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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-07-20
Kucheru Comedies.
Offers Support

Mike Kuchera of Hardin, who
was a Republican candidate for
nomination as representative in
Congress from Montana'S east
ern district, late Tuesday night
conceded the nomination to his
opponent, Incumbent Wesley A.
DEwart, and sent a wire OF
congratulations and support to
D'EWart.
In return, Kuchera received
the following telegram from the
congressman:
Appreciate your wire. Will be
glad to have your support in
= coming campaign"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-07-20
Scout Wins Prizes
On Rddio Quiz

Six local Boy Scouts returned
early Friday, July IA, after at
tending the National Scout
Jamboree at Valley Forge, Pa,
and touring New York City and
Washington, D. c.
Those making the trip were
Pat Fox, Jimmy Kline and
Jack Arbogast of Hardin, and
Kim Forman, Bill Shaw and
Lyle Shick of Lodge Grass.
Pat Fox of Hardin proved
that Montana Scouts are pre-
pared with quick wits when he
carried away three prizes at a
New York radio quiz show
which was attended by many
Scouts.
The show, Sammy Hayes $50
You Want to Be a Bandleader,"
awarded Fox a television set, a
monograph and record album,
and a wrist watch for being
quickest to answer quiz queS-
tions.
A sour note of the trip was
the attack on a patrol of Scouts
by a gang of hoodlums in
Washington, D. c., who admin
istered beatings to a number
of Scouts and escaped with
wrist watches and other per-
Sonal belongings. The Hardin
delegation, although not among
those attacked, were on the
scene shortly afterward and as
sisted in calling police, which
proved to he of no avail.
Also attending the Jamboree
in official capacity was E. A:
Skeie of Hardin, a member OF
the national council.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-07-20
WEEKS WEATHER

Recorded by Holly Sugar cor
poration, Hardin, for week end
ing 5 pm. Wednesday, July l9.
Maximum temperature: 50
degrees, July IA.
Minimum temperature: Al de-
grees, July ID.
Precipitation for the week:
Al inches.
Precipitation for the year to
date: 7.60 inches.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-07-20
Mdgpie Drive Closes
Sunday, July 80

The maybe drive which has
been carried on during the past
few months in the county I'M
der sponsorship of the Big Horn
County Rod and Gun club Will
close on July 80, Sam Kern,
secretary of the organization,
announced tosay.
Nc entries will he accepted
after the closing date.
Kern said the drive has been
very successful with more than
5000 pairs of maybe legs turn
ed in to date. The club paid
1Oc per pair for the legs, part of
which money was reimbursed
from funds of the state organ
izatiOn.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-07-20
Formal Opening Set
For July % dnd "a

Formal opening of the Sky
WI drive-in theater will be
Sunday and Monday, July %
and "a, Conrad Seader, owner,
announced.
The picture "She Wore a Vel
low Ribbon" starring John
Wayne, jeanne Dru and John
Agar has been scheduled for
the opening which will feature
free attendance prizes.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-07-20

containing the major points of
interest is staked at either end
by q large sign made outstand-
ing by a color painting OF an
Indian in silhouette at the top.
The Indian painting, a like
ness of Max Big Man, was
done for the Chamber OF Com.
merce by a painter OF national
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-07-20
aGeUsras TROOPS INTACT IHDIANCA CAMP
lsalf EasIssEas FORCED 10 aETaEATTo
high GROUND JUNE 1sn 1875
Tribune.Herald Photo

Tribune-Herald Photo
Installment of new signs
along highway No. 81, de-
scribing the historical battle of
the Little Big Horn, was COM
pleted last week by the Big
Horn County Chamber of Com
merce.
Marked by a dozen signs in
sequence, the battlefield area
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-07-20

prominence who recently visited
this area.
Formerly marked by a few
signs which have long since de-
Perforated, the new, adequate
markers will greatly aid tour
lists in following the progress of
Clusters Last Stand.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-07-20
'Sfarina, Redding
And Ross
Win Nomination

