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Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05
Rv EDWARD b. REYNOLDS

By EDWARD B. REYNOLDS
wherever gold has been discov-
cred, rascals have gathered to at
tempt to get that gold by easy
"eet rich quick" methods. Old
timers in Helena recall clever
swindle in the early days which
failed in the Capital city and sue
ceeded for a short time in Colo
RADIO. 4.
Helena was scheduled as the scene OF
the greatest mining fakes ever az.
tempted in the United States. IT
happened shortly before the turn OF
the century when Prof. Stephen x.
Emmons, the chief chemist Of the war
department, excited universal discus
sion in commercial and scienti1lc
circles by the positive assertion that
he could turn silver into gold.
This announcement by Professor
Emmons caused CONSERVATION through
ont the world. 1t carried weight pc,
cause he was a man Of recognized
ability and integrity. Naturally scien-
fists all over the world gave his demon,
stration their strictest attention and
the commercial interests became hghly
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05
Helena Once Was Scheduled
AS Scene of Mining Fraud

alarmed over envisioned disaster to
their gold standards.
Professor Emmons actually did pro-
duce gold from Mexican silver dollars
and sold it to the United States mint.
However, the cost of producing this
gold was an effectual bar to its COM
mercial success.
With Professor Emmons' demonstra-
ton still fresh in the minds of people,
two men came to Helena with the
avowed purpose of demonstrating to
the miners and mill men of Montana
that they could extract more gold from
low-grade ores of Last Chance gulch
than those ores contained according
to the assay value.
After remaining in Helena for sew
eral weeks, the men, for some IN
known reason, slipped out of town
without word to anyone. They were
they formed company capitalized at
81 900 900 and erected a mill. Then
they proceeded to show the Colorado
metallurgists what they had promised
to show the mining men of Helena.
Instead of using ores from the mines,
they carted sand to the mill. From this
sand, which aSSayed no value in gold,
they extracted gold which ranged in
value from SIS to 500 per ton. They
claimed that they would show that
most of the gold contained in ores was
lost in fire assays and in smelters.
They proposed to produce gold in guam
titles which would astonish the world
and literally upset the industrial field.
Naturally they did not want a dollar
of anybody'S money because they could
make more gold than they could use
and in fact, more gold than the entire
world could use. 1t was their boast that
when they came to treat the ores from
the mines everyone would be struck
dumb with surprise at the volume, ease
and cheapness of their process. Ore.
which was worth 50 per ton by the
other methods of mining then in use,
would be worth not less than $40 per
ton by their methods.
As usual, the swindlers got goodly
number of men to snap at their lure
and these men lost goodly amount
of money, but the career of the or
iginators of this brilliant get rich
quick" scheme was short-lived.
Investigators discovered that the
metallurgist who did the work for them
at the mill used flour gold in his
chemicals. It was not to be seen by
the naked eye, but discovered by
analysis.
The idea Of the promoters Of the
scheme was to get everybody excited
about the new method and then to
unload quickly and clear out Of the
country. However, they were exposed
too soon to complete their plans
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05

Herman, Nye; J. E. Bower, Lincoln;
A. r. Anderson, Birney: Charles r.
Murphy, Livingston; Bill Eaton, Wolf,
Wyo.; Andrew Anderson, Encampment,
Wyo., and Coulter D. Huyler of Wilson,
Wyo.
Interest in West Gains
Kirby Kittoe says dude ranchers are
optimistic because they expect swing
back toward the old-fashioned two
week vacation spent at one spot rather
than taking it .'on the run" He be-
lieves there is an increasing interest
in the American west and that the
unrest abroad has tended to keep
Americans at home.
Writing in the Omaha Daily Journal
Stockman, Kittoe says, The dude
ranching industry will continue to grow
in prestige and opportunity, no one
connected with it doubts for a moment.
In the days when the Eaton boys moved
from North Dakota to Wolf and started
the first dude ranch it was something
Of a novelty. For many years only a
few others tried hand at it.
Later the days of tough Shedding
in the cattle and sheep business gave
impetus to the trend and in not a
few cases dude ranching is given credit
for having softened the blow OF de-
preston years on the ranges of Wy
oming, Montana and South Dakota.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05

