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Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
November Ending
with More Snow
And Colder DAYS

November snowfall in the Flat
head valley totals 1928 inches as
compared with a normal of 10 in
ches at Kalispell for the month.
However though November has
been colder than usual, low was Is
above last Friday morning., last
November was the terror with its
25.9 inches of snow. The record for
the month was November, 1880
when 3O.4 inches fell.
Average for December, accord
ing to E S Mark, federal observer,
is 1913 inches; last year had 22.1;
January SO year average is 12.1 in
ches; last January it was 11.8;
February average is 8 inches; last
February, 11.6; March average 81;
last March, 9.4, and April come
spring, average is inches; last APP
ril, O.8.
Snow depths in the mountains in
some places are in excess of three
feet.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Brother Sister Top
Grade Honor Roll
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS PHorn

Two new arrivals in Columbia
Falls grade school, Larry Smith
eighth grade, and his sister, Joan
a seventh grader, topped the second
six weeks period honor roll with
all A marks.
Principal Ralph Magnuson also
announced the names of the other
best scholars among the $50 stu
dents. Eighth graders with Bs or
better include: Joan Brew, Eva Fill
lis, Marietta Lee, Mary Esther Oh
sen, lone Pollard, Alfred Reese,
Arlis Sather, Frances Westerlund
and Jean Worrall.
High in the seventh grade were
Lloyd Blood, Larry Carlson, Willis
Lovean and Ronald Perry. Best
students in the sixth grade are Ed
ward Boucher, Rita Crum, Mary
Detwiler, Charlotte Keim, Charlene
Mudd, Sally Seymer and Sally Ann
Travis. No names were available
from the fifth grade. Leading the
fourth grade were Dixie Lee Beebe,
Deanne Cada, Lynn Loveall and
Frances Rogers.
The lower three grades are mar
ked on a satisfactory, unsatisfact-
DRY basis.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Kalispell Intended No
Affront in Airport Story

The headline, Airport Belongs
to County Including Kalispell," and
accompanying story in the last is
sue of the Hungry Horse News
"struck sparks"
In fairness to the Kalispell cham
Der of commerce president, Dan
Korn, it should be stated that ne
was not in Kalispell at the time the
follow-up story on the Northwest
Airline stop in the Flatnead was re-
leased.
Mr. Korn did not make the an
nouncement credited to him as
head of the Kalispell chamber, nor
did he authorize any publicity.
The information was obtained
from the Kalispell chamber of COM
mere in good faith by several other
papers, who followed the custom of
crediting the head of an organiza-
ton for announcements of this sort.
1t was not a regular release from
the chamber of commerce.
The Kalispell chamber did not
intend the statements to be slight
to anyone who was deserving of
credit. This is not a retraction or
correction by the Hungry Horse
News, but rather clearing up Of a
point. We are glad to know that
Mr. Korn did not actually make
the announcement as was printed
in several papers, and that the Ka-
Gspeu chamber intended no affront.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
ktoItze Gets Record
(tate Timber Sale

n what is considered the largest
ngle sale Of state-owned timber
northwestern Montana, the
\ o1tze Land and Lumber company,
off Moon and Columbia Falls pur-
ased an approximate 16,818,0O0
lard feet three miles above the
kad of Whitefish lake.
Indication of continued rise in
anst of standing saw timber is
Aown by the Half Moon mill pay
10 about 81 a thousand board feet
lore than was the average price
timber this spring.
u The 2,46O acres, according to a
alephone interview with e A An
erson, assistant state forester, is
kpected to yield merchantable
aw timber in the following guam
tiles with bid price,; 995, 900
hoard feet of western pine at $13
Ter thousand; $4,000 yellow pine
II $40; 14,693,00 western larch
md Douglas fir at So; $4,000
tpruce at $3.50; $4,000 white fir at
N.5O, and $4,000 lodgepole at $3.50.
10000 board feet of dead timber
It 81.
The previous large timber sale
OF the year was the 7,925,000 board
feet up the South Fork sold to Plum
Greek mill, Columbia Falls, by the
HFlathead national forest on Oct
ober 10. Plum Creek bid $14.O5 for
white pine; $7.38 for spruce and
836.O6 for larch and fir.
4 At a 2 p m bid opening today,
iStoltze Land and Lumber COM
.pany was high on the Flathead
national forest sale of 1,635, 900
board feet uD Emery creek. They
offered $8.36 for larch and fir,
the principal timber.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Atkinson Moves From M. C.
Employs AZ on Portals

