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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Training Women
In War
Emergency Work

Mrs. Gordon T. Cornell, chairman
of the local chapter of American
Women's Voluntary Services, this
week announces that headquarters
of the chapter will be at the Noun
tain States Power Co. offices. Head
quarters here will be open for reg
istration Friday and Saturday af1
ternoon until registration is COM
pleted.
Mrs. Cornell asks those who have
already registered for first aid or
with any other organization for de-
Tense work to fill out A. w. v. S.
registration cards SO that the state
chapter will have a record of all
women who are aiding in defense
programs.
Mrs. Cornell asks those who have
already registered for first aid to
fill out registration cards SO that
the chapter will have a record of
all women who are aiding in de-
Tense programs.
Aiding Mrs. Cornell Is COM
mittee made up of representatives
from various city and county groups
who last week elected Mrs. Cor
nell chairman to replace Mrs. M. d.
Rowland, resigned, who previously
had been appointed to her office
by Mrs. L. P. Sanders, state chair
man Of the Montana chapter OF
the A.sW. " S.
The A. w. V. S., national in scope
was organized but one and a hall
years ago on a two point program
! CD Through offering classes to var
ious units, it is teaching women Of
! this country useful skills which
! they would not otherwise acquire
! These courses train women to help
civil and military authorities in time
of war and emergency. (2) 1t takes
care of using the energies and
trained abilities of its members
Sewing groups make clothes for
those in need-Workers are furn-
ished wherever they are needed
and SO on.
+ The purpose of the A. w. ". S
/ is to supplement, not supplant, the
work of existing organizations
Hence it places volunteers only
where there is demand for their
4 trained services.
1 There is place for every woman
in the A. w. V. S. provided she il
willing to serve. II woman can.
not be spared from her home. the
A. w. ". S. offers to find work fol-
her to do without leaving hel
house. Nor is age a handicap fol-
there is place from Grandma
down to Sister Sue.
There is no cost to join accord
ing to official statements and thu
organization is private voluntary
one Of loyal American women O
all races, creeds and political faith.
and supported only by voluntary
contributions.
A. w. ". S. slogan is Unite ane
Serve"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Find Fown Crop
Excellent in Trip
Through Mountains

A minimum total of 100 deer
was seen Sunday when George Du-
vendack of the Kootenai National
Forest staff and three Libby sports
men. r. w. Smithberger, Forrest
DeRosia and M. K. Kedzie, made
an extensive trip over the Fisher
river and Wolf creek game areas
to check up on deer winter ranging
conditions. The Fisher river, Cow
creek and Wolf creek regions were
examined by the party which came
out by way of the Dunn creek
logging area, Canyon and Crippled
Horse creeks and to ,Warland at
the end of an IL hour tour.
1.-THE fawn CROP is excellent this
year." reported Mr.. Duvendack, who
also stated in agreement with 9th
ers that there were a. good many
does with twin faWns on the
range this season Only one
buck with antlers was seen and in
only two instances did the men dis
cover indications of killings by coy
otes or deer injured by other
cal1sps
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
DoyIight Finds
Libby EorIy Birds
In Mountain Tops

Early last Sunday morning while
most of the residents of Libby were
peacefully sleeping a stock truck,
driven by the proprietor OF the PIo--
neer Meat Company, left town and
headed south along the highway
A curious service station attend
ant, attracted by the many odd and
various sounds coming from the
truck, inquired of the driver what
he had. The driver thought they
might be classed as mountain goats
Eight miles south this truck with
its strange cargo left the smooth
highway and turned up country
road into the mountains. The load
shifted uneasily at times but Gained
down when threatened to be tied
to the sides. Daylight found the
truck at the end Of the passable
road and when the bunch was un-
loaded there, despite rain, snow
and hail, were Ia hardy members Of
the Libby Ski Club
The Club makes an annual launl
to the Ratekin cabin on Leigh
creek and although there was plen-
w OF snow the udiIpilEoS ldliiSi
slowed things up. Most of the group
worked their way up to the Snow
shoe bridge and found that the ~
mile run back down to Leigh creek
wasn't as fast as usual but was
good exercise.
Chairman-for- the-day Carlton
Joughin made dozens of flap. acks
and pals of coffee and every -hA o.
lit was consumed, aside from other
food brought along. Skiing, snow,
ball fights, candy making, anc
games engaged the attention of The
crowd until o'clock when the triT
homeward was started. Everyone
seemed tired but happy and arr
hoping it "ain't a-goin' ia rain M
mnreiu
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Merchants Report
Big Business

