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P u b l i s h e d i n t h e I n t e r e s t » o f B e a v e r h e a d — M o n t a n a ’ s L e a d i n g L i v e s t o c k C o u n t y Official County Paper Dillon, Beaverhead\ .^rcy, Mont., WedM Feb. 15,1950 Volume 59 Number 32 POST PLANS - OBSERVANCE OF BIRTHDAY List of Over 50 Blood Doners Is Compiled for Hospital At the regular meeting of Bea verhead Post No. 20, The Ameri can Legion, held Thursday, Feb. 9, the members received a dona tion from the Lee Brown family for the Legion cemetery plot, and a resolution of thanks .was voted for the Brown family. Also passed was a resolution to send telegrams to the U. S. Con gressional representatives from Montana outlining the stand of » the post on certain sections o f the Hoover Commission report deal ing with veterans affairs. A committee consisting of Rich ard Burns, chairman; Ed Donovan, Vivian Thomas, Carl Robison, was appointed to make arrangements for the Legion birthday party oc curring on March 15. A report was read from the committee in charge of th'e night school project to the effect that arrangements have been complet ed with the Veterans Administra tion and WMCE President Rush Jordan. This committee is*now studying the available curriculum in cooperation with the college. A list of blood-donors totalling approximately fifty names has been compiled by the group and will be filed with the hospital for their use and for the convenience of doctors. After the business meeting, Le gionnaires enjoyed a dutch lunch and a movie entitled “News in the «Air” telling the story of hoW the United Press operates. HUSBAND OF BEAVERHEAD WOMAN DIES Clarence Seage, Nationally Famous Engineer, Is Summoned Parke Scott received word last week from his sister in Oakland, Calif., that her husband Clarence E. Seage had died Monday morn ing following a heart attack. Mr. Seage was well known in Bea verhead county having lived many years in this county and in »Montana. His wife is the former Faye Scott, and they have made several vacation visits here since thdy have been away frQm the state. Mr. Seage was taken ill in San Francisco and after medical at tention he was placed in an am bulance to be taken home. Death occurred on the San Francisco Bay bridge, one of the structures he helped design and build. Mr. Seage was a nationally known engineer; the Oakland Tribune credited his engineering activities as stretching f r o m Alaska to South America. Among his accomplishments were assist ing with the design and structure of Hell Gate bridge in New York and being in charge of design, construction and operation of California state and county build ings during the Golden Gate In ternational exposition. In the 'early thirties he was with the Montana highway commission and he designed the present sys tem of guard rails that are used on Montana highways. Recently he was co-designer of the Mc- Nary dam now being built on the Columbia river and the projected bridge across the /river at Dallas, Ore. Funeral services were conduct ed last Thursday at Oakland. ROTARY CLUB AREHOSTSTO BUTTE MEN Past International President Addresses Local Club He Helped Form A number of Butte Rotary members were guests of the local club at their meeting Monday night. Frank Hazelbaker as chair man introduced Eugene Savage of Butte who in turn introduced his fellow guests. They were Dolph Heinhouner, Tom Daivs, Reuben Hobbs, Dir. Lapierre, Carl Warner, Walter Scott and Roy Redfield. Kenneth Morrison was the high school guest. Dr. S. E. Davis, district gover nor of Rotary, gave the address of initiation and welcome to the new member, Wendell Erhart. Dr. Curry and T. E. Luebben, two charter members of the local club present, recalled early days in Dillon Rotary for an appreci ative audience. These remarks were followed by those of Dolph Heinhouner, charter member of the Butte club. Tom Davis of Butte and past president of Rotary International and the guiding hand in founding the Dillon club, gave a most in teresting address on Rotary as an international force. He stressed the value of new and lasting friendships formed in Rotary as “an endless chain of friendship which completely encircles the world and of which each of us is a link.” Of special interest was Rotarian Davis’ vivid