d n Charles w. Carter of the Chamber said, reveals the War Department is going to proceed. with the work or a day labor basis.
 c. A. Novi, Inspector of Dredging for the War Department Engineers arrived in Juneau this morning or the Alaska in connection witt small boat harbor work here. Nov said he was still awaiting for in structions and said that within the next few days he expects to begin survey work on the breakwater.
 Matthew Rogers, who supervised the Cordova boat harbor project finished last Thursday, was alst on the Alaska, and went through tt Ketchikan for a few weeks work il connection with harbor work there Noyi said Rogers would probably re turn to Juneau soon.
 Novi is a guest at the Gastineal Hotel.
 Word was received at the Cit, Hall this afternoon from the Wa Department asking if Engineer Nov could be given office space there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
Skag,vay Pioneer
 Is Dead

SKAGWAY, Alaska, Oct. 31. -- Mrs. Margaret Ward, wife of F. F. J. Ward former United States Com missioner here and a pioneer resi- dent of Atlin and Skagway, passed away Saturday afternoon. She had been i'll for about one year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31

The date industry, about 9 years old in the United States, originated with the introduction by the depart ment of agriculture of the choicest dates from old world gardens.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
Gives Birth To Twin Boys, Then Dies

NEW YORK, Oct. 31-Mrs Ger aldine McAlpin Webster, grand niece of the late John D. Rockefel- Ter, died yesterday after the birth of twin sons, both of whom survived.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
WASHINGTON ON THE SPOT

So many tourists put their fingers on the city of Washington in big map of the U. s. hanging in the Li- brary of Congress that they wore a hole through the map, through its cardboard backing and into the wall behind it. The library lately re- placed the map with new one.
 And did you know that:
 The government has begun to train its radio voices. it has so much business on the air. First class is in connection with a WPA bureau of education job in New
 (Gxo.nfinnad r.n Yana nrt,roon
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31

Late summer, when the cover crop is seeded, is the best time to apply lime on land that needs it for growing vegetables.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31

John Fujinlori, a Japanese, has been fined $25 in Commissioners court in Hoonah for illegal possess sion of venison, according to word to the Alaska Game Commission headquarters from Wildlife Agent Douglas Gray at Hoonah.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-31
PATENT OFFICE FLOODED, roo

The New England storm and flood brought a storm and flood of ap- plications to the patent office for patents on life-saving devices and storm signals. It happens every time. It is the same way with war
 The mails bring in designs for trick
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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-09-01
H. Fl. CARAVAN,
Kalispell, Montana.
GLENN TAYLOR,
.LL.y skfnntauo
NOTICE OF SALE OF FIRE
DISTRICT BONDS.

Notice is hereby given by the Fire
Directors of the Rexford Fire Dis
trict of Lincoln County, State of
Montana, that the said Fire Direc-
tors will on the 9th day of Sep
TENDER, 1883, at the hour of 10
o'clock A. M, at the court house
in Libby, Montana, sell to the high
est and best bidder for cash, either
amortization or serial bonds of the
said fire district in the total amount
of Three Thousand Dollars (S3 1000
O0.), in order to obtain funds for the
purpose of acquiring and procuring
water supply, purchasing or other
wise acquiring or constructing a
water system and establishing pipe
lines for said fire district.
Amortization bonds will be the
first choice and serial bonds will be
the second choice Of said Fire Di-
rectorS.
If amortization bonds are sold and
issued, the entire issue may be put
into one single bond or divided in
to several bonds, as the said Fire
Directors may determine upon at
the time of sale, both principal and
interest to be payable in semi-an-
nual installments during period
of ten years from the date of issue
If serial bonds are issued and
sold they will be in the amount OF
$4,000 each; the sum of $4,000 OF
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the said serial bonds will become
payable on the lst day of June,
1898, and like amount on the same
day each year thereafter until all
of such bonds are paid
The said bonds, whether amortiza-
ton or serial bonds, will bear date
of June l, 1888, and will bear In
terest at q rate not exceeding six
per centum 1871 per annum, pay
able semi annually, ON the 1st
day of June and the LIST day of De-
cember in each year, and will be.
redeemable in fun on any interest
payment date from and after five
years from the date of issue.
The said bonds will be sold for
not less than their par value with
accrued interest, and all bidders
must state the lowest rate of in
terest at which they will purchase
the bonds at par. The Fire Di-
rectors reserve the right to reject
any bids, and to sell said bonds at
private sale, il they deem it for
the best interest of the district.
All bids should be addressed to
the undersigned secretary.
LESLIE c. KENSLER,
Chairman, Board of Directors, Rex
ford, Fire District, Lincoln Coun-
ty, State Of Montana.
Address: Troy, Montana.
Attest: ELDON ]. SCHUCk,
Secretary, Rexford Fire District,
Lincoln County, State of Mon
tana.
Address: Libby, Montana.
ag11-s8-5 st.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-09-01
Three Comrades" Is
Heart Gripping Story

