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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-08-14

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ISOLATION convention and Bar
Association meeting in Great
Falls Thursday and Friday.
Miss Wanda Newkirk and
Marvin Davis were Billings
callers on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. F. Koch
returned to Hardin Saturday
after spending about three
weeks at Flathead lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Newkirk
and daughter, Carla, spent
Sunday visiting in Lodge Grass.
d. L. Egnew and Carl Ran
kin attended the annual meet
ing of Montana AbstractorS as
ISOLATION in Red Lodge last Fri
day and Saturday. They also
entered the Fish Derby at
Livingston last Saturday morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Painter
attended the Midland Empire
fair in Billings Tuesday.
Bill Torske, Lyle Tintinger,
Jr., and Jimmy Hyde were fish
ing in Lodge Grass creek Sun
day.
Mrs. Joe hammers returned
Monday night from Great Falls
where she has been visiting her
sister.
10 INCH oscillating pedestal
fan. $18.95. Miles and Ulmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Davis
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Dan
iels returned Wednesday after
spending a week mentioning in
Yellowstone and Glacier Ma
tional parks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk Coulter,
Wayne Miller and Sterling
Douglas attended the Midland
Empire fair in Billings Tues
day evening.
Miss Leona Stout of Ballan-
tine, Mont, visited at the Kirk
! Coulter home en- route to Santa
Cruz, Calf.
Mrs. Jack U. Helmann and
children, Jacky and Penny
spent several days last week
visiting her mother in Mar
marth, N. D. Mr.. Helmann
joined them Friday and they
returned to Hardin with him.
Bill Scally, Jack Frazer,
Gayle hammers and George
Ulrich were among those at
tending the fair in Billings on
Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Weig-
and and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Butler spent Sunday in Miles
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Atkins
and family loft Friday for
Greybull, Wyo., before return
ing to their home in Los Ang-
eles after visiting for some
time with his mother, Mrs.
Clara Atkins.
The following employees and
families of the Holly Sugar
factory attended the funeral Of
Frederick Lauster of Sidney in
Billings this week: Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Croghan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lyle Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. T.. A.
Weir, Harry Ross and Leroy
Balfour
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Atkins
attended the Billings fair on
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dooley T. Paul
ey returned to Hardin Sunday
evening after spending the last
ten days in Tensleep, Wyo.
visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Pauley.
Mr.. and Mrs. John MacIn-
tosh of New York City visited
with Mrs. Ray Buzzetti over
the weekend
FAIRBANKS MORSE water
systems and electric water
heaters. Edr Hardware. ADV.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Wag-
ner, ST., and daughter, Marilyn,
spent the weekend in Tensleep,
Wyo.
Miss Anna Belle Clawson,
Mrs. Chef Rogers and Mrs. c.
A. Rogers were Billings callers
last Thursday.
NEED DecalS? Marshall-WellS
has q new assortment in stock.
Miss Violet Alexander return
ed to her home in Hardin on
Sunday after spending the
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County Exhibitors
Win Many Places
AT Midland Fair
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Special Occasion Dress
Blue - Lucille Vandersloot,
Jean Kern. White - Joyce Gray,
Marian Gray.
Renovated Garment
Red - Sharon Lee Russell.
Formal Dress
White = Phyllis Taylor.
Peasant Skirt
Blue - Virginia Faw. Red -
Frankie Hangar
Kitchen Apron
Blue - Joyce Wedel, Betty
Kenny, Dorothy Vandsrsloot.
Red - Mary Fowler, Adelia Lit
tie Owl. White - Darlene Lit
tie Owl, Joan Redding.
Cotton Dress for Home
White - Jewell Medicine
Horse.
Pajamas
Blue - Jean Kern.
Slips
Blue - Rena Rae Sullivan.
Red - Jewell Medicine Horse,
Carolee Redman, Lorraine De-
valid, Sharon Lee Russell, Bar
bara Ann White, Rena Rae Sui
Ivan. White - Darlene Dunn
Ter.
Stocking Darn
Blue - Jean Boyd. Red -
Virginia Faw, Dorothy Wander
SCOT, Joyce Wedel. White Joan
Redding, Blanche Fowler, Bet
ty Kenny, frankie Hangar,
Mary Fowler.
Head Scarf
Blue - Joyce Wedel, Mary
Lou Fowler, Dorothy Wander
sloot. Red - Blanche Fowler,
Joan Boyd.
Patch
I Red - Lorraine Dewald.
White - Jean Kern, Darlene
Dumler
Pin Cushion
Red - Joyce Wedel, Virginia
Faw, Dorothy Vandersloot.
Needle Case
Red = Joyce Wedel, Dorothy
Vandersloot. White - Virginia
Faw, frankie Haugaar.
Biscuits
Red l. Barbara King White -
Marion Zier, Sharon Vikin, Ruth
Zier, Dolores Dewald.
Plain Mullins
Blue - Ruth Zier, Marian
Tier. Red - Barbara King, Pa
tricia Paulson, Katherine Paul
son. White - Nita Melendrez,
Sharon Vixen, Dolores Dewald.
Whole Grain Mullins
Blue - Ruth Zier, Patricia
Paulson, Katherine Paulson.
Red - Marion Zier, Barbara
King. White - Sharon Vixen.
Blue = Katherine Paulson,
Marion Zier. Red - Dolores
Dewald, Patricia Paulson. White
endrez.
-Nita Melendrez, Francis Mel
Parker House Rolls
Red - Rena Rae Sullivan.
Drop Cookies
Blue - Rena Rae Sullivan.
Red = Marion Gray
Loaf Nut Bread
Red = Rena Rae Sullivan,
Lorraine Dewald.
Whole Wheat Rolls
Red - Marion Gray. White
Joyce Gray.
Spanish moss plants are cov-
cred with scaly, gray hairs used
to absorb moisture, This an
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-08-14

