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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-04

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-04

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The state election wNs over
but the ballots had barely been
counted before candidates for
United States senator began
burning around. Taeoma had
two-walter J. Thompson and
Gen. John w. Sprague. Seattle
also had two candidates Wat
son c. Squire and John c.
Haines. The four candidates.
with others. were preparing 10
establish headquarters in olym-
pa when the new legislature
should meet.
Smile dlchls.
The clergyman was being
shaved by a barber who had q
couple of drinks too many and
several times knicked through
the skin.
Said the clergyman "a he
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tina, the contracts were parceled
out without competitive bidding.
Nsvsrthe less. Commissioner
Akers has declined 10 recommend
final trial Of the ISSUE 10 the
court OF claims itself.
Here enter personal and parti-
ssn politics. Commissioner Akers
has ruled against the govern
ment on almost every count. re-
fusing to accept evidence point
ing toward oonnivance and con-
spiracy In the letting Of the con-
tracts. His tenure In office. Of
course. Is subject TO the viii Of
the court. which consists OF three
men appointed by Hoover at the
suggestion of ex Postmaster
General Brown. who was the
Hoover patronage dispenser. and
a fourth member named by Call
vim Coolidge.
They are. naturally. losth TO
be forced TO rule that Brown
broke the Law In awarding these
contracts. Therefore the prelim-
mary hearings have dragged out
SO long. with no end in sight.
Oddly enough J. Bruce Kremer.
still an influential Democratic
politico, represents several of the
sirmail companies.
FDR's legal representatives are
entirely exasperated over the de-
lay and the apparent adverse at
titude Of the court. Now they
threaten to demand a showdown.
and II they lose. TO appeal to the
Roosevelt reorganized supreme
court. II Is difficult to take an
appeal to that body from the
court of claims, but FDR's law
yers nave hopes OF making the
political grade.
President Roosevelt will take
plenty OF time before answering
ALI Landon's third-term quiz. but
the impression grows among
FDR's friends that he will decline
TO run again in q formal state
ment to be issued early in the
next year--perhaps in his open
ing message to the 1910 congress.
The prospect of prosperity re-
sulting from the war is gener-
ally regarded as giving Roose-
welt an "out" on the third-term
proposition. He is. in his friends
opinion, now thinking Of his place
in history rather than immediate
or future political conquests.
Should he keep the country out
of the European conflict until
June or November, and should
economic conditions have better
ed by that time. he will walk out
of the White House as the presi-
dent who brought recovery.
But should he hold office until
1914, and should the end of the
war bring a seemingly inevitable
economic collapse, his star will
not shine so high. He would have
overstayed his time, and all his
friends realize the danger in a
third term. Therefore the feel
ing grows that he will step down.
and out next year. and so an
nounce at the first opportune
moment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-04
SO THEY SAY

II We approach war, we must
have dictatorship.-Gen. Hugh
johnson, former NRA chief.
Anyone has a right to run for
the senate.-Senator Harry S.
Truman Dem.-Mo.).
Nobody knows whether this
country can keep out of war,
but we all hope with all our
hearts.-Mrs. Franklin d.
Roosevelt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-04

New Jerseys Governor Moore
resigned 10 become q. =. senator
on Jan. 4, 1885. and Clifford n.
Powell. president OF the senate.
became acting governor. serving
until Jan. > Horace G. prali
was then elected senate presi-
dent and setting governor lie
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-04

Mr.. Wright represented large
interests in Philadelphia. Many
OF his associates had invested In
Tacoma property. When a gov
eminent report disclosed that
England was doing $500. 000.-
600 worth of business with the
Orient every year and only a
small proportion OF the business
came 10 the Pacific coast. they
did some investigating.
Starting with advantage Of
the shorter route between the
Orient and Puget Sound. it was
evident that that the most profit
would be made in the Oriental
business by shipping via Puget
Sound. Unquestionably the estab-
ment OF Oriental steamship lines
operating between Tacoma.
China and Japan was the result
of their promotion.
One does not have TO be
such an oid-timer TO .remem-
Der when the ships of the
Boston Steamship company,
Boston Towboat company, the
Blue Funnel and other lines
were carrying cargo back and
forth between Puget Sound
and the Orient. Ii was a rare
occasion when there was not
one Oriental lines discharging
or loading cargo at the Ia
coma dock, and frequently
there were two or three. IL
WAS busy waterfront.
The Philadelphia promoters of
the New York of the Pacific
also saw natural advantages
which would attract trade and
population. There was the lin
exhaustible timber supply" and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-04

