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The Valley settler., 1947-04-24

from page
 GARAGE will be some t inc before our bending orders can be filled. 2-r. Dorsh reported,<the roads as slpw from the rash hington line thru Idaho, Britt sh Columbia, Al berta and the Yukon Territory. The Alaska roads were fine he said. His party outran storm by a few hours and the next trucks behind him that were C.: caught in it were held up for an extra day because of snow.
 This trip was long and drawn out--longef than had been planned, lr. Dorsh stated. Then asked how condit ions in the States -ere, he rep1 jed, "Terrib1e they seem to be on down hill grade."' CREAMERY Plans are being drawn up for a new we ighing and rece lying room at the Creamery. Construct ion Of this addit ion- al space will begin as soon as possible. THEATRE The almer Theatre had rather an unfortunate experience this last Sun day evening when the sound went out on the picture. Some little mechanism dropped down and it was quite awhile before this vas found. It is hoped that this will not happen again. .
 This coming Friday evening April 25, a Travelogue on "Bount iful Aa ska" will be shown as a feature before the main show. number Of the pictures were taken in Palmer and the Valley. You1wil1 not want to miss this.
 Cont. in the next column. ...
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19

Helena, Nov. 19.-Make this a
"non-skid and clear visibility win
ter" as far as possible, Supervisor
Charles L. Sheridan of the Montana
highway patrol, today urged Mon
tam automobile owners and truck
fleet operators.
December, January and February
are treacherous for motorists be-
cause of extreme variations in road
and weather conditions" he said.
"Up to 65 per cent of all traffic
accidents in northen states during
winter months occur on snow-cover-
ed or ice coated surfaces. Traffic
death rates run "a to So per cent
higher during winter months than
in summer"
These facts should compel serious
about preventing winter ac-
,idents and traffic tieups, Sheridan
declared. Highway authorities will
10 their best in the job of snow
removal and ice sanding, but OBJ
yiously they cannot cover all roads
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19
Several Churches Unite
For Thanksgiving Event
Service At First Congregational Is Arranged By
Ministerial Association For Nov 26 Offer
ing To Be Sent To Europe For Relief

The Laurel Ministerial association
has announced that it has arranged
another union Thanksgiving service
of its member churches, to again
be conducted at the First Congre.
gational church, 301 Durland ave-
nue., Wednesday evening, Nov. &c,
at 1880. Everyone is invited to at
tend, a spokesman for the associa-
tion of clergymen said. Actively
participating will be the ministers
and members of Our Savior's Luth-
eran church, the Methodist church,
Church of the Nazarene and the
Congregational church.
Music for the service will be
furnished by the various churches
represented and is expected to add
much to the occasion. The Thanks
giving offering that is to be re-
ceived will be contributed to Euro
pean relief through the World Coun-
Gil of Churches in accordance with
the decision of the Ministerial asso-
citation.
The association states that "the
Thanksgiving day is the
of a deep feeling of
gratitude by our people for the rich
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19
Christmas Seals

support for its 1948 tuberculosis
prevention and control campaign, ac
cording to Mrs. r. j. Rosselot, chair.
man. The forty-first annual Christ
mas seal sale begins now and con-
tinues until Christmas.
"The funds derived from the 1947
Christmas Seal Sale will be put
to work early in 1948. The earlier
Laurel residents acknowledge their
seals, the more confidently can we
go ahead with our plans for a
healthier community in 1948. Mrs.
Rosselot said.
The 1947 seal was designed by
H. Lufkin of Tenafly, N.
j., nationally known free-lance ar
tist, typographer and illustrator of
children's books. During World war
II he won a special citation from
the treasury department for his war
bond posters.
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FIRST PAYMENT ON
|947 BEET CROP IS
MADE TO GROWERS
Local District Receives Over
$4,OO0,0O0-Second Payment
Is Set For Dec. Is

