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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
SP0RTSMEN PAN D'EWART, OVER
PROPOSED SLAUGHTER OF 5000 Elk

tee." This group is headed by the
member of congress from the Sec
ond District whose presence in and
qualification for seat in congress
consists only in the fact that he is a
rich cattleman, but whose power and
influence is such that he is newt
ably feared by the federal officials
involved in the proposal. The only
conservation" desired is that of the
profits of the livestock industry.
Early this year the combined greed
and stupidity of the livestock group
inspired a public claim that diseases
of domestic livestock originated in
elk and deer. They have been pub
licly exposed in this brazen effort
to deceive the people of this state,
and have sneaked away from the
issue they raised, heads and tails
both down. NOW they claim they
want to preserve the game herds
which few months ago they claimed
were injecting their animals with
anthrax!
We trust that the State Game
Commission has not forgotten this
fiasco, and will disregard the recon-
But if they persist, as
they have in the past, in going along
with the demands of this vicious
it is our hope that. the
power which you possess will be ex-
ercised in the direction of insisting
on a true appraisal of the situation
and the ruling out of private gain.
We are also requesting the en-
dorsement of other organizations and
will ask their assistance in protect
ing our game herds for posterity.
Very sincerely,
Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's Assn.
H. M. BLAIR, Secretary
By the Board of Directors,
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Kenfield Discusses
Continued from Page one)

Nearly thirty Montana people were
on hand to protest the raise. Among
them were beet sugar professors,
| livestock growers, wool growers, milk
distributors, business men, farmers
and labor and civic groups.
| Speaking for the sugar beet manu-
facturers was Louis Siddons, Colo
RADIO Springs, widely known rate ex-
lpert. The livestock and woolmen
had Charles Blaine, Denver, another
top consultant on freight rates. +
The law firm of Dougherty and
Larson, Helena, represented the Mon
tana milk distributors association,
the Montana Parent-Teachers asso-
citation, the Congress of Industrial
Organizations, the Equity Coop
Dairy, Kalispell, the Montana Farm
Bureau.
The Montana Farmers Union as a
protestant was represented by d. W..
Chapman, Great Falls, president,
Hon. Ralph Cook, Belt, and Sen. Paul
Rice, Pendroy. Legal counsel for
the Farmers Union was P. j. Gil
feather, Great Falls attorney.
T. G. Taylor, Denver, represented
the Ideal Cement company. James.
D. Graham, Helena, president Mon
tana Federation of Labor entered a
protest for his organization. Repre-
sentatives from the Helena and Great
Falls Chambers of Commerce also
in protest against the rates
and the same is true of the Montana
Hardware and Implement Dealers
the Power-Townsend
Club, Laural Trading company and
others.
Main argument of those opposing
the freight increase were as follows:
1. Present rates on the long hauls
in interstate commerce are discrimi-
natory against Montana producers
and professors and consumers. The
people of the state are entitled to
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
Condor Assistant Attending
National Conferences

Miss Genevieve Squires, deputy
state superintendent of public in
|struction, left on September "a for
an extended trip into the south and
east during which time she will at
tend several national conferences
dealing with educational problems.
The first of these will be at Jack
sons Mill, West Virginia on October
2-5. This conference is a national
conference on high school driver
education and is sponsored by the
national council of state school Off
GERS, department of rural education
of the NEA, national commission on
safety education of the NEA, Amer
lean association of health, physical
education, and recreation, and 9TH
ers.
On October 1912, Miss Squires
will attend the fourth national con-
ference of county and rural area
uperintendents to be held in Mem
phis, Tennessee. Main discussion
at this conference will be on improv-
ing practices in administration of our
schools. Miss Squires will take part
in a panel discussion on creating
proper relationships between state
and local educational units.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