Starina, Redding and Ross
won nominations in the only
three contests slated on the
county ticket at the Primary
election held in Big Horn coun-
ty last Tuesday, July 10.
Barely more than 40 per cent
of the registered voters turned
out to cast ballots, chalking up
the lighteSt vote tailed in this
county in recent years.
According to unofficial re-
turns tabulated at the office
of County Clerk and Recorder
Harry E. Cox, C. S. (Fred)
Starina of Wyo1a defeated An
drew Miller, incumbent, for the
Republican nomination for
county commissioner. Starina
had 47S votes to 416 for Miller.
On the Democratic ballot
Cecil Ross polled 312 votes to
win from j. Ernest Weinberg
with 258 for state representa-
tive, and C. A. (Coil) Redding
defeated George r. Fly by a
count of 297 to 254 for COM
missioner.
Complete unofficial returns
from all of Big Horn county's
% precincts are as follows:
R~onIIhIinon
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26

The bringing to trial of Roger
Porter on charges of attempting to
influence a Lewis & Clark grand
juror is centering interest on the
Capital City by thousands of Mon
tanans who are daily growing more
Disguised with the breaking-down of
law enforcement in many counties
of the state due to the slot machine
racket.
In Lewis & Clark, as in Fergus,
Silver Bow, and many other coun-
ties, the mass influx of "non-social,
profit clubs" as well as widespread
operation of unlicensed machines,
has stirred thinking, law-abiding cit
liens into realizing that drastic steps
must be taken and taken soon, or
there will be a grave danger that
racketeers will "take over" the en-
tire state.
Interest is centering on Porter,
not because he is the only person in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26
PORTER CASES DRAW attention TO GROWING PUBLIC
DISGUST CONCERNING SLOT MACHINE RACKET

volved (by his own admission) as a
syndicate operator, but because the
entire slot machine matter has come
to head in Lewis & Clark county
How Porter's cases are resolved
in the district court, and how the
state supreme court rules on the six
slot cases now before it, can well de-
termine the future of law enforce
ment under existing Montana laws.
Therein lies the reason for state
wide attention being presently CEN
tered on Helena.
A further indication that decent
people are awakening to the men
ace the slot machine racket poses to
proper law enforcement is to be
found in resolution adopted earlier
this month by the Yellowstone Coun-
ty Federation of Women's Clubs.
Pointing out that through misund-
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26
FALLS LABOR TURNS
THUMBS DOWN ON STEEL
UNION RAIDING TACTICS

Great Falls labor this week Joined
with AFL trade unionists and bus.
inessmen in Butte, in denying the
welcome mat" to Phil Murrays
Steel Union in the latter's attempt
to disrupt and destroy Mine-Mill &
Smelter Workers Union, reports
John Evanko, Jr., secretary of the
Cascade County Trades & Labor
Assembly.
In demanding that Steel Worker
organizers be recalled from the Great
Falls, area, the assembly wrote Steel
Worker President Philip Murray:
"The assembly, which represents
all the organized workers in this
area, voted unanimously to oppose
this raid by your organization, and
to request that you instruct your
organizers to Immediately leave
Great Falls, where they can do moth
ing but harm the labor movement.
Great Falls is union town and
there are no unorganized workers
requiring the services of your
ganizers. We have read with in
terest your recent statements in
favor of labor unity. If you really
believe in labor unity, you will
Immediately withdraw from your
position of raiding on of the old
est and strongest unions in Cas-
cade county,"
Evankos letter also warned the
Steel raiders that eve do not in
tend to stand idly by while any out
side organization attempts to des-
troy such a worthwhile local union"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26
ENGINEERS NAVIGATION CiBKpEl,, A
TREMENDOUS WASTE OF TAX M0hkX

g. Over so, or even a 40, year
period the nearly 100000 acre
feet of active storage in Army con-
trolled reservoirs from Fl. Peck to
Gavins Point is not going to store
and control all the river flow. In
wet cycles reservoirs will fill and
surplus water must be wasted. This
loss will be reflected in an equiva-
lent shortage during dry periods.
3. That your state properly hopes
to get very considerable ALLEGATION
of power. The navigation channel
tends to defeat this. Said channel re-
quires a flow of 10000 second feet
during months of navigation season
and 5000 second feet during the
balance of the year. The six main
stem reservoirs above can develop
maximum power only by passing a
constant volume of flow during the
entire year. The incompatibility of
operational detectives can be only
partially reconciled.
A. Of greater Importance than
other items is the fact that poten-
tial development in Montana, and
undoubtedly in Northern Wyoming,
North Dakota, South Dakota and Nor
thern Nebraska, is not limited to
the particular projects that have been
authorized under the Pick-Sloan
Plan. 1t is limited only by water
available and the right to use that
water, as Congress intended when
it passed the O'Mahoney amendment
| am glad to read that you favor
early enactment of the soil con-
servation and land program for Mis-
souri, Valley, now pending in Con-
gress. feel that we should be sure
that this meritorious plan can we'll
be grated onto the Pick-Sloan Plan
must be sure of a sufficient water
supply. | hope you will join me in
a sincere effort to continually in
vestigate all facts involved and if
there be any doubts that they be
investigated for the benefit of the
people in the Valley because of the
of the project to the well
fare of all the people. This to the
end that all states in the Missouri
end that all states in the Missouri
scale and beneficial development.
With assurance of personal esteem,
I remain,
Sincerely yours,
JOHN w. BONNER
Governor
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26

