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Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
Ear Wigs Threaten
County's Gardens

A little u inch long, black-brown
enemy of mankind has made its
appearance in the Columbia Falls
area. 1t is an fear wig, beetle
that harms gardens, and can best be
identified by two pinchers On its
posterior
Common on the Pacific coast, Gear
wigs" were first reported to the
County Agent, Walt Mauritson, and
the other day noticed by Mrs. Laden
burg, who informed the News. The
county agent says that spreading
grasshopper bait and molasses is the
best way to get rid of ear wigs.
AS public service feature, the
Hungry Horse News office will be a
distributing point Friday afternoon
for free 50-pound sacks of grass
hopper bait, furnished by the county
agents office.
Spread uniformly over the ground
at the rate of 20 pounds to the acre,
the bait will not endanger livestock
or chickens
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
Exciting Jesse James
Show Returns to Theatre

Revival of an exciting action
packed film, Jesse James on Fri
day and Saturday is one of the top
billings for the week at the Park
theatre.
This outstanding story of the mid
played Robin Hood, has a STAR
studded cast with Tyrone Power,
Nancy Kelly and Randolph Scott.
Also scheduled for this week at the
Park is the mystery, "Perilous Hol-
iday", with Pat O'Brien on Thurs
day, August Is, and Tomorrow is
Forever" with Claudette Colbert and
Orson Welles on Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday. Next Wednesday and
Thursdays show is the detective
story, 'Dick Tracy with Morgan
Conway and Ann Jeffreys.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
Council Approves
Building Permits

Four additional building permits
were approved at Monday evenings
special meeting of the town council
Eight had been approved the pre-
vious week.
j. w. O'Connell is building an Of
flee structure for Drs. Whalen and
Mitschke; Oliver Knudson plans to
construct a residence, Joe Mateka, a
residential garage, and James Con-
mole an addition to his home.
The council denied the application
of George Bousilman to retail beer
in his just-completed but unopened
pool room.
In attendance at the meeting were
Mayor Chris Raaen, Chairman Leslie
Blood, council members, Don Mans
field, Martin Stringfellow, James
Lee, John Greve and Frank Schmidt
Engineer Taschereau was also pres
ent.
8x10 engagements suitable for
framing of Hungry Horse News
photos are available for S1:00.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
Former Enlisted Men
Get FurIough Pay

Federal legislation has just been
passed granting all former Army,
Navy and Marine Corps enlisted men
pay in the form of bonds for leaves
not taken.
Settlements for the unused leave
or furlough will be made in nom
negotiable bonds maturing in five
years and bearing 21a per cent inter
est.
Interest on the bonds start from
the day of the mans discharge, even
though it may require several
months before the bonds reach him.
Claim forms and instructions will
be available at the postoffices by De-
tober l.
The services have requested that
all questions regarding this leave pay
be referred to the state or county
veterans service office, Kalispell.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
County Tax Levies
Tipped for Year
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS PHOTO

Increased material and labor costs
are tipping Flathead county taxes
for the coming fiscal year.
Meeting Monday, the County Com
missioners, Chairman Leon Lemon,
Earl HOLSTER and Roman Zeller, ap-
proved the following tax levies for
1946-1947:
County general increases from
.0087 to .0129.
County poor from .004 to .0055.
County bridge from .0013 to .0015.
County road from .002 to .00443.
County library decreases from 001
to .0O09.
County fair decreases from 0008 to
OOO74.
Columbia Falls high school special
tax levy decreases from .003 to 0029
Kalispell city levy rises from .032 to
.037, while Columbia Falls stay al
033. Whitefish has not reported its
levy.
Information On school district
levies will be available shortly Mil
levies for the airport, sheep ano
other livestock bounties and the
University fund stay the same.
Taxes are payable in two install
ments, November 80 and May 81.
The commission also decided to
schedule a Redistribution of tax
levies throughout the county during
the coming year. The present county
tax structure dates back to 1928 as
sessment with few exceptions. This
results in unfair taxation, since it is
based on 1923 values. The new re-
classification of tax levies will aid
schools and roads especially.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
August welfare Payments Set

