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H V S T Q RI O A L S O G l E T \Y OF t/iOrì T A N A - h e u e n A NO COMMENT ßy JAMES W. DOUIHAT T 11 c luiimii, ’“No Comment,” should not be regarded as necessar ily reflective of NAM position or policy, foi\ff is a reporting of inci dents and conversations which its author thinks might be of general interest. „ WASHINGTON — Intensified conflict appears certain in Wash ington between left-wing, or self- styled-liberal groups, and conser vatives in both political parties. A major step in this fight was action of the Democratic National Committee in naming a legisla tive committee of its own. This was widely regarded as a move to increase the influence of the Reuther labor faction and various left-wing groups. It is also construed as part of an all-out move to drive the Dem ocratic leadership farther to the left. This is viewed with appre- Montana Woolgrowers Told Financial Demands Far Outstrip Tax Revenue Speaker Says Legislative Program Contemplates Demands That Would. Greatly Increase Tax Burden BILLINGS, Dec. 7 — Financial. 10 years — and if you go back 11 demands far in excess of avail- i years, you will find that property able revenue will be made on taxes have increased 164 per cent. Montana’s legislature during this j Our high property tax load is ob- coming session, S. Keith Ander- viously affecting our state econ- son, executive secretary of the! omy as tax delinquency is up in Montana Taxpayers’ Association, j 48 of the 56 counties from last told the Montana Wool Growers. I year. Tf we analyze the various - legis lative programs, we come up with some startling facts. The total which the educational pro grams alone suggest we we need tor higher education and the pub lic schools, in an amount in ex cess of the total revenue collected for the general fund for the state of Montana for the last two years. We know that in order to prevent further deficiency levies on local property it will take over $17,- UOO.UOO from the state equaliza tion fund to finance the founda tion program now on the books for the next legislative biennium, hension by the conservatives from - Any increase in the foundation the South and elsewhere. i program schedules will, of course, Pressure also is being exerted i increase the state’s obligation on more conservative Republicans | above the $17,000,000 figure. We in Congress to bow to demands | can also fully expect additional that the Republican party also |appropriation requests from the veer farther to the left. Thus will | otner units of our state adminis- become more a p p a r e n t when | tration which will further corn- some Republicans seek appease- j pncate Montana’s-financial prob- ment of iabor and urge higher iem.” spending in the new Congres. The speaker said that 6ver 60 Shrink Big Government! — A ! per cent of Montana’s tax revenue pronounced demand for expan-i comes from property taxes, a sion of grants-in-aid to the states; proportion greater than any of (Continued on Poge 2) | me ten western states. Montan ans also pay the highest per cap It was pointed oilt that in 1956, 49c out of the property tax dollar (Continued on Page. 8) Mail Route to Butte To Be Discontinued On Saturday, Dec. 29 , ' At press time today it was learned that Dillon’s after noon mail to and from Butte will be discontinued Dec. 29. Postmaster Harry J. Andrus said that he has not been in formed of any alternative schedule to replace it. If no replacement is contemplated Dillon will be served only by rail — one train each day from the north and one from the south. No official an nouncement to the public of the impending . curtailment of service has been made here. Published in the Interests o f Beaverhead County T h * S outhern G a t s to th e T reasure S tate The DILLON 4t8f0°g tV0lM7BjB Official County Newspaper Volume LXVI—Numbre 24 Dillon, Montana — Wednesday, December 12, 1956 State Water Board To Back East Bench Legislation HELENA. (AP) — The State Water Conservation Board is backing a Bureau of Reclamation! proposal to eliminate acreage lim itations for certain irrigated lands in the Dillon area. Members Wednesday endorsed a recommendation by Harold Al drich of Great Falls, bureau pro ject engineer, who Said: “Con- leave. Elks Plan Details Of 'Teen Age New Year’s Party The Youth Activity Committee of the Dillon Elks lodge; meeting at the home of Chairman Edgar Williams have made all the over all plans for the ’Teen Agers New Year’s Party and are now taking care of the details to make it a complete success. The commit tee will entertain as guests, all ■ ’teen agers, college students, and returned young veterans or ser-7 vice men home on Christmas Right or Wrong by George M. Melton $600,000 Building Bid for W M C E ita property tax — $107. This i compares with $97 for California, a m i j (_ ■■ a a $96 ror Wyomirig, $87 for Oregon, f i l l fl Q V f l l 0 0 3 1 * 0 $86 in Colorado, $77 in Utah, $76 **J in Idaho, $70 in Arizona, $51 in' HELENA — The State Board of Washington, and $35 in New Education Monday approved pro- Mexico. “ ihe property tax has posals for expanded housing pro- increased 106 per cent in the last grams at both Western and East- i em Colleges of Education as they East Bench Unit Benefitted by Favorable Action The National Reclamation As sociation at its decent convention in Salt Lake City unanimously adopted a recommendation of its HOME TOWN STREET You don’t have to go to the ends of the earth To find the most beautiful things. You don’t have to rest on some far distant shore j To find out what happiness means. You just take a walk down “Oldj Dream Street,” Right here in your own home town. And you pick out a place by