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Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
Rains Give Way
To July Sunshine

Happiest men in Flathead county
are farmers and foresters. June
rainfall records toppled with 4.56
inches measured at the Kalispell
station.
Fields were towering grass green
as nature turned from rainy to
sunny days to encourage wheat,
oats and alfalfa to come higher.
Pines rooted in near Doggy soil
and rock showed green sprouts up
to three times normal growth. Sell
dom has the Flathead entered July
with less threat of major forest
fires.
Previous June rain record was
Alb inches in 1912 the 5O-year av-
erage is 2.O6 inches. Wettest
month on record, however, was
dreary November, 1897 when SIT
inches was recorded; December,
1917 had 4.78 inches.
Weatherman E. S. Mark obser-
we'd that June, 1947 was 2 degrees
cooler than the normal SIT. May,
1947 in contrast was the sixth
warmest May on record, averag-
ing IS degrees. July is Flathead's
warmest month with temperatures
averaging 65.6 degrees.
The ordinary summer has just
five days with maximum temper
atures above 80 degrees. Normally
June has IL days with precipita-
ton. This year there were II wet
June days, but then July averages
but ITO inches of rainfall, and Au-
gust, when the valley could stand
irrigation, .87.
The cooler and wetter June will
delay ripening of the hay. The
crop, more abundant, will be la
ter. Farm growing conditions are
termed excellent by County Ag-
ent Walt Mauritson.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
fg-Grabbing Grizzly
Shot by Floyd
Lindburg

A squeal by Mrs. Nick Kartheis.
er's 1O-week-old Poland China pie
led to the shooting of a two-year.
old marauding grizzly bear mile
back of Martin City at the F, K
and L lumber mill.
When the pig squealed and there
was crashing noise, Mrs. Karth.
eiser grabbed a 1920, and soon was
was Joined by Floyd and Carl Lind
burg, her husband and 14-year-old-
son, Glen. The young grizzly car
rying away the pig was shot three
times and killed by Floyd Lind
burg.
Mrs. Kartheiser who has hunted
deer and elk, commented that she
wouldn't have been so brave, if
she had known it was a grizzly.
Joining in the chase was their gol-
den Cocker Spaniel, Skipper
Mrs. Skipper, more commonly
known as Wiggles and their son,
Pat, hid under the house.
Evidently it was the same young
grizzly that had looted the Red
Foley cooler in North Abbott creek
of ham and a pound of butter, and
the next day taken roast from
Reds table while the family was
out.
Old-timer Mickey Waggoner i'd
the bear as a grizzly.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
Sunshine May Cure
Highway No. 2 Ills

With the June inflow of vaca
TONERS roundly cussing highway
No. 2 between Bad Rock canyon
and Bolton, state highway depart
ment officials were contacted il
the matter.
A copy of one of these complaints
was forwarded to genial, M. G
Jockey, highway department dis
trict engineer, and brought this
reply in part: Weather determines
when a road may, or may not be
oiled. We had our plans to have
the Columbia Falls-Belton section
completed by July Bird, and this
would have been accomplished ex-
cept for unusually heavy and fire.
quent rains.
1.-THE No 2 traveller might consid-
err the fact that the bottom had
dropped completely out of our
road in all the stretches under
construction now between Bad
Rock and Bolton. If these had not
been covered with sub-base ma
terial, and prepared for oil, today,
they might have been in too poor
q condition to be travelled at all.
1--WE of this office are just as
much concerned over the delay IN
completion of this work as are any
of the travelling public"
To the satisfaction of local res
idents, early July sunshine was
speeding oiling of highway NO. z.
June had II days with recorded
precipitation, it was the wettest
June on record.
Oiling of the 4-mile stretch Oh
the Columbia Falls-KalispeH snort
cut is scheduled for July This is
a. Union Construction company
contract.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
Park Theatre Schedules
Due| in the Sun Premier

Flathead county premier. Of
most talked of movie of the
ar, Duel in the Sum-" will be al
oumbia Falls Park theatre,
anday, Monday and Tuesday, Jul
1S, IA and Is.
Starring in the technicolor west
that cost 100000 to film,
Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotton,
egory Peck, Lionel Barrymore,
Juan Gish, Walter Houston, Her
Ft Marshall, Charles Bickford,
90 $500 others.
aluminium evening admission
'Aets this year to Duel in the
u are $1.20 in all Rocky Noun
area theatres that sho wthe
cure. 1t played this week in
cat Falls. Local matinee price
a cents. Only adults will be ad-
fitted.
fooucer of the film is David
uiA' who also was responsible
4 zone With the Wind"
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
County Tax Income
Stays Over Million