Old age assistance will be given to
SOL cases for the month of August,
according to Oswald Braaten, Flat
head county welfare supervisor.
The total amount is $17,576. Aver
age old-age payment TO the month
is S3133. There are 103 dependent
children making up 80 cases, with
S1,782 is the total amount paid. Each
case averaged $45.69 with $3.50 per
child. There are eight blind cases,
receiving 1888 in all, an average of
1925.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
Mrs Mathilda Graham. rs, pas
Observer Jobs Open

E. S. Marx, KaIispelI Weather OBJ
server, has announced that applica-
tions for Meteorological Aid trainees,
SPA positions are now open. Those
selected will be sent to weather sta
lions in Montana, Washington, Ore
gon, and Idaho and later given tenn
porary appointments and a chance
to compete for permanent positions,
with preference being given veter-
ans Anyone interested is to contact
the weather office at Kalispell
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
Glacier Shortcut
Road Scheduled

Construction of the remaining 4
026 miles of the Columbia Falls all
weather shortcut road to Glacier
National Park is expected to begin
before winter.
When completed the highway
which joins No. 81 at Half Moon
corners, will shorten the hard-sur-
faced distance between Columbia
Falls and Kalispell by three miles.
Many residents from the central
and lower parts of the Flathead
valley as well as tourists, will use
the new highway in travelling to
Glacier Park from the west and
south.
Old-timer Mike Berne has a
problem. There is large pine tree
right on the side of the old road,
which should be removed in the
rebuilding of the new shortcut
highway Mr. Berne has watched
this tree grow since 1891, when it
was just another small pine. Now,
if he tries to save it, his thought is
that being almost in the road, it
might result in an automobile acct
dent and injury to people. Mr..
BeTne would rattle see the tree he
has watched for lifetime, cut.
Contract for rebuilding and sur
facing the road, which also leads to
the county airport, was let to the
Union Construction company, Great
Falls on June 20, 1916 for S63,600.
Specifications are that the road
must be completed before July Is,
l947. The present moratorium on
public works does not effect this
project.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
Pioneer Butcher
Block Still Serves

Likely more than half of the meat
eaten by Columbia Falls residents in
the past SO years has passed over
the big, round trimming block at the
Peoples Meat Market. There are 220
tree rings in the block.
The big pine once stood two miles
south of town, and old-time Butcher
E. j. Crum is reported to have cut
the giant himself, and then used this
slice of the old tree as his trimming
block for Is years
Then there were the Motichka
brothers, Mr. Tom SUNDERLAND, Tom
Morse and since 1924, Joe Mateka,
who recently has been joined by his
son, Elwyn.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15

local team played tight game that
tied at all. Next game with Kali
ispell was scheduled for this coming
Sunday but has been postponed I'M
til Sunday, September l, there
Pitching for the local aggregation
was Dempsey johnson, relieved by
Bill TAYLOR, and catcher Walter
Howell, relieved by Floyd Darling.
Kalispell battery was Gehring and
Sunderland.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
d o Old e. B ugs Invade
Columbia Falls Streets

Another postwar innovation des-
cended on Columbia Falls last Friday
with the bringing in of II doodle
bugs" by the new enlarged Gamble
store.
Eight of these convenient vehicles
are now operating in Columbia Falls
and the other nearby towns.
Doodle-bugs will go from 80 to
100 miles on a gallon of gas, and up
to IS miles an hour. They even have
fluid drive.
Presen regulations classify them as
Therefore they are sub
ject to traffic regulations, and the.
driver must be at least Is years old
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
Krug Statements
Favor Continuing
Hungry Horse