Several Libby merchants report
ed quite remarkable results from
their display advertising in The
Western News last week. One firm
reported that approximately SO per-
sons came into their store Friday
and Saturday as direct result OF
their ad. Another firm stated re-
Spouse to their large ad had been
tremendous and, among many other
items, had sold nearly dozen suits
and still a third concern announced
their IL inch ad had doubly paid
for itself in two days. Two addi-
tional stores informed News staff
members that they, too. had def
mite good results from their display
ads.
Much time, planning and effort
90 into designing, arranging, sell
ing and publishing display adver-
Using and The Western News hopes
its readers of news also find these
advertisements interesting, enough
to notice and to read and conse.
quently to use as shopping guides
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Postoffice Exhausts
Supply of use Stamps
Z

Though the local postoffice sold
its entire supply of 400 motor We
hicle tax stamps by Tuesday after
noon a new supply Of 300 stamps
will be on hand for sale this. week
end, according to Postmaster For
rest DeRoSia.
For the benefit Of ~thosc who are
uncertain Mr.. DeRosfa also an
nounces that these use stamps are
sold by all postofficos, from first 70
second class. If persons wish 70
order stamps By mail they must
send their orders to tie collector
of internal revenue al Helena and
enclose the 500 price Of the Y amp
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Overlooking Glasses in
First Aid Studies

The First Aid classes for women
which are sponsored by theI Red
Cross started this week with over
flowing classes. DR.. E. F. Dixon
from Troy il the instructor and will
~trarttr AFTERNOON and evening class
es on Tuesdays and Thursdays. II
is interesting to know that both
classes have an enrolment of 81
which is a large number but be-
cause of the emergency no one who
had registered previously was elm
mated.
H. A. Hough and Glen Thorn, OF
Libby's two drug stores, state that
in case Of emergency their stores
could be used as first aid stations
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
"Bunkie'' Learns
About Trucks

WHITEFISH, Mont, Jan. 23.--
"Bunkie" is 2l2 years old. Instead
Of being a policeman or an engineer
when he grows up, he's got his eye
on the trucking business. And today
he figured he had just as well get
an early start on his life's career.
He crawled up into the cab Of a
truck standing in front of the
creamery building and began work
ing the levers like veteran. And
surprisingly the levers worked ex-'
actly the way they should. The en-
CINE purred, the brake was released
and the gears were shifted.
'Bunkie' was we'll on his way to
becoming atruck driver then. The
only drawback to complete success
was that the machine steered pref
ty hard for a man Of 212 years. Be
fore "Bunkie" knew what was hap
pening he had crashed into the
front of the creamery building,
Results: The front of the machine
was smashed and the front Of the
building looked like IT had been
bombed. But the sturdy young driv-
or was uninjured.
.Footnote. "Bunkie's' papa, Milton
Manicke, took him home to do a
little more growing before ne con
tinues his career.-Spokesman-Re-
view
It will be remembered that Mil
tan Maniclzh was former Libby
resident. having left here to man
ace thr creamery at WhiteflSh.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Distoht Avalanche
Shakes Houses

Heavy rumbling and shaking of
their buildings and beds early Sun
day morning startled sleeping Lib
by creek road residents from their
slumber at 2:05 a. m, according to
Fay Brees who lives in that area
Rambling and tremblings are be-
lieved to have been caused by an
avalanche of snow and ice on a
nearby mountain Winter thunder
theories were abandoned by those
who underwent the unusual exper-
fence because of the definite trem-
ors accompanying the roar.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Interesting
Story Told By
R. {. Garments
Scores of Warm and
Useful Articles Made
By Willing Workers.
MANY GO TO DISTANT
WAR-TORN LANDS

