The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-10

OF all tunes. Inc present Wal Id
exemplified this truth as nothing
else could do.
Our American industry finds ex
preston in many forms, but in n,
phase is it more intriguing than il
its highly developed mechanical
forms. Whether it be in grea
foundry or whether it is seen il
the coordinated brains and mechan
ism of a metropolitan daily, tn,
cooperation of the workers togethel
and with the highly specialized
machinery with which they work, i
little short of miraculous.
Libby has an industry, the ]
Neils Lumber Co.. which not only
is second to no other mill of it
kind in the state, but is Withou
doubt one Of the most interesting
industrial institutions of the coun
try.
1t was the recent good fortune O.
the publishers family to be shoWr
through the local mill under The
guidance of R. r. Veldman. The
family has enjoyed many interest
ing experiences in years of going
to strange and out Of the way
places, but nowhere has it enjoyed
an hour and one-half of more fasci
mating and educational entertain.
ment that it had under the interest
ing and able guidance of Mr.. Weld.
man.
For the first time it saw huge
logs taken from the mill pond ano
carried by mechanical power tc
the saving room, it watched the
logs stabbed into rough boards Of
varying sizes. From there it fol
lowed them on into the planning and
finishing rooms 1--WE are perfectly
aware we. do not speak the right
vernacular1 and eventually saw the
finished product lifted by power
to trucks and carried to its proper
storage location. Later 1t read the
invoice bills for points throughout
the United States and watched the
lumber being loaded on the railroad
cars for shipment, and as finale
to thrilling trip, it was taken
through the Prest-to-Log factory
and given opportunity to test the
toughness Of the newspaper cuti-
Gle by "hefting7 the logs HOT
from the molds, Yes it was trip
the family will never forget and its
thanks are due Mr.. Veldman and
the company which made it pos
sible.
Could it be possible there are
any Lincoln county citizens who
have not made this tour2 Probably
not, for the company is glad to
show what it does and how it does
it; and surely it is very much
worth anyone's time to watch big
trees pass from rough logs to fine
lumber.
A Libby man who recently was
complaining regarding the warm
weather, opined it must have been
caused by II Duce shoveling coal
in-well, you know where
They do say, Germany spilled
the beans "a hours before the
United States government intended
to inform the common herd"
Maybe we might be forgiven for
suggesting that the good old fash
Toned American way of our faith
ers, would have been to bring the
good news to the public from Amer
lean sources as soon as possible
but then we were not SO ''regu-
lated" in the good old days. In
those days we had no American
peasants and the American farmer
and little businessman felt himself
just as good and important an
American as the President.
Speaking of cold drinks-or is
that a mistake. A Libby young
woman was filling out her applica-
ton for attending college. In re-
Spouse to the question of the sourse
of necessary finances, the bright
young thing filled in: by selling
Pop down the river'l
A cheering note to most Ameri-
cans is the fact President Truman
recently did away with the now
useless office Of civilian defense.
He also whitfield 7 billion dollars
from the maritime commission ship
program and recommend
ed 30 million dollars cut from budg-
cts of eight other federal agencies.
This is only beginning Of course,
but straws show the direction of
the wind and it is to be hoped the
need OF economy in government
spending will continue to be rec
ognized in Washington.
And returning to Montana and |
Lincoln county. Now we know it
IS true-there ARE bears in North
west Montana! Yes, we saw one
The other day. A nice young black /
with flashy yellow roach along
lis back. Unfortunately though the I
iarn cuss wouldn't stand still and
wait for the family to look him
over
Oh yes, we also have discovered |
hat Lincoln county does have wood I
icks and SNAKES! Makes no diff
'erence if they aren't rattlers, we
lon't like EN- anyhow. Well, you