Hungry Horse news., 1954-11-05
IL Yeas Acc

Seventeen years ago coffee was selling for p
cents pound in Columbia Falls. AT the same time
cash in Columbia Falls town general fund totaled
sA4 7s and the town budget showed other cash pal
soee of s3e3 for streets and alleys, and $264 for
fire nrotection Francis Fleming was treasurer.
Frank Schmidt mayor 80 a.
coffee was cheap and so was sugar with 20
,oun5s for 81 So Likely the difficulty was getting
that % cents to buy pound of Bonita coffee or ~
cents a pound for Chase and Sanborn
Mavbelle Kelley gave us a Nov. 4, 1887 copy OF
ssTbe Columbia Falls Review" The newspaper later
discontinued publication. There was an item he
,,ieuv will accent chickens in exchange for SUD-
Lead story tells of Columbia Falls town council
sponsoring another WPA project. The report con-
tinues The project calls for expenditure OF SI|'-
89430 and with the S5OOOO pro1ecIs Just oeis
nleted will give Columbia Falls one OF the best res
ervoir systems in the northwest with water supply
sufficient to take care of a city many Ulnes Ine
size of Columbia Falls.
because of the poor condition OF the
+oye finances the Sponsors contribution calls Tor
hut s768 and all but S110 of this amount can pe
taken care of by charging rental for the towns
truck and grader along with materials now owlleu'
To take care of the $110, Councilman Harris mace
motion calling for cut OF lOO per cent III SALARY
~ ali col,ncilmen for the next two months
Today we can look back at expenditures OF
s125 200 in l948-49 and 100000 this year TO I'M
prove system that back in 1897 looked as thougn ~
it was becoming adequate for town consi"ei0iS
larger. .,,,s of 7. .,,roa,
Hill of Glasgow being only bidder for operating the
town. -owned tourist cabins where the swimming
mol is located. Hill offered the same Zee as lhe
former lessee, H. c. Nelson 1t was SzOC alual lai
rental and an offer to pay the first years rental
in advance. 4oo7 os
The council meeting for November, 1897 was
in process of adopting ordinance to license pus!
ness houses with the idea of raising revenue Inns
included tax of 35 cents per year for each teIe-
nitV
The matter of licensing businesses is still a
tonic of conversation at present day city councn
meetings. o,a ,,o,,,s-
naner tells of a new bridge for u. S. highway NO
across the South Fork east of Bad Rock canyon
The old bridge is described as stood for many
years and is in such condition that flatneao
county commissioners recently posteo hotice Hln-
iting loads to four TONS"
The old bridge later was then taken TO blah-
kenships and erected across the Flathead river as
WPA project July g. 1854 the west span collapsed
under a logging truck.
Seventeen years ago there was also plea LOT
Columbia Falls Commercial club members Gore
runner of today's inactive chamber OF commerce1
to pay their annual dues OF ST. AN even ~ @ nau
made the necessary deposit of DOLLAR the re
view related eff you are one of those who neglect
ed this the officers will appreciate 1t II you Will
leave buck with either Secretary E. j. Marantette
or President D. w. Greene as soon as possible
Other items tell of c. H. thompson OF Nashua
buving the Columbia Falls Nash garage and service
station. -
Halloween damage in the town apparently was
limited TO about $40. Youngsters unknowlngly caus-
ed this damage when they pushed over an apano-
doned clubhouse Inside the building there happened
10 be new set of storm windows The glass was
practically all broken in the upset.
There is also report about the Nortn FORK
oil well II was Columbia Oils Ltd 1.-THE diamond
drill is now down almost 1000 feet working tnree
shifts Geologists claim that oil should be STRUCK
within 5000 feet. A spring close to this Wen pro-
uces oil that has on several occasions operated an
automobile on the drive to Columbia tals' tne
nearest town.
ssThe corporation is owned mostly by Canaolan
capital although considerable stock IS held py COL
,,rnbia Falls and Kalispen people
In football, Columbia Falls wildcats oeIeateo
the Whitefish second team to o. Fleming, CoIunl-
ba Falls quarterback, the outstanding yaro
gamer. and there was long pass received from
Reid. Coach was Duane Dugan. No other names
were used. ..a
The issue tells of the deaths of two outstano-
ing citizens. Reported was funeral services
of Arthur L. Jordan prominent Columbia rams
resident who died Oct. 26. Palbearers were
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