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Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-26
Glacier Has Dry
Fall, Wet Year

WEST GLACIER-Total precip-
itation for 1854 so far at Glacier
National Park headquarters is 32.-
SIS inches compared to a normal
25.72 inches for all II months.
The park has had a wet spring
and summer and comparatively
dry fall, according to A. D. Can
navina, assistant chief ranger in
charge of forestry and wildlife.
Snow is still confined to higher
areas.
November precipitation so far
totals 214 inches compared to
normal 2.67 inches for the whole
month. October precipitation was
Ito compared to 2.43 inches nor
NAL; September 1.64 inches down
from 2.03 inches normal. Wet
months were August with 5.14 in
ches compared to 1923 inches nor
NAL; July with 3.15 and lis in
ches normal; June, $3.50 inches and
2.52 inches normal.
At Flathead county airport 20
air miles from West Glacier, total
precipitation so far this year is
14.72 inches and the whole years
1875 inches.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-26
Stop Freeze-OUt Of
Smaller SuwmiIIs

WHITEFISH-Ko Nation
al Forest attempt to bar small
sawmillS> from the woods in three
sales was stopped by joint action
of the Whitefish Chamber of
Commerce, Whitefish Lumber Co.,
Glacier View Lumber Co., and
Eureka mills. Hy Van Allen head
ed the local movement.
Wires were sent Senators Mike
Mansfield and James E. Murray
and Congressma Lee Metcalf pro-
testing kootenai National Forest
policy that favored large mills and
Disseminated against smaller op-
erations.
Within 48 hours, the Nov. Is
sale scheduled for Upper Lime
creek was cancelled, and specifi-
cations were changed for the Nov.
% Davis creek sale and Dec. 6
Wigwam creek offering. Mills
would be allowed to saw in the
woods instead of hauling the logs
out.
Apparent high bidder for the
Davis creek sale was c & c Lum-
Der Co., Olney.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-26
Buy at Home Adds
Features for Xmas
Shopping in Falls

Columbia Falls Chamber of
Commerce is sponsoring a turkey
and cash prize give-away each
Saturday at 8 p. m. from now un-
til Christmas. Final give-aways are
to take place Christmas week.
Last Saturday saw final draw
ings on the $10O weekly prizes
that have been in progress since
June IL. w. H. Payne, Hungry
Horse, won both the $40 and $50
prize. This is the second Satur-
day for a double winner. Mrs.
Helen Turner, Columbia Falls, won
$50.
A public burning of the June
IL to Nov. 20 tickets then took
place, and patrons are advised
that all tickets with numbers un-
der 100000 are now null and void.
Tickets for the pre-Christmas
will number from 100000
up.
Members of the Columbia Falls
Chamber "Buy 1t In Columbia
Falls" committee sponsoring the
free turkeys are Al Carter, chair
man; H. H. Davall, Dean Harri-
son, Mel Lane, Ernie MasSman and
Bob Moody.
Other holiday activity being
sponsored in the community is the
city tree which will be erected by
Howard Greene, water commiss-
oner, assisted by Troy Thacker,
street commissioner, and Don
1unsford. Pacific Power and Light
,rewS will do the wiring.
Being started this year is a
Chamber of Commerce project to
decorate the business district with
holiday lights. DR.. w. F. Bennett,
,hamber president, appointed a
of Cal Crouch, Don Da-
,all, Mel Lane, E. J. Lundstrom,
Bob Marantette and Mel Ruder.
arrangements have been made
With Lyman oliver, Pacific Pow
r and Light Co. manager to in
tall the lights. Current and in
tallation will be furnished free
" the power company.
Arrangements are being made
or the first string of lights cross
ng Nucleus avenue at the bank
orner.
Merchants who have buildings
D which the light strings are at
ached are paying part of the cost
nth the chamber paying the rest.
Other events of the holiday sea-
on in Columbia Falls include the
ions club Santa Claus programi
cheduled for Dec. % or %, and
lie annual Park theatre Christ
las treat show for youngsters
airing Judy Canova and sched-
led for Dec. "a. :
Considerable change has occur
ID in Columbia Falls business dis {
let since last Christmas. There I
e new stores and considerably
rger stocks than year ago.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-26
Serving

