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Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
Finishing First Plant Building

Scheduled for mid-January is
occupancy of the first of the rs
permanent buildings at the Ana
conda Aluminium Co. plant two
miles east of Columbia Falls.
The new 1862 by 9O-foot ware
house is considered virtually COM
pleted, and is to be occupied by
the AAC force. Klaas Dewitt is
AAC warehouse foreman.
Plant construction started June
9, 1858.
This week saw a daytime and
swing shift at work at the plant
eXcavating for the alumina un-
loading station. The hole being
dug will be As feet below plant
grade, and actually SO feet below
the present ground level. 1t will
be deepest part of the plant, and
will contain conveyor machinery
for unloading cars of alumina.
In addition excavation is start
ing on the nearby paste plant, a
building thst has a measurement
of 100 by 140 feet.
Glenn Geary, Inc, Missoula,
subcontractor for J. A. Mcneil, ex-
cavations and foundations contrac-
tor, has 20 men operating excavat-
ing machinery.
Concrete foundation work is to
follow.
Foley Constructors men mean
while are continuing to enclose the
brick and aluminium office build
ing, lab and change house, and the
metal sided machine shop. Other
Foley men are excavating for the
sewerage treating plant, and pier
foundation work is in progress for
the mile-long 100000 volt trans
mission line from the Bonneville
grid across the Flathead river to
the plant.
There was considerable dismay
at the plant this week as temper
atures rose into the 40s, and oper-
ations were at winter level. If
present weather had been antici-
pated, much of the late December
layoffs may not have occurred.
Employment total is under 400
with 277 men working for Foley
Constructors, general contractors
for the plant; SIS for j. A. Mcneil
and Mcneil subcontractors, and 80
in the AAC field force.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
Cubs Still Expect
Winter Weather

Two year old black bear cubs
at Mountain View on U. S. high
way No. 2 southeast of Columbia
Falls aren't taking any chances
with the present mild winter. Both
have had look-see and prefer hi
bernating.
Last October, the two cubs made
a nest out of straw, and then bur-
rowed down out of sight. Their last
meal was Oct. %.
Pauline came out of the den
two weeks ago, looked around,
licked some snow, and returned
to the den carefully covering her
self with straw. Last Sunday with
the New Year, Tommy came out,
looked and shifted the situation,
licked some snow, and then back
into the den, and covered himself
with snow.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
More Men Working
Thon Yeur Ago

Number of men and women
without jobs in the Flathead and
on the unemployment compensa-
ton rolls Thursday morning stood
at 1,178 compared to 1,450 year
ago, and 1,642 two years ago.
Clifton Merritt, state employ
ment service office manager in
Kalispell attributes the reduced
number out Of work to mild wea-
ther that favors numbering and
construction, aluminium plant con-
struction, and the situation where
a number of construction workers
have left the Flathead with Hun
cry Horse Dam completed.
AT Libby the unemployment
compensation total is 189. Flat
head figures include the whole
county.
Bright spot in the local employ
ment picture includes more men
working at Columbia Falls mills
than a year ago, for total Of
nearly 300. New home construction
is also favored by weather.
At the aluminium plant payrolls
now include 375 men.
Great Northern railway employ
ment in the Flathead appears to
be down from a year ago.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
Consider High School Addition

Winter project for district 6
is circulating petitions and then
possibly an election to approve a
bond issue for about 100000 to
erect and equip an eight-room ad-
dition to Columbia Falls high
school.
A public meeting has been call
ed for 8 p. m. Monday at the high
school study hall to discuss the
problem.
The present high school was
built in 1910 at a cost of 100000
when there were less than 100
students. Enrolment has increas-
ed to 265. Completion Of Hungry
Horse Dam did not create the ex-
pected enrolment dip, and now
the outlook is for nearly 100 more
students next year, for total of
about 365.
There are so seniors, up from
last years 40, and l10 eighth grad
ers already in the district prepar-
ing to enter high school. Class
rooms are jammed.
The proposed concrete and brick
structure as designed by Archi-
tects Genres Weed and Robert
Fehlberg, KaliSpell, contains TO-
200 square feet (the new grade
school has 28,0OO). There are four
classrooms on the ground floor
and four in the second story. The
addition would be on the south
end of the high school.
Construction exterior plan is to
have red Roman brick to match
the new grade school.
Petitions containing 20 per cent
of the district voters are neces-
sary before the question goes on
the ballot. A turnout of 40 per
cent of the voters with a majority
favoring the question is necessary
to carry a bond election. Eligible
to vote are all resident taxpayers.
This includes car owners.
There is little interest at this
time in the district regarding a
high school addition. The school
serves Columbia Falls, Hungry
Horse, Martin City, Coram, West
Glacier, Essex and the neighboring
Bad Rock and Canyon View rural
districts.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
Selling Coal Creek
Timber jan. 20

