The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-03-21
About Montana.

Montana is Spanish word mean
ing mountainous. The nickname
| is Treasure State. Admitted to the
Union November 5, 1869. The state
flower is the Bitterroot and the state
tree is the yellow pine. Gold was
first discovered in the 1865. The
average length from east to west
lis 535 miles and the average width
! from north to south is 275 miles.
First visited by white men, Cheva-
lier De La Verendtye and brother,
New Years Day, l743. They called it
/ the Land of the Shining Noun
tains.. Average elevation is $500
/ feet. Seventeen national forests
comprise l5,872,610 acres, and 20 per
cent of the total area is covered
by timber
/ Listening to someone say, You're
working too hard" is SO much more
pleasant than telling ones self, i
ought to work harder
Advertise your own values, or
you'll never get much of chance
to advertise anybody else's. Per-
sist in remaining shrinking violet,
and all you'll do is shrink. Horn
footing is a home industry Ralph
Bennett.
Read that last sentence over once
again That's just what we do
in this newspaper for we believe
what Mr.. Bennett says !. Libby is
our home and anything we can do
to make it a better place in which
to live we're going to do it. ). s..
The time has come when the
Blue Card system will be put to a
severe test! Solicitors are starting
to hit Libby and soon they will be
coming thick and fast -. they
will take thousands Of dollars from
the Golfers of the community if we
don't stick together =. Don't dig
down in your pockets as individuals
hit you for donations 4. rather,
when solicitors ask you for dona-
tons don't hesitate to ask them for
their Blue Card
If they have one you probably
won't have to ask. for more than
i likely they will have it in their
hand ready to show you
The committee in charge of issu-
ing these cards Is very conscientious
They ask for credentials and
these credentials must be good OF
else the committee will not even
act upon the request for card :.
/ You, as an individual, may be one
of those burly fellows who can look
another man straight in the eye anc
, say "NOw but on the other
: hand there are fellows who hate like
thunder to turn people down :.
This later group needs the protec-
! ton that the Blue Card committee
If you feel that you want te
donate even after you have learned
the solicitor has been turned doWr
by the Blue Card committee that is
your business The Blue Care
stops work at that point, for i
has warned you that the Libby Com
: mercial Club does not consider thai
, particular solicitor worthy to take
money from Libby
r Don't fail to keep sharp eye on
7 for that Blue Card!
The Style show Saturday evening
was fine in every detail 7,
, those who were in it and who hat
charge of it, we offer our SINGER
: congratulations !.
:, To the bevy of bare-legged beau
= ties led by our sheriff, we can onl
: let out the secret that several c
u the surrounding towns have a
ready filed requests for your az
pearance at such events as May da,
| April Fools day and Fourth Of Jul
celebrations 1t looks as
fame has at last come to our littl
city!
Then there are some folks VIII
say patriotism should be America