Denver, Colo, Nov. 19.-The
Great Western Sugar company will
make payment totalling S29,515,00C
to sugar beet growers in Colorado,
Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana
Nov. 20 as first payment on the
1947 crop, according to Frank M.
Kemp, president. The Billings
Lowell factory district will receive
$4,352, 900.
He estimated that growers will
ultimately receive more than $44,-
100000 for this crop, the highest
total return on record for the area
served by the company.
The initial payment covers beet
deliveries through Nov. A, by which
date about 81 per cent of the crop
had been harvested. A second pay
ment will be made Dec. Is covering
deliveries Nov. through 80. Later
will adjust initial prices
in Colorado, Nebraska, and Wheat
land, Wyo., for any additional
amount due under the so-caled Glow
content guarantee" and at Billings,
Mont, and Lowell, Wyo., to the exact
price due on the final
sugar content of beets sliced at
those fartories.
Final returns to the grower also
will include forthcoming AAA pay
ments estimated at $2.44 per ton
as company average on deliveries
through Nov. 4, the exact amount
of the payment depending on final
sugar content.
Return per ton to beet growers
this year is on the basis of a ma
tional average of $14.50 per ton
for beets of 16.5 per cent sugar
content as delivered, or 1872 per
cent as sliced, with payment in
proportion to higher or lower sugar
content. Kemp said that Great |
Western deliveries through Nov. a,
while higher in sugar content in all
districts than last year, tested some
What below the national average
content of recent years, and that
IN average four-state return of
Iround $14.07 per ton on that por-
ion of the crop was indicated.
The yield will average nearly ID
ems per acre, the highest since
941.
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19
VETS RE|NSTATE BIG
AMOUNT OF INSURANCE

Taking advantage of current lib
eral reinstatement privileges which
expire Dec. 81, 1947, 46,24O veterans
in the Pacific northwest have put
1914, 4,49S,O00 worth of national serv-
ice life insurance back in force dur
ing the past nine months.
In one month, October, 1858 vet
Grams in the four northwest states
and Alaska reinstated NSLI with
a face value of $17,728,500.
Until Dec. 81 a veteran may re-
instate his term insurance by pay
ing two monthly premiums and COM
pleting a simple form. After that
date, to reinstate insurance lapsed
more than three months, passing
a physical examination will be a
requirement.
Reinstatement forms may be OBJ
aimed from any VA office or serv-
ce organization, or by writing the
northwest branch office of Veterans
Administration, Exchange Building,
Seattle A, Wash.
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19
FARM UNION CAGE
TEAM ORGANIZES
Plan One TOp-Flight Game At
Laurel Each Week Of Sea-
son, Ending With Tourney

At an organizing meeting of the
Farmers Union Independent basket
ball squad Tuesday evening, Leo
Foley was elected business manager
and "Jinx" Anderson became play
ing manager. Invitations are going
out to top Independent teams in the
Midland Empire for home game
attractions for the local squad.
Plans call for one top-flight home
game each week during the coming
season. An invitational tournament
is proposed for the Christmas vaca-
tion.
All potential basketball players
are invited to attend the next prae-
tice Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
when the final roster will be an
nounced by Anderson.
The team this year will show ex-
perience, but will be handicapped
by lack of height. Strending, Burke,
Nolan, Burns and Anderson are
members of the squad from last
year, while Kimberly from last
years high school champions, and
former All-Stater from
are expected to add scor-
ing punch this year.
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Highway Patrol Chief Again Pleads With People
To Stop Killing Themselves On Montana Roads

at all times. The responsibility for
reducing accidents and stalled traf-
fic must be shared by individual
drivers.
National Safety Council research
has proven that inadequate traction
and reduced visibility are the major
treats of winter, but these two
hazards can be met by obedience
to fundamental rules of safe win
ter driving.
A vehicle which skids is being
driven too rapidly or is lacking
safety equipment for the condition
under which it is operating. Skid
ding can be prevented by proper
speed and control. Every driver
should memorize these brief funda-
mental rules:
Winter Rules
Get the feel of the road; adj
just speed to conditions; slow down
well in advance of intersections and
curves; use tire chains on ice and
snow; keep windshield and windows
clear of snow, ice, fog and frost;
follow other vehicles at safe dis
tance; signal intentions of turning
or stopping; and apply brakes with
a gentle pumping action. Tests
have shown that a very rapid and
hard pumping action will produce
considerably shorter stops, but it is
doubtful if the average driver can
employ this technique to advantage.
Tire chains are a most effective
and practical form of self-help for
the motorist in increasing stop and
go traction on snow or ice. Anti
skid chains reduce braking distance
IS for passenger cars 40 to so per
,ent, and on heavy vehicles 60 to
10 per cent, tests have proven.
Also emphasized is the need for
,aution in night driving. Added
lours of darkness during winter
months, plus frequent storm condi-
ions, result in reduced visibility.
Drivers must give special attention
o the condition and use of their
defrosters and wipers.
Head and tail lights may even be
leeded during daytime. Windsields
nd windows of vehicles should be
,ept clear of outside snow and ice
md inside fog and frost.
"If every Montana motorist will
ledge himself to be winterywise,
eep his vehicle in safe condition
nd operating it under full CONTROL
ccidents in our state this winter
7ill be curtailed," Sheridan said
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19
Shipboard Romance That Began In Norway Is
eliminated Here In Church Wedding Ceremony

