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Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
GoAhead Received
For Vet Housing

Brakes are off on the Column
bia Falls now-under-construct-
ion 32-unit veterans housing
project.
A wire was received Wednes-
day directing local officials to
restore the 48-hour week on the
project, and second wire
Thursday authorized the en-
ployment of additional carpen-
tiers and laborers.
On December 4, the number
of men working on the 80 units
was abruptly slashed from SO
to 10, and then to H., The local
VIEW post, the Columbia Falls,
Whitefish, and Kalispen cham
Der of commerce wired pro-
tests. Indications were received
before Christmas that the pro-
ject would once more shift into
high gear by early January.
Foundations have been poured
for all the 3 apartments; floors
have been laid, and walls and
roofs are completed for three
units, with walls up for two
more.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
Last Two Minutes
Toss Cats for Loss

In the last two minutes OF
play, the Columbia Falls Wild
cats Friday evening lost a hard
fought game to the Whitefish
Bulldogs, "a to 26, there.
The score at the end of the
first quarter was Columbia Falls
6;Whitefish 0; at the half, Falls,
8; Whitefish, 4; third quarter,
Falls, Is; Whitefish 16.
The Whitefish B team won
over the local reserves o to 10.
Next Thursday, the Wildcats
play Kalispell, there, in a re-
turn engagement. In the game
here last Friday, the Wildcats
lost to the Braves AZ to 26. How
ever, Kalispell appears to have
one of the states top teams this
year, having defeated Butte, SO
to 80.
Saturday, January IS, the Troy
quint will play Columbia Falls
On the local floor. The prelim-
mary game will rbe between the
Columbia Falls on the local
.loor. The preliminary game
will be between the Columbia
Falls and Somers grade teams.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
Winter Blankets Area
With Trip|ed Snowfall

The Columbia Falls and Ka1is-
pell area has already received
16 more inches of snow than is
normal for whole average win
ter, reports E. S. Mark, federal
weather observer.
Snowfall in Kalispell up to
January l totaled go inches, stat
ed Mr.. Mark. This compares to
a normal fall of 20 inches up to
January l of an ordinary year,
and to 46 inches for the ordinary
Last winter 57.4 inches
of snow fell in Kalispell. Or
dinarily an area of less snow,
across the mountains,
reports 81 inches have fallen.
The past four months have
been characterized by fewer
warm days than is normal, Mr..
Mark added. AS a result the
average temperature for the
four months is below normal.
Coolest day was December %
when the Kalispell official Their
nometer fell to II below, the
,oldest day since March 5, 1915
when it was Is degrees below.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
Well, Lake Mcdonald
Doesn't Freeze
At u BeIow

In spite of below-normal tenn
peratures for the past four
months and 81 degrees below
zero on December %, Lake Nc
Donald in Glacier National park
is almost ice free.
The Smile long lake nestles
against mountains that rise al
most straight up to peaks nearly
a mile above its surface. Nc
Donald itself is deeper than 400
feet in places, and this, park Of
ficials give as the principal rea-
son for the lake often going
through entire winters without
freezing over.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
Kittens Defeat Kalispell
Central Team, Thursday
By Charmaine Daniels

This was about the most ex-
citing game that the Kittens have
played. It was a1ybody's game
from the first. The score at the
half was to 8 in their favor.
Then the Kittens got to "sink-
ing" a few long shots and at the
last quarter the score was IL to
20. Then Central went to town
as the score got to be 20 to 20.
We made two free shots and the
game was ours with score of
Central, 20, and the Kittens, %.
Bob Bryson made 9 of the %
points on the Kittens team. Tom
Peck and Gary Bryson came next
with 4 points each. Then came
George Bethel with 3 and Frank
Schenks with points. On Cen
trails team, Moore lead with g
points, BALM, 4, Wilson, 4, Hen
KEEL, 2, Korn, 2, Landen, 2, and
Granmo, 2. There was a bus
load of students from Columbia
Falls and they really cheered
hard. And it might be added
that the Kittens haven't lost a
game this year. !
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
Mayor Raaen Plans
Hungry Horse
Roundup

