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Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-02-01
Dealers Wunfed

There ore still mony areas in Montana ond Northern
Wyoming TO be set up with deoIerships. Our line Of chemi-
coils and oppIicotors is os complete as is possible at this
time. If interested write TO
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
New Club Offers Free
Show Each Month for
All Eligible Members

Every youngster between the
ages of and IL residing in the
area is eligible for membership
in the towns newest club and a
free show once a month at the
Park theatre.
Organization meeting of the new
club has been called by Ernie
Massman for 2:3O this Saturday
afternoon at the theatre.
Dues are 5 cents a year, and
all members in good standing may
select one free show a month, ex-
cepting on Sundays.
To be in good standing, mem
bers must refrain from whistling
and talking while the picture is
on; keep their feet off seats and
dispose of gum with care.
Ernie believes the new club will
result in a quieter showhouse, and
he's throwing in an additional
free. show as a birthday present
to each member in good standing.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
Northwest Air|ines
Seek Route Change

Flathead county's airport boaro
at 2 Tuesday meeting objected to
a move by Northwest Airlines that
NAV put the county airport on a
feeder run.
When the Civil Aeronautlcs
hoard in Washington cast Noveln-
her authorized the Northwest stop
at the local port, six miles IRON
Columbia Falls, they speclrieo
that if be on a direct Spokane TO
Great Falls run, and definitely
not include Missoula Butte or any
other circuitous route.
Tho Flathead has been expect
ing air passenger and mail ser
vice by Northwest sometime TINS
summer A $4,000 administration
building is now being built at the
county port which already has
modern, nard-surfaced runways'
The present move made by
Northwest last Friday may be an
attempt to substitute feeder SER
vice into Missoula.
President of the airport ooara
&c r. A. Miller, Kalispell. Mem
bers are Chef Seymer, Columbia
Ea11s. n. B. Markus, Whlteflsn'
Ered Brinkman, Kalispel, and +.
7 O,Brien, Bigfork. County clerk
r Shaw is secretary.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
State Fire Marshal
Inspects and Teaches

On inspection and holding c!as-
ses in the Columbia Falls Hun
cry Horse and Martin City area
Monday and Tuesday were State
Fire Marshal Jack Carney and
Frank Hollenbeck, Smith Hughes
representative on the fire training
program.
A fire school was held in Column
bia Falls Monday evening; a fire
drill held at the high school was
termed excellent" by the mar
shall.
Inspected were the veterans
housing project, the school build
ings and several downtown struc-
lures in Columbia Falls as well
as fire fighting equipment here
and up-the-line.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
Huffine's Mountain
Goat Not Expected
To Make the Grade
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS PHOTO

The Rocky Mountain goat that
had winter refuge at the Dan HUI
fine home near Essex won't pull
through.
The nanny was found in mid
February too feeble to walk, and
possibly the victim of a snowslide.
For nearly six weeks, the animal
has been caredj' COR by the Huffines
who live just across the Flathead's
middle fork from Glacier national
park.
Last report is "she won't make
the grade" Rocky Mountain goats,
there are an estimated 866 in Gla-
cier, seldom go far from the alb
ove-the-tree- line alpine areas ev-
en- in winter. They are rare in
captivity.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
Schedule PLANTING
$4,000 Pine Trees

Planting $4,000 small ponderosa
pine trees is scheduled for the
Flathead national forest late this
month.
District Ranger John Castles
will have charge of planting 49,
900 of the little trees on IS acres
one section on Fool Hen ridge and
the other on Teakettle mountain
both up the F'lathead rivers north
fork.
District Ranger B. A. Bealey
at Coram will supervise planting
another $4,000 of the pines on
60 acre tract on Desert mountain.
This will be the first F1athead
national forest artificial planting
since 1916 when $500 small Dou-
glas fir trees were started on
Crystal creek above Columbia
Falls and near Teakettle mount
ain.
Last year the Crystal creek
trees showed 81 per cent surviv-
al and the Teakettle planting, II
per cent.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
Half Moon to Build
Swimming Pool