KALISPELL = Oliver F. Vose,
who served as Flathead county
clerk of court for over IS years
until his resignation Sept. l, 1947,
is helping out at the court house
again.
He's occupying the desk of A. j.
"Peck" Shaw, veteran county
clerk, who is i'll. Vose carries the
title of deputy clerk and recorder
at the request of Shaw, who is
likewise paying Vose's salary.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-26
Smithey Purchases
Keg Inn Building

Sale of the two-Story NelS Lo-
dahl Keg Inn building on Col
umbia Falls Nucleus avenue was
completed this week to P. T.
Smithey.
Lodahl is a resident of Medicine
Lake in eastern Montana, and the
building was formerly occupied
by the Keg Inn cafe.
Smithey plans to move his
Rocky Mountain Sports shop from
the Bose building.
Dave Greve had the Keg Inn
building erected about 1918. It was
a tavern with a cafe in the base
ment. F. P. Fleming and John Gil
rardi bought the building, and
sold it to "Doe" and Mary Ann
Leonard in 1916. Nels Lodahl pur-
chased the property seven years
ago.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-26
AAC Employment Considered at Peak

Jobs building the Anaconda Al
uminum Co. Flathead plant this
week and next are considered at
their peak. A mid-week check
Wednesday showed 1866 men
working and payrolls near 81, 600
600 month
Employment has continued over
the 1900 mark since Sept. 20 ex-
cept for early November when it
went down to 1850.
A major phase of building the
nearly two-thirds completed plant
is to be windup Of the J. A. Nc
Neil Co., Inc. excavations and
foundations contract during the
next two weeks.
James Cullen, vice president of
the Alhambra, Calf, firm, COM
mented Wednesday that about L.
300 cubic yards Of concrete re-
mained to be placed. Baker, Mitch
el-Thwing, San Bernardino, Calf.
concrete supplier for Mcneil, has
turned out 80,426 cubic yards of
concrete at the AAC plant.
The Mcneil Co. started actual
construction of the aluminium
plant at ground breaking ceremon-
les June 9, 1858.
Cullen expects that Mcneil that
has been employing over 500 men
will complete their cleanup and
be off the job by Dec. Is. Last
concrete placement on the con-
tract is to be next week.
Cullen added that marvellous
weather for construction was be-
ing experienced during November.
Men working longest hours at
the plant these weeks are the con-
crete finishers. Six and seven days
weeks have been prevalent.
McElroy and Wilken, Columbia
Falls and Kalispell, this week was
awarded a subcontract by Baker
Mitchell-Thwing to furnish con-
crete after Dec. 1. This includes
concrete for Foleys.
Other major contractor to wind
up this fall was American Bridge
division of U. S. Steel Corp, who
employed up to 80 men, and com
pleted their contract which includ-
ed furnishing and erection of
steel for the four 1,1OO
foot long potline buildings. Ameri-
can Bridge finished early in Nov
ember. Vinnel Inc, Baldwin Park,
Calf, have As men working on
steel erection at the plant now.
Foley Constructors, the plants
general contractor with Donovan
Construction Co. on electrical
work, Foley's principal subcon-
ractor, has 8l9 men working UP
rom last weeks 794. Walter Sat
Ter, Foley project manager, ex-
'ects Foley crews may increase by
lbout so during December.
Mcneil is finishing its contract.
Part of the Foley contract is to
'lace about 1,500 cubic yards of
for curbs, sidewalks and
iimilar construction next year.
Employment outlook is that the
'lathead this coming winter will
ave the most men working in
in the history of the
alley for January and February.
he plant is expected to provide
bout 1000 winter jobs compared
D Hungry Horse during its peak
up to 500 jobs during
inter, including bureau employees.
Thanksgiving was holiday at
lie plant except for maintenance
ersonnel.
First aluminium production at
ne plant is scheduled for next
uly. The completed plant is to
nploy $50.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-26
North Fork Bridge
Solution PENDING