Actual start of Hungry Horse dam
construction in 1947 sailed into fairer
weather Tuesday morning when
Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug told
a Great Falls TIL u n e reporter
that he believed the Hungry Horse
project would be excepted from
Reconversion Director John R. Steel
mans moratorium on public works.
Just week ago, Director Steel
man halted the awarding of further
contracts under the public works
program, in an effort on the part of
the federal government to curb in
flation, and steer materials and labor
toward private building.
This moratorium is to be in effect
until October l, and the federal pub
lc works program-dams, harbor i'm
provements, roads, postoffices-will
be trimmed from the present one bill
lion 900 million dollars to 900 million
dollars
Hungry Horse Project Continues
Reconstruction work on the Hun
cry Horse project continued, but
though bids will be accepted and
opened, new contracts for the $780,
900 gallon water storage tank at
Hungry Horse town, the bid for the
towns distribution center and power
line, and for clearing LOO acres of
timber cannot be awarded until after
October l
The future of the Hungry Horse
project itself was not clear Having
already spent $2,567,210 on precon-
struction work, there is no doubt |
that the dam will be built. But the
federal moratorium could delay |
actual start of the South Fork dam
ming
Secretary Krug cleared the matter
considerably when he said, eve need
power from Hungry Horse dam des-
perately in this area. Western Mon
tana, Idaho and eastern Washington
are very urgently in need of Hungry
Horse power (and water). We feel
sure it will be accepted from Steel
mans order and will BE continued.
We have already put the wheels in
notion" he continued, explaining!
that the essentially would have
to be shown. 81 am quite sure it will
be decided before we get back from
Alaska" Secretary Krug was en-
route to Alaska.
Krug No Glad Handler
Adding weight to Krug's statement
was the fact that he said that the
Marias irrigation project in north
central Montana will very probably
be delayed until the pressure for
labor and materials becomes less"
This indicates that he wasn't-as
office holders are inclined to do
telling the people what they like to
hear.
If the Hungry Horse dam project
continues uncurtailed, credit is due
Mike Mansfad, who
has been exerting every effort to see
that the project continues, and to
civic-minded Flathead county resi-
dents, who realize that group pres
sure and being wide awake get dams 6
and the highways. This is no time to {
sleep. Even with the moratorium
there will be 900 million dollars
spent for public works, but some
lams won't be built.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
Columbia Falls Depot
Gets Postwar Dress

Major overhauling of the Column
bia Falls Great Northern Depot is
expected to be completed by Sept
ember l. according to Agent Fl. J.
Mustell. The station roof is being re-
shingled, new floor is being built
as well as a new platform. There is
a possibility of new depot being
built here next year.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15

9X1O engagements of Hungry
Horse News photos on white matte
paper, suitable for framing, may be
obtained )at the News office for
$500; 8X10 glossy ienlargemertts
may be had for rs cents.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
$50 Will Attend
Columbia Falls
High School

An increased enrolment of at
least 20 per cent is expected for Dis
trict by Supt J. NJ Tindall, when
school days start for an anticipated
600 West Glacier and Upper Flat
head valley boys and girls, Tuesday,
September 3
Registering will be about $50 in
high school, and 275 in Columbia
Falls grade school; Coram, including
Martin City, will have more than
100 notwithstanding last years
figure; Bolton school will have near
ly SO students, while Apgar and Es-
sex will have about 80 students
each.
New Columbia Falls high and
grade school students are urged to
register at the superintendent of
flee any day before school starts
Other students should register at
their respective schools on opening
day.
School room facilities throughout
the district will be crowded, COM
mented Superintendent Tindall The
Columbia Falls grade building will
be seriously overcroWded, while at
Coram it has been necessary to use
the basement of the Presbyterian
church in addition to the tWo-room
school house
Two school buses and one private
car will be in operation this fall
One will bring high school students;
from Bolton, Apgar, Coram and Mar
tin City, and the other will service
the Half Moon vicinity The private
car will transport students from
northwest of Columbia Falls.
Operated in conjunction with the
high school is dormitory where "A
boys and 20 girls will stay during
the coming year. Board and light Will
cost them about rs cents each day,
while room is free. Dean of the boys
at the dorm is Principal Dulane Full
ton, while Miss Barbara Krall, Eng
lish teacher, will be dean OF girls.
Full-time matron of the dormitor-
les is Mrs. Eva Jordon, while Ms.
Florence Anders is cook.
HOuseholders are asked to cali
the SUPERINTENDENT office, if they
have room available for single
teacher, or if they have an apart
ment or home for rent. This Will
help the schools.
Teaching staffs for all the districts
are nearly complete with two high
end two grade school vacancies that
are expected to be filled momentar-
lily. The higher scale of teachers pay
in eastern Montana and more es-
pecially in the Pacific coast states has
made it difficult to get teachers for
local schools. More than 5000 Mon
tana teachers have left the state for
better salaried jobs since 1910.
New principal of the high school
is former navy officer, Dulane Full
ton, holder of Montana state uni
versity masters degree. He formerly
taught at Somers and Chinook.
District 6 in land area is one of
the largest school districts in the
world. It stretches for about 100
miles from its southeast to its north
east corner. Aiding in the obtaining
of teachers has been the scenic at
of living in this area.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
Warning Bell to be Installed