Just before August 1, Flathead
county citizens will learn what the
total tax receipts were during the
past fiscal year that ended June
80, 1947.
County Treasurer Cal Robinson
expects the past IL months coll
ection will be up to 10 per cent
more than the $1,181,071.73 collect
ed by the county treasurer's office
during the preceding fiscal year,
July 1, 1915 to June 30, 1916.
The late July announcement by
County Treasurer Robinson is ex-
pected to show collections turned
over to the city of Columbia Falls
up more than 10 per cent over the
$5,688.56 RENTED to the city du-
ring the 1945-46 year. Whitefish's
income from taxes during the
1945-46 year was $29, 161.96, and
Kalispelrs $133,63S.89. These will
be up about 10 per cent.
Other income received by the ci-
ties are from such sources as dog
and liquor licenses and water re-
venues.
Meanwhile interested citizens
are awaiting the July anounce-
ment of what the mil levies will be
during the coming year. Early indi-
cations are that county taxes will
not increase; school taxes will be
up, and city taxes, likely not low
er. Flathead county residents, how
ever, will be paying more taxes
1ext year.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
Additional Families Move
To Hungry Horse Village

Latest families to move into
Hungry Horse village, government
town, are the Elmer r. Leith, Car
man Nutter, Oliver Walter, Harry
Gels and Jack Woods into the pre-
fabs.
Also moving in were John Van
dervort, Ray Barnhart, and Uni
versity of Washington engineer
ing students and summer employees,
John Sallberg, Gilbert Gray and
Gerald Griffin. There are now 10
of the so prefabs occupied.
Eight families now live in the
rs five-rooms-on-a-side duplexes
Latest to move in are Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Dove, Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Morehead and Mr.. and Mrs.
Newton Olson.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
Submit Application
For Airport Building

Submitted to Washington has
been the final draft of the county's
request for a two-story "a by 30
foot administration building at the
county airport. The field is six mi
les from Columbia Falls, ard ele-
ven miles from Whitefish and Kali
ispell.
The new building is to cost $780,
900, and would be built with match
ed federal and county funds.
1t is expected that with the new
structure, which will also house
the federal weather bureau station,
that the CAB will grant North
west Airlines permission to sche-
dule a flight each way from Great
Falls to Spokane via the Flathead
county port.
AS part of the national defense
program the county purchased the
airport land in 1889. The federal
government then spent 1859, 184.00
on hard surfacing runways, and
there is a 40 by 120-foot hanger.
Floor of the hanger has just been
paved under a 81, $50 contract by
Kirkpatrick Brothers, Kalispell.
Supporting the airport develop
ment is a mil levy that yielded ST.
600 last year.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
Park Travel Up; Expect Banner Weekend

Glacier national park Thursday
had its $4,000 tn visitor in the lit
tie more than two-week old season.
Travel is running rs per cent ahead
of last year.
Supt. ]. w. Emmert expects the
biggest three days in park history
this weekend. Last year on July
4, total of 1852 entered the park,
and larger number is predicted
for today or Saturday.
Total number of visitors in the
park last Sunday was 3,172. Many
visitors this past week saw the
park in the light of full moon that
made peaks seem higher, snow,
whittier, and brought lunar bows in
to many of the waterfalls along So
mile-long Going-to-the-Sun high
way. The week also brought an
other bear incident when Mrs. Ell
mer Rowan, Goshen, Indiana was
bitten on the hand, Tuesday, while
feeding popcorn to bum" bear.
Her husband didn't get the pic
ture he was after. The wound for
tunately was not serious.
The Columbia Falls port-of-
entry station at the junction of
No. 2 and 81 in Column
bia Heights is having 400 out-of-
state cars day stop for informa-
ton. Don Gordon and Charles Shell
ton report the common inquiries
as roads, housing and about Hun
cry Horse. There is frequent salts
fled comment about the beauties Of
Glacier national park.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS PHOTO

