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Evening star., 1946-03-16

all this is that it is out Of date, that 1t
does not fit the world facts of the
20th century however much it may
seem to fit the Russian facts as seen
from the Kremlin Russian security in
the air age is not, for example, to be
greatly aided by buffer states, and
friendly" governments in neighboring
small countries, because the only con-
ceivably dangerous enemies to Russia
are America and Britain-air and sea
powers, possessing worldwide mobility
and the means of striking decisive blows
over and across land barriers. Real Sc
curity for any nation, however great,
short of its becoming undisputed master
of the world, must lie in cooperation
to establish world security by agreement
and by law. But the Russian idea of
security, leading to territorial and po-
litical expansion of Russian power in
all directions from the Russian borders.
runs directly contrary to the idea of
world security by cooperation
must, If it is to have any validity, be
security for all peoples, large and small.
Indeed the Russian concept of security
will inevitably lead the Russians, step
by step, to a position where they must
become virtual masters of the world in
order to have security in the sense in
which they appear to require it.
The tragedy of all this is that it is
all so utterly unnecessary. Mark Sulli-
van is right when he says that if 'the
Russian people were free to follow their
own instructive desires, they would have
no wish and no purpose which need
cause us concern" There is room for
all, and food for all, on this earth of
ours, and we can all live here in amity
and in growing happiness If we can
eliminate our fear of each other.
The only way in which it can be
done away with is to raise the iron
curtain of censorship and secrecy which
divides the Russian people and the
other peoples under Soviet domination
from the peoples of the rest of the
world. This may seem fantastic
aspiration. Yet it is an objective toward
which the whole determination of Amer.
lea should now and for the future be
consistently directed. The Russians
must come to understand that they
nave nothing to fear from us; until they
do understand it, We shall lie under
compulSionS arising from the bitter
realization that we do have something
to fear from them.
(The third article in this series viii
appear shortlyo
tHsrala Tribune syndieatsD
Evening star., 1946-03-16
is doing it and making big head

is doing 1t and making big head
lines"
From this, there are possibly two
conclusions to be drawn. One is
that extreme care should be used
both in writing and publishing SEN
sational stories from such obscure
trouble spots as Manchuria. The
other is that. in any event, public
Judgment should be suspended until
the second day stories" have had
time to appear.
Evening star., 1946-03-16
Condemns Front ORGANIZATION.

CONDEMNS Front ORGANIZATIONS
To the Editor of The Star:
My hearty and respectful congratula-
tions to The Star for that timely edi-
torial Famine and Politics"
The statement of the National Citi-
zens Political Action Committee, attack
ing Herbert Hoover, affords an excellent
yardstick by which to measure the true
dimensions of these nuisance front"
organizations. AS usual, they not only
flaunt their bigoted and illiberal cheap
ness, but they also betray utter lack of
that urbanity which is characteristic of
American craftsmanship.
Inasmuch as attacks like that made
on Mr.. Hoover contribute nothing either
to goodwill or to good manners, one
would ask to whom these ridiculous
front" persons are appealing with their
paltry nonsense Certainly not to the
intelligent, well-bred citizens of Ameri-
ca. However, because these offensive
expressions of drab mediocrity are so
frequently associated with some wholly
specious reference to democracy" they
should not be permitted to go unchal-
lenged.
I hope, therefore, that The Star will
follow through on them as a permanent
assignment. OLD SUBSCRIBER.
Evening star., 1946-03-16
OPA Blamed Again

To the Editor of The Star:
The butter situation sums up the
whole jumble of bureaucratic stubborn
ness and incapacity that is OPA. We
lately have had record production of
milk in this country. Everybody who
knows anything about it knows that we
could just as well have butter as not.
What is required is Few cents Of price
readjustment as between butter and
certain other daily products. This fact
has been testified to by numerous quail
fled men from Secretary Anderson down.
The spectacle of a million families
BUTTERFLIES in this land of ~ mlliion
dairy cows is simply preposterous. Some
one should jar OPA-and hard.
A. BENJAMIN.
Evening star., 1946-03-16

From 1888 to December, 1945, average
weekly earnings of anthracite miners
rose from $2574 to s54.73: their average
hourly wage from s0.8ls4 to s13812;
average weekly hours from BIZ to as,z.
Wage figures for recent years reflect
the higher rates for overtime.
Evening star., 1946-03-16

The destruction of the Nazi VAL
halla at Nuremberg appears to have
been forecast in Isaiah, xxi.9: Baby
Ion is fallen and all the craven
images OF her gods '"' broken unto
the ground"
Evening star., 1946-03-16