word picture of the conditions under which Rotary is being advanced in the 28 countries he visited during his term as president of Rotary International. Dillon Scout Visits President Truman World Day of Prayer Services Friday, Feb. 24 World Day of Prayer will be observed Feb. 24 by millions of women in 90 countries. The services in Dillon will be held at the Baptist church at 3 o’clock. The theme is “Faith for Our Time,” written by a Jap- ahese woman. The prayer day, which is cus tomarily observed on the first Friday of Lent,, is interdenomi national and international in scope. Offerings are divided be tween missionary work at home and abroad to bring the people of the world into greater com munion with each pther. All churches, fraternal, chari table, civic and social groups are invited to join with the church women to make this day a community-wide symbol of fel lowship. Walter Featherly Returns on Monday from Scout Meet in Washington Walter Featherly. Dillon’s Lone Scout who was one of 12 scouts in the U. S. chosen to represent a region of this country in an an nual report to the President of the United States, returned home yesterday morning after a me morable trip. Scout Featherly left Dillon on Feb. 3. traveled by train to Wash ington, D. C. where he met the 11 other honored scouts at the Willard hotel. The boys spent their first day inspecting many of the monu ments and memorials in and around Washington such as the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials, the Washington Monument, Ar lington National cemetery and the home of Robert E. Lee. On the second day the group visited with President Harry Tru man. The President visited with the boys for about 30 minutes, ©- GUARD UNIT MAKES PLANS FOR D A N C E AH Veterans Are Invited First Military Ball At WMCE Gym to LONGTIME RESIDENT IS SUMMONED Company G, 163rd Infantry, Montana National Guard has an nounced plans for on open house and military ball to be held at the W.M.C.E. gym on Saturday, Mar. 4. The military ball is scheduled to begin at 9:00 p. m. and all veterans and members of all ser vice organizations in this entire area are cordially invited. There will be no charge made for either the hall or the open-house. All those who have uniforms are requested to wear them, in cluding American Legion and V.F.W. members. The open-house will be held in Company G’s quarters in the base ment of the college gym from 7:30 to 9:00 p. m. displaying the weapons, supplies and equipment which furnish a rifle company. The public is invited to examine the displays and learn of the part Dillon’s National Guard unit plays in preparing for the country’s defense. Personnel will be on hand to answer questions. Cof fee and doughnuts will be served. The public is further requested to stay and observe the festivities of the dance for which the bal cony of the gym will be reserved. Work Nearly Completed On Beaverhead Museum Scout Contest For Statue Is Spirited Event The meeting was called to or der by George Featherly and the pledge of allegiance to the Flag was given. The contest between the four troops for the bronze Boy Scout statue .is < running very close. However, the Flying Eagle patrol is in the lead with 84 points. Flam ing Arrow patrol is second with 71 and the Nez Pierce Indian and Blackfoot patrol are tied with 70 points each. An insurance plan for the troop was taken with every member ac cepting. Plans for the spring and summer program were discussed; over night hikes proved the pre ferable and was the most dis cussed. The next meeting will be Fri day night, Feb. 17, 7:30 o’clock at the. Bagley building. At this time Troop 14 will be presented with .their charter a n d tenderfoot badges will be given all new members at this ceremony.