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Evening star., 1950-02-12

with this theory. However, few
gardeners take the time or have
the desire to prune in June or
July. Hence, we will have to rely
on another old axiom, "prune
whenever the knife is sharp"
Cuttings Provide Bloom.
Actually. it is easier to see what
you are cutting when the shrubs
are bare of leaves, and it is at
this season of the year that the
average gardener is looking for
something to do and pruning
comes easy. So do it now, even
though you will be removing
Towering buds. But that need not
be too serious since the branches
may be cut into bouquet size,
taken indoors and placed in water
in a cool place where they will
soon be ready for forcing in a
warmer, sunny room.
So much for the good pruning
What is bad pruning?
Bad pruning as we usually see
it consists of removing the ends
OF the shrubs in much the same
fashion as we prune a hedge. On
older shrubs this means the re-
moval of most of the flower buds
and hence greatly reduces the
spring display of color. Not only
does the cutting back of a shrub
remove flower buds but it forces
the plant to grow in a most un-
natural manner, new shoots nor
mally start from the buds imme-
diately below the "cut," which re-
suits only in top growth.
The shrub loses all natural
grace and beauty and the base
soon becomes bare-legged, dark
colored. and scaly. Moreover,
this type of pruning is seldom
practiced even in formal gardens
where sharp outlines (straight
llnes) are required.
Exceptions Mentioned.
For such gardens the pruning
is a shearing, it is true, but it
begins at lower plane, and is
usually combined with a renewal
system. Furthermore, in formal
gardens only shrubs that respond
to such treatment are used.
There are several exceptions to
renewal pruning system" that
must be mentioned. First, we
seldom need to remove the main
canes of lilac bush. For lilacs,
the chief job is the removal, or
at least partial removal, of the
suckers which spring up around
the base.
Azaleas and rhododendrons sell
dom need more than an occa-
sional shaping up, which usually
can be accomplished by removing
a few branches during the flower
ing season for indoor use. The
butterfly bush, crepe myrtle and
the P. G. and A. G.. hydrangeas
normally are severely cut back in
the spring to encourage strong
new growth which will produce
fewer but larger panicles of
bloom. The "blue" hydrangea
only needs to have the dead canes
removed and the remaining ones
thinned - retain the stronger.
sturdier ones.
A regular annual pruning,
whether in the summer or in the
winter, is essential to an attrac-
tive shrub border. The renewal
pruning method accomplishes the
desired objectives - appearance,
flowers, health and control of size.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Garden Club Activities

Final arrangements for the Ma
tional Flower and Garden Show,
to be held March 1929 at the
Armory, began to take shape last
week.
At a Kickoff" luncheon held
Tuesday at the Mayfower Hotel,
$4,000 advance sale tickets were
released. These tickets, to cost
IS cents on an advance sale basis,
will be sold through local garden
clubs and florist Establishments.
Nearly 500 local leaders, club
representatives and officials of the
National show attended the
luncheon.
Plans to make the National
show, being held here this spring
for the first time, an annual
event were discussed. It was sug-
gested that the show might be
held here and in Baltimore In
alternate years.
Show officials said they antici-
pate a larger attendance at the
Washington show than at any
other National show scheduled
this season.
The Potomac Rose Society will
meet at 8 pm. Thursday in the
Nc otio,,ol KE,1cai,y,, AyJitori,,Y,a
Tenth street and Constitution
avenue NV. DR.. Floyd F. Smith
of the Agriculture Department
will discuss new methods of in
sect control. DR.. Smiths talk
will be based on results Of re-
cent experiments at the Beltsyille
research station. He will deal
particularly with red spider, a
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Open Herd Book.