under the broad canopy Of heaven: 1t
is the westl"
Seventeen new members were added
to the association last year. Nye states.
nine of whom are in Montana
The new members are Diamond
and-a-Haf ranch. Tom Whited, Here
ford. Ore; Metolius Ledge and Dude
ranch. Bill Haney. Camp Sherman,
Ore: H. P. ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Even, Shell. Wyo.; Lazy E. L. Ranch
Corp. William r. Mackay, Roscoe: A
Bar H ranch. Mrs. A. j. Hogan. En-
campment, Wyo:::, Bar L ranch: a.
Lee Williams. John Day, Ore. Arps
ranch. Jack and Billie Arps, Augusta;
Gordon ranch, Mr.. and Mrs. Horacette
KoeSsler. Seeley lake; Hells Canyon
ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wright. Nc
Leod Lazy B B ranch. Bert S. Hind,
Libby: Moose Head ranch, Fred J.
Topping Elk. Wyo. Old Kaintuck
Mr. and Mrs Walter G. Aller, Mcleod :;
Rising Wolf ranch. Albert Trenkle.
Glacier Park: S Bar S ranch. Mitchell
brothers, Cameron: L ranch. June
Roe, Nonida Trapper Lodge. D. Good
win. Shell. Wyo. and J. w. White.
Deep Canyon ranch, Choteau
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05

Today, however, it is no longer merely
a sideline or stopgap.
Finally, there is the urge inherent
in many a stuffed up metropolitanite,
to get away from the turmoil Of battl-
ing for money and existence and to
become lost in the west where health,
happiness and friendship count more
than money, and that friendly fashion
of meeting man to man on equal foot
ing. recognizing each other as fellow
man without prying into his inner soul
or bank account, is the natural pro-
cedure."
Old West Lives On
On the subject of the passing of
the old west, an article has been found
by the Dude RancherS association by
a man who signed himself as Fog
Horn Clancy"
The article says. You old-timers
need not despair. Your west will last
long after you and I have departed
this life. Its spirit. its traditions will
linger, and though the cowboy may
foreSake the COW pony for the auto,
he will still be a weSterner, that same
frank. genial, unassuming fellow who
has made the world admire him.
so be of good cheer for the Gus
toms. the traditions and the spirit
of that great country you helped to
build will live on and on. It's the
greatest section Of the greatest country
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05
ASHES OF FER
AND WIFE SCATTERED
OVER MOUNT POWELL

A Western Air Express passenger
ship recently droned over rugged
Mount Powell fulfilling the Last
wishes Of two widely known and es-
teemed Montanans.
Recently Mrs. Frank Conley, wife
of the colorful former state prison
warden, died. Not long after her
husband, long prominent in the af-
fairs of the state, succumbed.
1t was the last wish of both that
their ashes be scattered over Mount
Powell, a landmark in the Deer
Lodge country where both lived for
many years.
So Pilot Hank HoIlenbeck, in a
ship offered through the courtesy
of the airline, took the ashes of both
aloft and as the ship passed over
the peak, scattered them over the
soil both knew.
Helen and Hilda Conley, daughters
of the early day residents, accom-
panied Hollenbeck on the trip.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05

and game matters. The idea of the
primitive area originated with the as
sociation and has been one of its chief
activities, says Nye.
The group has opposed ratification
of the sanitary pact with Argentina as
a matter of principal. They are op-
posed to any movement tending to
commercialize national parks and have
opposed the diversion of water from
national parks. The association is OPP
posed to the fish and game depart
ments being politically controlled
The present directors of the associa-
ton are Mrs. Julia Bennett, Ennis
Miss NJ. Shawyer, Cody. Wyo.; Jack
Horton, Saddlestring, Wyo.; E. j
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05
Montana's Exhibit At Fair
I'm Sam Francisco Is Praised

