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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY

Aubrey Snellings, 32-year-old
jockey. got great deal of sat-
isfaction out Of winning yester-
days third race at Bowie with
Handspring. a flrst-time starter.
owned by Mrs, j. Bowes Bond.
An easy, front-running victory
aboard the Bond filly, a 14-to-1
shot, gave Snellings his first win
ner since 1858. The veteran,
whose career was interrupted a
few seasons back when he broke
his leg In a spill. rode only four
times lsst year and had had only
one mount at Bowie before yes
terday's triumph. Handspring.
whose sire was the route-running
Isolator, broke like a flash in the
4ls-furlong dash for 2-year-olds
and led all the way to win by 8
lengths at a $31 20 mutuel.
Snellings worked as an outrider
for the first 10 days of the cur
rent Bowie meeting until Scotty
Prain took over his job. together
with his duties, as top exercise
boy for Bowes Bond, trainer Of
Handspring.
Another flrst-time starter at
Bowie today is Prize Story, one
of the great Citations first crop
of foals. Prize Story, whose dam
was the Mahmoud mare Mush
Mush, is owned by Mrs. Ada
L. Rice and trained by Tommy
Kelly.
Only a few persons in the
crowd of 1878 realized the
drama being enacted when Brau
Imp galloped to victory in the
eighth race.
Only moments before, Samuel
Park, 63-year-old co-ow1er Of
Brau Imp had collapsed and died
Of a heart attack after leaving
the paddock where Brau Imp was
saddled. Park, a Philadelphia
who raced his horses in the name
of the Parkman Stable. was pro-
nounced dead at the track in
Urinary by DR.. Robert McCeney.
Quick Shower, who ran in the
third race, and Parlor Pink. who
competed in the fifth. also car
ried Parks silks. Parlor Pink fin
iShed third.
A limit field of some of the
swiftest sprlnters on the grounds
will match strides in today's
$4,000 Variety Club allowance
purse, seventh race on the card.
r. C. Hanna's Candle Wood Is
likely to be favored. but it figures
to be an open contest with Re-
silent. Bronze Warrior. Roman
Fair and JEANNE c, also due to
be well backed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
Dick Guest Is Lost
To Navy Nine Due
To Football Injury

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 81 P.-
Dick Guest, football fullback and
baseball outflelder, underwent a
knee operation yesterday as a
result of a spring football prac-
tice injury and Navy will lose his
baseball services for this season.
Guest alternated at fullback
last fall with Joe Gattuso and
had been expected to play left
field on Max Bishops baseball
team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
HOCKEY PLAYOFFS

Yesterdays Results
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Pittsburgh, 3, Buffalo pittsburgh
leads best-of-7 final series Loo.
Today's Schedule
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston at Montreal Montreal leads
best-ot-7 series. SD.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati at Troy Cincinnati leads
best-of-7 final series. SD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31

Sentiment and memories seem
to be as important in the turf
world as the winner of the next
race. w.
To our surprise the other day
at Bowie, when we circulated a
Bowie racing program dated
April 4, 1885. the following pages
were as much in demand as fresh
money among the riders, Off
Gals and other members of the
press. 49,,
The cover of the program it
self Is interesting because under
the word Bowie there is a line
"Prince Georges Park" It's
been a long time since we have
heard any reference to Bowie
as Prince Georges Park. Also on.
. the cover is a picture Of a lady
attired in long coat and dress
with high button shoes and car
rying a bouquet of flowers with
two thoroughbreds looking on.
We must admit the significance
Of this picture has us stumped
and we are inclined to believe
that the printer had an anti
quated engraving for which he
had no better use.
One Of the most startling
names that hits you right in the
eye is in the very first race.
There it is with no fanfare, no
blare of trumpets. Simply No.
l-Seabiscuit and in smaller type.
b. C. 2. by Hard Tack-Swing On.
Not only that. but Seabiscuit
finished second in this 4-furlong
sprint, the sixth start of his ca
reer, after five defeats in g.
furlopg races at Hialeah. The
race was won by Mrs. John Hay
Whitney's Borsa and the purse
was $500. Seabiscuit was to run
II times as a juvenile before he
finally won. Later he was sold
by the Wheatley Stable to
Charles S. Howard of California
and went on to fame with Red
Pollard. who also appears on
the old program. although he
did not ride him in his first of
three Bowie starts that spring.
One of the better-known jock
eys riding then was Johnny
Belshak, who was to have his
greatest season that year aboard
Discovery. Bejshak, now en-
ployed as custodian of the riders
quarters at the Maryland tracks,
was quick to identify riders and
trainers on the program whom
he knew well.
He recalled that the late Sill
VIC Coucci was quite a riding
star in those days. and he also
talked of Skinny Fallon. also
deceased: Pollard and Eddie
Litzenberger.
Surprisingly, three riders who
appear in this 1885 program are
still active in the saddle. They
/ are Pollard, Herb Lindberg and
Moose Peters. Sammy Renick
now is a television personality
and Bobby Merritt is a trainer.
Among the owners listed are
some famous racing stables
which have passed out OF exist
ence and others which are still
going strong. Among the old
timers still in business are Wat
son Elliott. Ella K. Bryson, Elmer
Trueman and Sport Haymaker.
Other owners names which
will awaken memories include
Admiral Cary T. Grayson, who
had Brown Top, 2-year-old in
the first race; Howard Bruce,
with Green Mist in the same
race: the Everglade Stable with
Witan. a 3-year-old in the fourth
race, and Mrs. John Hay Whit
ney's Hows Chances in the fifth
race.
Evidently, there were some
shenanigans afoot concerning
mutuel and admission tickets at
the time because there is a notice
In the program to the effect that
the management advises patrons
TO purchase rnutuel tickets and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
CITATION FILLY RUNS AT BOWIE
Riders First Winner
Since '53 q Juicy One

