Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-10-03
STATE PREPARE
TO DO IT'S PART
in EMERGENCY
MINERALS AND TALENT IN AREA
SURVEYED: AIR WARNING
SERVICE PLANNED

When the state legislature estab-
lished the Montana preparedness and
advisory commission, the emergency
was not anticipated and only 50 500
was appropriated The commission
comprises IL members, headed by Gov
Sam c. Ford as chairman.
Despite limited funds, reports Tom
D. Caverly. co-ordinator for the com.
mission, much has been accomplished
with WPA and NYA assistance in
working with the office OF civilian de-
tense, office Of emergency manage
ment and the office Of production
management.
The state commission has carried
out or is working on the following:
Survey of Minerals
A complete mineral survey TO find
possible strategic minerals and their
quantity. Already a large deposit OF
chrome has been blocked out in Sweet
Grass county and the government is
spending over 81 900 900 for roads and
equipment to get 1t out. A force of
men is working in Carbon county to
see whether chrome deposits there are
of commercial quantity Nickel and
| several other strategic minerals have
Z
ceived for development.
An oil and gas survey to determine
the quantity of crude oil being pro-
duced and the potential production of
both crude and gasoline in case OF
emergency is being made.
The drive for scrap aluminium was
a success.
Fire chiefs of all principal cities met
! at the commission office and a def
mite program was worked out. A sur
vey of all equipment in the state
suitable for fighting fires has beer
compiled so excess equipment can be
moved from one locality to the other
All fire fighting forces will have COM
plete lists of the equipment in all theiI
nearby towns so they will know where
to look for help without needless call
ing and loss Of time.
List 10000 Names
Over 10000 names with a complete
QUESTIONABLE of their background anc
ability has been compiled by the un-
employment commission and is being
checked and the MPAC is bringing W
!, the loose ends by getting the SAINT
data on persons not already listed
,, This list is to be indeXed so that wher
a call comes for machinists, radiomen
tinshop workers, etc, they can be To-
Gated within few minutes.
! The state office contacted ever.
: concern in the state that has a licens,
TO sell coal, urging them to cooperate
l in trying to get every householder anc
business block to store their winter,
supply of fuel during the summer s.
railroad cars now used to haul Goa
!, will be free for the hauling OF defens'
material during the winter. t
Secretary Albert H. kruse, who ais,
, is commissioner Of agriculture is work
i ing on a project that should be a bi!
benefit to dairy farmers OF the stat
! by attempting to get the government
e to put watts for cheese making on
priority basis so creamerieS can secur
:. the necessary equipment. He also i
: working through the commission L
! seek a technical man to instruct dairy
/ men in the latest method OF maxim,
, cheese so it will meet specifications TO
S government purchase.
: Urged Wheat Bins
Secretary kruse urged farmers Z
: build wheat storage bins To take car
OF the bumper wheat crop and com
5 under the AAA program for whea
5 loans as loans on wheat will not b
made if stored on the ground.
, 1t was determined that the gettin!
: of federal inspectors at all packing
S plants so they could take federal con
A tracts for meat grown and processet
! in Montana was needed. The stat
: railroad commission is helping in a!
q effort 10 get a better freight rate OF
: meat products to the coast as there i