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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-22
Mother of Local People Passes.

Mrs. Hudson, mother of Horace
Hudson and Mrs. John Quilting
passed away last week A short
service was held at the funeral
home on Sunday with the Rev. w.
w. DeBolt in charge. The body
WAS taken to Hardin for commit
ment beside her husband. Mrs.
Hudson had spent the winter in the
east and was on her way home
when she suffered a stroke Later
she was able to be brought here but
last week she was taken with a sec
Qnd stroke. The sympathy of the
community is extended these new
aeighbors who came here last sum
mer from the Hardin country.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-22
observation-disclosures.
" AR | AN D
Observation-Disclosures

Mrs. Julius Hoagland of Mime,
apolis, Mimi, is visiting with hel
sister Mrs. L. NJ. Gee and family
The trip was made with Mr.. anc
Mrs. Gee on their return from
Michigan.
Dickie Bolles of Troy is visiting
with his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
J. w Daniels, for a few days.
Dan Culver was a Libby visitor
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Woodward
and Bob visited in Troy Sunday
Hazel Branham was Libby call
er last Friday.
Willard and HOLSTER Gee of Ia
coma, Wash, are visiting with their
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. L. M.
Gee and family.
Mr. Kane of Kanes Bakery in
Libby was business caller in War
and Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Davis Wis
tied in Libby Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Bolles and
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Gaertner at
tended the dance at Cedar Creek
Saturday evening.
Bob Woodward, Bill Gee and Will
ard and HOLSTER Gee Of Tacoma,
Wash, are spending a few days
camping on Five Mile.
Miss Francie O'Brien Of Eureka is
spending several weeks with her
cousin, Mrs. Glen Deshazer
Bob Schmaltz left for Colorado
last week to join his brother Jason.
Bob intends to remain indefinitely
as he has obtained employment
there.
Chas Matteson and Frank Zieg-
Ter were visitors in Libby one day
asst week.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-22
Getting Down to Cases

The railroads highway competitors claim that in
stead ofbeing heavily subsidized they are overtaxed
These claims are of concern to you if for no
other reason than that you are taxpayer YOURSELF
As property owner, you called upon to pay
your share of the general expenses of government
relief, schools, courts policing, city Streets rural
roads and bridges, etc. Also, as a highway user,
you are required to pay license fees and easo-
line taxes for the support of the highways.
The Great Northern, too, is called upon to pay it's
Share of the generalexpenses ofgovernment and be-
sides, must provide and maintain its own
"roadwayv.
But it is altogether different Nth its CONS
petitors.
Take, for instance, a certain trucking concern
that is competitor Of the Great Northern 1t is not
a little fellow either. According to circular it
distributed recently, it did business of more than
"a million dollars last year.
1t claims to have paid quite variety of taxes
the total of which, including license fees and gaso-
line taxes, is equal to 10 68/10O per cent of its
total revenues.
1t happens that this is just about the same pro-
portion as the taxes paid by the Great Northern.
Its taxes for 1898 were equal to 10 56O0 per cent
OF its revenues.
But here is the important difference:
The Great Northernfs taxes, which amount
ed to 10 56II0O per cent of its revenues are
supposed to be its share 81 the General ex-
penses of 9overnn1ent-fn addition to tUhich If
must provide and main tain it's oun 4rooduov1.
Certainly similar obligation rests upon its COM
pettors-hrst, to make corresponding contribu-
ton to the general expenses of government secondly
to pay its fair proportion of the cost of providing
and maintaining the roadways which it requires for
the operation of its trucks
1T the trucking concerns taxes, amounting
10 ~ 6S/l0O per cent of its revenues, are to be
regarded as meeting the first part of that obH-
CATION, then it is enjoying the FREE USE OF
the costly public highways for its 473 trucksi
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-22
Undergoes Operation.
Kicked by Horse.