Bids are being opened Jan. 26
on the Flathead National Forest
sale of 100000 board feet of tim
Der on the North Fork of Coal
creek, 43 miles northwest of CO.
lumbia Falls.
Price is So a thousand board
feet lower than was asked at a
sale last fall when there were no
bidders.
In a spruce bark beetle infested
area, the offering includes 1,640,-
600 board feet of dead spruce with
minimum acceptable bid of $4.90
thousand including S1.75 for
stumpage, S1.25 for stand improve
ment and S1.90 for slash disposal.
The same price of $4.9O thou
sand is being asked on the 10000
board feet of larch and fir, and
100000 board feet of alpine fir.
Minimum bid for green spruce is
set at $500 a thousand with A.
$4,000 board feet being offered.
Same price holds OH the 10000
board feet of lodgepole pine. The
sale offers 10000 board feet of
white pine at $23.15 a thousand.
Superior Buildings Co., Colum-
bia Falls, has negotiated an emer-
gency sale of 100000 board feet of
the Coal creek offering. They
agree to meet any competitive bids
at the Jan. 26 opening as a result.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
n. n. Dam Becomes Operations Unit

This week saw the Hungry
Horse Project have a superinten-
dent as the top position instead OF
construction engineer.
1t is the transition from a dam
started in 1948 to a water storage
reservoir and power producer,
completed and on an operational
basis in 1854. Permanent person.
mel will number about 65. Staff is
now about 100.
FIRST SUPERINTENDENT
Eugene L. Gochnauer, former
chief of the electrical and mechan-
ical construction branch, is Hun
cry Horses first superintendent.
E. J. Niemen, field engineer dur
ing the big concrete placing days,
and recently the project construc-
ton engineer, becomes the last
man to head Hungry Horse in this
capacity. Change date was Jan. 3.
Nieman leaves Saturday for
Boston where he will be a liaison
engineer for Charles T. Main, Inc.
Nieman will spend part of his time
in Boston, and part in Europe and
Turkey where he will be in charge
for the company at the Sariyar
Dam project.
VERTREES ON CONSTRUCTION
John Vertrees, chief inspector at
Hungry Horse during construction,
is heading up final construction
windup phases that will be finish
ed in the spring.
Marcus Hidden, presently acting
office engineer, is scheduled to be-
come assistant superintendent un-
der Gochnauer.
Charles Simmons heads the OPP
erations division at the power
house with 27 men. Richard Grei-
ner is in charge of power plant
maintenance with a staff of IL.
ROGNAS, ADMINISTRATIVE
Ed Rognas, formerly supply Of
ficer during construction, heads
the administrative branch that will
include purchases, guide service,
personnel, finance, camp mainten-
ance and offices. His staff will to-
tai about 25.
Gochnauer came to Hungry
Horse in July, 1851 to supervise
electrical and mechanical con-
struction in the powerhouse. He
was graduated from Washington
State College in 1884; went to
work for the Corps of Engineers
at Fort Peck in 1886, for the Bur-
eau of Reclamation at Grand Cou-
lee in 1899, and came to Hungry
Horse from Anderson Dam, Idaho.
Nieman was a 1929 graduate in
from the University
of Washington. From 1888 until
1912 he was an engineer at Grand
Coulee for the Bureau. From 1912
to 1945 he was in the army serv-
inc as a lieutenant colonel and
battalion commander in Europe.
He came to Hungry Horse as
field engineer in 1949, the No. 3
Job, and last Oct. II, succeeded Da-
vid Culver as construction en-
gineer. Culver had succeeded Clyde
Spencer, who is now Bureau reg
ional director for California. Gull
yer is senior engineer for the
Bechtel Corp. in Los Angeles.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
County Has 12,416
Persons Under 21

