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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY
No ESQ

NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY
No. $50
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
LINCOLN
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF FRANK ANTON REITER,
Deceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that under authority of an order
of the above entitled court made
March 8, 1916, in the matter of the
estate of Frank Anton Reiter, de-
ceased, the undersigned as Execut-
rix of the Will of said Frank Anton
Reiter, deceased, will sell at private
sale on and after March 80, 1916,
personal property,
farm and garden implements and
other useful articles, of the estate
at the former residence of said de
ceased in Block of the First Ad-
dition to West Troy, in Lincoln
County, Montana, and the TERMS
OF SALE WILL BE FOR CASH:
See list of described property
posted in Troy.
Dated March IL, 1916.
MYRTLE ELIZA REITER
Executrix.
D. LONG
Libby, Montana
Attorney for Executrix.
list Pub. M IA - St NJ 14-21-28)
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
NOTICE OF SALE OF TIMBER

Sealed bids accompanied by a
deposit of $4,000 will be received
by the State Forester, Missoula,
Montana, up to II o'clock noon,
April 5, 1916, for the merchan-
table sawtimber marked or desig-
mated for cutting on any or all of
the following described units:
UNIT A. An area of 80 acres in
NWASEA, SWANEA Section 33,
T33N, R26W, estimated to contain
sos M feet green larch and fir and
lis M feet green spruce sawtim-
Der;
UNIT B: An area of 400 acres in
NEH, N15NWH, S15SWH, S1sSEH
Section 10, T33N, R26W, estimated
to contain 1855 M feet green larch
and fir, 155 M feet green yellow
. pine, and S M feet green spruce
sawtimber;
UNIT c: An area of $40 acres in
Section l6, T33N, R26W, estima-
ted to contain 1880 M feet green
larch and fir and 100 M feet green
spruce sawtimber.
The timber will be sold to the
highest responsible bidder at a
specified price per thousand feet
board measure, and paid for in in
stallments in advance of cutting, as
specified in the contract No bids
will be accepted for less than $3.50
per NJ feet log scale for larch, fir
and spruce in Unit A; $500 per M
feet log scale for larch, fir and
spruce and $500 per M feet log scale
for yellow pine in Unit B; and
$500 per M feet log scale for larch,
fir and spruce in Unit c.
When required by the State For
ester, a deposit Of Use per M feet
for all timber cut shall be deposited
with the State to- defray the cost
of brush disposal and timber stand
or planting.
The purchaser will be required
to enter into a written contract
the conditions Of cutting
and removing the timber from the
land, and must give bond for the
faithful performance Of the con-
tract on his part to the State of
Montana. Full particulars as to the
terms of the contract and the regu-
lations of sale can be secured upon
application to the Office of the
State Forester at Missoula, or Kalis
pell, Montana.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
SIGNED: RUTLEDGE PARKER
State Forester.
Dates of Publication, March TIA
81 and %.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Ne. 968

Estate of Katherine McCaf1ery
also known as Katie Murphy Nc
Gaffery, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, the administrator Of
the estate of Katherine McCaffery,
deceased, to the creditors of and
all persons having claims against
the said deceased, to exhibit them,
with the necessary vouchers, with
in four months after the first pub
LEGATION of this notice TO the said
administrator at the law offices Of
Oliver Phillips in Libby, Montana,
in the County of Lincoln, State Of
Montana, the same being the place
for the transaction of the business
Of said estate.
JOHN McCAFFERY
Administrator of the Estate
of said Deceased.
Dated at Libby, Montana, this
18th day of February, 1916.
OLIVER PHILLIPS
Attorney for Administrator.
4t-M7-14-21- 23
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
National Forest Timber for Sale

