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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
Accepts SUPPLEMENTARY
OF Culbertson Schools

News was given out this week
that George Hayes, principal of the
Libby high school, has accepted the
SUPPLEMENTARY of the Culbertson,
Mont, schools and will assume the
duties there next fall.
In losing MIR. Hayes the Libby
schools lose highly competent in
structor and administrator. He came
to Libby eight years ago direct
from his college work in the State
College, Bozeman, and has won a
reputation here as d very able
school man. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Hayes have been prominent as well
in the social life of the community
They have won many friends for
themselves who will be glad of Mr.
Hayes promotion in his chosen fielc
but who will regret to lose them,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
Libby Takes
Second PIoce
In Tournament

In one of the fastest, hardest
fought tournaments to be staged in
this district, Libby High School won
second place at Whitefish last Fri
day and Saturday. In the first game
of the tournament Libby played St.
Matthews. The Saints were really
a strong team and the Terriers had
to extend themselves to win The
score was 1926. In the second game
of the tournament Eureka played
Poison. The Lincoln County boys
were hot" and won by the de-
cisive score of 1873. In the third
game Columbia Falls played Troy.
The Trojans, disheartened by an
unsuccessful season and not being
used to a large floor, lost 1920 In
the fourth game the Whitefish Bull
dogs won over Big Fork, 27-15. In
the consolation game of the evening
St. Matthews took the measure OF
Poison, Bib
Saturday morning found the Lib
by tossers engaging the Lincoln
County lads of Eureka. This was
one Of the best games Of the -tourna-
ment, and many concluded that the
two strongest teams met in this
game. Libby won 27-22. In the
seventh game Whitefish engaged
Columbia Falls. This was "a nip
and tuck battle" with Whitefish fin
ally overcoming a plueky Columbia
Falls team to win 1922.
On Saturday afternoon Big Fork
met the Trojans from Troy and won
30-12. The winners Of this game
were to meet st. Matthews for fourth
place.
Saturday night before crowd OF
nearly 1000 people, st. Matthews
won over tired Big Fork team,
1921. In the play-off for third place
Columbia Falls regained their form
and won over Eureka, 1912,
The winner of the final game,
which was played Saturday night,
was to go to Havre to represent
District ID. Both teams were out to
do their best. Whitefish gained an
early lead, GO, but were unable to
stop the determined Terriers and
trailed 1910 at the half. In the
second half Whitefish opened up and
in no time extended the score in
their favor 2016. The Terriers
fought stubbornly and forged into
the lead. With one minute and 1C
seconds to 60 Libby led 1922. Whit
ney, Bulldog guard, took long
chance from out near the center and
accounted for two points to give
Whitefish victory.
This game marked the end of 6
colorful high school career for foul
Libby dependable seniors: Captain
Clair Borden, Bob Fowler, Dick
Richards, and Don Hayden.
AS winner of second place the
Terriers will receive a cup with
their names engraved ON it. -
In individual play, Borden tool
second IN scoring, with O'Boyle O.
st. Matthews first.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
Radio Engineers
In Libby Find
Much Interference

Clarence Wilson of Libby and the
Spokane radio engineer, James o.
Craig, are finding lot of machines
lover the city that are responsible
flor radio interference. They are
making house to house canvass
|of the city.
The men report they run onto no
objectiQn@t0 testing out the equip
ment in most places. However, very
few are ready to have their ma
chimes insulated SO as not to give
out the interference. The common
remark, SO the men report, is that
each one will have his offending
machines attended to provided it is
done all over the city And that
lis not an unreasonable position to
take.
Wilson and Craig state that after
they have -canvassed the entire city
and made list of all places where
interference originates, they will
appear before the city council with
a report giving this information.
That will be as far as they can 90.
1t will then be up to the city Of
ficials to provide necessary ordi-
nances to control the trouble, say
the two engineers.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
Libby Lions Meet
And Enjoy Dinner