Conn McCreary win come
from New York to ride Joe Jones
in Saturdays $4,000 Bowie Han
dicap. McCreary also viii handle
the Hirsch Jacobs colt in the
$4,000 John G. Campbell Handi-
cap the following week.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14
Prepare Site For
New City Librory

Land is being leveled and footings
prepared for the new Columbia
Falls library building.
Mayor Herman Benzien is super
vising this phase, and Columbia
Falls city equipment is preparing
footing trenches, waterline and sew
age facilities.
Anaconda Aluminium Co. donated
a 70 by Is foot building which form
erly was twO-thirds of the Foley
Constructors office used in plant
construction. The structure is being
moved to Columbia Falls and placed
on school land just south of Column
bia Falls high school on Fourth
Avenue West. This will be the first
branch building of Flathead county
library, and up to 1000 books will
be supplied by the county. School
District 6 is providing the site.
Columbia Falls city council al
their October meeting voted $25(
for the project and use of city equip
ment. Columbia Falls Chamber O
Commerce directors this week votet
$780,
The Columbia Falls Business ant
Professional W0men's club are ais,
helping sponsor the project.
Anaconda Aluminium Co. employe
! are donating services to enclose on,
end of the building and for wirin,
and plumbing. Local mills are donat
ing materials.
Chef Seymer is heading drive
raise $1,000 in all to put the build
ing into shape for use as library
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14
Check Uranium
Plane Report

Another in the series of reports
that the lost uranium plane had been
spotted was being checked Thursday
afternoon by Coroner Sol Catron and
Sheriff Dick Walsh.
Two search craft reported back
late Thursday afternoon from the
spot that they found mo trace"
Curtis Kirkendahl, Seattle pilot
who flew down the Middle Fork mid
day Thursday heading West, made
the report.
Kirkendahl said: IF you have al
aircraft missing, | noticed what ap
peared to be one on the west slope
of a mountain about 5 miles due
south of West Glacier at 4,50O foo
elevation. 1t appeared to be silver
metal"
! Catron plans to contact Mr.. Kirk
endahl in Seattle for more fpiI
pointing as to location information
June % saw three Tacoma urani
UNI hunters disappear in their sill
yer colored Stinson monoplane. TIL,
plane was reported up the Middl
Fork among other places.
Search continued for about 10 day
with rumors, and no trace.
Missing we're Phil Meyers, pilo
with Clarence Hebel and Harve
Prefer, passengers.
Thought has been that hunter
would find the missing plane event
ually.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14
Col. Falls Journeys
To Eureka Saturday

Columbia Falls has a good chance
for its first football victory of the
season Saturday when the Wildcats
Journey to Eureka.
There are always problems. Eur
eka, yet to win game, has the same
idea.
In any event Columbia Falls foot
ball schedule this fall started with
the districts strong teams, and is
winding up with Eureka, Oct. IS;
Libby here, Oct. % and Thompson
Falls there, Oct. %. However all
of these teams in the lower half of
the score bracket have been getting
stronger, so has Columbia Falls.
Last Saturday saw Columbia Falls
lose to Whitefish as expected by a
40 to score.
Other scores were Libby 10, Eur
eka O; Thompson Falls upsettine
Roman rs.
The outstanding game Of the week
end was st. Ignatius tripping Polsor
/ 80 to 20. 1t ended a four year win
ming streak for the Poison Pirates
who incidentally play Whitefish thi'
weekend.
The football season isn't over a.
far as who'll win goes. Roman wa
ahead and then lost to Poison 81 tt
IA two weeks ago. Then Roman los
to Thompson Falls rs last week
end. Thompson Falls, a new schoo
in the class B district, hadn't BEEF
a winner.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14
AT Of | Signs Up
Bureau EMPLOYEES

