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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-02-14

members and a couple of comedy
features are planned
The annual election Of officers
was held and the following nomi-
mated and elected: President. John
FINLAND; Vice President, Carlton
Joughin; Sec'y-Treas., Mrs. Fred
Cloutier Mrs E. M Davidson was
appointed Scrapbook Custodian and
Inez Ratekin, Club Reporter. A
vote of thanks was given to Pete
Ramlo, Jr, Mrs. Morris Adams, and
Mrs Chris Ramlo, the outgoing
officers for their diligent work dur
ing their terms. The new presi-
dent, John FINLAND, made a short
speech about what can be done by
cooperative effort on the part of the
members, and opened the discus
sion for future plans.
A lift for the hill is included
in the list of improvements plan
ned and several types and possibili-
ties are discussed. K A. Klehm
spoke briefly on the need for the
of Feefeational area
and suggested that all civic organi-
cations of town would probably be
glad to cooperate if the Ski Club
investigated and presented plans.
There are 100 acres of public land |
in the ski hill area and no doubt |
as much of it as needed could be |
used for recreational purposes. In
these days when youth recreation
centers are in demand such a place
Continued on page four
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John Rubdrd
Dies Thursday

John Irwin Rubard was born
August 10, 1872 at Flat Rock, Ohio
and passed away February 7, 1916
in Spokane at the age of 70 years
five months and q days.
The eldest son of DR.. and Mrs.
George Rubard spent his childhood
life in Flat Rock. After complet-
ing high school he attended the
Green Springs Academy and Medi-
cal College at Cincinnati, Ohio,
graduating in the class of 1895 For
several years after his graduation
he practiced medicine.
John Rubard came West to Som
ers, Mont, in 1902. and took up a
stationery engineering course. In
1915 he came to Libby to make his
home, working for the J. Neils Lum-
Der Company.
Surviving are his wife, Emma J.
Rubard; four children, James, Ray
mond, Elizabeth and Phyllis; three
sisters, Mrs. Blanche Hiskey, Belle
vue, Ohio, Mrs. Mabel Billiary of
Flat Rock, Miss Gertrude Rubard of
Chicago and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held at the
GOmpf Funeral Home, Sunday, at
3 p. m, with the Rev. Clayton M.
Shotwell officiating. Pallbearers
were R. H. Gehrke, James B. Glow
ars, Lee Sleizer, Elmer Switzer, Sr.,
George Smith and Carl Nordin.
Interment was in the Libby /
Cemetery.
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Circle "A" Meets
At Chopmon Home

A stewardship meeting was held
by Circle A at the home of Mrs.
Harry Chapman. Stewardship was
the central thought in devotionals
led by Mrs. c. c. Jewell.
After business session, Mrs.
Luvia Craven directed a play on
stewardship presented by Mrs. S. G.
Ratekin, Mrs. Ed Olson, Mrs. Harry
Chapman and Mrs. c. M. Shotwell.
They stressed the need of steward
ship in living as well as in giving.
Mrs. w. c. collars contributed to
the success of the program by sing
ing Take Time to be Holy"-"Open
Mine Eyes That I May See" and
Take My Silver and My Gold.n
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Scout Week
Today

Today marks the end of Boy
Scout Week throughout the United
States. The Boy Scouts of Troop
No. Is had some activities which
helped to acquaint their parents
and many members of the commun-
lty with the Scouting program. Dur
ing the past week there has been
a display of various kinds of equip
ment used in Scouting in the window
of Miller's Clothing Store. Many
people have remarked about this
fine display and that is why it was
placed there.
Sunday morning the members of
the troop attended a service of
divine worship at the Presbyterian
Church where their Scoutmaster,
the Rev Clayton M. Shotwell, is
the minister Sunday was also
Brotherhood Sunday because of its
to Lincoln's birthday and |
Mr.. ShOtwell, in his sermon to the I
boys and the large congregation /
gathered, called upon the boys to
live up to the highest things that
they know. He explained that the
of Scouting are just a
practical application for boys of
the life and teachings of Jesus
Christ. Using the example of the
boys from different denominations
present and how boys of different \
aces in our country and in many
others are Boy Scouts, he called
upon the congregation to embody !
n themselves the principle of
Brotherhood.
Tuesday evening a potluck din
Ter was held in the band room of ]
he school. A fine group of boys t
vas present and there was a very |
inc representation of parents.
Everyone had more than enough ]
o eat from all the fine dishes of S
God which were brought. A demon
tration of Semaphore signaling was
lVen by Bob Potter and Keith ]
Walsh. This demonstration was I'M S
er the able supervision of Mr.
randall Teeple, the new assistant t
Roger Switzer,-~Bob il
'olette and Bob Conn participated n
4 a speed knot contest under the -
upervision of Al Austin, Lincoln
%. Councill Comm This was l
1llowed by movie on Safety. +
.ev Shotwell expressed his graft
lde to the boys and parents for
he fine meal and the splendid at .
and then he led the group T.
some pep songs. Mr.. 0. L. Gill q
espie, who is chairman of the In -
DIN County Council of the Boy +
couts of America, was also pre- +
ent and did a great deal of work r
} make the evening a success. To +
Il the boys and parents who were +
resent to help make the evening +
success, a vote of thanks. r
The Western News Classified
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GREAT NORTHERN
TRAIN WRECKED