Mrs. c. A. Clark was painfully
injured on Saturday morning when
the saddle horse she Was leading
pranced about and playfully kicked
her in the lower abdomen. Mrs.
Clark is now able to be up but she
states she will have nothing more
10 do with Nellie"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-22
'Roughest Point ON Pacific Coast

'Koughest Point ON Pacific Coast
The toughest point" ON the Pa
cific coast is guarded by the unique
Point Conception lighthouse. The
beacon light came from France by
way of Cape Horn in 1856 1t weighs
four tons. and it is so designed that
all the reflection is conferred in
bull s-eye of 100000 candlepower. It
flashes every eight and half Sec
efds and can be seen for % miles.
The fog horn works automatically
by the aid of either OF two gasoline
engine-driven compressors. It gives
two blasts every two minutes that
can be heard for a distance of Is
miles.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-22
GOMEZ. THE HIGH COST
OF STOMACH TROUBLE

Don't pay $500 to $500 for relief
from stomach. pains, Indigestion, due
10 acidity Try Ada Tablets
weeks supply only $125. Relief or
your money back. Welch's Drug
Store.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-22
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

List of transfers for the week
ending June 10th. 1899 Reported
by the Lincoln County Abstract
Company
Francis Katarzy to John Katarzy.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-22

Half Worlds Population
Asia contains half the population
of the world.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-22

Advertising is the salt of the
earth in business.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-22

In the Old World whole nations
must start back at the beginning of
history and learn once more that the
most cherished thing in life is free
dom. Let us hope that America
may be spared that agony. Let us
not permit those who possess power
to set themselves above law. but
let us rather establish our belief
that democracy is the way of life,
and that all problems can be solved
within its framework without de-
Stroying that for which democracy
exists, Individual freedom. "-Clar !.
ence B. Randall.
Today, with our industrial struc-
ture so completely built ON a founda-
ton of technology, we must look to
the engineer and the scientist and
the technically-trained expert for
future growth and development.
Out of their genius come the new
materials and new methods and new
processes that today are making
available more things to more peo-
pie. From them also come the new
products and new uses for old prod
ucts that are developing new indus
tries, which mean new opportuni-
ties for employment. IT. NJ. Grid
Ter.
Dictatorship and RECOMMENDATION
are as foreign to the essential prin-
ciples of American life as microbes
and infections are foreign to the
health of the physical body" DIR.
Allen A. StockdaIe.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-22
SHERIFFoS SALE,
defendant.

John Lyle, plaintiff, against Lib
erty Metals Company, corporation,
Evening star., 1939-09-01
Five Air Speed Aces
Are Entered in Race
For Thompson Trophy
Roscoe Turner on List:
Contest Will Be Held
At Cleveland Monday
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Sept. Five crack
speed flyers were in the books to-
day for the national air races top
event, the Thompson Trophy, and
several more were expected to at
tempt to qualify before tonight's
deadline.
On the list are Col. Roscoe Tur-
ner of Chicago, who set a record in
qualifying at 283 miles per hour;
Steve Whitman of Oshkosh, Wis;
Earl Ortman of Montreal, 1t. JOS
eph Mackey of Findlay, Ohio, and
Tony LEVER of Los Angeles.
The Thompson race is scheduled
Monday, the closing event of the
three-day classic.
The start of the Bendix Derby
from Los Angeles to Cleveland to-
morrow will find nine entries on
the line. They are:
Jacqueline Cochran of New York,
the 1898 winner; Frank w. Fuller
of San Francisco, Arthur Busy of
Royersford, Pa; Mrs. Arlene Da-
Wis of Cleveland; Max Constant,
Paul Mantz and Robert Perlick OF
Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1939-09-01
Mrs. Jacob A. Norton
Dies in EI Puso