The world has not changed very
much. Returning GIs say that the
coffee in England still is what it
was as far back as the First World
Wharf.-The very worst in Europe.
Evening star., 1946-03-16

Before there is any chance of edu-
eating governments for peace, lead
ers must themselves learn their
ABCs-Atom Bomb Controls.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
0COnner Gets
Sewer Contract

Two bids were submitted for Lib
by's four blocks of new sewer to
be installed in Luken's Addition
from 9th to 10th between Maine
and Idaho.
The low bid was S3,864.OO sub
mitted by the John M. O'Conner
Co.. Columbia Falls, who was a.
warded the contract The other bid
was for $4,238.84 and was submit
ted by .Ufford g. Kinshella of Kalis-
pell
It is expected that the work will
begin about the middle of this
month.
The work of putting Mineral
street in good shape is Just about
completed. A new coating of creo-
soted gravel has been laid, and all
the rough spots and holes have
been removed from the street. The
city force has been busily engaged
all summer in bringing Libby
streets up to standard, following
he long, hard winter which caused |
much damage both to city streets
and to highways throughout this
section.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
Demos Convention
Set for Sept. 6

Helena-UR) - The Democratic
State convention will be held at the
Placer Hotel here Sept. 6, accord
ing to Lester H. Lobe, chairman
of the state central committee.
Business will include election OF
a chairman and other officers and
drafting of a party platform.
Lobe said those invited to attend
included congressional and state
candidates, legislative nominees and
holdover state senators in addition
to the committee members and
leaders of Young Democrat groups
The state chairman explained that
county central committees were
repired to meet within 80 days
after the primary election to elect
members of the state committee.
in county committees are
filled, Lobe said, by the commit
tees. Notice of the county meeting
must be published IS days before
the convention, Lobe said
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
Set Fair Dote for
Saturday. Sept. IA

The fair committees of the Lib
by Commercial Club and KootenaI
Valley Grange held a meeting on
Friday evening, July 26th., at which
lhe date for holding the Community
r AR was set for Saturday, Septem-
per 18th. Due to lack of time and
available quarters, no livestock or
poultry will be exhibited this year.
Cash prizes will be awarded for
entries in the following divisions.
Patatoes, Roots. and Vegetables.
lhrcshed and Sheaf Grains; Fruit
and Honey; Culinary and Dairy
Products; Juvenile Culinary: Dom
este Arts, Flowers.
The committees will meet again
Wednesday evening, July 81, for
.he purpose of making up prem
UNI list, and copies of such list
also entry blanks, will be placed
n business houses for distribution
IS soon as possible
Plans for sport and entertain
nent will be announced as fast as
hey are worked out but it has
,een definitely decided to start the
air day with parade, and prizes
viii be awarded for the most at
ractive floats.-Fair Committee.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
A CORRECTION

In the account published in last
weeks Western News of the meet
ing of the Kootenai Valley Grange,
there is a statement relative to the
forthcoming fair, that is somewhat
misleading.
The fair is being sponsored joint
ly by the Libby Commercial Club
and the Kootenai Valley Grange
not by the County Commissioners,
nor was l appointed by the commits
sioners to act as General Manager"
of the fair l am endeavoring to
serve as chairman of the CONNER
cial Club committee, and will do
the best l can towards helping make
the fair success, but I distinctly
and definitely do not wish to be
held responsible in the public mind
as its managerial P. Weydemeyer.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
The MosSmonS are
Enjoying New Home

The following from DR.. L. Moss.
man, whose office address is sos
Moran Bldg, Portland (5), Ore.
will be of interest to many Lincoln
county friends:
Dear Russell:
Am enclosing my check for re-
newal of my subscription to The
Western News. We really enpoy
getting the paper out here and keep
ing up on the Libby news.
1t is very interesting to note the
number Of changes taking place in
the old town Libby seems to be
going right ahead Since we left.
We are enjoying this country very
much although l miss the readily
accessible fishing l have very
nice practice here, keeps my time
pretty well occupied
Our best to you and yours,
Sincerely,
l.. Mossman
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
The Senior Womon S
Club Met July "a

The Senior Womans Society OF
Christian Service of the Methodist
Church met in regular session Wed
nesday afternoon, July "a at the
home Of Mrs. Minnie Walker. Four
teen members were present and
answered roll call with Bible verses
or readings The new pastor and
his wife, Rev and Mrs. w. c.
Stearns were present and were in
troduced to the society members.
Devotionals were led bv Mrs
Myrtle Yaple Mrs. Margaret View
demeyer reviewed the article, Chap
lain's Report of the PHILIPPINES. from
the Christian Advocate as a feature
of the program.
The hostess, assisted by her
Mrs Marion Miller and
her granddaughter, served lunch to
the guests.
1t was decided to invite the Jun
ior w. S. c. S. to a Joint meeting
to be held Wednesday afternoon
August z at the Church. It is hoped
to make these joint meetings a per
nanent feature of the church acti-
Jities.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
WHAT A GAME!