pest that causes heavy damage
to ornamental shrubbery and
roses.
The Metropolitan African Violet
Club will meet at $3.50 pm. Tues
day at the Engineers Club, Ma
tional Theater Building. Plans for
the clubs participation in the Ma
tional Flower and Garden Show
here in March will be discussed.
j. Morton Franklin, garden edi-
tor of the Times-Herald, will
speak.
The Washington Garden Club
will meet at l pm. tomorrow at
the home of Mrs. Thomas F. Law,
1929 Varnum street NV. Mrs.
Law will be assisted by Mrs. Will
liam w. Gibson and Mrs. E. H.
Erickson.
During the meeting members
will submit flower arrangements
for study and constructive criti-
cism. Plans also will be discussed
for the clubs participation in the
National show.
The people's voice., 1950-05-12

effect December 81, 1947.
Immediately the Park and
Cascade County Trades & Lab
or Councils, Montana Farmers
Union, and the Smeltermen's
Union, with Attorney Pat J. Gil
feather of Great Falls appearing for
them in conjunction with Assistant
Attorneys General Clarence Hanley
and Alfred Dougherty for the state
of Montana on behalf of its citizens,
protesting any increase.
The above is all a matter of record
in docket No. 1871, Order 1861.
Employees and officials of MST&T
appeared in behalf of the raise, stat
ing that their company was the local
Bell System company in states of
Montana, Idaho, Utah and Colorado; !;
that they were under such heavy ex-
pense, material was so high, a raise
in rates was a must.
The facts developed were as fol-
lows:
hC 1lHSI lCdI Gle cpllOllS " l. tlt-
graph Company owned approximate
ly 1870 of the stock of MST&T (the
.AT&T was paying go dividends, and
had even during the depression) .
Also, that MST&T was paying the
parent company 1 " % of gross busi-
ness for support of the Bell Labor
atories, and day to day aid in main
tenance, etc.
The fact was brought out that
MST&T bought its equipment from
Western Electric, another AT&T
subsidiary-which the government
has ordered AT&T to get rid of, in
an antitrust action.
Should Have Ordered Rate Cut
If the Public Service Commission
had gone the limit they could have
Mountain States to reduce
he payment of u per cent to one
lalf of one per cent, and given the
people reduction in rates.
The people's voice., 1950-05-12
MILESTONES MARK
VALLEY AUTHORITY
PROGRESS

The Montana MVA Association
reports the following milestones in
the progress toward Missouri Val
ley Authority:
1. The Hoover report against the
Pick-Sloan plan.
2. The victory for public power and
transmission lines in Montana and
elsewhere.
3. Establishment of the Water Re-
suorces Policy Commission by the
President
a. Continual and increasing prob
lens harrassing the Missouri Basin
Interagency Commission.
S. Substantial and promising prog
ress being made on eva.
6. Governor Bonner's statement
questioning the Army Engineers fig
ures on water supply in the Missouri
Valley and his requesting a Congress
sional investigation of the water sup
ply before more projects are author
ized.
The people's voice., 1950-05-12
FORTUNE MAGAZINE EXPL0DES SOCIALIzED MEDICINE
BOGY PEDDLED BY DOCTORS UNION

/ the main target More money ha
been poured out to put over the bogey
of 'socialized medicine" than on al
most any other issue.
The American Medical Associa-
tion alone is spending two to
three million dollars a year to
frighten the people into believing
that a system of prepaid medical
care, financed by payroll deduc-
tions on employers and employees,
would somehow deliver us over the
precipice into the abyss of social
ism.
However, as in the battle over
workmen's compensation and other
long overdue reforms, there h a S
recently been a very significant turn
of the tide. 1t came when the maga-
zine magnate, Henry Luce, publisher
of "Time," Life" and Fortune" :"
emerged with a new line on the issue
of health insurance.
Luce would hardly rank as lib
eral. He's a prominent Republican, a
pillar of Big Business, baron of the
publishing world.
Apparently, however, Luce has
come to the conclusion that the COP
can't stage any comeback by being
purely negative, that it can't win
over the voters by merely yelling
socialism" at any and all legisla-
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The people's voice., 1950-05-12
PABLO Flu. WANTS MORE
Government POWER
LINES, Facilities

