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State Historical Society Helena, Montana HISTORIGAL SOCIETY OF MON I .%;4/3 , HELENA Sanders County Ledger Most Widely Circulated Newspaper in Sanders County Vol. 54 No. 22 THOMPSON FALLS, MONTANA, Thursday. August 6, 1959 Singe Copy 10c SANDERS BACKS CONFERENCE—Representa- tives of the Sanders County Chamber of Com- merce, which includes local chambers at Thompson Falls, Plains and Hot Springs, above present $500 in bills and checks to Gov. J. Hugo Aronson. The money will help Montana put on the 1960 National Governors' conference in Glacier National park. Left to right are Don Saint and John Britt, Thompson Falls; Governor Aronson; Olin Ashcraft, Hot Springs, Sanders county chamber president; L. 0. Thomas, Hot Springs, and Jack Harwood, Plains. Saint said the contributions represent the \fullest back- ing of Sanders county toward this effort to help promote Montana through a National Govern- ors' conference.\ '59 DRIEST SUMMER HERE IN 27 YEARS The driest summer in 27 years! That's the weather record established during June and July according to data supplied by Irwin Puphal, district rang- er. During June and July of this year only 1.71 inches of precipi- tation were recorded, the lowest amount since 1932 when rainfall during the two months totaled only 1.29 inches. During the past month only .31 inches of rainfall was re- corded, about one-third of norm- al for the month. In addition to being extremely dry, July has been hot also. In July, 23 of the month's 31 days recorded temperature read- ings of 90 degrees or better and four of those saw the mercury reach 100 and higher. The continued hot and dry a conditions prompted Puphal to and Martin creeks are proving urge continued caution by the to be popular and productive public with cigarettes and al s o. camp fifes when they are in Rainbow the woods. also. Twelve men from the Thomp- son Falls district went to Plains Saturday evening to help fight nine lightning -started fires. The boys fought fire all night and returned to Thompson Falls Sunday morning. Public's Cooperation Asked to Avert Enforcement of Watering Restrictions If the public will cooperate and not waste water, it may not be necessary to restrict watering of lawns, flowers and gardens this summer, Mayor M. C. Suth- erland said this week. \How- ever,\ he \unless care is used the city will be required to place watering restrictions in force.\ The mayor said city 6mp1oyes have noted sprinklers and open hoses running all night with water running down the street. \This is, of course, definitely against city water regulations and must be stopped. We sin- cerely and earnestly ask the assistance and cooperation of every resident of Thompson Falls in correcting any waste of city water. \If every resident will be care- ful of his use of water and not let water go to waste, by leaving sprinklers on all night and not leave open hoses run, we hope it will not be necessary to put Northern Lights Buy TC Building water restrictions on this sum- mer,\ the mayor said. TROUT CREEK—Purchase of the former Lazy DL Lodge build- ing at Trout Creek as a western Sanders county office and ware- house for Northern Lights, Inc. was announced yesterday by Jesse W. Lee, director of the REA co-op. Lee said in addition to pur- chasing the large, steel building Northern Lights has purchased two acres of land at the site from Mrs. James Smith. He said the building will be remodeled slightly to include installation of double doors for a truck en- trance. W. A. Page, Northern Lights maintenance foreman in the county, will have office space in the building. A large sign is to be erected in front of the structure also, Lee said. The building was erected a few years ago for Dean Loberg for use as a tavern during con- struction of the Noxon Rapids dam. Fairfield Seeks Pool Information Although concrete is still be- ing poured for the new Thomp- son Falls community swimming pool, the project is already draw- ing inquiries from other towns. Fred (Bud) Moore, chairman of the pool committee, recently received a letter from Supt. Richard M. Mast of Fairfield ask- ing information about the pool. Commented Mr. Mast: \It was with a great deal of interest that I read a recent article in the Great Falls Tribune concerning a swimming pool now under construction at Thom- pson Falls. The Lions club here in Fairfield has assumed a simi- lar objective. So far all con- struction estimates we have re- ceived from commercial pool contractors are far in excess of the amount the article indicated your pool is to cost. You seem to have found the answer for a reasonable priced pool for a small community. We would greatly appreciate any informa- tion you could give us concern- ing the details of cost and con- struction of your pool—a draw- ing or sketch of the size. shape (Con't on Back Page) Fishing Continues Good in Area Fishing continues to be good in both the Noxon Rapids re- servoir and Thompson river, Game Warden A. H. Cheney said this week in his weekly fishing forecast to the Montana Fish and Game Dept. The mouth of Prospect creek is producing some nice size trout and the mouths of Graves lake continues good Whitepine Voters Favor Annexation With TF District Residents of Whitepine School Dist. No. 4 Saturday voted al- most two to one in favor of an- nexation with School Dist. No. 2 of Thompson Falls. The vote was 72 for annexation and 39 again- st. According to law, the annexa- tion becomes effective in 10 days. Major immediate change in- volved is the integration of School Dist. No. 4 transportation