Plans are underway to build a
community swimming pool at
Half Moon. In charge of arrange
ments is Curtis Chagun, who sta
ted it would be a free pool for Use
of the public.
Dimensions of the pool will be
&c by 80 feet with a six inch &C.
ment wall. Water depths will
range from two to nine feet.
Starting the donations were the
Stoltze Land and Lumber COM
pany, who promised use of their
bulldozer and man to bulldoze
the site. The Home Lumber CON-
pany, Whitefish, have donated the
diving board. Material, money, and
labor will be donated for the pro-
ject. Assisting will be the Hall
Moon home demonstration club.
Tickets will be sold to helE
raise funds. Seven lucky tickee
holders will be given five free
swimming lessons for any mem-
be for the afmily. Also awarded
will be $500 worth of Watkins
products to four other holders.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
Spring Training Program
Slated for Park Rangers

Glacier national park rangers
will hold their annual spril's
conference April IL through To-
In charge will be Chief Ran
ger Elmer N. Fladmark with as
sistant chief rangers, Jack Altoa'
Dave Cannavina and Elmer Ness
Glaciers 20 rangers, getting
ready for the vacationers, sea-
son. will take part IN discussions
that range from accounting ~
trails and trail signs to checking
stations, new developments II
fire fighting and communications
There are u topics in all.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
G r. Larson Takes Over
Flathead Timber Sales

Stanford H. Larson, IN cnaree
If timber management and sales
eor the Flathead national foresI
fuon, 1912 to 1915 returned to MS
old job Monday.
He succeeds district Ranger
1ohn Castles, who held the ]oo
temporarily tanp nIs, after the transfer Of Of
r, Emerson, who left January
70 become supervisor OF ST.
Too national forest, st. Maries'
Idaho.
A Montana state university
Graduate. Assistant supervisor
larson Joined the forest service
in 1923 After leaving the FIAT
head. he was assistant supervisor
for the Kaniksu national forest
Standpoint, resigning IN May
1o46 to enter the pole business
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
Clear Way for Purchase
Of State Land in Park

Action by the Montana state
legislature is necessary before the
remaining 10000 acres of state
owned land in Glacier national
park can be turned over TO the
park service.
President Truman has signed
House Resolution 1880 introduccd
by Congressman D'Ewart. Inc
resolution provides for the nation
al park service to acquire tne
state-owned land.
Money from the sale OF this pro-
perty will be turned over to the
state school fund; however, a re-
deral appropriation and Montana
agreement to the sale is necessary
before it can become completed
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
Park Rangers Take
last Snow Measure

returning from the last snow
leasurement trip to Cattle Queen
Glacier national park probably
unday will be District Ranger
oyd Henderson, Ranger Paul
Neob, Fred Bussey, and M. E.
1cy' Whitefish photographer.
me men left Wednesday for the
III "Trip to the center of the park
the continental divide between
puoson bay, Missouri and Col
nola river drainages. A month
- snow depth at Cattle Queen
IS VI inches, BIZ inches under
year ago.
henderson with District Ran
Rer Hugh Buchanan and Ranger
su Berger measured snow at
lsnenehn near the Canadian line
as1 Monday. 1t was 24.6 inches
leep with a water content of SIS
acnes. On March 80, 1947 snow
as N.2 inches deep with a wa
~ content of 81 inches.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
late Water improvements

several prospective buyers have
.";red about Columbia Falls
ii 70 sale of 100000 worth OF
reral obligation bonds to re-
|ild and extend the water sup
system.
Today,. the town is advertising
. alternate bids for opening
Eril Is. One provides for sup
Eng labor and materials to build
new system, and the other
Ks that labor only be furnish
peouired will be excavation of
Lao feet for the supply line, and
[o5O feet for the distribution
Inches in the town itself. Also
ked are 5000 feet of Pinch
be, and 5,4OO feet of 8-inch pipe;
LOCO of 6 inch and 1850 of 4 inch.
ttings, valves and hydrants
like up the rest of the bid.
Columbia Falls water source
|e the ample Cedar creek springs
\ miles distant and 1853 feet
bove the town. The present eight
i Oh supply line is inadequate. On
ebruary 81, the town approved
lie of the 100000 worth of bonds
! 1877 to 1.
The water bonds may not be
ought by the state land board.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
Announce District
Ranger Forest Posts
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS PHOTO

