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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-04-11
Handsome Mountain Sheep
Head i'm Court House

A handsome mounted head of a
mountain sheep ornaments the wall
opposite the main entrance. of the
court house. The head was secured
by Deputy Game Warden Dorring-
ton. He found pair of fine horns
in this district and then set about
to get a suitable scalp for the mount
ing. He knew scalp could be pro-
cured from his son-in-law in Cam
ada but that required quite lit
tie correspondence. Inasmuch as a
mountain sheep is protected ami
NAL. a permit from Canadian game
officials had to be secured before
the scalp could be shipped out. This
was obtained without difficulty, ex-
cept for the correspondence in
volved. Permits are always neces-
sary because no taxidermist will
mount head without first being in
possession of permit showing that
the head has been legally obtained.
A second head was secured by War
den Darlington and mounted at the
same time.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-04-11

ceived the gong. The final preSenta-
ton was Cinema of 1920 by Mar
garet Rawlings group. This was a
mellerdrammer with piano. accom-
paniment in the old pre-talkie style.
The entire program proved TO be
one of the most entertaining OF the
year and much credit is due Major
Joughin and the people who par
ticipated in individual and group
performances.
AT the business meeting which
preceded the above program. cleo
ton of club officers for the forth
coming year was held. The new Of
ficers are as follows: Lois Shaurette,
president; Eleanor Williams. vice
president. Jane LaMunyan, secre-
tary; and Isabelle Agather. treas
urer. Miss Cecilia Liebe, this years
vice president, presided al this
meeting
1t was also voted that the pro-
ceeds from the three act play to be
presented by the Junior Womans
Club this Friday night should be
given to the fund for Libby's swim
inlllE pun II w do dlSO NOtt1 W
donate money to the national can
Ger fund, to the Florence Crittendon
Home at Helena, to the Penney Art
Fund. and to set aside sum to
be used to purchase spectacles for
school children. The members voted
to sponsor an amateur photography
contest the rules of which will be
announced later this spring The
club voted to 60 on record as sup
porting the bill for a Montana food,
drug, and cosmetic law. Plans were
made to send delegates-the past
and present presidents-to the BIZ
ennial convention to be held June
6, 7 and at Billings. A committee
was appointed to make arrange
ments for the annual picnic to be
held in May.
After the business meeting and
program dainty lunch was served
by the hostesses for the occasion
Ruth Switzer, Ruth Hampton. Mil
dred Buck, Ethel Adkins. Louise
Carlson. and Mrs. Harold Thomson.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-04-11
Club Participates
In Amateur Hour

Tuesday night the members of
the Junior Woman's Club took part
in an amateur" hour of hilarious
entertainment. Under the manage
ment of Major Lou Joughin, in
dividuals and groups presented
many clever skits. The major clever
ly introduced and questioned the en-
trants and sat ready to sound the
gong should the audience evidence
any dissatisfaction Listeners were
asked to vote for their favorite
performers, and the results were
announced throughout the program.
The first group, with Edna Cad
well as leader, presented musical
Family Album; as second, Honora
Hafstead, the nervous soprano sing
er always to be found on pro-
gram of this kind, received the
gong, the third group, with Virginia
Eldredge as speaker for the Gals
and their Fellers from Coon Holler,
presented the square dance and song
which won them fame at Washing
ton, .. c.; the OCCASIONAL Operate
Octet, led by Jenny Lee, offered in
strumental and vocal numbers in
close harmony. At this time the
program was interrupted by the
Census Taker. Jean Thomson, who
interviewed various people in the
audience. Marguerite Davidson as
Whistling Willie presented pa
thetic figure as she attempted to
win the Majors approval, but re-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-04-11
Wranglers Consider Important
Subject.

The Wranglers Club spent prof
table evening Wednesday consid-
ering highly important subject
1t was, THE crime situation par
ticularly as it applies to juveniles
and young persons" The discussion
was ably led by Supt A. A. Wood
DR.. ]. M. Cairns discussed crime
from the standpoint of heredity and
environment. Capt j. H. Hughes
and Chaplain Gleason of the Gees
told of conditions they had had to
meet in their work and what results
were being secured. M. R. Woods
of Kalispell, probation officer, spoke
most Interestingly of crime among
young pepole as these matters came
under his attention. 1t was gener-
ally conceded that a major cause
for the alarming increase of crime
among youth is the failure of par
ents to properly raise their children,
a disregard of the duties of par
enthood. Lack of space prevents a
detailed report of this important
discussion but it will be referred
to later at greater length.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-04-11
Twas This My
By LYLE SPENCER
Making Slavery Profitable
q Western Newspaper Union.