From the pen of the author of
"All Quiet on the Western Front"
comes another gripping screen story,
this time a narrative IN which a ma
tons woes after the World War
are overshadowed by one of the
most human love stories to reach the
screen.
In the new picture, Three Com
rades," which opens Sunday at the
Kootenai Theatre for a two day
showing, Robert Taylor and Mar
garet SULLIVAN provide poignant
romance, with Franchot Tone and
Robert Young, also in stellar roles,
adding performances which will re-
main long in the memory of the
moviegoer.
The story, based on Erich Maria
Remarque's widely-read novel, GEN.
tiers about Taylor, Tone and Young
three young war veterans who face
chaotic future together in coun-
try gripped by postwar disturb
ances.i Taylor, the youngest. falls
in love with Miss Su1lavan,. the
love affair giving all three COM
rades a new interest in life.
Taylor and Miss Sullivan are mar.
ried and it seems as though fate
has offered them share of happi-
ness at last. But life DEGREES other
wise. Young is slain in a riot and
Miss SULLIVAN suffers an illness or
her honeymoon. When she faces
an operation in distant sanitar.
rum, Tone sells his proudest posses
sion, a racing car, but Miss Sullavar
dies, leaving Taylor and Tone te
face the future alone.
The fine direction of Frank Dor
cage is discernible in the picture!
even flow and brilliantly knit cpl
sodes. In the supporting cast Gu,
Kibbee offers an effective por
| travail.
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FISHER RIVER


Mrs. Florence Palm, mother OF
Edward Palm and Mrs. Stollfuss
on Thompson river, passed away al
the home of her daughter last week.
Funeral services were held IN kal-
ispell on Friday afternoon and the
body was sent to Iowa for burial.
The family has the sympathy of the
community.
MIR. and Mrs. Morris Davis and
the children spent last Wednesday
afternoon on East Fisher.
Lois Bennett of Troy is visiting
at the Scott and Wallace homes un-
til school begins.
Gene Scott sold bunch OF beef
cattle to a buyer from kallspeil
last week.
Earl Walker, Mrs. Dorothy Nor
rill and Mrs. George Pearman were
callers. at the NJ l. Davis home
Wednesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Davis and
Barbara spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Phillips on
Thompson river.
Mrs. George Koebel returned from
Kalispell last Thursday on the bus.
Her hand is improving nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Davis and
Mrs. I. F. Davis visited at the M.
|. Davis home Friday afternoon.
Elgin (Dutch) Murphy OF Troy
and Robert Peterson were callers
at the Meadows Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Gene Scott and the
children were in Libby Saturday
The Meadows school house is to
be cleaned and painted inside and
out this week.
Robert Sloan and Mrs. Mary Car
dapee were married in Kahspell last
Thursday.
] Mrs. Earl Walker, Mrs. George
/ Pearman and Mrs. w. j. Lloye
went into Libby Saturday.
i Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Scott ane
children spent Sunday at the w
A. Wallace home
Morris Davis spent Tuesday anc
Wednesday at Richard Peaks doing
some work for the forest service.
Gene Scott went to Kalispel
Thursday and drove out new In
ternational pickup.
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Building Vocational
Training Comp