Reiterating his earlier position IN
opposition to the turning over of the
so-called tidelands to the various
states for exploitation of huge oil
reserves, Gov. John w. Bonner this
week issued another appeal to Mon
tana's congressional delegation to
oppose the ''tidelands" measure
which was recently approved by the
House Judiciary committee.
In a letter to all four Montana
representatives, Governor Bonner
stated that in his opinion passage of
the bill will be detrimental not only
to states like Montana, but to other
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26
BRANNAN PLAN WOULD
HELP DAIRY FARMERS,
SAYS kALISpELL PAPER

If the proposed Brannan plan
were in effect the Flathead valley
milk farmer would be aided con-
siderably, according to a Kalispell
News Farm Journal survey con-
Quoted this week.
Under the Brannan plan milk
would be treated as basic COM
modify and the support price for
whole milk would be approximately
1910 per hundredweight for the pro-
Queer.
Local consumers would pay for
the milk at whatever level was de-
termined by supply and demand. The
difference between parity level and
the average market price in the area,
assuming the market price is lower,
would be paid to the farmer direct
by the government.
AS a result it is probable that
consumers would get milk at reason
able price, and farmers would receive
more stable price in line with the
cost of producing and farm living
Kalispell News-Farm Jour
nal
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26
MILLION DOLLARS SPENT
TO Defeat SEN. Pepper
IN FLORIDA ELECTION

Savannah, Ga, May "a south
ern labor leader charged the Repub-
lican party of Ohio contributed ST.
100000 to further the campaign of
Senator-nominee George Smathers
of Florida.
w. A. (Bil) Calvin organizer for
the Boiler Makers union (AFL) said
he personally saw one check for
100000 and an accompanying let
ter stating the additional 100000
was available when needed"
The money, he said, was forward
ed to the Florida Young Republican
organization with the notation that
1--WE know we cannot elect Repub-
lican senator in Florida" and direct
ed that the funds be used to "defeat
Claude Perpendicular FALLS
TRIBUNE.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26
PASSAGE OF "TIDELANDS" BILL MAY JEOPARDIzE
FUTURE MONTANA RECLAMATION PROJECTS

inland reclamation states and the
United States in general 4. AS far
as l can see, this bill would benefit
only the large oil companies and
would jeopardize future moneys
which we may receive for our recla-
nation projects.
Continuing, the Governor called
attention to President Truman's veto
of similar legislation passed by the
80th Congress, as document which
expressed very well why such legis-
lation is not in the public interest,
and urged that g. . no stone should
be left unturned in order to defeat
F.. this obnoxious legislation"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26
TUNNEL MIGHT BE USED TO CONVEY
DISPUTED WATER TO NORTH MONT.