Butte, Mont, Sept. %, 1919
To the Honorable John w. Bonner
Executives Offices
State Capitol
Helena, Montana
Dear Governor Bonner:
The enlightened interest you have
heretofore taken in preserving the
wildlife resources of this state en-
courage us once more to appeal to
you against irresponsible destruction
of Montana's game animals by public
officials for private interests.
1t is now proposed that 5000 head
of elk of the northern herd Yellow
stone National Park shall be des-
troyed in the open season, and after,
of 1949. The pretended reason is
conservation of the herd. The ac-
tual reason, we are convinced, is the
ruthless ambition and greed of live
stock interests to make more money
out of cows and sheep.
The claim is publicly made that
the herd has been counted and that
UUe WIilIcI range SdLIOC ooPPoie 40.
The public, and particularly the
sportsmen, have never yet been al
lowed to examine the evidence, either
as to the size of the herd or as to
the carrying capacity of the winter
range. This is an official secret,
shared only by the officialdom who
publish the statements. There is no
reason why the sportsmen should ac-
cept either statement of fact when
they are not allowed to have their
take part in the fact
finding process. They have, on the
contrary, cause for deep suspicion
when the livestock lobby sits cheek
by jowl with officialdom.
The recommendation for slaughter
comes from the proclaimed
'Absarokee Conservation Commit
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

The Powell meeting brought three new
packages of trouble. Interior Secretary Krug
had allotted to the several states all the power
to be developed by Pick-Sloan plan. There
is much less than enough to meet current de-
mands. Now a nice family row between the
several states is reaching heat generating in
tensity and there appears to be no possibility
of amicable settlement under development
scheme that will produce only one-third or
one-half of power potential.
Engineer Sloan threw in some more dyna-
mite by advising, within the next year five
or six dams, now under construction, will be
completed. We are going to be up against
the question of regulating the flow of water
and policing it for the people who will use it.
This is major problem two big for one man
and may call for several men," Mr.. Sloan
suggested that a Regional Water Master
could do the job, but admitted that under
existing law this would require the consent
of everybody concerned, which is, of course,
an mpossibility.
This and other headaches of the volun-
tary and extra-egal inter-agency committee
was not lessened by polite but firm note
from Senator O'Mahoney of Wyoming to the
effect that congress intended to retain the
overall planning authority for Missouri basin.
So, the front for opposition to MVA now has
five or six gigantic and insoluable problems
before five percent of the overall task is
completed.
These current matters are not being over
looked. The ponderous and conservative
New York Times is out with an editorial
which concludes, Overall authority, on the
IVA model, as frequently advocated by the
President, seems clearly to be the solution
to the problem of our great untamed rivers
and undeveloped river valleys"
On the eva front there are now definite
evidences of coming progress. Hearings
which have dwadled along all summer, an
hour or two now and again, will apparently
be closed up by field hearings shortly after
congress adjourns. These field hearings, set
for Washington, Oregon, Idaho and w estern
Montana may consume ten days or two weeks
and should come in November. An equally
important part of the announcement is that
Senator Sparkman of Alabama will be chair
mon of the senate subcommittee that con-
ducts such hearings Senator Sparkman is
definitely for valley authorities. This is a
good omen. On the whole valley authority
stock is justified in going up.
JEROME G.. LOCKE.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
WILLISTON CONST. co.
DOES SATISFACTORY
WORK, SAYS Reader

Nobly, Mont, Sept. %, 1919
Harry L. Billings Z"
Helena, Montana
Dear Sir: i@
Enclose find Sic in stamps for
which please, send me 10 copies of
your September 18th issue of The
Peoples Voice. Hope that those
copies will bring you some new SUBJ
scribers. uG 4&~ M
Sincerely yours, 40, 81 ~.
s ase ;xe ,INGOLF JACOBSON.
P.S.: You should look up the price
scale filed with the Industrial board
by Williston Construction Co. The
fact is they are paying as much or
more than union labor, another fact
is that they are doing good and salts
factory work. Lot more could be
said-maybe more later.-I.J.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

relief in the way of lower interstate
rates. S4-iA
2. Costs of living and production
in the state have gone up and the 8
percent increase will further initiate
those costs.
3. Raising the freight rates on
traffic within the state will shift
much hauling to private trucks and
other carriers.
4. Further freight rate hikes will
discourage business and agricultural
in Montana.
Members of the Montana Railroad
and Public Service Commission are
Horace Casey, chairman, Paul Smith
and Austin Middleton. Edwin Booth
is attorney and Sidney Smith is rate
expert for the commission.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
Valley Authority Stock Rises