Not great deal of business. wa.
transacted by the Libby Lions a
their meeting and dinner. Monday
night, in the Presbyterian church
parlors, but jolly hour and halt
of sociability was enjoyed by ev-
eryone. Lion Marshall Murray wa.
in the presidents chair and KEEP
the meeting moving along in live
ly manner.
President Murray announced that
the negotiations with the Grea
Northern railway for lease of land
at Kootenai falls for development
of a roadside park were evidently
nearing an end He said copy of a
lease had been received by the club
from the railroad company. Thi.
was signed and returned to the
company but signed copy from tht
company had not yet been received
by the club.
A short report on what was being
done toward furthering the sus
tanned yield program in the forests
of this region was submitted by
Carlton Joughin.
Judge ]. <. lockwood and Attor-
ney Forrest lockwood of Kalispell
and NJ X. Kedzie of Libby were
present as guests of the club. Each
was introduced by the sponsoring
hosts and were given the usual stir,
!. ring Lion acknowledgment. Each
also spoke briefly expressing theil
pleasure over the invitation to NEE
with the Lions. Judge lockwood
and Attorney RockmQod arc ryary,
bers of the Rotary and Kiwani.
clubs of Kalispell and extended in
vitations to Libby Lions to visit The
clubs at any time any of them are
in Kalispell.
A few other minor business mat
tiers were transacted and the meet.
ing closed with song in which al
Joined.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
jock Frost Token Second Time - More
Learned of Shody Work in Colorado

Jack Frost is again in the hands
of the law after having slipped out
of its clutches at Raymond. Wash.
last week. Frost was picked up by
an Idaho sheriff at Weiser, Ida, who
Immediately notified Sheriff Ban
ey that he had the wanted man.
Frost, it will be remembered, was
released last week by the chief of
police at Raymond, Wash, before
warrant could be sworn out in
Libby authorizing the Raymond Of
fetal to hold Frost.
Sheriff Baney left yesterday
morning to obtain the necessary
papers from the Montana governor
in Helena and will then go to Boise,
Idaho, to secure extradition papers
for Frost, if the Idaho governor
will issue them. He will then pick
Frost up at Weiser and bring him
back to Libby for trial. The charge
against him is having obtained mon
ey under false pretenses. The COM
plant is lodged by, Mrs. Clara Wood
ruff, who alleges that Frost sold her
dance ticket just before he skip
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03

ped out and before his part of the
contract had been lived up to. The
woman who is travelling with Frost
and using. the name of Iva Frost is
not held at Weiser as there is no
charge filed against her.
Since Frost's arrest in Weiser, ad
ditional information has come to
Sheriff Baney. The chief of police
at Colorado Springs, Colo, has sent
finger-prints of both Frost and the
woman and also pictures of the two
when they were "mugged" by Colo
RADIO officials. In a letter that ac-
companied the pictures and finger
prints, the Colorado City officer
said that Frost and the woman
had frequently been in trouble in
Colorado. He said one of their
clever schemes was to drive up to
service station late at night, have
their auto tank filled with gas and
then tender a hundred dollar bill
in payment. When the station man
could not change the large bill,
Frost would offer to leave a watch
as security upon payment to him
of $40 to SIS in cash, saying he
would return the next day and re-
deem the watch. He never returned
and the watch was found later to
be very cheap one Thus our
dear Jack got away with a tank of
gasoline and from $40 to SIS in
cash, all in exchange for a cheap
watch
The finger-print cards also con-
tanned the information that Frost at
times used the alias of George st.
Onge. That was the name of the
woman's first husband and was used
by her before she married another
man by the name of Dodge, accord
ing to allegations in the commun-
ication from Colorado Springs. The
man Dodge now lives in Portland,
Ore, and last week. wrote Sheriff
Baney alleging that he was the
undivorced husband of the woman
now travelling with Frost as his
wife.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
Lowton Given
Two Yeor erm
In Stote's Prison

Raymond T. Lawton, alias M. r.
Archer, was sentenced to two years
in the state penitentiary by a Jury
in district court in Libby Tuesday
LaWton was charged with the theft
of car from Libby Motors last
September and a grand larceny
charge resulting from that eseapade
was what landed him in the pen
itentiary.
It will be remembered that Law
ton and his wife appeared in Libby
last fall with damaged car. While
1t was being repaired at the Libby
Motors garage, he was granted the
courtesy of the use of a garage
demonstration, a 1887 Graham Su-
percharger sedan. One day he dis
appeared with the car, having driv-
en- it away from the curb where it
had been parked.
LaWton was later arrested in st.
Paul, Mimi. and returned to Libby.
where he has been in Jail awaiting
trial. His defense was that he was
an agent of the garage as a car
salesman and that he had been Civ
en- permission to use the car as he
desired This was denied in toto
by Libby Motors proprietors.
While it was not brought out in
the trial, it was disclosed at the
time of Lawton's arrest that he had
a long criminal record back of him
and had done time in the federal
penitentiary at McNeil's island.
Forgery seemed to be one of his
weaknesses and he fell to that same
weakness here. Before leaving Lib
by with the car, he asked Jesse
Oylear of the Libby Motors to cash
a hundred dollar check on Spo-
kane bank. The check later proved
worthless. At Sioux Falls, S. D., he
had a car accident and signed
Oylear's name to $40 check, so 1t
is said, to settle damage charges
against him. The matter of the
checks was not brought out in the
present trial.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03

