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Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Cecil Everin to Get
University Degree

Cecil w. Everin, Columbi;
Falls, is one of 40 students who
are candidates for degrees from
the state university at the enc
of winter quarter, March %.
Of the 40 seniors, 80 are war vet.
Grams.
Everin will receive a degree Of
bachelor of arts in business adj
ministration. He is a veteran OF
the army air forces and a 1898
graduate of Columbia Falls high
school.
Among other EXCL students
from Columbia Falls to Bolton
at the university during winter
quarter are John w. Brinkerhoff,
Navy CD veteran and freshman
in forestry; Robert E. Fehlberg,
also a freshman in forestry and
an army veteran; Robert L. Jor-
dan, freshman in liberal arts and
a marine corps veteran; James
B. Schnee, Jr., an army veteran
and sophomore in business ad-
and John D. Vim
cent, sophomore in English and
an arm veteran.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Park Mere. Enlarges;
Plans Self Service

One of Columbia Falls pioneer
business establishments, the Park
Mercantile company is complet-
ing an enlargement. program
that will see it approximately
twice it's former size.
The enlarged store with a So
foot front, will feature grocer
les, with the self service plan,
on one side land clothing on the
other. Also available are the rem
ted locker facilities.
The ren1odeling, commented
E. j. Marantette, who with his
son, Jim, owns the business, in
cludes repainting and redecorat-
ing of the whole interior, and
will be completed about April.
The Park Nero. staff in ad-
dition to the Marantettes inclu-
DIES Boots Schoenberg, Mrs. Le-
ota Walton, George Rusten and
Buddy Brown. Old-timeer, Steve
Zorzie, one of the former Park
Mere. owners, drops in often.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Park Game Census
Uses Plane for
First Time

Animals in Glacier National
park were counted this past week
for the first time by plane, when
Rangers Hugh Buchanan and
John Lindahl, accompanied Pi-
lot Don Peterson over the Pole
bridge to Canadian line section
of the North Fork.
It was part of the parks an
nual winter game census. Ranger
Buchanan reported to Chief Ran
ger Jack Alton that in one hour
and so minutes, they covered an
area that would formerly take
two months on snowshoes and
skis. Earlier in March, Buch-
anan and Lindahl had to spend
four days on ski trip to win
ter isolated Kishenehn creek for
snow measurements.
Assistant Park Naturalist Don
will also cover a Sec
tor from Logging ranger station
to Bolton by plane, use of which
is being donated by the Cor
sair Flying service.
The parks annual winter game
census will be completed as soon
as reports are in from the Belly
river area, which drains event
tally into Hudson bay.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Falls Will Be Host
To District Scouts

Columbia Falls on Friday
March % will be host to the Flat
head district boy scout court OF
honor
AT the s p. m. meeting in the
grade school auditorium, scouts
from the various Flathead county
troops, with a well scrubbed ap-
pearance, will be presented rank
and merit awards, as beamlng
parents, proud sisters and inter-
ested friends, look on.
The day looms important, es-
pecially to members of Columbia
Falls newly reorganized troop
No. Al. They'll be up for add
tional awards.
Field executive for the dis
trict is Jud Compton.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
School BoardAdopts
Teacher Pay Scale

At a special meeting Thursday
evening, the District 6 scpoo.
board went on record favoring q
$4,000 minimum annual wage for
teachers with two years of col
lege training; $4,000 for teachers
with bachelors, and $4,000 for
those with masters degrees.
The new salary schedule plan
ned for next year, is dependent
on the amount of state aid re-
ceived by the district, and the
matter of local financing.
Also discussed at the meeting
were plans for new schools at
Coram and Martin City and the
high school addition to take
care of population increase that
has already brought the school
enrollement up Al per cent in
the past year.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Contact South Fork
Game Counters
BY Radio
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS PHOTO