Concrete was mixed and pour
ed all last Sunday afternoon as
Columbia Falls citizens turned out
to build the basement of the new
town hall.
AL Nordes was there to put fl
nishing touches on the new sign
that asks community help, dona-
lions and cooperation for the struc-
ture that will house the fire de-
partment, city offices and town
meeting room.
Grandpa Ed Marantette came
with 23-months-old Danny to
watch Danny's dad, Jim, and his
uncles, Bob and Louis lamp con-
crete and trundle wheelbarrow
loads of gravel-cement mix. Grand
pa John O'Connor was another by
stander. His comment about son,
Mike, was: Look at that young
Irishman work" Another grand
father, Jim Everin came by with
a case of refreshments, and visit
ing railroadman Roy Veach handed
Mayor and fire department pre-
sident, John O'Connell $40 check
on the spot.
Youngest workers and none were
steadier than the 18th of the ELL
mans, Sam, and the 18th of the IA
Pecks, Tom. They shoveled gravel
manfully, while veteran contractor,
Herman Benzien guided the mix
er.
It was a full afternoons affair
that saw concrete mixing and pour
ing for the basement completed.
Among those there and working
were also Pat Kelly, Joe Opalka,
Boots Schoenberg, Bill and Dick
Giroux, former superintendent, ].
M. Tindall, AL Greene, Roy Anders,
Melvin Nelson, Bob Hunsinger,
Joe Leuzzi, Louie Mikota, How
ard Greene, Don Doane, Irwin Do
wnen, Clarence Clapper, Elmer At
seth, Dean Harrison and Les
Green.
Fire Chief Bud Darling rustled |
refreshments from
the Cozy Corner, Park Drug, Sport
Club, Martins Inn, Leon
ards, Columbia Bar and Hoerner's
Provider at a previous
evenings work on the new build
ng was Rex'S Tavern.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
Organize Life Savers

Officers of the newly organized
Flathead County Life Saving COM
pany include Bud Darling, Column
bia Falls, second vice president,
and Ross Luding, Martin City,
fourth vice president. The new or
ganization is an aftermath of the
John Vance and other drownings,
and is headed by Sheriff Dick
Walsh. The body of the eight-year-
old Vance booy, who drowned June
"a was recovered Monday morning
by w. b. Cuinan, Ennis diver.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
Commissioners Renew
Bar Liquor Licenses

Flathead county commissioners
this week were approving license
requests for bars outside of the
three incorporated cities.
The county fee is half the state
license cost, and vary from $500
in such communities as Coram and
Martin City to $3.50 just outside
of Kalspell, depending on the near
ness to larger cities.
County licenses are granted eff
fective July 1, while Columbia
Falls city licenses are on the jan
uary to December basis, and cost
500 for beer and $500 for hard IL
quor.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
Date Set for New
Election

District 6 voters will decide tn
1estions of bond issues for new
chools at the polls, Tuesday, Jul,
: On the ballot will be four ques
ons: authorization to bond the
strict for building identical four.
bm schools at Coram, Martin City
bid Bolton at an approximate
bst of $36, 900 each, and $91, 73s
br a wing to the district high
hool to include four classrooms
I'D a manual training shop.
4 Petitions were submitted early
May for the new grade schools,
7hd were found later to contain
1most twice the necessary number
\ qualified voters.
I The school board at their mon
lily meeting Tuesday, decided on
De July 20 date for the election.
the meeting were Coun-
\ Superintendent Lulu Barnard,
bounty Attorney Ambrose Mea-
9lre, the new. superintendent of
ehools, G. A. Lee, and interested
lltizens from Bolton, Lake Five,
artin City and Columbia Falls.
Il Lake Five asked that their school
! reopened or that adequate tran
portation be arranged for child
IN of the community. The board
Demed disposed to act favorably.
] The Martin City delegation,
Rhich first asked for a school bull
lng nearly a year ago, expressed
ppatience with the boards con-
nued delay in providing school
lcilities. They commented that
[artin City would rather have a
Fo-room structure now in time
p September use than a brick
hiding next year.
Bolton, also interested in a new
Phool inquired about the boards
ftltude toward the school lunch
Fogram. Where the school hot
inches will be served next fall
parently has not been decided.
1t was not a happy evening for
lembers of the board.
Bad Rock and Valentine dist
Gus will also vote on the high |
'hool bond issue.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
Assessors Complete Job

Essex was the last community
in the county to be covered by the
Flathead county assessors. The as
SCISSORS finished their field work
this past month. Newest develop
meut in the Essex area to bolster
fax rolls was the Rocky Mountain
Lumber company.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
Kalispell Man Fined,
Jailed for Deer Kill