—Billy Bierrum, Troop 14 Scribe, report for Tuesday, Feb. 14 meeting. Board Expects to Set Early Date for Formal Opening Work on the interior of the mu seum is progressing now to where it looks as if the Museum Board and Association may be able to get a very early date for the opening. The work of laying linoleum in the rest rooms was completed Tuesday. Winn’s store contrib uted the material and work for this job and the. Chamber of Commerce and Museum commit tee express their appreciation for this donation. Also, thanks is due the Standard Lumber Co. for the plate glass top on dressing table in the ladies room and to Jack McLaren for iron donated to take care of various exhibits. The committee is anxious to have as many ox shoes as pos sible to make a border along the top of the partition between the office and exhibit room. Each person donating ox shoes will have their name and where ox shoe was found placed above the exhibit. The exhibit cases are now fin ished and as soon as cases and f building can be cleaned the com mittee will be ready to receive exhibits, which will probably be some time next week. Another notice will appear later in this paper. Date of dedication will be set at a later date when the weather is warmer and service can be held outdoors. during which time the interview was broadcast and telecast and recorded by news reel cameras. Later in the day the boys visited the Pentagon where they met Secretary of Defense Louis John son, Secretary of the Army Ken neth Royall, and Scretary of the Navy Francis Matthews. While at the Pentagon they were per mitted to hold a “telecon” con ference with National Scout head quarters in New York city, being the first civilians to see this new development which consists of typing on an instrument similar to a typewriter in one city and have the words and sentences ap pear on a screen in another city. On the third day the 12 Scouts toured the Capitol building, saw the House and Senate in action, ate in the Senate restaurant as guests of Minnesota Senator Hu bert Humphrey. During their three day stay in Washington each Scout raised an American flag over the Capitol building and the flags were then presented to the Scouts to take home to their respective troops. From Washington the Scouts traveled to Philadelphia where they were met by Mayor Samuel who conducted them on a tour of Indepnedence Hall. The boys took part in a television show built on the theme “Strengthen the Arm of Liberty.” The mayor then placed the boys in a fleet of limousines and with a full police escort they drove through the entire city of Philadelphia in about 12 mnutes and continued on to visit Valley Forge. . . The following day they arrived in New York city, first visited Times Square then spent the aft ernoon touring Rockefeller Cen ter and then led a parade from the Armory at 34th street down Park avenue, circling back to the Ar mory to open the National Scout Exposition, 236 exhibits prepared by New York Scout troops show ing various phases of scouting. In the evening they were the guests of N.B.C. at the Radio City Music hall. The ■ following day the Scouts visited Bedloe’s island where they saw the Statue of Liberty. They returned to the city for a shop ping tour in Times Square. In the afternoon they celebrated the 40th birthday of scouting at the National Scout headquarters, 2 Park avenue, with scout officials, with about 600 people in attend ance, after which the boys return ed to their respective homes. Adolph Pahnish, Rancher of Grasshopper Valley Dies in Butte Adolph T. Pahnish, 65, long time rancher of the Grasshopper area, died last Sunday morning in Murray hospital, Butte, follow ing a lengthf illness. Mr. Pahnish was born in Mich igan City, Indiana, his mother’s home, on Bee. 1, 1884, returned to this section with his mother shortly after. His father, the late Frederick Pahnish, came to Ban- nack in 1872, and began ranching in that are as one of the first to pursue the industry there; He was not married and is sur vived by brothers William, Otto and Carl, all of the Grasshopper area; three sisters, Mrs. Emma O. Pyle and Mrs. Clara Krueger of California, and Miss Ida Pahnish of the Grasshopper, as well as several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held this afternoon in the Brundage chapel, Rev. Robert N. Johnstone of Grace Memorial Methodist church officiating. Pallbearers w e r e Fred Hirschey. Henry Wenger, Guy Gray, W. W. .Hawkins, James Harrison and Mark Clemow. In terment will take place at Mount- tain View cemetery. William Chism Is Victim of Gunshot Wound Friejtids and relatives were grieved to learn that the body ‘of William Chism was found early this afternoon with a gun wound through his head, (he shot entering t h r o u g h his mouth. The body was discovered by Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Kelly