Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-21
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thor changed from lamb T
s.ne' the past weekend, thous1
o s.. and not March.
1,rday and Sunday witnessed
4. .nowfall that varied from on
;nches. Sunday evening a thav
snwhile up in northern Canada
rter high pressure area witt
creatures era, Of IS below zero hae
~ and started moving south
g. weather was conferred about
s,,,, a mild low pressure area
thermometers registering q
{ Sunday.
II nressure areas always flow
- the low, just like two CON
! lakes, where one is higher
the other. Air flowing from q
TO low is wind.
Schools Dismissed
,rdav the blizzard hit Flathead
! = mixture of Canada's cold
Montana's low, creating wind
snow. BY evening most roads
blocked. Schools were dismiss
he state liquor stores had busy
: as valley people forgot hunt
| night clubbing, talking politics,
: Instead moved closer to stoves
wondered how long the storm
ID last
eather Observer E. S. Mark at
spell, Wednesday noon COM
led that to the best of his know
\ the storm would last most of
week. Minimum temperature
hesday was above.
COWS will become lighter, winds
die down, Thursday, Friday and
rday will see temperatures of
nd S below. Snow on the ground
la1ispell Wednesday totaled 10
es, though reports have been
we'd of heavier falls near Flat
lake and in the mountains.
Storm Sweeping East
C. Jockey, division highway
leer, reported Wednesday noon
there was four feet of snow on
evel east of the continental div
Glacier Park station, and snow
till falling. Temperatures of 10
and heavy snow was sweeping
$ eastern Montana. Cut Bank
70 and a half feet.
nearby highways are expected
opened by Thursday noon.
!, on n rebuilding highway No. 2
u 0eiton was stopped for the
out as yet there is no definite |
nation as to whether the re- |
ng will stop for the winter. |
wbound Columbia Falls had an |
ate supply of furnace oil. |
n stove oil was getting low
esday. Bob Smith reported
car IS expected Thursday or
'. he drove a truckload from
the mountains, arriving just
OF the storm, Monday. White
nine IL miles away, had. little
hallspell had the blizzard.
transportation Delayed
a L. Lewis, latest coal strika
a a1fect F1athead county mark
WOOD, sawdust and oil are the
pal local fuels.
3 made their last runs through
Ola Falls Monday afternoon;
were running behind schedule
lg three and four hours late on
Verage. Travellers to nearby
mites were stalled.
Il mail deliveries out of Col
Falls stopped Tuesday, and !:
carrier, Dan Saurey, had a
eVen-foot drift almost in his
'ard. Stuck in it was a snow {
nd at least one car. Waiting in !
u office Wednesday for rural ;
terS were three sleds.
Lottle Smith, a Columbia
4Sloent since 1891 or 1892, rel
IFS worse storms. Some of
lsted a week with drifts seven E
nj 1eet deep in the middle of {
: she also recalls a large rose
Is displayed some years ago. !
picked from a local garden I
'moer, Billiards are not COM
the Flathead valley.
Three Tots Die .
OF real tragedy was the $
70 death Monday afternoon q
spell of the three tiny Miller I
!. u.s. They were aged 8, 2 and l,
us. Their mother, Mrs. Jack c
lad gone across the street to o
nelghbor. Within 20 minutes =,
: was mass of flame. Cause r
seo to be a fallen stovepipe. j
! weather at Fillmore, Calf, e,
sn IN the recovery of the OF
u l.! passengers and crew m
> Killed !. last Wednesday in a 81
Airline plane crash. The ~ ~
{ eiuae Calvin Barry, Butte, r.
'alls.
ramatic local rescue during II
n n was the case of Mrs. Edna be
who became serious CO
lesday afternoon during the y;