MISSOULA, Aug. 30-(SpeciaD
First progressive steps toward one
of the most modern and complete
vocational training camps IN the
state are nearing completion IN the
temporary buildings now under con-
struction at the Little Bitter Root
lake, rs miles east of Kalispeli
When completed. this camp will be
capable of training 40 men voca-
tons the entire year.
Located in the rRidst of primitive
territory, the camp has one of the
most beautiful sites of any in the
nation. Since early July, 80 youths
have been Worhink to clear the site
and construct the first temporary
buildings. BY the first week in
September. these buildings will be
completed so that 100 boys can start
actual construction on the camp,
which is estimated to take 10
months. CONSTRUCTION of the. camp
itself win provide for rnearrs OF
vocational training and instruction
The camp day win consist of three
hours of training and instruction,
three hours OF actual work, and two
hours of supervised recreation.
Shop, biological survey, forestry and
surveying projects will be included
in the training program when the
camp is completed.
Plans Of the buildings are of
rustic construction, IN keeping with
their forest surroundings. Plans
call for two resirfence lodges, mess
haH and kitchen. shop, recreation
hall and theatre. library, outdoor
little theatre. tennis courts and rec
reation grounds, boat piers and
boats, light and pumping plant, anc
infirmary.
Recreational opportunities will in
clude swimming, fishing, boating
hunting, hiking, photography, skat
ing, snow shoeIng and skiing.
The prime purpose of the camp
is to train young men. 120 at a time
for vocations All construction worl
will be done by the boys themselves
under direction of well trained ane
competent supervision. Captain
Harry L. Wickman. CCC camp com
mander for four years and dis
trict CCC inspector, who is an en-
gineer in private life, will be camp
superintendent. Buildings and furn.
ishings will be done by the men ir
camp, all under the direction O
technical supervisors. The boy:
will be paid small sum for poke
money each month, and will be Civ
en- their lodging, food, hospital, ant
physicians care
Boys between the ages of ID AM
"a, who are eligible for assignment
to the NYA, will be qualified to talk
vocational training at the camp.
Rutledge Parker, state directo
of the parks, is the official sponso
for the park, which will cost $780, 0t
The Kalispell chamber of commerc
has contributed $1,000 towards til
camps construction and is an as
sisting sponsor.
The state forestry service, mort
Montana forestry association an
- national forest service are assistin
the NYA in construction of til
camp. Major Evan Kelly, of Regio
No. |, has provided services of TIL
architectural and Iandscaping de
partments of the forest service TO
outlining plans. w. j. Fox, archi
tect for the forest service, has draw
plans for the camp.
The WPA department of educa
ton and recreation will furnish in
sslu.turs for the crafts and recrea
tional directors.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-09-01