Miss Kristen Vingerhagen OF
Veldre, Norway, and Christian A.
Peterson of Augusta, Mont, were
married here Sunday, Nov. 8, at
4:30 p. m. at Our Savior's Lutheran
church. Rev. C. o. Anderson per-
formed the double ring ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Herberg of
Beardsley, Mimi, niece and nephew
of the bridegroom, were the attend
ants. The bride was given in mar
riage by her uncle, Carl M. Brenden
of Laurel. Misses Cheryl Milligan
and Ardella Anderson were ushers.
Mrs. C. o. Anderson played Mendels-
sohn's wedding march and duet
selection was sung by Mrs. Fred
Herink and Mrs. Stanley Ellingson,
accompanied by Mrs. Anderson.
The bride wore a Hedemark
bunaddragt, the Norwegian national
costume for her district. The grey
blue wooden material of the skirt
and bodice as well as the white
linen of the blouse was hand woven
by the bride herself. She wore a
shoulder corsage of pink roses and
white chrysanthemums and bridal
tiara of orange blossoms and rhine
stones. In her hand she carried a
prayer book.
Mrs. Herberg wore black sequin-
trimmed dress with a shoulder cor
sage of pink roses. Misses Milli-
gan and Anderson wore bunaddragts
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19
Laurel Garden Club
Elects Mrs. COlsOn
AS Group President

Officers for the year were elected
when the Laurel Garden club met
Thursday with Mrs. R. V. Easton
at her home. Mrs. Easton was as
sisted in entertaining by her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frank Heiser. Roll call
was naming famous events which
coincide with the birth anniversary
of members. A talk on the Blue
Cross plan was given by Fieldwork-
er Rathman of Billings.
Officers elected were Mrs. r. c..
Colson, president; Mrs. j. o. Wold,
vice president; Mrs. j. r. Heebner,
secretary, and Mrs. Hugh Phelps,
treasurer.
About 80 members attended the
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fashioned after The Stavanger dis
trict style.
Following the ceremony a three
course dinner was served at the
Ira Sullivan residence, and after
dinner a three-act skit, Before and
After" was put on by Mrs. Paul
McLarnon and Mrs. Carl Brenden,
with sound effects by Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Leland.
The bride and bridegroom met in
Oslo the day before their departure
for America on the S. S. Stavanger-
fjourd. Mr.. Peterson was returning
from a six-month visit in Norway.
The bride is a graduate of the
folkeskole, gartnerskole and husmor-
skole of Norway and for the past
nine months has made her home
with her uncle in Laurel.
The bridegroom was engaged in
cattle raising in western Montana
for 20 years until disposing of his
properties three years ago. Since
then he has travelled, with the ex-
ception of the past summer when
he farmed in Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson expect to
travel for year, touring the west
coast and spending the winter in
California and Arizona, and next
summer will return to Norway for
a visit. Their plans for the future
are indefinite, but they probably
will make their home on a farm
at Beardsley, Mimi, which Mr.. Pet
erson purchased last spring.
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19
MANY PARENTS VISIT
SCHOOL DURING WEEK

Some 200 parents attended "open
house" Friday evening at Laurel
high school, a part of the national
observance of American Education
week which began Nov. and con-
tinued through Nov. Is. Principal
John Macdonald said the teachers
were gratified at the evident inter
est of the adults, and were pleased
to meet the parents of many of
the students.
Beginning at 8 and continuing un-
til 1920 p. m. a shortend schedule
of regular classes permitted the
parents to follow their children's
daily programs in the high schools
several departments. Included were
the classes in trades and industries,
wood working, agriculture, physical
education and home economics as
we'll as the usual academic subjects.
A few students were selected by the
teachers for the demonstrations.
Teachers in the grade schools,
where no special events were pre-
sented during American Education
week, report they enjoyed an in
crease of visitors throughout the
period.
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19
TELLS OF TRIP TO 10
COUNTRIES IN EUROPE

