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The people's voice., 1950-06-23
BILLINGS COOP GROUP OPPOSES
HAVRE- SHELBY CONTRACT CANCELLATION

Vigorous opposition to the proposed
cancellation of the Havre-Shelby
Transmission lines contract in favor
of Montana Power Company, last
week was unanimously approved in
a resolution to Montana's Congress
sional delegation and the President,
at the quarterly meeting of Coop
Activities in Billings. The coop group
is composed of managers and direct
ors of co-ops with over 5000 mem
bers in the Midland Empire, COM
prising Yellowstone, Carbon, Big
Horn, Treasure, Musselshell, Golden
Valley and Saltwater counties.
The action of the meeting on
Havre-Shelby came about on resolu-
ton presented by Mac Matthews,
manager of Yellowstone REA Coop,
following a thorough discussion of in
formation from Washington that a
senate floor fight may be necessary
to save the transmission lines, and
that the Bureau of Reclamation had
been requested to prepare all neces-
sary material concerning cancella-
ton, salvage of material already de-
livered to the job, the estimated mil
lion dollars it would cost the taxpay-
ers in penalties and other costs, etc.
Legislative QUESTIONABLE Presented
In accordance with instructions set
forth at the March meeting of the
group, a committee reported on the
QUESTIONABLE they had prepared and
sent to all legislative candidates in
the seven counties noted above.
The people's voice., 1950-06-23
Mccone REA Coop Gets
S385,00O Loan

WASHINGTON Rural Elec-
trification Administration has ap-
proved loan of $385,OO to the Nc
Cone County Electric Coop. The
loan will be used for system i'm
provements and to build 200 miles
of additional line to serve 223 rural
homes. The McCone coop serves
many hundreds of farm. families
in Dawson, McCone, Garfield and
Richland counties. John Vejtasa of
Circle is president of the coop. Di-
rectors include Harold Bawden, and
Martin Beck, Wolf Point; c. c.
Chaplin, Circle; E. c. Halsey, Lind
sey; J. M. Holland, Vida, and Judd
Walker, Bloomfield.
The people's voice., 1950-06-23
PROVISIONS OF SENATE
APPROVED SOCIAL
SECURITY MEASURE

The senate-approved social secur-
ity bill, which places an additional
ten million people under the Social
Security Act, according to United
Press, would provide as follows:
The senate bill would extend SOC
ial security protection for the first
time to domestic servants, farm
hands, persons who are their own
bosses, and several other groups.
1t would double the minimum old
age benefit from the present $40 to
$40 a month, increase the maximum
family benefit from $85 to $3.50 and
up average payments to individual
workers from $26 to $40 a month.
The senate agreed by voice vote to
increase the amount of wages sub
ject to social security taxes from the
present $4,000 to $4,000. This
would mean an increase of So year
to each worker now covered who
earns $4,000 or more, with employ
ers matching the boost.
1t would also raise the maximum
individual benefit for the aged from
the present $3.50 a month to a new
high of $50 a month. Administra-
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice., 1950-06-23

over the past 20 years had averaged
7.48 per cent, and " that for the
eight-year period, from 1880 through
1887 the company paid dividend
of per cent, Olsen said " the
fact that such high dividends were
paid throughout the depression leaves
no doubt as to what became of the
company's surplus "a lack of
which is one reason given for the
company needing higher rates. He
noted further that most COM
panies were entirely satisfied to
merely stay in business during the
depression, let alone pay dividends"
In this connection he pointed out
that 83.5 per cent of dividend-paying
MST&T stock is presently held by
American Tel. & Tel, the parent
company.
Noting that the company placed
major reliance on its hopes for ap-
proval of higher rates on the "pres-
The people's voice., 1950-06-23

Carefully documentlng with prece-
dents from earlier Montana commits
sion decisions as we'll as from those
of other states, the brief points out
instant after instant where "finan-
cial gimmicks" invented to expedite
increased rate approval in other
states, and employed by MST&T in
this instant, were discounted by 9TH
er public service bodies.
Finally, the Attorney General re-
minded the commission that they
should {" by Independent investi-
cation attempt, in so far as possible,
to check the figures submitted by the
applicant (MST&T) and determine
their accuracy. =" This point is
particularly pertinent when it is con-
sidered that MST&T net profits
jumped nearly 400 per cent in 1948
and 1949 as compared with 1947.
HIGH DIVIDENDS THRUOUT
DEPRESSION
Noting that MST&T net earnings
The people's voice., 1950-06-23

