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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-01-18

ume of the original s800,000,OO0
.USHA public housing program, but
also a fair amount of housing at
army and navy bases; the increase
in public residential building over
1889 is estimated at SIS per cent.
Publicly financed heavy engineer
ing construction is estimated at
approximately equal the 1889 fig
ure, with some increases in high
way construction and publicly
owned utility plants offsetting prob
able decreases in other classes of
heavy engineering work.
Since residential building is actu-
ally and potentially the most i'm
portant classification, it is well to
summarize and particularize on
this phase of the anticipated pro-
gram. It has already been stated
that the estimates anticipate a 5
per cent increase in private resi-
Dental building and a SIS per cent
increase in publicly financed resi-
dental building. The result would
be IA per cent increase in resi-
dental building as a whole, as to
dollar volume and probably also as
to the number of new family units
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EVERYTHING
IN
MERCHANDISE
KOOTENAI
Mercantile
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

Commercial Club meets every 3rd
Thursday. James A. Krall, presi-
dent, Harold Hall, secretary.
American Legion Auxiliary Lodge
No. 81 meets lst and 3rd Thurs
days. Mrs. w. c. collars, presi-
dent, Mrs. Russell Whitefield, sec
rotary.
Lions Club meets every End and
4th Mondays. E. j. Driear, pres
ident, w. j. Farris, secretary.
Libby Woman's Club meets End
Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. in community
room of court house. Mrs. ]. A..
Krall, president, Mrs. c. w. Gildea,
secretary.
American Legion Post No. 81
meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays at the
Legion hall. DR.. j. P Campbell, COM
mander, w. G. collars. adjutant.
Libby Farm Woman's Club meets
LIST Wednesday. Mrs. John Fuller,
president, Mrs. E. A. Rice, secre-
tary.
Libby Junior Woman's Club meets
second Tuesdays at 8 p. m. in the
community room of the court house.
Mrs VIM. Erickson, president and
Mrs. Marlen Adkins, secretary.
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d. RECTORY
LODGES
Libby, Montana

| - LODGES
10. o. F. Cabinet chapter No. IS,
meets every Wednesday evening. E.
E. thinner, Noble Grand and Ernest
Davidson, recording secretary.
| A. F. g. A. M. Libby Lodge No. IS
meets End and 4th Thursdays at
Masonic Temple. Marshall Murray,
w. M, Vim. Anderson, secretary.
Royal Arch Masons, Libby lodge
No. 80 meets LIST and 3rd Wednes-
days at Masonic Temple. Fred Bur-
bingham, High Priest, j. F. McCully,
secretary.
Order of the Eastern Star. Libby
Chapter No. So meets LIST and 3rd
Tuesdays at Masonic Temple Alma
Mount, W. M, Marie Jaqueth, Sec
rotary.
Libby Moose Lodge No. 1889 meets
End and 4th Mondays At Moose hall.
VIM. Vanderwood, Dictator, Gleason
Pitcher, secretary.
Royal Neighbors, Mountain View
Camp No. 1853 meets 2nd and 4th
Wednesdays at the Moose hall.
Mrs. Mae thinner, oracle; Mrs. Az
mes Larsen, recorder.
| Medora Rebekah Lodge Nc. So
meets LIST and 3rd Mondays at l. O.
O. f. hall Hester Dunn, Noble
Grand and Ruth hampton, secretary.
A. o. u. w. meets the End Friday
of each month at the Legion hall.
Clayton Youngs, W. M and l.. J.
Brown, secretary.
Libby Chapter De Molay meets
lst and Bird Mondays, Masonic Tenn
pie. Jack Darlington, M. c.; Earl
Lovick, scribe.
Rainbow Girls meet second and
fourth Mondays at Masonic Temple.
Marie Martensen, w. A.; Phyllis De
Rosia, secretary, Mrs. Harold Hall,
mother advisor.
Women of the Moose, Libby
Chapter No. sos meets on the first
| and third Tuesdays at the Moose
hall. Muriel Oylear, Senior Regent
and Agnes Brennan, recorder.
Theta Rho Club No. q meets LIST
and 3rd Tuesdays in I. O. O. F. hall
at Ills p. m. Celia Ann Nolop, pres
ident, Lenore Martin, vice presi
dent; Helen Rasmussen, recording
secretary. Hester Dunn, advisor Of
ficer.
Libby Townsend club No. meets
on the first and third Fridays of
each month in the community hall,
at 7:30 p. m. VIM. Kammeyer, pres
ident; Mrs. Ellen Clearey, secretary.
Al Study Club-Mrs Dexter
Shaurette, president; Miss Ida
Minde, secretary.
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Thursday, January 18, 1910

