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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02
DOG FOOD RESEARCH
Wide Use of Prepared Prod.
ucts Boosts Dog Owner
ship, Says Expert

Prepared dog foods are chiefly re-
sponsibe for the present new high
level of dog ownership in the United
States, according to Harry Miller
director of the Gaines Dog Research
Center, New York City.
$50 long as the homemaker had tc
think in terms of cooking special
food for the family dog, the recog-
nized American affinity for pets could
not have full play" Mr.. Miller states
But the popularization of prepared
dog foods released the brake and as
result the per capita dog population
in America today is the highest in
our history"
According to Mr.. Miller, prepared
dog foods are not only work and time
savers for the woman in the home
but they are much better balanced
and certainly more economical than
what she could fix up herself. In fact,
some Of the prepared dog foods on
the market are so scientifically bal
anced as to require nothing more
than the addition of water-though
few Americans can resist the temp
tation to give their canine pet q
little extra something" from the
table.
"The meal-type dog food in par
ticular has proven a blessing" he
states 1.-THE better brands contain
every nutritional element dogs are
known to need-they provide more
than sufficient amounts of all the vi
tamins, minerals and amino acids the
dog requires. With meal the main
~ f~aItr4rr 41A1A
scraps, milk, soup or gravy can be
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02
AUTOMATIC Selling Grows

Vending machines are winning
more consumer acceptance and in
many lines, they actively compete
with retailing. The industry is now
considered 500 million dollar bust
ness. New models can sell canned.
frozen and dehydrated foods, no.
siery, books. toilet articles, shirts,
neckties, ice cream, hot dogs and
complete meals. Greater ease of
coin changing has also stimulated
automatic merchandising.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02
TROY NEWS

House guests at the home of Mrs
Katie Friske include her son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs
IFieman and daughter Lorraine OF
Spokane and Miss Jane Moncha
land a granddaughter from North
Dakota
Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. Kusner and
Karen enjoyed Thanksgiving din
nsr at the Chalet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Moore. Mis-
Isoula, spent the holidays in Troy
Week end guests at the James
Savage home were Mr.. and Mrs
John Johnson and Mr.. and Mrs
Alton Johnston of Half Moon.
Eleanor Whitfield left Thursday
to spend the weekend in Boomers
Ferry.
Tommy Fuller spent the holidays
with his grandparents in Boomers
Ferry.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Langton, Lib
by, attended the Wednesday night
dance in Troy and remained here
as guests at the Robert jenkins
home till Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Eckhoff were
in Seattle the latter part of the
week.
Mrs. Frank French accompanied
her mother to WhitefiSh where they
attended the funderal of Mr.. Chester
w. Howe, who passed away at Eur
eka on Thursday. Mrs. French is
a niece and Mrs. Whsle a sister of
the deceased.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Sales of Kalis-
pell spent a few days at the Roy
Sales home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Peters spent
the holidays in Columbia Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Case and daugh-
ters Barbara and Betty visited
relatives in Troy for the past week. !
Mr.. Case is brother Of both Mrs.
Carl and Mrs. Claire Laffoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Smith drove
over to St. Maries, Ida, for Thanks !
giving. When they returned home
they were accompanied by Miss |
Letha Hawkins, and Mrs w. W. |
Drastal, sister of Mrs. Leo Rubber
who visited her. Mrs Drastal left |
Tuesday for New York City
Fred Nieman spent an extended |
holiday with his wife and family I
here. He was a house guest at the |
Carl Laffoon home
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Lee Anderson
had as dinner guests Thanksgiving
Day, Mr.. and Mrs. c. Norman and
Cecil Norman of Libby
Bill Miller and Ray Anderson
went to Spokane on Saturday They
returned Monday.
Among the students spending the
holidays in Troy were Dick Sieben-
forcher, John Dillon, Ray Dolan.
Bill Pattie, Cletus Smith and Joe
Kuahara from the University OF
Montana and Virginia Smith from
Kinman Business College in Spo-
kane.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Hand spent
Thanksgiving in Couer d'Alene.
Mrs. Honey Shelton visited in
Troy over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Haburchak were
week end visitors to Kalispell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Durham were in
for the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs Alex Cummings en-
tertained the Harry Hartles and
Mrs Ann Cummings for the holt
day dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Nelson had
as dinner guests on the festive dav.
the Russell Baeth family
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02
Non-Slin Horseshnes

