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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12
REPORT OF WORK
lin SUPREME
COURT FOR Week

September 28th-George U. Hill v.
H. A. Frank and others. Appealed
from district court of Silver Bow
County, Butte. Opinion of the court
prepared by Justice c. F. Morris. JUS
tice Hugh R. Adair dissented.
Held: Hill, as executor of the es-
tate of Louis Frank, brought suit to
given to Louis Frank by H. A. Frank.
The lower court gave judgment to
Hill and the supreme court affirmed
that judgment (Note.) Opinion dis
cusses application of laches for failure
to enforce payment.
October list - Roosevelt County v.
State Board of Equalization. Appealed
from Lewis and Clark County, Helena.
Opinion of the court prepared by JUS
tice Hugh r. Adair. District Judge
Lyman H. Bennett, sitting in place of
Justice Albert H. Angstman, disquali-
fled, dissented.
Facts: Roosevelt county presented
claim for a refund in the sum of
S746.61 ON the gasoline purchased and
used by the county. The state board
of equalization rejected the claim upon
the ground that one item for 1925 was
for gasoline which had not been pur-
chased within the six months period
allowed for filing claims and that the
date of purchase had been altered to
enormously state that it had been pur-
chased within the six months period.
The state board contended that the
claim was fraudulent and that under
the law, as penalty, it could reject
the balance of the claim, which it did.
Roosevelt county sought relief by man.
damus.
Held: The supreme court held that
the claim, less the sum of 1925, should
be allowed and based its opinion upon
two grounds: ID That according to
the agreed statement of facts the
board of commissioners of Roosevelt
county did not authorize any of its
officers to present any fraudulent
claim in any particular and that the
person who made the alteration was
unknown and that hence there was no
II W thht even lhOuSH THO
acts were fraudulent, yet a county, be-
ing an agency of the state government,
is not bound by the acts of its officers
when such acts are beyond their law
full authority, hence the county could
not be charged with fraud
October 2d-ln the Matter of the
Estate of Johanna Nossen, deceased.
Appealed from the district court OF
Silver Bow County, Butte. Unanimous
opinion of the court prepared by Chief
Justice Howard A Johnson.
Held: Where the state appealed
from decree of final distribution
which distributed to the alien proper
ty custodian part of the residue of
he estate of Johanna Nossen, 1t was
held that Chapter 104 of the Laws of
1899 (section 81 could not be applica-
Die to estates which were in the pro-
cess of probate at the time of the pas
sage of the act for to do so would vio-
ate the constitutional inhibition
against the deprivation of property
without due process of law. The chap
Ter referred to provides that no person
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12

II STOOD above CharbOnnier hill jus
l. above st. Louis and opposite tn
picturesque bluffs of Illinois. Thu
Missouri River was in flood. Mile
and miles of valley land, stripped o
wealth by the rushing waters, lay un
seen beneath the unwanted inland sea
| watched as the wreckage of mems
toll, their homes and barns, floated OF
their flooded way.
Now, about a dozen years ago citi
zens of Chattanooga similarly watched
in their helplessness the rising waters
of the Tennessee inundate huge areas
of their city. A co-ordinated program
however, for flood control, navigation
and soil conservation executed by the
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has
delivered the citizens of Chattanooga,
and of other valley cities in the Ten
nessee Basin, from the unwelcome
sight. But the jewellers of the Mis-
souri, Basin are still looking for pro-
lection against their big, bad river
More, they're still hoping to persuade
the stream to work FOR them, as
their southeastern countrymen per-
suaded the Tennessee.
The Missouri Basin, embracing one
of the largest river systems in the
world, covers some 100000 square
miles, more than one-sixth of the ma
TONS land. From Three Forks, Mon
tana, just northwest of Yellowstone
National Park, to its juncture with the
Mississippi some IL miles above St.
Louis, the 2,469 mile stream courses
through nine states (Wyoming, Mon
tana, Colorado, North and South Da-
kota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and
Missouri with a population of 7,000,-
900. Likewise Minnesota, for veal or
woe, experiences the rivers strength.
Such mighty tributaries as the Kan
sas (Kaw)), Republican, the Platte,
the Usage, the Big Horn, the Big
Sioux, the Yellowstone, the Milk, and
the James rivers help to swell the
Missouri in flood seasons, and leave
the upper basin areas parched in sum-
mer.
The basin boasts some of the worlds
richest farm lands, despite the losses
sustained during the past century. It's
people, sons of frontiersmen, form the
human core of the country. It's wealth
includes vast deposits of phosphate,
vitality needed for farm prosperity,
the worlds largest supply of bitumi
nous and ub-bituminous coal, and
nearby the greatest deposits of oil
shales.
In the upper end of the valley are
some 100000 acres of good land wait
ing for rigation-enough to provide
for new farm population of 100000,
not counting the inhabitants of towns
and cities that would spring up. The
possibilities for water-supplied electric
power are not so evident as in the
Tennessee Valley, but even so war
rant exploitation for the benefit of
people who are far below average in
United States farm consumption or |
electricity. And there are some as
yet unexplored fields which engineers
may be able to utilize for greatly in
creased production of water-power
electricity.
But what has been happening in
this treasure land of America? Not
only have we not been using this God
given treasure; we've been letting it
wash away from us. In the past 100
years IL major floods have rayaged |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12

