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Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Forest to Hold Second
Fire Guard Sessions

Flathead national forest will
sponsor its second annual fire
guard school at Coram ranger
station, June 2, 3 and 4. Direct
ing the sessions will be A. w.
Foskette, assistant supervisor in
charge of fire control.
Attending will be Is local men,
who are working this spring and
summer for the forest service.
Held this past week at the Co.
ram station on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday was the first Flat
head national forest fire guard
school of the year. On June 16,
II and ID, the final preseason
fire guard session will be held
for university students working
in the forests this summer.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Employment Office
To Open In June

Hungry Horse area office of the
Montana State Employment SER
vice will be established in Col
umbia Falls sometime during
June.
To be located in the Leonard
building, the office is being open
ed to better care for Hungry
Horse area employers and en-
ployees, and offer more conven-
lent service to local numbering
and logging enterprises.
Sponsors are the Columbia Falls
chamber of commerce, who were
assisted by Congressman Mike
Mansfield of this district. Also CO.
operating were Barclay Craig
head, chairman of Montana's I'M
employment compensation COM
mission, and Sam Wallin, field
auditor.
Previously, men and women
seeking employment office assis-
lance or information were re-
CURED to 60 to Kalispell, except
on Thursday afternoons, when a
member of the Kalispell employ
ment office staff was available
in Columbia Falls town hall.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Horse
Looks UP
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS PHOTO

Word from Washington on the
Hungry Horse project is the best
yet.
A. F. Winkler, chairman of the
Flathead Citizens committee, re-
turned late Wednesday, and re-
ported that the senate subcom-
mittee on appropriations seemed
friendly toward ear-marking
enough money to actually start
the dam.
He remarked that there was
considerable change in attitude
toward reclamation projects be-
tween now and two months ago.
It appears that the senate commit
tee will enter joint conference
with the house committee that
recommended just $1,550,000 for
the dam, and $4,000 additional
for the powerline from Kerr dam.
Hungry Horse needs approximate
ely $4,5O0,000 in order to let the
prime contract. Some further word
is expected late next week.
With Winkler in Washington
was Don Treloar, secretary of the
local committee that has been ac-
tive sponsors of the dam. Also
in behalf of Hungry
Horse were Governor Sam Ford,
Congressman Mike Mansfield,
Congressman Wesley D'Ewart,
and Senators James Murray and
Zales Ecton. Also of assistance
are a number of western repre-
sentatives and senators as well as
governors.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Park Visitors Nou
Can See 1000
Waterfalls

Late May and early June visit
ors to Glacier national park can
see 1000 waterfalls and cascades
along the 50-mile-long Going-to-
the-Sun highway.
The highway to be officially
opened June Is, is now clear of
snow on both east and west sides
of the continental divide except
for a five-mile stretch at the top.
Interesting water falls of Gla-
cier, according to Chief Park Ma
turalist M. E. Beatty include Trick
falls on the Two Medicine river.
This so foot water plunge during
part of the year doesn't even both
er to 60 over the brink. There's
a subterranean passage, and the
water during the late summer
comes out only through a cave
on the rock cliffs side. Part of
the falls is actually left high and
dry.
Bird Woman falls drops 600
feet, and especially now with the
rapid melt of deep mountain
snow, can be seen from Going-to-
the-Sun highway. Hole in the Wall
falls comes out of rock 500 feet
below the top of vertical cliff
near Boulder pass, and then drops
1900 feet.
Lincoln falls cascades 900 feet
taking water from Lake Ellen
Wilson to Lincoln lake right be-
low. They're twin lakes at much
different elevations, and surround
ed by alpine peaks.
Other prominent Glacier park
waterfalls include Dawn Mist on
the Belly river and st. Mary's falls
on the river by the same name.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Public Helps Park
Keep Down Fires