By combining a piece of heavy
duty tire and an ordinary horseshoe
an Australian farrier claims to
have invented a horseshoe which
will not slip on the worst of roads.
The farrier cuts a section from a
worn heavy-duty tire and thins
down the ends so that the rubber
can be fitted between the hoof and
shoe from side to side. He uses a
strip near the ends so that when the
rubber is fitted into place, the sur
face is just slightly higher than the
metal Of the shoe.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02
Girl Scouts

Nov. 10 the Girl Scouts received
their Christmas cards and will de-
liver them soon. Badge work was
discussed and the community badge
is the one the group are working
on. Jackie Thomas brought the
treat for the meeting. The folk
dance of Bo 30, Belinda was done
There are four new members this
year
Nov. 26 the Girl Scouts met at
the home of Mrs Joy, the leader
Five members were present. We
had planned to visit the mill but it
was closed. We did work with
shells. Mrs. Joy served ice cream
and cookies. - Darla Jean Cooley.
scribe.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02
School News

Coach Joe Rife has announced
an I8-game basketball schedule for
the Trojan team this season. The
first game will be with Clark Fork
high school on the local floor this
Saturday. The complete schedule
Is as follows: Dec 4. Clark Fork,
here Dec. II. Clark Fork, there;
Dec. is, Boomers Ferry, there; Dec
I8, Creston, there: Dec. 20, Creston,
here; Dec. 81, Boomers Ferry, here;
Jan. 7. Whitefish here; Jan 8, Big
Fork here; Jan. IA, Eureka, there;
Jan 81, Eureka, here; Jan. %,
Whitefish, there; Jan. Is, Libby,
there: Feb. l, Libby, here; Feb. 4,
Columbia Falls, here; Feb D., Pol
son, here; Feb. 10, Poison, there;
Feb. II, Columbia Falls, there; Feb.
~, Big Fork, there. The district
tournament is tentatively scheduled
for Feb. 16 to IS.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02

If the accident cost in the United
States were divided between every
family, the cost per family last year
would have been approximately
$144, according to National Safety
council. The home accident death
toll, $4,000 last year, was the largest
of all types Of accidents. Death toll
for all types of accidents amounted
to 100000, 4 per cent increase
over the previous year Injuries
numbered 10, 4OO,O 600 and the esti-
mated economic loss was $780,
100000.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02
Suhstitnte for Rnne Meal

Defiuorinated rock phosphate has
proved satisfactory substitute for
ssteamed bone meal as supple
ment to phosphorus-defcient ra-
tons for dairy cattle, according to
Minnesota s a ii o n experiments.
This permits effective supplemental
ton of rations otherwise deficient in
phosphorus because of the acute
shortage of feeding grade bone
meal
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02

Col. jeremiah Wadsworth estab-
lished in Hartford, Conn, the first
wooden mill in the United States.
George Washington wore a broad
cloth suit made in this mill Wads-
worth was an American Revolution
airy officer, serving as commissary
general and commissary Of French
troops in America He was also first
IN having established the first part
nership for insurance in Connect
cut. WadsWorth was a member of
the Connecticut constitutional rati-
ication convention and Of con-
press
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02

The ring-nocked pheasant is one
of our most abundant game birds
and his exotic plumage and swift
fight are familiar in most parts of
the northern half of the United
States. This game bird originally
was imported from England in 1890
but did not long survive. Almost
one hundred years later new ship
ments were sent from China to
America and these birds not only
survived but rapidly increased. They
have adapted themselves well to
this country, thriving under cult
waited conditions and responding to
artificial propagation.
Fine quality worsteds now can b,
produced at the speed of ordinary
cotton by new textile process. The
new process permits mass produc
ton of the finest worsted fabrics al
lower prices. The method also car
be applied to cotton, silk, Tayon
nylon, rabbit hair and all othe'
fibers. Certain dyes which pre-
viously faded when exposed to at
mospheric gas fumes are given bet
ter fastness by this new chemica)
process. Applied during the dyeinC
operation, it is claimed that its pro
tective effect persists after re
pested washiRgs and dry cleanings
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02
Here and There