KALISPELL - Three possible
solutions are indicated for the
North Fork bridge at Blanken-
ships.
Flathead county commissioners
instructed Ed Schroeder, county
attorney, Monday to give Rex
Brown, Coram mill owner, and his
insurance company, Is days in
which to decide wether to replace
the bridge as it was, or pay $751;
900 damages.
Schroeder delivered the letter to
William Walterskirchen, Browns
attorney in Kalispell, Tuesday.
If Brown does not accept one
alternative or the other, the coun-
ty commissioners indicate that le-
gal action will be started.
A Brown logging truck was on
the west span Of the old timber
bridge last July when it collap-
sed into the North Fork. The bridge
had been the crossing for the
South Fork of the Flathead, and
was replaced in 1878. The old
timbers were then reconstructed
into a North Fork bridge as a
WPA project.
Meeting with the county COM
Charles Luke, Wallace
Monk and Reu Carr at the bridge
hearing Monday were Ed Schroe-
er, county attorney; I. a. Tasch-
ereau, county engineer; Attorney
Valterskirchen and S. Y. Larrick
representing the General Adjust
nent Bureau. Insurance was with
Conrad Casualty Co.
Originally the damage was
placed at $4,000. The commission
RS reduced this figure to $4,000. |
Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-26
Cleaner Nucleus Ave.
Is Pleasing Sight

Columbia Falls liked the idea OF
Nucleus avenue having a bath last
week. Proposal of regular clean
ing of the main street has been
made.
The crew on the job last week
included Police Chief Vern Bran
des, Bob Marantette, Cal Crouch,
firemen Roy Anders, and Darwin
Lundstrom; former firemen, Bill
Bose and Joe Opalka and an on
locker from out of town, who said
"I'm not doing anything, and might
as well help" Who is left out?
Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-26

WEATHER forecast: Variable
high cloudiness Wednesday and
Thursday. Otherwise fair. Patches
of fog likely Thanksgiving morn
ing. No important temperature
change. Predicted highs so to SIS,
low near 80 Wednesday night.
Highs and lows: Nov. 10, $3.50:
Saturday 48-37, Sunday 54-31.
Monday 47-28, Tuesday 1929.
Wednesday 52-27. Temperatures
have been running Z degrees above
normal for the month. Average so
far in November has been 4O.1 de-
grees; normal for November is 80
degrees. November is actually
turning out to be nearly as warm
as was October when the aver
age was 408; October normal is
"A. October was a cooler month
than normal in the Flathead.
Precipitation: Total for month
50 far 90 of an inch, according
10 Nate StieWig, observer at Flat
head county airport. Normal for
whole month is I.55 inches.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-26
Consider Arson In
Two Saturday Fires

The ugly word of larson" was
about in Columbia Falls last week
end.
Just after midnight when Fri
day turned to Saturday, Columbia
Falls volunteer firemen were call
ed to the old Hutcheson Cleaners
building on Nucleus avenue. A fire
was put out in the second story
at the rear.
Saturday evening at 8, the fire
men were called back to the build
ing by fire that apparently start
ed in a closet on the first floor
and had no connection with the
first blaze.
There was report of oil soaked
waste material, but it has not been
substantiated. Chief How ar d
Greene and the volunteer firemen
are concerned.
The old building has become an
eyesore with broken windows, and
the look of wanting to lay down.
Columbia Falls city council dis
cussed condemnation proceedings
of the structure at its Nov. l meet
ing.
The building once housed "The
Columbian" Columbia Falls first
e~fo ri fnI IN
and was discontinued about 1928. |
Later it became headquarters for
the Crows Nest Oil Co., drilling
for oil up the North Fork on the
Canadian line. Old timers gener-
ally refer to the structure as the
Crows Nest building. About 1947 |
the old building was renovated for
Hutcheson Cleaners, Columbia /
Falls branch which was soon dis
continued.
There was considerable sentiment
in the city Saturday that the COM
has too efficient fire de-
partment in this case. However no
citizen wants arson.
Sound of the fire siren was un-
familiar of late. Thursday
night there was a call to Columbia
Heights to chimney fire at the
Mobil station. The firemen were
just concluding their regular meet
ing when the siren sounded. They
were at the fire so soon that COM
nent was "you fellows must have
been next door getting a glass of
beer"
Saturday at 1880 am, there
vas a chimney fire at Ed Jystad's
md Tuesday at $50 am, CHM {
ley fire at the A. w. Howell resi-
lence near the Silver bridge. :
Chimney fires ordinarily cause t
title damage. Firemen urge local t
esidents, however, to take some
recautions with SCOT removers and t
leaning. Firemen have to sleep
90. r
Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-26
Bank Starting Xmas
Club Suvinqs Plan