HE invention of the cotton gin
\ was partly responsible for the
Civil war. For it was the first labor
saving device in America that made
slave-holding profitable.
Eli Whitney. a young Yale gradu
ate, working down in Georgia, in
vented the gin in 1871. At a So
ciety dinner one night he happened
to sit among group of big planta-
ton owners who were discussing
the high cost of cleaning cotton.
Thinking he was greenhorn, they
kidded him about making device
that would take the seeds out of
cotton cheaply Everybody laughed
when Whitney said he bet he could
make one.
Ten days later, it was Whitney's
turn to laugh. He had built simple
little machine which cleaned cotton
with amazing ease.
News of the revolutionary inven-
ton quickly spread throughout the
neighborhood, and Whitney found
himself famous in a week. The
tremendous labor-saving value of
the gin was shown by the fact that
it could clean a thousand pounds
of cotton while the ordinary man
was picking the seeds out of five
pounds.
But the real value Of the gin
was even greater than appeared on
the surface. For the first time it
made the growing of cotton profit
able in America. Before that time,
less than 200 acres in all the South
were planted in cotton. The cost
OF cleaning it was too high. Since
slave could clean only 300 pounds
a month. he was not worth his up
keep. The cotton gin made him
very valuable.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-04-11
10 YEARS HENCE

HERE, FOR A FEW WEEKS, WE
INTEND TO RUN ITEMS, PROPH-
ECIES THEY MIGHT BE CALLED,
OF EVENTS, etc, AS THEY MIGHT
BE I'm ONE DECADE
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-04-11
Much Praise For
Libby Performers

Libby people experienced feel
ing of pride as they sat at their
radios last Thursday morning and
listened to the program being broad
cast from Spokane over KHQ on a
Libby Day program. The reception
was perfect and every Libby per-
former enacted his or her part with
the ease of veteran.
Superintendent Wood of the Libby
schools, and who was president of
the Inland Empire Education As
ISOLATION in convention in Spokane
at that time, was in charge of the
program. Mr. Wood was never in
better form. conducted the broad
made fine impression During the
program he found occasion to speak
of the beautiful scenic assets of
this section and invited his hearers
to visit us.
Mrs. Walter Neils sang beautiful
ly and was never in better voice.
She was accompanied by Miss Inez
Ratekin, who spoke a few gracious
words when introduced. Mr.. Wayne
Kemper was there as director of the
Libby high school chorus and a sex
tette. He also had a few remarks
to make and did it in good voice and
with ease. Richard Neils was intro
duced as one of the chorus, and
spoke briefly and with perfect voice.
The school singers sang beautifully
and upheld their end of the program
in a fine manner.
The next day Mrs. Neils sang at
one Of the sessions of the Educa-
ton convention, before a packed
house at the Fox theatre. Those
who heard her report that she was
in wonderful voice and sang beau
tifully She was accompanied by
Miss Ratekin.
Reports from Spokane are very
laudatory regarding the program ar
ranged by Mr. Wood and his helpers
of the Education Association. 1t was
conceded to have been the best
program ever presented before the
Inland Empire Education Associa-
ton at its annual convention.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-04-11

International truck, 1888 model,
pickup, stake body for sale. Com
pletely Observation-Disclosures Serv-
ice 1t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-04-11
Grange Membership Increases

The regular meeting of the Koo-
tenai Valley Grange took place
April S at the Legion hall with an
exceptionally good attendance.
Balloting for seven candidates re-
sulated in the election Of the seven
to the organization. Three proposals
for membership were read. The
quarterly report to the state Grange
was read and approved.
A literary program followed and
Fred Collier, Janice Slauson and
Herschel Collier read, sang and
talked. A quiz between six men
and six women resulted in the ladies
winning. God Bless America" was
sung as an appropriate ending to
the program.
A light lunch and the usual hour
of visiting concluded the meeting
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-04-11

Setting eggs, Silver Laced Wyn-
dottes, Silver Spangled Hamburgs
and White Crested Black Polish
Albert Bitterman. 1919
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-04-11