An electric train warning bell sys-
tenn will be installed at the railroad
crossing near the junction of the
Soldiers Home road with No. 81.
Cooperating in the installation are
the Great Northern and the State
department.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
Glacier Park Trails Open

Gunsight Pass was being opened
Wednesday for horses as well as for
mixers except that it will be necess-
airy to lead horses over a snowdrift
for a short distance. The Sperry
Glacier trail is also now open, as is
the Highline Ttail from Logan
Pass to Granite Park.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
Third Inning Topples
Local WV Club

A third inning spelled defeat last
Sunday to the local VFW baseball
team that has sailed through the
past two months with an unbeaten
record.
DoWned by a Is to 6 score in the
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15

No further developments on new
fire truck or veterans housing
units. Both are expected shortly.
Limited number of copies of
first Hungry Horse News edition
available at News office.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15

game played here
with the Kalispel
Vets, c o l u m bia
Falls men would
like to forget that
third inning which
saw the downfall
ley men make 9
runs.
L a s t Thursday
at Kalispell, the
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-15
Two Flathead County
Pioneers Pass Away

William D Mcdonald, rs, died Fri
day. Funeral services were at the
Waggener and Campbell chapel
Monday with Christian Science SER
vices by Ruby Rapson. Burial was
at the Demersville cemetery Mr..
Mcdonald, a resident of Flathead
county for 81 years, is survived by
his wife, two sons, and three daught-
ers.
Mrs. Mathilda Graham, rs, passed
away Saturday. Funeral services
were conducted by the Rev. R. F.
Wick at the Waggener and Campbell
chapel Wednesday. Internment was
at the Conrad Memorial cemetery.
She was the widow of the late
George Graham and a Flathead
county resident since 1890.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Col. Greening Given Plaque
For War Prisoner Exhibit

Col. c. Ross Greening. Army Air
Forces officer who directed the pris-
oner of war exhibit which closed
Yesterday at Lansburgh g. Bro. de-
partment store, was presented with
bronze plaque for bringing the
amazing ingenuity and heroism of
the American prisoner OF war in
Germany TO public attention
through the display.
The presentation, which took
place In the store. was made by
Irving Mills. head Of the Washing
ton Barbed~ Wire Club, in the name
of the International Association Of
Barbed Wire Club, organizations OF
former prisoners Of war.
Col. Greening. who was a flight
officer on the initial air raid on
Japan. organized the exhibit while
he was prisoner of war at Stalag
Luft l, in Germany.
The weeks showing here was at
tended by approximately 115.O0O
persons and ended a national tour
OF l6 cities. during which nearly
10000 900 viewed the exhibit.
The show will now be dismantled
and turned over to the War Depart
ment for eventual display as a per-
manent war exhibit.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
| a Dead, 81 Hurt,
Red Cross Terms
Falls Worst Peril

Falls were the greatest single
cause of home injuries reported by
the Red Cross Accident Prevention
Service last week. Four persons
we're killed and 81 required hospital
attention.
Among them were three children
who fell from second or third story
windows and one who fell from a
second story porch.
One child fell from fence and
fractured his leg. Another, running
with pencil in his mouth, lacerated
his palate in falling.
Rolling off a table, an 8-month-
old baby was caught by his mother
before hitting the floor, but went to
the hospital for treatment of mus
cles pulled.
SO far this year 164 persons have
died here from home accidents, COM
pared with 1876 deaths at this time
last year.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Index Of Living Costs
Up 1.9 Per Cent in
Month Ending Aug. IS

