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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20
Respected Libby Matron
Passes After Short Illness

In the passing OF Mrs. w. A. Hill
is on Wednesday afternoon, Jan IL,
at about o'clock, death summoned
one who had long been resident of
this city and who had always taken
an active part in the life of the COM
munity Death came after a very
short illness, of only day or two.
Mrs. Hills was born in Wiscon-
sin on August 30, 1878, and thus
was SO years old at her death. For
ty-two years ago she came to Libby
as young woman to accept posi-
ton as teacher in the schools of the
then young frontier town. She was
the second teacher in the Libby
schools.
Later she was married to MIR. Hill
lis and to that union three sons we're
born, George, Louis and Joe, who
are now located at klamath Falls,
Ore. Mrs. Hills always took great
interest in the social and civic life
of the city. She was actively as
ISOLATED with the Libby Woman's
club since its organization, and in
former years took much interest in
politics. She was also active in her
church, the Christian Science
church, to which she devoted much
time and interest
Mrs. Hills is survived by the hus-
band of Libby, and the three sons
of klamath Falls, all of whom were
present for the funeral. She is also
survived by two sisters, Mrs. Effie
Gibson of this city and Mrs Marvin
of Yakima. Wash.
Funeral services were held from
the Gompf chapel Saturday after
noon, with Mrs. John S. Peay lead
ing in the services Burial was in
the Libby. cemetery. Pallbearers
were M F. Gay, A. A. Wood, A. S.
Borden, L. G. Klenck. K. A. Klehm
and II. c. Bolyard.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20
Libby Man Commits
Suicide by Shooting

c. R. (Roger) Moody committed
suicide yesterday afternoon about,
O'Clock by shooting himself through
the body, following i'll health of
long standing. Moody was alone at
home at the time, Mrs. Moody hav-
ing left to call on friends in the
city. He had lust phoned Paul
Church, asking Church to come to
the house and see him. When
Church reached the house, he found
Moody lying unconscious on his
back, on the kitchen floor. He APP
parently had lain down, held the
rifle, 5000, above him and fired the
shot that ended his life. The bullet
entered just above the stomach.
When Church saw what had been
done, he called DIR. ]. M. Cairns but
Moody died before anything could
be done for him
The deceased was SO years of age.
He is survived by the widow and
two sons, Chester Moody of this
city and Duane Moody of Chicago.
A more. detailed obituary will be
published next week.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20
Explains Lock
Of Money for
Feeder Roods

At the last meeting of the Libby
Commercial Club, Secretary Lud
Ludvikson was instructed to write
to the state highway commission
asking for certain information reIa-
tive to feeder and mine to market
roads. The following letter from
the commission was received in
reply:
Mr.. L. Ltldvikson Secretary
Libby Commercial Club
Libby, Montana.
Dear Sir.
Replying to your inquiry of De-
cember "a. the feeder highway mon
ey received by this and other states
during the fiscal year ending June
30, 1887, which you refer to as last
years money, did not require
matching with state funds by the
states. 1t was 1000 grant appor-
toned to the states by the federal
government and we had no burden
to bear in connection with match
ing it for construction. This pres
ent fiscal year of 1893 is the first
year where the federal government
has required matching OF feeder
highway monies and in this state,
it is about 569o federal funds and
449o state funds
Referring to the second paragraph
in your letter, that is quite broad
question. Federal aid money must
also be matched on the ratio of
approximately 56To federal funds
and 44qo state funds. We require
$2,000,000 of state funds this year
to match this federal aid money and
have only about half that much in
prospect from the present fiscal year
revenue, SO that we are short mil
lion dollars of state money to match
the regular federal aid and about
100000 short to match the feeder
highway money We are not pre-
pared at this time to make any spe-
cific recommendations, since we feel
that this is matter for the admin
istration and the interested citizens
of the state to decide upon. The
crux of the problem is that more
money must be provided and there
are numerous ways such as bond is
sues, the applying of the motor We.
hicle license fees to state road pur-
poses for matching federal aid. a
sales tax, an increase of about | cent
in the present gas tax for couple of
years and doubtless number of
others.
If there is any further information
we can give you, please feel free to
call upon lis.
Very truly yours,
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
BY w. 0. WHIPS,
Secretary.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20
Jury Called
For February e
Term of Court