Monday &c freight cars loaded
with lumber and perishable fruits
jumped the track near Ethridee,
tearing up 400 yards of the main
line track A broken journal box
is believed to have been respon-
sible. No one was injured
Trains were routed Tuesday thru
Great Falls and Helena and over
the Northern Pacific to Standpoint
Ida. Much mail for this section was
delayed, and the only train 10 go
through Libby Tuesday was No
%. Service was resumed yester-
day
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The Libby Ski Club 10 Hold
Humorous Tourney Sunday

The Libby Ski Club held a meet
ing at their club house last Satur-
day evening at which time plans
were made for a humorous SIX
tournament to be held Sunday
Feb. 18th, officers were elected, q
planning committee for recreation
al development appointed oyster
stew was consumed. and skiing by
the new lights on the hill was en-
ioyed.
The Club has for a number of
years worked to interest the peo-
pie of the community in the thrill
ing sport of skiing and the mem
bers invite the public to ski, walk
or drive out to the hill Sunday at
2 p M. and join in the fun. Any
one with pieces of wood on their
feet, from expensive Eliminated
skis to barrel slaves is cordially
invited to be an entry in this Jolly
show. There are no professional
skiiers in this community but
everyone with skis is trying to
learn including most of the mem
bers of the Club who feel that their
main interest is developing ski en-
thusiasm and promoting sportsman
ship. For the benefit of spectators
there will be large bonfire on the
flat below the hill and Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Zajanc who live close
by have promised to be on hand
with coffee, hot dogs and chill for
sale.
To start the affair there will be
an uphill race which will include
all the entries on skis Other
events are as follows:
l. Boys and girls 10 and under,
lownhill race.
2. Boys 10 to IA, jump judged
IN form.
8. Girls 10 to IA downhiII race.
4 High school boys and girls, (
'ough slalom.
5. High school girls, downhill
ace.
6. Less experienced group (men) I
lownhill race
7. Less experienced group u.
Women) downhill race.
8. More experienced (men) sla-
ON.
.. more experienced women, -
oWnhill
10. Cross county, adult (if time).
Entries should report at the bot
ON of the hill at 2 P. M. sharp. En-
ry fee of 10c for those over 18 j
ears of age. There will be 1st and ;
nd prizes for each event and three
rizes have a humorous side to them
lso. There will be parking space ,
1r cars.
John FINLAND, President of the
Tub, is in charge of the tourna- I
lent and is being assisted by John t
onning, Lee Harmon, and Pete /
amlo, Jr. The. committee express
IS the hope that everyone will APP Z
ear and be willing to join in with !
1T feeling uncomfortable or mex Z
erienced because most everyone Is
beginner In addition to the nam I
/ events there will be several
ms made from the top of the hill /
7 some Of the more experienced 7
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Strikers Return to Work at Mill
JUNIOR HIGH LOSES
THRILLER TO TROY

Troy grades jumped to a 11-2
first quarter lead against the Jun
Tor High 7th graders. The first
string started the second quarter,
but were unable to overcome the
lead of hard playing Troy team.
With ten seconds remaining in the
game Libby pressed the Troy team
to gain the ball. Not hearing the
final gun over the shouts of the
crowd, Dale Thomson shot and mis-
sed The teams will play another
thriller at Libby on February IA.
The Junior High girls will tangle
with the High Scool girls as
preliminary to this game.
Libby (18)-Madison 3, Hamlin l, /
Potter 4, D. Thomson 3, Walsh S,
Gompf 2, Woods, Don Thomson,
Whitefield, WEIGH, Carroll, Bache.
Troy (20)-Laffoon 2, Purcell 6,
Colon 8, Bennett 5, Robbins 4, Carr,
Pearson.
Score by quarters: Total
Libby 9 1911
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C. OF c. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TO CONSIDER DAM SITE