Radio contact with four mer
"mushing down" the primitive
South Fork area on s1owshoes
was established for a few min
utes last Saturday.
Two forest rangers, Russell
Cloninger and Arnold Schwartz,
and two game wardens, George
Hollibaugh and Joe Gaab, re-
ported to Flathead National For
est headquarters, from Big Pra-
irrie that the elk appeared in
good shape ,and were scattered,
ranging in elevations up to g.
200 feet. They gave snow depth
at Big Prairie as 20 inches on the
level; Basin creek at 48 inches,
and Cayuse GREGG at So inches.
The men were taken to Basin
creek landing field by forest SER
vice plane March 8, and started
on a snowshoe trek, counting
game and taking snow measure
ments. It will be almost April
before they reach Coram Ran
ger station, the first inhabited
spot.
The four men are the only HUI
man beings in an uninhabited
country that snug ag-
ainst the continental divide is lar
ger than the states of Rhode Is
land or Delaware.
Radio contact with the game
counters is expected to be made
again this coming Tuesday when
hey are expected to reach Spot
ed Bear.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Juniors to Present
Wedding Spells

wedding Spells" is the 1941
Columbia Falls High school jun
ior class play to be staged Thurs
day afternoon at 2, and again
Friday at 8 p. m. in the grade
school auditorium.
In the three-act comedy cast
are jeanne Powell, Apgar; Don
Anderson, Gene LEM, Robert
Smith and Lois Thacker, Bad
Rock; Doug Cooper, Bolton; Roy
Countryman, Half Moon; Luella
Flint, Half Moon Corners; Ruthie
Voss, Nyack; Grace Fowler and
Marie Lane, By-the-Red-Bridge,
and Charlotte Peterson, Martin
City.
Coach is Miss Barbara Krall,
class sponsor. The high school
girls chorus, under the direction
of Mrs. Winnifred Andrew, will
also present selections.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Timber Will Help
Current Shortage

About April l, bids for clear
ing the first LOO acres of the
Hungry Horse reservoir area
will be called, announces Pau
A. Jones, project engineer.
The land to be cleared viii
extend from the damsite to Hun
cry Horse creek. Estimated to
be in the LOO acres are $685.
800 board feet of merchantable
timber and $500 cords of fire
wood.
Included in the timber are
3,245,8 300 board feet of 1arch;
1,103,500 ofspruce; 745,600 doug
las fir; $4,000, white pine; Ill.,
300, cedar; $1,000, white fir; 3D.
900 lodge pole pine, and 16,400,
ponderosa pine.
The contract will call for
clearing all trees larger than one
inch in diameter, and over five
feet above the ground. Stumps
must be no higher than two feet.
Reason for the clearing, in adj
dition is to make use of the lum-
Der, which becomes property of
the clearing contractor, are to
protect the dams turbines, and
to climate what might become
an unsightly appearance.
Announcement of intention to
call for bids of the timber clear
ing comes at time when Flat
head National forest officials say
that use of this particular tim
Der is the only answer to the
threatened shortage of trees a.
valuable for cutting in the coun-
try as result of greatly increa-s
ed national demands for timber.
The forest service limits its an
nual out to about so million
board feet in order to perpetu-
ate the timber reserve, ana the
state land cut in the county is
limited to about 40 million board
feet annually. In the 45-mile
long valley to be covered by the
Hungry Horse there is about 90
million feet.
Flathead and Lincoln are Mon
tana's principal numbering count
les.
Bids for clearing the first L.
100 acres of the Hungry Horse
reservoir were called last August,
with Mclaughlin Inc, Great
Falls submitting the low bid of
1898, 100. This later was rejected
by the government as being too
high.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Park Naturalist Writing
Going-to-the-S Sun Guide

The 50-mile stretch of Glacier
National parks Going-to-the-Sur
highway is the subject of a mo-
tor guide being prepared by Park
Naturalist M. E. Beatty.
This is the first time that az
adequate mile by mile guide of
the alpine highway is being writ
ten for vacationers' use.
The new guide will describe
the geology, wildlife and points
of interest along the highway
that cuts across the heart Of
Americas second largest nation
al park. Also listed will be start
ing points of major trails, camp
ing grounds and other service
facilities.
Publishers will be the Glacier
National Park historical assoc
iation.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Martin City Gets
Pilot for First
Minister

Ex-army chaplain, 6 foot Q
inch, red haired, Preacher James
Schoefield, a Presbyterian, will
be Martin City's first resident
minister. A native of Johnson
vile, N. Y, he's expected about
April l.
Former coach and a pilot, Rev.
erend Schoefield will live in a
trailer house. His church will be
an army squad tent placed on
a lot donated by Mayor Vern
Greene of the year-old and lar
gest of the new Hungry Horse
area towns.
The 32-year old minister is
single, and before the war held
two pastorates.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
omen Help Schools
f1ot Lunch Program