that will be built. One and two
family houses are expected to in
crease about per cent and multiple
dwellings (Which will include a
substantial majority of the public
housing projects) should increase
about rs per cent.
For the present, the menace of
rapidly rising construction costs
seems to be allayed, and the pos
sibility of wartime RECOMMENDATION
of the construction industry seems
remote. There are no emergency
powers now existing that would
make this possible, and new emer-
gency powers would require au-
thorization of Congress. II lay
mans observation on war proba-
bilities is worth anything, it might
be noted that, in the event Of a
declaration by the United States,
there seems to be a more than even
chance that we would not send a
land army across the Atlantic. Full
RECOMMENDATION of industry like we
had the last time might not be at all
necessary and efforts would prob
ably be made for minimum disrup-
ton of civilian activities.
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tive pleas for little activity, Gar
ner consented to make one speech!
Not a single interview. That one
speech was his contribution to the
campaign. Such inactivity was un-
heard of in politics.
Came the 1886 campaign and
again Cactus Jacks verbal contri-
buttons we're laconic. He made a
brief talk at the Philadelphia con-
vention, and short radio talk from
Uvalde. Nothing else. Not single
interview.
Nor has he talked since, until final
ly cajoled into 44-word statement
on December Is to the effect that
he would accept the nomination for
President.
Garner Decidedly Fauors
BreUify of Statements
incidentally he would not approve
all sorts of texts which his lieuten-
ants thought would be good poll
tics. His criticism of the 44-word
statement before finally approving it
was that it was entirely too long!
Just why political documents
should always have to be SO long is
something that has always made
newspaper men wonder. Everybody
knows that very few readers plow
through them.
The oh-fashioned political gpeech.
of coarse, was something else again.
An orator had his audience more or
less n his mercy. Moreover, he
couM WORK them up to q political
frenzy, il he were really good, and
thus 1--WE them kick somewhat like
jiti1rl1@ get when they are prane-
ing I'd very hot swing. 4
There Ii a question about radio.
1t IS mighty easy to turn the dial.
But fhe important thing about
Gamers record for silence is that,
calculated OF not, 1t han served 3D.
mirably the hopes of his friends that
he would be the nominee this cam
paign. II he had been talking for
publication half as much as the or
binary congressman, he would be
embarrassed now by having news
papers and opponents rake up all
sorts Of statements.
tHen syndicate-WNu service.I
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-01-18
Trees and Lightning

Any kind of a tree is likely to be
struck by lightning. The greatest
number Struck in a locality will be
the dominan.. s.ccies. The likeli-
hood of trees being struck by
lightning is increased. {a) II it is
taller than surrounding trees. (b) II
it is isolated, fc) if it is on high
ground (d) if it il, we'll deeply
rooted; (e) If it is the best conductor
at the moment of the fiash--that is,
if temporary conditions. such as be-
ing wet by rain, transform it for
the time from a poor conductor to
4 good one.
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Sees Much
Building in 1910
Continued from Page ~