The general cost of living in
creased 19 per cent during the
month ending August Is, the Bu-
reau Of Labor Statistics reported
yesterday.
The rise in the bureaus con-
sumers' price index covering large
city family budget items such as
food, clothing. rent, fuel and house
hold furnishings, was attributed
principally to 3.3 per cent advance
in food costs for the month. before
price ceiling were put back on meats.
fats and oils.
In an accompanying wage survey
the bureau reported a general aver
age wage increase of about 141z
cents an hour for manufacturing
plant workers whose pay was raised
between VI day and last May.
1l.5 Per Cent Overall Wage Gain
Approximately one-fifth of ali
factory workers. however, did not
share in general upward adjust
ments and the overall average
gain mounted to about l112 cents
in those industries, Evan Clague
commissioner of labor statistics
reported.
The price survey indicated that
on August IS the consumers price
index was 43.7 per cent above the
1885, 80 average.
Besides the 3.3 per cent increase
in food prices during the month
ended August Is. other living es.
sentials increased OF per cent or
The average. the bureau stated. Fooc
prices were 176 per cent higher
than in mid-June and meats ad.
vanced 80 per cent from mid JUNE
to mid-August. according to the re.
port
Price changes resulting from tn.
return of ceilings on meat will be
reflected in the September index
IF meat supplies are large enough
to provide an adequate sample ol
prices the bureau explained.
Sample d. c. Prices Given.
Although the bureau did not pro;
vide complete percentages fol
Washington, 1t reported that in.
creaSes in butter prices ranged
from 3 cents in this city to 7 cent.
in Cleveland and Los Angeles be.
tween September and II. 1t citet
the following other sample averag.
price increases for Washington
Chicken up cents a pound chees,
up 6 cents, green beans up l cent
coffee up 2 cents as compared with
5 cents in Chicago.
The general survey from mid
July to mid-August showed a l..
per cent increase in clothing prices
O.8 per cent for house furnishings
and 0.9 per cent for services. Prin
cipal advances were listed for coo,
stoves. sheets, wool and cotto1
blankets, tobacco products an,
gasoline.
The rent index rose o.2 per cen
from June Is to August Is on tn,
basis Of first rent SURVEYS in /,
cities during the temporary laps,
| OF OPA last June.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Anniversary Dinner Set
For fWA Architects Office

/. High ranking Government Off
.ciak and engineers plan to attend
"a dinner october 7 at the Hotel
.Statler to celebrate the anniversar ry
of the founding OF the Supervising
Architects Ofnce of the Federal
Works Agency. it was announced
last night.
Undersecretary OF Commerce AL
bert SCHNEIDER will be POSTMASTER
Among those invited are Mai. Gen
Philip B. Fleming, Federal Works
administrator: Brig. Gen. John S
Bragdon OF the Army Corps OF En-
gineerS, Rear Admiral Joseph F.
Jelley, jr., assistant chief of the
Bureau of Yards and Docks: Daniel
w. Bell, president Of American
Security & Trust Co., who is a
member of the Decontrol Board, and
Chairman Lanham of the House
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, who is retiring from Con-
gress.
The dinner is being sponsored bv
a group OF 20 manufacturers OF
building construction materials.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Anderson Plans Speech
On Food Prices tuesday
BY the Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE N Mex. Sept
2l.-Secretary of Agriculture An
derson said today he would fly to
Worthington, Mimi, and then tC
Minneapolis for addresses in both
cities October 3 and return to his
Washington Office October 6.
/ MI Anderson also disclosed that
he will discuss food prices over a
Nation-w wide hookup at 8:l5 pm
Tuesday, speaking from Albu-
querque
Col. r. L. Harrison of Albuquer-
que, assistant administrator of the
Production Marketing Administra-
ton. who has been making a survey
of European agricultural conditions
will report to Mr. Anderson here
this week end.
The Secretary has been vacation
ing at his ranch here for several
weeks, reporting to temporary
Office some afternoons.