"ecent donations to the school
uich program have been SO
FUNDS of flour, Mrs. George
way; Mrs. Fred Loeffler, 81;
no a case of cream of tomato
0up' Anglers Lodge.
women doing volunteer work
aIlng the past noon hours have
bs'uoed Mrs. Clara Green, Mrs.
Ivy Countryman, Mrs. Tom
dyson, Mrs. Brunette, Mrs. Ed
seeker, Mrs. Ole Carlson, Mrs.
h, ~ seller, Mrs. Nick Kartheiser,
|e ~S' george Granger, Mrs. En-
|s, vail, Mrs. Earl Hollings-
|Torth, Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Madge
|p0 0lipton, Mrs. Andy Sedar, Mrs.
| Mex Chef, Mrs. Pumula, Mrs.
M t.li Crum, Mrs. Dudley Greene,
L. S. :, Jack Schooner, Mrs. AL Reid,
Tb, WIS George Watt, Mrs. M. C.
any Yioman, Mrs. Melba Dallier,
WITS. Phil Grubaugh.
lunches are being served to
d.. n;,-oAlmately 27O students
n.n looks are Mrs. w. R. An
M. '',o Mrs. j. o. Clapper with
Standby" 'oeii0ure' cn'el
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
District Schoo|men
Plan Organization

Organization meeting of the
northwestern Montana school.
nasters club will be held Satur.
ay at 2 p. m. in Kalispell jun
pr high school.
Attending from Columbia Falls
|ill be Supt. J. M. Tindall, Prin-
pal Dulane Fulton, grade school
rincipal, Leonard Pease, land
Ugh school teachers, Phil Mel.
bn and Bruce Weir.
Representatives are also ex-
(ected at the meeting from Big
rk, Eureka, Kalispell, Libby,
POISON, Roman, Somers, Troy and
Vhitefish.
First district to be organized
Fas the North Central Montana
Shelby in January. Since then
ne schoolmen, who do not con-
pder themselves a union, held
state meeting March l, in Lew
ftown, elected MartinAahl, Cut
Pank, president, and have for
Ped four district groups.
nm
The various schoolmaster clubs
ave been strong in their criti-'
ism OF the treatment given pub
" schools at the recent 1947
Montana legislative session. They
ay the session made virtually
70 provision for the added fl
!anclal problems facing the pub
lc schools.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Upper F|athead Gains
Two REA Directors

Four upper Flathead county
residents were elected to the REA
board at their annual meeting ir
Kalispell, Tuesday.
On the board are: j. H. Riden
our, Bolton; Charles Green, Co.
ram; Mrs. Ella Logan, Bad Rock:
Mark Hodgson, LaSalle; Sam
Parker, Bigfork; William Koe-
mig, Saltwater and R. H. Gatiss,
Crestor. At the Tuesday meeting
the number of directors was in
creased from five to seven CIV
ing Coram-Martin City and the
LaSalle district representatives.
With a member on the board,
the Hungry Horse district is in
better position to solve its cleo
tricity problems. However, there
is still the matter of both power
and material shortages.
Attending the all-day meeting
were $50 persons. The cooper
atives financial report for 1916
shows assets of 1851 ,331.13; mon
ey owed the federal REA as
S312,378.18, with S19,478.89 sur
plus capital; S15, 466.76 net in
come; $11,578.50 membership
fees paid and $29,817.78 paid back
to the federal REA.
Number of consumer jumped
from 582 in 1914 to TIT in 1916,
while number of miles of line
rose from 2O9 to 210 during the
same period. Average bill per
month rose from $5.37 in 1914
to $500 in 1916. Operation ex-
pense for each mile decreased
from $685. in 1914 to $498 in
1916.
The local REA cooperative pur-
chased 964,000 XIV hours in 1914;
| 122,2OO XIV hours in 1915. and |
l.514,3O0 XIV hours in 1916. Line
losses decreased from PIT per
cent in 1914 to 1873 per cent in
1916.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Chamber Hears
New Laws Talk