The board of directors of the Lib
by Chamber of Commerce will meet
Friday night to consider a course
of action regarding the proposed
Kootenai River Dam project as pub
lished last Saturday in the Great
Falls Tribune and reprinted il this
issue of The Western News.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-02-14
Death Claims
Joe w. Miles

. Joseph w. Miles of Troy passed
away last night at St. Johns Luth-
eran Hospital. Mr.. Miles was born
January II, 1872 at Sioux Falls,
MINI, and had lived in Troy since
1914.
The funeral will be held Saturday
at 200 at the Gompf Funeral Cha
pei
Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Min
ME Sterling of British Columbia and
brother George D., Fargo, N. D.
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VETS ADMINISTRATOR
HERE FEBRUARY 20

Earl " Lawlor, Veterans Admin
istration Contact Representative
will visit Libby on February 20 and
will visit Eureka on February 81.
Mr.. Lawlor may be contacted thru
the Department of Public Welfare
in Libby and Eureka.
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Reservoir Would Flood Much
TinnberIand; Also TOwnsites

Helena, Feb. 7 W.P)-Recommen-
dations of a United States geologi-
cal survey study, which, if carried
! into effect would assertedly create
la western Montana reservoir rival
ing Fort Peck in storage capacity
and perhaps in length, was being
! considered by state officials today.
The proposed lake, and interlock-
ing of dams on the Clark Fork and
Kootenai rivers, would, according. to
State Engineer Fred E. Buck, flood
out the Great Northern Railroads
mainline in Lincoln county and re-
quire rerouting of the Northern
Pacific in Sanders county, Buck af-
ter analyzing the report, said that
Lincoln county towns from Troy
and Libby to the Canadian border
would be under water also
Rivals Fort Peck
The document which set up the
proposals in a congress directed re-
examination of the Columbia river
development is called the United
State Geological Survey Report
on Geological Recommendation for
the Clark Fork -Kootenai River De- |
velopment Plan, The development, |
the report said, was proposed by |
John c. Beebe, regional director of |
the federal power commission, San |
Francisco, now retired. Beebe for
merly was with the geological sur
vey in Helena and now lives at
Occur d'Alene, Idaho
A reservoir with 13,500,000 acre
feet storage capacity was proposed.
Some electric power development
was contemplated Capacity of the
Fort Peck reservoir is estimated at
l0,000,000 acre-feet.
Buck said nothing in the report
showed that the corps of army en-
5ineers was involved.
,40O-FOOt Tunnel
Raising the water level on the
wo rivers would make a connected
eservoir by way of Bull lake and
low pass through the Cabinet I
Mountains. The plan provided for {
4 miles of canal to bring the Bull {
liver into the Clark Fork. There (
lse would be an 8, 400-foot tunnel t
D divert the river T
Two Clark Fork dams were r
The main dam, near n
Toxon in Sanders county, known b
S Chimney Rock dam, would lift Q
le stream 225 feet above its pres II
Mt level and have crest length Il
6,425 feet. The water would be o
acked up to near Thompson Falls D
ut that community would not be Il
CODED. Another, Smokey Greek c
am, would be 140 feet above b
ream level and 1850 feet long at D
lie top. r;
tie Near Troy Favored Of
Three sites on the Kootenai river u
ere considered but the report ir
vors site near Troy. This dam B
ould be 500 feet above the present
yer level and have a crest length n,
$3.50 feet. II
The report indicated that at the W
anadian line the lake would be fiji
feet deep. E.
Resistance by Montana State off to
ais and cher interests in the state TO
used abandonment in 1943 of an st
my engineer project which would gi
we raised the level of Flathead W
ke and flooded much of the Flat dc
ad valley above the lake The R;
ater was desired to supplement Sc
power administration Pc
Great Falls Tribune. in
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ROD AND GUN CLUB
TO MEET FEBRUARY 10

The Rod and Gun Club will meet
Tuesday night February 10 at the
Community Hall. Nomination and
election of officers will be held.
c.. G. EARLE, Secretary.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-02-14
LIBBY RANGER STATION
FURNISHES WEATHER REPORT