Sealed bids will be received by
the Forest Supervisor, Libby, Mon
tana up to 400 P. NJ, April 8, 1946,
for all merchantable dead timber
standing or down and all live tim
Der marked or designated for cut
ting on an area embracing about
AIS acres within Section % and "a,
T 80 N, r 81 W, Pipe Creek, Koo-
tenai National Forest, estimated to
be 10000 lodgepole pine poles, 800
larch poles, 1000 Douglas fir poles
and 200 cedar poles. No bids of less
than FAC per lin. #. for poles 25
feet and shorter, 1c per lin. #. for
poles 30 and 35 it,, l12c per lin. #.
for poles 40 and As #. and &c per
lin. it, for poles so #. and longer
for lodgepole pine, larch and Doug
las fir poles; 1zc per lin. #. for 25
#. and less, &c per lin. #. for 30 and
IS it,, 315c per lin. #. for 40 and
As it,, and sc per lin. it., for so #.
and longer for cedar poles will be
considered. Bids with rates in ex-
cess of those permissible under MPR
AGO will be reduced to the allow
dDle- Iud&lIluHl III making Tic d
ward. The sum of $500 must be
deposited with each bid to be ap-
piled to the purchase price, re-
funded or retained in part as liq
Undated damages according to con-
ditions of sale. The right is re-
served to reject any and all bids.
In addition to the above stumpage,
l2c per lin. #. for poles 80 #. and.
longer must be deposited in CO.
operative fund to cover the cost of
of slash and other deb
ris. Before bids are submitted, full
concerning the timber,
of sale, and submission
of bids should be obtained from the
Forest Supervisor, Libby, Montana.
2t M-7-M-28
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
NOTICE no CREDTTORS

Estate of Matt Wokasch, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, the administrator of
the estate of Matt Wokasch, de-
ceased, to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication Of
this notice to the said administra-
trix at the law office of Thomas D.
Long, 316 West End Street in the
County of Lincoln, State of Mon
tana, the same being the place for
the transaction of the business Of
said estate.
BESSIE E. SMITH
Administrative
Dated at Libby, Montana, this 18th
day Of March, 1916.
THOMAS D. LONG
Attorney for Administrative
(lst Pub Mar IA At M 14-21-28 "A
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
FIREMEN MEET AT
BILLINGS JUNE 20-22

Billings-WR)-The saith annual
convention of the Montana Fire
mems Association will be held here
June 2O-22, according to r. H Bur
ton, secretary of the Billings Fire
Department relief association.
Over 200 delegates were expected
to attend the conclave, first since
1914 when the meeting was held at
Poison.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
PROPERTY

No. 954
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
| OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LIN
COLIN.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF LULO M OLSEN, De
ceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
under authority of an order of the
above entitled court made March
10, r946, in the matter of the es-
tate of Lulo M. Olsen, deceased,
the undersigned as administrator of
the estate of said Lulo NJ. Olsen,
deceased, will sell at private sale,
subject to confirmation by the court,
the following described real prop
erty, to-wit:
Lot twelve (12) in Block Thirty
three (33) Of Eureka Second
Addition to the Town of Eur
eka, in Lincoln County, Mon
tana
Said sale will be made on or after
March 80, 1946 at the law Office of
Thomas D. Long, 316 Second Avenue
West, Libby Montana
The sale of the above described
property will be for cash, lawful
money of the United States, 1919
Of the amount bid must accompany
the bid, and the balance must be
paid upon confirmation by this
court; or upon installments pay
able monthly with interest at the
rate of 80 per annum with down
payment of at least 50% of the pur-
chase price.
Abstract if required at expense
of purchaser.
THOMAS D. LONG
Administrator.
Dated March IL, 1915
D. LONG
Libby, Montana
Attorney for Administrator
(1st Pub. M 14-3t-M 14-21-28)
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Ne. SIC

Estate of CARL HENRY NOR
RISON, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, the administrator of
the estate of Carl Henry Morrison,
deceased, to the creditors of and
all persons having claims against
the said. deceased, to exhibit them,
with the necessary vouchers, with
in four months after the first pub
LEGATION of this notice to the said
administrator at Troy, Montana or
at the law offices of J. Fennessy,
Jr., in Libby, Montana in the County
of Lincoln, State of Montana, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said es-
tate. -
WALTER F. MORRISON
Administrator of the Estate Of
said Deceased.
Dated at Libby, Montana, this
14th day of March, 1916.
]. F. FENNESSY, Jr.
Attorney for Petitioner.
Am 21-28; A Ali
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of JOSEPH W. MILES
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, the administrator of
the estate of Joseph w. Miles, de-
ceased, to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication
of this notice to the said admins
traitor at his law office, 3l6 West
Second Street, Libby, in the County
of Lincoln, State of Montana, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said estate.
THOMAS D. LONG
Administrator of the Estate of
said Deceased.
Dated at Libby, Montana, this
18th day of March, 1916.
THOMAS D. LONG,
Attorney for Administrator
Qst pub. M q, 1946) At. M 21-28;
A. AID
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28