To be reviewed at the annual
Glacier national park fire con-
troll school, Monday through
Thursday, will be the vacationing
public's cooperation in prevent
ing forest fires.
Assistant Chief Ranger Dick
Nelson points out that 1916 was
Glaciers most fire-free year with
just 8 fires-two started by man,
six by MISUNDERSTANDING less
than one timbered acre in the mil
lion acre park.
In contrast ten years earlier,
1886 had Sc fires-27 man started,
and SO by lightning. The Hea-
ven's peak blaze of 1886 destroy
ed 1000 acres, and in 1929, the
parks worst fire year, the man.
caused Half Moon tragedy burned
$4,000 acres within park boundar-
les, Including great stands of
slow growing cedar.
Attending next weeks fire con-
troll sessions will be Glacier per-
manent employees, and repres-
entatives from Canada's Waterton
national park, Flathead and Lewis
and Clark national forests, the
regional forest office, Missoula,
and Blackfeet Indian agency.
On June Is, II and ID, the II
Glacier summer employees, who
will be lookouts or trail main
tenance men will attend a fire
control school.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

Monday the federal government
turned over the 32-unit housing
project in Columbia Falls city park
to the town.
Meanwhile the city council last
Friday declared that an emer-
gency existed, and voted to create
special sewer district. Digging
of the sewer line, which will be
naid back from housing project
rent, has started, and the town
is arranging to buy plot OF land
from Mrs. Ann Slifer for present
and future sewage disposal re-
quirements.
Helping start the sewer system
for vet houses, all that prevents
the 80 families from moving in,
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
City Accepts Housing Units

was donation of $500 from the
local WV post, and unsolicited
S25 checks from three local bus
inessmen.
A few families have already
been approved for apartments in
the project, and curtains will soon
appear in windows as few Of
the vets and their wives begin get
ting their new homes ready. Am
ong the first families to move in
will be: Caretaker and Mrs. Harry
Hayes with their two children;
DR.. and Mrs. John Mitschke and
their two children; MIR. and Mrs.
Floyd Darling and daughter; Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Elliott and son;
Mr.. and Mrs. Les Green and two
children.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Students to Get Diplomas

Commencement exercises for
100 Flathead county rural eighth
grade students will be held Satur-
day evening at the Flathead coun-
ty high school, Kalispell.
Among those receiving diplomas
will be: Bad Rock-Elouise Mill
er, Arly Moody, Jack Peters, Lois
Reynolds and Resale Sullivan;
Deer Park-June I,eighty, Mere
dith Dee Ray, Gary Sparks, Galen
Senner and Paul Taylor; Half
Moon-Corinne Hodgson, Barba-
"a Jean Motichka and Louise
Wishart; Canyon Vlew-Fhllhp
Crumley, Violet Palmer ana WILL
ard Rem.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Highway No. 2 Closed
From 7 am. to 5 pm.

Difficult rock cutting opera
tions in the Middle Fork canyon
result in highway No. 2 east of
Bolton being closed from 7 a. m.
until 5 p. m. each day, effective
this morning.
During the past two weeks, traf-
fic has been delayed as much as
six hours because of road con-
ditions. AS a solution, Union Con-
struction company, the contract
ors, obtained permission to have
day-hours closing, which will be
more practical.
Going-to-the-Sun highway will
be opened to through traffic on
June Is. No commercial BUSES
or trucks may use the park road.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Uncle Sam to Check
Fish Biting
Weather
HUNGRY HoRsE NEWS PHOTO

In Flathead county, the U. S.
weather bureau this summer is
officially performing an expert
ment to see whether fly casting
for fish is actually best when the
barometer is rising.
Forecasts for fisherman of what
the barometer will do are being
broadcast over KalispelIs radio
station KGEZ and printed in the
Daily Inter Lake. Fisherman are
being furnished cards to report
their luck.
Many experienced fisherman
have come to believe that fly
fishing is best when the barom-
etric pressure is rising, and poor
est when the pressure is falling.
It has to do with the air sac in
fish that function partially as do
air chambers in submarines. Dur
ing times of rising barometers,
fish, some experts say, tend to
come nearer the waters surface,
and when the pressure is falling,
they head toward the bottom away
from the casting fisherman and
his fly.
If the Flathead forecasts for
anglers establish the effect of
pressure on the days luck, baro-
meters will become an ideal gift
for fishermen fathers.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Tax Deadline Nears

