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Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-03-15

a none" box if the items listed are
not applicable to the farm.
Census Taker Will Help
When the census taker calls at the
farm in April, he will check over the
QUESTIONABLE and lend assistance to
any farmers who wish help A brief
resume of the inquiries in each of
the Is sections in the agriculture
questionnaires follows:
Section asks for information
about the person in charge of the
agriculture operations ON the place.
Section II has inquiries about the
acres of land owned, acres of land
rented from others or managed for
others and acres rented to others.
Section III contains inquiries about
crops harvested in 1949. All crops
harvested on the place in 1919 must
be reported.
Section Nv calls for information re-
garding the important uses of the
land in the place.
Section " asks about the year I'm
which the farmer began to operate
his place and about off-farm work
by the operator or members of his
family.
Section vi obtains the acres of ir-
rigated land in the place.
Section VII-Any forest products
sold in 1949 from the place must be
reported in this section.
Section VIII If pasture was
rented in 1949, the income from its
rental must be reported.
Section TX provides for reporting
all livestock on the place or livestock
products sold in 1949. Inventories
of livestock are to be reported as of
April /, 1850.
Section X asks about specified
farm facilities on the place, such as
telephones, electricity and electrical
appliances and about specified kinds
of farm machinery such as tractors,
grain combines, etc.
Section XT seeks information about
farm labor on the place last week
including both family and hired farm
labor.
Section XII obtains information on
the amount spent in 1949 for ma
chine hire, feed for livestock and
poultry, amount spent for gasoline
and oil, etc.
Section XIII asks for miscellaneous
information about the farm such az
the distance of the farm from the
trading center to which the operator
goes most frequently, the selling
price of the land and buildings i'm
the place and other miscellaneous
data.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-03-15


From our farmhouse, located on
the east branch of Grant creek
which coursed down the northwest
slope of the Missoula valley, or Hel1's
Gate Ronde as it was then called,
we looked in every direction up to
a horizon of inspiring mountain
grandeur. Sparkling streams, rush
ing from mountain walls, wound
through this fair valley of lush
meadows and nodding bunch grass
prairies.
Log Cabin Home
Our house, a one-room log cabin
chinked with mud and rooted with
sod, sat about so yards from the
creek. 1t boosted whipsawed board
floor and two small windows, each
containing four glass panes. A large
stone fireplace extending across one
end provided the only heat and was
also utilized for cooking.
Furniture, with the exception of
an antiquated bed which no doubt
crossed the plains in someone's
prairie schooner, was also fashioned
of whipsawed lumber. Floor rugs
consisted of tanned bison skins. Buff
falo robes and Hudson's Bay blankets
covered us warmly as we reposed on
wild goose or duck feather beds.
Interior cabin walls were UNI
adorned. A wall cupboard contained
chinaware and cooking utensils; con-
veniently near the door hung a we'll
filled gun rack, and in corner, a
shelf placed high above childish
reach held fathers books.
The house faced eastward and
looking from our doorway down the
slope beyond Missoula Mills the
blue-black forested entrance to Hell
Gate canyon was plainly visible.
The drama, ages-old, staged at the
mouth of the gorge by the SeIsl
Indians, and their traditional enemy
the warlike Blackfeet, gave to it the
reputation which furnished its name
The Selfish hunting parties, enroute
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-03-15
I WAS BORN AT HE'LL GATE