Another Hungry Horse area
town, Columbia Falls, is plagued
by hungry horses. Mayor Chris
Raaen declares he is sick and
tired of playing cowboy on foot.
Columbia Falls towns people
have complained to the mayor
that the animals are eating shrub
berry, damaging hydrants and
being a general nuisance. Mayor
Raaen has given chase on at
least two occasions, along with
City Marshal Byron West.
So if the hungry horses are
still on the loose in Columbia
Falls this Saturday, the mayor
has arranged for a pony and
rider to round up the strays, put
them in a barn, furnish them
feed, and bill the owners.
Meanwhile, a Coram lady,
Monday, called at the Hungry
Horse News office, and emphat-
ically stated that her two horses,
though roaming a bit, were get
ing two good hay-oat feeds a
lay. Coram residents had prev
ously forwarded a complaint to
he Flathead county sheriff's Of
ice that horses in a Starved
belonging to several |
Individuals, were both a nuis-
nee and highway hazard in the
$oram district.
Unusually heavy snow this
winter ranging from a inches
t Columbia Falls to "a inches
n the ground at Bolton has
lade it impossible for horses
} forage for themselves.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10

More Water

This isn't the season for water
ing lawns or gardens, but Co
lumbia Falls citizens emphatical-
ly want a better water supply
system.
Tuesday at the special election
to authorize the town council
to sell $4,000 worth of water
revenue bonds, the town folks
voted 96 to 4 in favor.
So now the town council will
meet Monday to canvass the bal
lots, and then arrange for sell
ing the bonds. Next step will be
to advertise for bids to build a
12' main instead of the present
leaky g. old-timer that runs from
the bountiful Cedar creek spr-
ings, 81 miles distant and 158
feet above the city.
Anybody know of IL" pipe?
Mayor Chris Raaen and the
council are pipe hunting again. !
This was the. third election
for Columbia Falls in the matter
of laying a new water supply
main. On October 20, 1915, the
town was authorized to sell $75,-
600 worth of water revenue
bonds, and again on July 16,
1916, the town voted on virtu-
ally the same question. Faulty
legal groundwork in calling the
election made :. impossible to
find buyer for the bonds.
The new 12' main will give
the city go pounds of pressure
instead of the present 20, and
lower fire. insurance rates, make
possible better lawns and gar
dens, take care of additional
homes and businesses, and even
fill the swimming pool in the ci-
ty park, once a week during the.
summer. .,.
Tuesdays vote was "a in IA
vor, and none against in the first
ward; IS in favor and 2 against
in the second and in favor and
against in the third.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
Whitefish Supports Game
Bird Feeding Program

Whitefish citizens last Sunday
fed several hundred pheasants
in the LaSalle road area west
of Columbia Falls.
Each week 400 pounds of
wheat are being distributed in
upper Flathead county by the
Rod and Gun club members and
the sports committee of the
Whitefish chamber of commerce.
Also fed this past Sunday
were 500 starving ducks in the
Whitefish river near highway
No. 81. Many of them were too
weak to fly
Principal support of the pro-
gram are the jars placed in
Whitefish bushes establishments
where persons interested in saw
ing the wild birds, may contri-
butte pennies, nickels, dimes and
quarters.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
500 FIathead Residents
Will Get Old Age Pay

A total of 566 Flathead resi-
dents will receive old age assis-
lance during the month of Jan
uary, reports Oswald Braaten,
county welfare supervisor.
The old age assistance pay
ments will total $19,993 and av-
erage 1852.
Also to receive assistance will
be 1919 children getting $2,615 or
an average of $20.27 for each
child. Eight blind persons will
receive $288 for an average of
$50.
TIL ( assistance funds come
from federal, state and county
sources.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
Glacier Halls BiIIu-
As the King Of
Winter