Support of the governments trans
mission line building program, OPP
position of the -Ferguson-Ni
on bill, and approval of the Tydings
resolution for general disarmament,
were three of the principal decisions
reached at the Pablo Farmers Union
meeting, April 80, reports John Nc
! Guffey, Roman.
Taking note of the fact that Mon
tana Power Company has admitted
overcharging REA co-ops approx
mately $4,000 per year for power,
and that construction of government
lines will ensure continuing supply
of reasonably priced power, the Pablo
farmers resolved to write the con-
gressional delegation to work and vote
for the necessary appropriations to
complete the proposed transmission
program.
Mundt- Ferguson Nixon
Realizing that this bill ostensibly
aimed at one minority, actually will
endanger the civil liberties of every
American because of its broad terms,
the Flu group noted C.. we firmly
believe there is no security in re-
pressive and police measures
we are firmly convinced that our
only safety lies in free democracy
that assures us freedom to speak
and think Il. :"
Tydings Resolution
Maintaining that an atomic war
&C. would particularly destroy our
civilization !. ;" the group went on
record for whole-hearted endorsement
of the Tydings resolution which re-
quests the UN take steps to bring
about general disarmament between
nations.
The people's voice., 1950-05-12

Milk, ETC., from which the neces-
sary water could be obtained for
use in the United States. These
streams annually export many
thousands of acre feet of water
which are presently unused by eth
er Canada or the United States.
Would it not be possible to ar
range a trade of BeIly-Waterton
run-off for run-off from other
streams further east that the above
mentioned 114,OO0 acres have suf-
.ficient irrigation water?
Should we be successful in secur-
ing upwards of 100000 acre feet of
this international water for irriga-
ton and other land use purposes, the
impact on the future economy of
northern Montana would be enorm-
Gus.
Not only will water placed on the
fertile acres of the "dry belt'' stab
ilize the year-by-year production of
those acres, it will also do much
to bring a continuing prosperity to
all the people of the region, and will
generally enhance the economy of
the entire state. Still another angle
concerns the livestock industry of
the area. Availability of hay, plus
an assured water supply for stock
purposes, can greatly increase the
desirability of a million or more
acres of grazing land in that section
Further, the domestic water sup
ply in that area is bad as to both suf-
ficiency and quality. Should this
project become reality, domestic
water supply improvement could be
made for 10 to IL small towns and
upwards of a thousand farm units.
Forgetting for moment the pos
sibility that we may not get ANY of
This water, one other major problem
arises. That is construction cost.
Even though the proposed Bureau of
Reclamation tunnel be discarded and
n its stead a trade worked out giving
is our equitable share from st. |
Harys, Milk, ETC., to adequately re-
laim the acres in question, the cost
,er acre at first glance would ap-
year prohibitive.
Here is where the power produc-
ion factor enters the picture. Old
liners contend that transportation of
gater to the "dry belt" north of
shelby from any of the major sources
Continued on Page Three) i
The people's voice., 1950-05-12

1t was much the same with the
that is, old age pensions, unemploy-
ment insurance, minimum wages,
and host of other laws calculated
to protect the weak and ease some
of the hazards of life. All were
smeared as socialistic, but eventu-
ally were accepted as part of our
American way.
Right now the same kind of hob
goblin campaign is being conducted
against progressive legislation backed
by organized labor and largely en-
bodied in President Truman's Fair
Deal program.
Health insurance, disability in
surance, Federal aid to education,
the Brannan farm plan, river au-
thorities of the IVA type and
other measures - all constitute
socialism, or statism, or the welfare
state in the eyes of reactionaries
and standpatters.
Taft-style Republicans and Byrd
stripe Democrats alike have been
leading the smear drive. Richly-fi-
nanced propaganda organizations of
all kinds are spreading the same line.
and magazines are devot-
ing columns to the scare stuff.
Health Insurance Main Target
Health insurance has perhaps been
The people's voice., 1950-05-12

Today at o'clock President Tru-
mans special train rolled into Helena
for another of the Presidents
"whistle-stop" appearances.
The President is making it appar-
ent to all his determination that eva
legislation be enacted is as strong
as when he first requested it more
than a year ago Speaking in Boise
Wednesday, Mr.. Truman said: "The
eva is needed :" and then advised
his Idaho listeners, mot to let any
body tell you CVA would be social
istic." Further, he again emphasized
that it would have its &C. =. headquart-
ers right out here in the Columbia
Basin - and would be firmly under
the control of Congress.
The people's voice., 1950-05-12