INTEND TO RUN ITEMS, PROPH-
ECIES THEY MIGHT BE CALLED,
OF EVENTS, etc, AS THEY MIGHT
BE IN ONE DECADE
Radio reception has hit an all
time high in perfection in Libby.
Fans are now receiving programs
from far distant points and even
the weakest set is playing without
interference formerly caused by de-
fective wiring and noisy motors.
Outsiders marvel at the clearness
of programs for noise is a thing of
the past.
1t was through the cooperation of
citizens with the city council that
this feat has been accomplished z. !.
A campaign started late in 1905
by DR.. j. NJ Cairns to clear untidy
and unsightly shacks from proper
ties within the city limits is almost
complete. We are proud to say
Libby is one of the cleanest of clean
cities SO far as this menace is con-
Work on street signs started last
week and they look plenty good.
Soon the business district will be
completed and work will begin in
the residential section
Our thanks to the mayor, city
council and the DeMolays for the
accomplishment !. .
This week the Germans pulled
another fast one this time on
/ Denmark Furthermore. the
Scandinavian countries are being
slowly drawn into the fracas,
/ This is NEWS, but let us in the
good old United States keep it news
and not make it our business!
| We have done pretty well SO far
at keeping our nose to our own per-
sonal grindstone and that nose has
felt pretty good in the tending to
t Its own business Another
crisis has arisen and we in Amer
lea will do well to disregard Eu-
ropes stupidity as we did last fall!
April 20 marks the opening day
OF Cleanup Week in Libby. Let's
do our part to make our city one
which we can really be proud of Z.
Those who haven't cleaned around
their houses for number of years
might find personal satisfaction
in getting your place in better
shape J.
BY the way coat of paint
on your house, garage, or woodshed
does wonders -. and paint is very
inexpensive for the fine work Il
does 90.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-04-11
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BY Hal

1t is commonly known that the
person who never does anything to-
ward community betterment is al
ways the guy to put up the loudest
beef when another person has in
centive enough to go ahead with
project.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-04-11
THANKS.

to those who gave me their support
in the school election. | shall not
betray your trust in my ability.
1t GLEN LECKRONE.
Evening star., 1940-08-30
Two Duseks Too Bad ,
Newman, P|ummer
Find in Mat Mill

One Dusek can be nuisance,
but two paid-up members Of the
f1ghtin' family add up to passel
of trouble-as Ed Newman and Lou
Plummer discovered last night at
Turner's Arena during the weekly
muscle fleXing exercises.
Messrs. Newman and Plummer,
heretofore undefeated doubles
champions of the Arena, suffered a
compound fracture of their record
when the Duseks put 'em away in
the featured two-man team
matches. Newman, however, un-
Willingly aided the enemy by tackl-
ing his own running mate during a
spirited mixup and by himself was
no match for the Dusek duo.
In other matches. Mildred Burke
defeated Betty Foster in Az min
utes, Joe Cox drew with War
rem Bockwinkle, ditto for Tommy
O'Toole and Herb Freeman and Tom
Henley threw Tom Mahoney.
Evening star., 1940-08-30
Prince Georges Tennis
Finals, Hit by Rain,
Slated Sunday

Championship matches in the
fourth annual Prince Georges
County tennis tournament have been
moved back to Sunday at 2.30 at
the Whitintide Tennis Club, River
road, the committee has announced
The move was made necessary by
numerous postponements caused by
rain.
Defending Champion Lee Childs.
AL Kershner and Bill Blanchard are
in the singles semiflnals with Charles
Koch, runnerup last year. sched-
uled to meet Bob Lyles for the other
berth.
Two of 13 starting teams,
Jack Fitzsimmons- Charles Koch and
Childs and Kershner, have reached
the semifinal bracket. Play was to
be resumed today if weather per-
mitted.
Evening star., 1940-08-30
National City League
Settles Second.HaIf
Honors Sunday
MiIIers Meet Floods,
Plaza Faces Capitol
In Ellipse Games

