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presented tn e 1t. Richard Loesch.
Gold Star in lieu of a second Air
Medal. He lives at 1882 Newport
street NV.
Maj. Lucius D. Clay, jr., son of
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. L. D. Clay of
Fort Myer, Va, was awarded the
Air Medal and Purple Heart by
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Newcomb street Sc, stationed in
Italy.
Corpl. William T. Gibbons, 49,
gunner, 1903 I street NV, stationed
in Italy.
Three Washington area men have
received the Combat Infantry Badge.
They include:
Pvt. Percy E. Edwards, Capitol
Heights, Md; Pvt. Eugene w. Nc
Donald, lis Fourth street, Takoma
Park, Md, and Pvt. William Cook,
jr., 444 Kentucky avenue Sc, all
stationed in Italy.
Coast Guardsman James r.
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the A m e r / can
Dietetic A S so :
citation in Chi
cago on October
Is.
Maj. Burns is
stationed in the
Surgeon G e n :
erals Office OF
Army S e vi C G
Forces at the
War D epar t :
ment.
M a r 6 aret F,
Il e S S e g 6 e r
daughter of Mrs
M a r gre t Res
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Arlington, W a S
presented t h e
Gold Star in lieu
of a second DFC
for his action as
c O m m a n d ing
officer of a tor
pedo bombing
squadron against
the Jap a n e S e
forces in the
Solomon Islands.
H e lie d hi S
squadron on ex-
tremely hazar-
dous a t t a C k S
against B u X a
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AT CHINESE BASE

AT CHINEsE BASE
Capt. Joseph J. Daniels,
rs, former tackle and end
on the Georgetown Uni
versity football team, has
assumed new duties which
involve close liaison with
the War Area Service
Corps OF the Chinese gov
ernment. He is billeting,
mess and supply officer at
headquarters in South
western China OF Y-Force
Operations Stan. He was
graduated from George
town In 1941.
Signal Corps Photo
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Segger, 3461 Margaret Ressegger.
Fourteenth street NV, has been
promoted to chief yeoman in the
WAVES, rank II other WAVES
hold. She has charge of all en-
listed WAVES on duty in the In
centive Division of the Navy De-
partment.
ENGLAND-Second 1t. Jean A.
Day, Army Nurse Corps, has arrived
here with United States Army Gen.
eral Hospital group. The daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Day, Sd Cres-
cent road, Greenbelt, Md, 1t. Day
was on the staff of Garfield Hos
pital for year before her appoint
ment to the Nurse Corps last May
Pvt. Barbara Lee Ramey, daugh-
ter of Paul G. Ramey, 933 L street
NV, is secretary to the historical
officer of the Army Transport Com
mand in London.
Northampton, Mass.-Ruth Chris
tine Yoke, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Stanford Yoke, 402 Rose
mary street, Chevy Chase, will re-
port here for training in the United
States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's
School on October 26.
HERINGTON, Kans. - The two
daughters of Capt. and Mrs. John
Bailey, 2O8 o street S.W., met here
recently. The two girls, Pvt. Mary
Seely and Pvt. Dorothy Still, were
briefly reunited when Pvt. Still, on
furlough from her duties as photo
laboratory technician at Patterson
Field, Ohio. came to visit her sister
clerk in headquarters personnel
section. Pvt. Seely's husband, Corpl
Allen E. Seely is in New York recov-
ering from wounds received in the
South Pacific, and Pvt. Stills hus-
band, Sergt. Raymond Still, is miss
ing in action in Italy.
NEW LONDON, conn.-charlotte
1 Rnherta Rna-
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creWmen Tn q .
left Italy June
% TO bomb Ro-
manian oil fields
and were later
imprisoned in a
Bulgarian prison
camp.
Ell 6 h t h a v e
since been lib
Grated. Two of
the 10 are miss
ing in action,
seven have re-
turned to head
quarters and one
Is in an Allied
hoSpital in Italy.
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NOOCl Od . 9 q
m a n recently
was graduated
from the Coast
Guard Academy
and com m / s.
stoned q lieu
tenant (junior
grade) in the
SPARS. 1t. Bea-
man, daughter
Of Mrs. Bessie B.
B e q m q n SIC
Glenwood road,
Bethesda, was
an enploye of
the War Man
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Army hospital
either in this
country or over
seas.
PENSACOLA,
Fla. Aviation
Machinist's S Mate
Second Cl a S S,
Eliza b e t h M.
Weiss, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs.
II. o. Weiss, 3012
Military roa d
NV, has been
named "Pensa-
cola's adopted
daughter from
the District of
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Capt. Frank A
Orme, pilot, 184(
Biltnore street
N.W.,was award.
ed the DFC by
Brig. Gen. VIII
liam j. Flood
chief of staff
7th AAF, at q
base in the Ha-
waiian Islands
Capt. Orme also
nOlQS the All
Medal with three
Clusters.
Staff S e r g t.
Samuel c. Ka-
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that he could send IA words a min
ute, two words less than are re-
|quired by the school.
So far Pvt. Harker has used his
"solid sending" only to amuse him.
self and his friends at the base, but
he can't help feeling his stuff ranks
with secret weapon. Imagine a
Kraut at an. enemy listening station
trying to keep time to Schnitzel-
bank and listening to code message
at the same time. Why, he'd get
all snafued, wouldn't hep" And
that was that.
Pvt. Harker's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Byron G. Harker, were listed
as living at 809 E street in the
CAPITAL.
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graphed on V-mail paper, so that
hundreds of other patients could
send greetings home in a more
artistic style than their own.
This shy boy looked up and ex-
planned: You see, it helped keep
my mind off of home. - -" worried
that my folks would worry too
much"
One of Pvt. Barco's main outlets
was freely decorating letters to his
parents with shrines, castles and
landscapes of Italy, so that they
might indirectly see what he was
experiencing. Many of these were
accompanied with verses, also of his
composing.
Did he try to portray his battle
experiences on paper? No, he wants
to forget those-such as the IA hours
he was pinned down by machine
gun fire-as soon as possible.
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Engineer Helps Rebuild
BRIDGES, Find Mines