New service at the Bank of
Columbia Falls is the Christmas
club savings plan.
Al Carter, bank vice president,
explains that by obtaining a cou-
pom book and putting away any
where from so cents to $40 week,
there is payment Nov. Is, 1855,
year from now, to finance
Christmas purchases.
Savings of so cents a week re-
suit in $25 saved; 81 for so weeks
is $50 saved.
Christmas club savings plans
have proved popular over the ma
tion helping an individual with
the extra costs of the holiday.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-26
PTA Organization
SET for Monduy

Organization meeting of the
Columbia Falls PTA Parent
Teachers association is scheduled
for Monday at 8 pm. in Columbia
Falls high school study hall.
Fifty parents attended the first
meeting Nov. 8 to discuss starting
local PTA.
Al Carter was named temporary
chairman and Ted Andrews. tenn
porary secretary treasurer. An or
ganization committee was named
consisting of Mrs. Alton johnson,
Sid Mellow, Bob Jordan, L. w.
Mcneil and Kenneth Averill.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-26
Cattle Queen Lived in Glacier

/ "Cattle Queen of Montana
starring Barbara Stanwyck anc
Ronald Reagan drew record crowds
at the Park theatre Sunday, Mon
day and Tuesday. 1t was an es-
pecially interesting technicolor
western for Montanans with Gla-
cier's east side as a background.
Most of the sets were in the st,
Mary valley just outside the park.
The plot was completely fam
iliar with a pretty heroine, a
sharp shooting hero, good men,
bad men, Indians, an explosion
cattle stampede and battle.
What RKO overlooked was the
story of the real "Cattle Queen" F"
who spent a part of her life in land
that has since become Glacier Ma
tional Park.
The story of her life would have
made an outstanding motion pic
ture, and there is a book called
"Cattle Queen"
Don Robinson, park naturalist,
helped us with this resume.
Libby Smith was a native of
Rockford, ILL.,, who came to Colo
rado mining camps with her par
ents. While still a girl she was
captured by Indians and lived
with them.
Next phase finds her in Virginia
City, Montana with the gold rush,
and then on to Helena and Silver
City where she was married to Nat
Collins, a mill owner.
Collins later started a cattle
ranch near the present city of
Choteau, and shortly afterwards
became an invalid. Mrs. Collins
ran the ranch and as became the
custom through the years, the
ranch owner or manager went east
to st Paul or Chicago with train
loads of cattle.
1t was, unusual back in the
1905 to find a woman going back
with the cattle to market, and this
gave rise to the name "Cattle |
Queen" for Mrs. Collins.
About this time, Mrs. Collins
became interested in mining in
What is now Glacier National
park. She had claim in the very
enter of what is now Glacier. 1t
vas up the Mcdonald valley, then,
lp Mineral creek to a small tri-
utary that to this day is known
S Cattle Queen creek.
Up to 18 men were employed by
Irs. Collins in her prospecting and
lain on land that 80 years later
ecame a part of Glacier. She was
9th cook and foreman. 1t was un- {
Iccessful. {
Supplies were taken up 10-mile
ing Lake Mcdonald by boat. The {
attic Queen with Frank McPart- (
md were coming across the lake. '
he boat tipped. Mcfarland t
There's mountain q
AIMED Mcfarland at the head of {
lie lake. His body was never re-
)vered. S
In the 1905 Mrs. Collins went l.
Alaska after gold. 1t was an
venture, and she re- n
rned to the ranch where her Z
lsband had died. She sold the T.
nch, and moved to California
here she passed away. |
Each winter Glacier National Il
ark rangers make two snow sur
" trips into the heart of the
Irk to cabin on Cattle Queen N
eek. Last March l, Rangers Bud W
;tey and Bruce Miller measured il
Sc inches of snow on the ground m
the spot.
Rangers finding deep snow at ir
title Queen each winter results d,
stories and headlines in many fl
the states papers. The "Cattle L
leen" herself was an unusual la B
who lived a series of adven- lo
res in early Montana and the 81
est. MR. a!
Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-26
Schedules Concert