The protests of labor groups
and the Farmers Union against
awarding any increase on such
short notice resulted in the Com
mission extending the time limit
to February 9, 1948.
Here is what happened. The At
torney Generals office appealed to
Wayne Coy, chairman, Federal Com
munications Commission, to send an
expert on telephone rates, and to as
sist his office (the same as FEC re-
Gently did with the state of Mis-
souri). Coy had to refuse because
the hearing was not to be held by
the Attorney Generals office but by
the Public Service Commission. Up
on learning this, consumers groups
immediately requested the Public
Service Commission to request the
FEC to send an expert, to be furn-
ished at state expense.
The request was made but note
the reply from Chairman Coy, quote
washington, February 6. Sorry to
advise that commission does not
have available personnel or funds to
furnish accounting witnesses in Mon
tana to assist your commission in
pending telephone rate proceedings
but will be glad to assist You as much
as we can by making available to
you such of our records and data as
may be pertinent to your case, thru
such consultation as representatives
OF your commission may wish to have
with our staff here in Washington.
Signed, Wayne Coy," and attested
to in the record by Public Service
Commission Chairman Horace Casey.
You notice that wire was dated
February 6 and the hearing was set
to be held in 48 hours. You will also
note that contrary to the practice of
other states, Montana did not offer
20 pay the expenses of the FEC ex-
pert to Montana, while here, or back
% Washington.
Taking note of the above, at the
rearing, Attorney Gilfeather asked
or a continuance for SO days, and
le was followed by Assistant Attor-
ley General Hanley who requested
3O-day extension, stating, "This
notion is presented for the reason
he testimony which has been pre-
ented by the applicant company is
highly technical and has contained
'8 specialized exhibits of which
equire close and detailed study and
examination by trained and quail
led persons as a condition precedent
o orderly and effective cross-exam-
nation, above and beyond the scope
It the few questions which have been
in cross-examination thus
ar"
Naturally spectators at the hear
ing expected the Commissioners
would take few days to consider
the request inasmuch as they had
not taken advantage of FEC Chair
man Coy's offer to furnish fact
ual information. With heads to-
gether, it wasn't even a question
of an hour before the Commission
ers announced Request Denied.
The Commissioners might take
af from the Railroad Commission
Idaho, and also Missouri, who re-
lested the FEC to furnish experts
Continued on page four)
The people's voice., 1950-05-12

These are questions that ev-
cry person in northern Mon
tana should give most serious
thought. Some material at
hand will be of value in pro-
viding a basis for such consid-
Grafton.
First, let us consider the very real
possibility that dry northern Mon
tana acres will not receive single
drop of the more than 100000 acre
feet of water flowing in the Belly
and Waterton rivers at the points
where these two rivers leave the
United States.
That action is needed immediate
ly on this side of the line is apparent
when one considers the advanced
stage of construction of Canadian
reclamation projects to irrigate over
100000 acres of land. Construc-
ton status of various Canadian
works involving Waterton-St Marys-
Belly water, as of December 81, is
as follows (approx):
st. Mary's dam, almost 80 per cent
complete;
Pot Hole reservoir, completely
More than 20 miles of main canals
completed;
Distribution system for 10000
acres completed;
Almost so per cent of entire prof.
ect either under contract or ready
for contract letting.
In otherwords, the Canadians are
well along with this gigantic project.
Further, it should be borne in mind
that although considerable of the
water is of United States origin, this
will have no bearing in securing any
of this water for Montana, if it has
previously been put to use by Can
ada. All international precedents
are against us on this score.
THEREIN LIES THE URGENCY |
FOR ACTION; FOR AN AROUSED !
PUBLIC OPINION TO MAKE IT
SELF HEARD AT THE FORTH
COMING HEARINGS of the Interna-
tional Joint Commission (Shelby,
June IL, Havre, June 19).
The essential difficulty so far as
this country is concerned, in util-
izing the run-off of Belly-Water-
ton lies in it's inaccessibility for
use on this side of the border.
However, anyone familiar with
the topography of the Information
al Boundary can see that there are
other streams, such as ST. Marys,
The people's voice., 1950-05-12
Paul Rice Files For Another
Term In State Senate

