Railroad coming, Flying horse, Postal rates on the rise

Flathead Courier, May 7, 1914

Milwaukee is coming

A report has been circulating around town all week that the Milwaukee intends to commence construction at once on their line through the St. Mary’s pass and up the Flathead, striking Polson and going on north to the Fernie coal fields.

The report was brought in from Butte by a man who has every reason to believe that he knew what he was talking about.

Farmers to have social on May 16

An earnest effort will be made to establish a Polson local of the Farmers Society of Equity on the above date and with that object in mind all farmers and their wives living within 10 miles of Polson are invited to meet at Lattimer Hall, 7 p.m. May 16th.

Bring your supper in a basket and we will all eat together. Bachelor farmers not bringing any lunch can brings some coffee or cream instead.

Odd Fellows Picnic

The picnic to be given by the Odd Fellows on Decoration Day promises to be a great affair. It is to be held on Wild Horse Island.

There will be delegations from Columbia Falls, Whitefish, Kalispell and Bigfork lodges. And not only Odd Fellows are invited, but their friends. So there is bound to be a large crowd.

Flathead Courier, May 7, 1964

Horse reaches lofty heights

Pablo Chief, a three-year-old Arabian-Appaloosa horse owned by the Leonard Moore family of Pablo was the center of attention last week. He did a bit of barn scaling on his own and ended up in the hay loft.

Like any three-year-old mountain climber he stranded himself and needed a mature hand to help him down. On Sunday while the Moores were considering administering tranquilizers and rolling him on to a loader to lower him down, Pablo Chief took things into his own hand and made like The Flying Red Horse. He jumped from the hayloft into fresh fallen snow, snorted a couple of times, kicked up his heels and went galloping off unhurt.

Showboat site changed

Major changes in the Polson observance of the Montana Territorial Centennial were taken up at the meeting of the board of directors of Lake County Productions and various centennial committee and division chairmen.

Plans for staging the Polson showboat program on a float to be built in the Flathead River by the fairgrounds were dropped for reasons of both economy and staging convenience.

Instead the showboat production will be staged on the SS Hodge along the Sacajawea Park waterfront near the Salish Hotel. It was felt that much construction expense could be saved by so doing and that better attendance could be had by staging the show in town.

Also a factor in changing the site was the uncertainty of the condition of the Polson bridge, since the state has set up replacement plans for the bridge in an emergency action.

Mission Valley News, May 13, 1971

June McClain to retire

With 29 years of teaching experience, 19 of them spent in St. Ignatius, Mrs. June McClain will retire at the end of this school year.

Before coming to St. Ignatius, she taught rural schools in Jefferson, Park and Wibaux counties, in Host Springs and Alberton.

The faculty and community will remember June for her hard work, talent, ability to organize, dedication to the job at hand and devotion to the students.

To quote one of Mrs. McClain’s students, “She’s really a sweet lady and will be missed by young and old alike.”

Too late for election

After further investigation by the county attorney, it has been determined that a trustee election cannot be held at any time but the first Saturday of April.

In view of this fact, Everitt Foust has resigned from the Charlo School Board and Richard Kerr has been appointed to serve until the next annual school election.

Postal rates to increase

Effective May 16, postal rates will be increased. Regular first-class mail will be raised from 6 cents to 8 cents and air mail from 10 cents to 11 cents.

Since the postal rate increases are only temporary, with further proposed increases in the near future, the Mission Valley News is forced to increase advertising rates, not to make more money, but just to stay even with the other price boosts.

We do this with regret, but we have no choice in the matter. A business that doesn’t show a profit simply cannot continue to exist.