First band concert of the sea-
son is scheduled by Columbia Falls
high school band for Dec. 8. The
60-piece band under the direction
of William Bruey will perform in
the grade school auditorium in an
8 pm. concert.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-18
HuzIe Davis Weds
Charles Motfson

HUNGRY HORSE-A wedding
of interest to local residents tool
place June 8 in Seattle when Mrs
Halle Davis, widow of the late
Rev. Evan H. Davis of South Fork
was married to Charles N. Matt
son, Seattle. Rev. Lyle B. Sprad-
ley of Seattle, former Montana
minister, performed the double
ring ceremony. Mrs. Lyle Spradley
was the brides only attendant.
and Mr.. Ole Larson was best man
for the groom.
A reception followed the cere-
mony for close friends and rela-
tives at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. Salathiel. Floral decorations
were chosen from Mrs. Salathiel's
garden and the tables carried a
white and silver color scheme.
The bride and groom arrived here,
Saturday to visit friends and left
Sunday afternoon for Cut Bank
where they visited Mrs. Mattson's
daughter, Mrs. R. ]. Selstad and
family. Later this summer they
will travel to California, where
they will visit the brides relatives.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Mattson are
well known in this community, Mr.
Mattson being former Great Falls
resident, and Mrs. Mattson owns
Bad Rock Canyon ranch. Congrat-
ulations are extended to the hap
py couple.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-18
c q bin Owners
Back at Essex
BY Mrs. o, [. Persvn


ESSEX-People from east of the
mountains are beginning to spenc
the weekends at their cabins
around Essex. So it looks like
summer is about to come to the
mountains.
The best wishes of the entire
community are extended to Shir-
ley and Allen Graham the newly
weds. They are living in the Tom
Scott place.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Withrow ar
rived home the first of the week
after spending the winter in Mis-
soula.
Visiting at the Ed Grinde home
are MIR. and Mrs. Mackey, Kalis-
pell.
Guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lyle Gee are their daughter
and family from California.
Charlie Meyers arrived from
the east Saturday to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Bill Payne.
Mrs. Roy Hutchinson reports
that there are more and more tour
lists stopping at the ranger station
for information everyday now.
Michael Persyn left Saturday
for Everett, Washington where he
plans to visit his grandfather.
The Middle Fork is on the rise
again as rain and warm weather
start the snow in the high places
to melting. Hope it doesn't do too
much damage this time.
Bill Payne is taking some time
off from his job as conductor on
the helper engine and is getting in
a lot of fishing. Bob Arndt, White
fish, is taking his place.
Bill Norton, manager of the ho-
tel, returned the middle of the
week from a business trip to st.
Paul.
Mr.. and Mr.. Oak Balm are the
owners of new car.
Several people have reported
good catches of whitefiSh the past
week, also some cutthroat trout
are being caught. With the river
coming up it will be awhile be-
fore there will be many caught
again.
Mrs. Joe King, Cut Bank, spent
the weekend visiting her husband,
who is cooking at the hotel.
Gene Mccartney, Whitefish, re-
ieved Mr.. Mccain on the helper {
or a few days while Mr.. Mccain
vas on the sick list. !
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Luke and :
amily, Whitefish are living in the E
Upstairs apartment of the Childer's
louse. Mr.. Luke is conductor on
/ work train out of Essex. {
Visiting at the Vern Brown
Iome are their grandchildren from S
,ureka and Mrs. Browns mother, a
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-18
Son For HOdgsOns