Mrs. Rosa Norton, 70, former
resident of Washington and widow
of the Rev. Jacob Anderson Nor
ton, died suddenly Monday in the
William Beaumont Hospital at Ell
Paso, Tex.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. tomorrow at the Fort Myer
Chapel, with burial in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
A native of Rochester, N. Y, Mrs.
Norton had lived in Washington for
nearly 40 years until last June, when
she went to live with her daughter,
Mrs. J. D. OLeary, in Dallas, Tex.
Rev. Mr.. Norton, who was assistant
chaplain of the Confederate Vet
Grams Of Washington, died in 1920.
Surviving besides Mrs. OLeary are
two daughters, Mrs. Colder Norton
Kimmel of Washington and Mrs.
Charles C. Broy, wife of the United
States Consul at Brussels, and eight
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1939-09-01
John H. Dent Dies:
Former 10. L. c. Aide

John Hasbrouck Dent. 80. a ma
tive of this city, died yesterday in a
local hospital after a long illness.
Until becoming i'll Mr.. Dent was
employed in the District Of Colum-
bia Office of the Home Owners Loan
Corp. He attended the Univer-
sity of Maryland, National Univer-
sity Law School, Columbus Uni
versity and the American Institute
of Banking. He was a member of
the Alpha Sigma Chapter of the
Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity.
Mr.. Dents father was the late w.
Gilbert Dent, who was prominent
in real estate circles here and pres
ident of the firm of Gardner g. Dent,
Inc.
Surviving Mr.. Dent are his widow
Mrs. Lois Smith Dent; his mother,
Mrs. Patty Blackstone Dent; a
daughter, Martha Lois Dent, and
brother, w. Gilbert Dent, jr., Be-
thesda, Md, commercial supervisor
of the Chesapeake 81 Potomac Tele-
phone Co. here.
A short service will be held at the
v. l.. Speare funeral home at 7::30
pm. today. Funeral services will be
held at 10:3O am. tomorrow at All
Saints Episcopal Church, Oakley
Nd, with burial in the church GEM
etery.
Evening star., 1939-09-01
General War Would End
Hitler, Says Refugee
By the Associated pree.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 2.-Martin
Hall, national vice president of the
German-American League for Cul-
ture, asserted today: IF war becomes
general in Europe, the Hitler gov
ernment will not survive"
Mr.. Hall, who fed from Germany
with his Jewish wife in 1887, added:
1T also will be dangerous for Hitler
to put arms in the hands of an op-
pressed German people. You don't
know in what direction they will
shoot"
The league opens a national con-
vention here tomorrow. Mr.. Hall
said it has % branches in the United
States. representing paid-up men,
bership of 100000 persons. Conven-
ton speakers include Polish Ma
tional Alliance representative and
the former Austrian and Czecho-Slo-
vakian Cleveland consuls.
Evening star., 1939-09-01
In Mrn1nrtu1tt

shakh RkADLSx MiM%IE t%TIsF hK6MN M*R
losaf sna stsa Eo6sE 3f ns kAT
September J. 1898; MAMMIE r. MAR
BROWN. August 7, 1898.
You suffered hours yes hours of pain,
10 wait for cure but all in vain.
God alone knew what was best,
He called Won home to give you rest.
Resting where no shadows fall.
fffsf '2a sfsER zsss Ans Is
BROMLEY. CHARLES WESLEY, JR. A
tribute of love and devotion to the memory
BROMWELL. Jr. who departed this life
three years ago today, September /. 1885.
Today recalls sad memories
OF a loved one gone to rest.
And those who think of you today
Are the ones who loved you best.
Some think We are not lonely
When at times they see lis smile;
Little do thev know the heartache
That we suffer all the while.
We think of yon in silence,
mo one can see lis weep.
But silent tears are shed
When others are asleep.
HIS LOVING MOTHER AND FATHER.
orS GREASY sr 6as GR1FnIN FIN. ARNodR !en L.
MOLD GREASY. who suddenly departed
this life four years ago today, September
l. 1895.
loving thought. sweet and tender,
Just to show We still remember
GREASY. AND FAMILY
DOHONEY. LUDORPH A. In sad but
loving thoughts of my dear son. LOUIE,
Sar who lett 1oas me four years ago today. septem-
To think of all the preparations I was
SO eagerly making to try, to cure or ease
your pain and aching. All was in vain.
Louie. Won were Christian man.. always
exhibited your best You were kind to
your mother; but too hnrriedly you left.
Nerves all shattered from service over
sea: not yourself when yon returned to me.
Sad and lonesome, your mother is bereft,
but God took yon in Heaven and gave you
YoUR DEVOTED MOTHER. IN LIFE AND
IN DEATH. MRS. JOHN J. DOHONEY. :
MITCHELL, JOSEPH M. In loving MEM
ory of my dear son. JOSEPH M. MITCHELL,
who departed this life eight years ago,
MAY his soul rest in eternal peace.
HIS MOTHER. CORINNE A. PAGE, AND
FAMILY
Evening star., 1939-09-01
Mount Rainier Carpenter, /,
Found Beaten, Dies