II you're not using il, sell it with
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Call Main 1851.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-04

Red Cross proposes arocty quiz in the Polish war
Naxs will doubt instruct Poles manned by shells
to nv they got that falling off the barn roof
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-04

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-04

Germany. Great Britain. Italy,
Japan. Mexico. Panama, Poland.
Spain. Turkey. u. s. s. r.. vene-
xuela. Canada, czccho-Slovakia,
Egypt. Greece, Guatemala, Nor
way. Lithuania, Netherlands. Ru-
mania. Sweden. Thailand, Union
OF South Africa and Yugoslsyia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-04

Viianin h proposed . cure for gray hair Nov We
esn worry abent world problems without worrying ina,
hair vii - white
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-04
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tsons toward development Of
worthwhile activities.
he endowed Annie Wright
seminary, and built ~. Lakes
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structure which stood for 50
many years st the corner Of
9Th and Broadway. To en-
courage development Of gen
erai education activities he
gave $4,000 TO establish the
College of Puget Sound in
1888.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07

is reserved for peonies and dahlias.
These or other flowers will provide
"a cash crop in most local markets.
Three other large subdivisions are
allocated to vegetable garden, a
potato patch, and a fruit orchard A
vegetable garden l32'x75' may pro-
ducea enough vegetables for a fam
lily OF five persons, while a potato
patch of similar size may yield
upward from 30 bushels. Room for
IA poultry house and for berry
patch is also provided,
The basic Home-L Land Program,
according to building industry
spokesman, is the most practical
approach to the. housing problem Of
Workmen who to an increasing de-
gree are going to be only partially
or periodically employed in indus
try, either through the shorter
work week or the increased mechan-
lzation of industry. Loans under
Class 3 Title of the Federal Hous-
ing Act, running for 10 years at 3h
per cent interest on the discount
basis, are particularly adapted to
construction Of homes of this char
acter. Western Homes Foundation
supports the program as a means of
maintaining American home stand
ards for loW-income families and of
furthering the ideals Of American
citizenship
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07

an FILA insured home 1oan,n SAYS
w c. Bell, foundation chairman in
explaining the program. but if
they are not guaranteed steady en-
ployment and regular income, they
cannot meet the requirements of
FILA and the banks. Throughout the
nation such men form a large group
Of family breadwinners. To quote
from a statement by Mr.. Wolflin in
Wood Construction,
The turning Of the leisure Of this
industrial group into productive
channels constitutes national
problem and the readiest solution
is in the hands of the retail lum-
Der dealer who has it in his power
to guide these families into the
promised land Of home ownership
and financial independence. In sup
plying designs, Western Homes
Foundation is providing the basis
for a Homeland Program in each
community"
The diagram published herewith
shows a one-acre plot in eight di-
visions. Authorities state that this
plan, if properly carried through,
will afford the occupant substan-
tlal addition to his annual income.
Different divisions and other crops
would Of course be necessary on the
basis of different soil, climate and
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07

Mrs, Ed. Lukens, left Wednesday for
Thompson lake, on camping trip
Mrs. B. L. Philips entertained a
number of lady friends the latter
part of the week in honor of her
guest, Mrs. E. c. Blackwell, of Mel
son, Penn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Mccarthy and
children have returned from the
country where they have been the
past few months.
Mrs Eugene Desarmo was called
to kalispell last Friday by the i'll
mes of her sister.
Mat and Miss Margaret Christie
spent Sunday with friends at Troy.
The Methodist ladies were at
home to about so of the men of the
city Tuesday evening A delicious
evening meal was served, following
which the gentlemen were permit
ted to recompense for their enter
tainment by cording up the years
supply of wood for the church.
NJ. Petery, one of the substantial
business men of Fortine. spent
Thursday and Friday in Libby.
VIM. A. Hills, one of the we'll
known old timers of south Libby,
was greeting his many friends at this
place the first Of the week. Mr..
Hills is salesman for a well known
cartridge company, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hills expect to make their home
here.
Herman Bockman, the local game
warden, received message Sunday
from his chief to report for duty
at once IN Helena for work in an
other part of the state during hunt
ing season.
If the city of Butte had more men
who work with their hands and not
SO much with their mouths, the sit
uatlon over the entire state would
be improved.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07