Pfc. Edward Mutchler of Mount
Rainer, Md, belongs to combat
engineer group in France which
finds detecting German mines and
rebuilding demolished. bridges easy.
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DC. WOMEN IS
IN UNIFORM - -

Maj. Helen C. Burns, director of
dietitians for the Army, will pre-
side over one of the programs dur
ing the 9th annual convention of
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Liberated Airmen Tell
|0f Priyations While
In Bulgarian Prison

First 1t. william G. Symons, 28
Of Front Royal, Va, was listed In
q dispatch from the 18th AAF In
Italy as one Of 10 Flying Fortress
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Sergt. Logan Returning.

Another Washington area man,
Tech. Sergt. David M. Logan, 81, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. Logan, 23l
Seventeenth street Sc, has been
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LOOK WHAT GOT!"-Two Washington Coast Guardsmen
display priced trophies Jap machine gun Jap rifle
from the battle of Peeu Island the Paau group
from the Philippines Seaman Second Glass; Baker eft
It's avenue NV and Seaman Frst W.
Heazlit 20 Todd place Me- Guard-manned
invasion transport Coast Guard Photo
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DC. Marine Rides Top
|0f Tank 10 Spot laps
In PiIIboxes, Caves

By Technical Sergt. Joseph Z.
All OF Buffalo, N. Y, a Marine
Corps combat correspondent.
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power ComrniS- Lt. q. 8. Beaman.
sion. the Once Of War InformatioE
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13

Elmer Anderson, Y 2/c, spent
Easter at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Anderson. Yoe-
man Anderson is stationed at Mos
COW, Ida.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13
j. 5. Bomber
Is Named
Miss Libby

Here is bit of information that
will be real news to Libby people
and all Libby's friends. How many
Libby people know that a U. S.
bomber fighting the good fight in
the Southwest Pacific, bears the
name of Miss Libby?' This is how
it happens
1t. q. 60 r. L. Hileman writes
and says, in part:
One of the bombers in our group
is named Miss Libby The r. p. O.
officer knows I'm from Libby and
insists that he send a photo to your
paper. 1t would take q few weeks tc
clear it through channels, but time
means little. He suggests that
pose in the foreground but / haven't
consented yet The fact that Libby
goes away over its bond quota is
ample reason that she is entitled
to her share Of rf1u publicity
1t. Hileman also wrote:
MY assignment with Bomber
Command has been interesting and
exciting from the day arrived
The missions are often a bit rough,
but something always happens to
bring us on another one. The Zeros
don't bother us much any more,
but we do sweat out the ack-ack
We've nicknamed the last few mis-
sons, Steel Vest Missions, for an
obvious reason"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13
Pu|pwood
Is Now
Moving Out
Several Carloads Have
Already Been Shipped
To Eastern Papermills.
SHIPMENTS EXPECTED
TO INCREASE LATER