and Fisher Squires when they stop ped at his home on East Sebree street. Chief - of - Police Dan Mooney and Coroner Raymond Schwartz were notified imme diately anj they, are making an investigation this afternoon. The deceased is the son of B. L. Chism. G r a z i n g F e e s R e d u c e d I n B e a v e r h e a d F o r e s t Drop in Livestock Values Is Determining Factor in Calculation &- Stockmen will pay slightly less for their grazing privileges on the Beaverhead forest during 1950. The chief of the forest service 'has informed field officers that fees for cattle and horses will be ap proximately 13 per cent below those for 1949. Fees for sheep will be approximately 2 per cent ARTILLERY RANGE Brig. Gen. S. H. Mitchell, state adjutant general, and Col. James Neely were visitors in Dillon on Wednesday, Feb. 8, to request ar rangements for an artillery range in the vicinity of Armstead. WESCO’S CONTINUE STRING OF VICTORIES; DRUB EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR CLASS PLAY MONDAY “Home feweet Homicide” Be Presented on Two Evenings to Farm Meeting Planned Friday Feb. 24 by Oval-E Philip J. Lovell, local distribu tor for the Carter Oil company, Oval-E products, has announced a farm meeting to be held in .the Dillon city hall auditorium on Friday, Feb. 24 at 7:45 p. m. The meeting is being sponsored\ by Carter Oil Co., and Mr. Lovell will be the host to all farmers, ranchers and their families. The meeting is open to all, with out charge, and will provide an opportunity to discuss mutual problems, talk with friends, and enjoy an evening of entertain ment There will be door prizes, music, refreshments. All ranch ers and fanners in this area are cordially invited to attend and bring their families. The senior play, titled “Home Sweet Homicide,” will be pre sented for two evening showings Monday and Tuesday of next week, Feb. 20 and 21, at the high school auditorium. The fast mov ing mystery comedy was written by Craig Rice and is listed as one of the most popular sellers. The lead parts are played by Frances Ryan as Mrs. Carstairs, a mystery story writer, her three children, Dinah, April and Archie. Marilyn Morrison, E l i z a b e t h Brown and Archie Staudenmeyer take the parts as heir daughters and son. Other members of the cast in clude Darlene McCuIlam, Warren Murray, Ruby Gray, Jack How ard, Kenneth Morrison, Ray Hil dreth, Charles Hendron. Russell Peterson. Mark Walters, Anna Jane Caldwell. Marvin Peterson, Dan' Wenger*. Kenette Kenison, Jo-Wenger, aim JoAnne Arbour. The play is/under the direction of Joe Ryburn and the curtain will rise at 8:15 p. m. Director A. H. Hartwig’s or chestra will furnish music be tween acts. Mr. and Mrs. William Steele have returned from an extensive motor trip which took them to Mexico. Arizona» California, Ore gon and Washington. Bulldogs Have 12 Wins With Three Games to Flay at Billings The Western Bulldogs couped wins No. 11 and No. 12 last Fri- day and Saturday by beating the Eastern MCE Yellow Jackets twice in a row. With 12 wins and no losses, the Bulldogs are mak ing a -strong bid for the small- conference championship crown this year. Three games remain to be played on this season’s docket, two at Rocky Mountain and one at Eastern, both schools in Bil lings. • In the first Eastern game here Friday, Feb. 10, the Bulldogs took oh a comfortable .lead after an early 2-2 tie, leading at halftime 34-19, and ending the match 69- 5-0. The Dillon cagers played more individual ball than usual, keeping their scoring down and letting the Eastern players get a share of the' rebounds, a highly unusual procedure for the local team. Heins of the Yellow Jack ets ran up a nice score in the sec ond half, after making no points in the first period, netting ten field goals and one free throw for 21 points in 20 minutes. Allan (Continued on page 8) School Girls Organize Teams In Bowling Here ' Four new bowling teams com posed of high school girls have recently organized their club and will bowl every Tuesday at 4:00 p. m. An election o f officers was held with Sally Stamm becoming president, JoAnne Arbour, vice- pres., and Elaine Anderson, sec retary. The captains and team mem bers are as follows: Kenette Ken ison, Phyllis Harrison and Louise Piazzola; Nellie