The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-14
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Fairfield, Mont,
Dec. 7, 1915.
Mr.. H. S. Bruce,
Peoples Voice,
Helena, Mont.
Dear Mr. Bruce:
We always enjoy reading The Voice
and we certainly liked the true facts
you gave in your last issue on the
comparison of Missouri basin REA
Administration rates. In other words,
we could save Montana SIS per cent
of the cost of REA power or $S1, 13S
That's a lot of money even when dis
tributed to the thousands of REA
power users. That's why we urgent
ly need an MVA besides scores of
other reasons.
Thanking you for keeping us on
your mailing list. Our subscription
expires in Augusta busy month for
us-so excuse the delay. Enclosed is
check for one years subscription.
Yours truly,
MRS. HAROLD WOODHOUSE.
December 5, 1945
Mr.. Otto Schulz,
Sheridan, Montana
Dear Mr. Schulz:
| was in Sheridan last night, and
some ladies there told me that you
were really of the belief that>if the
Missouri Valley authority is estab-
lished, all land holdings in the area
would be cut to 160 acres, and that
being actually of such an erroneous
belief, you were repeating that state
ment to your neighbors. To me, it
was one of the shining examples of
the effect of false propaganda of the
Power Company, the newspapers and
the people who do not wish for the
ultimate prosperity of Montana.
The Missouri Valley authority bill
that is before congress provides that
such land as the government owns in
the project shall be sold in lots not
to exceed 100 acres. That same law
as to the size of homesteads on public
lands has been in effect for 100 years
and in the Big Hole basin. I would
not be for the MVA if there
was any danger of it's interfering with
ny land.
One of my purposes in writing to
you this letter is to prevent you from
making such laughable statements as
he one attributed you; my motive is
possibly indirect. I have a great re-
gard and friendship for your son,
I hope you will receive this letter
With the same spirit of friendship in
which l am writing it.
The population of Montana has been
alling off steadily since the census of
$50, and that census showed that
Gontana was the only state in the I'm
on wherein the population had fallen
IF in the 10 years previous. A recent
urvey of the Federal Power commits
ion showed that the people of Mon
ana are paying $5,1OOO,OOO a year
lore for electric current than would
o paid under the IVA rates. Freight
ates on your sheep and cattle, if you
ave any cattle, at least on your wool,
re higher than when navigation was
pen to Fort Benton on the Missouri
as done has been to restore naviga-
on on the Tennessee river. The esti-
late is that it saves the people of
lat valley $3,500,000 a year in freight
ates. The re-opening of the Missouri
, navigation would save the people of
[ontana much more than that a year.
l read in the Farm Journal, which,
oubtless you also take, that one of
lie active means of swindling farmers
as in making and selling fertilizer
lat had a great deal of useless stuff
it to make weight The IVA has
)ne actively into the fertilizer bust
sss, and without any make-weight in
The result is that, without much
lvertising, the better-class of ferti-
ger for a cheaper price, has in
eased the use of fertilizer in the val
y area 500 per cent in six years,
Id that fertilizer is now being sold
twenty-three states outside of the
snnessee valley, and in large guam
les.
One reason why the Anaconda COM
my and it's daily newspapers, so Wig
ously oppose the Missouri Valley
thority will certainly be plain to
u on explanation. The A G.. M.
axes sulphuric acid from the sulphur
the Butte ores. 1t has large de-
sit of phosphate rock in Idaho. This
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