Total number of Flathead coun-
ty residents under 21 years old
last Oct. l was 12,416, according
to annual school census figures
Just compiled by Lulu Barnard,
county superintendent from school
district returns.
The figure of 12,416 persons un-
der 21 compares with 12,208 last
year; 12,493 in 1851, and 1880 in
1850 when the spring census
showed 3D. ,495 persons in the
county. This indicates total pop
ulation increase in the Flathead
since 1850 of about 1,200 to 1,5OO.
The Flathead last October had
8,096 persons between 6 and FL
years old, compared to 1916 in
1852; 1907 in 1851 and 1857 in
1850.
The one day to 6-year olds last
October totaled 1920, down from
1892 for 1852, 4,426 for 1851 and
4,O93 in 1850.
These figures indicate no jar
ring increases or decreases.
School census by districts in
cludes the following:
Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
Chamber 70 Meet
tuesday Noon

Discussion topic for Columbia
Falls Chamber of Commerce at
their Tuesday 1890 p. m. meeting
will be "How the business section
can better serve the public"
The meeting will be at McGre-
gor's cafe with each member or
dering his own lunch.
Other discussion topics include
the absence of employment office
facilities in the town.
The meeting is to be over at
1:30 pE m. Objective of having the
session at noon is to reduce the
number of evenings that men are
called away from home and fam
lilies.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
January

WEATHER forecast: Cloudy with
occasional rain or snow Thursday
and Friday. Predicted high Thurs
day AZ, low 80, high Friday near
35. Precip. so far this year % Of
an inch. Ground was bare at air
port and Columbia Falls. Valley
snow cover runs northwest side of
Kalispell through Whitefish, and
then Bad Rock canyon east. High
and low readings Of week include
Sunday 42-30; Monday 1880; Tu-
esday 1872; Wednesday 47-34;
Thursday 42-32. January temper
atures so far are running IL to 20
degrees above normal. Highest
temperature recorded in January
was Sc, Jan. 81, 1884. The year
1858 was 2.5 degrees above nor
NAL, according to Observer Ray
Hall.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
Bad Rock to Vote on Annexation

Residents of the Bad Rock COM
munity are to vote about Jan. 30
on the question of having their
district annexed to district No. 6.
This would mean that the 30 Bad
Rock students would attend school
in Columbia Falls. Bad Rock is
already a part of the Columbia
Falls high school district. Bus
transportation would be provided.
It is not now.
23 NAMES
A petition with the names of %
Bad Rock residents favoring an
nexation was submitted to Lulu
Barnard, county superintendent,
Jan. 2. 1t carries the necessary 20
per cent of the voters.
Miss Barnard and the three
members of the Bad Rock board,
Everett Baker, Howard Buck and
Griffin Mattheisen met with the
district 6 board Tuesday evening.
Miss Barnard read the petition,
and explained procedures.
District 6 board accepted inclu-
sion of Bad Rock in their grade
school system, if the rural voters
approve the issue at their election.
1t may come up to a vote only
once in a calendar year.
CONDITIONS
Conditions set forth by the dis
trict board are as follows:
Cd That the remainder Of the
school year will see classes con-
tinue at Bad Rock school.
(2) Bad Rock school will be
closed next fall.
(3) Bus routes will be estab-
lished by the county transporta-
ton committee, and not through
negotiations in the community.
The law requires that if Bad
Rock voters approve the annex
alton, all property, records and
funds of the district shall be trans
ferred to district within 10 days.
Miss Barnard is meeting with
the Bad Rock board at their school
Saturday at 7:30 p. m. to set the
election date and hours, and pick
judges. Voting will be at the
school.
TAX COMPARISONS
Bad Rock is out of debt except
for high school obligations. Pres
ent mill levy is 72.88-there ap-
pears to be none lower in the
District outside of Col
umbia Falls has the next lowest,
1858 mills. Last year Bad Rock
was 1894 and district 6, 1884.
Bad Rock assessed valuations
total S1l3,800, compared to ST.
8O3, ,678 for district 6 including Col
umbia Falls. District 6 has con-
portion of the Great Nor
thern mainline and the new AAC
plant
Two-room Bad Rock school has
the following student distribution:
grade one, 5; grade two, 8; grade
three, 7; four, 4; five, 2; six, 5;
seven, 3, and grade eight, 2.
Supt. Dulane Fulton did not be-
lieve that these extra students in
would create the need
for additional teachers in Colum-
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Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
TO Expand Town
Boundary East