Montana's exhibit at the Treas
ure island exhibition in San Fran
cisco drew a nice newspaper play
in a recent issue of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. Under a three
column picture showing the inside
of the Montana buildings a we'll
written story which carries Mon
tana's vacation land message to
all who care to read. 1t follows
in full:
"'Howdy strangerl Light and rest
your saddle
This is your welcome invitation
burnt by branding iron into a long
Montana has brought to the EXPOSE
ton on Treasure island
In brief, the great mountain state
has brought welcome to all fair
visitors to go up there and see some
of the grandest scenery on the con-
tinent. Also in brief, the many re-
sources and industries are not stressed
Montana endeavors to make known its
great attractions as an outdoor sports
and vacation land state.
In the interior of the Montana ex-
hibit in the Hall of Western States
is in log finish, a duplicate of Mon
tana ranch house. The mess table is
formed by ripping huge log in two
and fastening 1t together The benches
are also of logs, with the legs made
of skins and hoofs Of Montana elk
THE walls are covered by many
beautiful dioramas, natural color trans
parencies, photographs and models
The state also does not let you forget
that it has produced the great cowboy
artist, Charles Russell, as well as
Paxon, De Camp and others.
There are copies Of some of Rus
sells famous cowboy and Indian paint
ings, some black and white copies OF
Paxon's early day Montanans.
Like most of the states that border
the eastern edge of the Rockies, Mon
tana has produced many fossilized re-
mains of prehistoric mammals, which
are on display.
What 'gritS' are to a chickens crop
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-05-05
LOCATION is SELECTED
FOR BRIDGE AT MARYLAND

A forest service engineer. an as
sistant Great Northern division en-
gineer the forest supervisor, county
commissioners and surveyor met at
Libby and decided on the location of
a 650-foot steel bridge to cross the
will replace the ferry which has been
in operation a great many years. and
will connect highway No. 81. Work
will be started as soon as high waters
recede and will be completed within
the year
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F0RTINE
observation-disclosures

Rev. T. P. Beresford of Eureka
preached at the Community church
last Sunday morning
Mr.. and Mrs. O. B. Johnson and
daughter Margaret and Mrs Olaf
Johnson were Kalispell visitors last
Friday.
Perry Armstrong is confined TO
his home by illness.
Rev. c. E. Harms of Eureka will
conduct services at the Community
church next Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Phil Winkley and C. II. Franklin
returned Thursday from a three
days stay in Kalispell.
Mrs. A. E. Johnson has returned
from Missoula where she visited
for several weeks
Mrs. Frank Day was happily sur
prised last Saturday evening when
the young people of the Sunday
school comprising the class of which
she is the teacher gathered at her
home for an evening of games and
entertainment. AS Mrs. Day has
been confined to her home for sew
eral weeks with a severe case of
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LE0N|A
Montana-Idaho Line