L. School health environment;
2. School health instructions;
3. School health services, and
4. School health policies.
The groups each had counselors
from the professions, group leader,
and group reporter. The conclu-
sions and recommendations of each
group were given to the conference
as whole at the closing of the ses-
SiOns
Stress Cooperation
All conclusions and recommenda-
tions stressed doctor, teacher, public
health department, and community
cooperation, by making the commun-
ity conscious of the services avail
able.
The final recommendation were
expressed as necessarily broad" in
view of the fact this was the first
conference. Until the local commun-
tiles become active and problems spe-
cific, more detailed recommendations
were considered impossible.
The following recommendations of
group on School Health Policies, be-
ing very general, cover broadly the
main objectives of the conference:
"That there should, wherever pos
sible, be organized a school health
committee for each school. If there
are a number of schools in a school
system or community there should be
an overall health council for the
school system or community"
'That when locally desired it
should be the policy that representa-
tives of local organizations or pro-
fessions interested in child health,
school authorities, and local health
councils to cooperate in the promo
ton of a definite local school health
program"
The people's voice., 1950-06-23
SAYS GOVERNOR
POSTPONE: ARMY CHANNEL |

Construction of the Army Engineers pork barre navi
cation channel should be postponed by the Congress- for four
big reasons stated Governor John w Bonner last week
The Governors latest salient against wasting of precious
by the Army request proposing that the presently
thorzed 9oot flowing channel be extended from Sioux City,
Iowa, to Yankton, S. d.
The Governor made known his protest in letter to the
Board of Engineers Rivers and Harbor Washington d. Co.
copy of which he also submitted to the Presidents Water
Resources Policy Commission hearing at Spokane.
His dynamite -ladened letter follows:
Board of Engineers Riversan Harbor
1336-BIdg. TT, GraveIy Point
Washington D.. C.
Omaha
Nebraska navigation chan
mel from Sioux City, Iowa. to Yanon South Dakota must
vigorously protest this proposal for four
supply by
be of the authorized channel All
of this originates West of the 98th Meridian and supposedly
reserved for Upper Valley consumptve the OMahoney amend
to Flood Control Act of 1914
DIFFERENT engineering reports probable
shortage authorized projects This
with allowance conumptv
and better land pending before Congress
suspect in Wyoming
practical but still unauthorized projects
facilities
City will visible
of Missouri development
will little nothing transport think
authorized channel until the whole be thoroughly
vestgated- W. BONNER, Governor
The people's voice., 1950-06-23
OOO 600 Acre Feet of Water Short Under ic Sloan!

Every person interested in the future prog
ress of our great river basin will want to care
fully study this report which will be presented
to the Presidents Water Policy Commission at
its Denver hearing next week.
Watch the Voice next week for this docu-
mented material and place your orders for ex-
ira copies early.
The people's voice., 1950-06-23

Powerful as is Governor Bonner's latest de-
nunciation of the Army Engineers proposed
navigation channel Gas published below, within
a few days it will be over-shadowed by an
pose which should completely discredit the
Pick-Sloan plan, and particularly the proposed
navigation channel
This expose, material which has been "kept
The people's voice., 1950-06-23
NO MYSTERY about kAST&T'S SURPLUS
LACK, SAYS Olsen