Deadline for payment of 1916
real estate taxes is May 81. Cal
Robinson, county treasurer, estl-
mates that there are now about
10000 real estate owners in the
county.
Also being paid are personal
property taxes which are due
within 80 days after the individ-
uaI receives notice. By Wednes-
day ATT out of an estimated H.
600 had paid current personal pro-
perty taxes. Assessors are still
at work.
In addition Flathead residents
this year paid personal property
taxes on, and purchased 6,777 car
and 1886 truck licenses, so far
12,7O6 obtained drivers licenses.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Home From Japan

Home visiting his mother, Mrs.
J. M. Giroux, is Bill, on terminal
leave from the army. He was sta
toned in Japan.
Mrs. Giroux's other sons IN
clude Dick, still in Korea with
the army, but expected home
shortly; Clayton, formerly IN the
navy, and now University of
Colorado student, and Don, also
formerly in the navy, employed
in Great Falls. Clayton was re-
Gently elected to Chi Epsilon en-
cheering fraternity on the basis
of scholastic aptitude.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Blades Funeral Service
Scheduled for Monday

Funeral services for William A..
Blades, 81, are scheduled for Mon
day at 2 p. m. in the Columbia
Falls Methodist church.
Mr.. Blades passed away at his
home thursday after a brief ILL
ness. Born in Missouri he had Ii
we'd in Columbia Falls for %
years. His wife died in 1945.
Mr.. Blades is survived by six
sons and six daughters. They are:
Andrew, Poison; Don, U. S. Army
in Japan; Bill, Jerry, ALIVE and
Roger at home; and Mrs. Morris
Grigg, Columbia Falls, Mrs. Pete
Davis, Phillipsburg, Mrs. Chaun-
cey Beebe, Jr., Whitefish; Mrs.
Gordon DeGolier, Kalispell; Mrs.
Victor Anderson and Mrs. c. B.
Vosburgh, Elgin, III.
The remains are at Waggener
and Campbell's with burial to
be in Conrad Memorial cemetery.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Camp Opens Sunday

Sixth annual Farmers Union
camp opens Sunday evening at the
Swan River community hall. -
Attending will be boys and
girls between the ages of 8 and
81. Fee for each camper is 81 and
a IL cup of sugar, with the camp
ers bringing their own bedding,
silverware, plate and bowl.
Program for the three-day sess-
ion includes classes in handicraft,
games and planned recreation.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
To Report at Schafer

District Ranger Earl Mcdonnell
will leave for the Schafer district
ranger station at the head OF the
Middle Fork above Essex, Mon
dav The trail has been opened.
Formerly assigned to Gallatln
national forest, headquarters at
Bozeman, Mcconnell will be JOIN
ed later by his wife and daugh-
ter.
Acting district ranger Tor ocna-
fer had been August G. Scha1er
(same name), who has been as
signed to timber sales in the rally
lake district.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Fishing Season Opens Sunday

Ready, set, go, the 1947 fishing
season starts at a. m. Sunday.
You can legally catch up to IS
fish or 10 pounds, except in Gla-
cier national park where the Ii
NIT is 10 fish or Is pounds. They
may come bigger.
Dolly vardens, natives and rain
bows will be principal catch, but
there are eastern brook, pike and
mackinaw in the park, salmon in
the larger lakes, and bass outside
of Glacier.
The Bolton Mere. is offering an
automatic reel to the biggest fish
brought to them for weighing be-
fore Monday at 4 p. m.
No licenses are required in the
park, and none by boys and girls
under Is anywhere. The state fee
is $500 for residents; $3.50 for
non-residents, three days; and $40
for non-residents, the season.
Last day of fishing will be No
vember Is, though park fishing
stops October Is.
In the park, fish under six in
ches must be put back in the
water, but outside you can keep
five fish under seven inches long.
There are no closed areas for
fishing on the Flathead river, the
North, Middle and South forks,
or their tributaries.
A few of the rules include no
spears, snags or nets, and SAL
mon eggs are taboo. Allowed in
possession is one days catch in
Guiding fish smoked, dried or
cured.
Larger rivers such as the Flat
head and the forks are not expec-
ted to be fished much as yet be-
cause of spring high water, but
popular will be such spots as Hun
cry Horse creek, Big creek, Dutch
creek, Canyon creek, Bowman
creek, Logging creek, Handker-
chief and Wildcat lakes, and of
course the big lakes of the dist
riot
Few fishermen as yet are ex-
pected to go to five-mile long
Salmon lake, So miles above CO.
ram, and 10 miles from Spotted
Bear, roads end, and in the park
it's still difficult to get to Kintla
lake, though the road is open to
Bowman lake.
Deputy game warden for the
district is Ross Wilson, while A. D.
Cannavina is Glacier assistant
chief ranger in charge of forestry
and wildlife.
Fishing stops at $50 p. m. each
day. Good luck.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Pilots Breakfast in Park