The Ladies Club met at the home
of Mrs. Guy Manning Wednesday
afternoon, Feb. Is The afternoon
was spent sewing and playing Chi.
nese checkers. The guest of the
afternoon was Mrs. William Fleming
of Pine creek. Refreshments were
served at the close of the afternoon
Miss Ruby Todd, who has been
visiting her parents in the Curley
creek district, left Wednesday, Feb
Is, for Spokane Miss Todd will en-
ter Sacred Heart hospital to con-
tinue her nurses training. She was
transferred from California to Spo-
kane.
Andrew Johnson, 73, pioneer resi-
dent of the Curley creek district,
died Tuesday morning following an
services were held last Thursday
from the Crouch Chapel in Bon
ners Ferry. Interment was in
GrandvieW cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Clark and
children of the Sylvanite district
were visitors in Leonia Sunday ev-
ening
The Happy Hour club, which is a
branch of the Extension club of
Idaho, met at the home of Mrs. Will
liam Chappell last Thursday.
The lesson was read, which con-
sisted of discussions ON rugs and
linoleum. Also a reading on Lin
coin was given hyaMrs. Jennie Vet
ter The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Harriet Hoisington, Mrs c. w.
Todd acting as hostess. Refresh
ments were served
James Gray has been relieving
George Herman at Katka for the
past two weeks.
The school children at Central
school enjoyed a valentine party
Tuesday afternoon Everyone pres
ent received numerous pretty val
entlnes. Games were played and a
lunch provided by all was enjoyed.
Miss Margaret Gray and Arthur
Manning were both absent from
school the last week with colds.
Clarence Cookston shipped a car
Of wood from Leonia this week.
Mrs. Ray Reynolds from the Svl-
vanlte district was Spokane Wis
itor this week.
Harold Todd has been on the sick
list the last week.
Mrs. Harry Fry. who has been
visiting G. w Lucka, spent the last
two weeks renewing old acquaint-
ances in Boomers Ferry. She re-
turned Thursday of this week
The last week has given us hope
again that the spring we all long for
IS not very far away. Especially
If signs of seed catalogues and gar
den hints that are pouring in
through every mail mean anything.
bets all get our garden equipment
in order.
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DIR ECTO RY
Libby, Montana
LODGES

|. O. O. F. Cabinet chapter No. 68,
meets every Tuesday evening. Floyd
Peterson, Noble Grand and Ernest
Davidson, recording secretary.
A. F. & A. M. Libby Lodge No. IS
meets End and 4th Thursdays at
Masonic Temple Otto Nordstrom,
w. NJ, VIM. Anderson, secretary.
Royal Arch Masons, Libby lodge
No 80 meets LIST and Bird Wednes-
days at Masonic Temple. Frank Up
ham, High Priest, J. F. McCully,
secretary.
Order of the Eastern Star. Libby
Chapter No. SO meets 1st and 3rd
Tuesdays at Masonic Temple. Louise
LIE Due, w. M, Marie Jaqueth, sec
rotary.
Libby Moose Lodge No. 1899 meets
End and 4th Mondays at Moose hall
Otto Griep, Dictator, Gleason
Pitcher, secretary.
Royal Neighbors, Mountain View
Camp No. 1858 meets End and 4th
Tuesday at the Legion hall
Mrs. Mae thinner, oracle; Mrs. Ag-
mes Larsen, recorder
Medora Rebekah Lodge No. So
meets 1st and 3rd Mondays at I. O.
0. F. hall. Hester Dunn, Noble
Grand and Ruth Hampton, secretary.
A. O. u. w. meets the End Friday
of each month at the Legion hail.
Virgo Dutton, w. M. and L. j.
Brown, secretary.
Libby Chapter De Molay meets
LIST and 3rd Mondays, Masonic Tenn
pie. Gene NOVEL;, M. c.; Fred
Clark, scribe.
Rainbow Girls meet second and
fourth Mondays at Masonic Temple,
Lenore Martin, w. A.; Phyllis De
Rosia, secretary, Miss Jessie Stau-
dacher, mother advisor.
Women OF the Moose, Libby
Chapter No. sos meets on the first
and third Tuesdays at the Moose
hall Bessie Smith, Senior Regent
and Babe Warner, recorder
Libby Townsend club No. | meets
on the first and third Fridays of
each month in the community hall,
at 7.30 p. m. E. M. Bitterman, pres
ident, j. O. Baker, secretary.
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looking over the telephone lines. He
plans to meet the ranchers of this
community again on Wednesday.
Miss Katherine Neils and Jennie
Rolseth of Libby were weekend
guests of Miss Virginia Gee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Cannon and
daughter visited with Mr.. and Mrs
G. A. Davis Sunday evening.
Gene Gaertner returned to Rex
ford again on Sunday after spending
the week END with his family.
Dick Everett and son, James Ev-
erett, were callers in Libby on We'd
nesday.
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SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