1 WAS BORN Emma Harriet
Minesinger on Jan. 8, 1866, on my
fathers homestead about five miles
northwest of old He'll Gate town in
Missoula county, northwest Mon
tana territory.
He'll Gate, huddled on the grassy
slope of the Missou1a valley, began
as an Indian trading post established
in 1860, by c. P. Higgins and Frank
Worden, who came from Walla
Walla, Wash, with 75-nule pack
train.
place of Ambush"
About three miles southeast of our
place and near the mouth of Hell
Gate canyon stands the town whose
name, Missoula, Father Palladino in
forms us in his book, Indian and
White in the Northwest, is a deriva-
ton from the Selfish Indian word,
'sNM-I-SU-LI," meaning '.place of
ambush"
The winter before was born Hig-
gins and Worden, co-founders of He'll
Gate and Missoula, put up sawmill
on the present site of the University
city. This, its beginning, was known
as Missoula mills. AS time passed
Hell Gates population moved to the
new location and the frontier viii
1age became one of Montana's
"ghost'' towns.
was born to James Madison
Minesinger, a white man, and Nellie
Minesinger, a Shoshone Indian wom-
an. When the stork delivered me to
their pioneer home it was o'clock
in the morning. Outdoors in the win
ter darkness a January blizzard
ragged. Within our cabin the fireplace
logs, piled high, cracked and blazed,
emitting a welcome warmth.
BY the light of tallow candle my
father performed the duties of an
obstretrician, After mother was
made comfortable he bathed, dressed
and tucked me, his third child, into
a homemade cradle. I was a small,
brown-skinned baby, resembling my
mothers people, the Shoshones of the
Rocky mountains. The third day
mother rose from her bed and as
suned her usual household duties.
Not Unusual
Mother said that it was not I'M
usual, in fact, it was common prac-
tice among the Shoshone Indians
for the mother to rise Immediately
after childbirth. In summer wher
the tribe was on the move, the ex-
pectant mother would often stop be.
side some lake or stream, give birth
to her child, remount her horse with
her babe fixed to her back, and joir
her fellow travellers.
I had brother, Henry, and sis
ter, Mary, who were older than
When 1 was years of age, twil
brothers, John and Charles, wer'
welcomed into our home. John sool
passed away. About Is years late
mother presented us with anothe
brother who became John II. Gu
family consisted of, in rotation
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-03-15
Census Taker Will Help

March is. 1861
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-03-15

a none" box if the items listed are
not applicable to the farm.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-01
VALLEY LEADS U. s.
 IN CIVILIAN DEFENSE BLOOD TYPE PROGRAM

The Valleys response to the blood typing program as a part of the Civilian Defense plan is said to lead in the states for the percentage of the population par ticipating in the program, Alaska Health Department officials re- ported here recently.
 A total of 728 persons, com- prised mainly of school children, were blood typed and registered in the program which started here the first part of November. Areas included Palmer, Wasilla, Inde- pendence Mine, Valley Christian Children's Home and Lazy Noun tain Children's Home, which are all under Miss Marjorie Myren's jurisdiction as Public Health Nurse
 Frank Pauls of the Alaska De partment of Health came here from his offices at Anchorage to conduct and supervise the blood typing program.
 Volunteers assisting MT. Pauls and Miss Myren in the program were Mrs. Marilyn Grasser, Mrs. Jack Newcomb, Barbara Larsen, Ingebord Navjord, Louise Kellogg and Florence Eby.
 Individual record cards have been distributed to those who were typed, Miss Myren said. In
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-01
John Witt. in Hospi+oI
 Is Reported Improving

John Witt, who, with Mrs. Witt, recently left Palmer to spend the winter at Nachez, Wn., is ill and in the hospital, according to word received by friends here. MT. Witt is hospitalized at Yakima, where he is reported to be slowly improving.
 The Wits formerly operated the Valley Cleaners here. Prior to their departure this fall they leased the cleaning establishment to MT. and Mrs. c. J. McMahan long time residents here. MT. Nc Mahan has been in the territory for the past 30 years.
 When the McMahans moved tc
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-01

addition to the individual cards. records are also on file at the Val ley Hospital, Alaska Department of Health Laboratory and the Palmer Health Center. Dupli- cateS of any cards that may be lost by individuals may be ob- tained at any of the listed places, Miss MYren said.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-01
STUFFED TOYS MADE BY CLUB FOR CHRISTMAS