HUNGRY HORSE Negotiations
are underway with the Columbia
Basin Trades Council of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor which seeks
to include the Hungry Horse Project
in Montana and Minnidoka Project
in Idaho in its jurisdiction.
There are IS employees on the Bur-
eau of Reclamation operations staff
at Hungry Horse including 40 hourly
wages, who under the new agree
ment would have the AT of L coun-
Gil negotiate their wages. A major
ity of the Hungry Horse Project en-
ployes have signed for this choice.
E. L. Gochnauer, Hungry Horse
Project superintendent, is to be In
Ephrata, Wash, Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday on the labor
question.
The Columbia Basin Trades Coun
Gil AT of L presently represents
Bureau of Reclamation and Bonnie
vile Power Administration hourly
paid employees in Washington.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14

and Graves, and Jim creek near
Moore lake up the Swan. Two other
possibilities are near Frozen lake
near the Canadian line and the Aur-
ora creek drainage near Hungry
Horse Dam.
The 1855 spruce bark beetle sur
veys included the examination of
about 14O, 900 acres of national forest
lands outside the wilderness. In add
ition about 10000 acres of private
lands mostly Northern Pacific own
ed, we're partially surveyed by en-
tomologists of the Intermountain
Range and Experiment station from
MisSoula.
FROM ENDEMIC TO EPIDEMIC
Spruce bark beetles have been
endemic over the Pacific Northwest
for years. What was controlled by
such natural forces as the weather
cycle and woodpeckers burst into
a full scale epidemic in 1852. This
followed a storm in November, 1916
which saw what Neitzling describes
as hurricane winds strike high ele
walton forest basins, home of spruce
The downed timber saw a tremen
dous upsurge in the number of spruce
bark beetles and the fight was on"
Forests of region 1 were approp
rated $8.5 million for road building
Of this total the Flathead received
over So million, half of which was
spent to rebuild and improve road:
in the North Fork drainage, the
principal spruce area. Over Ion
miles of permanent type timber
roads were built with these funds
Main logging roads constructed b.
timber purchasers in the past tire,
years totaled another 200 miles cost
ing about 81 million. Over 100 mile
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14
Firemen's Drive

Donations to Columbia Falls Vol
unter Firemen totaled $500, as OF
Thursday morning.
Residents not contacted by letter,
yet wishing to contribute, may mail
donations to Roy Anders, treasurer,
Columbia Falls.
This annual drive for funds is only
means of raising money to purchase
additional hose and other necessary
equipment for the department.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14
Computing Final Cost Of H.H. Dam

HUNGRY HORSE-Final cost OF
Hungry Horse Dam and Powerhouse,
the Bureau of Reclamation's first
major post World War II project
are being computed.
Checking the final figures are B.
C. Hammock and o. w. Morgan,
auditors from the Bureau of Reclaim
atoms Denver office.
When construction of the dam
started in May, 1913, the estimated
cost of the. nations fourth largest,
third highest concrete dam with it's
pOwerhouse was estimated at $1O8,-
800, 900. The dam itself was COM
'pleted Oct. 4, 1852 with first power
generation Oct. l, 1852.
Total cost of the project that was
to be $108, 300, 900 now appears to be
$1O2, OOO, 600.
Last major contract at Hungry
Horse was the $185, 900 channel deep
ening contract just below the dam
completed this summer.
Hungry Horse Dam backs up a "a
mile long lake holding 3,468,OO acre
feet of water. The reservoir has q
pattern of being full each summer
The four II, $50 kilowatt generators
are tied in with the Bonneville Power
Administration grid.
Hungry Horse resulted in the
$65, 900, 900 Anaconda Aluminium Co
plant employing 500 locating two
miles east of Columbia Falls. Alum
mum production started Aug. u
1855.
Downstream benefits of Hungry
Horse stored water saw additional
generators installed at Kerr Dam a
the foot of Flathead lake, and pro
vides essential upstream storage TO
Cabinet Gorge Dam and the startin,
Noxon Rapids project as well a
bolstering the upstream storag,
for Grand Coulee and other dams o.
the Columbia.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14
FIotheod Timber
Offered by Stote
by Robert 1. Jordan
Timber MANAGEMENT Assistant