Commercial Club meets every Bird
Thursday. Karl A. K1ehm, presi-
dent, Bonner Hooks, secretary.
American Legion Auxiliary Lodge
No 81 meets 1st and 3rd Thurs
days. Mrs. Ed. Holmgren, presi-
dent, Mrs Russell Whitefield, sec
rotary.
Lions Club meets every End and
4th Mondays. James Christie, pres
ident, Paul Church, secretary.
Libby Woman's Club meets End
Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. in community
room of court house. Mrs. Gordon
Cornell, president, Mrs. Paul
Church, secretary.
American Legion Post No. 81
meets lst and Ord Thursdays at the
Legion hall. James A. Krall, com
mander, Vernon Crotteau, secre-
tary.
Libby Farm Woman's Club meets
LIST Wednesday. Mrs. John Fuller
president, Mrs. Monte Carroll secre-
tary.
Libby Junior Woman's Club meets
second Tuesdays at 8 p. m in the
community room of the court house.
Mrs. Donald Hargreaves, president
and Mrs. William Baeth, secretary.
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Observation-Disclosures,
REXF0RD

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Mid Week Card Club.
Mrs. Thomas Wiltshire entertained
the members of the Mid Week Card
club Tuesday evening, Feb. IA. Auc-
ton bridge was the diversion of the
evening.
Mrs. Matt Griffiths won high
score and Mrs. Fred Marks received
the consolation.
Delicious refreshments were
served.
Mrs. Oak Knapp was hostess to
the Community Baptist Ladies' Aid
Thursday afternoon. Fourteen ladies'
attended and enjoyed playing Chi
nese checkers. Tasty refreshments
were served after the games.
The Rexford Community club
sponsored dance at the school
house Saturday night 1t was well
attended.
Bud Leighty, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie Leighty of West Kootenai,
and Emily Sterba, of Kalispell were
married the last of the week. The
bride teaches the Tooley lake
school
Mrs. Charlie Kins Of Whitefish
visited relatives here the last Of the
week.
Marguerite Hamaas of Libby was
a weekend visitor here.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Griffiths were
Kalispell callers Thursday.
! Mrs. Grady returned to her home
in Spokane the last of the week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Otto SWartz of
Whitefish visited relatives here the
fore part of last week.
Game Warden Darlington was a
business caller in this vicinity Fri
day.
Tom Rutledge, who spent most of
the winter living in Rexford, has
moved back to his ranch.
George Ross is working in Libby
at present.
Ed. Napton of Whitefish relieved
Ross La Dyer as engineer on the
hill for several days.
Mrs. Bud Fleming received word
that her nephew, 17-year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Purdy of California,
passed away from pneumonia the
last of the week.
r. w. Downing, assistant super
intendent Of the Great Northern
was here the first of the week from
Whitefish.
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W ARL AN D
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES:

Sylvester Frank was a shopper
in Libby on Friday.
Chas. Madison and O. B. Ander-
son were in Libby Friday and Sat
urday
Ada Mae Noble entertained a
number of her little girl friends
Tuesday afternoon, the occasion be-
ing her birthday.
Blair Ridgeway is employed at
the G. A. Davis ranch and is cutting
wood for Mr.. Davis
Leon Lake, the Warland ranger
who is on detail work in Libby this
winter, and Jack Lillevig were at
the Warfand ranger station Monday
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-02-23

whooping cough, the young people
were very welcome and spent m
enjoyable evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Gilden and
Paul Kampfe were visitors in Kali
ispell last Tuesday.
Tom Mustard of Great Falls is
visiting his brother Lyle Mustard.
The Fred Israelson family of Ire
go spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs
c. H. Franklin.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-02-23

