The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1951-07-05
Rippling
OF The Rivers
Summer seems to have ar
rived-finally.

rived-finally.
Eastern Montana, where we
normally see plenty of sunshine
and warm weather much before
this date each year, reminds us
of a northwestern point we once
visited, where a native told us:
Here we have two seasons
winter and the Fourth of July"
BY this time of year this sec
ton of the country generally
has had enough hot, dry Wea-
ther so that that dreaded little
insect, the Woodtick, is prac-
tically out of exiStance for the
season, but not so this year.
We've noticed an unusually
large number of the hard
shelled little bugs this year, and
it has been reported that. ticks
have been found on children
while playing in yards here in
the city.
Woodticks are rarely con-
tacted except in heavily wooded
or bruShy areas, but since they
have been reported in the city,
parents might do we'll to eXa-
mine their children frequently
as a precaution to possible con-
traction Of spotted fever, which
is carried by infected Woodticks.
Clipped from an exchange is
the following "Open Letter to
o. S. T. o. (Office of Straight
ening Things OUT" signed by
Louis Abb, Denver pharmacist:
Dear Mr.. Government: Up
until now I have been a firm
believer in the free enterprise
system, incidentally that has
made America as great as it is
and for me a way of life as
American as the Liberty bell,
Abraham Lincoln and the
Brooklyn Dodgers, but now I
am thoroughly confused.
"a few weeks ago one of your
agencies moved to Denver; it
was a great day for the locals,
it boosted our prestige and in
creased our population.
However, this agency i'm
mediately hired all the typists
in the city at a rate far above
what the Denver market could
afford and therefore took the
cream of the crop in this one
fell swoop.
"It took my secretary, Dor
othy, paying $2,650 a year to
start, tWenty-SiX days vacation
and fifteen days sick leave. I,
who happen to be in the
highly competitive field, can
not afford to meet these terms
even if I wanted to, because on
top of all that another agency
freezes my prices so that I am
unable to make more profits.
Furthermore, in order to keep
down initiation the OWS came
along and told me I could not
meet the salary the govern
ment had offered her anyway.
"NOW all these, Mr.. Govern
ment, I was able to bear in the
spirit of patriotism but last
Tuesday congress met and said
in effect:
Louis, because we are going to
pay Dorothy more money than
you can, we are going to have
to increase your taxes again."
81 then blew my top and here
I am completely Modified and
can tell you now I have one
foot on the bottom rung of
the bandWagon- I too want to
get on.
Therefore, of you can use a
drug buyer with references
that bear a faint of being
brought up under the free en-
terpriSe system but which / as
sure you I can alter quickly
working for forty hours a week,
fifteen days sick leave and
tWenty-Six days vacation, which
with my present agitated con-
dition I can certainly use up,
then consider this as a formal
application.
q am enclosing a Self-ad-
dressed and stamped envelope
for your answer. I do this be-
cause I do not want the cost of
government to 60 up again on
my account. (You see how these
darn free enterprise habits stick
to you?)
Louie Abb"