The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-04-17

grown soft in office work and who
has failed to keep up his exercise,
it is an easy jaunt For an excel
lent forest road carries one right to
the foot of the lookout and the
only climbing necessary IS up to
the top of the lookout tower, al
though that isn't necessary because
most wonderful view can be had
from the top of the mountain.
Should Be Favorite Spot
And what a view meets ones
eyes, If more people knew OF this
inspiring picture placed there by a
kindly Nature for everyone TO seek
out and enjoy, there would be hum
dreds of people visiting it each
weekend Monday afternoon was
brilliant, sunshiny day. The noun
tain peaks and valleys, south and
westward, glistened like FURNISHED
silver in the sparkling sunshine.
THE land of the shining noun
tains,' seemed an apt description
of this view, although those words
were spoken of a similar range
farther east Encircling this partic-
ular mountain top and stretching
for uncounted miles to distant hor-
lions were endless miles of noun
tains and valleys, streams and for
ests.
Looking eastward one could see
the beautiful Kootenai breaking
through the mountains and swing
ing westward The large loop
around Libby was celarly discern
ible, and then the river proceeds
on its way to the west, disappear
ing into a narrow cleft in the noun
tains, the real beginning of the koo
tenai canyon. Stretching to the
south was wonderful view of the
valley proper Through it ran two
silver lines of Water-Libby and
Granite creeks. One has long heard
of the Kootenai valley but realiza-
ton of what it really is can not be
had without viewing it from some
mountain peak such as we stood on.
/ What an excellent resource would
/ be tributary to Libby, it was re-
marked, if all that area was good
/ farming land, under cultivation
with water for irrigation taken
from the two creeks flowing through
/ the area.
A Little Humor Mixed In
/ An excellent view of Libby can
be had from this vantage point.
Sheriff Baney had along a fine
pair of field glasses and various
/ buildings could be easily picked out.
It turned out that the sheriff had
laid his large grizzly bear rug out
on the lawn in front of the Jail that
morning. Mr.. Klehm, looking
through the glasses, told what it
was. Workmen on the road prof.
ect at the Jennings hill could be
seen busily at work. Looking
through the glasses, Mr.. Klehm in
sisted one of the Workmen hadn't
shaved that morning. The sheriff
and the supervisor also carried on
quite spirited argument as to
whether or not there were chick
ems running around the barnyard on
the Kennedy ranch, thousands of
| feet below them. The glasses were
| freely used and areas scores of miles
aWav were brought into close view.
Take Your Guests There
Here is our recommendation
Jump into your car most any day
or evening and drive to this lookout.
1t is only a few miles, the road is
an excellent one. gravelly and hard
of surface. 1t winds in easy grades
and sWitchbacks to the very top.
There you will be met by breath
taking view. If you wish to pic
mic, you will find tall pine trees
with their welcome shade. If you
have lunch along, a more divinely
beautiful spot in which to eat il
would be difficult to find. The next
time you have guests visiting yol
from some distant point, be sure tc
take them to this mountain peak
and show them one of the many
marvelously beautiful views thai
can be found here. (Here is an
other note of interest The road, ir
climbing to the top of the mountain
winds in and around ridges, swing.
back and forth in sWitchbacks, bu
ever climbs upward Mr.. Klehm re
marked that Bud Daugharty and he
ran the location survey for the roac
| in little more than half day
An excellent piece of work in {
mighty short time)
As we got out of the car at tht
end Of the trip and were thanking
Our host for another of his delightful
personally conducted tours, and a:
we tried to express our appreciation
OF the marvellous beauty we hac
seen, he remarked, Its truly an in
spiration, isn't iti' And that wa:
where we got our suggestion fol
the first sentence in this story.
Let's close with this thought. Ii
the Yellowstone canyon in Yellow
stone national park, there is place
called Inspiration Point" Tha
designation would be useless here