Through the courtesy of the Lib
by Ranger Station, we furnish the
following report OF the weather
during the past week:
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PROSPECTIVE All CLUB
MEMBERS TO MEET

On Saturday, February Is, 2 p. m,
meeting of those interested in
planning All Club program for
young people from 10 to 80 of Lib
by and vicinity, will be held at the
New Central school auditorium.
Parents, as we'll as young people
interested, art" especially requested
to attend.
Assistant County Agent Glenn
Jones will explain the program and
outline projects which may be de-
Veloped, such as sewing, gardening,
stock or poultry raising.
Always do right; you will crafty
some people and astonish the rest
Mark Twain.
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Both parties win when you use
our classified ads.
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The Western News Classified
section is worth reading.
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Mr. Mettler introduced M. E.
Blake of Kalispell who spoke on the
possible development of various
kinds of woods, and showed many
specimens of what other communi-
ties are doing toward making SOU
Venirs, PLAQUES. etc, from native
trees.
The next meeting will be held
Wednesday, February Is, when Mr..
Klehm will address the group.
Evening star., 1946-04-07

What happens to our veterans
concerns everyone in America.
Here is look ahead by the
man who is closest to them
BACKYARD troubles quickly become ma
ID tional problems when you multiply them
by the needs of Is OOO, 900 veterans.
With that many men coming home to
nation busy in the tasks of reconversion. we
Evening star., 1946-04-07

dies. Fifteen million men make it a national
problem. And national problems. we're in
clined to believe, are Washington's worries.
Where. then. do you come in, if you run
drugstore in Iowa?
Perhaps all of us might try little division
in the place of multiplication by 100000
Take the total of all our veterans problems ;,
and divide them by the communities in which
these veterans live.
Some can be solved by the Veterans Admins
tration as far as we go under the law - or
by other federal, state and local agencies with
pay rolls equipped to do the job. But many are
beyond the governmental reach - their solu-
tions cannot be legislated for you
These are problems that exist among vet
Grams you know we'll, often within stones
throw of your own back yard.
You Can Help Veterans
WITHIN the Veterans Administration we will
continue to build hospitals, provide doctors,
pay pensions, handle veterans insurance help
them through college, certify them for loans
is only part Of the job,
The rest of it belongs to you. Little can
be done even by Law about the plight of
the homeless and jobless veteran unless
YOU are willing to do it. Unless the veteran
can turn to his friends and neighbors for the
advice and material assistance he needs on an
accumulation of personal problems. he will
l.. aAn1A
angry Some communities have anticipated
this by calling on local resources to give the
veteran lift Others have hidden their heads
in the sand - risking the veterans boot.
These men are caught in trying moment
of history and in trying time of their lives.
They're not asking for anything more than
the chance to pick up their civilian careers
again They don't want handouts and bread
lines. They want to join you in building this
postwar world they fought so hard to save.
Readjust Civilians and Community
BECAUSE I'm Administrator of Veterans
Affairs, there are some who think should talk
more often to veterans and perhaps less to
these people they left behind. But the biggest
trouble with this business of readjusting the
veteran is that the civilian and the community
often need readjustment more than the men
who are returning. These men learned the
value of peacetime opportunity - many
of them by shivering through the winter
in a frozen foxhole. They are not likely to
squander it. They want to make good.
But we must stop thinking of them as
statistics. They're men - individuals, each
with hopes and ambitions as we'll as their
personal troubles. For all of us there are no
patent solutions, no easy ways out. Unless we
can tear the statistics aside and look at these
men as the alert, vibrant and ambitious
humans that they are, we shall lose ourselves
in Oppressive figures and forget that human
reConYeISion is lot more touchY II and
Evening star., 1946-04-07

must alert ourselves to their needs and help
to meet them. If we neglect their wants, we
shall have to take the consequences.
When l say we" don't mean only the
Veterans Administration and the agencies in
Washington I'm speaking first of the partner
ship of the government and the people of these
United States.
This job of human reconversion during
period of rehabilitation isn't one we can fold
into an envelope with our income tax returns
and conveniently hope to forget It's far too
Evening star., 1946-04-07

big for the government to do alone, and much
too close to home. Big because it directly
affects tenth of our population and the
national future of our lifetime Close to home
because the problems of veterans wait on the
Main Streets where they live
Because there are so many of them, I'm
afraid that we sometimes fool ourselves with
figures in talking about these veterans It's
easy to look over the head of the fellow next
door with the button in his lapel and talk
instead in cosmc terms of his $1,000, 900 bud
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-11
VISITING SCOUT
 DEPUTY SPEAKER
 AT BpW MEETING