Columbia Falls town council IS
scheduling a special meeting for
late January as a step toward ex-
panding the towns incorporated
limits beyond Fourth Avenue East.
Included in the proposed addi-
ton are four of the new Anacon-
da Aluminium Co. homes.
Harold Eagle, Helena, engineer
for Morrison -Maierle, consultants
on the $4,000 worth of water sys-
tenn improvements passed by the
voters, Nov. 6, met with the town
council at its January meeting
Monday.
Test wells are to be started this
month on Fourth Avenue East at
Fourth street to find an additional
water source. A IL inch main run
ming west across town is planned.
It was also agreed at the Mon
day meeting to replace 5000 feet
of old, leaky wood mains on the
west side of the community as
soon as practical.
No additional action was taken
in the matter of chickens being
kept in town. Procedure is for OBJ
iectors to sign a complaint.
At the meeting were Mayor Her
man Benzien and councilmen, o.
S. Kronkright, George Settera,
Fred Krona. Al Shay, Bill Schmidt
and G. w. Fleming; city attorney,
James Cumming; George Harker,
clerk, and Howard Green, water
commissioner.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
Bureau Has Cleanup
Lob in POWerhOuse

Bids are being opened Jan. l9
at the Hungry Horse project for
removing and disposing of dust
and dirt from the generator room
at the powerhouse.
This includes cleaning all con-
crete walls, sills, ceilings and sur
faces in the block-long generator
room. Surfaces are to be cleaned
by simultaneous brushing and vac
uuming.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08

Quotations are being requested
by the Bureau of Reclamation for
a Jan. II opening to change the
electrical hook-up for the street
lighting and garages at the gov
ernment camp. The contract cost
is expected to be less than $500.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08

The school census for ages to
81 is basis of apportionment OF
funds received as income from
state owned lands. This year the
districts will receive about SIT a
child as compared to last years
S55 when oil royalties swelled the
figure.
Evening star., 1954-12-25
Clark Wont Hear
Bail Appeal of Irio
By Ne Assoeiossd Pfs.s

DENVER. Dec. 23sThe Colo-'
RADIO Committee to Protect Civil
Liberties said yesterday II had
learned Supreme Court Justice
Tom Clark refused to hear the
bail appeal Of Arthur and Anna
Barry and Lewis johnson and
referred it TO the entire Supreme
Court.
The trio are defendants In .
Smith Act case filed in u. s. Dis.
trict Court in Denver charging
they conspired 10 advocate the
violent overthrow, Of the Gov.
ernment. -Four others are also
charged under the count. A
The appeal for bail reduction
was fled for the defendants BY
Joseph Forer of Washington, %.
c., the committee said
The civil liberties group said
"the failure Of Justice Clark TO
grant reasonable bail, when he
could have, opens the door TO
the Justice DEPARTMENTS efforts
to use the Rocky Mountain
Smith Act case to establish the
precedent of high bail"
The group said this is the first
smith Act case in which the
matter OF bail has gone before
the entire Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1954-12-25