The value of property destroyed
by fire in l945 was $455, 100000, or
z per. cent more than in 1914, the
National Safety Council reports.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
MONTANA MINING
ASSN. TO MEET

Butte-WP)-The Montana Min
ing Association has tentatively
scheduled its summer meeting for
Missoula August 30-Sl under the
sponsorship of the Western Mon
tana Mime Owners and Operators
Association.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-28
LeaoI Notices
SEALED BIDS WANTED
EOR

SCHOOL BUSES AND DRIVERS
The Board of Trustees of the Lin
coin County High School at Eur
eka, Montana, desire bids for one
school bus and driver for each of
the following described routes:
Route /, From John Olson farm
House; thence to junction of Trego
Road with Highway No. SO at
Dickey Lake; thence to Stryker via
Highway No. SO; thence to Fortine
School House via Highway No. SO;
thence to High School Building via
Highway No SO (present Trego bus
route).
Route No. 2, From Asa Curtis
farm in Section 32-35-26 on Deep
Creek to Fortine School House;
thence to Eureka High School Build
ing via Highway No. SO (present
Fortine bus route).
Route 3, From Big Creek on State
Highway No. 81; thence to Rexford
Grade School Building; thence on
said Highway to Eureka High School
Building (present Big Creek-Rex-
ford bus route).
Route 4, From Gateway via pre-
sent Gateway Lake-Iowa-
Flats bus route to Eureka High
School Building.
All bids should describe equip
Rnent to be used and all buses and
drivers must conform with require
nents of the laws of Montana and
ether regulations of the High School
Board. The Board reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
Bids must be in the hands of the
undersigned by 800 o'clock p M.
Wednesday, April 18th, 1916.
FRANK L. SALTER
Assistant Secretary
Bated: 3-12-46 (3t M 2l-28-A ~
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
order OF SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE SHOULD NOT BE MADE
No. 962
~ THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DIST
RIOT OF THE STATE OF MON
TANA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF LINCOLN.
IN THE MATTER OF THE Els
TATE OF James Forsyth, Deceased
H. B. Wallace, Public Admins
traitor, the administrator of the es-
tate of James Forsyth deceased,
having filed his petition herein pray
ing for an order of sale of all the
personal property and all of the
real estate of said decedent for the
purposes therein set forth
IT is THEREFORE ORDERED
by the Clerk Of said Court that all
persons interested in the estate Of
said deceased appear before the said
District Court, on Friday, the 5th
day of April, 1896 at $50 o'clock
A. M. of said day, at the Court Room
of said District Court, at the Court
House, in Libby, County of Lin
coin, to show cause why an order
should not be granted to the said
administrator H. B. Wallace, 10 sell
all the real and personal property !
Of the said deceased James Forsyth !
as shall be necessary.
And that a copy Of this order be
published at least once week for
two successive weeks in The West
srn News, a newspaper printed and |
published in said Lincoln County. |
FRED F. CLARK, Clerk
In the absence of the judge. !
Dated March 10, 1916
THOMAS D. LONG
Attorney for Public Administrator
Libby, Montana.
list pub. M 81 st M21-28-A4) !
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-04

walled balcony, lying half under
the long slnchair. Her eyes were
closed and her little belly was r:s-
irg and falling witt her quick
breathing. When Victoria stopped
down beside her, Ha2gis opened
brown eyes 10 look orce a. VIC
tCria, and then closed them again.
She touched the dogs nose with one
f~orefnger. Dry ana hot. Its usual
shiny blacEness was gone; it looked
dusty and unWhoiesOme.
She gave the dogs shaggy head
a quick soft pat and stood up. With
strides amazingly long for so small
q woman. Victoria launched herself
toward the telephone. She looked
up the number of the veterinary.
dialed II swiftly, and to the mans
voice which answered she said,
You Just operated on my dog. You
send someone up here fast. She's
very SICK. You've botched some
thing badly"
oh, hardly think that's likely.
VIZ
Il don't give a hang what 0
hardly think. THIS dog is dying,
and am holding you entirely re-
s~pons!ble,"
Who IS this talking ?" asked the
man II subduel tones.
She tOld HIM. and gave him the
address.
Were really closed for the
day, said the man. but III come
up myself. Keep perfectly calm.
Mrs. Hime. 1t is probably lust
some minor post-operative reaction
which ="
Don't talk like an idiot! I've
seen the dog. There's something
terribly wrong win her. You get
here fast"
With an inarticulate sound. the
man broke the connection.
When the doorbell rang 20 min
utes later. Victoria was souattlne
once more beside Haggis. SOFTLY
stroking the painting. shaggy hide.
whose rise and fall seemed "ow
even 0 RAPID, more indicative
u me oeath spreading through the
I4'IIe animal helpless body.
II veterinary had not stopped
-"-i7e r!e "4SH.i4echeu ana I'M
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-04
her hair waved and Victoria acccd-