Regional Deputy Boy Scout Exc cutive w. R. Whidden of Portland, Ore, spoke on Boy Scout work be- fore members of the Business and Professional Womens Club this neon at the organizations regular luncheon-meeting at the Baranof Hotel
 MT. Whidden stressed leadership and active participation toward creative thoughts among youngsters as solid pillar on which a suc- cessful community can be built.
 The dangers of neglected youth are more to be feared for the fu- ture of a community than a physi- cal hazard such as inadequate street repairs, etc. he said, yet often it is this threat that receives far less attention than some physi- cal liability"
 He praised the interest and work of Alaska in backing Boy Scout organizations here.
 For many years Scouting in the Territory was hit or miss acti- vity," the speaker continued. To day is an Alaskan wide organiza- tion and is led by forward-thinking efficient men such as Del Hanks of Juneau.
 During the business session it was announced that members had voted to purchase a Business and Professional Women's emblem to he posted beside the Baranof Ho- tel elevators.
 A display Of handicraft by pa tients at Skagway Sanatorium was inspected at the close of the meet ing.
 Mrs. Harold Mayo was a guest at the luncheon meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-11
SPECIAL CITY
 COUNCIL MEET
 HERE T0N!jKT

Mayor Waino Hendrickson today called a special meeting of the City Council for 8 o'clock this evening, in the City Hall.
 The Council will act upon the special committees report concern ing city-oWned lots available for erection of temporary housing. A survey of available lots has been completed in response to a request by the Veterans Administration.
 The Council also will consider immediate purchase of a new street grader.
 A reply is at hand from the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, the Mayor said, clarify- ing portions of it's sale offer and extending time allowed for payment following voter approval. However, the Council is not to act upon the AEL&P proposal before the next regular meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-11
SECRET NORTH POLE CRUISING
 NOW REPORTED
On Training Trip U. , Sub Moves Closest Ever
 10 Arctic Point

WASHINGTON, Oct. II. - The Navy today issued a belated ac- count of a hush-hush submarine cruise July Is to Aug. 9 which took it's submarine on active duty closer to the North Pole than ever before
 Anti-submarine detection beams are seriously deflected by layers of seawater which vary with tempera- ture and the Navy said much in- formation on this effect was ob- tained near Arctic ice floes.
 Operating with four submarines of the Pacific fleet were an undis- closed number of long-range four engine patrol bombers.
 The cruise, billed as training and lamiliarization" trip, was kept top secret at the time, although there were some leaks" on the west coast and at Alaskan ports where the subs visited.
 This and other recent sub marine cruises into Arctic waters have marked a resumption of per iodic training cruises interrupted by the war" the Navy said. It did not elaborate on other recent sub marine cruises"
 The submarines, TrumpetfiSh, Blackfin, Tusk and Diodon, were blocked by the solid wall of the icebreak on their northward course above the Boring Straits at 70 de- grees 21 minutes north, some 250 miles southwest.
 A Naval authority said this was the farthest north American sub marines ever have gone on active duty.
 The reconditioned Navy submar- inc Nautilus which Sir Hubert Wilkins used for Arctic exploration in 1881, however went considerably farther north at Spitzbergen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-11

oincts, including the metropolis Nome. It is estimated that not more than 250 Second Division votes are now outstanding.
 Third Division-39 of B pre- cincts, known to include the cities of Anchorage, Kodiak and Cordova
 Fourth piyision-19 of 61 pre- cincts, including the principal com munities of Fairbanks and Bethel
 Referendums Carry
 Both referendum questions on Tuesdays ballot are carrying-the Blanket Primary overwhelmingly Approximately 50 percent of the vote has favored Statehood, with only the Second Division polling against it. One Fourth Division community, Bettles, voted unani- mously against Statehood, 13 to 0.
 The vote at this election was very heavy. It is anticipated that when all ballots are tallied the to- tai will be the greatest Alaska ever has cast Delegate Bartlett alone, reelected by approximately 75 per cent of the vote, already has poll ed nearly as many votes as both he and his opponent totalled in the l944 general election