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¡3 ¡O L IO A L SOCIETY OF ¡Vi O: ITA N A HELENA NO COMMENT By JAMES W. DOUTHAT The column, “No Comment,” should not be regarded as neces sarily reflective of NAM position or policy, for it is a reporting of incidents and conversations 'which its author thinks might be of gen eral interest. 1957 Program of Beaverhead Chamber Finished; Discuss Natural Gas Exten’n President W. E. Fry presided at a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce on Febru ary 15, to put finishing touches on the program of work for 1957. Di rectors, Bill Bruer, Clark D’Ev- elyn, Howard Puyear and Skeets Murray were in attendance. It was decided to stress the follow ing points in the improvement of the economic, civic and social de velopment of the county this year. WASHINGTON — The move ment in Congress to cut the; rec ord peacetime $71.8 billion budget is gaming srtength. And if taxpayers of the country continue to snpwer Congress with demands for economy, there ap pears to be a good chance for sub stantial savings. The economy movement has ac quired powerful leadership in the Senate — a leadership which un questionably will make itself felt. Republican L e a d e r William Knowland called for a $2 billion slash in the budget, and Senator Styles Bridges, chairman of the Republican Policy committee, has maae a similar demand. Declining to accept character izations of their action as a revolt against the White House, Know- land and Bridges point to Presi dent Eisenhower’s general invi tation to save taxpayers’ money. Meanwhile, Senator Harry Byrd ! of Virginia — after a close study j of the budget with experts on his ' Committee on Non-essential Ex penditures — called for a cut of at least $5 billion. He previously had urged a cut of $5 to $8 billion.; t ■ T h e Knowland-Briages-Byrd I | a 4|I)A A I drive has significance also in tfiat; B l w l l l v w L f l O I the Senate normally increases ap propriations voted by the House. House members frequently quip that the Senate is called the “Up- (C o n tinued on P a g e 8) Hollidays Set by Beaverhead C-C Clark D’Evelyn, chairman of the Retail committee of the Beaverhead Chamber of Commerce has announced that the following legal holi days will be observed in Dil lon during 1957: New Year’s Day, Jan. 1. Washington’s B i r t h d a y , February 22. Decoration Day, May 30. Fourth of July, July 4. Labor Day, September 2. Armistice Day, November 11 . Thanksgiving D a y , No vember 28. Christmas Day, December 25. Water Users Co. Bonds, Report ‘Try Dillon First” campaign continued. P r o m o t e industrial develop ment: expand mining; develop ment of new industries. Study of long range housing and utility needs. Correlated planning of educa tional facilities. Tourist promotion: advertising sports, historic sites and other at tractions. Full support of conventions and athletic events: assistance during Boys State; assistance during La bor Day Rodeo; hid in housing, etc. Promotion of improved county highways: oiling of Wisdom-Dil- lon road; oiled road, Bannack, Grant-Dillon; best accesses to the super highway. M o r e stabilized agriculture: promotion of Clark Canyon dam; cooperation during Beaverhead County Fair; assistance of agri cultural events, such as “Agricul tural Day,” and Hereford show. Various projects arising in Dub- lic interest. f Advancement of Western fMorf2' tana College of Education. | | Improved transportation facil - 1 ities: improved ariport; reduced! freight rates. Representatives f r o m Ennis, j Twin Bridges and Virginia Cityj attended the directors meeting to ■ discuss the extending of natural gas lines into Madison county towns and Dillon. A meeting with Montana Power Co. officials has' I been arranged for March 5 at the i auditorium at the State Orphans ’ Home in Twin Bridges. Commu- (C o n tinued on P a g e 8) Published in the Interests of Beaverhead County' T he S outhern „G ate to the T reasure S tate The DILLON Official County Newspaper Volume LXVI—-Number 34 Dillon, Montana — Wednesday, February 20, 1957 Body of Cutbank Rancher and Plane Wreckage Found Near Jackson Right or Wrong by George M. Melton POSTMASTER EXAM There will be an examina tion held for fourth-class postmaster at Armstead. The closing date for the examina tion is March 12, 1957. Infor mation and application forms may be obtained from the Armstead post office. The body of Ray V. Olson, 43- year-old Cut Bank area farmer, was recovered Saturday night I about 60 feet from the wreckage | of his single-engine Cessna 180 plane southeast of Jackson. Beaverhead county sheriff John MacDonald said positive identifi cation was made through papers found on the body, with the aid of Olson’s luggage and by the num ber of the plane, 4659B. The wreckage of the light plane was spotted earlier in the day by I ilot Wesley Hunt of Dillon about j 'even miles southeast of Jackson: toward Reservoir lake. The plane carrying Olson had been missing since he left Cut Bank on a flight j to Long Beach, Calif., Feb. 1. Olson’s body was brought out of the mountainous c o u n t r y by snowplanes from ’ the ' Big Hole Snowmobile Association. Direct ing the operation were Hunt, Coroner Ray Schwartz and Un dersheriff Lloyd Thomas. The body was brought to the Brund- age Funeral Home in Dillon. Hunt was on a search flight when he spotted what he -des cribed as “a pile of junk” in the - rugged Big Hole Basin mountains. He said the plane was so badly - crumpled that he was able. to^. identify only the numbers ‘659’ on A a portion of the wing. Hunt and ( the andv Retiring $6,200 in outstanding bonds seven years ahead of sched ule, the solid financial condition of the Water Users Irrigation Co. (Lima Dam) was shown in the report