problematical. The other assump-
ton is that construction costs will
not rise SO rapidly as to curtail de-
mand for private projects. There is
a potential menace to further recov-
cry progress in this situation, par
ticu1ar1y. since there have already
been some moderate increases in
certain material prices since mid
summer.
The war may, perhaps, affect
publicly financed building and en-
cheering work in 1910 somewhat
more than it is likely to affect pri-
vate work. However, even in this
field, there was evidence of change
before the war declaration. The last
session of Congress turned strongly
against pump-priming as a policy,
curtailed WPA activities, and acted
adversely upon the Administrations
proposals for new spending pro-
gram. Consequently, while the
WPA still has some funds that it
can use in somewhat limited way
for force-account construction, the
WPA has very nearly finished its
last program and has practically
no money to carry over into 1910.
The advent of war makes it very
likely that the bulk of the deficit
spending which the next Congress
will authorize will be for the de-
tense program. As far as we have
been able to learn, the defense pro-
gram will include only a moderate
yp1r,r,,a ~ concentration ir11y,J,y,fy
army airfields, port developments,
base hospital improvements, some
army housing, and other buildings
at army posts and naval bases. A
very large proportion of defense
construction will be done in the
Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands and Hawaii. OF the portion
in continental United States, about
third will be on the West Coast.
Two Carry lover Programs
To offset very considerable re-
duction in PWA stimulated con-
struction, two other Federal pro-
grams will carry over in a large
way. The first of these is the Fed
eral-aid highway program, which
is carried out by the Bureau of
Public Roads in partnership with
the various states. There is very
large carryover balance in this
fund, which the states can draw
upon if they are ready to match
the Federal money on the custom
airy $3.50 basis.
The other carryover program is
the public housing program of the
United States Housing Authority.
Although the last Congress refused
to inCrease authorization for pub
lie housing, only about SO per cent
OF the original program will have
reached the construction contract
stage by the end of 1899. Conse-
quently, regardless OF whether the
next Congress authorizes any ex-
tension of the public housing pro-,
gram, very large increase in pub
lie housing contracts under the
present program may be expected.
Such increased authorization as
Congress may give will be more
likely to affect 194l construction
volume than 1910 activity.
The net result OF these shifts in
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-01-18

WASHINGTON.-There Is a grow
ing conviction in Washington that
President Roosevelt will not run
again. The curious part of it is that
there is no new logic, there has
been no new development, and
above all no word from the only
source worth snap OF the finger.
It's just mass psychology. One finds
people firmly believing now that Mr..
Roosevelt is going to retire next JAN
uary who . month ago firmly be-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-01-18
10 STUDY WATER.

A five-rlaan commission named by
Governor Roy E. Ayers viii begin
a survey on the Big Horn river In
the near future az the first step
toward a water resource study OF
the entire state. Members of the
commission are E. B. Donohue, state
engineer; O. w. Monson Of Boze-
man, irrigation specialist at the state
college; ]. c. Corey Of Helena, field
engineer for the WPA; Walter Hun
Ike of Bozeman, statistician for the
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-01-18

lieved he would
seek another term.
And not one of them
can give you one
iota OF shadow or
substance for his
change OF view.
For several weeks
now the writer has
been trying to find
out W h a t h a s
changed so many
minds. This is as
good a place as any
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INTER MOUNTAIN BUS
SCHEDULE
Leaving West ........... las P. Nj
Leaving East .................... $40 p. M
COMMISSION NAMED.

Governor Roy E. Ayers has ap-
pointed a five-member state COM
mission for the blind, in accord with
an act passed by the last legislature.
Three members of the board were
named by laW-EdWin G. Peterson,
president of the state school for
blind at Great Falls; Left Fredericks
of Helena, supervisor of the state
bureau of vocational rehabilitation,
and |. M Brandjord, administrator
for the state public welfare de-
partment. Others on the board are
z. v. Ahern, Havre attorney, who
will serve a tWo-year term, and
Patrick Callahan, an instructor at
the Great Falls institution, who was
appointed for a one-year term. The
commission was organized to pro-
mote the welfare of blind persons
through vocational training.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-01-18