If the reader should per-
chance have an opportunity
to look over a display of the
sewing and knitting that is
being done by the South Lin
coin County Chapter of the
Red Cross, special interest
will be found in one mans
sweater.
The interested one will find this
particular sweater an excellent
piece of knitting, perfect in every
detail 1t is of the sleeveless type,
firm and heavy. But why the in
terest in this one sweater The
answer is found in the fact that it
was made by a lady 81 years of
age. She is the mother of DR.. E. f.
Dixon of Troy and even at her adj
vanced age is doing her bit in our
time of war
An inspection of what the patri-
otto women Of this area are doing
is revelation. 1t was recently the
writer's privilege to 60 over this
work. There we found an amazing
number Of knitted articles. They in
cluded sweaters for men, bed socks,
toe socks, stump socks and knee
bands for the use Of men in hos
: pitfalls; also long red scarfs for men.
But the cookies Of ones heart
were touched with additional
warmth as one looked at the array
of children's articles. Most of the
mems articles will be used here in
America-to our forces in Iceland
and Alaska-but the children's will
90 to England. And one could not
but think how welcome those warm
wooden caps, mittens and stockings
will be to the little ones OF the
British Isles who are undergoing
the horrors of a war that rains
death and destruction on innocent
children and women. There were
dozens of children's sweaters, stock
ings and mittens, stocking caps and
beanie caps, hoods and childrens
two-piece suits.
Listing the array of articles only
tells half the story hidden in this
work. Mrs. O. G.. Gompf, in charge
of the knitting, says that about SC
women in Libby and vicinity are
devoting part of their time to this
good work. An additional number
are similarly busy at Troy. Mrs
Gompf further said that an estimate
Of the retail value of the articles or
display Sunday would disclose re-
tail value of about 5000 were similar
articles placed on sale But of course
it should be remembered that these
articles are not sold. They are
given away an expression of good
will.
The work is being delayed consid-
erably for want of yarn. There is
scarcity of yarn for the work here
and DR.. Dixon is pleading for more
yarn for the Troy workers. Wher
one stands and looks at the pile O.
articles that have been made il
this comparatively small commune
ty and then realizes that sifnilai
work is going on all over the Unit
ed States and Canada, one realize!
to a small degree at least, what |
tremendous amount of yarn is being
worked up and what heavy de
mand there must be on the supply
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Trio Makes Trip
Into Mountains

Supervisor Karl A. Klehm of the
Kooteani National Forest left Sun
day for Missoula where he will be
for 10 days attending supervisors
conference at the regional offices.
Last Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday Mr.. Klehm, Lee Jensen
and Ben Baenen made trip on
horseback ovdr Mcmillan gulch,
Doe creek and Wolf creek. The trio
headquarters at the cabin of Mrs.
Agnes Martin and made their daily
excursions from that point to check
up on general game conditions.
Beginning January rs, official
working hours at the Kootenai Ma
tional Forest offices are to be from
8 a. m. to 5 p. m. on week days
and from 8 a. m. to II noon on Sat
urdays, according to departmental
orders.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Libby Birds
Shipped 10
Far P| d(es
Demand Exceeds Supply
For Pheasants From
Libby Game Farm.
INQUIRIES FROM TEXAS.
HONOLULU, GEORGIA