budget into School Dist. No. 2's. The general education budget for the Thompson Falls district already included provisions for providing instruction for the approximately 50 Whitepine- Belknap elementary students. Judges for Saturday's election were Mrs. Ray Meadows, Mrs. Don Naegeli and Mrs. Walter E. Johnson. It was the third vote held in the district since the Whitepine school burned in the spring of 1958. Two previous elections, saw proposed bond issues for a new building defeated. Trout Planted In T. River A truckload of Rainbow trout was planted Wednesday after- noon in Thompson river ac- cording to Game Warden A. H. Cheney. Cheney said the plant includ- ed more than 3000 fish and that the trout would measure seven inches and larger. In the past some have been as large as 14 inches. Members of the Thompson Falls Rod and Gun club assisted fish and game employees in the planting. Falls Nine Takes Ronan in 11th The Weather - Date Max. Min. Prec July 29 82 37 July 30 90 41 July 31 97 45 Aug. 1 95 59 Aug. 2 94 50 Aug. 3 84 44 Aug. 4 83 46-' 30 -Day Outlook Montana in August is expect- ed to average warmer to much warmer than usual for the sea- son, with the warmest areas east of the Continental divide. Precipitation totals should reach moderate proportions west of the Continental divide and over the Missouri headwaters east of the divide, but light totals for the season should be the rule elsewhere. Local Dealers To Offer New 'Compact Cars' Thompson Falls' two franchis- ed new car dealers—Gill-Adams, Inc. and Heater and Heater— expect to offer local residents four lines of automobiles this fall from which to choose a 1960 model instead of the customary competitive two—Chevrolet and Ford. Both local dealers said this week they plan to market the new compact cars being manu- factured by the Chevrolet and Ford divisions. Chevrolet dealers will market the Corvair and Ford dealers will handle the Falcon. Richard Heater said his firm has received little information concerning the Falcon yet, but hopes to make it available from Heater's showrooms this fall. Henry L. Gill and James L. Taylor said they hope to have one or more Corvairs on display when the 1960 Chevrolet models are introduced in October. They said they are now placing orders for stock parts and will be pre- pared to give complete service on the Corvairs. The firms has already ordered $280 in special tools with which to service the Corvair. The Corvair will have a rear - mounted, six -cylinder, air-cool- ed, pancake engine of 100 -plus horsepower. Built on a 108 -inch wheelbase, compared to 120 for the Chevrolet, the Corvair will claim an industry \first\: an all - aluminum engine. Heater said the Falcon will have a 113 -inch wheelbase and be powered with an 85 horse- power motor, conventionally mounted in front. Three models will be offered to start, with three additional models schedul- ed for production later. Introduction of the Falcon is scheduled for late September or early October. The Falcon's engine will be cast iron with aluminum intake manifold. Both local dealers have re- ceived only sketchy information concerning the two new com- pact cars. A squeeze bunt in the 11th inning scored Richie Graham with the winning run Sunday as the Thompson Falls Lumbermen captured an 8 to 7 victory over Ronan. Graham gave up only eight hits in going the route for the Falls nine. The Lumbermen had to come from behind to tie the score at 7 to 7 in the ninth frame after Ronan collected its seven runs in the first two innings before the local nine settled down. Go- ing into the final inning, Ronan led 7 to 5 when Darrel Torgrim- son smashed a home run into the Falls Motel parking lot with Graham on ahead of him. Earlier this season Ronan had won an 11 -inning contest by one run. The Lumbermen now boast a season's record of 7 wins again- st three losses and will play Whitefish there Sunday. WANT ADS provide extra cash! Production of Power Starts at Noxon Dam Production of hydro electric power at the Noxon Rapids darn started this week as the unit 1 turbine and generator went in- to trial operation. The unit is scheduled to undergo various tests most of August before go- ing on the line permanently Sept. 1. Unit 1 is the first of four generating units scheduled to be placed in operation at the dam. Each will be capable of produc- ing 100,000 kilowatts of power. Meanwhile, as the first unit produces power in the midst of testing runs, installation work is continuing on the other gen- erators and turbines. Winding of stator sections continued on unit 4 as well as the rotor as- sembly on unit 2. Installation of air, oil and water piping is continuing in the powerhouse, as well as elec- trical wiring and control panel 'installations. Plastering of hung ceilings in the electrical bay and placing of acoustic tile in the control room OPERATORS—The permanent operating staff of the Noxon Rapids hydroelectric plant is busy these days getting settled in their new jobs. John Graham, left, is station superintendent, with Herbert Roehling, center, chief operator, second in command. At right is Franklin S. Bowie, station utility man. The three are has been completed. Conversion of water table control wells along the left bank downstream of the powerhouse to siphon type was continued. Back filling of the sluiceways in the spillway section with con- crete is continuing with work on sluiceways 7 and 6 underway. Repairs to the baffles in the spillway apron were started also. Landscaping is continuing in the operator's village. shown here in front of the control panel for Unit 1 generator