The second suggestion is that the
non-irrigation wheat growers plant
CORN on 10 per cent of the land, they
intend to summerfallow.
"Why plant corn?" will be the ques
ton asked and some will say-"Corn
won't grow here, the altitude is toe
high, and the nights are too cool, OF
course corn seed won't grow if held
in the elevator, feed store or granary
and not planted in the ground at the
proper time. No less an authority
than p G. Holden of Iowa, known
there as Corn Holden" the one man
who had the reputation, some rs years
ago of doubling the corn yield per
acre of the entire state of Iowa and
caused the state of Minnesota to
switch to producing more bushels of
corn than they ever did of wheat, in
any one year and the acreage of corn
is now greater than the wheat acreage
of Minnesota.
Mr.. Holden visited all through Mon
tana many times. In all of his talks
on agricultural problems, he always
advocated the trial and the production
of corn, as a rotation or supplemental
feed crop for the reason that, corn al
lows three opportunities for produc-
ton, against entire loss if the grower
produces ears of corn he then has
FEED and ROUGHAGE; and if no
ears of corn are produced there is fod
der or roughage, if wheat fails to head
and mature, then there is nothing to
support man or animal Corn planted
on land intended for summerfallow if
listed in, or planted early and deep
will not be killed by spring frosts for
the roots will not stop growing and
soon the blades will show again, with
stronger roots if, any change be no
ticed, and if cultivated and kept free
Of weeds and if "hogged" down, the
hogs will pay the grower nickel a
day more for the privilege of picking
their own feed than if penned up, just
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12

the valley, usually inundating some 1,
100000 acres of farm land. The mere
trickle to which the streams in the
mer time Growing time for mos
crops) is no remedy for the dust bowls
otherwise known as the plains of the
Dakotas, Kansas and Nebraska. Ac
cordingly the water table (sub-surface
water) of those regions has sunk any
where from six to thirty feet during
the past ten to twenty-five years. Re
call that it is this water table or
which most people outside of the
cities depend for domestic and stock
watering purposes.
Each year the basin loses an aver
age of a ton of its best soil for each
of it's 439, 100000 acres-and good soil
washed through the long Mississippi
river out to the Gulf of Mexico is a
loss you just don't make up. The
average property loss amounts to ap-
proximately 100000 acres. The two
floods in 1943 and that of last year
left damage estimated at $112,000,000
in their wake. The Weather Bureau
reports loss of 244 lives during the
past 20 years. When the 1943 floods
roared down from the northwest, they
swept from their path millions of dol
lars worth of Army flood-protective
equipment, caused expenditure of al
most another million in rescue work
sr,.y x,r,k
American farmers and the millions of
inhabitants of such large communi-
ties as the Kansas Citys, Omaha, Coun-
Gil Bluffs, and many others have dis
couraged the people of the Missouri
Basin from achieving their expected
place in American prosperity. Both
the production and the consumption of
electricity in the Missouri Basin has
increased, but not nearly so much as
in the country as whole, or as for
example, in the Tennessee Valley.
Only $500 of Missouri farm dwellings
have electric light whereas the United
States average is 31.3%. In only one
of the states of the valley, Iowa, do
more than half the farms have any
use of electric power. With the help
of the IVA and Rural Electrification
Administration, southern states have
skipped ahead of their northern neigh
bors in bringing electricity to the
farm. For example, Mississippi,
which was last ranking user of cleo
tricity on farms 10 years ago, now
ranks far above both the Dakotas
which comprise one of the really rich
est farming regions of the nation.
SAVE THE LAND
But rural identification is not the |
most vital issue of the Missouri Val
leys subnormal economy. Connected |
with it, no doubt, but probably more |
important are the decreases in person |
al income, salaries and wages, and |
manufacturing. Whereas the tradi-
tionally poor Tennessee Valley states
healthy gains in those depart
nents during the decade of the "thir-
les, the Missouri Valley states all
ost except in rare and minor in
stances (prewar figures).
Most alarming, however, is the re-
alive decrease in population, the emf
grafton from the valley. From 1880
o 1910 the Missouri Valley states
gained about 20 in population, below
wen the nations subnormal gain.
I'M inclined to think that the esti-
mated 100000 people who are sup
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12