.ookine to the Columbi
~ chamber of commerce
. -, evening Flathea'
TVS Senator G. M. Moss sal.
~ the 1947 legislature was be
ps unduly criticized.
"a stated that the legislator,
- heea hard working and con
.;sntious, and cited among &C
embellishments the passage O.
GOOD fish and game bill, {
up drivers license law, the
EQUATION of loan sharks, and
- changes in workmens COM
.nsation and the unemployment
etup.
He declared that the contro-
,rsial school reorganization act
ro,,ld have revolutionized the
.hools in one bill. The proposal
|sd some merit, but it was long
ID involved, and there was
rong opposition from farm
roas and from many cities.
b,ch being the case, he conclud-
passage of the bill at this
me should not have been ex-
Ipcted. However the 1947 legisla-
lire. in spite of its critics en-
ted considerable legislation to
kcrease financial support to both
6gher and public education.
Explains New Bar Law
He explained senate bills Al
Id AZ, now law, whereby bars
| Incorporated towns will be
ksed on the population. Taveras |
bw in operation will continue,
koviding they do not lose their
lenses for other reasons. If they
J the person who purchases
Ieir establishment, will not be
BE to operate a bar, if the
,wn has more than its quota.
On the basis of population
olunabia Falls is allowed pro-
IDLY three; Whitefish, five. This
cans just three taveras in
,lumbia Falls and for a dis
nee of five miles from the in
rporated town in any direction.
To open a tavern outside the
,e mile limit, the proposed
orator must convince the state {
uor board of public conven- I
ice and necessity" This law I
most climates the opening of S
y more new bars in upper
ahead county, until there is c
large population increase. (
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Council to Consider
New Street Grader

Columbia Falls town council
will hold special meeting Mon
day at 8 p. m. to discuss general
water department business and
decide on the purchase of a new
street grader.
Solution to the problem of
financing water mains to the 80
unit veterans housing project
appears to be in adequate cash
balance in the water department
fund.
This money is used for main
tanning and improving the pre-
sent water supply system.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
I04Q Will See New Tax
Base in FIathead County

Retaliation of Flathead county
real estate is expected to take
until 1949, report the newly ap-
pointed reappraisal board.
The men, Wallace Monk, Plea
SAINT Valley; James Dockstader,
Somers and Henry Madsen, Ka-
lispell are meeting in Kalis-
pell, and have started reapprais-
al of Kalispell city property.
Long overdue, the reappraisal
of county land values will pro-
vide a fairer base for taxation,
which has been essentially on
1922 values.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Park Drug Gets Agency

Designation of the Park Drug
as Columbia Falls agents for the
Intermountain Bus company has
been announced. Tickets for all
cities reached by bus will be av-
ailable by the end of the month.
The Park Drug is also Columbia
Falls stop for the Hungry Horse
Coach line.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
More Street Lights Available

Columbia Falls can have ad
ditional street lights, commented
l.. E. Scott, Mountain States Po-
wer company manager. Upon re-
quest of the city council, tine COM
pany will install additional lights
at no extra charge except for the
$21 a year cuurent-use fee for
each light.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Glacier Expects
Banner Season

Glacier National Park has
every reason to believe 1947 viii
be a banner year, declared Su-
perintendent j. w. Ernmert in a
speech before the Columbia Falls
chamber Of commerce, Thursday
evening.
Last year 201, las visitors from
all of the states and the Cana
dian provinces entered the park
Superintendent Enmert COM
mented On the parks desire to
extend its present season. He
added that though the alpine
playground was opened to motor
lists on May Is and closed Oct
tober Is, July and August were
the principal vacationing months
AS result many thousand were
missing the beauty Of the rugged
mountain scenery during au-
tumn as foliage changes brought
new reds, yellows into the pic
ture. Mr.. Emert concluded that
it was to the advantage of the
area to encourage more fall
visitors.
IN spite of an apparnt 40 per
cent increase in snowfall, it is
the intention of the park service
which now has three rotary snow
plows, to open Going-to-the Sun
highway by June Is, the earliest
date that the mountain road or
dinarily can be considered safe
for travellers.
Glacier went through the 1916
season with minimum of crit.
icism from overcrowding vaca.
TONERS, its superintendent stat
ed. There were comparatively
few cases of people having to
sleep in cars, as compared with
the problems in other recreation
al areas. The 1947 season will
have added facilities of about $50
beds either in the park or in the
boarding communities
Part of the increased 1947 trav-
ell will come on the so-called Can
adam swing. The superintendent
told Of Glacier being included
by many motorists in their loop
through the well-publicized Can
adam parks.
One of the most serious pro-
blems facing Glacier in its ac-
comodating of guests is the mat
ter of busy telephone circuits
from the larger Montana cities.
Last summer it often required up
to two hours for a Glacier-bound
vacationer to get through in
order to make reservations. Out
of-state travellers do not ap-
preciate a two hour stalling in a
town in order to find out where
they can sleep during the night,
out telephone service is expected
20 be better this summer.
Mr.. Emmert then added that
he park was anxious to cooper
ate with nearby communities in
eeing that all available hotel
ooms and cabin camp facilities
we're kept full during the sum-
ner months. He suggested that
ONE system be worked out for
citing the entrance stations
now of vacancies
He also commented on the
ark's annual game census now
caring completion. The incom-
lete total shows, 1900 elk be-
ween Glacier park station and
'elton, and 375 elk up the North
'ork as compared with so, eight
ears ago. This North Fork in
rease is causing an overstock-
lg of available grazing area,
nd an open season on elk on the
est side of the North Fork
ould be a solution, he con-
uded.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Train Schedule Changed