Guy F Atkinson company on
their $643,4 diversion tunnel con-
tract at the Hungry Horse DAM
site now have AZ men working. To-
tai employment will not exceed 100
on this job.
Digging has started on both IN
let and outlet portals where $4,000
cubic yards of earth and rock Will
be excavated. An estimated 45,OOo
cubic yards will be excavated IN
digging the 1,100-foot long 3o-feet
in diameter tunnel.
Monday, the Atkinson comp
anv moved their offices from Mar
tin City to the damsite where an
office has been erected by Gordon
construction company.
The lower road from highway
No 2 to the damsite and the Atkln-
son office is not passable except
for trucks and cars with chains.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Falls Volunteer Firemen
10 Celebrate Anniversary

Columbia Falls present volunteer
llremen's organization will hold
nelr 10th anniversary party next
friday at the Cozy Corner.
Onarter members of the present
department, Bill Bose and Dwight
Grlst, will be presented 20 year
pins.
columbia Falls has had a. vol
unleer fire department since 1898.
Va december Is, 1927 the present
apartment was organized with
francis P Fleming, chairman; Carl
Daniels, secretary, and Dwight
urlst' treasurer. Trustees were Ed
H Sard Neitzling, Joseph Hula, Otto
o1vaiar and Charles ] Gerve.
PRESENT officers are Bud Darling,
ruiei' John O'Connell, chairman;
W., IVY Anders, treasurer, and James
,pa1a,rantette, secretary. Trustees are
p pnr Bose, Clarence Clapper, Pat
nslly' Joe Opalka and Boots Scho-
enberg.
ri. nave fires Saturday at your own
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Ask Bids On Falls
To NC Mail Route

A star route will be started be-
tween Columbia Falls, Hungry
Horse and Martin City.
Bids are being received until De-
cember 6 for the route by the post
office, Columbia Falls. 1t provides
for leaving Columbia Falls by 10
noon, and departing from Martin
City by 2:30 p m and will serve ia
miles in Columbia Heights, South
Fork, Damtown, Hungry Horse
Wagsmith and other towns and
post offices that might be started.
The Martin City post office es-
tablished March 16 now gets it's
mail from Coram by messenger.
Last December the post office de-
partment called for bids on the
route now proposed. The depart
ment then decided to not start the
route until further need was indie
ated. There are about $50 families
living between Columbia Falls and
Martin City, which has more than
100 families.
Word was received Friday NOR
ming that Martin City's post Of
flee has been stepped up from
fourth to third class. This will
make possible additional clerk
hire. POStmiStresS is Clara FIRE.
derrick. The change is retroactive
to July 1.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Prime Contract Bid Call Nears

Latest word on the Hungry Horse
dam is the unofficial information
that bids on the prime contract
will be called for between January
1 and Is with probable awarding
before mid March.
Meanwhile in Washington, the
federal interagency committee for
the Columbia basin, Monday, re.
leased a statement recommending
that upriver dams such as Hungry
Horse be constructed ahead of I'M
authorized as yet dams on the low
err Columbia.
Fifteen contractors, including Sc
veral of the nations largest, have
viewed the Hungry Horse project
during the past month with the
idea of bidding. At the published
invitation of the bureau of reclama-
ton they inspected the damsite be-
fore it became snow covered.
The 525-foot high, 2,13O-foot
long dam will be about the same
size as Shasta which follows Grand
Coulee and Boulder as the nations
large concrete dam. Building Hun
cry Horse will require at least TO-
900 freight carloads Of cement,
and more than $50 carloads of me-
tai products.
Reliable information was also av-
ailable this week as to the number
of men necessary to build the dam.
Conservative estimate of peak en-
ployment is 1000 likely in 1851. By
April or May, 1949, there will be
1000 men at work on Hungry
Horse, and the monthly payroll will
exceed 100000.
Peak employment so far was
this past September when 489 were
employed and the monthly payroll
exceeded 100000. Present employ
ment is about 400.
Job openings on the Hungry
Horse project are scarce at present,
and not until next March is a rise
in employment expected. Prime
contractor activity will begin in
March or April.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Glasgow Firm Low
On Home Repairs