the side of the road And get ready to settle down. You don’t , have to quibble or change your mind Or dose up on happiness pills, For before you know it, the house of your dreams Takes shape, ’gainst the blue dis tant hills. You know without asking at last!of the NRA’s committee. Mr. Bergeson explained that the NRA Water Users Commit tee has been a standing commit tee for many years and is the medium whereby the problems of ■ t h e man-on-the-land ca n be ; brought to the attention of the 'national association. As a mem- ; ber of the committee Mr. Ber- geson introduced the recommen- 94 years ago. And now Dillon is ' dation which is essential to the the county seat of Beaverhead ; activation of the local project, county and might be described j and similar ones in the mountain ceived honors and recognition at as a pleasant, respectable, soci- states. > the annual State Soil Conserva- countryuntry town,, gressional action is needed to end the longtime 160-acre limitation on lands receiving project water.” Board members said they will support the plan which calls for an end to acreage limitations in the valley area, and extension of present limitations to at least 240 acres on bench; lands. Supplemental water is to be supplied ’ to valley areas, Robert J. Kelly, assistant board secre tary, said. . Aldrich said the Dillon pro ject is so high, over 5,000 feet, that the 160-acre limitation makes practically impossible an eco nomic farming unit there. Beaverhead Man Awarded High Scientific Honor Dr. George C. Kennedy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Kennedy of Dillon, former Centennial Valley ranchers, has received outstand- Pierce of Dillon. opened their final session of 1956 in Helena. Action by the Board, gave Dr. H. L. Steele, new president of [ Western at Dillon, authorization I to call for bids for a $600,000 I housing and home finance agency I loan when application and archi- ! tect’s plans and specifications are completed. Plans now call for 16 units for mairied students, 44 for .single _ _ ______________ . men and an addition of about 5000 , „ . - --------------------- -- adopted a recommendation of its j Sq U a r e feet of space to the Stu- cal Society of America Award at water users committee which will j Union on the campus at Dil- Dos Angeles. The honor is pre- n f S n !1® - The board amended the re- \ ....................... P of federal legislation to expand q UeSf to include faculty housing RpnciTa™? -In r J :which will allow for a president’s ^ a A A ’ h°me t0 be PaM f°r “ li6u Of mg to O. A. Bergeson, a member rpr,tai aiinwanres The party will be held at the . St. James Guild Hall, -starting at 9 o’clock the night of December 31 to last until 1 o’clock the next : morning. Entertainment nVunbers will intersperse an evening of 4 anting and right after the New ear is properly welcomed with noise makers, the guests will be served a turkey supper. Dillon Students In Bobcat Band For Trip to Bowl The fact that two i Dillon stu dents, Stephen Foster- and Jack Pierce, are members of MSC’s famed Bobcat band, has height ened local interest in the “Mon tana Parade to Little Rock” for the Aluminum Bowl game on Dec. 22. Foster is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Foster and Pierce’ is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger mg recognition - for scientific re search as a mineralogist, accord ing to an announcement received here last week. On Nov. 20, Dr. Kennedy was presented this year’s Mineralogi- you have found The place you have wanted to be. You’re a wanderer home from a long, long trip “A sailor home from the sea.” GMM Dillon — Gold was ’ struck in ' Beaverhead county — about 50; miles west of this old town about \ i current rental allowances. County Members Honored and SCS Gets Award Members of the Beaverhead Soil Conservation Service re- able co town where the young people play basketball in the winter -and dance on Satur day night, and the old folks look on. But Beaverhead people of to day are a far cry from the first gold seekers who hit the county (Continued on Page 2) two the Results of A S C Election Are Announced Three committeemen and alternates were chosen at recent election conducted by mail to select 1957 members of the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation board. Results were announced Wednesday by Elwood Morrison, chairman of the election tabulation board. Elected were Arthur Bay, Dil lon, chairman; John Blomquist, Dillon, vice-chairman; J. Lester Jones, Dillon, regular member, and Berg Christensen, DHlon, first alternate, Carl Kambich, of Glen, second alternate. The county committee is res ponsible for the conduct of the ASC programs and operations in the county next year. These in clude acreage and conservation reserve, price support, wheat ac reage allotment and marketing The recommendation pointed: tion meeting held at Havre, out that the original Reclamation: Art Christensen and Orville Act of 1902, in limiting the use of , Sparrow represented the county water to 160 acres, did not antici- j service group at the meeting, pate the present development of i Christensen was elected to the lands in the upper tributaries o f , state board of directors for the major rivers. Tributaries in high; coming year and was also ap- altitudes and northern latitudes,! pointed chairman of the import- Mr. Bergeson asserted, means a ant public lands committee, shorter growing season on irri- Arnold Benson, Dillon rancher, gated lands primarily ■ used for was named- “outstanding cooper- production of forage crops, with | at°ri” .and his gravity operated ----- — pre sented annually to a scientist un der the age of 36 for the most outstanding