! her hair waved and Victoria acced-
ed to the request. IN be back in
time to serve 4out a.aner al SIX"
she promised.
When Victoria returned nome
| and LET herself IN with her kew. she
went into her bedroom ana put or
one of her two black dresses. In the
den she STONED and looked down
at the yellow o7se stuI sriljrc
from the roller Of her tyneryriter
She wondered if She V.0vII ever fin
lsh that page. # the pressure of
the STRANGELY unreal real.tv Of the
last two DAYS would ever ehh and
allow her 10 step INTO her private
| world ao1in
She Vent to Alhe,.'s room and
| selected MS hest dark suit Tho one
he used for small dinners and ,ail
= cross tho ha4 She uo,,Ia r,ke II
LATER TO the n,or+ici7n'e chn won
dered what she wCllla IN With tho
res, rf his clothes and decided r.
send them TO Russian War Relief
She te,anhored and they SAID thev
| would send mn a truck on NOvaav
She forced herself 10 ca trro1oh
all the rockets She found the s,ubs
of two theater tickets far a show
they had seen a month before. tyvc
partly consumed chocolate hars
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-04


THE DOG H3-E.s was a small.
energetic Sealy..a. whose earnest
brown eyes "tar-t up through a
fringe OF Zras.s1 White hair. whose
entire .n.uu.tta,s coNab0rateI
whenever sas W3sse3 aer tail.
which VAS often. and who Iaborcd
forever. an. inst tanac.alts hunger.
Victoria was aware Of a certain
similarity r.tHtsn herself ana her
little dog. We re lust q cauole Of
elderly gr.s." she sometimes said
to Fa-e.s
The vsfa~f~a~- ....~rro.a short
" afts- Fool. 49,, -. .l..r# -.
rrnroT ,Egqg... r,r ..-..e3 r,~[a,,sra4
,r.,,, - ,..., ~ -;on. ~
cal,aa f.r -..n-.... ,.r E9rter.
T1-s rt.-F v.-t.-, .r-- .g. go 20
D-r77le,,.r+ ....-, r,q as-,.rTa2 on
bo~ u-har' ef,, so,,-.. ~ a-aL-H,oa
of o,,, ,a.,1, 50, a.. 800, 90.
49,. IT, -,
ural silence OF r-r house vas Que
largely to the .ser~..,. If ~. h1is-
tIing HaarIs. ana she knew that
the return Of the doc tg---,a do 2
great deal toward raising her sntr-
its.
0-i,.t,o .r,o,- s~o .,..., 18th
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-04