A first-hand recital of what he
saw and learned last summer while
touring 10 countries of Europe was
given Wednesday by Jack C. Hoat-
son, Billings real estate dealer and
insurance agent, speaking before
the weekly dinner of the Laurel XII
wants club. One has a sense that
France and all Europe is about to
blow up like a powder house, he
said. He was of the opinion that
it stems from Communism.
President w. A. Ziegler opened
the meeting by asking Harold Col
Inns to introduce initial members of
a Key club that is now being form
ed in Laurel high school under spon-
sorship of the Kiwanis club. Collins
requested James Phillips, one of the
boys, to present the others. They
were Eugene Spilde, Ralph Hodges,
Dick Duncan, Donald Brohaugh,
John Orndorff and Ted Roman.
Program Chairman J. Willard
Baldwin presented Franklin Longan,
Billings attorney, who introduced
he speaker, Hoatson.
Hoatson and his wife spent three
months in Europe, crossing the At
antic both ways on the Queen |
elizabeth. Two days were spent in
london and vicinity, during which
~ fortunate acquaintance with a
london policeman the Americans
we're able to make a tour of the
louses of parliament. In commons
le saw the seats occupied by Prime
dinister Attlee and wartime Prime
1inister Churchill. Parliament,
amaged by bombing, is being re-
aired.
The principal object of the trip
yas to visit Hoatson's sister who
ives in Scotland, so the Americans
urried on to Glasgow where they
net the sister. She was driving an
Justin automobile because of gaso-
ne rationing. The sister lives in
he Loeb Lomond district, fully as
eautiful as it is storied. From
Continued on Page Eleven.)
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19
ROTAR|ANS VIEW FILM
ON TELEPHONE USAGE

A motion picture illustrating in
correct and correct use of telephones
was exhibited Wednesday noon at
a regular meeting of the Rotary
club by R. B. Packard, club secre-
tary and Laurel manager for Noun
tain States Telephone & Telegraph
Co. The title of the film was Tele-
phone Courtesy. 1t was shown a
few weeks ago at a meeting of the
Kiwanis club and was described in
detail by the Laurel Outlook.
Packard was presented to his fel
low Rotarians by B. M. Harris, pro-
gram committeeman, who said that
the telephone film had been sched-
uled originally for the meeting of
Nov. 26, but was advanced a week
when it was found that Sam Goza of
Helena, chairman of the state board
of equalization, would be unable to
come to Laurel this week on ac-
count of the weather.
About so per cent of the member
ship of the Laurel club attended a
of the Red Lodge club last
Thursday evening. The Laurel men
were accompanied by their wives. A
1880 dinner was served at the Ma
tall cafe, followed by a program
in which a Red Lodge clergyman
told of his efforts on the Huntley
Project to spread Christian brother
hood and the American good neigh
Dor policy by learning Spanish and
socially among Mexican
nationals employed on sugar beet
,arms.
President Columbus of the Red
Lodge club, who is co-owner of the
See EN- Alive zoo, extended cor
hal welcome to the visitors. Presi-
lent Chapman of the Laurel club
and expressed the hope
hat the Red Lodge Rotarians would
Don be guests of his club.
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19
PULL
DOWN FARM BUILDING

A log bunk house separated by
only a few feet from the main
dwelling, also of logs, where E. H.
Reimann and family live two miles
west and two miles south of Laurel
was destroyed early Wednesday as
a result of fire. Firefighters, con-
sisting of four men from Laurel
and some neighbors who had re-
sponded to a call for assistance,
strung log chains around the bunk
house and pulled it down with a
farm truck. They were then able
to put out the fire by carrying
water from a well.
The location is directly south of
the John Void place.
Responding here to the call for
help were Deputy Sheriff Harold
A. Price, r. B. Packard, John
Brohaugh and Policeman Archie
Kennedy. They found the bunk
house blazing and the roof destroy
ed. Unable to combat the fire
equipment and realizing it
would soon spread to the main
house and a building containing 10
,ons of coal, the log chain and
,ruck idea was hit upon.
Origin of the fire is unknown.
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19
COUNCIL SETS NEW
CHARGE SCHEDULE
ON SEWER SERVICE
Is 20 Per Cent Gross Water
BillS-Street, Alleys In Play
ing Field Abandoned