An assortment of stuffed toys to be used as Christmas gifts for children of the community were made by the ladies of the Chugiak Homemakers Club at the regular meeting Thursday. The all-day meeting started at 10 am. and was held at the Chugiak commun- ity hall.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-01

their new enterprise they rented their Palmer home to MT. and Mrs. Newell Talcott. MT. Talcott is with the Eklutna project here.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-01

A tactful person has the knack of winning an argument without making an enemy.
The Nome nugget., 1950-05-05
Katmai Monument Open For Tourists

CCP) Special Washington ServiCe)
 WASHINGTON, (P) - Katmai National Monument, on the Alas ka Peninsula, will have tourist ia cilities this summer for the first time since President Woodrow Wilson established it in 1918.
 The National Park Service said Saturday it has issued a five-year permit for Northern Consolidated AirlineS, Inc, of Anchorage and Fairbanks, to operate two camps within the monument.
 The main camp will be at the mouth of the Brooks River. The company also will establish two camps at adjoining lands admin istered by the Bureau of Land Management. The airline will provide plane transportation to visitors from Anchorage.
 Katmai is the largest of the na- tional Monuments. It has many miles of frontage on Shelikox Straits. Lying west of Kodiak Is land, it contains 2,697, ,59O acres of land and water.
 The Monument long has been known to wilderness fishermen for it's big rainbow and Dolly Var den trout, grayling, mackinaW and salmon.
 Park Service fishing regulations will apply-a limit of 10 fish in one days catch and 20 fish in pos session at any time.
The Nome nugget., 1950-05-05
Housing Bids
 Under Estimates

ANCHORAGE, (H) - Low bids for 50 eight-family housing units at Fort Richardson are reported to be S2,00O,OOO below the govern ment cost estimates.
 Patti-MacDonald COnstructio n Co.,. of St. Louis and Kansas City apparently led the field of IS bid ders. Specifications were so com plicated however, that three other firms might have an edge in the final evaluations of the bids in Washington, D. C.
 The Macdonald bids on five types of designs for the build ings ranged from $4,253,422 to $4,- 718,l4 for the 50 buildings to house military personnel.
 The government estimate was around $6,800,000.
 Authorities said that if a study of the bids shows that the row type units for eight families can be built at a reasonable figure, the government may cancel tenta- tive plans to build 3.531 dwellings under the Wherry Housing Act at Anchorage and Fairbanks. Build ings under the Wherry Act are limited to $12,OOO per unit.
 The bids on the Fort Richard son project averaged a bout S10,00O to $11,000 per unit. The firms listed next to Patti Macdonald in the bidding on the preliminary appraisals, were: J. H. Pomeroy, Inc, of San Fran cisco; a combine of Morrison Knudsen of Seattle and Boise,
The Nome nugget., 1950-05-05
ANS. Seeks More Nurses, Doctors

SAN FRANCISCO, LP) - Dr. Robert N. Shuler, medical repre- sentative of the Alaska Native Service, arrived yesterday to re- cruit personnel for the hospital at Mt. Edgecumbe, near Sitka. The ANS cares for medical and educa- tional needs of Alaska's Indians and EskimoS.
 "We need 30 registered nurses at the new hospital and at least ten others elsewhere in the Terri tory" pr. Shuler said. We need at least three more doctors, a good pharmacist and occupational and physio- -therapists."
The Nome nugget., 1950-05-05
U. s. Senate.

