The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-03-05
CHAMBER DISCUSSES POSSIBILITIES
OF MIGRANT WORKER CAMP HERE
Would Supply Reservoir
OF Good Workers For
Big Horn Formers

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grant worker camp in Big Horn
county we're discussed Monday
night at a meeting of the Big
Horn County Chamber of Com
merce held at the Savoy cafe.
j. A. Koebbe, Glenn Knight,
George W. Gustafson and L. Roy
Cool attended a meeting in Bill
lings recently where migrant
workers camps were discussed
and these men outlined and ex-
planned the project to the board
of directors of the chamber.
The migrant labor camp
would not be for Japanese evac-
uated from coastal areas and
would not function in 1912, but
plans must be laid now if the
camp is to be built and used in
1943, it was stated.
The camps are built without
cost to the community and are
sponsored by the Farm Security
Administration. The camps
would supply a good class Of
labor for farmers in this area
as it would provide a central
place where labor could con-
gregate and allow farmers to
go there for help.
Small houses, electric lighted
and with sewage disposal would
be built to house the migrant
laborers. A community laundry
would be erected for labOrerS
use and the camp would be I'M
der a manager.
It was stated that at least 40
acres of ground would be needed
to build such a camp.
F. M. Lipp, o. E. Anderson and
George w. GuStafson were ap-
poitned to act as a committee
to arrange to hold a public
meeting Wednesday, March ID,
at which time government Of
ficials would come here and eX-
plain in detail the migrant
workers camp. A representative
group of men in Big Horn coun-
ty will attend the meeting in
order to hear the merits Of the
project. There are many similar
camps operating satisfactorily in
: other states, it was announced.
: Complete plans for the meet
ing will be given out publicly
at a later date.
: Other business to come before
the meeting was the report Of
o. E. Anderson who attended
-. the meeting of the Southeast
ern Montana Counties associa-
ton last week in Miles City.
Al letter from Senator Burton
K. Wheeler relating to the Nine
; Mile bridge project was read by
Secretary Charles EgneW. The
letter stated that Mr.. Wheeler
: had been informed by Daniel
Murphy, director of CCC-ID in
Washington that three spans
might be needed to cross the
river at St. Xavier, where the
bridge is to be moved, and that
the Indian office had written
to the Billings Indian officials
regarding the matter.
Contracts for moving two
spans of the bridge to st. Xav-
o Ter and placing the remaining
span in the county yards at
Hardin have been signed by Big
Horn county commissioners and
government officials. The COM
G missionerS have fulfilled their
n part of the agreement and are
awaiting action on the part of
q the government.
st. Xavier farmers have been
raising a fund to send Senator
e Dan w. Maddox to Washington
to further the bridge project
The chamber of commerce voted
to donate a sum of money to
this fund.
A letter from the State High
way department was read in
which the dates of any import
ant events in this area were
asked for, as the dates and
events would be listed in "Tra-
vel' a national magazine circu-
lated throughout the east. The
dates of the Hardin American
Legion rodeo will be sent to the
department, it was stated.
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