The operetta, "At the Rainbow's
Edge" will be presented at the
Parent Teachers association on
March IA. Seventy-five grade pu-
pills will participate in this colorful
fantasy that tells how Jack Frost
and the Snow Flakes steal the colors
from the careless Rainbow Elves.
After conflict between the Brown
Bears and the Polar Bears the Sun
beams come To the rescue of the
flowers before they are taken cap
tive by the Frost people. The par
ents and public are cordially i'm
vited to this program, which will be
given free.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
Will Put All
CCCMen0n
Blister Rust
Supervisor Says Full Force
WHl Be Thrown Into
Fight This Year.
DISEASE FOUND ON
TREES AND RIDES

That the forest service is fully
aware of the danger that threatens
the white pine of this district by q
blister rust invasion is indicated
by statement made by Supervisor
Klehm this week. Mr.. Klehm said
every CCC man in the district will
be put on blister rust control this
summer in an attempt to rout the
invader before it gains a real foot
hold in one of the greatest resources
Of this district-the white pine
forests.
This paper stated last week that
Supervisor Klehm had said blister
rust had been found in the Bull lake
district. This highly destructive
disease has been found ON a few
white pine trees in the Lake creek
area. Up in the Yak district, along
Meadow creek, the disease has also
been found working on the ribes
For the benefit of the uninitiated
1T should be said that the ribes are
certain wild plants, such as wild
currants, which are host plants to
the disease. In other words, the
spores that carry the disease travel
from diseased tree to the RIDES or
host plant, then back to infect other
trees from the RIDES. That is the
life cycle of the spores. The disease
cannot travel from tree to tree. 1t
has been found that the disease must
travel from infected tree to host
plant, and from host plant back to
another tree.
This is fortunate matter as 1t
makes possible fight against the
blister rust. BY destroying all the
host plants over a given area, the
spread of the disease can be con-
trolled. But one can we'll imagine
what tremendous task destruction
of all host plants is in q forested,
mountainous district. Yet it is pos
sible and by that means the disease
has been controlled in other sec
tons.
According to Supervisor Klehm,
all Gees will be thrown into a bat
tie this summer to meet the in
vader and rout it before it can do
much damage.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
Hunters Must Hold
Back From Killing

Duck hunters must withhold their
desires to take more ducks thar
are Matching and matured each year
in the breeding fields, if the wild
fowl supply is to be maintained
Ira N. Gabrielson, chief of the u. S
biological survey, warns State Game
Warden James A. Weaver. While
counts by the biological survey re-
veal ducks increasing in numbers
hunters must be restrained from
killing too many or the flocks again
will dwindle and migratory flights
disappear entirely.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03

indicating the judgment of
Governor Roy e. Ayers in seeking
cost data for the proposed new CEN
trail Montana highway, the state
highway commission received en-
cheering reports this week reveal
ing that the Rogers Pass route will
cost $494,364 less than the Semple
Pass route. Governor Ayers last
summer cancelled a proposed con-
struction program via Semple Pass,
pending survey of costs and dis
tances.
Carried out by highway engineers,
the study reveals total cost of the
Semple pass route to be $3,566, 428;
Rogers Pass, $3,072,064. Rogers Pass
route is IL miles longer. Addition
al studies will be conducted by the
commission to determine. need for
such a highway through the last
frontier" of Montana, the South Fork
of the Flathead country.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
No Basis for Custer