After months of delay, inaction and time
killing tactics, on the part of opponents
prospect of, and public hope for eva and
MVA have advanced tremendously during
the past few weeks. Apparently the liberal
surge of last Novembers election which the
Tories and Bourbons of both major parties
then Strove so desperately to embalm in per-
manent moth balls, is again manifesting itself
with greater vigor than a year ago. AS re-
CARDS eva and MVA here are few of the
recent signs of the times.
A farm problem conference that drew
1900 participants staged in Des Moines
by Democratic party leadership. 1t drew
hundreds of Republican party farmers and
by resolution went all out for the Brannan
farm plan and likewise FOR VALLEY AU-
THORITIES. (Mrs. Bernice Kingsbury of
Waller Montana and member of Regional
Committee for MVA must be credited with
effective work on the valley authority reso-
lution.)
Then, after an acknowledged expendi-
ture of upward of third of million dollars
for lobby purposes the Private Power Trust
lost it's congressional battle to take over pub
lie power distribution in the west. The Big
Boys thought they had enough votes to win
but on critical roll calls, ten or a dozen
Senator'S failed to show and deliver to such
an end.
Ten days ago there was gigantic Dem
ocratic party conference in San Francisco.
Two thousand leaders from eleven states at
tended. Subjects for discussion were listed
as LAND, WATER and JOBS. The result;
a unanimous endorsement of eva and MVA.
While these constructive events were hap
pening valley authority opposition was load
ing up with more of different kind of grief.
On September % the Missouri Basin In
ter-agency committee met in Powell, Wyo-
ming, only to have their accumulated burden
of trouble further increased. This power
less false front for the Pick-Sloan fiasco was
already smarting under sharp criticism by
the Hoover commission, which it could not
laugh off, Then Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan dumped gigantic land and water
program for Missouri valley in it's lap. This
was the big and necessary part of valley de-
velopment which the Pick-Sloan planners had
neglected entirely. Rather hastily the Inter-
agency committee endorsed Mr. Brannan
plans only to be advised by the Reclamation
Bureau and Interior Department that there
is insufficient water to carry it out and still
serve the projects already authorized
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

to kill farmer and union "Co-ops".
The chief attackers of Carson were
Senator Bricker, Ohio, and Cain,
Washington.
Do you know, that Senator Mag
nuson of Washington who lead the
fight for Carson's appointment may
be opposed next year for reelection
in Washington by Senator Cain, who
is considering resigning his seat in
the senate that he may oppose Mag
nuson in the 1850 election. Coop
members should write Their friends
and relatives in state of Washington
to oppose Cain.
$4,000 AFL union workers on
IVA, with collective bargaining.
Only once since 1910 has it been
necessary to refer a controversy to
an impartial umpire"
Engineers and Firemen must pass
a stiff book of rules examination and
prove to the railroad company they
are eminently qualified to run the
engine and handle million dollars
worth of equipment before assuming
their duties. If the engineer and
fireman got down off the engine and
turned it over to anyone who had not
been passed upon and approved by
The railroad company they would be
fired.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

A national city bank survey of
2,123 companies showed 22%
profit increase between 1947 and
1913.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

Industrial engineers estimate that
an increase in speedup of SO, ap-
piled on national basis, would cost
the jobs of three million workers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

John Carson has been confirmed
by the senate as member of the Fed
eral Trade Commission. Opposition
to Carson by National Association of
Manufacturers and National Tax
Equality Association, both lobbying
organizations who want Uncle Sam
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
SHORT SHOTS
By WILLIAM J. PRIEST
Livingston

Sometime back, the governor left
the state. The lieutenant governor
in his absence ruled that board and
room rates could not be raised by the
universities. This was in line with
President McLain's announcement at
1948 Labor Institute eve must pass
bond issue of 100000. Mon
tana is the only state where the stu
dents build the buildings"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-04-07
Busbv News

Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Habeg-
ger conducted church services
at Lame Deer on Sunday. Mr.
and Mrs. Carl K. Aldriuh and
Mrs. Rodolphe Peter were their
dinner guests at the church at
noon.
Miss Cleora Helbing, super
visor of Indian education of
Swan Island, Portland, Ore,
was in BuSby on Monday and
Tuesday to visit the school.
Mrs. Myrtle Shipp, house
mother of Unit I, returned Sum
day from Billings where she
was the guest of her husband,
her daughter, Miss Hazel Shipp,
and her sister, Mrs. L. Wolfskill.
Rev. and Mrs. Malcolm Weng-
er entertained at a dinner on
Thursday evening, in honor of
Mrs. Wenger'S birthday. Guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Carl K.
Aldrich.
Miss Pauline Jessup and Miss
Mary Bautch were Billings Wis
itorS Saturday.
Harry Hamilton and daugh-
ter, Judy, returned Thursday
from Everett, Wash, where they
spent ten days with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ballet,
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Metzker,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence AShby,
Lynn McElroy, George Fl. Jones
and Carl K. Aldrich attended
the Lions club carnival in Har-
dine last week.
Mrs. Harry Hamilton return
ed from Poplar Thursday, aft
er visiting there with her sis
tiers. She was at Grow Agency
on Friday.
=. G. Lippert, superintendent
of the Crow reservation and
Mr.. Mum, maintenance engin-
eer, were in BuSby Thursday
on school business.
Loretta Bearquiver celebrated
her second birthday with a
party last week at the home of
her grandparents, MI. and Mrs.
John KillSknight.
Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Habeg-
ger and Rev. and Mrs. Malcolm
Wenger and daughters attended
the Big Horn Ministerial lunch
con meeting at the Crow Ag-
ency Baptist church on Mon
day.
George H. Jones and Carl K.
Aldrich were guests at the Har-
din Lions club dinner Monday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pink Sandy,
teachers at Birney, were in
Busby on Friday to visit Mr..
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-04-07

tended the auction sale at the
Clyde Dygert farm Thursday.
Jimmy Torske was a guest of
Walter and Darrell Torske
Thursday.
Mrs. Conrad Seader called on
neighbors last week, in regard
to establishing a telephone line.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Torske
and family were Sunday dinner
guests of the James Torske
family. Sunday evening the
James Torske family enjoyed
supper at the Walter Torske
home and both families later
attended the show.
Mrs. j. r. Paulson was a
business caller in Hardin Fri
day.
Mrs. Glen Gustafson and Mrs.
Earl Gray attended the meet
ing on Evangelism" by Miss
Rose Williams.
Erwin SchelSke transacted
business in Hardin Friday.
William Colstad, Donald Eyre
and Earl Gray called on Erwin
Schelske Saturday evening.
Bud Teller is employed on the
Walter Torske farm.
Mrs. Walter TorSke called on
Mrs. Earl Gray Monday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-04-07
South Hurdin

Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Smith are
the parents of a baby son born
at the st. Vincent's hospital in
Billings last week. He has been
named Gerald Edward.
Kaye Ann Torske returned
to her home Tuesday, after
spending five weeks with the
Andrew TorSke family in Har-
din, while attending school.
Mrs. Spetz, mother of Mrs.
Walter Torske, left for her
home in Butte Monday.
Mrs. Arthur Randall called on
Mrs. Glen GuStafSon and Mrs.
Walter TorSke Tuesdav.
Mrs. Walter TorSke gave a
birthday party Thursday in
honor of the seventh birthday
anniversary of her daughter,
Kaye. Guests included: Deloris
and Darlene Dewald, Janice
and Sandra TorSke, Donna
Eyre, Karen Torske and Meta
Mae TorSke.
Edith and Merle Gustafson,
Ivan Harden, Jim Simmons,
Mary Helen SWaby, Florence
Bentley, Marian Gray, RATHER
inc Paulson, Jane Macdonald
and Mrs. Earl Gray attended
the Baptist Youth Fellowship
state rally at Bohemian April /,
2 &c 8.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred DeWald,
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Gray and
John and r. B. MasLeod at
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-04-07

took Donald FoItz, Barbara
White, Billy Gross, and Doris
CrisWell to Bozeman Friday to
attend a Baptist Youth conVen-
ton. The group returned Sum
day evening.
A. j. Sheets, who has been a
patient at the st. Luke'S hos
pital in Denver the past three
weeks, returned to his home
Sunday.
Mrs. A. J. sheets became i'll
Friday at Billings, where she
was attending a OAR. con-
vention. She will remain at st.
Vincent'S Hospital for several
days to recover. Her condition
is reported satisfactory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Taught are
the parents of a son, Edward
Paul, born recently in Boze-
man. Mr.. and Mrs. Taught are
former residents of this COM
munity.
A health meeting was held
at the Wyola School auditorium
Monday to adopt a conStitu-
ton. Two films on health were
shown to the group. Mrs. Ellis
Murdoch, president of the
council, conducted the meeting.
Tick shots are being made
available to school children and
adults of this community at the
Wyola school. Mrs. Naomi Box
lund, school nurse, is in charge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank TSchirgi
left for a business "trip to the
East.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Scott and
children are moving on the
place formerly occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. E. Spriggs.
Mrs. E. Spriggs and son,
Bobby, of Sheridan, visited
J friends in Wyola Sunday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-04-07
Examinations for
Warehouse Examiner