MIR. and Mrs Sather, Margaret
Coffman and Florence Stone mo-
tored to Libby Monday to attend
the show
James White and son Jimmy of
Spokane were visitors at the Daugh-
arty home Monday.
Bill Hubert and Maxine Lift re-
turned Friday from Kansas where
they spent the summer.
Mrs. Shirley Glass is spending the
week visiting her mother and
friends.
Mrs. John Thompson of Portland
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry
Weidner, for several days.
Virgil Bachus left Tuesday for
Wenatchee where he will remain for
several months
Ida and Duane Daugharty re-
turned Sunday from Clarksfork
Ida, where they have been visiting
for week.
The Neighborhood Sewing club
met at the home of Mrs. c. N. De.
vine Wednesday.
Lester Backus from Yak wa.
visiting relatives in Troy Friday.
John Joy left Wednesday fol
Whitefish where he will attenc
school,
Lorraine Mallick, Florence Burns
and Jerry Grove will leave Sunday
for Spokane where they will attend
the Spokane Telegraph School
S. B. Holbert returned from Spo-
kane Tuesday.
Patricia Daugharty will leave
Sunday for Spokane to attend the
Northwestern Business College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Litchfield
returned from an extended trip on
the coast Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Thornton
were business visitors in Kalispel
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Nelson, Mrs
Theresa Gavre and Jerry Gavre
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Mrs. Jess Haworth and Mrs. E. N.
Woodward were callers in Libby
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Frank and
Mrs. l.. Conway drove to Libby Fri
day where Mrs. Frank is having
dental work done.
Mr.. and Mrs I. M. Gee and Frank
Bolls visited in Libby Saturday.
DR.. Helen Ensign of Hawarden,
Iowa, who has been spending the
summer months with her son and
daughter Law, MFR. and Mrs. War
rem Ensign, left for her home Wed
nesday on No 2, which stopped at
Warland for her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Haworth drove
to Libby Saturday afternoon where
he purchased a Dodge truck from
the Libby Motors. Dan Culver ac-
companied them, returning by train.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Woodward and
Bob drove to Kalispell Sunday, 60
ing by way of Libby and Happy's
Inn and returning through White
fish and Eureka.
Mrs. Robert Holgren and sons Wis
tied with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Scouten of Eureka for few days
last week.
Miss Virginia Gee left Friday ev-
ening to visit with friends in White
fish and Kalispell.
Mrs. Walter Young of Kalispell is
visiting for a few days with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Schmalz.
Dean Beller visited with his
mother in Kalispell over the week
end.
Ira Miller, county surveyor, is in
Warland for few days on business.
Repairs and kalsomining have
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Against the above amendment

The elector shall designate his prefer
ence for either Of the propositions by
making an before the proposition for
which he desires to vote.
Section 1. The votes cast for and
against the amendment herein proposed
shall be counted, canyassed and deter
mined by such officials and In such man
ner as provided by law, and II majority
of all votes cast at such election for and
against such amendment shall be In favor
OF such amendment, tho governor OF the
State shall 30 declare by public proclA~
nation, and the amendment shall be In
full force and effect ~ = part OK tho
constitution from and after the date Of
such proclamation.
Section s. This act shall be- In fun,
force and effect from and after lts pas
sage and approval.
Approved March II. 1857.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
STATE OF MONTANA
/, Sam w. Mitchell, Secretary OF state
OF the State of Montana, do hereby cer-
tify that the foregoing In true and
correct copy of an Act entitled. IAN Act
to Provide for tho submission to this
Qualified Electors OF the State OF Mon
tana OF an Amendment to Section OF
Article XVI OF the Constitution of tho
State OF Montana Relating to the Quail
fications and Terms OF Office Of County
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Great Seal OF the State OF Montana, NJ
Helena, the Capital, July rs, 1888.
SAM w. MITCHELL
Great SeaD Secretary OF State.
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Gale Weidner to Wed.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Gale Weidner left for South
Bend, Wash, Tuesday where he will
be married to Sara Floetke on Sep
TENDER 2, at Aberdeen, Wash. After
a honeymoon on the coast, they
will return to Libby where they
will make their home.
Both are graduates of Washing
ton State College where Miss Flo
etke belonged to the Kappa Delta
sorority and Gale belonged to Phi
Sigma Kappa
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been completed in the Warland
school and it is now in readiness
for the coming term.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Davis drove
to Libby Monday.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-09-01

II isn't the size of the dog in the
fight, but the size of the fight IN the
dog that counts.
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children from Billings will visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Frye for sew
eral days.
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CHAS D. ROWE, Editor and Manager

Entered at the postoffice at Libby,
Lincoln County, Montana as sec
ord class matter.
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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

Montana the District Court
lof the Eleventh judicial District
qualified acting public
Lincoln County Montana does herewith submit his
as
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Member: National Editorial Associa-
ton and Montana State Press As
ISOLATION.