and turbine, which this week began producing power for the first time. The unit is still undergoing tests, however, and is not scheduled to go on the line permanently until Sept. 1. (Ledger photo) 5 -MAN CREW ARRIVES TO START PROSPECT CREEK ROAD SURVEY cents per hour retroac- A five -man Montana Highway Dept. survey crew was assembl- ing in Thompson Falls this week to begin mapping the new sec- ondary route up Prospect creek, which eventually will become a short-cut highway connecting Highways 10 and 10A. Heading the survey crew as project engineer will be Charles W. Heber of Great Falls. He was scheduled to arrive in Thom- pson Falls yesterday. The crew has obtained office space in the former ASC office in the base- ment of the court house. Mak- ing arrangements Monday for the office with the board of county commissioners was Ma - son Knapp, a member of the 7 1 / An offer of a pay increase of survey crew from Great Falls 2 tive to August 1 was made Tuesday afternoon by the Thom- pson Falls Lumber Co. to mem- bers of Local 2719 of the Lum- ber and Sawmill Workers Union, Melvin Hoy, a member of the union's negotiating committee, has reported. by said the union will hold a special meeting Sunday to con- sider the offer along with their regular meeting. Tuesday's meeting between representatives of the mill and union was the first to discuss new wage rates. Last year the union was awarded six paid holi- days per year, but received no wage increase. Representing the union at 'Tuesday's meeting were Hoy, Robert C. Weller, Kalispell, ex- ecutive secretary of the Montana District council, Duane Eitel- berg, local president, Clarence Riffle and Al Perry. Mill Offers 7 1 / 2 c Per Hour Increase The crew expects to be locat- ed in Thompson Falls for 75 days working on the routing of the Prospect creek road. Assignment of the crew here this week came as a surprise and without advance warning. Oscar Ostenson of Missoula, dis- trict highway engineer, had pro- mised to assign a survey crew either from Missoula road pro- jects or from the Garrison -Avon secondary project. Since neither of these crews was available as early as ex- pected, it is understood Osten - son requested that Heber's crew be transferred to this district from Great Falls. Biggest job facing the crew is the immediate selection of the Prospect creek road's route from the south end of the new Thom- pson Falls Highway 10A bridge across the hill to connect with the present Prospect creek coun- ty road below Clear creek. Some speculation has been voiced that the best route would be to tie A son was born recently in St. into the present road via the Patrick hospital in Missoula to Clear creek flats while the more Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Riley of predominate opinion seems to be Plains. Mrs. Riley is the former that the better route would be Marguerite Aemisegger of to connect with the present Thompson Falls. county road above the Dick Wilkinson (former Don Smaill place. After the survey crew has completed its work, the roadway will be designed in the Montana Highway Dept. headquarters at Helena. Right-of-way must then be secured before bids can be called for construction. Earlier this year the state highway com- mission said it hopes to award a construction contract in Nove- mber for the first 5'2 miles. The first contract would include also the construction of two Son Is Born bridges. The county commissioners have stated they intend to leave in operation the present two old county bridges adjacent to the Montana Power Co. dams for light vehicle traffic. Mrs. C. H. Weismandel sec- retary -manager of the Thomp- son Falls-Noxon Chamber of Commerce, said most of the sur- vey crew members are moving trailer houses into Thompson Falls. CITY ORDERS TAX CUT, NEW STREET LIGHTS Vastly improved street light- ing for both the residential and business districts and a big cut in the city's mill levy are in store for Thompson Falls resi- dents as a result of action taken by the city council Monday night. The city dads formally adopt -1 ed a resolution for a total 1959- 60 city tax levy of 42.6 mills, al reduction of 12'2 mills below last year's levy of 55.1. The council approved a plan' presented by the Montana Power Co. to install new type incan- descent street lights throughout the residential and business dis- tricts. According to Jim Lang- ley, Montana Power Co. town 1 manager, the new lighting will! provide almost three times asl much illumination in the re-, sidental district as is available! now. Street lamps of 4000 lumens will be installed in the residen- tial areas to replace the 100 -watt bulbs now used. On Main street, 12 lamps of 10,000 lumens each and 12 lamps of 6000 lumens each will be installed, all on the south side of the avenue. Work on the program is ex- pected to get underway this fall. Langley said only four or five of the present poles will be used in the residential area, with the others to be set in new locations to provide maxi- mum illuminations. The utility's representatives volunteered to install poles and some of the present street lights at the swimming pool so as to make possible night swimming next year. Mill levies fixed for the vari- ous funds: General 18, street and alley 10, library 3, fire protec- tion 2, maintenance light 5, park 4, city planning .5, disability and pension fund of Fire Dept. Re- lief Assn. .1. No levies were made this year for the cemetery and water funds. The council also gave Mrs. Lois Scott, town clerk, authority to place another $1000 in water funds on time deposit with the (Con't. on Back Page)