''Ten wild mallard ducks
to Eddison, Ca; four orna-
mental pheasants to the
headmaster of Hill School,
PottstoWn, Pa; four Golden
and two Lady Amherst
pheasants to Lena, Wis; two
Mongolian pheasants to
North Bend, Ore.
Thus run last weeks shipping or
ders from the Libby Game Farm
in answer to the some 800 inquiries
and requests received at the farm
since November when DR.. c. j.
Martin, owner and operator, in
serted advertisements of his stock
in three nationally circulated mag
azines.
Replies-~to these advertisements
have come from Canada, Honolulu,
and practically every state in the
union from Maine to Florida, Mich
igan to Texas and Washington to
California. ORDERS are especially
heavy from towns along the AT
lantic seacoast. Among them was
an airmail letter from Washington,
ID. G..
Largest percentage of shipments
goes to private individuals though
orders are filled for parks, taxi
dermists, game farms, schools and
rod and gun clubs. One rod and
gun club of Meadow Brook, Orange
county, NJ Y, wanted TOO ringneck
pheasant cocks for fall delivery
and had to be turned down because
DIR. Martins birds number approx
mately 500 at present.
| Though birds have been shipped
from here into Canadian points, the
most distant shipping point has
been Honolulu from which orders
were received for dead pheasants.
skins and feathers to be used in
making leis.
/ Among the great number of ship
ments made, only one has failed to
arrive safely at its destination with
its cargo This failure occurred
when drinking water in the crate
overturned onto the feet and feath-
ers of the birds and later froze on
them. Now, safest means OF provid-
ing necessary moisture in crates
has been discovered to be the plac-
ing of two apples in crates while
cargo is enroute.
There are customers who make
i yearly buys in addition to those
responding to his advertisements,
says DR.. Martin. 1t is reporteds that
good share of birds in the Kalis-
pell city park came from the Libby
Game Farm.
I Though there is an excellent
market for pheasant eggs, DR.. Mar
tin does not undertake their sale
from his farm. DR.. Martin spe-
cializes in breeding stock and it is
his endeavor to make them the
best that can be produced. The
birds are guaranteed pure, all are
hand raised and their delivery is
guaranteed.
Pheasants raised at the farm are
4 Mongolian, Mefanistic Mutants,
Silver, Lady Amherst, Reeves, YER
sicolor and white.
The Libby Game Farm is located
on the grounds. of DR.. Martins
home and its wired pens cover ap-
proximately two acres.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Planning For
March of Dimes

Austin Fraser has been. appoint
cd chairman of the Libby-Troy dis
trict for the March of Dimes cam
paign. He expects to put on drive
for sale of the buttons, proceeds
from which are to 60 to fight infan-
tile paralysis. Fifty per cent OF
the money raised goes into a nation
al ffind. so per cent is retained for
local work.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Extinguish Chimney Fire

Libby Volunteer Fire department
Tuesday evening about Z o'clock
extinguished very hot chimney
fire at No. 8 Millrow, the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Brown. No
damage was done with the excep-
ton of smoking the plaster near the
chimney
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Two Plead Guilty

William Reilly and Buzz Munro
pleaded guilty in Justice Of the
Peace Haigler's court Monday to
having fished through this ice on
Horseshoe lake, which is closed
water. They were fined SIS each.
Deputy Game Warden Wiley was
the complaining witness.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Guernsey Is Sold to J. Brown

Jim Brown of Libby recently
purchased a registered Guernsey
cow from S. 5. Nichols to add to
his local herd. Highland Dream Girl
492826 is the name under which
this animal is registered with The
American Guernsey Cattle Club.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29

] w. Baker OF Spokane, plant
SUPERINTENDENT for the Interstate
Telephone Company is in the city
today.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Nelson and
infant daughier drove 10 kalispcll
Saturday. M
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-06-19
By SCOTT NEARING

The government and the people OF
the U. s. are in desperate need OF
rubber. A few months ago, not one
person in hundred gave thought
to the question of rubber supply. To
day the matter is of such deep and
universal concern that congressional
committees and government depart
ments are digging out the facts and
looking for solution.
Inquiry seems to have established
several points:
1. British and Dutch companies held
virtual monopoly of the worlds sup
ply of natural rubber. This monopoly
was destroyed by Japanese occupa-
ton of Malaga. Before the Japanese
attack, the British-Dutch interests
were sufficiently influential in both U.
S. business and government circles to
prevent either the development of ma
tura1 rubber in the Americas or the
building of synthetic rubber indus
try in the U. S. Even after Dunkirk
these interests limited shipments to
the U. S. and sold their rubber to
Japan, where they could get slightly
higher prices.
2. There are several possible sources
of synthetic rubber. Petroleum is
one. Grain is another. Much re-
search work has been done by Ger
man and American chemists. Stand
ard Oil made a series OF contracts
with the German dye trust to trade in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-06-19
BIDDLE BUSY TRYING TO GUST
BRIDGES. IGNORES RUBBER SCANDAL