Second-half flag winners in both
sections of the National City League,
unlimited division. will be decided
Sunday, when Miller Furniture and
j. c. Flood Plumbers tangle for the
Section A crown and Plaza Tile and
Marble meets Capitol Cafe for the
Section B honorS.
Miller last week had a TO lead
over the Plumbers before rain halted
the fray early in the fifth inning,
washing out an almost certain vic
tory. Either Lanny Birch, who
started last Sunday. or Les Hoff will
start for Miller, but Flood. with an
acute shortage of twirlers, has
named no selection.
Frank Cinotti Ambitious.
Frank Cinotti, veteran Plaza pilot,
hopes to add another championship
to his extensive collection, and will
send Shout Taylor or Tommy Doonis
to the firing line against the Cafe
crew. Plaza won the first-half title
and can clinch sectional honors out
right with victory Sunday. Carmel
Nance, Western High School south
paw. probably will get the call for
Capitol.
If Miller wins, incidentally. it will
qualify for a three-game champion
ship series with Kleins Tavern, first
half winner in Section A.
Juniors Play Double Headers.
Junior teams will inaugurate a
schedule of double-headers to hasten
the end of their second-half race,
and Kneesi Cubs and Cardinal A. c.
are the teams nominated for extra
duty this week. The Cubs, who meet
Woodbridge in the first game and the
Cards in the second. have chance
to step ahead of the making
Naiman Photographers if they cop
both ends of the twin bill
Sundays games and junior stand
ings:
Section EoG A. PmMIleE en- Fs1 E69s ra5ntuFe gsvo c9
for championship, second half.
VS. Capital Cafe South Ellipse, for cham
pionship, second half.
to 3 pm-Kneessis Cubs VS. Wood
ridge A. c.. South Ellipse:, Uline Ice VS.
Friendship House. West Ellipse: Cardinal
A. c; VS.. B. C. NJ. P. 4. East Ellipse
BIS to 5:15 p.m.--Kneessi's Cubs VS..
Cardinal A. c.. West Ellipse.
Evening star., 1940-08-30
Columbus Show Adds
Pair Of Contests.
For Juveniles

The program for the Columbus
Horse Show to be held September
and at Meadowbrook Saddle Club
has jumped to IS classes with the
addition Of two new competitions
requested by many juvenile exhibi-
tors in Washington, Maryland and
Virginia.
The new classes will be for pony
hunters, one open to ponies not ex-
ceeding Is hands. the other to over
1872 hands, but not exceeding 142
hands.
Both classes are to be judged on
performance of the ponies. man
ners, way of going and suitability to
carry riders to hounds.
Evening star., 1940-08-30
Veterinarians, After Heated
Discussion, Accept Report
On Handling of Rabies

municipal enforcement, providing
for humane destruction of all stray
and ownerless dogs and siX-month
quarantine for all dogs brought into
this country.
DR.. Hendershot of New Jersey,
where rabies scares and quarantines
have been frequent of late. brought
out the idea that if the wholesale
destruction of dogs continued there
would be very little practice left for
the small animal practitioner. Dur
ing one of the recent rabies scares
in Northern New Jersey 600 dogs
were ordered destroyed in one day in
one town, which fairly effectively
wiped out one mans practice for the
time being. On the other hand, II
the rabies situation Is to be allowed
to run unchecked the practice of
the small animal veterinarian will
die natural death before long due
to the fear of would-be pet owners.
Dog owners and prospective pur-
chasers hesitate to acquire dogs in
the face of rabies Scares or the
prospect of having their pets de-
stroyeo by a hysterical town gov
ernment.
Resolution Hits Dog Shows.
The resolution on the six months
quarantining of imported dogs will
hit the dog-showing fancy a Severe
blow, since there has been a con-
certed rush in recnt months because
of war conditions abroad to import
the best specimens of various breeds
from the belligerent countries. The
supremacy Of the United States in
the field Of pure bred dogs was we'll
on the way to being established. The
outbreak of hostilities abroad and
the shipment of hundreds of the
best show dogs to this country has
made this the repository of the best
dogs and the best bloodlines of any
country in the world. 1t is essential
for the well-being of the fancy that
those outstanding specimens. partic-
ularly in the rarer breeds, which re-
main abroad be ollowed to enter
this country in the care Of re-
sponsible breeders.
Evening star., 1940-08-30
Temperament Con Hurt
In Bio Tourney.

He, doesn't have to beat them
both, for Riggs and Kovacs, as the
first and third seeded players respec-
lively, are in the same half of the
draw. If form holds, they will meet
in one semifinal while McNeill is
taking on Frank Parker, or whom
soever, In the other.
The heat will be on and the chips
will be down, for nine or 10 full
days. That is what makes this tour
nament dangerous to players of er-
ratio temperament. Like Kovacs, Of
all the leading candidates, Kovacs
is the one most likely to be upset
early. A player like Parker always
can be upset, but not through want
OF steadinesS-only because there
are several lower-ranking men who
can play better tennis than he can
on their good days.
Gil Hunt, Joe Hunt, Van Horn,
even Frank Shields might sneak
into the semifinal round. Riggs
and McNeill are the players most
likely to reach that round. Riggs
is the safest bet to win. And my
hunch is McNeill.
AS for the women, there is a
nice blond named Alice Marble in
there who can win looking over her
shoulder. But she ought to be
ashamed to take the money.
Evening star., 1940-08-30
BrookIond Boys Club
Hears Tom WhuIen