That Mountain States TEL & Tel short surplus funds
surprising Attorney General Arnold Olsen his
Louis Poppler. To the point-MST&T paid in
divdendsto American TEL & Tel for the $780,
But isn't the only piece of nulged
the according brief filed by the Attorney
General, with the Public Service Commission.
The people's voice., 1950-06-23

ent value" of its plant, the brief re-
fers to numerous utility commission
decisions which rule out this item of
Reproduction cost new, less observ-
ed depreciation" as a decisive factor
in rate schedule determination. To
clarity, Olsen pointed out 9. that
it would be as unfair to the rate
payers to use the figure based upon
present high costs of replacement as
it would be to the company to use a
figure based upon costs in 1882, the
low point of the last great depres-
sion." Average prices over a long
period of time should be the determ-
lining factor as regards plant equip
ment values.
TRUE PICTURE NOT PRESENTED
COMMISSION
The brief also questions the lump
ing together of total investments for
interstate and intra-state plant, in
asking that intra-state rates be rails
ed on the total valuation rather than
on intra-state valuation alone. Furth-
er, the Attorney General contends
that because of this Jumping togeth-
er, true picture of the company's
earnings on Montana properties is
not given the commission. Instead
Continued on page four)
The people's voice., 1950-06-23

under wraps by the Bureau of Reclamation
for number of months, will prove beyond all
possible contradiction, what Montana MVA
Association has contended for over two years
that projects presently authorized under Pick
Sloan will require over 100000 acre feet more
annual run-off than the average annual flow
of the Missouri river at Yankton, S. D.
The people's voice., 1950-06-23
International Water
Hearings

Space limitations necessitate
the holding over until next week
a resume on important aspects
of the international Joint Com
mission hearings on division of
Waterton-Belly river waters, held
at Shelby and Havre, June IL and
IL.
The people's voice., 1950-06-23

l. School health environment;
2. School health instruction;
3. School health services, and
4. School health policies.
Evening star., 1950-02-05
Csc

S1.0O Triangular Dust
Mops to get into cor
ners. Sturdy wood han
die, spring socket swiv-
els for getting under
furniture.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
NOTICE
Dear President:

Dear President:
From time to time, we have been
urging you to get Duplicate policies
for your members whenever they are
needed and yet, we have quite a few
presidents who viii wait until their
members are dead to find out as to
whether they have an H. B. A. pol
icy. am taking this medium to
kindly ask the presidents to make a
survey Of all of their members and
find out as to whether they have
their policies and if the wills are
made like they want them. If the
person is dead, that the policy is
WL4ed TO, you can readily see that
this will bring about a conflict. If
there is no will, you can see that this
will bring about a conflict, but if the
viii on the policy is made out prop
.erly it will save all concerned I'M
due trouble. Presidents, please take
this survey at your earliest conven-
fence
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
Bring Policy TO Board

The presidents who have deceased
members in their lodges are request.
ed to notify the beneficiaries of the
deceased to bring their policies along
with them to the board in order to
make collections. 1t is impossible
for us to pay off any claim uRhl the
policy is in our possession.
All death certificates are to be
properly filled out, notarized and
filed in the office Of the H. B. A.,
before any claim viii be in line fol
payment in this board.
Secretary.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01

: When you start to plan an all
electric kitchen for your new
come, or to remodel your present
Sua, a neighborhood kitchen pan
p .ng specialist or appliance dealer
:ro help you build" the new kit
cSen on the dining room table
'ayks and months before con-
*, uctlon gets under way.
He probably is no magician,
Ut he brings the kitchen, in
J.adlng draperies and samples Tor
Tor covering, so that you may
t.,ect everything from the room
rangement to the fittings. To-
-, Hotpoint, a leading producer
g. electric kitchens-apd this in
S'e3es Manned home laundries-
A, outfitted thousands of kitchen
A-alers with miniatures of all
tan automatic pushbutton appli-
s9ces that have been developed
4 save the housewife time and
work.
The planning Specialist will
0~op around in the evening when
tre family is together, carrying
little black suitcase. When the
I. Sc Of kitchen fittings is opened,
'~.e kitchen engineer opens his
Z tease and pulls out a board
{ yided into one inch squares
r ade of linoleum or composition
hard. This is floor for the kit
clen you are going to "build."
If you are building a new home
sou may have architects draw
ilgs showing the room size, win
COWS, doors and radiator loca-
lions. The visiting specialist takes
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
Envelopes for Policies

