The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-01-26

est OWICQ ldiuS. EiOIll private
sources 100000 will be available
annually. This would keep such
mill as the j. Neils Lumber Com
pany now has at Libby supplied
perpetually- Miller and
Ben Baenen bring down nine-foot
long mountain lion-Lincoln coun-
ty citizens begin tax study of pres
ent cumbersome and expensive sys-
tenn now statewide Sale of Hap
py's Inn, on Crystal lake, popular
Lincoln county summer resort, an
nounced Further Improvements
started.
March-Forest service crews find
97.5 inches of snow at 5000 foot
elevation.-State surgeon praises
Libby health officer Cairns.-Lin-
coin county goes down the line 100
per cent in raising fund for wild life
restoration. Community hall at Eu-
Teka gets under day.-Vermiculite
insulation, produced from mines
near Libby, shipped to Porto Rico
and Calcutta, 1ndia.-County- wide
musical festival sponsored by high
schools attracts 200 students.-Grav-
cling begin on No. 2 south and west
of Libby.-Great Northern makes
payment of 1897 taxes.
April-Seventy three deer seen in
one grain field near Libby. WPA
allots $4,000 to Lincoln county for
the construction or reconstruction
of county roads and ridges.-Lions
organization starts spring cleanup
OF kotenai Falls recreational park
Fortine fish hatchery receives order
for 100000 Rainbow eggs. Rains
send creeks down to flood lowlands.
Libby and Granite creeks cause
thousands of dollars damage. One
hundred new recruits arrive in Lib
by for replacement at Camp F-76-
Dean McAllister of Cathedral of St.
John, Spokane, speaks before Joint
meeting of civic clubs.-Iincoln
county track and field meet plans
ormulated.-Walter Neils chosen by
governor TO represent District One
II road building program studies-
Libby man produces excellent rec
ord Tor Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany by selling one or more policies
Tor l53 weeks, with no exceptions.
May-Annual track meet won by
Lincoln county high school of Eu-
Teka.-Forest service requests brush
burners secure permits.-CCC camp
at Libby provides many facilities for
education and INTERCHANGEABLE
ings for county offices are accepted
Annual ranger conference for dis
cusslon of forestry problems begins
on kootenai.-State commander of
Veterans of Foreign Wars visits Lib
oy.-Troy studies enlarging of high
school district. Plans to issue bonds
for addition to present school build
lng.-Meeting in Libby to determine
plans for new school building. Pres
ent grade school students meet in
hazardous structure. sue
gests construction of community
hall.-Arrangements being made for
harvest this fall of annual Christ
mas trees. Hundreds of carloads
leave this county each year. form
ing one of the areas major indus
trles.-P.-T. A. backs new school
building drive-Opening baseball
game scheduled for May l5.-Dr.
Edythe Hershey, division of child
welfare of the State Board of Health
addresses joint Women's club meet
lng.-Ural man uncovers 500 pound
anchor used by one of the early river
boats plying the Kootenai river in
freight shipments.-$75, 900 for Lib
by federal building included IN ap
preparation passed in Washington
Libby sportsman kills TOO pound
grizzly bear.-Lutherans hold sec
tfnnAl ~ r IL
June-Kootenai forest road pro-
gram gets final approval, includes
Pleasant Valley and Libby-Troy
projects.-Two CCC spike camps for
blister rust control established near
Troy.-Flood danger fades as Koo
tenai river GIBBS after reaching is
feet.-Lions elect Christie president.
---koetef1ai national forest crews cor
raj three hundred acre fire
Bert Hind pans Sl07 gold nugget
Carl Expert arrives in Libby on va
cation and to write his next SYM
phony based on the life cycle of a
tree.-Supervisor Klehm re elected
Commercial club head.-WPA al
locates $4,000 for Libby school
building. -Kootenai national forest
advertises huge timber sale on Star
creek.
July-Universal Insulation mine
discovers snake encased in Solid
ore As feet below ground level
Political office candidates swing
through county in closing race.
Nells Lumber Company successful
bidder on Star Creek timber. In
dicates spending of 100000 in log
ging and manufacturing of products
from single drainage 25,000,000 feet
involved Operations on Star creek
will require two years. Will furnish
3 $4,000 man days of labor Shovel.
axe and bucket requirement goes
into effect throughout Kootenai ma
honal forest as mercury hits 100
storm starts fifty chfchbmrdwb
consistently - Severe electrical
storm starts so fires. --Koofenai for.