Spanish moss plants are cov-
cred with scaly, gray hairs used
to absorb moisture. This ap-
pearance has given it the name
of "old mans beard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-14
MOOSE LODGE MAKES
 PLANS FOR JULY 4TH

At the regular meeting of the Loyal Order of Moose last night Arnold Hildre gave a report of the activities of the Fourth of July com mittee, and said that sometime in the near future he would call for volunteers to assist in making of a float for the Fourth of July parade. Full support by the members was assured him
 Harry OeLand, one of ,he .>romi- nent members of the lodge. informed the membership that he and his family were moving to the States for an indefinite stay. The lodge will feel very deeply the loss of DeLand, since he has been an active member in all phases of the lodge work, and held an office for several years. The best wishes of the members for his success was expressed, with the hope that he would soon return to Juneau
 After an absence of a year, Sig Wallstedt was welcomed back to Ju- neau and the local lodge, and gave a short talk telling of his work with the Moose Lodge in the past years.
 At the next meeting of the Loyal Order of Moose a class of candidates will be initiated, it was announced.
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Chairman Named For Celebration of
 Alaska Gold Rush

SEATTLE, June 13.-1R-Wallace H. Campbell president of Seattle hardware and industrial supplies firm, and active in numerous civic organizations. has been named by Mayor William F. Devin to be Gen. erai Chairman of the celebration to be held here in 1948 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Alaskan gold rush.
 Plans for the big event are still in a tentative stage but it is ex- pected that the celebration will be made an annual occurrence to ce- ment further the relationships be- tween Seattle and the northern Territory.
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Christian Science Lesson Sermon, Sunday Services

The supJecI or r.ze Lesson-Ser- mon which will be read in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, Sun day, June Is, will be God the Pres eIver of Man"
 Excerpts rom Cnrsuan Science lessOn-SermOn.
 The Bible Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee. because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord JEHOVAH IS everlasting strength. Gsaiah)
 From Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy: The understanding that Life is God Spirit, lenthens our days by strengthening our trust in the deathless reality of Life, it's all mightiness and immortality Page 437).
 Golden Text: Psalms. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusteth in him, and I am helped.
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Ghurch Hut,o,tuc cen,tuts

es for all ages. Harold Cargin, Su- perintendent. 11:00 a. m.-Morning Worship. 800 D. m.-Evening worship. Wednesday, 7:30 p. m.-Prayer Meeting and Scripture Study.
 Bethel Tabernacle
 (ASSen,biy Of Godl
 Fourth and FsG57kfin Streets
 REV. R. E. BAKER, Pastor
 Sunday Services 1000 a. m.-Sunday School. Class es for al. ages A special invitation to those children net already at- tending a Sunday SchoN. 11:00 a. m.--Morning Worship. 500 D. m.-Evangelistic service. 800 D. m. Tuesday-Prayer meet ing.
 ple's meeting. 800 D. m. Friday-Young Peo-
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AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS
 TUESDAY EVENING