JUNEAU, (P)-The fishing yes sel Falcon of Juneau sprang a leak and sank 400 miles south west of Kodiak Island, it was re- ported here Wednesday. There were no casualties.
 A coast guard plane from Kodi- ak picked up the crewmen and re- turned them to Sand Point on Popoff Island.
 The vessel was owned by Alvin OSterback of Juneau.
The Nome nugget., 1950-05-05

JUNEAU (P)-Canadian fisher men still are unable to sell their catches in a United States port, the collector of customs said here Wednesday.
 The collector said he had been advised that a U. S.-Canadian treaty which would permit such sales by Canadian halibut boats still has not been ratified by the
The Nome nugget., 1950-05-05

SEATTLE, ,(4) - The steamer Chief Washable of the Alaska Steamship Company, due to re- turn to Puget Sound on May g., following the completion of six month charter to the Pacific Far East Lines, will be renamed the 'Chena" before sailing May IS on her first Alaska voyage this year.
 The name Cinema was chosen from the River on which Fair banks is located, the company said.
The Nome nugget., 1950-05-05

FAIRBANKS, (P) - Passengers aboard a Pan American AirWayS plane were shaken up but unin- jured yesterday when the aircraft came down short of the Annette Island runway, company spokes- men said. The plane suffered some damage.
 Passengers were taken on to Seattle in another plane.
The Nome nugget., 1950-05-05

Idaho, Peter Kiewit Sons of Om- aha, and L. F. Baldwin of Seat tie; a joint bid by J. C. Boespflug of Billings, Mont, Montana Con struction Go. of Billings and s. Birch and Sons of Seattle.
 The complicated call for bids on five types involved differing numbers of bedrooms, basement and other facilities.
 Contractors also were invited to bid on buildings of their own de sign. Bids were accepted on the whole 50-building job or on units of 10 building each.
 The Patti Macdonald bid for concrete frame buildings of it's design was S6,O67 ,387 for the en- tire project and $1,231 ,47O for 10 buildings. For light metal frame buildings of its own design the firm bid O6,O66,3O8.
The Nome nugget., 1950-05-05
NEWS IN BRIEF

Continued from Page One) ing to Ketchikan today under it's own power.
 The coast guard, which flew owner Fred Mckay to the Eureka yesterday, said the ship was ex- pected here today.
The Nome nugget., 1950-05-05
HONOLULU, (P) - Peter

HON OLULU, (P) - Peter B. Gruening, son of Alaska Gov. Err nest Greuning, and Mary Jane Mallison announced their engage ment last night. Both are 26.
 Miss Mallison, daughter of Mrs. Laclair Robertson, Los Angeles, is vacationing here. Gruening is a United Press reporter.
The Nome nugget., 1950-05-05
ChrysIer Strike
 Ends; Workers Get Pension; Pay Hike

COntlnued from Page One) fication of the contract Saturday, but none is expected to reject it. Approval usually is automatic. JAW president Walter Reuther claimed these gains, among oth- CTS. in addition to pensions and hospital-medical insurance bene- fits:
 Three to 13 cents an hour more for workers in several Chrysler parts plants.
 A boost of S31.10 a year in va cation pay for workers with three to five years service.
 A check-off of union dues. GA plan under which the company deducts union dues from wage payments.
 The JAW lost it's demand for a union shop, under which all workers would have been forced to join the union-after obtaining jobs if not before.
 The company still contends the Union could have got virtually what it received today without the strike, which cost an estim- ated 3S3,720,880 in lost wages and sales.
 Only the General Motors strike of 1945-46 lasted longer or cost more. It cost $1 1,457, 100000 and lasted 113 days.
 The union claims it's gains equal the "10cents-an-hour package" it demanded when it called the Walkout.
 JAW president Walter Reuther viewed the settlement as "vic- tory over the blind selfishness of the Chrysler Corporation"
 He added:
 "The Chrysler strike was more than fight for pension, hospital medical and insurance benefits and an improved contract. The Chrysler strike was a part of a great human crusade to build a better tomorrow and a better world"
 Herman L. Weckler, Chrysler , vice-president and general man. ager, issued a statement stating:
 '(The new contract is good contract. It provides pension and insurance benefits that should be helpful to our employees in the emergencies. of life that people are not always financially pre- pared to meet" Reuther and other union nego- tiators were bitter as they told re- porters of the settlement. His voice unsteady with anger, Reuther declared: "Chrysler Corp. has sunk to low never before attained in the auto industry" There was not even surface show of amity, such as usually at tends the end of negotiations. Asked to pose for pictures with Chrysler negotiators, the union men voted to refuse.
 The l4-week strike was peace full one. There were only two flareups of violence, both minor, involving only a few people with ......-.,
The Nome nugget., 1950-05-05
Books have been received from