MISSOULA-SeaIed bids for eight
State Forestry department timber
sales will be opened at the State
Forester's office in Missoula Oct.
% according to l.. l.. White, Assistant
State Forester.
The eight sales, with combined
total of over $4,000, 900 board feet,
are the largest group of prepared
sales the State Forestry department
has offered in recent years.
Of the four sales in Flathead and
Lake counties approximately 4,OO0,-
600 board feet of Spruce beetle in
tested timber on the West Fork OF
Swift creek in Saltwater State Forest
comprises the only salvage sale
Whale creek on the Flathead's North
Fork 4,500,O00 board feet, mostly
larch and Douglas fir; nearly one
million feet of larch in the McGregol
lake area west of Kalispell; and com
bined Ponderosa pine and Douglas
fir stumpage near Niarada for $50,
100 board feet
The remaining sales with approx
mately 100000 board feet are il
MissOula, Mineral and Ravalli coun
ties with Ponderosa pine and Doug
las fir stumpage offered, White said
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14
More Falls Locals

Art Green returned home, Monday,
from St. Patrick's hospital, Missoula.
He was a patient there two weeks.
Visiting several days with him were
Mr. and Mrs. Wilferd Green, Culver
dale, Calf, and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Green, Arcata, Calf. Wilferd and
Henry are sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
Art Green.
Mrs. W. 0. Clapper returned home,
Sunday, from Southville. Mo She
attended the funeral of her father
there.
Mike Maeschler left, Tuesday, for
Brownsville, MINI. He spent two
months with Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Downes here.
MIR. and Mrs. Cliff Sedivy and Mr.
and Mrs. Vince Sedivy, bingham
left, Monday, for vacation r.
They will visit in Spokane and Seattle
as well as other points along the
coast.
Date for the rummage sale spon
sored by the Methodist WSCS has
been set for Nov. S. Annual bazaar
| of the WSCS is to be given, Dec. 5
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14


has been logged, from all owner
ships, but principally on Flathead
National Forest lands. An estimated
81 million feet of this spruce was in
tested with beetles or dead when
hauled out of the woods. The big
control of the beetle phase by man
was that if these trees had not been
removed, they would have become
the source of more beetles as well
as worthless Snags contributing to
the fire hazard.
NOT SALvACED
1t is estimated that 200 million
feet of spruce killed by the bark
beetles since 1852 on all ownerShips
will not be salvaged, Neitzling add
ed. Almost so per cent of this un-
salvaged dead material is located
within the Bob Marshall Wilderness
area or the Mission Mountain Wild
area. Neitzling emphasized that log
ging is not authorized or contem-
plated here.
This years detection surveys that
were under the direction of the sew
eral district rangers and co-ordinat-
ed during the early phases by Mel
Yuhas, now on a Harvard university
fellowship, show a few more spruce
areas have developed threatening
spots of infestation.
CONTEMPLATED SALES
These are listed by Neitzling as
two headwater creeks of Big creek
up the North Fork with the names
of Kletomus and Skookaleel, and
then the better known South Fork
drainage creeks of Doris, Wheeler
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14
Defeating New Ids
Church Thursday

Scheduled for Thursday 8 p. m.
was dedication of Columbia Falls
new Latter Day Saints chapel.
Speaker was to be Marion D.
Hanks, Salt Lake City, member of
the church's First Council of Sew
enty.
Accompanying him was Samuel A.
Hendricks, Billings, president of the
Ids West Central States mission.
Last weeks Hungry Horse News
had a picture Of the new church and
story Of the development since 1915
Of the local Ids group that has
grown to $50 members.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14
Building Permits

F. w. Eccleston filed for a Column
bia Falls building permit to move
an AAC construction building in for
use as a tool shed. Value of the i'm
provement was not listed.
George Bousliman filed for moving
a garage onto his property. Value
was listed as $500.
G. H. Latson signed a permit for
erection of a Woodshed at his home.
Value, was listed as $1,000.
L. P. Barney Construction Co.
signed a permit for a ,545 resid-
ence in the Rutherford addition.
A. E. McKane asked to move a
building on his property valued at
ST 900.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14
Fete Werner Family