The United States Civil Serv-
ice Commission recently an
nounced a warehouse examiner
examination for filing positions
in the Production and Market
ing Administration of the De-
partment of Agriculture. The
positions are located through
out the United States outside
the District of Columbia. Per-
sons appointed will be required
to travel approximately 90 per-
cent of the time. The salaries
are $2,974 and $3,727 a year.
To qualify, applicants must
have had at least 8 or 4 years
depending on the grade of
position for which they are APP
plying) Of appropriate eXper-
fence. Pertinent STUDY in a re-
sident school above high school
level may be substituted for as
much as 8 years of this exper-
fence. Applicants must submit
with their applications a writ
ten renort of not less than 1900
words nor more than $500
words dealing with one of sew
eral topics listed in the exam
ination announcement. No writ
ten test is required.
Full information and applica-
ton forms may be secured from
the Commissions local secre-.
tary, j. Torske located at Har-
din, Mont, from civil-service
regional offices, or from the u.
S. Civil Service Commission,
Washington 25, d. @. Applica-
tons will be accepted until fur
ther notice in the Commissions
Wo cbipUt0n offion
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meeting, DR.. Kraenzel empha-
sized the Importance of an
communities interested in Oh
tanning health services hayino
representatives at the meetins
of this non-dues paying organis
Various topics Of public
haalth services will be consids
cred in informal discussions
talks and reports at the two
day meeting.
DIR. M. "A. Shillington of Glen
dive is chairman of local ar
rangements for the convention
other officers Of the organiza-
tion are DR.. B. G. Farrand Of
Jordan who is vice-president
and DR.. B. K. Kilbourne of
Helena. who is secretary.
Stainless steel can be drawn
into wire so fine that one
pound will stretch out for Is
miles.
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MONTANA nj
MULLINS WAR HIGHWAY
by John 4. willard. Helena ndependent-Reeo

by John a. Willard, Heena :"
Captain John Munan, whose name p. is borne by 2 81 Y ! pa nmtber I'm l Ma.
built to defend the nation but which survived to become $40 commercial
thoroughfare. Today. u. S highway No.. 10 and the transseonlnental
tracks Of the Northern Pacific follow closely the trail blazed by Mulan
and his men before the Civil Wa. #.S###H##"=
Commissioned BY Congress and financed b z y so sspve eo = smfHsssll
road across the continental divide for army Twyaggonw ,l 70 Waf regular
ington Territory. Each IA the. head Of ayigaffnonn N; ,Sn.re pence p ,S n
Captain Munan had led a work crew angs the Bitter Bite y koIts ENG INTO me me
St Regis-DeBorgia valley, through He'll Gate, up the LARK Frk and
Little Blackfoot rivers, across Mullan pass west of Helena INTO INC
Missouri drainage, down PrickIy Pear creek and past the Bird Tail and
across Sun River to Fort Benton.
In August. 1860 Major Blake, commanding 800 men. and. a wagon
train, crossed in 81 days from Fort Benton to orr Waua Wana5 the
first. trip over the road and n which saved SuOW Tor TN united
States, its oiginaI. investment in MuHans expedition. Mmlan estimated
the time for a wagon train IN the road was AZ to S. days to travel the
64 miles, and IS days by pack train. IN # @8a#A5#8| #% -.
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Work for a Greater dnd More Prosperous Montona"
This is a project that should include all Montmuns.
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WYola News

MIR. and Mrs. Clay Wiley and
daughter, Rae, of Billings Wis
tied friends and relatives in
and near Wyola Saturday.
Edgar Spriggs left on a bust
ness trip to Denver and Kansas
City. He will also visit a son in
Kansas and a son in Dakota.
A large crowd attended the
dance, sponsored by the P. T.