to the board of directors at the annual .meeting last Satur- Your home town paper should i daT- The report from Secretary be a forum through which truth! Bruce A. Risley_ said that the enters the community, informs i company is now free of debt, for the public and inspires citizens! die hrst- tlme since the original to action. If it functions in this: company was organized aboutj manner it should be a great and 1906. . | ennobling work. But few realize- Total assets of the company are: how much effort and good judg-! valued at $219,8i4.i6 according to ment it takes from week to week j financial report to the board, to live up to this task. I The original company construc- Your home town paper de-1ted the Luna dan> which un serves your support, if for no J pounds waters distributed to other Reason than it will always ; owners along the Redrock and be the first to recognize any ac- j Beaverhead rivers, complishme'nt or good turn you i might do for your community.; situation in 1956 was improved ‘ i ,1 “ j And it is weli to remember that; over the previous year although it will be the last to give you a i the level was several feet below . little paragraph of remembrance capacity at the beginning of the and praise as you make your exit year. The last report of the care- from this vale of tears. ¡taker showed 19 feet of water in I think I have mentined before : the reservoir, a brother who is a commercial1 Buildings, especially -the care-1 Action Is Taken on Student Union and Residence Bldgs. The new student union\ and residence buildings at Western ^ moved”1 a writer of no mean ability and taker’s house, were improved dur- islature passed and sent to the governor a special act authoriz ing the school to pledge the in terest and income from its land grant as security for the building bonds to be issued. Western’s application for a loan who makes a good living from his in'a' the 'vears 1955-56* bv~ beina1 £ om Federal Housing and efforts. He sends in an occasional wired^ for Electricity ^ and other? Ho,me Finance Agency has been pat on the back or a little criti- wise renovated, the report said, cal “kick” on this column; but to j my surprise it is mostly praise.; However (and I will let you in on j one of his criticisms) he thinks I would do better to stay off social, economic and political problems when there.are so many interest ing people and their problems to write about. It is easy, he suspects, to be come a thinly clad amateur econ omist offering solutions to the monetary problems of the U.S.A. or the world, when maybe walk ing right beside me is some man or boy with a story everyone would like to know. Well, if people are my forte, let’s fire a shot or two. Here he is standing right beside (C o n tinued oh «rage 8) B’verhead Museum Attracts Many People During '5 Beaverhead Museum had 5,862 people register as visitors in 1956 according to - tabulations released Thursday. Actual number of visi tors was 5,862. July and August were the two big months for tour ist vsiitation. Visitors by months follow: January 77, February 74,’March 129, April 175, May 223, June 978, July 1,526, August 1,305, Septem ber. 846, October 285; November 147, December 97. Countries and territorial pos sessions represented were: Wenheim, Germany, 2; Eng land, 4; Atsugi, Japan, 2; Alaska, 8; Australia, 4; Hawaii, 2; Bel gium, 1; Caracas, Venezuela, 1; Havana, Cuba, 1; Canada, 148. Local registrations amounted to roughly 10 per cent of the, total due to the fact that many visit ors do not register when going through th* Museum. Scholarships Will Be Awarded By Elks Lodge Elks National Foundation Schol arship Awards have been an nounced by the Foundation’s trustees, and the first award is $1,000 each to the top boy and girl competing. In addition to the awards given for state and national recognition, the local Order of Elks is offering either one award of $50 to the best student, or two $25 awards, one for the top boy competing , and one for the top girl on West- j ern’s campus. At this writing, the | Lodge had not decided which method to use. A total of $30,000 will be given: Applications are due in Butte on March 1 and at the Dillon Elks Lodge February 25. Scholarship, citizenship, per sonality, leadership, perseverance, resourcefulness, patriotism, and financial need are the criteria by which all applicants will be judged. Any undergraduate student who is in the upper percentage of his class may file an application; those interested should see Mr. Ryburn to see how to compete in the program. Last year’s winners were George ParretR Selma Nielsen and Jean ette Jewett. Those interested should begin immediately to write to the neces sary persons who can recommend them. Careless or hurried pres entation definitely handicaps the applicant, a l t h o u g h elaborate presentation is unnecessary. delayed pending passage, of this special legislation. Under the Enabling Act, West ern MCE and Eastern MCE have the interest and income from 100,000 acres of*land specifically set aside by Congress for the use of schools of education. The new state legislation specifically ap portions this grant equally be tween the two schools and auth orizes its pledge for school pur poses. Many Attend Ag Day Meeting Held Yesterday Agricultural Day, sponsored by the Beaverhead Soil Conservation District, attracted a large attend ance of county ranchers and farmers at the third annual event held at the high school Tuesday. The afternoon, business session featured a report on the status of the Clark Canyon dam by W. W. Hawkins; talks on prevention of livestock diseases by good conser vation practices by members of the veterinary research depart ment, Montana State College. The annual report of the district su