In district court, on Tuesday
Judge J. E. lockwood, presiding
trial of several cases was set. The
case OF the State VS.. Raymond r
LaWton, alias NJ. r. Archer, will be
taken up on February %, at 9 a. m
LaWton is charged with having stol-
en- car from Libby Motors.
The cases against the three county
commissioners as the result of the
recent grand jury investigation will
also be heard at that term of court.
The case against Commissioner
Frost was set for March at 8 o'clock
a. m, against. Commissioner Kens-
Ter at 2 O'Clock p. m. of the same
day, and that against Commissioner
Kemp on March 2, at 8 o'clock a. m.
A jury was drawn to report on
February %. The list appears be-
low.
In the case of Edward M. David
son VS.. Ida A. Greiner ct al. de-
cree quoting title to real estate was
granted to plaintiff. M. d. Row
land was attorney for plaintiff.
Florence Elaine Preston was grant
ed a divorce from Derward Fl. Pres
ton, the custody of a child being
granted the father Blackboard s.
Blackboard were attorneys for the
plaintiff, Thos. D. Long for the
defendant:
]. f. McCully was granted a di-
vorce from Adelaide McCully.
The following jury was drawn:
Eureka. Fl. Bradburn. Max
Campbell, Floyd G. Frost, w. Fl.
Garrison Leonard Goss, Lawrence
Gregor, VIM. Gruenke, w. A. Leon
ard, A. G. Mackey, w. E. Nellis,
Tom Quirk, VIM. /. Schuck, Jewell
Thomas, Louis A. Yoppe.
Libby-Sam Anger, Ferd Booth
man, Louis Fl. Baker, John 4.
Brobst, WILDER c. Cole, Paul Church,
Clarence Daggett, John c. Friend,
Harold Hutton, Lloyd T. Hunter, c.
4. Jewell, Carlton <. Joughin, Will
liam Kenelty, w. J. Lloyd, Carl D.
Larson, Lester w. Leigh, Peter Q.
Larson, Nelson Mccullough, Ed
Olson, V. f. Paddock, Pete M. Ped
arson, Ernest Peterson, w. G.. Seims.
R. W. Smithberger, Walter Stoeff-
Ter, A. Z. Wichman. c. #. Young AL
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20
Shot
In Es(dpdde;;
Facts MissiinQ
Pete Samocuk Wounded i'm
Abdomen by % Rifle
While i'm Car
DISAPPEARS;
WOMAN WON'T TALK

Pete Samocuk is in the Libby hos
pital suffering from a gun shot
wound and Mrs. Albert TomIin is
held in the county Jail as being i'm
plicated in the shooting. She re-
fuses to talk and little is known
of the details.
Yesterday afternoon about 4
o'clock, Samocuk and MIR. and Mrs.
Tomlin were driving up Shaughnes-
sy hill in the Samocuk car with Tom
lin driving. They met the county
snow pillow coming down the hill.
Just before the car met the plow,
Samocuk jumped out of the speed
ing auto directly in front of
the pillow, while the car tore on by.
Samocuk was found to be shot In
the body and was brought to the
Libby hospital by the county crew.
There it was learned that he had
been shot in the left side by a %
rifle. The bullet struck a rib and
followed 1t around into the back,
from which location it was removed
by the doctors.
According to unconfirmed reports,
the Tomlins had Samocuk in the
car intending to discipline him for
alleged wrongs. AS the car APP
preached the snow plow,. Samocuk
lunged from it and one of the Tom
Inns took shot at him.
Later the officers found Mrs. Tom
lin driving toward town on the top
Of Shaughnessy hill. She said she
had let her husband out to hunt
deer, but refuses to discuss the shoot
ng Tomlin has disappeared. IT
S presumed he shot Samocuk.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20

of property might bear a more
equitable share of the taxes. Spe-
cial forms have been prepared for
use in assessing these items that
have long escaped taxation or were
valued at fraction of true and full
value.
Returns III per cent
"On the basis of reports from
Montana assessors in. 1887 personal
property accounted for slightly less
than Ii per cent of the states total
taxable value. Taxable value of ali
farm lands and improvements was
approximately % per cent of the
total of all property. Livestock rep
resented 3.8 per cent of the total
Utility valuations represent more
than 80 per cent of the total.
THE board feels that the many
varieties of personal property should
have taxable value of consider.
ably more than Ii per cent of the
state total"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20
Glacier Mine
Strikes " Foot
Vein of Ore