In Tuesday bid opening at He
Jena, Elmer Johnson, Glasgow was
low on two installation-repair jobs
at the state soldiers home near Co.
slumbia Falls.
Johnson bid $29,678.77 to erect
$4,000 gallon water tank, and
81, 800.13 to install a new heating
plant.
The office of Commander Ralph
Higgins at the home Friday morn
ing reported that work would pro-
baby not start until spring on these
contracts. Awarded a month ago
was an S8,140 contract to Carson
construction company, Helena, for
new electrical wiring at the insti-
tuition.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Six HIS. Students
Make Straight A

Six students at Columbia Falls
high school had all A grades for
the second six weeks period.
They were: Joy Line, post gra-
duate; Bernice Morehead, senior;
Eric Andrew, junior; Lennis Vail
sophomore, Jane Mcdonnell and
Elaine Mudgett, freshmen.
Other honor roll students, ac-
cording to Principal Dulane Full
ton icluded % with all B grades or
better: Seniors, Luella Flint, Gene
LEM. jeanne Powell and Ruth
Voss; juniors, Dolores Anderson,
Juanita Boucher, Janet Holdings
worth, Charlotte Peterson, Barbara
Ressler, Beverly Rudio, Ramona
Saurey Roberta Schmidt and Da-
Wis Vail; sophomores, Barbara Lar
kin, Patsy Martin, Margery Peck,
Erin Perkins and Ilene Wyman;
freshmen, Lester Christensen,
Charmaine Daniels, Barbara OFT,
Clarence Rhea and Donald Thur
ing.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Big Greek Station
To Close for Winter

Big Creek station Of the Flat
head national forest next Friday
will be closed for the winter.
Before the recent thaw there was
a foot of snow on the ground at the
station, which is forest service
headquarters for the North Fork.
At the Canyon creek snow belt
there is a report Of nearly three
feet on the level. The North Fork
road is open for cars with chains,
with the county and forest service
plows having cleared certain Sec
tons.
Leaving Big Creek will be Dist
riot Ranger John Castles, Ralph
Thayer, John Stentz, Pete Daniel
son, Tom Reynolds and Charlie La
Rance.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
p Nearby Farmers
Have Wood Plan

Of Flathead countys "a farm
wood lot plans, nine are il the Co.
lumbia Falls section.
They range in size from 10 to
$50 acres (average 500, and are
planned operations for sustained
yields of firewood, fence posts,
some saw timber and landscaping.
Having planned farm wood lots
are Earl Moody, Cecil Radabah,
Dan Sullivan, Barton Petit, Fin
ley Arnett, Henry Larkin, Paul ia
netski, James Peters and Warkins
and Caldwell, all of the Columbia
district, and Alfred Hoye,, Harry
Fitzpatrick and Mark Hodgson of
neighboring LaSalle.
Farm Forester William l. Roger
attached to FIathead national for
est offices in Kalispell guides the
program, and can be consulted Oh
any tree growing problem.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Falls Employment
Office Ranks Fifth

Montana's newest state employ
! ment office, the Columbia Falls
branch, established last June, was
the states fifth busiest during Co.
tober, according to the Unemploy-
ment compensation commissions
monthly report.
During. October, largely as a re-
suit of Hungry Horse project de-
velopments and numbering activi-
ty, the Columbia Falls office with
Frank Kirkpatrick, manager, pla-
ced 248 persons on jobs. Active in
getting the office established here
was the Columbia Falls chamber
of commerce.
The employment service branch
at Great Falls lead the state for
placing of persons on jobs with
319; Missoula was next with 314,
Billings had 286; Townsend, 274.
Bozeman ranked just under Col
umbia Falls with 244; Helena had
21O, and Kalispell, 143. There are
SO offices in the state.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Hungry Horse Area
Problem: Nobodv
Wants Fat Horse