Baptist church members honored
Pastor and Mrs. Ralph Werner and
family with a housewarming, Mon
day evening.
Games were played and refresh
mentS served, under the direction of
Missionary Circle members.
The Werner family was given three
lamps and a bedspread from church
members,
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14
NOTICE
OF Closing Of Registration Books for
City Of Columbia Falls
Falls Water Bond Election TO be

held Nov. 9Th, 1855.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
the registration books for all Wards
IN the City of Columbia Falls will
be closed at IL o'clock noon On
Monday, Oct. oath, 1855, for the DIR
pose of making up registers for
Judges OF such election to be held
Nov. 9th, 1855.
Electors who wish to vote at the
above election must have their names
On the registration books for their
respective wards before the books
are closed. Electors must be tax.
payers in the City of Columbia
Falls, whose names appeared on the
last completed assessment roll for
state and AM county taxes, as taxpay.
ers, with Columbia Falls.
Electors residing within ten miles
distance of the County Clerks Of
flee are required to appear in ner
son at his office to register. Thost
living more than ten miles distance
from the County Clerks office ma,
register at his office or before thu
Columbia Falls City Clerk. DEBUT,
Registrar, Notary Public or Justice
of the Peace.
If you have changed your residence
from the precinct or ward where
you are now registered, YOU shoul,
have your card transferred to III.
precinct and ward where you nov
reside.
See that your name is nronarl,
registered. :
A. j. Shaw
County Clerk & Ex-Officio
Registrar
Flathead County, Montana
Dated this 18th day Of Oct. 1855.
pub. Oct. IA, 21)
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14
Sends Pleads Not
Guilty to Knitting

The little two-room Great North
ern section shack a half mile west
of the depot was obvious scene of
violence Saturday evening.
Blood spots were on the walls and
floor. The mattress was bloody, and
so were the pillows and clothing. In
the small clothes closet were bloody
clothes again.
At the foot of the bed under pile
of shoes was a shattered wine bot
tie obviously used to hit person.
On the floor was a Tarzan comic
book.
Monday at $3.50 p. M, tall sullen
Harvey John Sands, "a, Great Nor
thern section worker who lived in
that two-room house pied not guilty
to assault with a deadly weapon.
Hearing was before Judge Floyd P.
Jones in Columbia Falls Justice
court with charges filed by Sheriff
Dick Walsh. Bond was set at $4,000
and preliminary hearing Oct. 18
Bond not being furnished, Sands was
taken from Columbia Falls Jail to
Flathead county Jail.
In Flathead county hospital re-
covering from knife wounds on many
parts of his body and "a bash" or
the side of his head is Sidney Wal
/ lace Stearns, AZ, Great Northern
section worker, supposed to be EN-
ployed at Rudyard. Sands is charg
ed with assaulting Stearns.
| Tom France, Columbia Falls DO
liceman on duty, answered the ret
! light on the city hall pole switched
on by the telephone operator. It wa.
II p. m, Saturday. Sands callins
from a local bar told the policeman
that he had picked up a maj
(Stearns) who had fallen off a NOV
. ing freight-or walked into movin,
, freight-just west of the depot
J Sands continued to France that h
had carried the man up Nucleu
, avenue for two blocks, and put hin
in a shed.
A Columbia Falls physician wa
: called Stearns' injuries had littl
! resemblance to those received by
man falling from a train.
: France later Saturday evening
after Stearns was hospitalized-wen
back to the tracks with Sands t
5 where the accident was supposed
5 have taken place. No blood or dis
! tlrbance of gravel was found, an
the spot was rechecked in dayligh
+ with the same finding.
/. Sunday saw Sheriff Dick Walsh
Y Columbia Falls Police Chief Bi
e Good, Deputy Sheriff Louis Hill an
: a Great Northern agent continu
S ON the case. Sands was arreste
about 1920 p. m. and lodged in Co
umbia Falls Jail.
He is reported to have surrende
ed a small hunting knife with
three inch blade. The knife Shove
dried blood.
The police officers thoroughly e,
alnined the two room Clamp Lighted
cabin occupied by Sands, just b.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-14
Services Held For
Fred Andrews, 78

Funeral services for Fred An
drews, rs, were scheduled for Thurs
day at Q p. m. at the Waggener and
Campbell chapel, Kalispell with bur-
lal in Woodlawn cemetery, Columbia
Falls. Rev. Hills officiated.
MIR. Andrews passed away Monday
at Kalispell hospital. He had been
i'll for five months.
Mr.. Andrews born March 9, 1877
IN Dakota territory, and had lived
In the Flathead for about Is years
making a living as a laborer. He
lived In a small cabin north of the
tracks. There are no known surviv.
OrS.