CHURCHES
First Lutheran Church
Harold Olson, Student Pastor
st. Johns Lutheran
Fl. L. Pfotenhauer, Pastor
Methodist Episcopal
III. w. Woods, Pastor
st. Luke's Episcopal
Arthur B. Ward, Pastor
Christian Science
Presbyterian
Calvary Pentecostal
+. A. Dalton, Pastor
st. Joseph's Catholic
Edmond Taylor, Priest
Church of God
w. W. DeBolt, Pastor
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Livestock, Ronge
Conditions Over
Normal for Feb

Livestock and ranges in Montana
February / were in the best condi-
ton in several years and were well
above normal. according to a report
by Jay G. Diamond, agricultural
statistician. Cattle and sheep losses
for the winter to February were
light.
Hay and feed supplies were re-
ported sufficient. due to the mild
weather. and all areas except a
few in the southeastern part of the
state reported plentiful range water
supplies. Most of the sheep and
lambs on market feed had been
moved out of the state.
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GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
SCHEDULE
East Bound
mo. z Arrives US p. m
No. % Arrives. $50 p. m
West Bound
No. / Arrives. GIG p. m
No. n Arrives. ..-...............2:45 p. m,
Evening star., 1939-08-23

constitute the total amount that
will be utilized for the purpose in
the fiscal year. An increase in the
sum over this year was asked.
The estimates also include a new
item OF $20,350 for establishment
OF biological laboratories at Arm
strong and Dunbar High Schools
and general science laboratories at
the Deal, Eliot and Stuart Junior
High Schools.
For repairs and improvements to
school buildings and grounds, the
board asks an increase from $780,
525 to $656,025. Among special
items would be installation Of q
clock and bell system and a new
roof for the auditorium and ad-
Evening star., 1939-08-23

alcoholic liquors and narcotics.
The board also requested the
elimination Of the legislative pro-
vision IN recent supply acts requir-
ing that the average of salaries
paid librarians in the public schools
shall not exceed the average salaries
paid employees performing the same
grade of work In the Free Public
Library. School officials held this
rule was unnecessary, undesirable
and unavoidable.
The board also requested elimina-
ton Of the rider" requiring that
funds for fuel, gas and electric
light and power must be appor-
toned over the IL months of the
year and so administered as to
Evening star., 1939-08-23

education purposes: Land adjacent
to the Harrison School, including
space for an assembly and gym
nasium, 100000; land near the
John A. Chamberlain Vocational
School, $95 900; additional land ad-
jacent to the johnson Building at
the Powell Junior High School,
$4,000; land adjacent to the Smoth-
ers School, $25,00O; land adjacent
to the Grimke School, $65, 1000; land
adjacent to the Cleveland School,
$4,000; land adjoining the Bell
School, $25,0OO. and land adjoin-
ing the Douglass Simmons School,
$4,000.
Under the proposed increased ap-
preparations for salaries for admin
Evening star., 1939-08-23

istrative and supervisory positions,
there would be employed one new
senior high principal, for the new
Calvin Coolidge High School; Is
additional assistant principals and
two heads of departments, one for
the white and one for the colored
schools, In vocational guidance
work.
Two additional school attendance
officers also would be appointed.
School officials proposed re-inser-
ton OF a provision to permit quali-
f1ed personnel, with the approval
OF the Federal agency concerned
and upon request by the Board of
Education, to give lectures in the
public schools on the effects of
Evening star., 1939-08-23

joining wings at Macfarland Junior
High; a steam-heating system in
the dugout at Central High; re-
modelling of the old jefferson Junior
High School as storehouse; con-
struction Of inclined floors in the
auditoriums Of the Francis, Mac
farland and Stuart Junior Highs:
Evening star., 1939-08-23

q new fire alarm system for Central
High; acoustical treatment for the
auditoriums in the Mcfarland and
Francis Junior High Schools and
in the cafeteria at Deal Junior
High, and $20,525 for elimination
Of school fire hazards.