No Basis for Custer
The motion of the defense that re-
sulated in dismissal of the cases was
based on budget law provisions.
Custer proceedings were brought on
the basis that the commissioners
had exceeded the road and bridge
fund budgets for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1887, alleging such ac-
ton violation of law and therefore
grounds for removal from office.
The defense commended that the bud
get law provides its own punish
ment for violation and that it is ex-
elusive of any other penalties. That
punishment as provided by the law
does not include removal from Of
flee. Therefore, the statute was not
basis for removal from office and
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
Custer Proceedings Against
Commissioners Dismissed
Court Rules That Budget Law Provides Own Penalty for
Violation, Which Does Not Include Removal From
Office; No Legal Grounds for Present Action
COUNTY ATTORNEY HOLDS SAME OPINION
MUST COLLECT FROM OFFICIAL PERSONALLY

In district court this morning, Judge J. E. lockwood
sustained motion of defendants attorneys which resulted
in dismissal of the custer proceedings against County Com
missioner Ray Frost of Eureka Immediately following the
ruling by the court County Attorney Long moved that
similar against County Commissioners Kensler and
Kemp be likewise dismissed inasmuch the latter two
cases based similar grounds the against
Frost The court sustained the motion and the against
Kensler and Kemp were also dismissed
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
Libby Pioneers Society
Holds Annual Meeting

The Libby Pioneers Society held
one of its most successful annual
meetings in Legion hall Saturday
night. A large number was present
and many new members were taken
into the organization.
Mrs. Sam Ratekin was elected
president. Mrs. A. c. Herbst vice
president, Mrs. James Reedy sec
rotary, Mrs. W. w. Blew treas
urer, and NJ. D. Rowland member
of the board of directors. The ev-
ening was devoted to dancing, with
a fine lunch served at the usual
time.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
ATTACK STORE LAW

r. A. Buttrey Co, of Havre, has
filed suit against the new chain
store tax law In district court at
Helena, alleging the wording of the
law is faulty. The enacting clause
of the law specifies: BE it enacted
by the people Of Montana" instead
of BE it enacted by the Legislature
Of Montana" The Buttrey firm
seeks recovery Of 5000 i'm chain
store licenses in the suit.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
Libby Man Dies Suddenly.

David Pippenger, 68, died sudden
ly yesterday morning while sitting
in a chair in the Club pool hall.
r. O. Larsen, the proprietor, noticed
Pippenger was doing in a chair
and then saw him straighten up
and gasp. Seeing that the man was
i'll, Larsen at once phoned Forrest
De Rosia, nephew, who gave in
struetions to call DR.. J. M Cairns
at once. BY the time DIR. Cairns
arrived, Pippenger was dead.
Mr. Pippenger was born in Iowa
in 1870 He had lived around Troy
for year and in Libby for the
past two years. He is survived by
a sister, Mrs. Ben Pritchard, Pop
lar, Mont, and by two nieces in
Libby, Mrs. Forrest De Rosia and
Mrs. S. A. Rasmussen.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
TRAVELLING SOUTH

Governor Roy E. Ayers and fam
lily are "headin' south" according
to press dispatches from Santa Fe,
N. M, on little vacation trip y
The governor and family are taking
a leisnrely automobile tour through
the southwest. They viii spend
several days in Texas.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
HUNTERS PAY

Sportsmen Of Montana paid the
state S182,157 for various hunting
and fishing licenses during the past
year figures compiled by the bio
logical survey reveal. In the United
States and Alaska they paid $10,-
466, 237 for licenses.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
Dies Monday Afternoon.

Howard Nelson a-eaak4 was
brought to the Libby hospital the
first of the week from Troy suf :
fering from an intestinal obstruc-
ton of four days duration. He died
Monday afternoon.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
Herbert Mine
Will Drift Above
No. 2 Tunnel

At a meeting of officials of Her
bert Gold Mines, held in Spokane
Saturday, it was decided that the
company would complete its No.
raise to the surface and drift on
the vein between the No. tunnel
level and the surface
From the tunnel to the surface
is 200 feet in the No raise, accord
ing to calculations, SO the drift will
be started at the 100 foot point in
the raise. The No. 2 raise broke
through to daylight at height Of
about 22S feet from the tunnel. The
raises are about 200 feet apart. They
will be connected by the prospective
drift. The No. z raise will be com
pleted first. Sinking from the tun-
mel level was also authorized by the
directors.
Work at the mine south of Libby
was suspended a few weeks ago
when the snow attained height of
four feet 1t will be resumed as
soon as the snow recedes some
what. This is believed to be not far
distant, as the hill where the mine
is located is exposed to the south.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03
STATE RETIRES BONDS