ons, but a decentralized industry
means cut on freight rates, in.
creased part-time farming and conse-
quent wealth for hundreds of thous-
ands of breadwinners, a revitalized
self-reliance among people who have
grown too accustomed to the dole.
But that isn't all. There will nee
essarily be much government owned
land as result of purchases made
for MVA building projects. Once the
work is completed, much of that land
will be unoccupied Now, Section 10
of S555 provides that such land will
be reserved for sale in such a way
that family farming will most benefit
therefrom. You can see that some of
the large land owners and corporation
farmers don't like that prospect at all
But whether it's Senator Murray's ap-
plication of his Catholic social prin-
ciples, or just plain common sense,
or both together, at any rate, that
provision is just what we are looking
for. 1t gives a boost to the economic
and social security, the usual condi-
lions for independence and initiative,
of the American farm family.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12
RAISE LIVING STANDARDS

All of the foregoing means raising
the standards of living. That in turn
means stability for legitimate private
enterprise. Aside from the individ
uals and families, however, the states
benefit in their own right; Tennessee
Valley states received more from the
IVA in payments than they previous
ly had received in taxes from the land
which the IVA now occupies The in
creased wealth Of their citizens as
sured the states that taxes would be
FPAID-not merely overland in in
creasing amounts. That in turn helps
to establish economic independence of
the states. Lack of such indepen-
dence, we recall, was the prime reason
why the states had to permit the ma
tional government to assume so many
of the states powers in the past Is
years. Now is a good chance for the
states to regain some of their power
an argument which utterly confuses
those who fear an MVA will further
compromise states rights.
No states rights are to be invaded
for the simple reason that the MVA
will do nothing not already in the
power of other purely government
agencies-with headquarters in Wash
ington. 1t is true there will be an
other alphabet agency, but the CO.
ordination achieved therein will elm
mate the purposeless scurrying to in
Vulnerable other agencies frequently
unknown or opposed to each other.
Most probably MVA, as well as
other regional authorities, sooner or
later will come to stay. 1t would be
well to enter the attendant discus
sions and activity in the first phase
to assure that an organization which
in itself could be very beneficial or
very harmful rises consistent with the
principles of Christian social order
and American democracy.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12
WHAT MvA WILL DO

| Just what do the proponents OF
MVA expect if S555 SENATE number
| for Murrays bill is passed? First,
handle the various phases of the Mis-
souri, Valley problem, which are now
handled with singular lack of unity by
several government agencies. They
want an effective control put on the
waters of the powerful river system
they want to stop floods and the dam
ages and hardships they cause. By
stopping the loss of soil in the form
of silt, and maintaining an even flow
they hope to achieve a navigable
waterway as far north as Sioux City,
perhaps further. They intend to put
an end to the Dust Bowl, to reclaim
for human use millions of acres of
irrigable land, to revitalize other mil
lions of acres stricken by drought,
quilted and eroded, plundered by
floods.
Through reforestation and flood con-
troll, they want to conserve those 49,
100000 tons of top soil each year
They want to generate more electri-
city, bring more industries into the
region. And industries are sure to be
tempted by plentiful and cheap cleo
tricity, cheap transportation on the
long, navigable river system, and prox-
unity to some Of the nations richest
resources. OF course, the railroads
and some of the eastern cities don't
like the idea much for obvious reas-
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-01
New Solution Is
Successful for
Implement Tires