Tom Whalen, former Catholic U.
grid star, was the guest speaker at
the first 1910 meeting of the Brook
land Boys Club football team at
Manager Charles Byrnes' home in
Brookland.
Whalen explained to the Is candi-
dates the change in the new rules.
Another meeting will be held Tues
day night. For further information
call Byrnes at Dupont 25S7 after
s pm.
Evening star., 1940-08-30
Free Golf for Young Fans First
Two Days of u. S. Amateur

trouble at the rear, and clever use
of natural ground configurations.
The west course is the layout on
which Bob Jones won his third Ma
tional Open championship in 1929.
At the 18th or 72d hole of the cham
pionship he holed a 12-foot putt to
tie AL Espinosa. The following day
he swamped Espinosa in a 36-hole
playoff, winning by % strokes, which
remains the biggest winning playoff
margin in championship history.
Winged Foot is good gallery
course. Laid out on gently undu-
lating ground the widely spaced
fairways will not congest the gal
leries as do those courses with
parallel fairways. Many Washing
tonians are planning to make the
trip to see the amateurs compete for
the championship.
Evening star., 1940-08-30
Pure SIueeine Power
In McNeiIl's Fovor.

1t may be that Riggs and Kovacs
were designed by nature to be bet
ter players than McNeill, but you
must remember that pure slugging
power, when under control, is a
weapon that can offset all the bal
ance and precision and strategy and
skillful stroking in the game. Maui
rice Mclaughlin proved that once
and Ellsworth Vines proved it again.
Vines in his heyday was by no
means the athlete that Fred Perry
was, or the tactician that Tilden
was, nor could he match the balance
and variety of Bulge. But when
he had control of his brutal speed
when he had the ball skimming the
net and clipping the lines-he could
beat the best of them at their best.
They were fast, too. especially Til
den and Bulge, but not fast enough.
Naturally, control deserts the slug
ger more often than it does the bal
anced player. Vines never was as
consistent as Bulge or Tilden, and
his span of domination was shorter
Tilden ruled for long time. Bulge
probably will do the same.
McNeill, like Vines, needs control
to win, though his game is some
what sounder and he leaves himself
a wider margin of error. If he keeps
the touch throughout the next 10
days, he may beat Kovacs or Riggs
and win the national (amateur)
championship.
Evening star., 1940-08-30

Young America is to be offered a
special price to see the big shots of
amateur golf in action in the ma
tional championship at Winged Foot
September 9-l4. For two days
tSeptember and 10 children be-
tween the ages of 10 and Is may see
the title tourney by paying only
the Federal tax.
Winged Foot is in Westchester
County, N. Y, 20 miles northeast of
New York City, on the Boston Post
road at Mamaroneck, N. Y. Trains
run frequently from Grand Central
Station. The championship affair
will be played on the west course,
one of two courses owned by the
club. Both courses were, built by
Arthur w. Tillinghast, and have the
typical Tillinghast features: Greens
closely trapped at the front, with no
Evening star., 1940-08-30
Junior League Standing.
Skeet Shooters Hold
Registered Event
Al Alexandria

Alexandria skeet enthusiasts will
spend busy holiday week end in
registered shoot on the home club
grounds.
Sunday. beginning at noon, two
events will be fired. .410 and 20
gauge, each at 100 targets. Prizes
will be awarded the top four in each
race. Monday, starting at 9 o'clock,
the field will compete in a 100-bird
all-gauge event. Awards will go to
the high gun and runner-up, as we'll
as individual winners and second
best in Glasses A, B, c and D. Two
prizes also will be at stake in the
two-man team race.
Evening star., 1940-08-30
Meda|ist and Champ
Clash in Southpaw
Linksmen's Final

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 30-Medalist
Sam Alpert, sharpshooting Chicago
public accountant, and Defending
Titleholder Alvin Everett of Rome,
Ga, met today in a 36-hole match
for the national left-handers' golf
championship.
Alpert reached the final of the
fourth annual tournament with a
3-and-2 triumph over Robert Rom
berger, Toledo, Ohio, dark horse,
yesterday.
Everett, an office worker, who
performs equally well right-handed,
eliminated Bob Edgar of st. Louis,
7 and 6.