Books have been received from Nenana compiling 2l3,OOO entries guessing all the way from Janu- ary to December of 1850 as the date when the ice will move at Nenana this year. The books, which took 125 people several weeks to compile, are four inches thick and are on display at Sev- eral business houses.
 The Fire Department was called out this morning to a small cabin on Kings Way and Steadman. The fire was out, however, before the department reached there.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-25

Mozell Shaw Constance Whit
field, Margaret and Virginia Fin
gers. Charles Estef James Mat
thews. Betty McClenic. Samuel
Latham. Jacquelyn Cush ing
Mary Carbon. Lucille Jones
Lance Hill. Euna Moon Eleanor
Killen. Steven Clark. Elizabeth
Roberts and Edward Griffen.
The Adoremus Choil Of 81 Ste
phen AME Church presented
recital Monday Feb 20 under di-
rection Of Mrs. Matte r gsnkis
The audience seemed TO enjoy the
program very much
a baby shower is being
planned for Mrs. Charlie Mauds
Battle OF -24th street. The
siork IS suppose TO visit her
some time next month. The
parents To- be are hoping that
the baby will be boy.
Four-monih old Annette Dem
mis-, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
Worlee Of 5785 Lorraine. is very
energetic for her age Already she
tries and sometimes succeeds in
standing UP in her baby butler
set Little Annette is q very bcau-
tiful baby and resembles both
her father and mother
Mrs. Cornelius Rocks OF 342l
Wreford has returned from her
one week visit 10 Crueer. Miss.
where she visited her mother.
Mrs. Irlee Thompson. She says
that she had lovely time in
spite OF the over flowing rivers
there which handicsp ped trans
portaiion SO badly inai she was
unable 10 view the sights Of her
home town.
was quite surprised 10 see
MIS- Gwendolyn Williams enter
me a neighborhood theatre last
Friday night THEE weeks ago
She was kept in the bed and was
undct 4 doctor cate because Of
lfllncss ] am clad to see her up
and around again.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
The best way 10 have a clean
mind is 10 change II occasional
lY."
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-25

Wingo.
cHATTERBOx
James De ellis. a chemist in
Windsor. was in town over the
weekend and few OF the kids
got together for small party
al pretty Helen Williams home
on Atkinson.
Among the few there playing
games and watching movies were
Ophelia Harmon, Bob Thomas.
Airline Davidson, George Will
liams. Rose Thomas, Douglas Nc
Affec. Ruth Hendricks. Theodore
and Dorothy Williams and Ethel
Cooper of Toledo
Saturday the interfraternity
basketball games were held down
at Brewster Center The Alpha's
lost TO the Signals and the One
gas lost TO the Kappas.
Cheering in the stands We're
Gerald Jordan. Geraldine Reemer,
George Gaines, Shirley Jackson,
Louis Proctor, James Adams,
Louis Graves. Barbara Jones,
Vivian Clayton, Henry Wallace,
Abbe Ulmer, Bernadean Neu-
some. Stanley Fields and Benia-
min Estelle.
Also Richard Brown, Wendell
Leach. Alma Coleman. Herman
Blackshire. Faye Hale, Blaine
Denning, Emile Jones, Howard
James. Freddy Jones. Shirley
Harris, Lenny Ford and Thomas
Taylor.
Since snow has finally come
to the Top o. Michigan. a group
OF fashionable sporfsfers. who
had almost given up hope Of a
few winter activities this Jssx.
son. are getting ready lik< mad
10 make the best of the weather
while the weather lasts for
events that promises 10 be the
best for the entire winter.
Included in this-sxoup are IryxK
Virgins, Harold Fuffr--Cnna-
mega Warner. Robert Whitaker,
Del Lewis, Betty Ann Novel;.
AIDE Lena Sturgeois, Joan Fave,
w. L. Green, Reginald Ernest,
Herbert Craig. Karl Young. Am
brose Livingstone. Geraldine
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-25