dent Theodore Roosevelt, in 1908,
threatened construction of an all
American canal to save Milk and ST..
Mary's river waters for Montana
This threat was followed by a period
of negotiation which was followed
by treaty permanently dividing the
flow of these streams between AL
berta and Montana users.
Tunnel May Not Be So Fantastic
Valance indicated that further
study of a 20-mile tunnel to take
water from the Waterton river into
north central Montana counties might
not seem as fantastic as it appeared
when first discussed. He indicated
the tunnel would not be necessary
if the Canadian section of the inter
national commission is willing to ex-
plore all angles of how best to put
the waters to use to the mutual adj
vantage Of both nations.
Valance pointed out the United
State by Treaty with Panama pays
a definite sum annually for a right
of way across the isthmus nation.
He added a similar scheme might be
worked out with Canada whereby
water from the Waterton and Belly
rivers might be stored in Canada
and then diverted, by open canal
instead of the more expensive tunnel
into the st. Mary's watershed and
then to Toole, Liberty and Hill
counties.
Just what form the payment might
take, Valance said, could be deter
mined later. He suggested payment
might be in the form of annual cash
rental for the easement, release of
American rights to a portion of the
waters rising on the south side of the
boundary or payment
for portion of the cost of increas-
ing reservoir facilities in southern
Alberta.
Might Be Willing To Work a Trade
Valance limited the United States
might be willing to work out a trade
INVOLVING other international streams
east of the continental divide. He |
Indicated Canada, in view of recent |
severe floods in the Winnipeg area, |
night consider an American contri-
oution to flood control along the
North Dakota Minnesota boundaries
or the benefit of Manitoba in ex-
.hange for a Capadian contribution
o an increase in irrigation water for
lorthern Montana.
eve are not anxious to build the
Valance said, "but the bur-
au of reclamation already has dem
it is possible to divert wat
rs from western Colorado to the
nore arid eastern side of that state
through a 13-mile tunnel under the
ontinental divide. History has proved
ther tunnel schemes proved eco
omically sound.
"We are hoping to get an entry
v the commission in its minutes to
he effect that all waters not put to
eneficial use at the time the matter
yas referred to the commission are
ubject to ALLEGATION by that body
nd that Canadians may proceed
nth plans for utilization of pres I
ntly unappropriated flows at their s
WIN peril"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26
By w. w. "LUKE" WRIGHT
In Great Falls Tribune


an all-American tunnel to divert
water from Waterton and Belly riv-
ers for irrigation in Toole, Liberty
and Hill counties is Americas "ace
in the hole" in negotiations with
Canada over division of the flow of
these two streams.
This was indicated today by R. H.
Valance, attorney for the state de-
partment, who will present the u.
S. case to the international joint COM
mission in hearings at Shelby, Havre,
Lethbridge and Medicine Hat next
month.
Valance, who last was in Mon
tana late in 1947 in connection with
the Sage creek hearings before the
joint commission will spend this
week with state officials and north
ern Montana residents to line up
testimony to be presented in hear
ings south of the international bound
airy.
Eventual division, on an equitable
and beneficial use basis, of all inter
national streams between the con-
tinental divide and the Red River of
the North has been referred to the
international commission by h
American state department and the
Canadian department of external af-
fairs.
Hearings Will Deal With Belly
Waterton Flows Exclusively
The hearings at Shelby June II and
Havre June II will deal with the
Waterton and Belly flows exclusively.
Both streams rise in Glacier park
and flow into Alberta, eventually
becoming a part of the Saskatchewan
river, which flows into Hudson bay.
Valance explained Montana &C
counts for approximately 100000
acre-feet of water rising on the east
slopes of the continental divide that
has not been put to use. He said the
bureau of reclamation has deter
mined about 10000 acres in three
north central Montana counties, in
what has been called the upperMarias
area, could be irrigated if water
could be transferred there from the
Waterton and Belly flows. The diff
ficulty is that there is no easy means
If diverting and storing the nee
essary flow on the United States
side of the international line. Canad- |
ans are progressing rapidly with a
development program in Alberta that
will be completed in the main, by
1858. Under the general rule of the
vest, if water is put to beneficial use,
he right to this water is permanently
established.
Under these circumstances the
United States-and for all ordinary
purposes this means Montana-is in
he position of being able to ne
rotate for a division of only those
waters that are not already in use
nless there is an appropriation by
he joint commission in advance of
ompletion of Canadian projects now
tanned.
Valance, who conferred today with
iov. John w. Bonner and Atty, Gen.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26
TO BUILD So MILES OF LINES