J. ]. Purcell, 50-year-old Mount
Rainier CMd) carpenter, found bru-
tally beaten in a rooming house in
the 400 block of G street NV. early
Sunday, died this morning at Cas-
ualty Hospital.
Meanwhile, court cases against two
men and a woman arrested and
charged with the beating OF Mr.
Purcell are pending. The mem
Johnnie ]. Harris, as, and Herbert S.
Evening star., 1939-09-01
Agriculture EmpIoye
Files Divorce Suit

Mrs. Katharine Clarke Hafstad,
Department of Agriculture employe
and wife of Carnegie Institute
physicist, yesterday filed suit for
divorce from her husband, Lawrence
r. Hafstad, the Associated Press
reported.
According to the complaint, the
couple was married in october, 1888
Mrs. Hafstad charged cruelty.
The Hafstads lived at 47l0 Forty
first street NV.
Evening star., 1939-09-01
Woman Driver Hurt
In Too-Sudden Stop

Thrown into the windshield of her
car at Union Station Plaza, Mrs.
Charlotte Luber, 33, of 3539 Six
teenth street NV. was under treat
ment today at Casualty Hospital
for a severe head injury.
Mrs. Luber told police she was
injured when forced to apply the
brakes of her automobile suddenly
to avoid striking a taxicab. Doc
tors said she might have suffered q
fractured skull.
Seven-year-old Matthew Heard,
jr., 5528 Fifth street NV, received
serious cuts on his face when his
coaster wagon crashed into the front
of a truck in an alley near his
home. The boy was treated at Gar
field Hospital.
Evening star., 1939-09-01

Harris, "a, both Of the G street ad-
dress-were ordered held under
bonds of $1,000 each by Police Judge
Edward M. Curran yesterday.
The former has been charged with
assault with intent to kill and the
latter assault with a dangerous
weapon. Nellie Harris, %, Of the
same address, also was charged with
assault with a dangerous weapon.
Her case was continued last Monday.
The death Of the victim was ex-
pected to result in a rehearing Of
the case Immediately after an in
guest.
Offlcers, answering q radio call OF q
Evening star., 1939-09-01

cial and economic views Of officers
of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
In letter to Chairman OMa-
honey of the committee. the union
asked withdrawal Of a committee
subpoena directing the steel cor
poration to produce all its corre-
spondence, kilograms and memo
randa rejecting the policies, activi-
ties and views of the corporation
with respect to antitrust laws.
THE political, social or economic
views OF persons or corporations are
matters which should be of no
concern to the Government" the
letter said.
Evening star., 1939-09-01
Miss Ruth Overton
Goes to HospitoI

Miss Ruth Overton, this years
Presidents Cup Regatta queen, was
in Emergency Hospital today suffer-
ing from bronchitis. Her doctor said
she would remain there for several
days, but her condition is nothing
serious"
Daughter of Senator Overton,
Democrat, of Louisiana. Miss Over
ton was greeted by regatta officials
and Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
on her arrival here last Monday
from her home in Alexandria, La.
Her coronation as queen of the re-
gatta is scheduled for September %
at a water pageant OF Hains Point.
Evening star., 1939-09-01
Jones & LauehIin Steel
Inquiry Is Protested