formation on synthetic rubber produe
ton for information in other fields
Thus the Germans, who had no sourc,
of natural rubber, controlled the pat
ents on synthetic rubber production
and with the help of Standard Oil sue
cessfully smothered all attempts tt
build up synthetic rubber industry
in the U. S.
8. Plans to produce synthetic rub
Der from surplus farm products have
been shelved by the big oil interests
Sen. Guy Gillette of Iowa, who headed
one Of the investigating committees
concludes: There is no doubt in my
mind that powerful petroleum inter
ests have done and are doing every
thing in their power to prevent the
manufacture of synthetic rubber from
farm products"
4. The big oil concerns have pre-
vented the smaller concerns from get
ting a look-in on the patents and the
government funds that would enable
them to go in for the production of
synthetic rubber. There is somebody
powerful enough somewhere in this
setup to keep the independent COM
pany entirely out Of the picture" said
Sen. Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma.
U. s. trusts, like those of other in
dustrial nations, have a stranglehold
on profit-making business at home
and they divide the monopoly booty
of the planet with their big business
pals abroad. They are for big bust
ness first, last and all the time. They
are no more concerned with the pub
lie interests than they are concerned
with the fate of little business.
With such information spread on
the public record, Atty. Gen. Francis
Biddle has taken no action against
the big businessmen directly respon-
sible for the rubber crisis.
Instead, he is devoting his energy
to forcing the deportation of Harry
Bridges, militant west coast labor
eader, who was born in Australia.
This array of evidence does not
seem to make sense until we remem-
per, first, that the competitive strug-
gle for profit and power usually called
rec enterprise always puts business
above public interests. And
second, that the big business interests
If the U. S. are opposed in principle
ind practice to democratic procedures
Ind inclined to fascist form of social
Consequently, the men who are do
ng a good stroke of rubber business
It the expense of the administration |
Program and the public welfare are
considered our first citizens, while a
nan who devotes time and energy to
aising the living standards of the
masses is deportable agita-
or.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-06-19
INITIATION?
SHOULD We WORRY
YES and NO

Our present insane, dishonest and
corrupt money system is as uncontrol-
liable as an auto without a steering
wheel or brakes, it's like driving a
team to a wagon without a tongue,
| it's only question of time until you
have a runaway.
If you have your lifetime savings
boarded in dollars in a tin can or
sock, or if you have your money out
on interest, or if you have retired and
invested your money in life insurance
companies as an investment to get
interest and escape taxation you bet
ter worry about initiation for 1t will
reduce the purchasing power of dol
lars when measured in services and
invested in your home and farm or
factory or jobs, don't worry about in
flation as it will merely increase the
selling price of your home, reduce
debts and mortgages when measured
in labor or commodities, and insure
your job. You better worry about in
flation that will steal from you your
home and job and the last cent you
have on earth and reduce you to the
ranks Of WPA or dole or relief. De-
flation robs the laboring class and in
flation robs the rich class. We have
tried deflation 81 times in the history
Of our nation, we know what that
means, with bankruptcies and fore
closures, misery and want, bread lines
and soup kitchens. We have never
had initiation. oh, yes, we have had
what the rich CALL initiation, that is
when THEY thought labor was get
ting too much for their work and the
dollars of the rich not buying enough
labor or the products of labor. They
call that initiation. But the only right
way is Constitutional Money with
Government monetary issue and con-
.rol that robs neither the debtor nor
he creditor
Pass "Binderup's Monetary Control
Act" now pending in congress. Mon
stary authorities have said, at is the
greatest monetary bill introduced in
congress since the days of Abraham
lincoln"
Charles G. Binderup, former mem
,er of congress from Nebraska, author
# Binderup's Monetary Control Act
low pending in congress.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-06-19
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there.
Anti-laborites have been conducting
a clever and determined campaign to
build up this sentiment, the campaign
based on the contention that the "vot-
ers back home are fed up with the
unions" Potential but timid anti-la-
Dor congressman are easily won over
by that argument, since fear of what
might happen to them at the polls is
the only thing that keeps them from
joining he out-and-out anti-labor bloc
O'NeaI Smoked Out
Reaction had its inning in the house
last week when that body refused to
accept the senate-approved figures of
S50,319,557 for farm rehabilitation
services and assistance, and $125, 000,-
900 for farm security loans and