The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-16


Those taking part on the programs
were ]. B. Farris Of Troy; George
Neils, OF the J. Neils Lumber com
pany OF Libby; Gordon Cornell, of
Libby, representing the KootenAi
National Forest; and Supt. A. l.
Dean OF the Troy schools.
Mr.. Farris showed technicolor
moving pictures OF the co1nr pole
industry, and starting With he vir-
gin cedar growing IN The rugged
mountains Of Ruby creek water
shed, the scenes carried the spec
tators through the various opera
tons necessary to the making Of ce-
dar poles. In introducing his subject.
Mr.. FarriS stated:
These pictures will show the op-
erations Of Earl Z. Drury b Sons,
manufacturers Of cedar polaet cedar
posts, and rough lumber. This con-
Germ has grown from ! small BE-
ginning three years ago to ! po1ftfen
where Drury ard his saa Ra1ph
and MAhl0n, employ Ax.1nomy -
hundred men during ~ peak q
their operations, with i yanrU -
roll Of over ! hlandred 1hoa1 -
4 @ MD.1u ~ ~ trek -
e1n43unnG bepe1niux that recen1v
Trey installed ! min TOR cu1t1n9
rough lumber "a OBx1en e1sek. -
mn contemplating secnrsd min ~
b put intO operation within d.
very near future"
8hewx Cedar Cl~Afnf3onx
The beautiful pictures, Ii natural
colorin9, showed scenes Of s4lecdx
and falling = cedar tree; stripptR
off the bark; dragging the poles =
the landing. which il done BY hossos
and cateTpillArs; lpaGing tho po1ne
On trucks: the pole loader changing
locations; and one scene wa6 partfc-
Mariy spectacular, showing ! loaded
tr1,ck creeping down the moantafn
side, with background viow q
the Kootenai river and valley, hum
dreds OF feet below. Spectat0rx
were shown truck that was com
pletely wrecked while on its WY
down the mountain to the pole yard
here, the picture gave scenes OF the
extensiveness OF the Drury pole
yard at Troy, and were shown how
the trucks are unloaded, and how
the poles are handled in the yard.
being hauled from various locations
to the loading places near railway
cars, and the last scene showed
Great Northern railroad cars loaded
for shipment to the eastern mar
kets.
George Neils followed the cedar
pole picture, and he projected scenes
of movies of the operations OF the
]. Neils Lumber company at their
Dunn creek camp. Mr.. Neils gave
some mighty interesting and en-
statistics relative to the
operations of the Neils Lumber
company here at Troy. He stated
that his company employed 80 men
in the woods here, out of a total
of 18l men employed in the logging
department, with a total payroll,
covering the Troy district, Of over
$1,000 per month. He mentioned
the Drury operations, and said that
Mr.. Drury and his sons were en-
ploying 88 men, with monthly
payroll of over $4,000 that Ed
Johnson, who gets out converter
poles for the company in the Troy
vicinity, was employing from four
to five men. Mr.. Neils was very
in his remarks about
the Montana Made Single com
pany, which is operated by Ed
FansloW, and is located on the edge
Of the city limits of Troy. He stat
ed that Mr. Fanslow was EMPLOYING
men in his mill with q payroll
Of over $1,000 month. In addition
to this employment in the single
mih, Mr.. Fanslow is directly re-
spDnsible for many more men being
as he buys all his raw
cedar from Mr.. Drury and sons.
Talks About Christmas Trees
Gordon Cornell, forest ranger OF
Libby, representing the Kootenai
National Forest, spoke about the
Christmas tree industry around
Troy, which is now getting under
full speed ahead" Mr.. Cornell al
SO touched on the extensiveness Of
the Kootenai National Forest, and
used several illustrations. One Of
them he mentioned was. II all the
telephone lines now constructed
through the forest could be placed
end to end, person could talk from
Troy to San Francisco; another was.
that If all the trails and roads built