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John Elliott and his granddaughter, Charlotte, cut down a Christmas tree in Coram in December, 1946. The dog was “Devil” a two-month-old collie. He statrted the first grocery store in Coram in 1914 and closed it in 1928. His sons raised and sold more than 5,000 Christmas trees.
70 years ago
Nov. 21, 1946
Rent control offices were going to be established for one day only in Columbia Falls town hall for the convenience of West Glacier landlords. All landlords were required to register before Dec. 1. The county had been placed under rent control effective Nov. 1. Columbia Falls was chosen to host the District 13 basketball tournament the coming February. The high school, “having one of northwestern Montana’s best gyms,” was selected by officials.
60 years ago
Nov. 23, 1956
The Middle Fork of the Flathead was opened a special hunting season for elk of either sex, and was to stay open on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays until the desired harvest was achieved. The same men who helped build the Hungry Horse Dam were now working on a mammoth hydro-electric project on the St. Lawrence.
50 years ago
Nov. 25, 1966
Following one last contract to be awarded and completed, all but 4 miles of the 59-miles of Highway 2 had been replaced since World War II. Employees at Glacier National Park were looking forward to a 3 percent increase in hourly wages over last summer.
40 years ago
Nov. 25, 1976
Provisions of the 1976 Forest Management Act were going to allow the Forest Service to use clear-cutting and other harvest methods. The labor dispute between School District 6 teachers and the board took a step towards resolution with the acceptance of a fact-finder’s report.
30 years ago
Nov. 26 1986
Flathead citizens were disappointed to see “Montana” taken out of the Christmas special starring Amy Grant that had been filmed in part in Glacier National Park. The outlook was good for a very sick and malnourished golden eagle that had been rescued by park officials. The 3-year-old eagle was being cared or by Jeff Sternad of Columbia Falls.
20 years ago
Nov. 28, 1996
A record amount of snow for November — 44 inches by Nov. 26 — had already fallen, with forecasts calling for more. A herd of elk crashed through the ice at St. Mary Lake, bringing Blackfeet tribal members out onto thin ice to hunt. No one drowned, and many people filled their tags.
10 years ago
Nov. 23, 2006
With emergency funds in place, repairs to the washed-out Sun Road were fast-tracked with some areas already completed. Ruder Elementary staff and students were seeing double, with five sets of twins- two identical and three fraternal- in the first grade.