By the Associated Press.
The American Civil Liberties
Union yesterday protested against
what 1t said was an attempt by
the Federal Monopoly Committee
to inquire into the political, So
Evening star., 1939-09-01
Inventor Honored

For inventing a new method of
obtaining lanolin, used extensively
in cosmetics, L. G. Leites, an en-.
gineer, has been honored In Russia.
Evening star., 1939-09-01

man injured" found Mr.. Purcell
beaten into unconsciousness on the
second floor Of the house.
Evening star., 1939-02-28

The provisional regime in NORTH
China will advance nearly IS 900 .00c
for city developments in Peiping-
Tsinan and Taiyuan.
Evening star., 1939-02-28

the police car.
Where to?" asked Deke.
"Bursley's department store. I
don't mind telling you I'm burning
up with curiosity"
Me too," agreed.
Guided by Watchman.
So we drove up to Bursley's and q
watchman let us in and told us
that Mr.. Bursley was still in his
office. We went up the stairs and
along the balcony and into the only
lighted office. Bursley was sitting
there as calmly as you please, read
ing the evening paper.
Did you get the money back?"
he asked.
yes" said Deke.
Thought you would" said Burs-
ley.
What made you think SOP" Deke
asked.
Eth " said Bursley. "Oh, well,
that's where they phoned before
leaving here. I and my assistants
were locked in that closet. We
heard them phone"
DO you mean to say" Deke asked,
that those holduppers were stupid
enough to give away their hideout
by phoning from here?"
Bursley chuckled. 1T amounts to
that, though they didn't know it.
He indicated the dial phone. They
used that phone. Dial, you know.
Didn't have to speak a number so
figured no one could check back"
He chuckled again. Il counted the
clicks. Easy You count the clicks
of the dial when she goes back, and
you can figure what number any,
body's calling. So found out from
the telephone company what address
was listed under the number they
dialed, and called you. Save time,
figure"
Deke and I exchanged glances.
It's quite jolt when you find an
ordinary citizen as calm and level
headed in time of emergency as a
cop should be.
Deke cleared his throat. "Mr.
Bursley, I'd like to remind you again
that it is dangerous the way you
make up your pay rrll. Now"
Tut; tut, tut" said Bursley. I've
Evening star., 1939-02-28

Arkansas, spoke briefly, commenting
on the need for national defense
to maintain Democratic rights.
Other speakers were Judge Eugene
Black, former teacher Of the class,
and DR.. John w. Rustin, pastor
of the church.
The guests Of honor included the
Rev. and Mrs. Purcell Story, DR..
and Mrs. Clifton Clark, Daniel A.
Dollarhide, class president, and Mrs.
Dollarhide; Mrs. Black, Mrs. Rustin,
Mrs. Laws. who is chairman of the
class board, and Mrs. Earl Carson.
Evening star., 1939-02-28