Six airplane pilots and their
friends had a breakfast of ham,
eggs and all the trimmings at Doc
McFarland's Quarter Circle NC
ranch above Polebridge last Sum-
day morning.
Five of the planes were from
Kalispell and one came from Lib
blythe ranch has the only airport
within the boundaries of Glacier
national park, and it is CAA
recognized field.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Hungry Horse Bids
Slated for Garage

Bids will be called early this
summer for construction of con-
crete floors, foundations and part
walls for two quonset type 40. by
100 buildings for the Hungry
Horse village garage and fire hall.
Steel Buildings Inc, Redlands,
Calf, have just been awarded
the contract to furnish prefab-
ricated steel for the buildings at
price of $11,181.67, At a pre-
vious opening last September, the
bid of Allison Steel Manufacture
ing company, Phoenix Ariz., ask
ing $13,423.80 was rejected as too
high.
On June 4, bids will oe opened
at Hungry Horse administrative
Offices for the construction of two
bikes and the erection of a $780,
900 gallon water supply tank,
materials furnished.
Call for bids is also expected
shortly on relocating II miles of
the South Fork forest service
road, a major contract. There is
reason to believe that the govern
ment will accept ]. J. Reese's low
bid of $4O8,32O to clear 1885 &C
res Of timber at the Hungry Horse
damsite and in the reservoir ar
ca. Announcement of this con-
tract being awarded is expected
any day.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Scouts Plan Work Party

Flathead county scouters and
senior scouts will spend parts of
June 6, 7 and 8 as a work party
on Melita island in Flathead lake.
The 64-acre island was leased
to the scouts by the knights of
Templars to be used as a senior
scout base for the northwestern
United States.
This summer 200 older boys
will use the camping facilities,
and next summer it is expected
that the island will be ready to ac-
comodate 100 boys a week.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Experts to Eye Weeds

County agents from ten west
ern Montana counties and their
assistants will stop in Columbia
Falls Tuesday afternoon as part
of a two-day weed control con-
ference.
The men will inspect the use
of "2-4D" on brush control at
Leon Lemons; leafy spurge ell
limitation at the Hoerners, and a
patch of Goat Weed at the start
of the North Fork road.
FIathead farmers with weed
problems are urged to contact
Olav Prestbye, weed supervisor
in the county agents office.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Park Bills Corn Show

Tonight and Saturdays show at
the Park theatre is Judy Canova
in "Singin in the Corn" plus a
second feature, "Alias Mr.. Twi-
light" Sunday and Monday, the
movie is "Rage in Heaven" with
Robert Montgomery and Ingrid
Bergman, and on Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday, "The Chase"
with Robert Cummings, Michele
Morgan, Steve Cochran and Peter
LORE.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

The Whitefish Chamber OF Com
MERGE offers a 500 reward for
information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the persons
RESPONSIBLE for wrecking the
Whitefish sign on highway No. 2.
Source of information will not be
revealed.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23
Forest Employs 126

Seasonal employees of the Flat
head national forest now total
1o6 with 30 more expected to be
placed before June 10.
The men are working on SLASH
disposal, telephone line, trail anu
road maintenance, and by MD
June, some of them will take oV-
or lookout assignments.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