No matter how tough the win
ter, there's one animal that eau
ses Glacier National park Off
Gals no worry.
For, real kings and queens of
winter, the parks nearly 900
Rocky Mountain goats continue
to frequent wind-swept peaks
They are unconcerned as snow
and cold cause hardship on man
and animals down below. On ton
of the continental divide, where
temperatures skid to so below
and winds roar by, the goats
Craze on lichens, MOSES and &C.
casionally come down to timber
line for lunch on scraggly tree
branches. A big white billy often
weighs 200 pounds.
Glaciers chief ranger, Jack
Alton, somewhat concerned over
the wintering of the parks 5000
deer and $500 elk, commented
that as for the goats, winter
doesn't bother them.
The park is Americas prin-
cipal home for mountain goat.
and the animal, close kin to the
of the prairie, is the
PARKS insignia. 49, .. !. 4
It is believed that no other
animal, added Mr.: All
on, has been as little effected
~ the coming of white man, and
he infrequent contact is usually
Trough binoculars gazing on
oakland.
However, there are two spots ,
l Glacier park, where the con- :
act is often closer. Goats come :
own to the Sperry chalets, six
lilies by trail above Lake Nc
'onald, and above Essex, near :.
Ia parks south border, billys y
a71nys and kids have a favorite ;.
1T lick, 1000 feet above sea :
vel. Low for a mountain goat. :
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
School Board Schedules
Budget Meeting, Friday

The District 6 school board
will hold its next meeting Fri
day, January II to consider and
adopt an emergency budget for
the current school year to pro-
vide an additional sum of $8,728
for the elementary schools and
of 1882 for the high school.
This action on the part of the
board has been made necessary
by an enrolment increase in the
past year from 800 to 465 stu
dents in the grade school, and
from 121 to 1853 in the high
school.
In preparing and discussing
the emergency budget, the school
board met January 2 and again
last Tuesday.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
Park Theatre Will Show
Crosby, Hope Picture

Deanna Durbin i'm Because
of Him" is the Friday and Sat-
urdav show at the Park theatre.
Bling Crosby, Bob Hope and Dor
othv LaMour are the stars of
the Sunday, Monday and Tues
day presentation, Road to u
topia." while Wednesday and
Thursdays show, 'The Thrill OF
musical.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
80 Attend Chamber
Hear Talk on Dam

Thirty men Tuesday evening
attended the January meeting o.
the Columbia Falls chamber o.
commerce, and heard John Of
ficer, assistant Hungry Horse
project director, discuss the past
present and future of the dam.
The meeting had been chang
ed to Tuesday in order to mo-
conflict with the annual meeting
Of the Kalispen chamber : Of
commerce, Thursday.
MIR. Officer held the atten-
ton of his audience, and his talk
was followed by a discussion pc
riod.
Chamber of commerce presi-
dent, Dudley Greene, announced
the appointment of the follow
ing committees: membership,
Pat Kelly, Jim Connole and
John O'Connell; blue card anti
for the community:
Ruder, E. j. Marantette
and Mayor Chris Raaen.
To obtain a lawyer for Column
bia Falls: Joe Reese, Dwight
Grist, and E. J. Marantette; pub
lie relations, Chef Seymer, FL
ner Afseth and Pete Anderson;
Boy Scouts: Leonard Pease,
James Marantette, Robert Smith
md Melvin Ruder; entertain
nent committee: Boots Schoen-
'erg and Jim Connole; road
igns: Jim Cannole, Elmer AT
eth and Melvin Ruder; district
basketball tournament: E. L.
dateka, Dulane Fulton and Clar-
nee Clapper.
Annual dues were set at $40 |
Or business firms and S. for
Individuals.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
Hungry Horse Calls
For Electrical Bids

Sealed bids will be opened on
February 13 for the construction
of an electrical distribution sys-
tenn for Hungry Horse village.
The contract will also include
building a four-mile long power
line from the damsite to the gov
eminent town.
There has been previous bid
called for an electrical distribu-
ton system. At the September
4, 1916 opening, only one bid
was received, that of the Mis-
soula Electric Shop for $87,O22.-
IS. This was later rejected as
too high.
At the last Friday bid open
ing for construction Of two new
g. e. by 8'6" 110-foot tunnels
at the damsite, and extending
two existing tunnels of the same
heighth and width 10 feet, Ben
son, Douglas and Bissell of Co.
lumba Falls and Coram were
low. Their bid, $16,928.00.
Gay and Anick, Butte, were
low bidders for smaller-sized
tunnels. They asked $10,0A.25
to extend two existing tunnels
and build two new 3
g. by g. 6" 110-foot long tunnels.
There two low bids have been
to Denver, where the
regional bureau of reclamation
office will determine whether
he larger or smaller sized tun-
lels will be built.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
Foster Joins Smithey
In Amusement Firm

w. A. Foster has Joined P. T.
Smithey in the Glacier Amuse-
ment company, Columbia Falls,
w h CHI operates juke boxes
throughout Flathead county.
Former residents of Clark's
Fork and Farragut, Idaho, Mr.
and Mrs. Foster are now living
in Columbia Falls.
Mr.. Smithey also owns and
manages the Glacier Furniture
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
+ Domt Miss Enmert
|@"s treasurer