Effective Sunday trains Nos.
81 and % will not stop in Column
bia Falls. Instead the city will be
served by the Kalispell goose"
running through here enroute to
Whitefish. Nos. 8, 4 will stop here.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14

Montana's 1947 hunting season
for elk and deer will be from
October Is to November Is. There
will be an open season on moose
during the same period up the
North Fork
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Hungry Horse to Call Reservoir CIearino Bid.
Jury Cases Hold
County Interest

Trial by jury-just democrac,
at work-has busy week aheat
IN District Judge Dean King.
court.
| OF special interest to uppe,
F1athead county residents are
the following cases: Columbia
Falls versus Hershel N. Mason
on drunken driving charges, sche-
duled for Saturday. Mason is
appealing from Justice w. j.
Galbraith's sentence of $3.50 fine
and 30 days in the town Jail.
pronounced Sept. %, 1916.
Next Tuesday, the court will
hear the appeal of B. E. Travis
from another of Justice Gal
bralth's announcements. On
June Is, 1916, Travis was given
$3.50 fine and three months in
the county Jail for striking Mrs.
w. R. Taylor with resulting hos
pitalization.
Holding Martin City's in
terest likely on the same Tues
day, will be William Zurn's ap-
peal from Justice Galbraith's de-
cision on February Is filming Zurn
500 and sentencing him to three
months in Jail. Zurn, justice court |
records show, struck Gus Red. |
eker, Martin City's poet, at Red
eker's residence.
By his action, justice court
indicates, Zurn, car
penter, challenged right of Red
eker, employer, who used only
union labor, to hire individuals
If his own choosing to finish
lis own hotel building. The JUS
ice ruled only on matter of as
;ault charge.
Dolores Mary Rudick, parti-
,ipant in the November /, 1916
Coram knitting brawl, changed
Ter plea from guilty to not guilty
II March 6, and was given a sus-
,ended sentence Of one year at
ard labor. =
John B. Janetski, Columbia
'alls, changed his plea of not
Utility to guilty on a drunken r.
irving charge, and paid his $3.50 :
me. This had been a decision =
y Justice w. R. Martin, Kalis- !,
ell, while the Rudick case was G
irst heard by Justice Stacey
Gordon Henderson, apparently .
1alisphlL tried before Justice .
Iartin, also changed his plea r
ON not guilty to guilty and ;,
aid a $3.50 fine for drunken
irving.
The civil action contesting the
ill of Gertrude Martin was set
ed out of court.
Since this story is mainly con-
.rned with the cases from the
oper part of F1athead county,
veral are appeals from Justice *
decisions. "
This is the first Flathead dis n
let jury court term since De-
mber 1915, and dependent on "
1mber of cases dropped before =.
.aring, about IL will be tried. ~
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Park Schedules Western

Park theatre schedule starts
out with western, 'Valley of the
Sun" on Friday and Saturday
the Sunday, Monday and Tues
dav show is the technicolor
sEasy to Wed" with Van John
SON. Esther Williams and Lucille
Ball. Next Wednesday and Thurs
dav it is Faithful in My Fash
ionn and next Friday and Sat
urdav. "Bad Bascomb" with
Wallace Berry and Margaret
OBrie1.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14
Dec POIlrieSz Dies

Dec L Pollriesz, %. passed a.
way, Thursday afternoon at the
Whitefish hospital. Funeral serv-
ices are tentatively set for Sat-
urday morning, ST. Richards
church.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14

No further word received as
to the pOwerline or dam ap-
preparations.
Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-14

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