Charles Hand, down
to press agent" for
Cactus Jack. The
only thing that wor-
ri e d t h G m W a S
whether, with Gar
ner once encour.
aged. Charley would
be able to ride herd
on the Texan.
Finally, with all
the pressure in the
world brought to re
iys f1r-n ua~
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-01-18
NATIONAL
AFFAIRS
Reviewed by
CARTER FIELD

Third term for Roosevelt
less likely, Washington noto
feels -. Presidential aspira-
tions ,oiH play big part in the
legislative program Car
ner's silence regarded as his
biggest asset by political ,ceH
,Uishers.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-01-18

Oulcl lUI Tie dAillSSiOu Iudt TIC
writer finds himself not nearly so
sure of a third-term effort as he
was few months back, and to adj
NIT that the only thing that has
happened, In this particular mind
veering, is that SO many people are
saying the President will not run
people whose judgment on politics
is usually worth something.
But apparently it's one Of those
circles-whether vicious or benevo-
lent is not to the point. Everybody
seems to have weakened in the view
that there would be third-term try
merely because so many other
equally uniformed friends have
weakened. But who started it?
Now this is all very queer, when
written down and analysed, but as
= matter OF fact it is the way the
Washington political mind works,
and the process, normally, is inher-
emily sound, strange as this may
seem at hrst glance.
Capital Place Of Constant
Rumovs of Every Description
It must be remembered that
Washington is a town Of constant
run1or, political, diplomatic, social,
evefy sort. It is town Of keyhole
listeners, town Of newspaper col
umnists and reporters who write
convictions one day that they heard
at dinner parties the night before.
1t is an ideal town, for that reason,
for propagandists. All they have to
do is to get in the proper position
for starting the particular rumor
which viii serve their purpose.
The shrewd propaganda let's his
thought drop, in as pontifical man.
ner as possible, to three or four
persons who move in the right cir
cles. Frequently one is enough.
When their story is repeated, unless
he is very important person in
deed, his name is not mentioned.
To mention it might hurt the story.
AZ GlC pElSO W WllOIIl liz tOIu Liz
story usually just look wise when
asked where they heard it. Or may
be they even hint much more inn
portant source.
But this process is just as true of
real news as it is of propaganda.
1t is the way a great proportion of
the real news in Washington leaks
out. So folks simply cannot ig-
more rumors which reach them in
this way. And denials do not make
much difference.
So it is quite possible that the
latest conviction that F. D. r. will
not run again is founded on rock,
but it is more likely that it was
started by lot of rooters for some
other Democratic candidate. Be-
cause it is unthinkable that F. .. r.
himself told anybody who could re-
peat it, and nobody else is quail
fed to predict.
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Gamers Silence Regarded
As His Biggest Asset

Back in 1892 the bigwigs of Demo
cratic headquarters, in New York,
were very much worried about John
Nance Garner, who had been NOM
mated for vice president. They were
afraid he would talk too much
scare the conservatives to death. 1t
may be recalled that Garner, dur
ing the Hoover administration, had
frightened the big taxpayers with
his talk about a billion-dollar gov
eminent spending program.
But Garner didn't talk. He didn't
do anything.
Time went by, and pretty soon
the same bigwigs began to worry
because he was keeping so quiet.
They thought he was overriding it
sand by his very silence would scare
somebody or other.
So they sent one of the c1everest
newspaper men in New York,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-01-18

