The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-10-26
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(From the files. of the Western News

(From the files.of the Western News
A steam shovel has arrived in
Libby from Spokane and is being
taken to the placer property owned
bys Fred Chapman and his associ-
ates on Libby creek. The big piece
of machinery, which weighs about
26 tons, has been hauled from here
to the end of the Libby Lumber
company line and from there to the
mine, distance of about three
miles, where it will be taken to the
mine on wagons. The ground upon
which the shovel will operate was
purchased from Mr. Lindholm by
Mr.. Chapman and English money is
backing the enterprise
P. S. Rose, the we'll known min
ing man of Libby and Spokane, has
completed arrangements for stamp
mill which will be shipped to what
is known as the Peterson property
as soon as the machinery arrives in
Libby. The mill will have five
stamps but will be constructed so
more may be added
The local teachers recently
thanked the people of Libby for
their general help and many cour-
tesies and endorsed equal suffrage
The we'll prepared letter was signed
by A. w. Burwell, A. j Smith,
Katherine Gill and Mrs Carrie M
Spence.
Plastering has been completed on
the new residence building for Her
bert Partridge of Troy. Mud Sling
err Neuman did the job He also
completed the new building for w
F. Smith, the druggist. Both
buildings should be ready for oc-
cupancy about Nov 5.
The old ferry cable that has done
duty at Troy over the Kootenai
river nearly 20 years until the new
bridge was put in was shipped Mon
day to Gateway where ferry will
be put in near that place.
Glenn Savage of Troy shot bear
near his fathers ranch last week
that tipped the scales. dressed at
165 pounds He is having the hide,
which is beautiful. made into rug.
The band benefit dance given at
Libby last week was we'll attended
by the Troy aggregation who en-
joyed it very much. The only hand
leap of the Troy dancers was lack
of knowledge of some of the new
tangled steps the Libbyites have
been painfully mastering to show
us.
Announcement was made the first
of the week to the effect that the
local post office is to be moved
November LIST to the Blackboard
Thompon building, one door south
of the WEIGH drug store. 1t has
been rumored for some time that
the office was to be moved, but the
department has had two or three
buildings under consideration and
not until recently has a definite
conclusion been reached.
A six-foot Swede, whose appetite
for booze overcame his fear of the
law, broke into box car on the
Great Northern siding the other
night and appropriated 30gallon
barrel of whiskey He has since
been arrested but aside from a
fragrant breath there is little evil
dence against him.
The forestry service office has
been moved from the ground floor
of the First National building to the
second floor. The new offices will
occupy all the rooms on the west
side of the building, including the
former rooms of the Libby Reality
company.
Frank Pival has completed the
business building on Mineral ave-
nue. for L. H. Faust and the ten
ants of the new building are NOV
ing in this week The building has
a pressed brick, plate glass front
has 50-foot frontage on Mineral
avenue and will be occupied by B
A. Benedict, druggist, F. w. Kel.
Ter, jeweler and the Libby Realty
company.
The Grand Lodge of |. O. 0. F. is
in session at Butte and w. H. Kemp
is representing the local lodge, r
E. Williams the encampment. and
Mrs Ferd Peterson the Rebekah
degree.