The American Legion Auxiliary vii meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in the Legion Dugout for their regu- lar social meeting, preceded by a business session which will be de- voted principally to making plans for the entertainment of the Ma tional President of the Auxiliary, Mrs. Norton H. Pearl, on her visit here
 Mrs. Pearl will be in Juneau Sat urday, June 28, stopping overnight on her way to Anchorage to attend the Department Convention of the American Legion and Auxiliary.
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The Lutheran Church

OHku, [Atuof- REV. ERNST 1T. NYGAARD, Pastor
 Sunday SerUiceS 9:95 a. m.-Sunday School and Bible Class.
 ll;00 a. m.-Morning Worship. 500 D. m-Evening Service. goo D. m.-Social Fellowship Hour. Friday, 400 D. m.-Junior choir practice.
 Wednesday, ? D, m.-The Girls Club meets. All girls from 6 to B are welcome.
 Wednesday, 8 p. m.-Bible Study Lecture.
 Wednesday-Br Brotherhood Club meets the first and the third week of the month at D m.
 Thursday-The women of the Church meet every second and fourth week of each month at D. m Friday, 7:30 D. m-Senior Choir. Every Day-The Lutheran Church opens wide her doors and welcomes you in Jesus name.
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VETERANS GUIDE
By MAJOR THOMAS M. NAL

typing and shorthand, or watch repair work. We teach them what ever their disability allows them to learn.
 And you should see the differ encel Instead of lying in bed con- templating blank ceiling and a bleak life, they have an incentive they have motive--for wanting to get out of there and into pri- vate life
 Next time-how medical rehabili- tation works.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-14

There's a story I want to tell to-
 day about a little-known part o tthe Veterans Administration hos J pital program.
 It is called medical rehabilita-
 tion" in official terms. What il
 really is. to use the words Of Der hard Baruch, is the human ele- ment' of hospitalization.
 It's a vital element, too. Heres why:
 Owing to medical rehabilitation 35 out of 80 seriously disabled neurological patients in a VA hospital Gall World War I veter- ans were released to active life six months after the medical rehabili- taticn people had gone to work on them.
 Each of these 35 patients had been in the hospital at least 10 years, and some had been in 20.
 How was it done?
 Dr. Donald Covalt heads the VAS medical rehabilitation program. stopped in to see him for minute and stayed an hour. He worked with the Army Air Forces Rehabili- tation Program before coming into VA That program, as most every one knows, was huge success.
 We had job Coyalt said. thinking back to the day he took over at VA. He's a youngish- looking man, sort of brisk-like. His hair is beginning to gray over the cars.
 We had no staff at all We needed physical rehabilitation ev- perts and educational therapists. We needed manual arts therapists and occupational
 Please, just a minute" I inter- rupted. T don't know what all these people are. How about ex- plaining, for instance, what phy- sical rehabilitation expert is?"
 So Dr. Covalt explained
 It seems there is lot more to preparing really seriously dis ahled veteran for discharge from the hospital than just medical and treatment. That comes first. of course. but it's only the teginning.
 Take the paraplegics. A para plegic is a guy whose spine has been severed. is paralyzed from the waist, or higher up, all the way down. Or a guy with hardening of the arteries Or one who lost both his legs.
 There's no complete cure for these disabilities. The cure, CT can go just so far
 When it's gone that far. hen there's no more to do in the medi cal treatment, then the patient either spends the rest of his life staring at the ceiling-or he is taught to make the very most out of the facilities he still has and 8e- comes self-supporting citizen
 That's where medical rehabilita- tion comes in. It's the art of mak ing the very best of bad situa- ton, And, thinking about those 35 World War l Veterans, some times the bad situation" turns out to be not so bad at all.
 For instance" Covalt said, we teach our patients while they are starting the long uphill road to freedom from the hospital We teach them high school courses Sc, if they never got a high school diploma before joining the service, they get one before they get out of the hospital.
 We teach them accounting CT ------------------
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The Methodist Church Opposite Federal cad Territorial