~. Merlyn Ernmert, an en-
,s ss Of the Flathead county
q Dlers Office since 1888. has
es,,,s appointed acting county
psrs ef by the county commits
bjrsa Ammert will fill the un-
I '' Ta.i term of E. B. Jystead,
ott s;signed, Monday, to take
|icb lce of county assessor to
f. ,a ne was elected last No.
r. new county treasurer. c.
|; wi,1 elected in Novem.
' | WILL take office the frs,
law u IN March as provided
a Ism, Mr.. Robinson was county
riff i1 t,o from 1888 to 1887, and
~ from 1887 to ls4l H. anu
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
Get New Tow Truck

A new and heavier wrecker
and tow truck has been pur-
chased by the Quick Service gar
age. Tn garage is open from
7:3O a. m. to 10 p. m. seven days
a week. Wrecker service may
be obtained after hours by cal
ling Vern Reese at his residence.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10

AT Joint meeting OF the Flat
head county high school board
and the District 5 school board
in Kalispell, Monday, a resolu-
ton was passed concerning raj
sing the salary of teachers.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
rails Votes 90 to 4 Favorin9 Bond Sale
Bystander Watches AS
Flyer Gives Way
To New Truck

At 8 o'clock Sunday afternoon
the 1912 Thomas Flyer descen-
ded from the throne as center
OF Columbia Falls volunteer
fire department. She grunted in
pest motor fashion, and then
roared down the fire hall ramp
Tor the last time with Dudley
Greene at the wheel. Room was
made for the sleek, new stream
lined truck purchased from the
War Assets administration.
Standing by to pay tribute
were 20 members of the depart
ment that spent Sunday after
non transferring equipment from
the old to the new truck. Barber
Il. H. Nadeau, chief of the dep
artment for many years before
the War, was one of the onlook-
ers. He paid the perfect tribute
to a retiring fire truck. Gee, I
hate, to see her go; she's helped
save this town hundred thous-
and dollars. Never let us down."
Nothing is more American &,
than small city volunteer fire ,
department., and Columbia Falls i,
has had its volunteer firemen
since at least 1893. On December
ID, 1927 the volunteer firemen
'eorganized into the present de-
aartment, and elected Francis
:. Fleming, chairman; Carl Dam
els, secretary, and Dwight Grist,
reasurer for the year. Trustees
we're Edward Neitzling Joseph
lula, Otto Cavalar and Charles y
. Greve. Il
Inspection of the hand written +
minutes for August 20, 1908 show
ne names of E. J. MURRAY, R. q
'. Main, J. M. Grist, Jacob Ne r.
,zling, James Kennedy, T. O. p
ilsithagen, H. C. Sewage VIM. 1
'utze, Steve Zorzie, H. E. Ken P
edy o. M. Junkins L. D. Bates, te
[artin Conlin, A. L. Jordan, H.
:. Glaidi, Mike Shannon, Louis Of
roves Edgar Small and son, w
'hn Olson, John Zorzie, John to
Ross Hargrave, Ward VI
,yles, Ed Crum, Layton Mar W
tia, Harold Whitestone, J. T. be
obinson, Ford brothers, Miller te
i'd Lewis, Arthur Haskill, J. be
Miller, George Watt, James je
Talbot A. N. Smith and a hi
r. Fairfield.
Election of new officers for TO-
II will be held by the depart
ant Thursday, January 80. Re- ro
ing officers are Bud Darling, un
airman; Boots Schoenberg, fire mt
ief; Joe Opalka, assistant chief;
Greene, secretary; Pete An ~
rson, treasurer; trustees, D. w. "
eene Jim Anderson, Vernon
csc, Mr.. Schoenberg and Mr..
aka.
Other members include w. A.
Sc John Greve, Dwight Grist,
Reid, Tom Jordan, Roy An 7
s, Bert Hill, Henry Schneider, ne,
Land Benzien, Roger Klein, mn
nry Greene Bill Nadeau, Cla- yer
ice Clapper, Ed Hula, Pat Kel- Do,
Merle Greenland James Mar is .
ette, John O'Connell, Lou Y
and A. E. Masman -.
he Sunday transfer of equip No. No.
Mt was commemorated in true -
unteer fireman fashion. ~.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10
tells Score On
Hungry Horse