The the sunhsh Minnesota Florida
a
following the fishermen the
buegi weighing
close record Bueg found the dropon
lakes and during the
Like fish buegi
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gill;
Everett the buegI stamps
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07
Eosterner Writes of Goot Hunting
And Placer Mining in Libby District

stopped us for four days. In that
time we saw enough geysers and
caught enough fish to last us life
time.
On June l we found ourselves
making deal with Harry to do
some placer mining with him. Harry
has about 800 acres of mining
claims up there but the government
requires that he do a certain num-
Der of days assessment work each
year in order to keep these claims.
We agreed to help him do this work
for the privilege of panning gold
with him. There was another Ken
lucky boy, Roy Skirvin, staying with
Harry, so the four of us went back
into the very heart of the Rockies
for couple of weeks.
On the way up to the cabin we
saw several bear signs and learned
from Harry that the country around
there was perfectly lousy with
bear and deer. BY the time we had
Strengthened up the cabin and eaten
supper, it was dark, SO we had
nothing to do but retire early. For
protection against wild animals Har-
ry had brought 30-30 caliber rifle
which he hung on the wall by our
bed, and we had 80 automatic pis-
tol which Cy Tandy had loaned us
for the trip With all of these
"Shootin' irons around we felt safe
from anything that walked on two
or four feet, The cabin was strong
and had good roof over it but
the top hinge on the door was
broken, which caused the door to
drag at the bottom.
guess it must have been around
one o'clock the next morning when
something suddenly awakened Ray
mond and me. We lay there min
ute and then we heard the noise
again. It sounded like something
was trying to push open the door.
We flashed the light on the door
and the noise stopped, only to start
again when we had turned off the
light The second time we turned
on the light we saw the door slow
~ being pushed open. We had been
told that bears would break in and
get the food SO we needed little
persuasion to believe that we were
having an unwelcome visitor. In
less time than it takes to tell about
1t we had all the guns in the camp
trained on the door, waiting breath
lessly for fuzzy bear to come
tumbling in. Finally the door opened
and in walked Harry. I don't think
he ever realized how closely he came
to being shot A few nights later
something awakened Raymond and
this time before reaching for the
gun he turned the flashlight on the
other bed and found that Skirvin
was missing No sooner had he
turned on the light than a voice
from the outside said, Now by
--- this is me out here! Don't
you start shootin' through that
door,
A few days later we were fishing
when Raymond and Skirvin spotted
a goat up on the mountain. They
slipped back to the cabin, got a
gun and climbed up within range
of the goat When they were close
enough they found large goat and
several young ones. Without think
ing about anything but getting the
one which would make the most
meat they shot the biggest one in
the herd. When they came back to
camp dragging this big goat Harry
was very much pleased that cou-
pie of "Tenderfeet" had brought in
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07

some meat. Everyone was in good
spirits until we started to eat that
goat. When we tried to chew that
stuff Skirvin swore by his beard
it was ten years old. When the boys
told Harry they could have killed
a young one he exclaimed, you
could have killed a young onel
Well I'll be -a--.'
Theetwo weeks in the wilderness
passed so quickly and we had so
much fun that we were almost re-
luctant TO move to the creek where
we were going to placer mine 1t
took US a day to install the sluice
boxes and get ready TO mine gold.
When we really began the digging
it was just as much of thrill as
we had anticipated To stand and
watch Harry wash a pan of gravel
and get the gold out of it made it
seem easy but when we tried it we
found that it took quite a bit of skin
to make any Roadway. We finally
made enough progress that we could
get few colors of gold in every
pan. We liked to look at the gold
in the bottom of the pan so we'll that
instead of throwing dirt in the
sluice boxes which was the most
profitable we would spend a large
part of our time washing it with
the gold pan.
At the end of two weeks we
cleaned out the sluice boxes and
were disappointed to find that we
had not made small fortune in the
first cleanup, However, we did
make our living while we we're
there and that was pretty good for
a couple of tenderfeet, so the old
timers said. | can truthfully say
that we did make a fortune in the
gold fields--a fortune in experience
and adventures, which will always
be as good as gold.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07
DID WE FIND GOLD?
BY Row SearcY