All policies issued on or after Jan
uary 10, 1850, are being put in indi-
vidual envelopes with the name of
the insured, his address, the number
Of the local lodge, the name, address
and telephone number Of the local
president.
This method viii help the policy
holder to keep his or her policy nice
and clean and aasv TO find whenever
said policy is needed
Before die policy is issued 4 he
70 -v holder lae local secretary win
ae required "a fake tde policy out 81
the envel ape alo record tle policy
uumner etc on her secretary record
lo4 reference
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
VIZ, Corn Now pl~n ood "1u;.d" Your AilhlecTic
Kitchen on Your Dining Room lG0le OF lone "a

ai.es. For example, should you
sel,..t on 8 Gu. fit. refrigerator YOU
need a total of "a Gu #. Of dry
storage space close at hand for
foods awaiting preparation.
Home economists at Hotpoint
Inc. nave determined that three
to one ratio of dried to refrig-
Grated foods make a very ade'
quate storage center. The cab
inets over and near the range
should contain the condiments and
such dry foods as cereals and
others that go directly to the
range from the package. OF
course, the equipment and utensils
used for cleaning should be near
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
U.TYpe Oesien


present kitchen he measures. its
dimensions and makes a floor plan
on pad of squared paper.
} When the basic room is econ
structed" you are ready to select
and place the floor appliances and
cabinets. There viii be the re-
frigerator, the electric range
perhaps in the apartment house
size as well as the standard; the
sink enclosing the dishwasher or
a separate dishwasher which can
stand alongside the sink; a selec-
ton Of base and wall cabinets in
various sizes.
! Among his aids for kitchen
planning, the specialist will have
diagrams which show three, or
possibly more, basic kitchen de-
signs such as the common IL"
shape, the ~" shape; or, the
kitchen in which the appliances
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
TRANSFER CARDS

We still have local Presidents
throughout the Association who do
not know what procedure to take
in transferring members. Amy mem
Der who wishes to transfer to some
other ~ 2. a Lodge is at liberty
DO 81 however the local lodge
cannot issue transfer card until
tae mealh forwards the number Of
me lodge 10 which he desires Il
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
Center Work Points

The range is frequently at the
point closest to the dining room
or eating nook Most kitchen
planners prefer to have the
sink - sometimes called the
cleanup center" because it can
include the food disposal and
automatic dishwasher - between
these two points. Foods taken
from the refrigerator usually go
to the sink before they reach the
range. This works in reverse as
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
I,oiice 70 Presidents

Dc you have a deceased member
in your lodge?
Have you ever filled out the
Death Certificate and mailed it ia
the office?
Have you informed the beneficiary
of the deceased that this claim wiz
be paid in the asnf Board?
Do you need form M222 for your
deceased member?
Have ysu notified the beneficiary
that they are to bring the policy to
the Board or send it if they are not
coming?
If it Is impossible for you as Pres
ident 90 attend tl-e Bead sc4 you
have a deceased member in your
lodge, please write the office a let
ter identifying the peBson who il
representing you. It is quite EN-,
barassing for a beneficiary to come
to the Board to make a collection
on q deceased member and the Pres
ident is not present to identify said
beneficiary. President, please think
on these things.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
Fl. B. A. BANK
JOINING FEE Sl,00

The Executive Board fixed t h e
joining fee at S100. The president
is to retain sos and forward soc to
the Office and the office in turn will
send you a credit check for SOC, pay
able In the Convention.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01

The Pastor and members of the
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
are asking you, one and all, for your
prayers and splendid cooperation in
helping us to get our church re-
built. Easter Sunday service was
held in the vocational shop.
Bernice Anderson, Reporter
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
PRINTING WANTED
Dear Presidents:

I am writing, you this open letter
soliciting your printing I am man
ager Of The Goodwill Printing Com.
pany and will appreciate yoar bust.
ness.
I wish to express my appreciation
20 those Of yoU who have been send.
ing me your work recently and !
am thanking you in advance for your
printing in the future.
Miss Lillian E. Larkin
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
arc arranged along opposite walls.

arc arranged along opposite walls.
After selecting the basic floor
design for your appliances, you
determine how each should be
placed in order to create the
greatest accessibility to other
parts of the house and the out
doors. For example, the refrig-
orator will be located at the point
nearest the door where supplies
arrive.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
Type Design