One of the largest picnics of the
year was held at Logan Memorial
park last Sunday by the Lumber
and SaWmill Workers Local No
1881, Sunady, July g.
Much credit for the success of the
picnic goes to Otto Griep and his
committee, who outdid themselves
IN providing of ice cream and other
refreshments. The entertainment
was also planned by this group.
The main attraction of the day
was a softball game between the
Midyetts and the Towards. The
Midyett team, with a good battery.
backed with an errorless infieid
walked off the field at the end of
the game with a winning score of
II to z.
Horseshoe throwing champs prov
ed to be Warren Brown and Sid
Escott.
After much swimming and boat
ing for the youngsters the families
gathered their belongings and start
ed home at six o'clock, tired but
very contented
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
d Fires Burn
In The Forest

Twenty-one fires have been or
( are burning in the Kootenai Forest
this week but all were under con
troll Tuesday. Sixteen are the re-
suit of Lightning and are in the Troy,
Yak, and Rexford districts. Two
IN the Libby and Rexford districts
are the result Of careless smokers
and one in the Fisher River district
at Horseshoe lake, according to for
est officials is the result of a care
less camper failing to see that his
fire was out Two of the twenty
one tires were railroad fires.
A fire at Spar Lake and fire
on Murphy mountain were fought
by smoke jumpers. Smoke Jumpers
are taken to the scene of the fire
by plane where they jump and are
ready to fight the fires at once. Six
smoke jumpers were dropped over
the Spar Lake fire and within
short time had the blaze under con-
troll; whereas a crew of twenty-five /
men having to waste time and .
energy packing in through the brush |
would otherwise be required.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
Gorden Club Meets
At SIouson Home

The ranch home of Mrs. E. M
/ SlauSOn was the meeting place
/ Tuesday, July % of the Libby Gar
den Club. The members were en-
tertained by Mrs. Slauson and Mrs
Harris w. Redfield, as assistant
hostess at noon luncheon Table,
were beautifully decorated with cui
flowers and white tapers. OLD
fashioned dolls fashioned from crepe
paper by Mrs English were used
as favors and added to the color
fitness and gayety of the occas-
sion
Before the two course luncheon
was served the guests were conduc-
ted around the ranch premises
where they admired the gorgeous
flower garden, the lovely lawn and
rows and rows of garden vegetables
all in prime condition.
The business session was con
Quoted by the president, Mrs. H. r.
Weydemeyer. Fourteen members
roll call with Flower
Show ideas. Six visitors were pres
ent. 1t was reported by Mrs. Harry
Chapman that the highway garden
plot was growing nicely but she
needed assistance with the water
ing. The president appointed COM
nittees of two for each week in
August to care for the work. Re /
quest was also made for members I
o bring daffodil bulbs and iris
'hizomes to the August meeting for
planting in the plot
1t was decided to cooperate with /
he county fair and committees
we're appointed to have charge of
for a booth and float
f necessary.
Mrs. Weydemeyer, as program
eader, gave a fine discussion of
riS, telling of the varieties. its
abits and culture and ending with
n earnest plea for more iris in
libby gardens.
The hostess conducted two con- {
ests which furnished much amuse-
lent. An onion corsage was given S
} the Smart One, Mrs. Weyde- {
eyer and beet corsage to the c
cad Beat, Mrs. Bowen, newest c
ember of the club Mrs. Caroline t
lson was winner of the second +
'ntest
Members will meet in August
it'll Mrs. Kay Tondevold, who WILL h
We a discussion on dahlias. Watch Fl
r further announcement concern c,
G this meeting. G,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
NeHS Give 5C
Raise TO Help

An increase of Sc per hour straight
across the board in wages for en-
ployees of the ]. Neils Lumber
Company, became effective today,
August /.
The raise was agreed upon at a
Joint meeting held Monday even.
ing by negotiating committees from
the Company, the Sawmill Union
and the Loggers Union. The offer
was made by the company and ac-
cepted by the committees from the
unions.
The carpenter work on the por-
table cabins for mill employees has
been completed and the buildings
will be ready for occupancy when
the painting and plumbing work is
completed These buildings are
located on the east side of u. S. q
as it enters Libby from the east.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
ATTENTION, VETERANS!