Avery, Elaine An derson and Pat Sanderford; Sally Stamm, Elsita Rouse and Jo Wen ger and Joy Simpson, Dorene Flit- ton and JoAnne Arbour. Bob Dodd returned Tuesday evening from Minneapolis where he attended the 20th anniversary of Coast-to-Coast Stores. Mrs. J. C. Seidensticker of Twin Bridges attended to busi ness matters in Dillon Tuesday. Organ Concert At Methodist Church Sunday Tlie official board of the Meth odist church are sponsoring an organ concert Sunday afternoon, Feb. 19. from 3:00 to 4:00 p. m. at the Methodist church. A Wur- litzer organ will be featured at the entertainment. Mr. E. H. Reeder of Butte will give a grief talk concerning the merits of music produced by this particular type organ. Mr. Carl Wright, well known Butte mu sician will accompany Mr. Reeder and fake part in the concert. Mrs. T. W. Sargent will also present organ music as part of the pro gram. Dillon music lovers who are in terested in hearing this organ concert are cordially invited to attend. BEAVERS TO PLAY TROJANS HERE FRIDAY To Leave for Billings Next Week for Di visional Tourney The B.C.H.S. Beavers will play two games here this weekend be fore going to Billings for the Southern Division Class B tour nament next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. . Friday evening, February 17, they are hosts to Whitehall in a non-conference game, with the respective B squads playing a pre liminary at 7:00 p. m. During the half of the main game Friday, the high school band will put on a formation show on the theme “Make Mine Music,’’ feting the clarinet, banjo, trom bone and trumpet. The show is under the supervision of Sam Da vis, Beaverhead senior. Saturday, Feb:T8, Big Timber will be here/for the final con ference meeting. Anaconda Central. Billings Cen tral, Laurel.- Red Lodge, Hardin, Dillon, Roundup and Big Timber, in that orderUjf conference stand ing, will participate in the tour nament at Billings Central on February 23, 24 and 25. The Beaver B squad lost A close decision to the Butte high fresh men last Wednesday, Feb. 8 in Butte. 46-43. Last Week’s Games On their eastern tour last week the Beavers dropped games to Billings Central and Hardin, cap tured one from Big Timber. Thursday, Feb. 9, Billings Cen tral beat the Beavers by nine points, 50-41 a^ Vincellette, Bil lings center, totaled 19 points, Bob Rouse and Ed Thompson net ting 10 and 11 respectively for the B.C.HJ5. honors. Billings led in every quarter, 15-6, 25-15 and 36-26. Friday, the travel weary Bea- (Continued on pago 8) ELKS CHANGE SCHOLARSHIP DATE FILING $12,000 in Awards to Made by National Organization Be CIVIL CASES OCCUPY COURT SESSION HERE Special Veneer .of Jurors Is Called to Complete Trials The c i v i l c a s e s of Leona Unangst vs. Herman Peterson and Victor Westergard vs. Herman Peterson were begun yesterday morning, being h e a r d before Judge McClernan at the court house. To complete the jury for these trials, a special veneer of 35 names was drawn from recently com pleted jury panel No. 3. Jurors selected for the present hearings are: Henry Wetmore of Monida, Wim. H. Dingley, Anna M. Tovey, Earl Tidrick. Mrs. Gabriel Hoy- land, Ruth D. Puyear, W. M. Gray, Ruth Shafer, Bryan Flickinger, M. R. Comfort, Jack Roberts and Nancy Barrett, all of Dillon. The cases of Sullivan, and of K e n n e d y , vs. Intermountain Transportation company, post poned from Monday, I^s. 6 to Tuesday, Feb. 14, have been dis missed from the court calendar, having been settled satisfactorily out of court. Archie Green, chairman of the Elks National Foundation schol arship committee for Dillon lodge No. 1554 has announced that the closing date for accepting appli cations for scholarship awards has been extended from Feb. 15 to Monday, Feb. 20. The Elks National Foundation trustees are offering $12,000 in scholarship awards and the state association will distribute $1,600 in Montana. Mr. Green has received a num ber of applications from high school and WJÆ.C.E. students. These will be judged locally and forwarded to the district judging committee. The standards upon which the applicants are judged include citizenship, personality, l e a d e r s h i p , perseverance, re sourcefulness, patriotism and gen eral worthiness. Other members serving on the scholarship committee are Ed