IN the same
time it has taken to read about
them, if you have no unusual
complications.
The next, and probably as inn
portant as any other step IN the
process, is the selection of the
colors and type of decorations
YOU want to "personalize" your
kitchen. You have two basic ele-
ments to consider - the floor
covering and the tops on your
base cabinets.
Change Color Scheme
The color scheme Of your
curtains and any decorative pieces
that enter in are equally impOr-
tant but, unlike the floor and the
base tops, they can frequently be
changed. The floor. and the cab
met eOnn evil be with you many
years Il not for the rest of the
time you may use the house; and
they must have colors and pat
terms that you know you will en-
Joy living with.
Many of the larger department
stores and home furnishings
stores have divisions which not
only supply floor coverings and
Grapes, but also take a complete
contract for the appliances and
all other fittings. This type Of
transaction has one advantage in
that it assures you that a single
Family of mechanics" will do the
entire job. Also, you have to deal
with only one merchant.
If you are going to build or
remodel, by all means make in.
quiries about this "build-it-your-.
self-in-miniature" service. II
takes much Of the guess work out
Of procuring your new kitchen.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01

meal left overs
are transferred
to storage con-
tainers at the
sink and then
placed in the
refrig orator.
Also the cen
Ter position Of
che Sink asekee
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
Mrs. Viola johnson
Passes

MCLEOD
Mrs. Viola johnson, a faithful mem
Der Of Lodge No. 384, passed to the
great beyond April IA, 1850. Her
survivors are: a mother, brother,
three daughters, one son and a host
of friends.
Mrs. Julian Andrews, President
A. L. Gavis, Secretary.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
COLLINS

Dear Miss Larkin:
Lodge No. 444 is sending in one
application on the Matte L. Larkin
Campaign. We hope to be in the
Convention to help break the bank.
Mrs. Eula Berkhalter, President
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01

lent to both refrigerator and
range. ..--..-.------
Another point that the special
list will advise is to have a win
dow above the sink. This not only
permits better light for cleaning
Jobs, but also offers a view when
you are doing chores at the sink.
When the floor layout has been
settled, you select the wall-cab-
inets. There are different sizes
for areas over working counters,
the range and the refrigerator.
The number of these handy stor-
age units is limited only by the
wall space available.
In a well-planned kitchen the
amount of space needed in the
wall-cabinets should be deter
mined to a considerable extent
according to the specific apph.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01

these drawings
a n d places
walls which
simulate your
new kitchen on
his miniature
floor. If you
are going to
.,..1ri.l %1,,-
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
Joining Fee

1he joining fee continues at $1.00
per applicant. The president will
retain half of the poiaing fee and
forward the other half to the office
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01

the dishwasher
sink.
All the fore
going steps IN
building your
kitchen on the
dining room
table can be
accomplished
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
H B. "A. Office TO Be
Closed AT Noon On
Wednesdays

The office Of the Holbrook Benev-
olent Association will be closed on
Wednesdays at 1900 o'clock, begin
ming April 26th.
This half day vii give the office
force a chance to get a little recrea-
ton and to do something for them
selves. Please govern yourselves &C
cordingly.
Matte L. Larlzin, Secretary.
EXTRA BONUS ALL OVER TEN
ADDITIONS
An extra cash bonus will be given
to all presidents for every addition
made over ten. He must add ten
and then all over ten he or she win
be given a cash voucher for $1O0 in
stead Of Soc
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
Toomsuba News

Lodge No. q wishes to announce
their many Improvements for the
year 1850. We are now doing great
work with a number of eighty-throe
members and sill growing.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01

Among our sick. we have MIR.
Charlie O'Field. who has been i'll
for some time and desires the pray
ers of his many friends.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01

The Heroines Of Jericho. the Roy
al Family Of the Children's Palace
and the Masons had a program at
the Pleasant Grove Methods t
Church, Sunday, April 2, 1850, cele-
brating Palm Sunday.
We are now getting ready for the
Grand District Lodge to be held in
August at Greenwood Mississippi.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
Mrs. Mary COyar
SuccVYnhs

MACON
Mrs. Mary Cogar, a member of
Lodge No. 800 passed Friday night
April 81
Mr.. JOHN Cotton, President.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1950-05-01
Woll-1ype Design

lent to both refrigerator and