District ranger assignments for
spring and summer have been
completed for the Flathead nat
ional forest, fourth largest in the
United States.
Supervisor F. J. Neitzling an
nounced the promotion of Ray
Gardner to become district ranger
at Big Prairie, 40 miles from
roads end at Spotted Bear, and
in the heart of a size-of-Rhode
Island primitive area. He will re-
port to his station as soon as ira
vel permits in midway. Former
Big Prairie ranger, Russell Clon-
niger has been promoted to the
Yakt district of the Kootenai.
Aubrey Arthurs, Deer Lodge,
will succeed Clarence Stillwell,
transferred to the Couer d'Alene
national forest, as district ranger
for Upper Swan lake, also re-
mote station.
Other Flathead national forest
district rangers are: B. A. Beal-
ey, Coram: Harley Harrison, Tally
lake; Virgil Eastman, Bigfork, all
at their stations year around.
John Castles will open the
North Fork district station Mt
Big Creek by mid-April. Charlie
Shaw will report to Spotted Bear
in May, and Earl Mcconnell will
open the Schaefer station about
the same time.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
All Set for Wednesday Bid o.

Bids to build Hungry Horse,
the worlds fourth largest con-
crete dam, are still scheduled for
opening next Wednesday morning
at 10.
The public opening by Clyde h.
Spencer, Hungry Horse project
engineer, is expected to be witness
ed by more than 200 contractor
representatives, equipment and
supply statesmen and other inter
ested persons.
Largest bureau of reclamation
project since before the war, Hun
gry Horse will be 2,115 feet ac-
ross and $40 feet high, backing
up 100000 acre feet. It's con-
struction will take six or seven
years and peak employment is
expected to be 1000 men in 1851.
Hearings in Washington before
a house subcommittee are believed
to be in progress. President Tru-
man in his budget address recon-
mended S9,S5O,OOO for Hungry
Horse during the next fiscal year.
No definite information as to
how the request for funds is far
ing is available. Some word is ex-
pected this coming week. Don Ire
loar of the Flathead Citizens
committee is in Washington.
While the bid opening is Wed
nesday, the contract will not be
awarded before May.
In circulation Wednesday and
Thursday 1ods a spring crop Of
r,tn.ors about Hungry Horse. This
story contains the latest authentic
information available By Friday
II a. m. There aoiI be both good
and bad neaOs in the neat taUo
months; the complete score avlH
not be knoaon perhaps until June.
Just as it aoas last gear.
At the Wednesday morning OPP
ening on the prime contract to
build the dam itself, groups of
contractors are expected to SUBJ
nit two bids. Meanwhile there is
interest in the Denver opening to-
day of bids to furnish the $780,
900 barrels of cement needed to
build the dam. Specifications call
for delivery of 100000 barrels in
1949.
Allis Chalmers offered the low
bid Wednesday of $2,2S5, 900 to
furnish four 100000 horsepower
turbines and governors for the
dam. Bids for installation of four
$4,000 kva generators have been
delayed from April to April %.
Specifications have been re-
leased for the construction and
furnishing "a two bedroom and %
three bedroom prefabricated hous
ses at Hungry Horse village with
opening in Denver April 20.
Hungry Horse village now has
25 duplexes and so prefabricated
houses completed. Copies Of spe-
cifications for the new residences
will be available at the local bu-
reau of reclamation offices by
Monday.
Meanwhile Guy F.. Atkinson
company employing 1876 men this
week have completed $50 feet of
the 1,180 foot long 36-foot in di-
ameter diversion tunnel at Hun
cry Horse damsite. This Is q
$643, 400 contract.
Total cost of the dam and pow
erplant is set at $1OO,00O,0OO.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
lsk Martin City
(tar Route Bids

A permanent contract for two
ars effective June 80 is being
fered for carrying mail from
blumbia Falls to Columbia
lights, Hungry Horse and Mar
City.
The contract over the eight-mile
Pute calls for six days week
Prvice, once a day, with bids to
|ose April % in Washington.
Mrs. L. R. Smith, Hungry Horse
[lage, was low bidder on a tenn
Prary contract that started the
resent route last January 16.
Ter bid of S1,175 per anum is
pnsidered below a reasonable
Fofit." Previously the Martin
klty mail was dispatched from
Dram by messenger with Hun
fy Horse and Columbia Heights
avlng no service.
The contract now being adver-
sed calls for no change, though
esdents have forwarded petit
|ons asking for seven day a week
frvlce with better train connect
pns
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
To Discuss Telephones