John F. O'Leary, Kalispell, was
fined S1OO and sentenced to 80
days in jail, Saturday, for killing
a deer in Glacier national park. A
pistol and rifle were also confis-
Gated. The Jail sentence was sus-
pended on payment of the fine.
O'Leary pleaded guilty before U.
S. Commissioner w. H. Lindsay,
Saturday after rangers at the West
entrance stopped his car, and found
the deer meat.
The park deer slayer had been
camping near Quartz creek.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
Four Big Jobs Have
Hungry Horse Lead

II the F. R. Hewett company bic
OF $o32'44s for relocating and re-
building the 14-mile forest serv.
ice road out of the Hungry Horse
reservoir is approved, the Monta.
ma project will have four larger
than 100000 reconstruction con-
tracts in progress.
The Spokane firms bid on the
road was low at last FRIDAYS op-
enlng, and if approved by region
al and national bureau of reclama-
ton offices, the contractor NAV
start working by September 1.
Now in progress at Hungry
Horse is the S4OS,3 2O timber clear
ing contract held by R and S con-
struction company; the S479,494,
c and F Trucking company con-
tract to build the 3.9-mile three
lane access road from highway No.
2 to the damsite (wen underway.
S. Birch and Sons are building
streets, sidewalks and a water dis
tribution system in Hungry Horse
village to cost S4O1, 377.6O.
Next Friday bids will be open
ed on a smaller contract to paint
the exterior of the concrete test
ing laboratory in Hungry Horse
and the interior walls of
bedrooms, living rooms and halls
in the government towns rs five
rooms-on-a-side duplexes. Local
painters are said to be submitting
bids.
There is also call for bids on de-
Veloping and processing photogra-
phic film.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
Fish Limit from Boat

Successful fishermen INCLUDE Lee
onard Webb and Bill Moore. III
the past four weeks they have mace
four trims from Lake Mcdonald TO
Rad Rock canyon on a rubber boat
The last trip brought the limit III
CutthroatS..
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04
Rams Dim Fire

e record rainfall discour-
W Flathead's third forest fire
1 -'4' that was discovered Mon
near Wolf creek, Is miles
p!aeast of Kalispell.
,o' en'nlng Saturday caused the
uer that burned very little,
vas put out by Ranger Virgil
'1aan, Rigfork.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04

Columbia Falls WV baseball
team plays the KalispeU Indepen-
dents here $50, Sunday. Last week
then defeated strong SOn1erS
team to 9, making them t1co 1oins
and taUo losses in the Northwest
LEAGUE.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-07-04

Decision of congress on Hungry
Horse appropriations for the tis-
cal gear starting July 1 is expected
any day. Dam supporters hope and
erpect an appropriation in ercess
of SS,0O0,000. Very te1o final de-
cisioms ON appropriations haze
been made so far by congress.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22
Barley crum
to receive oword

BARLEY c. Crum, distinguish
ed California attorney, has been
named by the Decalogue Society
of Lawyers, an organization of
400 lawyers Of Jewish faith, to
receive its Award of Merit for
1916.
The award, given annually to
a person whom the Society con-
siders to have performed partic-
ularly significant service to the
community or nation, will be be-
slowed upon Crum at the Or
ganization's Annual Patriotic Din
ner, March 1, 1947, at the Palmer
House.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22

Mrs. Fort told the Star she had
been leaning over the baby's crib
directly in front of the window
about two minutes before the
shots were fired shortly after d
am. Saturday morning.
The shots broke lamp, which
shattered into the crib from
which she had just removed the
baby, two-month-old Sylvia.
THOUGH adequate police pro-
lection is supposed to be station
ed day and night at the housing
project, scene of lynch-like VIC
lence when two Negro families
moved in last December, no po-
liceman appeared even after the
shooting occurred. Police had to-
be called from the 63rd street sta
ton.
Meeting this week, the execu-
tive board of the Chicago Action
Council recommended that steps
be taken to bring responsible po-
lice before the Civil Service Com
mission for negligence in per-
forming their duties.
This suggestion was raised al
so at a meeting of numerous or
CARNATIONS called together this
week by the Mayors Commission
on Human Relations.
1T is very important that Ia
Dor, civic, and religious groups
stand firmly behind the Chicago
Housing Authority in its no-dis-
elimination policy" said a spokes-
man for the Action Council.
Terrorism by white supremacists
cannot be permitted a victory
here"
On February 6, five persons
arrested last December for their
part in mob violence at Airport
Homes had their cases dismissed,
though witnesses saw them
throwing rocks.
This, coupled with the failure
of police protection, has led many
observers to believe that terror
ism at Airport Homes and else
where has not been met with SUI
ficient determination by response
BILE city authorities.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22
Clio electrical union
sfor+s wage folks