H0IIA00 Irt0Iu0h
An old Holland tradition calls for
automobiles to be decorated in the
spring with wreaths Of dafiodils hung
over the radiator cap1-
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er is out for the nomination with a
club, but publicly saying that it
will not be worth anything without
President Roosevelt's blessing.
Byrnes has not lifted finger, but
his friends are talking about him.
Wheeler OF course is the man who
led the fight that beat Roosevelt on
court packing, but his record other
wise is very liberal. 1t would be
difficult to exaggerate the impor-
lance in any legislative picture OF
these two senator's, SO their ambi-
tons may present interesting COM
plications as the fights grow hot.
Joe Martin Is Mentioned
For G.. O. P. Nomination
On the house side Joe Martin,
whose marvellous job of riding herd
on $50 odd rugged G. O. P. indi-
vidualists. last session, played hob
with the Roosevelt program, put the
New Deal on the defensive for the
first time since 1882 and helped
make the G. O. P. nomination IN
1910 worth fighting for, is being men
toned himself. He is suggested as
a compromise candidate if Taft,
Vandenberg, Thomas E. Dewey and
Gov. John w. Bricker don't make
the grade in the primaries.
Pat Boland OF Scranton, Demo-
cratic whip in the house, looms
greater in Importance as Joe Gut
fey's Keystone star dims under fac
tional adversely. Speaker William
B. Bankhead, occasionally men
toned for the White House, knows
the boys are just being polite, but
will nevertheless be unable to keep
the bee from buzzing around his
ears while he tries to lead the I'M
wieldy majority.
Sam Rayburn. Democratic house
leader, on whom the President must
rely to circumvent Martin and put
the program over, is one of the real
twisters as one tries to appraise the
situation. Utterly loyal to the Pres
ident on every detail since he as
sumed the leadership, Rayburn is
now riding high on the Cactus Jack
Garner band wagon, and it must be
remembered that Garner is a candi-
date whether F. D. r. runs or not.
Just imagine how the White House
janizaries regard a situation where
Garner presides over the senate and
Rayburn leads the house during the
months that lead up to the national
conyentiOnl
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-01-18

CHURCHES
First Lutheran Church
Raymond Olson, Student Pastor
st. Johns Lutheran
H. l.. Pfotenhauer, Pastor
Methodist
Fl. E. Baber, Pastor
st. Lukc's Episcopal
Arthur B. Ward, Priest
Christian Science
First Presbyterian Church
Rev. Albert M. Hart, Pastor
Calvary Pentecostal
F. A. Dalton, Pastor
st. Joseph's Catholic
Edmond Taylor, Priest
Church OF God
Rev. A. j. Stuart
Evening star., 1940-02-11
Baltimore Meet Summaries

Pettensati. John Voss): second. Episcopai
!hiTd, 4,ms Ten T9me Institute; fourth oonsasa
w. l;mils rei.y,won by Central Hish o.
#s Sn;i 'srd Tech a:s TS.
sso-yard county high relay-won b,
Hy.tssSis tHsaais!' iss.nd msi4ss 4stsonsv'e third
u me relay ot n A.1 4 To1f b g.I.s.m hsn1'
5. Lerner. M. Jane J. V Crowley: seses% second
asn',s.a Psnn a 4; 4;uest eeoFsstovn Freshmen dis:
ETansis coilsss SSonSsswSR sfsshocK " e Curry :,
unssIs1sy ssS.1.ya T%ssS"4 r.'s; M.t,,.na n.,,or.
GYardlMWon by MARYLAND Naval Miiitia
Mi.n;' F'ms,:ss. eon1.ns ss'Gs'e dis:
l,:!o,So.yara ,!, run tsesol.stie,-won b,
}BeII Air HIGH: third. Gordon Starr
tcsestef Hish': rimeMs?so.s leursn I0nn '0s'
one-mile relay-Won BY Navy (R
Johns, r Kirkpatr!ek, l. De Lateur. v
shl5d; west Chester s&s'i State ooilese. "' Time
eeo-ysrd run. Fifth Reximent-wor
Accoseo ascos.a .r9is. ssrviss COZ third sseonS
McksoSsn tco. ''1 E, Tim.. o'1' i:a5s. s'o' .
- 66o-yard run. scholastic--Won BY A
Bathon Mount Saint joel: third, r
Wiley. y; Chester High): fourth. D. H
March tEpiscopal Hish). Time. 1:2s.s.
One-mile relay. collegiate-Won by
GEORGETOWN y. %. Tucknott, " Braun
K. Lyden, NJ. Alnw1ck); second, Mary
land: third. North Carolina. Time. 1924 o.
New record; old mark Of 1928 set BY
Georgetown in 1877
FIELD EVENTS.
High Jump, scholastic-Tie for first be-
tween Eddie BArhAm, Tech (WashinRton)
and Richard Alexander west nottingham
Academy): third. Hyman Lancaster (Roose-
velt): fourth. Dale Roeck (CollinosWood
Hieh. N. J,) Heisht: 8 feet = inches
Shot put. A. A. U.--Won BY al Blosis
iNayyj: third, Lee McLaushiin (Virainia5 ;
fourth. Art. Lemke (GeorgetownD. Dis.
tance. SO feet inch (new meet and
South Atlantic record.
.. High jump, A. A. U.-Won BY Ed cosmc
(Lenox Hill A. AZ; second. Harry Jensen
(Passon A. Al: third. william 0vyn
(0eorgetown Frosh) Bob Peek tRich.
cratic). ali tied. Height. s feet / inch.
,.r Pole vault 4. 4: U-Won y =. Jensen
Csrol,inal; third. tie between 3: rrsston
and Lee). Height. IL feet.
Evening star., 1940-02-11
Little Hoyas Trounce
New York; S Loyo|a
In 33-22 Fray
Come at Gorrett Park,
Is Close Until Preps
Make Late Squirt