pervisors was made by Art Chris tensen. Principal speaker of the meet ing was Ollie E. Fink, executive secretary of Friends of the Land, Zanesville, Ohio, who addressed the afternoon session. Mr. Fink, recognized as a leader in the con servation movement, made an in formative arid highly entertain ing talk that was also broadcast. The program began with the showing of a film, “The American Cowboy,” when the morning ses sion convened. At noon a lunch, sponsored by the Beaverhead Chamber of Com merce and served by girls of the high school FHA, was served. his wife, ■ Shirley, spotted wreckage at about 11 a.m. ¿mu., immediately preparations were V. made to enter the area in search ' of victims. Hunt will receive the $2500 re ward offered for locating the missing plane. Although'there seemed to be r little doubt the wreckage was that of Olson’s craft, definite Iden- • tification was delayed because of the twisted, dismembered condi tion of the plane. It wasn’t until, the snowmobiles p l o w e d .the seven miles from Jackson to find Olson’s body near the craft that identification became positive; Olson was last heard from Feb. : 1 at 2:30 p.m. when he was over Drummond, flying above a heavy cloud cover at 18,000 feet. He was, scheduled to pick up a passenger at Tonopah, Nev;, that day and ' also scheduled to stop at Elko,. (Continued on Page 8) Ski Tournament For Young Skiers Set for February 24 A ski tournament for the young skiers’ of Dillon will be held at the Rainy Mountain Ski Area, | Sunday, February 24, sponsored by the Dillon Ski club._ All children of grade school age are eligible and invited to participate. Prizes will be given for first, second and third places for both boys and girls. The course will consist of a giant slalom set on the beginners run. Each racer will run two heats under official ski racing rules. Parents and friends of these children are especially urged to come and cheer the young racers on. At least 25 children are ex pected to participate. All racers are reminded that they must pick up an entry blank at the Bagley school and have it signed by their parents before they will be allowed to race. , Participants are asked to be at the ski area by 12:00 noon. The race will start at 1:00 p.m. Prizes will be awarded immediately af ter the race. Mining Association First Aid Training Course Announced The board of directors of the Beaverhead Mining Association have* announced a session of First Aid training which will be taught by Mr. Zubal,: safety representa tive of the Bureau of .Mines at Salt Lake City, Utah, March 4 through March 8. The course will be held in the City Hall in Dil lon. ’ This excellent course is free to anyone who is interested. A ses sion will .be held at 2:00 p.m. and the same: class material will be presented again in the evening at 7:30 p.m: The Beaverhead Mining Association urges all amateur prospectors, persons now engaged in mining, policemen, firemen, homemakers, students, to take ad vantage of this free instruction. First aid know-how is an asset to anyone. Since the same les sons will -be given in the after noon and evening, many should be able to attend these sessions. Mr. Zubal will arrive in Dillon on the afternoon ‘of March 3. Those wishing to attend these classes can register with Marie Gibbons, secretary, at the Cham ber office in the county .museum building. This office is open from 9:30 to 11:30 in the morning and from 1:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon. Materials must be on hand, so it is necessary to know how many will b« in th» group. Preparations Are Begun for Boy Scout Camporee Last Friday evening, the first preparations were made Tor the annual Boy Scout Camporee; which will be held in the Dillon - area this year. Each year the site of the Camporee is rotated among the three districts of the Vigilante Council. It is again Dillon’s turn; as the headquarters of the Pion eer district, to be hosts to the other districts. The date set for the camporee will be the week end of May 25 and 26, and the site will be the- same as‘ three years ago — the old CCC pole treating camp on Willow Creek. Three years ago there were nearly 500 boys pres ent, to set a record that has not been equaled. This year the dis trict is hoping to do even better. During the evening, committees were set up to handle the various phases in the preparations, Mid these committees will report \at future meetings. \ Dance Festival Is Set for March 23 The annual Square Dance Fes tival, sponsored by the Beaver head County Farm Bureau, will be held at the college gym on Saturday, March 23, starting, at 7:30 p.m., according to commit tee chairman Maggie -Bryan of. Glen. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Swartz ;■ are in charge of the dance itself. ' Entries for the dance are re quested to be made by March 9, and many sets are already being; organized, Junior and . senior traveling trophies will be awarV ded and a program will be held. Following the square dancing contests there will be public dancing. THE WEEK’S WEATHER Moderate weather, with a hint of spring, lasted through the last seven day period, but came to an end Tuesday night. The’weather station at Western College re- i corded -2 this morning and Tues- ; day night a n d W e d n e s d a y brought the first precipitation. A light snow fell early Wednesday, and was continuing during the day. Date Day H L P Feb. 13 Wed. . ......... .....45 28 — Feb. 14 Thurs ................. 52 32 — Feb. 15 Fri. ......... ; ...... 51 24 — Feb, 16 Sat ........ .: ....... ...51 18 — Feb. 17 Sun ........ . ...... ....49 19 —- Feb.18 Mon. ...1 ......... .....50 20 — Feb. 19 Tues .......... . ...... 42 9 —;; Average for week 48 21 Total p re cipitation 0 - L L l ■ t