NEW YORK - (FP) - The
United Electrical Radio & Ma
chine Workers (CIO) will open
negotiations with the General
Electric Co. and Westinghouse
Electric Corp. Feb. IS the union
announced here after a 2-day
meeting of its executive board.
In GE negotiations, which will
be held in New York, the union
will represent 125,O00 workers in
"a plants. 1t will also seek for
$4,000 Westinghouse workers in
talks at Pittsburgh. Demands in
clude pay raises, union shop and
health and retirement pro
gram.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22

They insisted that another way
must be found to take care of the
Overcrowded conditions, in order
to prevent a situation where one
group of children would get less
education than others.
The two members who protest
Ed the inequity of the present ar
rangement were Mrs. ! ry M
Mulberry and Mrs. Clifton 'Utley
DON c. Rogers, assistant super
intendent of schools told the
board that the double shift was
put into effect only as "a last
resort"
He explained that attend
aRce In the school had grown
from 554 i'm 1915 to S24 Mt the
beginning Of this semester.
Rogers said that this was
caused by the erection Of n
housing project across the
street Of the school.
He pointed out that last year
the board of education approved
the construction of a new ten
room school house to be built ad-
jacent to the present structure.
Further he said condemnation
proceedings are being carried out
to provide for large playground
near the school. But he could not
estimate when the new school or
playground would be built.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22
for
4-year college
plans eumpuign

A meeting of the Joint Com.
mittee for a Chicago Senior Col
lege will take place next Wed
nesday, February 26, to crystalize
campaign plans of the group for
the coming six weeks. The meet
ing will be at Roosevelt College,
Room 407, at 8 pm.
The committee intends to work
out plans for petition campaign
in support of legislation enabling
the city to establish a Agar col
lege. -
1t plans also to extend its ques-
tioning of aldermanic candidates
as to their stand on this issues.
Many candidates have already
announced THERE support for a
senior college.
Work toward obtaining enabl-
ing legislation from the state le-
gislature is proceeding well, &C.
cording to the committee. 1t in.
vites additional groups to join
in supporting this legislative pro
gram.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22

THE order of Governor Sigler
to investigate the American
Youth for Democracy and the ac-
ton of President John Hanna :.
seems to us entirely contrary to
American traditions of student
and academic freedom. 1t pa
rallels more closely the action of
Nazi Germany as it began to de-
stroy the academic freedoms of
that country behind the pretenee
OF saving them from Commu-
nism," declared the clergymen.
THE STATEMENT was wired
to ]. Edgar Hoover, director of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton; John Hanna, president, Mi
chigan State College; and Cover
nor Kim Sigler of Michigan.
1t was signed by the following
ministers: Karl Baehr, Verle
Blair, Richard Davis, Paul J. Fo-7
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22
The most expensive party in
the world highbans $40

highball will cost $40, with
other Items ON the same price
level.
Singing mattresses will extOl
the virtues Of initiation, price
increases, rent de-controI. A
baliOOn-blowing contest will de-
termine the champion Initiation
LIST.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22

The Rogers Park American
Veterans Committee chapter
asserts 1t is throwing the
"most expensive party In the
world" an Imitation FrOlic,
on February 20.
Only initiation money goes at
this party. 1t exchanges at the
rate of $40 for 10 cents. A
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22
chorses filed against owners
of firefrop where 4 died

Investigations Of the Washburne street four
children killed last month resulted In charges against
Mary p Adams 1916 n Bell owner
1888 Washbume avenue purchaser story
firetrap ut 1888 Washburne.
Mrs. Adams. stenographer sick leave from
county bureau of public welfare
16 with having only stairway in the building Coleman
charged with remodeling the basement attic
out permit.
The reached license were conn
ued TO March 20 by Judge Gibson neither
Adams Coleman had been with summons
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22

limo, Paul Newey, Charles Rush,
William Baird, Horace GoodeD,
George Halstead, David Held, ].
Wesley Pierson, Erwin A. Gaede.