Mrs. Harry Maddox and three
children joined her husband here al
the Glen Maddox home where they
spent Thanksgiving
Walter Gatzke of Whitefish has
returned to Troy and is employed
with the J. Neils Lum Der Company.
Mr. and Mrs Chef Hoisington had
as holiday guests, her son and fam
lily, Mr. and Mrs H c. Lutes of
Spokane
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Macdonald
of Kalispell were at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E Kessler for
Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Marie Divis spent the week
end in Spokane.
Mrs. John Lindholm and grand
daughter Bette Mae Broom of Pol
son enjoyed the holidays which they
spent in Spokane with relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Ole who have
mining interests in this area re-
turned to their home in Poison the
day preceding Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Nels Hobind, Spokane, is
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tony JOY.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hurd spent
Thanksgiving Day at the ranch home
of Mr. and Mrs John Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Chimenti were
hosts on Thursday to the Mccain
family and to the Cooley family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Kentris enter
tanned Mr. and Mrs Paul Kluska
and daughter Mrs Morrell at din
ner Thursday. In the evening Mr..
and Mrs. Jim Lindsey were added
to the group.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Jackson of
Wenatchee, Wash, are guests of his
parents.
Mrs. Wright, Lewiston, Ida, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Sidney
Butts.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bissell were
hosts to Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Drury,
Dougal Gilchrist, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Drury and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
Mahlon Drury and family and Nan
Cy Jean Gilchrist from Warland on
Day.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02

What is the mileage of the
Great Northern Railway and
where is il located?
Great Northern has 1870 miles OF
tracks It operates in Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Mon
tana, Wisconsin, Oregon, California,
Iowa, Idaho and Washington and the
Canadian provinces Of Manitoba and
British Columbia.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02
Local Mill Closed Temporarily

Recent heavy precipitation has
made it necessary for the Burns
Yak River Lumber Company to
temporarily close operations. 1t is
expected that ten days will enable
the outfit to gravel the yard and
so make decks of logs accessible.
James Burns who made a bust
ness trip to Helena is confined to
the hospital there with pneumonia.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02
Methodist Sunday school News

Mrs. Bert Thomas and her second
grade Sunday School class enter
tanned 80 children from the 1st, Bird
and 4th grade classes at the Meth
odist Church last Wednesday after
school Games were played and
cookies and ice cream served at
an attractive table with Thanksgiv-
ing decorations as the centerpiece.
The hosts were loosers in an at
tendance contest.
Mrs. joys class viii entertain the
Junior high class the other win
ners in the same contest. at a party
on Dec !
Evening star., 1948-05-26

pages of the So Henry MeLemore.
ciety for Prevention of Cruelty to
Indians.
What I'm trying to say Is there
is no use for our statesmen to sit
down with Russian statesmen and
sign pieces of paper declaring peace
on all four sides.
Worthless Paper.
What could be more worthless
than a batch of parchment signed
by Stain saying that he and his
people had no designs on the United
States in the way of warfare? I'm
sure that Miss Thompson and Mr..
Lippmann would welcome such a
paper, both being scholarly dream
ers
The Kaiser signed some papers
with Belgium, didn't he? Stain
signed with Hitler. And not to make
us too good we went over and fought
Spain when all We lost was a bat
tleship which we now turn out in
one day at the taxpayers expense.
The world has come to the point
that no one believes any one.
Being realist, I don't think
human nature has changed since
Adam had his first apple dumping
in the Garden Of Eden.
Russia is now flexing its muscles.
Russia Is about where We were in
the '90s. The United States did
some awful things, and you have
got to be an untruthful historian to
Evening star., 1948-05-26

Y IL Q IL Po"CiAuA
Communicated labor unions.
After the Communists were elimi-
mated from the French and italian
governments and the political
strikes engineered by Maurice
Thorez and Palmiro Togliatti had
collapsed, Premier Robert Schuman
and Premier Alcide de Gasperi in
formed the State Department that
they could get the situation well in
hand, provided immediate assist
ance came from the United States
Stopgap Aid Helped.
The stopgap aid passed by Con-
gress last December helped to tide
over both countries temporarily
Congressional leaders who voted for
the limited assistance watched the
situation in the following months
and were relieved to find that both
Premiers were correct, despite the
bitter electoral contest which en-
sued in Italy.
Large-scale strikes of political in
spiration have often taken place
in the summer months, when liv-
ing conditions are easier. The
latest reports from Western Euro
pean countries indicate no major
strikes in prospect anywhere now
The working classes of Europe
after accepting Communist domina-
ton since the end Of the war, have
come to realize that all commu-
nism offered was enslavement, in
Evening star., 1948-05-26