Veterans and their dependents are
advised that it has been necessary
for Earl " Lawlor, Veterans Ad-
ministration Contact Representative
for Flathead, Lake and Lincoln
counties to curtail his itinerant ser
vice for the month of August and
will not visit Lake and Lincoln
counties on the usual dates. Until
such time as regular visit to these
counties can be scheduled, veterans
and their dependents should feel
free to write to the Veterans Ad-
ministratien Contact Office, Room
3, Whips Block, Kalispell, Mon
tana if they have any questions re-
garding benefits administered by the
Veterans Administration.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
Kootenoi Receipts
Greatest in Stote

Missoula, July 90, 1946:-The U.
,. Treasury received more than a
million dollars in receipts from the
national forests of Region One dur
ing the fiscal year ended June 40
regional forester P. D. Hanson an
nounces The net received. totaling
81 8,63O.l6, was accounted for by
sales OF timber and other forest
products, grazing fees, land uses.
water power and timber trespass.
National forest timber. in demand
TO meet requirements of the final
months of the war and of postwar
reconstruction, brought in the larg
est amount, $758703.l5. Livestock
permittees paid in $240, 1868 for
grazing privileges Under the other
headings in the receipts account are
$50, 4t4.49 in fees for summer homes
and other land occupancies and
uses, $23, l6495 from sale of mis-
&c llaneous forest products, $21,OO4-
% IN fees for water power sites.
and Sl86.96 in damages for timber
trespass.
The Kaniksu national forest in
northern Idaho and northeastern
Washington headed the II forests
If the region in receipts with
.otal of $196,5376l The Kootenai
vas second and led the Montana
orests with SS1 I3344 ll46 &C. 90 The Occur
iAlene in Idaho was third with
followed by the Custer
n eastern Montana with S74.47I.65.
Twenty-Five per cent of receipts
re paid by the federal treasury
o the counties represented in the
atlonal forest where they originate.
eglonal forester Hanson points out
his money, earmarked for roads
nd schools, constitutes a substan-
al contribution in lieu of taxes.
N additional 1919 is made avail
bic for expenditure by the forest
arvice on forest roads which serve
)cal users as we'll as forest ad-
Thus, the counties
ave what amounts to a $3.50 equity
all national forest receipts, Mr..
anson says.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN
HOSPITAL NOTES

Born To the Rev and Mrs
Clayton Shotwell, July 81, a boy
to Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Evans, July
~ a girl; to Mr. and Mrs. Don
Olson, July 30, a boy
Admitted: Mrs Bill Williams.
July Is, surgical work; Mrs. Roy
Loucus, July 26, appendectomy; vii
liam Curtis, July 26, with a back
INJURY; Mrs. Joseph Archer, July
80, as a surgical patient.
Released: Mrs Harold H. FLEET
cher July %; Mrs Harold Hicks,
July 30; Mrs. Howard Haines, July
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
FLETCHER-EDWARDS

Martin Edwards and Evelyn
Fletcher were married last Sunday
at the First Lutheran Church by
the pastor, Rev. H. c. Hjortholm
The witnesses were Melvin Ed
wards, a brother of the groom and
Flora Hatlen from Detroit, Mich,
a sister of the brides grandmother.
A number of the friends and rela-
tives of the bride and groom were
also present for the ceremony.
Immediately after the wedding
Mr. and Mrs Edwards left in Mr..
Edwards car for a brief wedding
trip. Upon their return they will
make their home in Libby where
the groom is employed by the j.
NeIls Co.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
To Mark 4 Montana
Trails This Foil