ODDOSUe TeNffU GNu ttiHNit~'
 Buudfo1
 where FdiN, aaG friend-
 dig Meet" sEV. ROBERT ;. TREAT, Pastor John Hoogstad. Choir Director
 Mrs. Ruth Popejoy, pianist GAS a. Sunday School. John Eoagstad. acting Superintendent. 1O:0o a. r2-Piimary Department, Ms. Fritz Johnson, Acting Super intendent
 l1:00 a. m.-Mornlng Worship N. ssage by the pastor, With ears to Hear Anthem by the Senior Choir.
 TOO D. Epworth League. 700 D. m.-Young Adults 500 D. m.-Senior Choir concert, a service of sacred music presented on Fathers Day in honor of fathers. John Hoogstad director; Mrs. Kille- wich. pianist
 Tuesday, 7:3O-Prayer and scrip tne Study.
 Wednesday, GOO p. m.-Church family night Meet at the church for a rain or shine picnic at Aux Bay.
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Corner Second ard MdiD

Corner Second ard Man
 REV. 4. L. ZUMWALT, Pastor The services of this church are neld on Saturday, the Seventh Day J the week.
 1000 a. m,-Saturday, Sabbath School Bible classes for all ages. Mrs. John E Turner. Superinten- dent.
 II -n0 a m.-Saturday, Sabbath Worship. Sermon by the Pastor, E. F. Jensen.
 Wednesday, 7:30 D. m.-Midweek Prayer Meeting. Hour of Bible Study and Devotion.
 Dorca5 Society meets second and fourth Thursday at 1.30 p. m.
 A cordial welcome is extended to all the services of this church.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-14
SQUARE sINNET SAILS

The freighter Square Sinnet sailed from Seattle yesterday morning at 10 o'clock according to advices re- ceived in Juneau. No date of ar rival is given as yet.
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Northe-.i IignC Presbyterian Church

Franklin at Fourth "Where Welcome and Worship
 Meet"
 WILLIS R. BOOTH, Minister Mrs. Judson C. Husted. Organist Murry L. Benedict, Choir Director Y:45 a. m.-Sunday School. l0:50 a. morgan Preparation for worship.
 HOO a. m-Divine Worship. Sermon by the pastor, 'Is Prayer Worthwhile?"
 Thursday-The Senior Choir will rehearse at the Church at 7:30 P. M.
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sundav Seruices

10:0O a. m.-Bible School.
 Glasses for all ages.
 11.00 a. Worship Service.
 We will not have evening services during the summer months, June, July and August.
 4 cordial invitation to all to at tend the Church Cleared to the Times and Anchored to the old Book.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-14

Dried snake venom 23 years old has been found as poisonous as when fresh.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-14

Salt water freezes at 286 de- grees Fahrenheit.
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The Salvation Army WMoughby Ace.

Brig and Mrs. C. o. Taylor Ad1t. and Mrs. Henry Lorenzen
 SuRday 1l:00 a. m.-Holiness meeting. 2.30 D. in.-Praise Meeting. 500 p m.-Sunday School. 7:30 p. m.-Salvation Meeting. Tuesday, 100 p. m-Womens Home League.
 Tuesday night, 7:30 D. m.-Bible Class and prayer meeting. Thursday, FOO p. m- Hospital meeting
 Friday Night, 700 p m. Youth Night.
 Saturday night. 7.3O p. m.-rraise service.
 Church of Christ Meets in the Americdr Legion Hal on Second Street, bet,Ceen Frank lin and Se1U1rd Streets.
 BOYD FIELD, Minister
 Phone Red 379
 SundGy SerDtceS 10:00 a. m.-Bible Study. 100 a. m. Worship Service. a:00 D. m.-Evening Service.
 Chapel By -The-Lake Corner Gioe;er Htgntuay and Fritz
 Coue Road at Auk Lake Rev Willis R. Booth, Minister 10.30 a. m. Sunday School. All children in the Aux Bay area are invited and urged to attend our Sunday School.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-14