Horse problem of the week In
the Hungry Horse district was that
of Hans Greve who couldn't find
anybody to take 12-year-old Gin
ger even as a gift.
Gentle Ginger had served well as
a skidding and general work horse,
but Hans had no further use for
the animal. He even offered to
throw in three bales of hay, if some
one would take Ginger off his
hands. Sentiment just wouldn'c
stand for accepting the $14 offer
of a fox farm.
Latest word is that Hans may
have found home for Ginger
with Red Judd.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Mrs Nietzling Dies

Funeral services for Mrs Ida Mel
tzling, 81, who passed away Tues
6av NIGHT in Whjtefish, will be held
Saturday at Waggener and Camp
bell chapel, Kalispell.
A longtime resident of Columbia
Falls, Mrs Neitzling had been a
Flathead resident for about Az
wears. Her husband, Jacob H Neit2-
ling was killed in 1881 while as
the town marshall he was attempt
ing an arrest.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Park Drug Modernized
To Hold Walgreen Sale

A three-day sale, next Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday marks
the opening of the Park Drug in
Columbia Falls as a Walgreen
agency store.
Aim of Park Drug owners, Mr.
and Mrs E c Afseth is to give
Columbia Falls a big city type
of drug store both in quantity of
merchandise and lower prices.
Assisting with the moderniza-
ton has been Bill Keefe, phar-
macist.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Census Nears Completion

Columbia Falls census will be
completed within the next 10 days
by Mrs Clara Green who has al
ready listed more than 900 persons
Indications are that the total po-
pulation will be somewhere be-
tween 1000 and 1900. The census
includes all PRISONS who live with
in the city limits
Columbia Falls 1880 and 1910
federal census figure was 638.
Purpose of the present census is
for the town to ascertain that it
has 1000 persons or more and then
request the secretary of state in He
lena for listing as city.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
~ Senlors Choose Mystery
oomedy for Glass PLAY

r.u snschool seniors of Columbia
c,ass Will present their annual
lass play, December ~.
a na .ne cast of THE Big Blow Up"
coons s'ery comedy are: Douglas
c]ar r'r, Ruth Voss, Eugene LEM,
co,,nt.n oyce, jeanne Powell, Roy
Strait nan' Marie Lane, Virginia
Pedarsa nern1ce Morehead, Gene
Andas sen' Grace Fowler and Don
win coach is Mrs Claire Mudd
nans. lewis Cousineau. property
naoss' and Bob Smith, business
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Falls Has Police Radio

Now installed in Town Marsh
all Byron Vests car is a two-waS
radio purchased by the council
West is now in two-way radio com
munication with the sheriffs OF
flee in Kalispen and with other Po'
lice stations.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Serving Choice Steaks

Rex's tavern, Columbia Heights,
is now serving steaks from Mon
tana's choicest All club beef.
Rex purchased $50 pounds OF
steer meat from packing firm
who bought winners at the All
show in Missoula.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
No Quaking from the Quake

Few residents of Columbia Falls
realized that the district was inclu-
ded in a western Montana earth
quake that occurred after 2:30 m
Sunday. Last quake in this area,
which caused no damage but did
awaken local residents, was Dec
ember IL, 1946 at 6:12 a m. A
seismographic station is now being
established in connection with the
Hungry Horse dam
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-28
Local Property
Value Doubles