The marking of Montana pioneer
trails, under the auspices of the
Montana Council of the American
Pioneer Trails Association, is sched-
uled for this fall, it was announced
today by Montanans, Incorporated,
the state chamber of commerce.
Trails selected are those followed
by Father Pierre Jean DeSmet
Jesuit priest who brought the Chris
tan religion to the Indians of West
ern Montana; the trail of John M.
Bozeman, pioneer guide for whom
the city of BOzeman is named; the
trail Of General George Custer to
the Little Big Horn; and the trails
followed by the Vigilantes, who
during the early 1905 brought
law and order to the gold fields
of Southwest Montana.
Markings consist of devices rep
resentative of the characteristics of
the individual trails placed in school /
yards and public buildings Designs
were worked out by Shorty" /
Slope, Helena, well-known Mon
tana artist
The present activity is a follow
up to last years national project
of the American Pioneer Trails AS
ISOLATION, the marking of the Lewis
and Clark trail. So successful was
that activity that the Montana Coun-
Gil decided to continue the marking
of other famous trails within the
state
President of the Montana Council
is Norman B. Hotter, Helena. Les
Tor ohio Helena ic 1yico ,,rac;Jo,,4. /
Joe L. Markham. Butte, executive
president; w. G.. Ferguson. {
Helena. secretary treasurer and R. !
4. Fletcher, Butte, regional direc- I
or {
Directors include w. L. Murphy, :
dissoula, D. NJ Kelly, Butte; c. :
3. Power, Helena; Charles A. Bovey .
Great Falls; Mrs. Lucinda B. Scott.
Helena; w. c. Bardon, Helena and @
rank W. Bird, Butte. d
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
MisSOuId Man
browns SUNDAY
At BOiSverf'S
VIM. d. Lockwood Loses
Life When a MOtOrbOat
Swamps in Deep Water
VICTIMS COMPANIONS
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE

William d. Lockwood, So, Mis-
Soula tavern operator drowned Sun.
day night about $50 when the
motor boat in which he and three
companions were riding became
swamped. Lockwood had come that
day for weeks vacation at Bots
vert's on McGregor Lake and the
four men had gone out that evening
in motor boat belonging to a
brother-in-law, Boyce Bill of Great
Falls.
Details of the accident from diff
ferent sources conflict, one account
stating that the boat sprang a leak,
and that the four men gathered in
the rear end of the vessel as they
headed for shore and that the
weight added to the draught caused
by the cupboard motor caused the
boat to swamp. The other account
IS that the motor, itself developed
trouble and in working with it, the
men caused it to capsize.
Two of the party chung to the
sides of the craft, while third
attempted to aid Lockwood. who
could not swim. He reached the
man but was unable to keep his
grip on him and was compelled to
swim ashore for his own safety.
Monday crew from the sheriff's
office in Kalispell, was reported to
be dragging the lake for the body,
which went down in about so feet
of water Lockwood, who was
native of the Bitterroot Valley, had
been in business the past four years
in Missoula, where he and another
orother-in-law, Ted Hill, managed
the Palace Bar.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
MARRIAGE LICENSES

July "a: William M. Wise and
Luella R. Devoe, both of KaIispell
united in marriage by Rev. Clay
ton M. Shotwel
July 20: Leo A. Pruitt and Vaunna
j. Welse, both of Boomers Ferry,
united in marriage by Justice of the
Peace H. S. Hepner; James N.
Brown and Georgia R. Anderson,
both Of Troy, were united in mar
rage by Justice of the Peace H. S.
Hepner
July %: Martin J. Edwards. Jr.
and Evelyn M. Fletcher both Of
Libby, were united in marriage by
H. c. Hjortholm.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-01
Take a Shovel.
Bucket &Axe
Into Forest
In Last Ten Days Seven
Man-Caused Fires Have =
Occurred in Woods
REGULATION GOES IN
EFFECT THURS, AUG. 1

Supervisor William C. Guernsey
OF the Kootenai National Forest an
nounces that owing to the present
extreme fire danger the shovel, axe
and bucket requirement goes into
effect August /, 1916 simultaneously
on the Kootenai, Flathead. Cabinef
Bitterroot and Lolo National For.
ests.
This regulation according to Mr.
Guernsey provides that all parties
travelling by either automobile.
truck, wagon or pack stock in the
forest areas must be equipped and
prepared to take immediate action
on any fire they may discover. If
is quite obvious, Guernsey states.
that during these periods of high
fire danger, immediate action on
any small fire may prevent a costly
one and prevent the loss of much
valuable timber and property.
In the last ten days seven man
caused fires have occurred. ali
through carelessnesS; four IN the
vicinity of Libby, one at Rexford.
one at Yak Falls and one at Horse
shoe Lake in the Fisher River dist.
riot. With the hot dry weather
That exists now, any or all of these
fires could have been disastrous
had it not been for the equipment
and man-power Immediately avail
able.
If these frequent man-caused fires
continue it will undoubtedly force
hose officials responsible for the
protection of the forests to enforce
enclosure of the forests to recrea-
lonistS and all woods operations.
n a community like Lincoln County
ms is a serious threat and a real
hallenge to be met.