The search the Glacier Silver
Lead company has been conducting
the past Is months for body of
ore ended successfully this week
when q TIA foot vein was cut.
The vein was encountered at a
depth of 1000 feet on the dip and
after drifting a thousand feet
through battling geological forma-
ton. It will be remembered that
presence Of the ore was indicated ID
months ago by diamond drill
Credit for the discovery is given
to j. L. REILLY, superintendent at
the mine, and Chas. Fl. Goodsell,
mining engineer.
THE vein was faulted 900 feet
horizontally and about so feet YER
tically," says Engineer Goodsell
Where encountered the vein was
l7la feet wide on the crosscut and IL
feet wide at a right angle to the
dip.
Gold, Silver Present
1T is striking north 20 degrees
west, and dipping east 46 degrees.
which shows that it has resumed
its normal strike and dip and is
composed of the characteristic vein
filling of quartz mineralized heav-
ily- with pyrite (iron sulphide) and
manganese oxide with occasional
small layers of galena dead sui
phide) and contains both gold and
silver, probably not in commercial
grade where cut first.
The footwall is shale altered
quartzite; the hanging wall is
quartzite. The vein was cut in the
left crosscut So feet in from the
drift and continued to 6012 feet be-
fore the footwall was reached.
We have turned on the vein and
will continue for the present to
drift along the footwall and at in
tervals of so feeH to crosscut to
the hanging Wall The backs be-
tween the No. level and the sur
face where we exposed the vein are
approximately 1000 feet There are
no intervening workings of the up
per levels between this point and
the surface.
Make Mill Ready
Il know of no reason why we can
not expect good milling ore in
drifting northerly, but before actual
mining operations are attempted
many things should be taken into
consideration" These are details
of development
MIR. Goodsen recommends that
the mill should be put in condition
for its greatest capacity. This will
necessitate the installation of sec
ondary crusher~ between the primary
crusher and tie ball mill.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20
Invited To Join
I'm Ski Tournament

K. A. Klehm, president of the
Libby Commercial club, is in receipt
of letter from the Active Inter
national of Spokane extending an in
=vitation to the people of this dis
trict to attend the ski tournament
to be held at Wandemere, near Spo-
kane, on next Sunday. Several
Olympic ski jumping stars have been
entered and others from western
cities will be there. The letter says,
IF we may suggest it, we would
like TO have you form delegation
from your city to take in this an
nua winter sporting event"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20
PATROL PRAISED FOR SAFE
WEEK.

An entire week without single
highway fatality when the years
average approaches four deaths
weekly, won letter of praise from
d. ID. Fennell, president of the Ma
tional Safety egCouncil. Addressed
to- Supervisor .ou Roedecker, the
letter congratulates the state patrol
for its record during the Christmas
New Years week. Supervisor Boo
decker says his motto for 1888 is:
Quit saving seconds and losing
lives. z
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20

OPPOSE RAIL FREIGHT JUMP
AT SALT LAKE.

Leaders of farm and labor activi.
ties as well as business protested
the proposed increase of Is per cen,
in freight rates before the Interstate
Commerce committee hearing al
Salt Lake City this week. Sup
porting the opposition of the rail-
road commission were Herb D.
Rolph, president of the Farmers,
Union; Joe Hunter, president of the
states United Mine Workers; /. NJ.
Early, Billings traffic manager. H.
H. Hammer, manager of the Carpen-
ter Paper Co., of Billings; Fred Du-
fresno, Great Falls wheat farmer.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20
New President Elected.

The Zonolite Company, with its
mining properties near Libby, elect
ed S. N. Muirhead of Detroit as pres
ident of the company at a meeting
held in Detroit on January 10. Muir
head succeeds W. G. Nagel, who re-
signed. The new president is a
capitalist, with extensive interests
in the automobile and other indus
tries. No. other changes were made
in the officers or directors of the
company.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20
Starts Campaign to
Correct Radio Interference

CLARENCE Wilson of the Libby
Radio Service Is starting canf-
paign for the elimination of the
multitudinous causes of radio trou-
BILE in Libby. He is circulating a
subscription paper among radio
owners in which each is requested
to subscribe S1.00 for fund to de-
fray the expense of bringing com
petent engineer to the city to To-
cate those things that are causing
trouble in radio reception. A house
to house canvass of the city is being
made. Practically every radio own
er is contributing to the fund.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20

bert r. Young, Clarence Daggett.
Troy-Harry B. Anderson, Robert
Grippe, Paul K. Kluska, Bert Kincaid,
Carl Laffoon, v. A. Sather, Arthur
Wilson.
Fortine-Arthur Berg, Jr,, Charles
Franklin, John Vukohich, Jr.
Trego-E. w Fortine, John M.
Olson.
Gateway. z. Borup, Gilbert
Street.
Jennings-B. F. Baenen.
Yaak-Ben Deyerle. Sam RunYan.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20
Trego Pioneer Passes.