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred E. Hodgson,
Ephrata, Wash, are parents of a
son born June 8. They are both
Columbia Falls high school grad
uates. Grandparents are Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert H. Smith, Columbia
Falls and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hodg-
son of West Glacier and Ogden,
Utah.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-18
Greeters on Job At
Courtesy Station

Official greeters for the state of
Montana are on the job at the
courtesy station (port-of-entry)
on highway No. 2 in Columbia
Heights.
Manning the station this sum-
Hler are Larry Carlson and Bill
Bertino, Columbia Falls, and
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-18
Al Clubs Growing
by Walt Mauritson. county AGENT

by Walt Mauritson, county agen
KALISPELL-This is the big
gest year in the history of Flat.
head county All club work. Clut
work has been growing in Flat
head steadily for a number o1
years. This year there are a total
of 462 boys and girls enrolled in
club work in 80 different clubs
with 70 leaders. Last year there
were 379 members with so leaders
in 25 clubs.
The first big program coming
up for All members is the annual
encampment at the Lions Youth
camp at Bitterroot lake.
There will be two camps again
one for 10 to Is year old mem
bers and one for IA and over. The
first camp starts July 8 and the
second Monday, July IL.
An insect pest known as the
Tent Caterpillar is making its an
nual appearance at this time. This
GdlC1 p1l1d1 ID cOOQI OllG W OIl6 dIlQ
one-fourth inches long-black with
yellow orange stripe on each
side of the back, and fuzzy. When
first noticed on a tree they have
generally congregated in a mass
near the tip of one or more
branches. They defoliate the limb
and usually, if left alone, will form
a web on the end OF the branch,
eventually killing it. For control
use a mixture of so per cent wet
table D.D.T. powder in water at
the rate of one ounce to three
gallons of water or one-fourth |
pound to IL gallons.
June is national "Dairy Month"
Dairying is important to the Flat
head. Out of an estimated gross
agricultural income for 1858 of
S6, 185,765 dairying accounted for
81 ,030, 0,784.87. At the moment there
are huge surpluses of dairy pro-
luctS. An extra glass of milk a
lay per family would take care of
he surplus. A glass a person ex-
ra each day would soon cause a
hortage. How about that glass of
milk?
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-18
Michael Poston. Kalispell.

Michael Poston, Kalispell.
Carlson will be a sophomore at
Colorado Teachers college in
Greeley next fall; Poston will be
a sophomore and Bertino, fresh
man, at Montana State college,
Bozeman.
Sunday saw cars from "a differ
ent states stop at the courtesy sta
ton. AS usual Washington led
followed by California, and then
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-18
Becomes Physician

University of Minnesota grad
yates this spring include William
Driscou Jr., son of Bill Driscoll,
Columbia Falls. He completedl his
course in medicine magma cum
laude, Bill reports.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-18
also from Eureka.

also from Eureka.
Mrs. Bob Arndt and daughters,
Whitefish, are spending a few
days in Essex visiting Mr.. Arndt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chet Johnson
spent the weekend in Whitefish
and Kalispell.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-18

Minnesota and Oregon. Washington
cars totaled So, California, 26; Min
Hungry Horse news., 1954-06-18

nesota, 18, and Oregon II with
Canada represented by AZ.
Evening star., 1954-10-15
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

STUDEBAKER As Commander 4-dr.;
$295. MARTIN STUDEBAKER, 1904