The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-02-01

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
If you feel you must tell the
faults of someone, then tell your
own. You will not only have more
to talk about, but can easily confine
yourself to the truth!
Patrolman George Mourar tells
us he has received orders from his
chief to get busy February End on
the business of arresting those who
have not yet purchased their IL
cense plates and drivers licenses
for 1910 :. George will be a pref
ty busy man for few days and he
says he is going to exercise the old
eagle eye just. plenty -.
Last week pleasant young lady
dropped into the office to ask if her
organization, the Senior Girl Scouts,
might have space in the Western
News for happenings at their meet
| ings s. 1t was pleasure to in
form her that they most certainly
could =. we are glad to get items
of this nature s..
1t is our hollar that more organ
izations should adopt the same
method used by the Girl Scouts, that
is, appoint some person to take a
few notes on meetings and send
them. or bring them to this office
naturally this reporter can't
be at every meeting, therefore we
need your cooperation in this mat
ter !. -. will you give us lift
Last week Ernie Wood gave us the
following bit of information about
signals used by the large transport
/ trucks while on the highways :.
If the driver of passenger car
knows these signals they will come
lin mighty handy when meeting a
big truck on the highway ....
| |. When coming up behind a big
truck and there is no chance to
see around it, blink your lights
twice and watch for the red lights
on the stern of the truck. If they
blink twice it means all is clear
ahead and it is okey for you to pass
2. AS you pull past the big truck
keep to the left until you see his
headlights blink twice more. Yol
will then know you are in the clear
g. One flash from truck meeting
: truck means danger, or slow, OF
look out for something ahead. One
flash of tail lights means danger
, or slow tn the vehicle following
One flash from truck following
another means that the vehicle
ahead is requesting to go slowly.
I 4. AS explained above two flashe.
mean ''highball,,' or safe to pass
and also the sign that the passing
vehicle has cleared the other.
5. Three flashes make the stop
signal, whether given by trucl
meeting truck or by one vehicl,
! preceding or following another.
BY this language" truck and bu
drivers converse on the highway
Passenger car drivers would do vel
to remember these signals for the,
may come in handy most any time
How's the radio reception at you
house? To be perfectly frank, it il
rotten down our way. Some con
traption is always buzzing away ant
it is annoying to say the least
From what we understand, it is tina
way in most every section OF town
Too bad, some folks have mic,
radio sets and leisure time to lister
to programs and then can't get any
thing except noise
The city now owns noise de
tector' which, If put into the hand
of some competent person, coult
more than likely trace some Of tn
trouble
1t also seems possible that tn
Mountain States Power compan1
might lend a wee bit of aid an,
check on some of the wiring abou
the city y. There might be sucl
thing that this is causing some Q
the trouble
i At any rate a movement of som
sort should be started, right away
to eliminate at least part of thi
internal noise
The first words that will com
. drifting back to us is the age oil
cry, mo money" II. perhaps tha
problem max even be worked gu
if little thought and much actio
is given the proposition n.
i Editorially the Muscular state
Prediction that motor vacatio
travel in l940 will equal or excee
the -billion-dollar record set /
l 1889 is made by the American AT
tomobile Association in announcin
results of its annual survey of tour
ing trends-Glacier Park records {
last year show that this park is VII
tually as attractive as Yellowston
which means that both nations
Fairgrounds exert strong pull G
tourists-So we expect Wester
Montana to entertain more tours
this year than was the case in 1899
Now that is what a wide avail
community thinks about the touri
Ia1lar arI 4~axrc1