William Murphy, so, long time
resident of the Trego district, died
at the Libby hospital Tuesday. He
was born December Is, 1855, in
Cooper county. Missouri. He had
lived at Trego since 1896. There
are no known relatives.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20
Beaver Crop Worth
$4,000 During 1897

HELEN tfappers
took 7,78l beaver pelts in 1897,
worth $93,372, the state game COM
mission reported this week. It vas
the second best-year for @trappers
since 1924 when the control of bea-
yer taking was established Value
of all pelts taken estimated
at $4,000. ~
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-20
United Action Required to Save Lincoln
County Industry

There was an article in the Sunday Spokesman-Re
that should be given careful consideration by every citizen
of Lincoln county
The article emphasized the fact that distant sawmis
will be reaching and more into Lincoln county for their
supply of logs unless steps taken once by Lincoln
county people to stop the practice
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
COrson Opens Program

John j. Corson, director of So
cial Security's Bureau of Old-Age
Insurance, opened the agency'S in
service training course recently
by explaining Broad outlines OF
the Security Program, and Exec
utive Director Frank Bane fol-
lowed. 100 Ssh folk are enrolled
in the course, which is to require
eight weeks. Civil Service has
announced tests for farm man.
ager, $4,000, and assistant farm
manager. $4,000, with Justices
Bureau of Prisons; receipt OF
applications closing May Is To-
cally An Indian bureau lass has
caricatured Honest Harold hand
ing Johnny Federal an sos a. m.
tardy slip in submitting her en-
try to QUE current animated car
toon contest! e. Flash; j. Frank
Butts, chief inspector, sanitary
section, D. C. Health Department,
retires after 80 years tip-top ser
vice,
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Shakeup for Guards

Interiors guard service is being
turmoiled There is said to be
a shakeup which will
see Arlington Groups Lieutenant
Young transferred elsewhere, Ser
geant Settle slammed over to the
Civil ServiceGeneral Accounting
unit, and the Captain Flynn who
lost a hand at San Juan sup
planted by a gentleman named
Hopgood and probably retired go.
AS predicted, many now face Pub
lie Health investigation as to ply
steal ability and mental Soundness
.. Further, lad named Oliver,
now in charge of supplies, is
itemed as slated to become assist
ant to B. C. Gardner, National
Park Service .. . There will be no
raises forthcoming, if current talk
is to be believed,
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Interior Pin Upset

Interiors corridors are still ring
ing with surprise over the fact
that the Reclamation Bowling
Team-champions of the entire
department-recently was beaten
by the Reclamation No. 2 team in
a special match! Tied in the
last box of the third game, each
team having won one game, vic
tory came to the No. 2 boys when
thei': anchor man smashed a
strike. Defeated champs included
Charles DeY. Carl Oberheim, Har-
old Rocker, Pat Collins and Le-
Mar, che conquering second-String-
eSr including Walter Meyer, Frank
Sinner Andy Smith, Charles Peck
ham. Mel Jenkins and Sam Bar
rett In fairness, though, it must
be remembered the champs gave
thei2 conquerorS a 180-pin handi-
cap.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Progressive Plan

One young personnel officer Is
working on a plan to increase the
of the service which
mas received appreciation of several
older and more experienced Off
GERS. Her idea is to retire, at the
of each five years, all
clerks decreed by a special board
to be incompetent to fill the next
highest grade, and to promote
those who are found competent
Of existing vacancies. {.
Retirement benefits would be on
the ratio of number Of years
served to 80, 100 of full retirement
for each year. She feels that by
doing this the incompetents would
be weeded out and the competents
receive added morale through in
creaseS in grades and salaries!
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Health the Excuse

It appears that DR.. Stockber-
gers health is the principal mo-
tive for the present move to GUST
him from the position of Person
mel Director which he has held so
long and so well in Agriculture
Then, too, it is said that the
big man (Wallie) leans strongly
to "youth-in-service" In this
corners opinion there is not a
young man in Agriculture who will
live long enough to handle that
particular job as has DR.. Stock
berger!
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Aw0y to Rome

Agriflash: Undersecretary Will.
son heads a sizeable delegation of
departmental officials, destined to
Rome for the general assembly
meeting, May %, of the Interna-
tional Institute of Agriculture
Colors, Agriculture chemists say,
are important in grading and class
ing cotton, fruits, vegetables and
other products. DR.. Erwin H.
Shinn, Extension Service, is on a
three-weeks official tour of South
err States George R. Goergens,
motion picture section, who sew
eral years back was injured in an
airplane mishap while filming a
fire scene in the West, is having
q physical echo of the incident
Let us hope the suffering will not
lnger.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
ConfidentiGIly Yours