This past month, assessed value
of real estate in Columbia Falls
more than doubled as a result OF
the just completed county reapp-
raisal of land values, the first since
1929. Present taxes were not
based on this reappraisal.
Every lot and building in the
community was inspected this
month by the county reappraisaI
board of Wallace Monk, James
Dockstader and Grant Campbell
longtime Flathead residents, Oh
der and well-respected men.
No longer will the community
have instances of lots selling for
81, 900 that are assessed at SIS and
pay taxes on only 80 per cent of
that.
The so-called town square where
the previous assessment system re-
suited in SIS lots being side by
side with $500 lots has been stan
dardized for Nucleus avenue 'front.'
ing at $500 to $500. Purchase price
of these lots are now from $1,000
to $1,000.
Nucleus aveune lots in the Bank
block across fro mthe town square
and in the Bose block have the
same $500 to $500 assessed val
ues. They likewise have a cash
sale price of something over 81 900.
Further down Nucleus avenue
toward the depot, lots shade down
in assessed value from $3.50 to $500
and $3.50. The other sides of the
town square and facing lots have
values from $3.50 to $4Oo
This article concerns just the as
sessed value of real estate
Recognizing their future merch-
andizing location worth, highway
81 locations were generally assess
ed from $3.50 to $500. The Hungry
Horse News location is set at $500.
Better residence lots in the town
that have a cash value of $3.50 to
5000 are assessed for 500 to $3.50.
On the flat the assessed value is
generally from $40 to $50; in the
Kennedy addition $50 to $40, and
where property is owned on the
slope just to preserve the big pines,
SIS.
AS the reappraisal board COM
plete its canvass of the county.
Flathead residents can expect To-
wer mil levies on higher assessed
values. Taxes won't go down, and
not particularly up throughout the
county. There will be a fairer sys-
tenn on which to base payment.
These new assessments take eff
feet with the November 1913 and
May, 1949 payments.
Columbia Falls was considered
10 have more tax inequalities than
any other long-settled spot in the
county. It will have more revenue
is the result of the reappraisal for
streets, police and other functions.
The assessed value was $751;
)22 for this whole community in
1916; 1882, 594 in 1947, and showed
he highest percentage of increase
n the county. 1t will now pass 81
100000. This is for real estate and
Eliminated will be a recent sit
lation where a Columbia Falls re-
ident complained at the court
Iouse because his assessment was
aised to more than $1,000. The
he had recently bought
or more than $4,000 had been or
ounty tax rolls at an assessed va
ue of less than $500. Somebody
lse, obviously, had been footing
he tax bill for schools, town serv-
,es and government. MR.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-02-22
Kodiak tn Color In Feb. IS Post

The Saturday Evening Post of Feb. Is contains 8 2-page col- or spread on Kodiak by Larry K9ghley. who visited here ln August of last year.
 Beautiful kodachrome and an ugly title depict Kodiak as a "Hangover Town" Pictures show part of the Bell dairy herd ; Navy Wives gathering wildflow- CTS; Mayor Lee Bettinger and daughter; young Butch Johnson fishing in Buskin; Paul Herring and his icons; swimmers in Sprucehaven; an interior view of the jail; and a view of Kodiak harbor.
 Knudsen's fountain received 30 copies by air express Wednes- day that were sold in 10 min utes. Dealers will have extra CO pies on the next boat
Kodiak mirror., 1947-02-22
Church Note

Additional Catholic Services during Lent, commencing Ash Wednesday, February 19th:
 Sermon and Benediction on Wednesday; Way of the Cross and Benediction on Fridays, at 7:30 pm.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-02-22

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF 1 ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION
 KODIAK PRECINCT In the Matter of the Estate of BORIS B. GRAHAM,
 Deceased.
 NO. 294 Probate
 Notice Of Hearing Of First And Final Account Of Ad- ministratrix And Pctitition For Final Distribution Notice Is hereby given that o. A. Tergersen, as Administrator of the Estate of Doris B. Grah- aa, Deceased, will render and present fer settlement and file in th;s Court his First and Final Account of his administration of the Estate of said deceased, aLds that his Petition for the Distri. button of the residue of the said Estate to the person entitled thereto, and shat the Probate Judge of this Court has appoint ed Tuesday. the 25 day of March, 1947, at 200 o'clock of said day, and the Courtroom of said Court ia the URitsd States Commissioners office in the city of hooiak, Territory of Alaska for the hearing of the application for the settlement of said First | and Final Account, and has fixed the same time and place for the hearing of said Petition for Final Distribution by the Court; that | all persons interested in said Estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why said First and Final Account should not be approved and allowed and settl- ed, and said Petition for Final Distribution granted as prayed.
 Dated this 24 day of January, 1 1947
 c. ". Bubenderf
 United States COmmis-
 sioner and Ex-Oficie
 D-1Loka T,.1co
Kodiak mirror., 1947-02-22

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Kodiak mirror., 1947-02-22
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Kodiak mirror., 1947-02-22

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Kodiak mirror., 1947-02-22

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