All cases of measles, chicken
poX, whOOping cough and the
other sO-called contagious diseas-
es must be reported to the city
health officer, DR.. r. F. Miller.
This is required by state law, and
persons not reporting are sub
ject to fines from $40 to $500.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

Bolton defeated Coram by a 10
to 8 score in baseball game
Monday evening in Coram. An
other game between the two teams
is scheduled for this evening at
Bolton.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-23

We the rest of the people live
chemical engineering gradu-
of Montana state college in
who also had two years of
es' training, Darothy on June
a36 was victim of a cruel,
K accident near Red Lodge.
car received less than $500
age, but Darothy's back was
len.
st followed cast and then bra
during the eight month stay
Billings hospital. The spine
X healed, but then perhaps
y spinal nerves were pinched,
EDarothy was paralyzed from
Ewaist down. CAT first I could
bear to touch my paralyzed
Il now it just cramps my STYLE"
| that typlifies the unusual re-
ut of Montana's state sold
4 home.
Her Father, War Vet.
j 1889, the Montana state leg
lure passed a bill authorizing
nthy to stay at the home. Her
Ter was a Spanish American
! navy veteran. Other resid-
] are mostly Spanish American
/ veterans, or widows of CT
Or Spanish American war SOL
=. Darothy is the youngest re-
nt.
bibles, reading and correspon-
Be courses became a major
of her existence, for only once
Iwice year does she venture
\ from her room. Her shell
lments, pins and buttons are
Ing sale this summer in Hell
IS largest department store,
elman's, at Hamilton stores
Yellowstone national park, and
wholesaled by a California
er.
erothy also seems to have or
ated the idea Of tiny ore SAM
placed in transparent plas-
buttons, and there's a fem
: touch in their making. She
nail polish to bring out the
lustre.
Studies Handwriting
bother hobby has been graphic
Vsls. During the war, she an
ed more than 100 handwriting
pies received from men serv-
overseas, at no charge. Quite
cognized specialist in this field,
even written a few columns
We're printed on how charac-
ana personality can be judged
handwriting.
y this doesn't satisfy her de-
10 know what's going on in
world. She reads, especially
aus, and has more than 70
poooks. Last Sunday when she
1ne Hungry Horse develop
Is including the boomtown of
I'll City for the first time,
'omment was "they look much
thought they would" She's
ah engineer with an analy-
mind.
'fothy also abstracts articles
wa and textiles for the Chem
,Aostract, a nationally recog-
technical magazine, and her
'spondence courses have in
~ cartooning, crypto-analy-
na creative writing.
sues bitter she hides it beau
" and she finds satisfaction
marking how loyal have been
LENDS, and the interest peo-
Ave IN her case, but the real
y. y, IS that Darothy has eff
wy peen helping herself.
,.eh years is long time to
- r,aout walking, but Darothy
:aerald, strong-minded and
lai' has fashioned her life {
Intelligent pattern of living
: one small room. It is no .
Or her. Mr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-28
A Port In Action

A few days ago we watched a large
before the morning was old, begin discharg-
ing her cargo of petroleum into great stor-
age tanks
That afternoon, strings of railroad tank
cars and lines of automobile transports be-
gan moving out of the terminal area, bound
for upstate communities suffering an
acute shortage of fuel oil
Here was an excellent example of port
in action.
Because Of Wilmington's deep-water ac-
commodations for petroleum traffic. prac-
tically all North Carolina has benefited in
faster transportation service and lower
freight costs. This has been made possible
only by modern oil terminal facilities and
scheduled tanker service. It is quite obvi-
Gus that what is now happening in the oil
business along our waterfront could be ap-
piled to numerous other commodities both
export and import, if comparable termi-
nails and steamship service were available
for their handling and hauling.
AS far as oil is concerned, Wilmington
has become a state port.
AS to other commodities there is much
to be done. But when it is accomplished,
not only Wilmington but the remainder of
the state can expect the same high vol
ume of traffic in them as now prevails
in petroleum products.