Nearly everyone in Lincoln coun-
ty does or should know that ever
since the war started hundreds Of
carloads of lumber have gone from
this county into the war effort. And
that sorely needed lumber is still
rolling into the channels where
Uncle Sam needs it most
However, probably few people are
aware OF new industry that is now
getting under way in the county
whose product is also of great i'm
portance to the carrying on of the
war. We refer to the pulpoWod in
dustry that is developing locally.
A few weeks ago ]. Hofert, the
well-known Christmas tree man,
put his buyers into this district and
started the buying of pulpwood and
the shipping of it to paper mills.
1t required some time to get the
work organized but the pulpWood is
now beginning to 60 out. Jack
Whiteman, local buyer for Hofert,
reports that during the past month
% carloads of pulpWood have been
shipped from Kalispell, three car
loads from Eureka, four from Bon
ners Ferry and one from Troy last
week. In a short time many more
carloads will be shipped out of Troy
and Libby.
1t may surprise many to know
that the pulpwood is being shipped
clear back to Wisconsin. "A local
man asked why mills were not built
in this district to work up the logs
nearer to where they are grown.
The answer is that a shortage of
men would make such a project i'm
possible at this time, says White
man. Therefore the logs are being
shipped to where the mills are, even
though it may be many hundreds Of
miles.
Whiteman further says that there
are Is cords of logs to car and that
a carload will return about 5000
for the man who owns his own
stumpage. According to Whiteman,
the object is to induce men or farm
ers who may have a little idle time
to get into this work and make a
little side money. It is hoped to
work out arrangements whereby the
logs can be loaded directly onto
cars at Libby thus doing away with
one handling.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13
Young Soldier
Visits Here, Learns
Of Buddy's Deoth

A young soldier stopped in Lib
by this week for a visit with the
sister of his buddy whom he had
left in Italy The young soldier was
Frank E. Peterson and he was on
his way to his home in Lewistown,
Mont. He had stopped here for a
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ness,
Mrs. Ness being the sister he wished
to meet. The buddy's name was
Harvey Bell Peterson had left Bell
in good health when he last saw
him but was surprised and sad
dened to learn when he arrived
here that his friend had been killed
in action since Peterson left Italy
sometime in February. Mrs. Ness,
the sister, told Peterson the sad
news.
Peterson has seen plenty of &C
ton He had been in the fighting
in North Africa, in Sicily and in
Italy. He had been in the fighting
at the Anzio beachhead. He had
been sent across the nation to Fort
Lewis before being released for his
furlough aid was enroute from
there to Lewistown when he stop
ped here
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13
Advises Against
Repeal Of Libby
milk Ordinance

About a month ago number of
the farmers of the district, through
Byron Rouse as their spokesman,
appeared before the Libby city
council and asked the repeal of the
ordinance that requires the pasteu-
rizaton Of milk before its sale in
the city. The farmers were told at
the time that the city doubted its
authority to act solely in the mat
ter and asked time to confer with
the state board Of health,
Recently the council received
letter from DR.. r. K. Kilbourne,
acting executive officer of the state
board of health. Among other things
the letter said.
THE state board Of health feels
very definitely that the repeal of
the pasteurization ordinance miaht
materially affect the health of the
people of Libby. This is especially
true where milk is being sold by a
number Of different individuals and
where medical examination of those
who handle milk is not provided
and regular monthly inspection Of
the diaries and milk houses is not
carried out"
The letter further said that if
dairymen did not wish to sell their
milk to the creamery, they could
probably put in their own pasteuriz-
ing plant and thus be able to enter
the city market. The letter closes
with, I'VE agree with the opinion
OF your health officer that it would
be unfortunate for the city council
to repeal the pasteurization ordi-
nance
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13
Resume Work on
Bridge Approaches
Below Troy

r. E. Mccormick, connected with
S. Birch & Sons, contractors on the
approaches to the highway bridge
below Troy, was in Libby Tuesday
looking for a house. He desires to
move his family to Libby from
Great Falls.
Mr.. Mccormick said the con-
tractor expects to get work on the
bridge approaches under way by the
first of next week. Most of the work
was done last year and the project
will now be finished He also said
that his company expects that a
contract will be let soon on the
uncompleted highway leading to the
bridge and that the Birch company
plans TO bid on the Job.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13
Gives Figures
On Welfare
Expenditures
Assistance Grants
Show Increase Over
Those of Year Ago.
MADE TO MEET
HIGHER LIVING COSTS