so perfectly K seemed 10 De STAND
ing still.
There had been no poison along
this d0orsill when she took Haggis
to the vet. a week before. She had
left the house by this door. and
there had been nc poison. Hazel
had said the poison in the kitchen
canister had run out the day Hag-
gis left for the vet. How. then, did
the poison come to be below the
Goorsill now?
The conclusion had been in her
head since The moment she had
seen the strip Of poison. There must
have been poison in that canister
after Haegis had gone. Hazel had
used some Of it in laying this trap
for ants.
Hazel had lied.
A car entered the driveway be-
low the porch and then stopped. In
a moment the door slammed. a
tootstep sounded hollowly on the
bottom step. Victoria turned and
looked down at Hazel, who plodded
the rest Of the way Up the steps
to where she stood. Victoria looked
down at the strip Of white at their
feet, looked at Hazel. Hazel was
staring at the poison as though
mesmerized by that pale white line
in the last daylight. When her ewes
behind the thick glasses met Vic
toria's they wore the eurtive look
Of guilt.
1t was Victoria who opened the
door. She stepped into the house,
Hazel at her heels. She snapped the
switch beside the door. and the
kitchen was flooded with hard, re-
vealng light from the white globe
overhead. She turned to Hazel and
noted that her ears. barred by the
close crimping Of her hair at the
hands of the beautician, we're very
pink. Hazel blinked once in the
hard light as some small, trapped
animal might blink. She said. I'm
sorry to be SO late. Are you hun
gry?"
NScAA was CONSCIOUS VI lIlG
need for proceeding carefully. She
was aware for the first time of
something unstable and fearful In
Hazel. and saw her not as what she
had always seemed to be. a little,
matter-of-fact. elderly woman. She
saw her as a person VINO had at one
time possessed a life Of her own, a
person fated by some i~nadequacy
to clean other peoples homes, cook
their food. wash their dirty
dishes. pretend to like them.
THE poison in the green can
didn't run out last Saturday." Vic
toria stated rather than asked.
The furtive look drained from
Hazel's eyes. She shook her head in
lengthy negative. as a child does.
No"
When did you put that poison
out on the porch?"
The day before Mr.. Hime died.
Wednesday morning"
What really happened to the
poison?"
Il threw 1t out. l emptied It into
the sink and washed it down the
drain with hot water. ! took the
label Off the can. too"
When? ?"
Friday morning. While you were
asleep on the SOFA"
"Why?"
Hazel's eyes widened a little as
though she thought this already
known. why. because the police
were coming! Because Mr.. Hime
died from peison!" !
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-01-04
CHAPTER nv ENIY.FIVE

1.1A ~ tt. ] " E4N "
Tl1E VET TOOK Ha1Gls with him
He believed ne could save her. Vic
toria paced UP and down the living
room, full OF the fear which hal
filled her on the morning of AL.
bert's death. Once more. poison
without reason. Who would poison
Hasgis? But who would poison Al.
bert? Her husband ana then he,
dog.
She stabbed out a cigaret or
what was fortunately an ash tray
She forced herself to think coher-
entity, Somehow llaggis had eaten
poison since returning home. There
did not seem much Likelihood that
1t could have been accidentally eat
en-. Although Hazel had once put a
strip OF the powder along the outer
Sill OF the kitchen service door, VIC
lorla had warned her against doing
SO. because OF the chance that Hag-
gls might hex some up.
Victoria thought over what she
knew about dog poisoning. The
most usual methods were to mix
poison with ground hamburger or
place some in a Slit in a piece of
meat. and leave the poisoned food
where the animal could easily
find it.
A complete circuit OF the yard
surrounding the house revealed no
trace OF any meat, although that
Cld not mean much. because Hag-
gls might have eaten all Of it. Vic
torla comDed the ivy that covered
the front yard, but found nothing.
A search of the oily floor Of the
garage was equally fruitlcss. She
went up the wooden side steps lead
ing from the driveway to the serv-
Ice door. Standing on the little
porch between the unitarian box
and the equally utilitarian garbage
pail (Which the .uXuriant bOugain-
vlllea vine concealed from view
from the troNt), Victoria allowed
herself a moment to look toward
the west. The sun had sci, and a
lemon-colored sky famed palely
beyond the tall eucalyptus trees
that backed the house.
She turned, put out her hand to
open the kitchen door. looked down
and learned how Haggis had been
poisoned.
At her feet. pale in the cool gray
yellow light. a strip Of chalkv white
powder extended along the wealth.
cred gray boards of the porch. lust
below the doorsill. She bent over
it. The tiny dead black bodies OF
several ants were imprisoned in the
powder. Just below the corner
where the door opened, and against
which she had so often found Hag-
sls pressing her little black nose
While she barked to be let in, there
was a ~three-inch gap in the strip
OF poison. Peering still closer, Vic
toria could see the drool of drying
saliva where Haggis' hungry
tongue had licked at the white
strip. A vivid cerise flower with
three triangular petals fell from
the vine above her head and landed
just beside the gap between poison
and poison.
Automatically. she looked up.
Through the interstices in the vine |
the blank twilight sky stared back.
And then the vine whirled above
her head. and she stood up slowly
and carefully. her brain spinning.
Spinning. but steadily and with
balance. like a top set into motion
by the expert hands and whirling