Hil- ger, Byron Sanborn and Exalted Ruler George Heikkila. Helena Presbytery Worker to Speak At Services Here less. - Each year grazing fees are cal culated on the basis of average beef and lamb prices received during the preceding year by ranchers of the western states. The Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics has determined average beef prices for last year at $19.40 cwt. compared with $22.20 for 1948. Lamb p r i c e s averaged $22.10 last year compared with $22.40 in 1948. Following computation of the previous year’s returns for beef and lamb, the results are applied to standard formulae. These for mulae were developed in 1931 us ing beef and lamb prices together with grazing fees for that year as a basis. For 1931 beef aver aged $6.62 cwt. and lamb $9.15. Range fees for the Beaverhead forest for that year varied from 18 to 21 cents per head per month for cattle and 4 to ¡6 cents for sheep. The variation reflects range classification wherein more desirable units have been assign ed higher ¡base fees. Applying the foregoing to a range with a 20 cent base rate, 1950 fees then will be 59 cents. This method of coordinating range fees with market conditons has proved widely acceptable and has been adopted by other land managing agencies. \ \ I - John Deere Day Is Announced by Walters Garage ^ q J. W. Walters has announced a gala festival to be held on Friday, Feb. 24 for the benefit of ranchers and farmers in the area.-Thé pro gram is entitled John Deere Day, and will start at 12:00 noon with a free lunch at the J. W. Walters garage. After the luncheon, the program will move to the Roxy theatre for a showing of “Roots in the Soil,” a movie that com bines suspense, comedy, good'mii- sic and other attributes, as well as other interesting and educa tional pictures. All ranchers and farmers are cordially invited to come in and spend the day in Dillon. LAPHAM RITES CONDUCTED IN BASIN MONDAY Claude Lapham, 68, well known Big Hole rancher, passed away at Jackson last Friday, Feb. 10, following an illness of some du ration. Mr. Lapham was born in Idaho, Oct. 23, 1881, coming to the Big Hole basin in 1893 with his pa rents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Lapham. Besides his ranching activities, Mr. Lapham was an early-day freighter between Jackson and1 Dillon. Survivors are his wife, a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs»' Hiram W. Lapham of Jackson; a brother and sister-in-law, Mr. atu| Mrs. Harry Lapham of Dillon; .a brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ford of Jackson; and three grandchildren. Mrs. Lap- ham is a sister of Mrs. Paul Stahl, sr., of Dillon. Services were held in Jackson on Monday, Feb. 13 from the Presbyterian church, Rev. Robert N. Johnstone of Dillon’s Grace Methodist church officiating. The body was interred in the family plot at Jackson. Rites ForJFormer Armstead Matron Conducted Here Miss Agnes K. Smith of Boze man, Christian Education Worker for Helena Presbytery will speak at the Presbyterian church Sun day morning at 11 o’clock. Miss Smith is a graduate of Cornell university with a Bachelor of Sci ence degree in Rural Sociology and has a Master of Christian Education degree from Princeton, Theological Seminary. The pub lic is invited to worship with. us and hear Miss Smith. Mrs. Mary A. Crooker, former Armstead resident, passed away while visiting relatives in Syra cuse, New York, last Wednseday, Feb. 8. The late William D. Crooker was formerly a station agent at Armstead. Mrs. Crooker’s body was returned to the Brun dage Funeral Home for services held Tuesday. Rev. Belle Long of the First Baptist church offici ated at the ceremony. Eastern Star rites were conducted. She is survived by sons Milton, of Butte; Otis, of Ennis; Paul, of Syracuse; a niece and nephew, Mrs. L. J. Ballou and Donald Mc- Culley, both of Syracuse, N. Y. Active pallbearers were James Gravely, Elmer Gordon and Del- lar Gordon of Armstead, Mark Doepker, John Trenthick and John McLain of Butte. Honorary pallbearers were James Shew- maker, Ennis; Tom Carney, J. D. Hague and Dr. A. R. Sievers of Butte; Leo Pfiffner and Ben Proc tor of Lima; Walter P. Scott, of Armstead and C. M. Casterline of Dilloa Interment was made in Moun tain View next to the grave of . her husband.