Il suggest" cut in Old Man Burs-
ley unhurriedly, that you get down
to 302 Market street at once"
Deke hesitated. where are you
now, Mr.. Bursley?"
I'm at my office at 1902 Main
street."
20. K. You stay there till we get
back" Deke hung up and nodded
Come on he said. 1T sounds
screwy, but you like screwy setups.
Old Man Bursley owned and
operated one of the city's biggest
department stores. He was an &C.
centric old 'coot, but a good citizen
and honest. There were about 300
people in his employ and he person.
ally supervised the making up of
pay roll envelopes himself. He had
the cash brought up from the bank
in the afternoon and he and a
couple of assistants filled up the
envelopes.
Worried Police.
1t had worried the police for
some time. 1t looked like a Setup
because there was nothing simpler
for couple Of gangsters than to
step into the office, stick gun
under the old boys nose and walk
off with the funds. The police had
repeatedly suggested that either he
have the envelopes made up at the
bank, or submit to having guards
stationed about, or pay off by check.
But Bursley was stubborn and can
tan.serous and wouldn't listen.
I asked Deke about details of the
holdup as the police car rushed us
downtown.
Il don't know any," he said.
"Bursley simply told us to go to
302 Market and we'd find the money
and the bandits. Sounds whacky,
nut, it also sounded convincing" !"
The address at Market street was
bar. We got out and went inside.
where's the boss?" Deke asked,
showing his badge. The barkeeper
shot quick glance toward a rear
door, wet his lips and shook his
head. HE amt in"
Deke headed for the rear door,
He banged it open without knock
ing. Three men were sitting around
a table and on the table was a
heap of money and pay envelopes.
They were the most surprised three
gentlemen I have ever had the
pleasure of observing.
There was precious lot of ex-
citement around that bar during
the next Is minutes No one but
Deke Miller could have handled the
situation so adroitly. He stood with
his back to the wall at the farther
end of the room with a gun in his
haEd and told me to call head
quarters My conversation was
punctuated three times by the sound
Evening star., 1939-02-28

employment and failure to possess a
workable philosophy of life, said
DR.. Weaver, characterize to a large
degree the youth Of America.
He listed as factors creating the
perplexity of youth secular educa-
ton, the moving pictures, the press,
current literature and the confu-
sion arising from the divisions in
the Interpretation of religion.
Justice Bolitha j. Laws, teacher
of the class, acted as toastmaster.
The wives and families of class
members were special guests at the
banquet.
Senator Hattie w. Caraway of
Evening star., 1939-02-28
Many Attend Banquet
OF Mems Bible Class

The agencies that today mold
the opinion Of youth are important
factors in the existing perplexities
of Americas young people, DR..
Rufus w. Weaver, executive secre-
tary of the District of Columbia
Baptist Union, said last night at
the 33rd annual banquet of the A..
B. Pugh mems Bible class Of Mount
Vernon Episcopal Church South.
Confusion, disillusionment, lack of
Evening star., 1939-02-28

Well built of hardwood and fin
ished in walnut. Has five spa
cious drawers and large compart-
ment for suits, coats, hats, etc.
Evening star., 1939-02-28

taken care Of that. Beginning next
week I'm having the envelopes made
up at the bank. Also I'm paying off
by check. Besides that, I'm having
q police guard to watch over things" /"
He looked from one to the other of
us. There was the barest twinkle in
his blue eyes. "Yes, sir, gentlemen,
I've decided ought to have police
guard to keep an eye on things"
copyright, 1939.)
Evening star., 1939-02-28

Of Deke's gun ex-
ploding two feet
from my ear. This
was when some
curious and enter
prising gentlemen
outside the room
tried to get inside
with a view of
lending the money
thieves a hand.
When 1t was
over I discovered
thaC my hatband
and starched COL
lar were dripping
with perspiration.
We saw the
t n re e gangsters
safely away in a
patrol W ag on,
then returned to
Evening star., 1939-02-28
DAILY SHORT STORY
POLICE GUARD
By James Freeman
BY James Freeman

Old Man Burs-
ley phoned in
to headquarters
about $50 pm. on
the night of the
Goth. His voice
was quite calm
and unrumed.
1--WE just been
held up and rob-
bed," he explain
ed. II think If
you go to No.
302 Market street
you'll find not
only the bandits,
but the money"
wait a min
ute" said Deke
Miller. What Is
this? Let's have
Evening star., 1939-02-28
jolly Polly
A Little Chat on English
BY JOS. J. FRISCH.

T. D.-"I don't know but that she
is right" is the approved gram
matical form. But what" in this
sense, is often used, even by good
speakers, but best usage does not
agree with it. Sometimes "but
that" is abbreviated to but" as in
IT don't know but she is right" a
form to be avoided because it Is not
standard English.
Evening star., 1939-02-28

Star of Egypt, the $250,000 dia-
mond once owned by the Khedive
of Egypt, has been offered for sale
in London.