Senator Paul Rice has filed for re-
election to the state senate from Te-
ton county on the Democratic ticket.
Senator Rice has served the people
of Teton county and of Montana
during the past four sessions. He has
made an amazing record of being 100
per cent for farmers and labor each
session.
The people's voice., 1950-05-12
By RUBEN LEVIN,
Washington Correspondent of The
Train Dispatcher

Agrarianism, anarchism, bolshev-
ism, communism, socialism, syndical-
ism-those are the scare words used
throughout American history to block
needed social reforms. The scare cam
paigns have usually slowed up the
changes, but have seldom prevented
them.
In each struggle over some particu-
lar reform, there came time when
the "ism" attack lost it's punch, when
the opposition began cracking and
ultimately started embracing what it
earlier viewed with horror.
That was true, for example, of
workmen's accident compensation.
Many employers fought bitterly the
idea of assuming any financial re-
sponsibility for the manning, the
crippling, the killing of workers on
the job. They cried that this was
socialism.
Employers Saw Light
In due time, however, more and
more employers saw the light and
swung from resistance to support.
Accident compensation laws swept
through the states. Now, you never
hear anyone brand this system of
benefits for injuries as socialism or
any other ism.
The people's voice., 1950-05-12
What About Disputed
International Waters?

What would the placing of 900 of land the dy
belt north of Havreheby under irrigation to the
omy of northern Montana and the state in general?
How would the placing of such land under irrigation affect
the livestock industry of northern Montana?
To what extent would production aid in retiring
tremey high construction costs such proposed irrigation
system?
How the danger that unless the south side
of the International Boundary Immediately take action
sbies of such project will be forever foreclosed?
The people's voice., 1950-05-12
c. ss:ning Proposed Phone Rate Increases .
ZAMISSI0N SHOULD REQUEST FEC.
TATE EXPERT BE SENT TO MONTANA

j. livingston
Why should the Mountain States Telephone
Company bv
Commission
Let review these requests of the telephone company
In 1947 the Public Service Horace E. Casey
chairman (up for reelection this year,, Smith,
Leonard Young the
Evening star., 1950-11-12

DEMEMB Err when you
IL could buy a box of pepper
for a dime? That wasn't so
long ago-in fact, it was still
true in February, 1946.
In The Star for September
%, 1899, q local store adver-
tised two 3-ounce boxes for
15c; now, the same store sells
it in 4-ounce boxes at 97c
apiece, or 11z-ounce boxes at
38c. What's behind this Strik-
ing instance of imitation?
Before World War III, what
Is now Indonesia exported 80
per cent of the worlds black
and white pepper supply and
IS per cent of that used in
the United States. There was
actually an overproduction
of pepper. The price dropped
very low and consuming coun-
tries built up sizable stocks.
With the coming of war and
the cutting of of the Indo-
nesian supply, these stocks
Evening star., 1950-11-12
The Price
Of Pepper

BY Lucy Baisden
were soon depleted. Price
controls In this country kept
the product on the same cost
level, but only the short-of-
memory have forgotten that
it was hard to find any in the
stores.
Other producing countries,
foreseeing a large market,
tried to step up cultivation of
pepper. India, in particular,
took an interest in the crop.
since it grows wild there and
Is readily cultivated. But re-
suits were meager from a
worldwide standpoint. When
controls were lifted here,
prices rose steadily until
December, 1916, when a pound
of unground black pepper sold
for 82c wholesale-a purchase
which would have been 10c
under controls.
But Indonesia, which was
believed to have been prac-
Evening star., 1950-11-12

tically wiped out so far as
pepper was concerned, made
a comeback in early 1947 and
prices declined sharply to Sic
by the middle Of May. True,
rs per cent of Indonesia's
black pepper farms had been
eliminated, partly through in
territorial, systematic destruc-
ton by the japanese and
partly through neglect of the
plants.
Then where did the 1947
supplies come from? Prob
ably from secret hiding places
in the homes of the growers!
Unground pepper can be
kept for long periods of time
and the pepper which reached
the market then Is believed
to have represented stocks
salvaged as savings during
the war years. Although some
think reserve stocks still may
be held in some quantity in
the country, the sudden ex-