= State Treasurer Ray N. Shannon
retired S735,000 of bonds the past
week. There were S427 1000 of high
way debentures retired, Sl25, 900
of Greater University bonds and
$4,000 of funding bonds taken up.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-03-03

Following dismissal of the cases
against the county commissioners,
the case of Jesse E. Griggs VS.. r. B.
Marsha was called, but after the
jury had been drawn this case was
dismissed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-17
AIR LINER MISSING;
I .s... n. . =. NINE ON BOARD

.tContih1ed from page one)
Longer have been in the air
sbol8shglNfog the. s 9 e9aNfsdi cor
poraation said they PelieYed tn
blame hadN sfakheN6f had .bdet
forced down in the rugged Teha
chapi mountains, between here
and Las Vegas. which were re
ported .obscured by i heavy fog,
Those on the plane in addition
to. Wiley, were: crh . =
Fred Whittemore, 49. of st
Paul, vice president CT Northwest
Airlines, who was aboard just fol
the ride. .ascs.rg1 l.. :. a...,. :,
Henry Salisbury. 35. of st
Paui. .airlines official, another
along for the, ride. -. 4.
Mrs. Betty earle Salisbury, 26
wife of Salisbury, and. their two
children, Richard, 2, and Judith
three months old. -, -
Mrs, Carl Squiel,, North Holly
wood. Cal, wife of. the vice pres
ident of the Lockheed corpora
ton. =.
Miss Lola Totty, of Burbank, {
Lockheed secretarial cmploye.
4 Miss Dingle, 25, of st. Paul
an airlines employe. o..
Officials said the plane shoult
have required an hour and Il
minutes to fly to Las Vegas
When the plane failed to arrive
there. Lockheed officials assumed
that Wiley had decided to ii!
nonstop to Salt Lake City. Wher
the plane did not reach there with
in a reasonable time, they became
alarmed. -.
The plane carried a two-wa!
radio and all flying Instruments
Officials hoped that it had made {
forced landing in the Molave des
ert. This was based on the prem
Use. that. something had happened
to it's. radio; otherwise, Wiley
would have reported. 3D.. ....
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-17
IMPOSE SENTENCES
In LIQUOR CASES

ASHEVILLE, May 17.-Wood-
row Ward of Henderson county
was given an 18-months sentence
at Atlanta in United States dis
trict court here iyester1iay 'onicon-
viction on liquor charge.
Three Buneombe, county sqnen
were given sentences upon. con-
viction; for violating, liquor. laws.
They were: Harry Hunter. two
years in Atlanta; CLYDE, .Bptler, o
months in PeterSburgsaVa,, and
James Lawrence, Is months IN
Chillicothe, o, :cs, upon
Others convicted included:
Ewett Henry Priteh$rd, Polk,
liquor, Is months lASanta, e and
Howard w. Kelly, GMeckfenburg,
Dyer motor vehicle act, two years
Chillicothe. O.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-17
Chicks nose
OUT CRACKERS
Pebs Blank Lookouts; New
Series. Are. OPEN
ing Today 80
(By UNITED PRESS}

Only two games were played III
the Southern Association Monday
Little Rock blanking Chattanooga,
40. and Atlanta being nosed out
by Memphis, 7 to 6.
The league-leading Travellers
made six hits off Weinert, Elad-
sew and Anderson, who saw
mound duty for the LookoutS.
Chattanooga was held to four
scattered safeties by Rich. me
Travellers scored all their runs IN
the second inning, when Lindsey
relieved Weinert on the mound.
Two errors were charged up TO
the LookOutS, while the winners
made one miScue. 1t was a night
game, played at Little Rock
Memphis had to play the tull
nine innings to down Atlanta.
The Chicks took off with a i've
run splash in the opening inning,
but the Crackers tailed one each
in the first and second. Memphis
seemed hopelessly ahead in the
fifth when they added another,
but Atlanta rallied with three in
the eighth after showing one
across i'm the seventh, tying up
the ball game.
In the last half of the ninth,
Memphis came out on top with
the necessary one-run margin.
The Chicks made only ten hits
off Miller, Harris, Pritchett and
Durham. while Casey and Veverka
shared mound duty for Memphis.
Tuesdays games will see At
lanta at Memphis, Chattanooga at
Little Rock, Knoxville at Bisming-
ham and Nashville at New Or
leans ... q