Great Falls tribune., 1921-10-02
PLANT I
To BE A STATE
VOCATIONAL HUB
New Chemical Industry
Will be Iinkedto Mon
tana s Night Classes.
Training Director to
80 Centers in Opera
ton This Winter.
Special to The Tribune.

Helena, Oct. 1-Workmen who vii
be employed in the new plant of the
international Chemical Products com
pany now nearing completion at Eu
reka are to be educated in the
processes which they will be called
upon to carry out, through the medium
OF the department of vocational edu-
cation Of the state. Evening classes Will
be held in the Lincoln county high
school at which any Of the employees
Of that company who are able to benefit
by the course of instruction will be
taught without any expense to them
selves.
This step was decided on during the
present week ut conference held at
Eureka by G. B. Edwards, director OF
the state department Of vocational
education; DIR. $. f. Acree. vice presi-
dent and manager Of the International
Products company; A. r. Ford, prin-
cipal Of the Lincoln county high school:
and Fl. X. Smith, instructor in chem
istry at the high school. who will take
up the work Of instructing the young
company.
Glass Already Organized.
An analysis of the situation will frs.
be made by representatives of the
state and federal boards for vocational
education under the Smith Hughes
act, Mr.. Edwards representing the
state and II. A. Tieman. of Washing
ton, d. G., federal agent of trade and
industrial education.
While in Eureka, Mr.. Edwards ac-
complished the organization of an eve
ming class in chemistry and plant op-
GRAFTON, in which work he is receiving
the cooperation of the chemical com
pany, which realizes that through this
class it's workmen will become more
valuable to the company as well as to
themselves.
WelI-Equipped Teacher.
The work will be in charge of II. K
Smith, who has recently been secured
as instructor in chemistry in the Lin
coin county high school and who has
had considerable experience in similar
work in Wisconsin and New York. Mr..
Smith is a graduate of the Westmin-
ster. Maryland, college and taught in a
leading preparatory school in Chicago.
the University of Wisconsin
as graduate student and assistant in
forest chemistry, then went to the coll
lege of forestry at Syracuse. n. Y. as
which mucic acid production was de-
veloped on large scale. joined the
naval corps during the war and after
wards was connected with the Du Pont
Powder company in technical work at
Del. 1t was due to his
extensive knowledge of mucic acid.
which is to be one of the important
products of the Eureka plant, that his
services We're sought by the Lincoln
county school. He arrived in Eureka
about a month ago.
Will Employ US Men.
The International Chemical Products
company. whose plant is nearing COM
oletion and which it is expected will be
n operation in about a month. will
waste product of Lincoln county, a SUBJ
stance known as mucic acid, which is a
ligestible substitute for tartaric acid
md base for any citric acid flavor
ng. 1t is also known to be cure for
liabetes. Among the by-products of
he plant will be Il paper pulp and tan
lie acid, which will be obtained from
he bark of various trees.
The plant will be started about No
,ember / and will employ about 175
nen at that time, although when ex-
banded to the extent planned, it is ex-
,ected to employ about 1900.
The evening trade extension classes
will be started at the same time and
will be conducted on two nights of
ach week for a period of - weeks
IS the first unit and. if the demand
rises, another unit will be added. Two |
lasses will be taught on each Of the |
wo nights of the week, one from 5 to |
p. m. and the other from 7:3O to |
30 p. m.
Any person, without age limit. who |
as employment in an industry to which I
his line of instruction is supplement !
ry, will be admitted to the classes !
fithout expense. The instructor will
e paid from state and federal funds. |
Starting System All Over State. /
Director Edwards also visited Libby,
vhitefish and Great Falls while on this
rip. At Libby he looked over the
'ork of the shop classes in the high +.
chool and at Whitefish he made pre-
minary plans for evening classes if
he demand is sufficient to justify.
At Great Falls. Mr.. Edwards looked
Ito the work in the high school and
lade preliminary plans and inquiries
, determine il evening classes should
e held for the railroad men. Last
ear class was conducted at Great
alls in shop work. which was in
large of Fred Weisner Of the engi-
eering department of the Great
Orthern.
One Of the successful Industrial
asses conducted last year was that
; Billings, in connection with the "a.
1Confinued on Peee Thirfeenl