pointing o u DORIS fieeson.
that it was Jackson, not Jefferson
who said: John Marshall has made
his decision, now let him enforce
it," One Virginian stiffiy recalled
that when Marshall, then Federal
judge in Richmond, asked President
Jefferson for some private letters
to be used as evidence in the Burr
conspiracy case, Jefferson sent them
to him by special messenger. Cath
olic Democrats groaned when the
Baptist President declared that
what we need is another Isaiah
or Martin Luther"
Homework on Speeches.
The President takes these strict
ures to heart and he has been doing
some homework on his extemporan-
eous speeches. He still does not get
outside help nor dictate them.
What he does is to decide what
ne wants to talk about and make an
outline of it in his own handwriting
He then studies the outline and
llldhCo liCiltd1 VI "IldJ WOuld
oe amusing and pertinent comment.
The main points he transfers to
reference cards which he can put in
MS pocket. Before speaking he
sees to 1t that he has a little time
to review what he intends TO say.
Even so he is often moved by his
natural candor and an attentive
audience. Part of a careful outline
was forgotten at Girard College
when the smiling faces Of the Or
phan boy students reminded him of
his own boyhood on the farm. 1t
was incidentally, one Of his most
attractive appearances: he gave the
boys a wonderful time.
The President feels obliged to risk
the casual interludes. He could hard
ly escape them all on such journey:
he has also been assured that he
puts his best foot forward that way.
When he reads a manuscript Truman
is unfair to Truman; his natural
manner fees, his sparkle dims and
his vigorous cornbelt baritone lapses
into a dreary monotone. Practice
seems only to have made him more
Evening star., 1948-05-26
This Changing World
Rash of Strikes in Europe S; osides
AS First Results of ERP Are Noted

spite of the fine words Of Com
munist leaders.
The Communists success sfully
waged bitter anti-American cam
paign for a considerable time. But
when shiploads of American prod
ucts-from food to heavy industrial
equipment - began arriving In
French and italian ports and were
distributed. the workers saw the
Communist deception and now are
needing appeals from their govern
ments to refrain from any further
political strikes.
While many hurdles remain before
it can be said that European re-
covery is definitely under way, 1t
Is q healthy sign that there are
no large-scale walkouts in prospect
in Western Europe.
Fear Of Russians Clings.
OF course, the fear of war still
hangs heavily over all the people
of Western Europe. They still look
apprehensively toward the East,
where Red soldiers are massed for
no apparent reason except their
possible future aggressive use.
Even the man in the street in
Western Europe. who has no soft
feeling for the Germans, is aware
that it will take long time, prob
ably several generations, before the
Germans once more become aggres-
sive. Hence, there is no belief that
the heavy Red concentrations are
caused by any actual fear of the
former Reich.
This fear Of possible Red aggres-
sion is ever present now in the
minds of Europeans and explains
why there has been no opposition
whatsoever, from either labor or
farm organizations. to the French
bill to extend the term of compul-
sorry military service from IL to 18
months for the ground and air
forces and from 18 to % months
for the navy.
Western Europe Is showing now
that 1t is determined to hive under
free constitutional regimes. The
people want to return to some de-
gree Of stability and are willing to
discipline themselves and work for
their own rehabilitation. They real
ize, as we'll as do their governments,
that the principal danger lies hence
forth in Russia and are looking for
Americas help in the event of Red
aggression.
Evening star., 1948-05-26
Best Foot Forward
Truman to Make Five Major Speeches
1850 Brief Talks on His Trip West

imperfect in that aspect of his job
When he is informal, his honesty anc
goodwill shine through.
One Smile This Week.
The beleaguered Truman camp got
one smile this week with all its prob.
lens, and at the expense of the Els.
enhower liberals Of the party.
Rudely thrust into the dream worlc
where this faction lays plans to dump
Mr.. Truman, draft Gen. Eisenhower
and rally the old Roosevelt forces
was a tell-tale photograph. Used ir
the magazine 48 to illustrate ar
article on Gen. Macarthur, it showed
the General and his aides when they
broke up the Bonus Army march on
the capital"
Gen. Macarthur was then Chief OF
Staff and carrying out the orders OF
his Commander-in-Chief Mr.. Hoo
yer. But the country disapproved ano
the liberals ragged. Their embarrass-
ment is extreme when it is pointed
out to them that the aide next tc
Gen. Macarthur in the photograph
was Major Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Editors Of '48 report that Gen. Els
enhower was not identified in the
original print and that when they
consulted the official Eisenhower BIZ
ography they found missing from ii
the dates when he was aide to Gen
Macarthur. Further investigation
however proved it was indeed Ike.
Actually during that period Maj
Eisenhower was Gen. MacArthur's
ghost writer. 1t has long been re-
ported the two we're not cosy. 1t
could be that Ike took exception to
those Bonus Army actions; at least
that is what his supporters now pre-
fer to believe.
Evening star., 1948-05-26
On the Record
Soviet and German Reds in Secret Move
To Restore Provinces Taken From Reich
BY Harry Honon