John Officer, assistant orect-
II the Hungry Horse project,
osday evening at the Columbia
lis chamber of commerce
betting, made one of those
Rre" speeches. He had some
NO to say; said it, and then sat
MN His down-to-earth presen-
ion of the score on Hungry
rec" was much appreciated by
30 listeners.
Some of the information OBJ
ned at the Tuesday meeting
puot be printed. However, here
few of the highlights:
rhe October payroll in the
n area was $751; with $50
III employed by. the bureau
reclamation or the contract |
Novmber and December |
|rolls will continue in excess
F$N;000. -, !.
is expected that the contract
build the dam itself will be
about August, 1947. The
|me contractor will: then have
| build a small city to house
|ployes. Total employment in
h and up to the summer. of
Is will not exceed 900 men,. ]
When construction on the dam
Ii starts, probably in the
inner of 1913, employment
| start rising to more than
", perhaps to 5000. The dam
take from four to seven l
rs to build. I
he government, has already c
Mt one million dollars on the n
lsite and Hungry Horse vii L
, area. Principal construction {
are the access road, the II
nsite street, water supply 5
sewerage, the so prefabri- II
d homes and 81, five-rooms-
l-side duplexes, the ware Z
'e, office building and GEM
testing laboratory. The viii
will become headquarters L
this project this spring. ]
le government still has ST.
10 earmarked for Hungry
e. Part of these funds will =,
sed to pay for jobs now in of
ress, though additional bids =,
be opened this spring. n
e dam itself will be paid for b,
ne revenues from sales of Il,
real energy. The Pacific or
invest needs more power.
ry Horse will tie in with "a
ther Columbia valley power tic
opments. It will help main 4
a firm" water supply for w;
ng power dams provide 50,
cam storage for irrigation IS
$, and in the Flathead val tot
ISelf protect an estimated
acres from occasional flood ins
line Flathead valley will g.
1rst call on Hungry Horse at
tw
cry Horse will be the ma he;
third or fourth largest con- sor
dam. 1t will back up a 40 lur
mile long lake of between Low
10 three and one-half mil {
re 1eet of water in a pri- low
area now uninhabitated. tim
lam heighth will be be- To
800 and 525 feet, and the III
! p to 1900 feet across. Ora g.
. SAND for the building will 7
'alned from the Hungry Gov,
creek district. ~. -,
not anticipated that a off;
spur will be built, but 49,
mat trucks will do the vi,
! The BODYBUILDING three '
mile long highway form n
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-01-10

BEST ever" snow conditions
are reported by the Glacier Ski
clubs members in describing
their Bolton hill.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-07

change by doing the catching for
Joe Gibson's aggregation. Bob
Dehner pitched and allowed Cissell
Saxon only four hits. Love sparkled
at bat with triple, double and sin
gle in four trips to the plate. Both
teams made two errors but other
wise played hands-up ball.
Gaithersburg gave Rockville a
glistening whitewash on Welsh
Field to the tune of 6 to 0. Don
Cubitt, Gaithersburg hurler who
held Potomac to 5 hits last Sunday,
gave Rockville a similar number
exactly five-while his mates were
plastering three Rockville pitchers
for IL safe bingles. Clark Windsor,
Gaitkersburg second-sacker, was
the big gun whose booming bat had
Freeberger, E. Hutchinson and B.
Coleman chucking and ducking.
With homer, triple and single.
Windsor drove in 5 of the 6 runs
and paced his fellow batters to a
decisive triumph. Jack F1eeberger
was touched for nine hits before
giving way to pinch-hit-pitcher Ell
mer Hutchinson who promptly sim
gled and then went on to pitch two
thirds of the ninth inning only to
have his knee slip out of joint in
the process. Benny Coleman fin
ished the game but rot before
watching a home-run and two sin
giles dashed off of his deliveries.
While Gaithersburg sparkled afield,
TIE entire left side of the Rockville
infield collapsed completely with
Harry Bean and Johnny Orrison
contributing errors to the Gal
thersburg cause.