Representatives from Coraai
and Martin City have been lnViI-
cd 70 the next Monday at 8 P. H.
meeting of the Hungry aoiso
builders to talk over the teleph-
one situation.
Meeting is in the Log CaDln
cafe, and will also INCLUDE d us
c,,ssion of water problems
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02

March snowfall at Kalispell to-
tailed 1913 inches compared to a
normal of 6.3 inches making it
the second snowiest March in SO
years. Worse was 1929 with 1875
inches, reports E. S. Mark, obser-
yer.
The month saw winters coolest
day of 9 below at Kalispen on
March 10, and it was the fifth
coolest March in so years. Pre-
cipitation totaled 1.24 inches COM
pared to a normal of .95.
At Hungry Horse cooperative
observer, N. H. Olson recorded
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
Strawberry Lake Snow
Measures 1876 Inches

Snow measurements taken at
Strawberry lake, just over the
top of the Swan range and south
of Columbia mountain show 1876
inches of snow. Making the trip
was Flathead national forest ran
ger Art Whitney and Walter Pc
terson.
On a snowmobile trip to Spott-
ed Bear Desert mountain and Lo-
gan creek in the Tally lake dist
riot this week were Ted Paullin
and Les Darling. Their reports
were not in at F1athead nation al
forest offices Friday morning.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
March ChaIks Up Snowy, Cold

snowfall Of BID inches with 5
inches remaining on the ground
at the station. The years first
hearing of thunder was Monday
afternoon.
At Bolton, Assistant Chief Ran
ger Dave Cannavina measured
March snowfall totaling 24.7 inch
es compared to a normal Of 1875
There is still Is inches of snow
on the level at Bolton.
Spring work in the fields is not
expected to start generally for
two weeks. The season is about
two weeks late. Ground is bare at
Columbia Falls.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02

Three new business places are
in prospect for Columbia Heights
as the result of lot purchases. Carl
D. Evans. Bayview, Idaho, bought
two lots from Rex Worrall for a
shower house; the Pauline family
of Kalispell have self-service
laundry in mind, and B. B. Kelly,
San Francisco, a recreation hall.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
Columbia Heights Gets
New Commercial Club

Homer Carter, Tuesday, was ell
ected president of the newly or
ganized Columbia Heights Com
mercial club. Archie Steele was
named vice president, and Joe
Cada, secretary-treasurer.
Two miles from Columbia Falls
the new community is at the juno
ton of highways No. 2 and No
81.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02

Effective 10ith this issue the
Hungry Horse Neaos will not haze
ne1os stand sales in Columbia
Fails. Extra copies may be OBJ
tanned at the newspaper office
a0hich lis open Monday morning
through Saturday noon.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
Big Vote Expected for School Election