tions-most of which we took from
the Morgenthau-revengists and the
Marxists-are modified, and unless
or until Western Germany has a
responsible central government. and
the European states are prepared to
take Germany in on equal terms,
enabling an unhampered German
economy to work for all Europe,
there will be neither German nor
European recovery.
The German people do not want
communism. They want bread, hope,
freedom, and an opportunity to be-
long to Europe and contribute to
sanity and prosperity. Failing this,
a new nationalism encouraged by
the Russians certainly will, sooner
or later, emerge in the form of ma
tional bolshevism. after which God
help the world.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1948-05-26
THE EVENING STAR Washington D. c. Ali
AY, rs,

deny it. Russia wants to be big and
powerful and strong and mighty just
as Britain was for hundreds OF
years.
wouldn't Pay for Paper.
As far as power goes, there are
only two nations on earth that have
the strength and resources to create
another war. Perhaps I am biased,
but I feel that this country would
be honest when and II 1t sat down
at q table with Russia. But I don't
believe that Russia would.
A man who would believe Stain
or any of the stern fellows who
work under him would undoubtedly
accept as a fact that bees and f1ow-
Evening star., 1948-05-26

sentative of the Soviet Union with
view to making frontier correc-
tions in favor of a progressive and
democratic Germany"
Thus, the German Communists,
who have been allowed to emerge
as leaders in the movement for
German unity, expect also to come
forth with firm assurances of the
restoration, In part, of the provinces
whose alienation from the Reich
has rendered millions homeless and
taken bread from the mouths Of
millions more.
People Are Desperate.
This might not be serious If con-
ditions in the western zones were
such as to give hope for q tolerable
future. But, three years after the
ending of hostilities, the condition
of the population is desperate.
Semistarvation is universal. With
man hour production down to less
than half of normal, there Is not
vestige of really responsible self
government. There is nothing re-
sembling an organized economy.
Money is worthless. The smallest
economic process is tangled in un-
believable red tape. The country
swarms with wild children" In
fact, little has modified the picture
presented in the Hoover report
which died so extraordinarily speedy
death.
If there is anywhere that the
American people are directly re-
sponsible, it is in Japan and Ger
many. Unconditional surrender"
was an American idea carrying
onerous obligations. Yet the Amer
lean people show little interest in
facing this responsibility, or endur-
ing fundamental criticism or even
knowledge of facts concerning Ger
many today.
know of only one book on post
war Germany which sets forth. IN
scholarly manner, and with an i'm
pressive array of facts and figures,
the misconceptions on which our
policy has been based. 1t Is a pic
ture of German biological, moral,
material and financial destruction;
comprehensive account Of the So
Wet zone. The facts about repara-
tions and war potential are written
against thorough knowledge OF
German pre- Hitler history, politics,
and economy.
That is Gustav stolper's German
Realities.
DR.. STOPPER, who died suddenly
Just as the book was finished, was
uniquely equipped to make this
study. Before 1888 he was a member
of the Reichstag and the founder,
editor and publisher Of the ablest
weekly of economic analysis on the
European continent. He, therefore,
was familiar in minute detail with
German history and politicaN and
economic structure.
DISTINGUISHED Career in U. s.
When he came to America in 80.
he became a citizen and made a
second distinguished career here as
an economist. During many weeks
as adviser to the Hoover Commission
he was able to use his immense in
telligence and energy to assemble
more facts than any one else has
put down for the American reader
since the war. His book, conse-
quently, is essential to any one who
wishes to understand what is hap
pening in Germany and why.
Yet this book, which appeared In
March, has been all but assassinated
by the critics, apparently because
they could not endure having the
assumptions on which our, policy has
been based vigorously challenged at
nearly every point.
Yet unless or until those assump-