the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Kenny Burrell end his trio
played the wonderful music that
was heard for the affair Seen
dancing were Martha Cotton. Gil
bert Maddox. Shirley McTyre.
Luther Flanagan. Torres and
Jimmie Daniels. Elaine Graham.
Gilbert Holmes. Albert Richards,
Clara Bolton. Thomas Jackson,
Robert Richie. Irene Ellis. Charles
Edmondson. Charles Miller. Dau-
ris Smart, Henry Moore. Roland
Dean. Roscveld Rowe. Erma Bar
nett, Emma Reid and Leon Win
go.
Others were lima Roulette.
George Gaines. Faye Hale. Dau-
ris Palmer. James Leigh. Forest
Shelton. Lester Falcon. James
Staples. Billie Raymond. Dorothy
Evans, Eleanor Simpson. Johnotta
Vaughn. To-day Howell. Alice
Hodo. Richard Brown. Melvin
Leach. Wendell eLach. Janet Bell.
Roland Freeman, Richard Marris.
Gladys Mathis. Dolores Burns.
Jessie Falcon Mable Griges. Bill
Harris. irwin Petross and Lois
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-25
First American
Artist To Open
Haitian Exposition

Ruth Morris soprano. OF New
York City. had a brilliant car
eer as concert artist reach IFS
highest peak when appearing in
full recital at Theatre de YER
dure at the Bicentennial Exposi-
ton in Por.-su-Prince by spec
ial Invitation of His Excellency
Dumarsais Estime. President OF
the Republic of Haiti.
She was chosen as the first
American artist TO open the
celebration of Haiti's $50 years
Of exciting and romantic his
tory.
Before the First Lady Of the
Republic, Madam Estine, and a
large and distinguished audi
ence, the young singer enchant-
ed with classical songs. arias
from leading operas and Negro
Spirituals, which inspired the
music critic of the Haitian Jour
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-25

Green. Clara Bolton. DoDlores De
Bro, Fredrica Morris and Jackie
Luke.
The Camellias gave their sixth
anniversary dance at the Naci-
rema Club house Friday evening.
The affair was hugh success
and everyone was all decked out
in top hat and tales.
The club members are Mary
Marshall. Johnna Thomas. Villa
Daily, Arrozella Smith. Virginia
AFTER, Zenobia Causey. Jeane
James, Vivian Broadnax. Chris.
tine Croxton. Gwendolyn Rocks,
Eddmaye Hollis and Gene Druitt,
Friday evening Harry Woods
Irene Ellis, Charles Edmondson
Charles Syphax and Shirley No
Tyre gathered over at Bot
Riches home and had a regular
bull session after playing card.
the early part of the evening.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-02-25

Entitled. getting you and the
81 together, the first session OF
~, Ss conference held last Wednes-
a -, presented prominent bust
o"s women in a panel discus
' ''on "Job Opportunities for
Women.
The second session will consist
individual career meetings
I'm outstanding women speak
w. il eight careers OF outStand-
mo interest to college women.
Al . pm. the careers to be
a;scuescd will be- Radio and Tele-
,;sion Women in Business,
Nursing Women in Education;
.,2pm Social Work and Gov
eminent Service, Women in
Science Journalism, and Adver-
using Through Commercial Art.
Mrs Murel Andrew of Delta
sigma Theta sorority, is chair
nan and student moderator of
|,he social Work and Government
Service meeting at which Mrs.
|shapiro. assistant professor.
School Of Public Affairs and
Social Work. will be the main
|speakcs
Mis-. Gloria Payne is chairman
|of the Journalism meeting at