MIR. Chef 0. Hoisington, chairman
Of the County Public Welfare Board,
released today information regard
ing the State Board of Public We'll
fare meeting held recently in Hell
ena. Payments were approved for
the current month to recipients I'M
der the Old Age Assistance, Aid to
Dependent Children, and Aid to the
Needy Blind program in the follow
ing amounts:
To 11,483 OAA 1927, 298.75; aver
age per person $3.50.
To 1888 ADO $50,580.5O; average
per person $13.37.
To 294 ANB $8,790.75; average
per person 5000.
These assistance grants show an
increase of a year ago as follows.
To 1900 OAA 1921 1852. 80; av-
erage per person $2407.
To $40 Ado $50, 1876; average
per person 1928.
To 321 ANB $8,237.75; average per
person $25.66.
Mr.. Hoisington states that these
assistance grants show an increase
over year ago as follows: $40
for Old Age Assistance, $O.54 Aid to
Dependent Children, and $4.24 Aid
to the Needy Blind.
During the last few years, there
has been gradual increase in the
amount of assistance granted and
this is due to the fact that the cost
Of living has increased.
Mr.. Hoisington calls attention to
the fact that the State of Montana
stands just above the medium in the
amount of average grant given with
in the states. The California aver
age grant IS SAIL while Mississippi,
the lowest of all grants, only has an
average Of 1857. The Idaho average
is $4,000, Wyoming $780, North
Dakota 1855, South Dakota s21. a3
and Colorado SAILS.
Figures recently released by the
State Board of Public Welfare show
that during l943 $6,124,948.69 was
expended in all forms of public as
sistance This amount was furnished
b. the federal, state, and county
units. The federal participates only
in Old Age Assistance, Aid to De-
pendent Children, and Aid to the
Needy Blind while General Relief
is handled by the county entirely.
MIR. Hoisington states that the Lin
coin County Public Welfare Board
granted assistance for April amount
ing to $8,7O20O for Old Age Assist
ance; $4,000 for Aid to Depend
ent Children; $4,000 for Aid to the
Needy Blind, and S40050 for Gen.
eral Relief.
Lincoln county average grant for
Old Age Assistance in February
l943 was S22l4, this year Febru-
ary's average grant was $2567, an
increase in average Of 1888. This
average was made to meet the in
creased cost of living
In giving assistance. actual need
determines the amount of the grant.
The total cost of the necessities OF
life having first been determined,
the resources, income from labor or
from other sources, are then de-
Quoted and the unmet need deter
mined-this amount is given to the
needy individual as assistance.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13
Mrs. Louvio Craven Is Elected President
Of Libby Womon's Club For Coming Yeor;
Program Discusses Post War Wonders

The Libby Woman's club met in
their Regular April meeting Tues
day afternoon in the Community
Room with Miss Inez Ratekin, pres
ident, in the chair. The Flag Salute
and singing Of Star Spangled Ban
nef,.awitif nffA Ifa Miller at The
piano, opened the meeting. The Sec
ton of the Club Collect which is to
be stressed this month is And
may we strive to touch and to know
the great, common Woman's heart
of us all, and, oh, Lord God, let us
not forget to be kind.
The treasurer, Mrs. George Neils,
reported that over $50 had been re-
ceived from the food sale which
was an outstanding success both
financially and gastronomically
New Officers
Election of officers for the coming
year was one of the features Of the
meeting Following are the re-
suits: President. Mrs. Louvia Cra-
ven; first vice president, Mrs. Sher-
man Noel, second vice president,
Mrs. Ray Rice; secretary, Mrs. Eldon
Schuck, treasurer, Mrs. Geo. Neils,
executive board members, Mrs Wal
ter Neils and Mrs. H. w. Redfield.
They will be installed at the annual
June luncheon.
The Club voted to give $500 to
the Cancer Control drive.
In her Fine Arts report Mrs Lou
via Craven spoke on the arts dur
ing war time. In the painting field
there have been a number of cam
vases loaned for war benefit pur-
poses and many musical organiza-
tons and performers have given
freely Of their time and talents. A
line that is Of great importance is
the social art and women are out
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13
OFFICIAL Ell pxoro.