Film passes are mailed to
some subscribers, II address
is submitted tall names con-
fidentiaD. They are good for
WARNER BROTHERS The
aters, featuring these fine
shows today:
EARLE, showing Martha
Raye, Burns and Allen in
college Swing" with Al
Pearce and His Gang" on
the stage; AMBASSADOR,
also showing college SWING;
METROPOLITAN, showing
Sylvia Sidney and Fred Mac
Murray in "Trail of the Lone
some Pine: CALVERT and
PENN, showing Bette Davis in
"Jezebel"; TIVOLI, showing
Shirley Temple in "Rebecca
of SunnybrOOk Farm" and
UPTOWN, showing Claudette
Colbert and Gary Cooper in
"Bluebeard'S Eighth Wife"
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Trainings the Stuff

Training, whether carried on
in an industrial plant or in a
business office, is essentially a
refinement of human relation
Ships" according to John F.
Pierce, director, Office Service De
partment, IVA, who will deliver
a speech on Problems, Methods
and Results of Training Office
Employees and Supervisors" before
the National Office Management
Association, Cincinnati. Ohio, May
10 Connecticut announces
examination for assistant hospital
physician, $2,100 Closing date
May Is -. For information ad-
dress Personnel Department, State
Capitol, Hartford. Conn.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Speaking of Government Workers

THIS corner Saturday Splashed'
- the fact that a Government
employe was mixed up with the
gang which has recently been pill
fering jewelry shops. This was
confirmed within few hours
afterward! However, the attl-
tude taken by General Accounting
on the problem is admirable.
The GAO has decided to 60 into
the case very carefully before TAX
ing action and withhold all disci-I
pine unless the employe is in
dicted If indicted, he will be SuS-
pended pending his trial and III
convicted, of course, dismissed,
but it is enjoyable to see person
mel officer take such a humane
attitude The employe in queS-
ton comes from a fine Delaware
family, his father is WPA admin
istrator for that state. Recently
his wife was taken i'll and had to
20 to her parents home. He says
that rather than breach the mat
ter of a loan to his dad he started
selling suits around the office and
subsequently met Lefty" who
had papers to prove he was repre-
senting a bankrupt jeweler of Ian
caster, Pa. So, to make ends
meet, he started selling watches
around his office to colleagues.
He had NO KNOWLEDGE of the
crooked angle of the case until
arrested His story RINGS TRUE
and this corner does not believe
he will be indicted!
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
"Oscursized"

On Indiana Avenue there's
gentleman carried on Labor De.
partment's pay roll, his job being
supposedly, to secure jobs for I'M
employed World War veterans. E. .
His first name is Oscar. And
so, vets who have waited four or
five years without being placed
are now saying that they are "OS-
carSiZed!" (oStracized).
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
FldUored Felicity

Original Velati Candy
Stores today will present
One-pOund boxes Of their
delicious chocolates or cara
melS, on request to:
Harry Carter, Agriculture.
COrinne Holm, Veterans Ad-
ministratiOn.
Harriet Snow, Treasury.
Candy will be presented
at either store, $40 Ninth
st. N. W., or 500 Fourteenth
st. N. W.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
ReUe0ling Sheet

The latest issue of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce's newsy publication about
personnel and bureau activities
contain new and interesting type
of routing" chart, showing the
names and position of all the men,
bers of divisions.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Army, Navy Feast

Special Troops Garrison, Army
and Navy Union, at its last meet
ing completed plans for q crab
and shrimp feast to be held in
the Armory May Z at 8 D. m.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03

ell folks pay a sight more for our
better tobaccos. Last crop they
took my finest grades. smoke
Camels Il know there's no sub
stitute for expensive tobaccos.
Most planters favor Camels."
The Washington times., 1938-05-03

bought my best tobacco for IL
years." Tom Middleton says.
"That's why more expensive to-
baccos mean Camels to me. I
smoke 'em. So do most of US fell
lows who grow and know tobacco"
The Washington times., 1938-05-03

bought the choice lots of my last
crop-paid more for my best to-
bacco. So I know they use finer,
more expensive tobaccos in CAM
els. That's one mighty good rea-
son why my cigarette is Camel"
The Washington times., 1938-05-03

bacco from the ground up. "Last
year I grew a handsome crop
and Camel bought the choice lots
of my best tobacco. I smoke Cam
els-so do most local planters. l
knowthe quality tobaccoi in them"