Notices for this church column must be received by The Empire not later than 10 o'clock Friday evening to guarantee change of sermon topics, eto.
 First Church of Christ,
 Scientist
 9:45 a. m Sunday School
 Sunday services will be held at II a. m. in the First Church Of Christ, Scientist. Juneau. on Fifth md Main street and the subiecr will be "God the Preserver of Man. Wednesday, SOC p. m.-Tcstimon- al meeting Christian Science Reading Room In church building This room is open Wednesday afternoons frNn g3O to 1 o'clock and after the Wed i nesday evening meeting.
 The public is cordially invited to attend these services and visit the reading room.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-14
NEW BLOOD GROUP
 E BELIEVED FOUND


 NEW YORK; new blood group different from the four standard known groups has been found by two Sydney physicians and a science graduate employed by the Red Cross transfusion service, the Australian News and Information Bureau says.
 The physicians said the new group was found while testing a woman's blood for classification in one of the standard groups, It still is being studied to determine what importance it might have in transfusions or other medical stu dies.
 Navesink Light, N J., with 25 million candlepower, was former ly the most brilliant lighthouse in the U S.; it now operates at 5000 candlepower.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-14
Memorial Presbyterian

MemOflal 1TeSDyleTlall
 Church Corner West 8th and E Streets A Church lDith an open door 'WhoSoeuer 1Uiu may come" WALTER 4. SOBOLEFF, Minister
 Manse TAO E Street
 Sunday Services 9:45 a m.-Sunday School HOO a. m.-Diyine Worship Sermon subject. Men of the Scriptures"
 e:3o p. m.-Westminster Fellow ship
 7:30 D. m. Evening serVisce. Wednesday, 400 p. m.-Boys and girls club.
 Wednesday 73o p. Family Bible Hour.
 Thursday, 7:3o p. Mission ary Society meeting the Church recreation room.
 Friday, 730 p. m.-Senior choir. The Church Of The Holy
 Trinity, Episcopal
 Fourth Gni Gold Streets REV. ". ROBERT WERE, Rector Ernest Ehler. Choir Director Miss Marguerite Shaw, Organist
 Sunday Services Second Sunday after Trinity. 800 a. m.-Holy Communion. 10:00 a. m.-Church School HOO a. m Morning Prayer and sermon by the rector Offertory solo by Florence Ward, soprano, Liddle's How Lovely Are the Dwellings, Monday. 73o D m, Vestry meet ing at the Rectory.
 Thursday-7. p. m--Choir re- hearsal
 The Christian Church Meets every Sunday in the Odt Fellows Hall, 209 Franklin Street HOMER C. MURPHY, Ph. D.,
 Pastor
 Phone Blue $50
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Chapel By -The-Lake
Church of Jesus Christ of
 latter Dav Saints

Church of Jesus Christ of
 Latter Day Saints
 Odd FeHoWs Hall
 Telephone, Blue TOP 12:30 D. m-Sunday School, i,20 D. m.-Church Services Russian Orthodox Church
 Of St. Nicholas
 Fifth Street Tonight (Saturaay) 100 p. m.- Evening Service Sunday Service, 1000 a. m. High Mass and Holy Communion. Choir rehearsal every Thursday at 7:3o D. m.
 Catholic Church Church of the Nattriiy ot the Blessed Virgin Mary, Juneau
 Fifth and Gold Streets REV. CLIFFORD ALLBUTT, S. J Masses on Sunday-7:00, goo and l0:30.
 Masses on Week Days-7:OO and BOO
 Benedictions after the last mass Dn Sundays.
 Confessions-Saturday, eve of holi- lays, eve of First Fridays. to 5 ]. m.: to p. m. Juneau City Mission
 l05 Franklin Street
 MRS. H. M. ERCGH Sunday Services
 200 D. m. and 7:30 p. m. Tuesday and Friday, 7:30 p. m. Everybody welcome.
 First Baptist Church
 Franklin and Fourth J. T. SPURLIN, U. D, Minister l0:00 a. m.-Sunday School. Glass;
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Resurrection lutheran
 Church