standing and successful in this field.
Many women specialists in differ
ent lines are using their talents for
the war effort.
Mrs H. P. Weydemeyer chose
Burma Surgeon by Seagrave as
her book report DR. Seagr4ve is
Baptist medical missionary in
Burma and in his very interesting
biography he tells of his expert
ences from the time he arrived
there with a Wastebasket full OF dis
carded surgical tools until he re-
treated with General Stillwell in
that now famous action. Training
native nurses, building a hospital
and many other experiences are
wildly described in this journal Of
timely Importance.
AS report on music Mrs Walter
Neils read short item written by
Oliver Wendell Holmes about the
value of music, in the every day
routine of life. Mrs. c. w. Gildea,
reporting on Defense, reminded
the members to keep on buying
bonds.
Mrs. Fred Cloutier, chairman of
Public Welfare, told of the fine ac-
tivities of that department for the
past year.
Wonders To Come
The program on Post War Won
ders," with Mrs. r. w. LeDuc as
chairman, proved to be one Of the
most interesting ones of the year.
There are many new and wonder
full things that will become part
of our daily life when factories re-
turn to peace-time efforts and when
the coming of peace allows people
to plan for better education and
living.
A paper on BODYBUILDING of the
future was prepared by Mrs. A. L.
Brock and read by Mrs. j. A. Krall.
The mass production of attractive,
Well-built homes that can be put
up in a day or two will provide
better homes than many peo.le
have at present and at half the
cost.
Mrs. Elmer Phillips spoke on the
coming heating and lighting Of our
homes and other places. The new
thermal panes, panes conserving
heat from the sun, and other new
conveniences in this field promise
much more comfortable living. New
types of lamps, some of them wire
less and controlled by radio waves,
Continued on page 81
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13
Buys Property and
Will Convert into
Apartments

An important real estate transac-
ton of the past week was the pur-
chase by William Hafferman of the
two houses owned by Mrs. P. Box
ter, one of them the one-time Bax-
ter hospital building and the other
the nearby residence property. The
price paid was $4,500
Mr.. Hafferman will convert the
properties into high-class apart
ments just as soon as possible. He
also expects to do considerable
landscaping to beautify the prop
erty.
Mrs. Baxter plans to leave for
California soon where she resided
a number of years and where she
has interests.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13
Production
will Be
Below Needs

Lumber has become one of the
most critical of materials. Because
of manpower shortages, 1914 lum-
Der production will not fill present
requirements. The demands of the
armed services for creating and
boxing lumber alone are tremend-
Gus. For those reasons Conservation
Order L-41 imposes definitely re-
strictive measures on its use. Resi-
dental construction, the estimated
cost OF which is in excess of 5000
may only be begun on specific au-
thorization of the War Production
Board.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13
WorIond Beer and
Cubs Get Into
Rodio News

James ]. Harris AM 2/c,
writes from the air base at
Pensacola, Fla, and says, In
part:
II swear this to be the truth!
While listening to radio WDSU
from New Orleans, La, the an
nouncer said, Here is an oddity
in the news. He then told about
the men near Wari2nd feeding
the bear and her cubs. The same
article was in your March 80
edition that l was holding in
my hand at the time"
Some Libby people also re-
mort having heard the same an
nouncement over the radio con-
corning the mother bear and
cubs that were driven from the
winter den by falling trees near
Warland and that were later
fed by the lOggers.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13
Says This Could Be
Closed as Slight
War Sabotage

Someone has a bad habit says
Postmaster Forrest De Rosia Late
ly we have found the thumb tacks
taken out of the posters we have
put up in the postoffice lobby, with
the result that the posters are per-
mitted to drop onto the floor and
become destroyed
Mr. De Rosia would like to call
the attention of the culprits to the
fact that what they are doing is a
form of sabotage of the war effort
and could be punished accordingly
Most of the posters in question have
to do with furthering the war eff
fort by inducing enlistments in the
various war branches, by the selling
of bonds, or in imparting informa-
ton to the public. If the posters
are destroyed that means of getting
message across to the public is
done away with.
De Rosia said he had spoken to
one of the federal inspectors re-
garding the matter and that official
had said that if the practice is per-
sisted in, it might become neces-
sary to lock the postoffice lobby at
the regular hour of closing at 6
o'clock That would be a great in
convenience to many people.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13
SpecioI Cos
Rations For
Form Employees

Full-time paid employees of farm
organizations operating to increase
food production are eligible for pre-
ferred mileage under gasoline ra-
tioning, the OPA announced. Their
organizations must be chartered by
the United States, or by a State,
and have a membership of at least
100 persons, the majority of whom
are farmers. Also, qualified victory
gardeners again will be granted spe-
cial gasoline rations for up to BOO
miles Of travel to and from their
plots this summer.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-13
HORSES KILLED BY TRAIN

Four horses belonging to {. c.
Kensler were killed Monday by a
Great Northern train on the rail-
road right-of-way short distance
east of Kootenai falls. Kensler is
in the west coast country in defense
work and the horses were being
taken care of during the winter by
a rancher in the vicinity of the ac-
csIonf