A recommendation from the city
councils finance committee for a
change of sewer charges was adopt
ed by the council at its meeting
Tuesday evening. The new rate is
20 per cent of gross water bills,
metered or flat rate, and takes eff
feet Immediately. A refund is to
be made to those users who pre-
viously had paid in excess of 20
per cent of metered water delivered
to their premises. The ordinance
was ordered changed to conform
with the finance committees recon-
mendation. The public service COM
mission is to be notified of the
change.
Attending the meeting were AL
dermen Tubman, Wold, Freebury,
Feuerbacher, Smith and Parker.
Parker, president of the council, pre-
sided in the absence of Mayor Peter
Thomson.
A letter from Charles B. Sande
regarding water and sewer facilities
for land north of the city limits
was presented and referred to the
finance committee, mayor and city
attorney for reply.
Claude Reynolds filed an appli-
cation for a position on the police
force, which was filed for future
consideration.
The American Legion post re-
quested the use of natural gas in
the building it occupies in Riverside
park. 1t was ordered that an esti-
mate be made on how much gas
is consumed by the post and that
a monthly bill be sent to the city
on that basis for the gas used.
The council renewed the contract
with Hooker Electro-Chemical COM
pany for chlorine used in treating
the city's water supply.
Monthly reports from the treas
urer, health officer and city clerk
were read and filed.
An application for building per-
NIT by l.. w. Hageman was grant
ed. 1t covers remodeling and con-
struction of an addition to a dwell
ling on north Third avenue, describ-
ed as lots 18, 10 and 20, block 19,
Laurel Heights, at an approximate
cost of $4,000.
A letter from the Northern Paci-
fic on the installation of sewer >
meters was presented. The city en-
yineer advised a three-month test
If the meters, and he was given
to act.
Ordinance 4O3 was adopted. 1t I
abandons and vacates {
| portion of the north end of Penn ]
iylvania avenue and certain alleys {
n blocks 81 and 35, Allard subdi- S
vision. The action had been re- t
Iuested by the school district, which '
,as athletic fields at the north c
dge of town. The adoption fol- '
owed a 3O-day period for filing
rotests. The city clerk reported t
70 protests had been filed.
The council granted permission to v
he Student Activity council of the S
Ugh school to display banners on v
he streets Saturday of this week, C
CONTINUED on Page Seven.) P
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19
Girl Scouts Plan To
Again Collect Fats

Girl Scouts have planned a can
vass of homes for used fats, to be-
gin soon. They ask that house
wives have the fats strained and in
solid form in tin containers ready
for them when called for.
Collecting waste fats is the chic,
money-raising project of the Girl
Scouts and the money obtained is
used for supplies and summer camp.
They wish to emphasize the fact
that the need for the fats, which
is used for many purposes, is as
great as it ever was.
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19
County Contract With
Outlook Is Renewed

The Laurel Outlook was awarded
the Yellowstone county printing con-
tract last week by the board of
county commissioners for a period
of two years, beginning Jan. 1, 194S.
The action of the board continues
the contract, now expiring, between
the county and the Outlook.
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19

productivity of the land, a memoir
ial of the dangers and hardships
through which we have safely pass
ed, and a fitting recognition of all
that God in His goodness has be-
slowed upon u.s."
The Thanksgiving message will
be delivered by Rev. H. C. Haem-
melmann, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church, who has chosen
"Laurel's Most Popular Sin" as his
topic.
Laurel outlook., 1947-11-19
40 T-b SEAL SALE
IS OPENING SOON
Design Is By Artist Who Was
Commended For Bond
Posters During War

Residents Of
Laurel will soon
receive sheets of
1947 Christmas
seals in their
m a il, enclosed
with lie t ter S
from the yell
lowstone County
tuberculosis as
sociation asking
Evening star., 1947-06-13
Fruits of Restriction


There practically are no homes being built
for colored people in nearby Maryland or
Virginia, and there is almost no recreation
planning for Negro citizens in Metropolitan
Washington outside of the District Of Colum-
bia boundaries.
All building land bordering on or near hard
surfaced roads and sanitary districts is plas-
tered with restrictive covenants There hardly
is a lurehroom in Fairfax or Arlington Counties
where Negro citizens may be served.
All of which means the crowding into
Washington of more and more Negroes Many
of them are migrating from the benighted
school districts to the cities. The lights OF
the city attract them. Machinery is crowd1ng
them off of the farm. 1t won't be long before
at least half of our District residents will
be colored people There Is nothing that can
be done about it. AS long as segregation, poor
schools, no recreation and job discrimination
exist in the South. Washington and other
cities will have the problem of housing and
adjusting these people. Further, our own re-
strictive policies are not helping.
= E. B. HENDERSON.