contribution to the mineralogical profession. The citation was based on re search by Dr. Kennedy in three areas which are related to the way minerals were deposited in the earth’s crust. These are i (1) solubility of solids in steam at very high temperatures and pres sures, (2) the relation of pressure, tempera bores and q u a n t i t y of gases,- and (3) phase changes of minerals under high pressure. The Mineralogical Society of America has made six such pre vious awards, two to European Bernard Williams of the Irvine & Cottom firm and state presi dent of Montana State College’s Alumni Association,- is active with the Dillon group who are promoting contributions to help finance the trip . Mr. Williams has pointed out that members of the band have been paying their own expenses to appear at the various games and concert performances, includ ing those in Dillon, and need help in making this trip with the (Continued on Page 8) $20,000 DAMAGES SOUGHT IN AUTO ACCIDENT CASE Damagés in the amount of $20,000 are sought by Mrs. Min nie Stewart in a suit filed in Dis trict Court here against Mike Gregoyich. The suit seeks recom- ____ pense for injuries allegedly sus- scientists and four to American I teined by Mrs. Stewart in an auto- —------. mobile accident between Glen Mrs. livestock production being the primary objective. The favorable action of the as sociation provides for expansion of the acreage restrictions so that sprinkler system used to irrigate a large acreage was rated “one of the best in the west.” Added to these honors, the Bea verhead SCS district placed sec- northern mountain areas share I oad in the Goodyear Award Con- more equitably with lower basins, I test for the state, and was where , widely diversified crops awarded a handsome wall plaque are produced, the benefits of the ’ reclamation program. Santa M a k e s Hit A t Kiwanis Party Wednesday Dillon Kiwanis held the club’s annual Christmas party tonight with a turkey dinner at Lee’s Steak House at which children were guests of their assembled dads. There was special entertain ment with Santa Claus as the headliner that made a big hit with the kiddies ■— he distributed gifts. Leo J Williams and John MacDonald’ planned the affair. The club is also taking part in a community project to see that quota, agricultural conservation, j the C h r i s t m a s spirit reaches and the wool incentive program, everyone in Dillon. W. W. Boger ©diwnitteemen will take office on I is chairman of the Kiwanis com- JaSuSfy 1, 1957. I mlttee.* suitably inscribed for its record of outstanding activity and ser vice. M ikkelson Heads State Association BOZEMAN — J. H. Mikkelson, Sanders county extension agent, was elected president of the Mon tana County Agents association at the annual association meeting held here in conjunction with the division of agriculture conference at Montana State College. Mik kelson was a former county agent at Dillon. Robert Bucher of Hill County was elected first vice president, and Art Kegal of Custer and Powder River counties was elec ted to second vice president. ' Alexander Haburchak of Dan iels county was re-elected secre tary-treasurer. scientists Dr. Kennedy was raised on his parents’ rfnch in the Centennial Valley, went , to rural school at Dakeview and graduated from BCHS in 1936. He attended Har vard University where he grad uated with honors. At present Dr. Kennedy is geophysicist at the University of California at Los Angeles. Butte Student Is Winner of State JC ’s Contest Here Michaeh Buckley, senior at Boys Central high school in Butte won the annual Montana -State Junior Chamber of Commerce Voice of Democracy contest held in Dillon Friday. Young Buckley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Buckley of 947 Caledonia in Butte, and en tered the state-wide writing and speaking contest sponsored by the Butte Junior Chamber of Com merce. He won the contest in Butte in competition with other high school students. In addition to the state Voice of Democracy trophy awarded by the Montana State Jaycees, Buck- ley will receive an all-expense- paid trip to the annual national awards c o m p e t i t i o n , held in Washington, D. C., under- the sponsorship of the U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce. There, he will compete in the nation-wide (Continued on Pave 8) and Melrose last August. Stewart was a passenger in a . car driven by Clyde Smith, who was also injured in the collision, and is still a patient at the Butte Com munity Memorial hospital. The plaintiff alleges that the accident left her a cripple, that she in curred expenses of more than $50(1 for hospital and medical services, loss of several hundred dollars in earnings and continuing medical expenses. Mrs. Stewart was housekeeper at the Smith ranch north of Dillon. Gregovich is proprietor of the Dillon Hotel here. THE WEEK’S WEATHER The frigid wave that engulfed the state last, week brought the coldest weather of the season to Beaverhead county. Snow fell lo cally to a depth of 3 to 4 inches, bringing about one-third of an inch of precipitation — the most since October and almost four times the amount recorded in No vember in Dillon. Surrounding hills and higher valleys have had both more snow and colder weather,' as usual. The week’s temperatures as re corded at' the Western College station are as follows: Date Day H L P Dec. 5 Wed .............. ...12 -12 .26 Dec. 6 Thurs ............ ...20 -22 .05 Dec. 7 Fri ....... ...... .... :..19 -22 Dec. 8 Sat. . ...... . ...... ....17 * -7 Dec. 9 Sun. : ........... ....34 ell — Dec. 10 Mon .............. ...46 24 — Dec. 11 Tues. ........ . ...35 27 — Average for week 26 -3 Total precipitation .31