questions on tomorrow's school
ballots, but fair and square it
will be decided between the hours
of IL and s p. m. Saturday.
Martin City bursting with town
enthusiasm and proud of new
church want their own school.
Their present class is in a rent
ed store building, and the rest
ride the bus through busy Bad
Rock canyon to overcrowded class
rooms in Columbia Falls.
Coram also asks for a school
building. The present building is
inadequate, and the church base
ment being used is the poorest
classroom in the district.
Columbia Falls present grade
school building this week was
termed hazardous by Jack Car
ney, state fire marshal.
Most opposition to the $4,000
buildings at Coram and Martin
City is in the Falls, nor is their
much support in the other new
towns.
In addition to deciding bond ISIS
ues to build and completely equip
the Martin City and Coram SCH
ools, voters will be asked to apr
owe a special grade school levy of
25 mills as compared with last ye-
ar's Is. This is in addition to the
10 mil levy that the board can
make without the voter approval,
and will result in grade school
taxes being "a percent higher
than a year ago.
Most school boards have found
the mil maxium as provided by
state law, completely inadequate.
This district needs more funds to
provide for expansion and increas
ed operating expenses.
District 6 grade school enroll
ments have increased from 214 in
1914 to 588 last fall.
One mil in the district raises
$2,O45.
The high school asks IL mills
with approximately to be used
to purchase, erect and equip 9
40 by 6O-foot quonset structure
for manual training and shop il.
struction. The remaining Z mills
will be used to help operate the
high school.
Five candidates have also fileG
for the two vacancies on the schoo
board: Chairman Otto Fehlberg
Coram, up for reelection; Herman
Byrd, Martin City; Attorney ia
mes Cumming and Lee Dickey
both of Columbia Falls, and Comp
ton Corbett, Coram.
Holdover members of the boarc
are: Dwight Grist and Henry Hut.
chings, Bolton, and Ted Rogers
Columbia Falls rural.
For the first time, Columbia
Falls does not have a majority
of the district 6 voters. Of the ap-
parent SIT registered, taxpayins
voters in the district, about 22s
are residents of Columbia Falls.
While only registered, taxpay
ing voters will decide the issue o.
bonding for new schools and thu
mil 1evies, any qualified voter cal
cast ballot for school boart
members.
A qualified elector is generally
any citizen who has resided in tn,
district for six months and in tn,
state for a year.
Saturdays election will deter
mine what communities are mos
interested in schools. There's /;
much abused word, Democracy,
but in the matter of the publi
schools you're the boss.
Polling will be at Columbia Fall
grade school; Coram and Beltol
schools and at the Izaac Walton
hotel, Essex.
Saturdays vote on school ques
lions may equal the last genera
election in November, 1916 whel
about 500 persons IN the distric
voted. After all the 500 can run
the schools, but they only hell
run the county, state and nation
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
Ms Post Office Shows
r. FER Cent Mail Gain

ooiumbia Falls showed q
y cent mail volume increase du-
ora vs. january, February and March
coss ~, tne same period Of 1947, &C
Greene. 0''A
H. ~ She two years of Hungry
co,, e dam reconstruction, the
yo,' ulnola Falls post office mail
''u'ne has nearly doubled.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-04-02
orlng It Back or Else

NV ny 31a tire and rim stolen
,,na., wood saw on street. Owners
psule to move saw or saw wood.
ana Is known who took tire
- nm. Mrs. Joe Hula.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19
AFL Support
(COnfinued From Page OHe)

the Crusade for Children" and
with the slogan, "Save a Child
Save the Future" American Over
seas United Nations Appeal
for Children is an appeal federation
representing 25 private American
foreign assistances agencies and the
American share of the worldwide
United Nations Appeal for Chill
dren. The Labor League for HUI
man Rights, through its foreign
relief program, is one of the 20
participating agencies.
Lee Marshall of New York, chair
man Of the board of the Continen-
tai Baking Company, is national
chairman of the AOA-UNAC cam
paign Serving with him on the
board of directors of the organiza-
ton are AFL President William
Green and Woll. Chester Bowles of
Connecticut is chairman of the
International Advisory Committee
of the United Nations Appeal for
Children,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-19
Younger
(Continned From Page One)

feel should be taken up. In the past
we did not have much trouble on
that score, but recently it looks
to us in many cases as though the
newcomers are being pushed ahead
in preference to those with many
years standing and it is causing a
lot of dissatisfaction.
We received an invitation to a
banquet to be held by Local Union
40 on March 18th. Some of the boys
would like to know why Local As
is not arranging for one as they
feel it would help the new MEM
bers to get acquainted and draw US
all closer together. Anything to
this end would be fine and it is
up to the boys to make up their
minds if they want one and support
it with their dollars and presence.
In the near future we believe
a vote on compulsory attendance
once a month will be taken as it
is imperative that more interest
than merely being initiated will
have to be shown, and the members
ship made to realize what we stand
for in their livelihood.
We wonder along this line if a
visit from President Duffy would
not be good thing? Many hard
we believe come from not
being acquainted and it might give
us a chance to get some things off
our chests. We would also like to
see our eastern representatives as
often as possible.
Coming out in the open might
be enjoyable-thunder storms new
er are, but it should clear the at
Our meetings can never
with recreation or ease,
but | think all will admit working
men would not have what they do
If everyone had put their own per-
sonal pleasure first. However, there
IS great deal of lasting satisfac
lion to be gained from trying to
1elp yourself and the other fellow.