Georgetown Prep defeated Loyola
OF New York in a rough basket bail
game at Garret Park last night,
80 to %, for its seventh victory in
10 games this season.
The Prepman led all the way. but
gained sizable advantage only in
the last few minutes. Ben Decker
Sport Barrett and Bob Barrett led
the winning attack. scoring seven,
six and five points, respectively.
Trailing by five points at the start
OF the second quarter. Loyola
spurted and drew to within two
points of a tie at the half. During
the third period the teams battled
on even terms, and after the visitors
again came within two points of
tying shortly after the last frame
started, Georgetown put on a drive
to win easily.
Dick Adrian, all-high player from
the New York area last year; Paul
White, Marty Shea and Bob Nc
Elroy were outstanding for the
losers.
A Junior game resulted in q VIC
tory for GeOrQetoWn Prem
Evening star., 1940-02-11
Navy Drops Stirring
Basket Ball Game
To PHI, 42.A
Port Sinks Three Quick
GouIs to Hand Middies
Their Eighth Defect
By the Associated Press.

3, the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 10.-A pesky
redhead who was poison to Navy all
afternoon canned three baskets in
the final minutes to give the Uni
versity Of Pittsburgh a A-42 basket
ball win here today.
Lanky Mel Port, the Pitt bricktop,
went to work when the score was
37-all. He got loose for two baskets,
and then holed a technical foul
when Navy had too many times
out to make the score 42-37.
Little Jeep Ackley. q ball Of fire for
Navy through the game, got a free
toss, and Jack Hardy. Navy forward,
followed with q field goal to make
1t 1912 for Navy.
But Port came back again with
long set shot that swished through
for what were to be the deciding
points. There were seconds to go,
but Ackley cut loose from midfloor
with Howitzer that connected Just
as the gun sounded.
1t was heartbreaker for the un-
lucky Navy five to lose, their eighth
defeat in nine games. After a slow
start, they took fire in the first half
to run up a 1876 lead at point. Pitt
came up on the strength Of rally
sparked by Jack Scherer, and the
score stood 1920 for Navy at the
half.
Pitt collected 7 points before Navy
scores after the intermission, but the
middies went ahead at 1929. The
lead alternated until George Ko-
cheran got field goal to make 1t ST.
So for Pitt. Navy tied it minute
later with a gift shot and set the
stage for the hottest finish on the
Navy court this season.
Ackley was high scorer with 10
points, collected on nine field goals
| and a free marker.
Port followed with Is.