The Flathead Electric Coop plans
to build SO miles of lines with a re-
cent $4,000 loan, reports manager,
R. H. Cats. The new lines will serve
118 rural consumers in Flathead and
Lake counties.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26

river at Sioux City, Iowa-of water
badly needed for irrigation in the
upper valley-but that the channel
would constitute a tremendous waste
of tax dollars, Gov. John w. Bonner
this week answered recent asser-
lions by Gov. Val Peterson of Ne
braska that there is enough water
in the Missouri to take care of the
channel and all other projects con-
templated.
Herewith is Gov. Bonner's letter,
based on sound engineering data,
(including Army Engineers records)
which amply proves the falacies of the
assertions by the Nebraska COVER
nor:
May "a, 1850
Honorable Val Peterson
Governor of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
My dear Governor Peterson:
[ recently noted an AP story
which reported you as registering a
belief that there is enough water in
the Missouri River for all projects
planned and that Montana will get
all the water and power it needs.
Apparently your statement is in sup
port of similar, but unproven, state
ments recently made by the Corps
OF Army Engineers.
Many progressive and technically
qualified Montana citizens have
looked forward to real development
here since long before l entered pub
lie life. l venture the belief that
those forward looking leaders know
more on Montana's development pos
sibilities and its water needs than
does the Corps of Engineers, the
Governor of Nebraska or the Gov
ernor of Montana.
| must invite your attention to
the Congressional Records for April
IA and II (pages 5279-87 and 53O3-
49,. This details the effort made
by U. S. Senator Paul Douglas of
Illinois to delete a recommended au-
thorization of $250,OOO,OOO for Mis-
souri, River navigation installations
and construction. So far as I can
discern no one on the Senate floor
was able to refute the Senators docu-
mented proof that:
1. On the Army Engineers flow
record, 81 years of which has been
built up from circumstantial evil
dence, there is a material water
shortage for their own estimates of
needs for authorized projects.
2. The only official and fully de-
oendable record there is (1929-48) |
shows shortage of about 5,000,000,-
700 acre feet of water annually.
3. A conservation and land use |
1lan for Missouri Valley is now pend
ng before Congress and must be
made effective if ravages of soil
erosion and dangerous siltation of
reservoirs are to be stopped. This
will further deplete water supply.
Engineers here think such depletion
nay run from two to five million
ere feet annually.
A. There is no showing that the
navigation channel has, or ever will,
'ay. Original estimates promised 8.4
million tons of freight annually. Ac-
ual traffic has been less than one
ninth of this volume. Yet, in their
zeal to complete this pork
'arrep project, ahead of Upper Val
ey irrigation and power, Army En-
ineers have committed the govern
nent to nearly $400,000,000 of ex-
enditures in excess of appropria-
ions actually made.
Some of the points that Senator
Douglas failed to make, or did not
tress sufficiently are:
1. Over 70 (actually 71.3) per
ent of Upper Valley water, sup
osedly protected by O'Mahoney
is being deliberately pur-
oined for the navigation channel. i
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26
MANSFIELD TO SEEK
FIFTH TERM

g. Mike Mansfield, who for the
past eight years has ably represented
the interests of Montana people in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26

Plan Building Labor Temple
Havre labor groups launched a
temple building program, May s..
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-05-26

the Congress, this week filed for re-
election to a fifth two-year term
in the lower House.
Mansfield, who has been con-
sistent fighter for construction of
Hungry Horse dam and other major.
reclamation and power projects in
Montana, stated in filing: 81 will con-
tinue to work for the development of
and the best interests of Montana, the
security of the United States, and
World peace"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-06-11
By Lillian Arthur

There was a party yesterday al
the Columbia Country Club with
an interesting guest of honor
Mrs. Ernest G. Campbell-knowr
professionally as Kathryn Null
lowry. director Of the dance de-
partment of a local studio OF
music and dance.
Hostess at the luncheon was
Mrs. j. c. Batham with her
daughter. Mrs. Joseph P. Brantley
Sd, as assistant hostess. The party
was a farewell to Mrs. Campbell
who with her son, Richmond
Campbell, will leave June % to
spend the summer in Heidelberg
Germany, where Comdr. Campbell
is on duty. The guest list in
cluded Mrs. Campbell's mother,
Mrs. Marie Mullowny. Mrs. Carl
Jones and her aunt, Mrs. Hazel
Murphy of Los Angeles, who is
her house guest; Miss Marguerite
Weighell, Mrs. Clyde Carlstrand,
Mrs. Nina Nikitina, Mrs. Robert
Cumming. Mrs. Betty Biesemeier
Mrs. Charles Morgan, jr.; Mrs.
Drew Marshall. Mrs. Francis
Blouin, Mrs. F. Bald, Mrs. David