BY Roy Searcy
II ever there was. a country Ounce
Who didn't feel THAT" as often
as once,
Then all can say is it's a pretty
good sign
That he'll never be a hero of
mine. (Adapted).
Yes, | think that everyone, at
some time or other has had dreams
OF finding something that would en-
able them to put on the Ritz and
take 1t easy for the rest of their
lives.
I've always been afraid TO peer
too deeply into the branches of my
family tree but I think somewhere
there can beofound evidences of an
ancient who had lots of gold Maybe
ne was an adventurer, explorer,
mlser, pirate, or horse-thief, but
Whatever he was surely has had
something to do with the gold hunt
ing fever of ours.
But for an incident which hap
pened two years ago probably
nothing would have ever come of all
OF this. At that time | was taking
a geology course at Eastern under
the supervision of DR.. L. G. Ken
manner. One afternoon he got start
ed on the gold subject and spent the
entire class period telling us about
the time he PANIED twelve hundred
dollars down in Central America
IN q couple of days His story proved
to be very electrifying to my gold
hunting ambitions. From that af-
ternoon on | knew that | wasn't
going to be satisfied until I had
tried my luck in the gold country.
Last spring I realized that I was
going to be free to do what pleased
the following summer so | began
making plans for vacation in the
gold country. My brother, Ray
mond, decided that he too, had been
bitten by the gold bug SO we de-
clded to try our luck together.
had been making epistolary visits to
an old placer miner. Harry Howard,
who lived out in Montana, SO we
thought possibly we could make a
deal with him. With this foremost
IN our minds we departed for the
gold country on May %, 1899. You
all know what the Forty Miners
did-Well we were going to 90 down
IN history as the Thirty Miners. We
made good time on the way there
but Yellowstone National Park
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07
Young Mr.. Lincoln

An astonishing adventure is pre-
sented in Young Mr.. Lincoln"
Sunday and Monday at the Koote-
mai theatre.
Young Mr. Lincoln is sincere
~ and accurately titled. It is
study of Lincoln in one special and
initial phase of his career, andsit is
substantially all devoted to the ex-
banded and exhaustive treatment
of an episode, novice lawyers
first murder trial,
In this altogether remarkable
production the makers have made
the primary assumption that the
audience knows the life story of
Abe Lincoln and that it will find
fine entertainment in a cross sec
tional examination of him as a per-
sonallty in the period in which he
was finding himself.
70 the public not so interested
IN the Lincoln tradition the picture
will present pioneer story of a
murder trial in the backwoods, not
remarkable for suspense but richly
laden with sentimental concerns, ex-
element and surprise climax.
Henry Fonda in the title role has
by his performance decidedly added
TO his laurels and enhanced his i'm
portance to the picture stage. It
may also be observed that Alice
Brady in the role of Abigail Clay.
mother of the boys accused of muir
der, develops all of the sympa-
thetlc possibilities of a considerable
part.
In this picture we are given
glimpse of Mary Todd, without,
however, elaboration to give her ap-
pearance and lines significance save
as one has prior and detailed knowl-
edge of her part in the life of Lin
coin. A star picture you wont
want to miss.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07
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(From the files of the Western News)
Cary Ferguson, we'll known ranch
er, residing about 40 miles south
of town, lost all of his ranch build
ings and about 80 tons of timothy
hay by fire last week.
The Mccormick school will open
Oh September 7th with an attend
ance of 20 pupils.
One-third interest in 100000
awaits the finding of J. r. Joyce,
a lumberjack formerly employed in
this district, who, several years ago,
staked a couple of prospectors to
the extent of $500 with the agree
ment that he should have one third
of their findings They found it.
John Valcour was given a sentence
of 90 days in the county Jail for
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses.
Albert Armistead, British sub
ject; Frank Louis Olt, an Austrian,
and Andy Theo Baneoff, Bulgarian,
are three good foreigners who have
expressed desire to become citi-
zens of this country by applying
to Clerk OF Court Miller for their
naturalization papers.
A number Of the members of the
local Masonic lodge visited Eureka
Friday evening and with members
of the order from Whitefish and
Columbia Falls participated in in
itiation.
The hotel at Glacier Park has been
closed for the winter. The big
hostelery has not been a paying
proposition since the opening of the
European war.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Faust, George,
Helen, Leo and John Faust, Mr.. and
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07

dependent income. The plot design
is by Charles Woldfin Evansville,
Ind, lumberman. In blueprint form
1t was distributed to thousands of
industrial employees in the Mid
west who had short work weeks or
were subject to seasonal layofffs.
This was the Inauguration of the
building industry's Homeland Pro-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07

other conditions. The Wolflin plot
design is simply intended as an ex-
ample of what may be done in the
way OF careful acreage planning.
The largest division of the prop
erty is reserved for the house pro-
per, which can be anything from
small unfinished shelf costing as
little as $500 to a complete small
house costing from $4,000 to $4,000.
In the Wolflin plan, a small corner