= \
son show: aThe Poor Soul
Is entertained by d fairy prin-
cess, toy soldiers and elves
during . trip TO Christmas
Land.
500. WETG tS)--Million DOL
lar Movie: James stewart. Z
poll taker. meets Jane Wy
man. q newspaper editor,
in .AIasic Town"
800. WRC tl)Imogene Coca:
The star appears Is i street
urchin with Ernest Truck in
m original Christmas fam
tasy.
SEQ, WNfAL ca Saturday
Nights Fights: Fcur sCharn-
pions of Tomorr0w'' laateiae,
from Albany.
$50, WRC ll)Star Theater:
Donald O'Connor appears
with the Mitchell Boys Choir.
le:oo, WTTG tS1--Wrestling
From Chicago.
ie:ee. WRC tll-0eoree 0obel:
The comedian. In Air Force
uniform ren1inisces with VIII
liam Gargan about his sery-
lee days In World War II.
lo:so, WTOP slWilly: June
Havoc plays the lead role and
tries TO save the barn anan-
Evening star., 1954-12-25

cially for her little theater
group.
I1:25. WTOP ts)-The Late
show: Ginny Simms and
Tommy Dorsey try to prove
the respectability Of the disc
jockey profession, in Disc
Jockey"
Rodio Today.
2:0O, WMAL-Opera: Rossini's
'The Barber of Seville" with
Robert Merrill, Cesare Slept
and Roberta Peters.
2:45, WWDC-Foo ootball: Blue
VS.. Gray.
4:3O, WRC-"Amahl and the
Night Visitors: A recording
by the original cast.
5:15. WRCQueen Elizabeth:
Christmas message, q re-
broadcast.
$50, WAIAL.-A Christmas Ca
rol: Alec Guinness in the
Dickens classic.
500, WMAI.Q Queen Elizabeth:
Christmas message.
Sis, WTOP Queen Elizabeth:
Christmas message.
1900, WWDC Report to. the
People: District Commissioner
Canaalier is quizzed by Re-
porters Miriam Gutenberg. Of
The Star. and 81 Fishbein,
Of The Post and Times-TIer-
aid.
sos, WGMS- Opera House:
Complete performance Of
"Hansel and Gretel."
$3.50, WRC Boston symphony:
Guido Cantelli conducts the
orchestra in Brahms Sym
phony No. 8 In r Major.
s:45, WWDCQueen Elizabeth:
Christmas message.
fO:0O, WWDC-A Christmas Ca
rol: The Dickens classic pro-
duced by the Armed Forces
Radio Service In Germany.
Evening star., 1954-12-25
IS g
sANTA CLAUS is a NAPKIN RING.

This smiling Claus makes colorfu and practical
decoration for Christmas dinner table.
Color Satas coat trousers and top Of hat in both views
bright red Trimmings Santas suit and hat and his beard
remain white The toy sack light brown Color in sack
Santa back and bright coos wish On connecting strip
Al beneath Santa color holly leaves with red berries
q Paste entire picture brown wrapping paper.
g. When dry both views of Santa and paste them
together Also connecting strip A) the strip
where Indicated front view or Santa You'll ind that the holly
leaves match
Ron strip behind Santa to form circle "a inches In
diameter Paste the loose end Of strip back Of Santa
Your Christmas decoration will be complete BY slipping
rolled napkin through cylinder former by strip Santa
viii take care Of your napkin until you need It.
Nioet Moore Hissn AP Newsfeaturesl
Monday. youM meet little boy who really ski
Evening star., 1954-12-25
Fairfax Girl Scouts Buy
Land for Camp Site

Fairfax County Girl Scouts
have bought a 22s-acre tract near
Stafford, Va. for a camp site.
Mrs. Arthur L. Edison, scout
council president. announced the
purchase today. The property,
formerly Coal Trip Farm, is off
Route and has a l,938-foot
frontage along Aqua Creek. near
where that stream joins the Po-
tomac River.
The tract was bought with
funds saved from scout cookie
sales over period of years,
Scout leaders have long sought
a camp site for the county's ap-
proxinately 4.3O0 girl scouts.
Evening star., 1954-12-25