Initiation of farm tires 100 per-
cent with a calcium chloride solu-
ton has proved so successful that
E. F. Drummer, manager of farm tire
development for The Goodyear Tire
& Rubber company, recommends the
liquid solution for all farm imple-
ment tires, according to Leslie Han
son, of Hapson-Mersen Motors,
Goodyear dealers.
Use of Solution 100, Goodyear's
method of filling tractor and imple-
ment tires entirely with liquid, has
several advantages over air. Solution
100 initiation remains constant with
out pressure loss. This provides
maximum performance because tires
remain properly inflated the year
around. in storage or in use.
The pressure builds up as the load
increases when Solution 100 is used,
providing automatically adjusted
pressure for various jobs. For trac-
tors. increased drawbar pull of as
much as 500 pounds is obtained
without using wheel weights.
Use of Solution 100 is particularly
suited for farm wagon and trailer
tires, Mr.. Hanson said. Other rub
ber-tired farm implements for which
the liquid solution is recommended
include combines, pickup balers,
forage harvesters, manure and lime
spreaders. Solution 100 is suited
such as ensilage cutters and port
able elevators. Solution 100 is suited
we'll for grain drills, hay rakers,
hay leaders and gang plows if rub
Der tires are used.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-01

Thomas Dignan
Glasgow. Montana
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Jan. - % Feb. lS-lJ)
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-01
Christian Science

Truth" was the subject Of the
lesson-sermon which was read in
all Churches of Christ. Scientist,
Sunday.
The Golden Text was: We can do
nothing against truth. but for the
truth" III Cor. 1879.
Among the citations which COM
prised the lesson-sermon was the
following from the Bible: Give ear,
o We heavens. and 1 will speak; and
hear. o EARTH, the words Of my
mouth. Because 1 will publish the
name of the Lord: ascribe We great
ness unto our God. He is the Rock,
his work is perfect: for all his ways
are judgment: a God of truth and
without iniquity, just and right is
He" CDeut. 32:1, 3, A..
The lesson-sermon also included
the following passage from the
Christian Science Textbook, Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
lures" by Mary Baker Eddy: The
confidence inspired by Science lies
in the fact that Truth is real and
error is unreal. Error is a coward
before Truth. Divine Science insists
that time will prove all this. Both
truth and error have come nearer
than ever before to the a%pprehen-
sion of mortals. and truth will be-
come still clearer as error is SELF
destroyed tp. 368).
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-01
SIMMONS FOR PIBLICATION

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATIONS
In the District court of the Seven
teenth Judicial District of the State
of Montana, in and for the County
of Valley.
John Allen. Plaintiff.
VS.
Gertrude Dana Elliott. n widow Cert
rude Dana Elliott. Administrators Of
the Estate of OSburn y. Elliott. de
ceased The Unknown Heirs of Os-
burn y. Elliott. deceased The I'm
known peviSees Of OSburn y. Elliott.
deceased: The Unknown Owners Of
the lands described in the summons
and Complaint Nora Mumford. Treas
urcr Of Valley County. Montana and
all other persons claiming any in
trrcSt i'm or lien upon the real estate
hereinafter described or any part
thereof. Defendants.
The State Of Montana to the Above
Named Defendants:
You are hereby summoned To answer
the complaint in this action which Is
filed in the office Of the Clerk Of
this Court. a copy Of which Is herewith
served upon you. and To file your
answer and serve q cop thereof upon
the plaintiffs attorney within twenty
after the service Of this sum
mons. exclusive Of the day of service
and in case Of your failure to appear
or answer Judgment will be IKE
against YOU by default for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
This action is brought for tho pur-
pose Of securing a tax deed from the
Treasurer Of Valley County.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-01
Guy higgins Are
Honor Guests
For Anniversary
BY Courier Correspondent