Main and Thrrd Streets Tn the heart of the City tor thr
 hearts of the Citg" 7, HERBERT HILLERMAN. Pastor Organist: Miss Bernice McCay 9:45 a. m.-Sunday School. :00 a. m.-The Worship Service Sermon by the pastor, The Works of Christ" The Sacrament of the Lords Supper will be administered.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-14
Church of God 526 East Street

CNurcn OI GOu
 526 East Street REV. and MRS. 1T. E. BEYER,
 Pastors
 SUNDAY SERVICES Meets in Parsonage. 10 to 11:30 a. m.-Morning wor- ship and classes for all ages. Ser mon subject The Indwelling Spirit
 FOO D. m.Bible stories with full color pictures ca the screen for all ages, subject, Paul at Ephesus." 800 D. Preaching service. Wednesday. 800 p. m. Bible study
 A cordial invitation is extended to all services of this church.
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Douglas Church
 Services Notices for tnio church column must be received by The EmpiTe c not later than 10 o'clock Friday evening to guarantee change Of sermon topics, etc.
 Saint Aloysious' Church REV ROBERT WHELAN, s. J. Pastor
 Sunday Services goo a. m.-Mass.
 9:45 a. m-Catechism Class. St. Luke's Episcopal Church REV. ". ROBERT WEBB Vicar Miss Margaret Pearce, organist 800 p. m.-Evening Prayer and sermon by the Vicar.
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church REV. ". ROBERT WEBB Vicar
Dougas Community
 Methodist Church

Services in the new Community
 Church Building
 Robert s. Treat, Minister Miss Ruth Brooks, Parish Worker 10:00 a. m.-Morning Worship. Message by the pastor, Ears to Hear Chorus by the choir l0:30 a. m.-Sunday School Classes.
 Thursday evening Work night at the church, also trustees and board meeting.
 Friday, loo D. m.-Choir rehearsal and play period
 The Presbyterian Church
 Douglas. Alaska
 Walter A. Soboleff, Minister
 Sunday Services 1:30 D. m.-Sunday School 200 p. m-Divine Worship
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Hardin Tribune Herald. Thursday. July II. 1877

necessary equipment - either
that which they have secured
or through negotiations with
contractors. But the farmer or
rancherS needs ask the super
visors for aid.
Technical services supplied
through the district are with
out cost to the farmer or the
rancher, who also is the one to
decide whether he will apply the
recommended conservation plan.
He also pays his own expenses
that may be incurred in apply
ing the plan
Montana's first soil conser-
walton districts were organized
in 1910. The first, which now
includes all of Sheridan county,
embraced a relatively small
area in the neighborhood Of
the town of Reserve. The Sec
ond, organized at virtually the
same time, included all of Wi
baux county.
Today, Montana has a total
of - soil conservation dist
rcts which include -
million acres.
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districts in the state, was en-
acted by the state legislature
in 1889. It provides that such
districts are subdivisions of
state government, except that
they do not have the power to
levy taxes or assessments, or
require cooperation on the part
of anyone.
This law outlined the pro-
cedure for organization of soil
conservation districts and es-
tablished a State Soil ConSer =
walton Committee with the re-
sponsibility to decide the need
for and feasibility of the pro-
posed soil conservation dist
riots, to hold hearings after re
ceiving petitions for the organ
ization of districts, and to con-
duct the referendums at which
the farmers and ranchers vote
on the organization of districts.
The first step toward organ
ization of a soil conservation
district is the submission of
petitions to the State Commit
tee. These must come from the
owners Or occupierS of farm
and ranch lands in the pro-
posed district. The State Com
mittee then holds hearings in
the proposed district, open to
anyone and for the purpose of
learning the need for the dist
riot and the amount of inter-
est.
If the State Committee de-
cides the district is needed and
it's operation is feasible, it ord
ers the referendum at which
the owners and occupiers of the
farm and ranch lands within
the district boundaries may
vote. Two requirements must be
met. One is that the vote in
favor of the district must carry