Thomas. Ann Blyth and
Frank Loveioy.
500, WTOP tN-Christmas
Festival: Judith Anderson
narrates Hans Christian An
dersen.s THE Match Girl:
Monty Wooley narrates
Grimm's fairy tale. The
Elves and the Shoemaker. 4
and the Symphonettes and
Choraliers provide holiday
music.
6:O0, WMAL -Kuklapolitan
Players: Kukla. Fran and
Ollie star In 3 special pro-
duction of James Thurher's
Many Moons" the fantasy
Evening star., 1954-12-25
Costa Rico President
Is Fother Of Boy
By The Assoeiosed Prsss

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Dec.
25.-A son was born last night
to Costa Rica's President Jose
Figueres and his wife, the for
mer Rita Karen Olsen Of York.
town Heights, N. X.
They were married last Feb
ruary 6. It was his second mar
riage. He has two children by .
previous marriage.
Evening star., 1954-12-25
HiehIiehts
HEAVENLY DAzE
oAKY poAKsl
TeIeyision Today.

a.4B, WRC ll)-Football: AM
.nual Blue-Gray all-star game
from Montgomery. Ala.
4:oo, WTTG 5)-Christmas
Dramas: "A star Shall Rise. "
the story Of events leading up
to the birth Of Christ, stars
Raymond Burr and Richard
Hale. This Day We Cele-
brate." dramatic readings BY
Rosaltnd Russell Danny
Evening star., 1954-12-25
Fk Stations

about . little princess who
asked for the moon.
TOO, WAfAL Christmas
Thsater:: "A star shall Rise. 2
. drama of the events leading
10 the birth of Christ, stars
Raymond Burr. Richard Halls
and jay Noyello.
7:3o, WnEAL (5l-Ths Annap-
Evening star., 1954-12-25
Ofher AN Stotions

oils story: Al history of the
Naval Academy and the
training received ~ n,idship-
7:se, WTTG ls)-Christnaas
Crib: The story of Tie Nativ-
~ told with ! choral back
ground.
's:es. WTOR ls)Jaelie 0les-
Evening star., 1954-12-25
100000 for Spore Time

Eight laborers and taxicah
drivers Of Mount Isa. Australia.
have sold the uranium claim
they located in spare time pros
pecting for 100000.
Evening star., 1954-12-25
Answers to Our Presidents
BY George sixto

Martin Van Buren,.
president Coolidge who
inducted into the Sioux In
dians during his vacation in
the Black Hills in 1926.
3-Franklin d. Roosevelt,
1888.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

THEY LIKED HIM IN COVE FORK BUT THEY SAID
HE WAS AFRAID ONLY LILA BELIEVED IN HIM
AND GUESSED THE SACRIFICE HE WAS MAKING
Evening star., 1954-04-18
FEATURE FICTION
CHE was tending
- store when the

SOoA6SA 0AAlNCA. AAC
was driving jalopy with California plates
and he was a tall fellow in his late twenties,
well-knit, with sandy hair in crew cut and
his nose peeling little from the desert sun.
He got bottle of pop and began working
on it slowly where am II"
Cove Fork" she said Population l38."
He looked out the window at the expanse
of stunt sage The only structure in evidence
was the schoolhouse, two miles along the road.
Where are they?"
Around, on ranches. Do you know that
Cove Fork has an area larger than Los
Angeles?"
Impossible, he said There isn't that
much land left over
They grinned at one another, finding it
easy. She was not quite twenty, with hair
burned red in streaks, and her teeth very
white against the tan of her face.
HE NODDED up the road. "Where does that
go to-"
ITO some ranches; it ends at the last one.'
Seems like Cove Fork is the junping-off
place" he said with certain satisfaction.
ANY work for good man."
''Dake Meecham needs hand" she said.
And since you'll be a resident = I'm Lila
Gates"
Morgan HIll," he said. ''I1l see you
around town, citizen, expect"
And that's all anybody knew about him.
Dake Meecham said he was good man who
could turn hand to anything. But what the
drifter could do best was smind his own business
Funny. Summer passed and autumn was
on, but he hadn't once gone across the desert
to town, for dance for movie. or for any
thing else. What he couldn't buy at the store.
he ordered by mail. And that was the only
mail he ever received or sent. People won