HINSDALE-Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Riggin we're honored last week at
a surprise silver wedding anniver-
sary party at their home. Many
friends and neighbors gathered for
the evening.
The evening vas spent playing
whist. with high scores being made
by Mrs. Riggin and Mrs. Payne
and low scores by Mrs. Dewey
Johnson and Nick Court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riggin were pre-
Sented with gifts from the group
including a silver plate, a flower
vase, a set of tea towels and a
blanket. The women served lunch
at midnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riggin were mar
ried at Glasgow Jan. "a. 1920. They
have lived in Hinsdale for the past
twelve years and yer residents of
the Barr community before NOV
ing here. They have seven children
and three grandchildren.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-01
Vo-Ag Supervisor
and FLA Leader
HinSdale Guests
BY Courier Correspondent

HINSDALE - A. w. johnson of
Rozeman. state vocational agriculture
supervisor and advisor for the
Future Farmers Of America, and
Burris Blackwood of Conrad. state
F. F. A. reporter. visited the Hins-
dale F. F. A. chapter Thursday.
The local chapter was called into
session by its officers. who are
Norman Burns, president. Wesley
Watson, vice-president; Dale More
house, treasurer: Gene Bell, sec
rotary: David Schooner. reporter,
and Robert Drabbs, sentinel.
Blackwood told the Hinsdale boys
of his experiences in visiting various
chapters around the state and i'm
pressed on them the importr nee of
the F. F. A. work. He advised them
to not quit the farm unless they
were called TO the service and to do
their utmost to speed production.
Both state officers inspected the
department and praised the recent
improvements to the shoD and the
food production "a trairing pro-
gram.
The F. F. A. chapter and its
visitors were guests of the home &c
onomics girls at an IL O'Clock lunch
con.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-01
Experts Make
Improvements at
Peck Station
BY Courier Correspondent

NASHUA-.Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Griffith of Denver and Mr.. and Mrs.
Grin Shipman of Springfield, Mo.
employees of the Stearns Roger
Manufacturing company of Denver,
were here to repair the high pres
sure gas headers of Fort Peck COM
pressor station for the Montana
Dakota Utilities company. They
plan to return in the spring and
will then do additional repair work
on the lines. They will rent the
Byron Hill residence in Nashua for
the summer when the Hills move to
their river farm home. The Griffith
and Shipman families resided at the
Byron Hill apartment in Glasgow
while here.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-01
Farm Machine
Class Draws
n Students
BY Courier Correspondent

HINSDALE - The second in a
series of food production war train
ing courses at Hinsdale was COM
pleted Monday, it is reported by r.
R. Daley. local supervisor, who
states that application has been
made for two more courses of the
same type. The courses are spon-
sored by the war food administra-
ton and the vocational agriculture
department of the local schools.
The course ran for a total of SO
hours. The first course of so hours
began Dec. 4 and the second course
began early in January. Twenty
two men were in regular attendance.
Open to all adult farmers and
out-of-school youths, the courses
offer intensive training in farm
machinery repair. The Hinsdale
course is operated at the former
Joe Stuber garage building, which
has been leased for the purpose.
If approved, the next courses will
be offered concurrently for the next
four weeks, with an afternoon period
of four hours from l TO 5 and an
evening session from 7 to 10, Mr..
Daley says. 1t is hoped to begin the
next courses Feb. 5. John Rennick
is instructor.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-02-01
Beaverton Club
Members Hear
Of rs Outlook

The Beaverton Home Demonstra-
ton club had a potluck dinner at
the Beaverton hall, recently, James
K. McGibney and Miss Iva Holiday,
county agents gave an impromptu
dialog. Looking Ahead" which was
followed by group discussion. Mrs.
Selmer Johnson will be hostess to
the club, Feb. IS. The lesson will be
on the care and cleaning of utensils.
Each member has been requested to
bring a utensil for cleaning.