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Hungry Horse news., 1954-07-23
RKO Films Western
On Glaciers Border

An RKO crew from Hollywood
had favorable weather last week
and this, in shooting approximately
81 outdoor setting for color pic
ture "Cattle Queen of Montana"
starring Barbara Stanwyck and
Ronald Reagan. Departure for Hol-
lywood was to take place Thurs
day.
1t is a story of the 1880s that
tells of the welcome by both
friendly and unfriendly Indians
and a greedy white when party
of settlers arrive in the valley
from Texas with their cattle herd
to take up their "pre-empt."
Benedict Bogeaus is the pro-
ducer for RKO. Production man
ager was Lee Lukather with direc-
tor. Allan Dwan. John Alton was
head cameraman. Production was
filmed in Eastman color and RKO
widescreen.
Sets were on Hugh Black and
Ted Pendergress lands just out
side Glacier, on Lost lake, and st.
Mary lake in the park.
Miss Stanwyck plays Sierra
Nevada Jones, who stays to fight
for the domain her late father had
staked out. The story isn't based on
history, but combined with good
scenery, name stars and an action
plot should make very creditable
western. MN
Showing at Royal theatre Martin
City Sunday and Monday is Dan
gerous Mission" RKO technicolor
picture filmed in Glacier last
summer starring Victor Mature.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-07-23
To Oil Road TO
PIont and Mill

Underway are repairs of the
Flathead county road that runs
from the edge of Columbia Falls
for two miles to the Anaconda
Aluminium Co., plant.
Negotiations between Flathead
county commissioners and plant
officials are resulting in a two
inch oil mix mat to be placed. AAC
is buying the four carloads of oil
and county equipment is spreading
the gravel-oil mix. The new oil
ing will be from Fourth Avenue
East at Railroad street to the
plant.
Flathead county commissioner
from the north district, Charles
E. Luke Sr., also commented that
a similar arrangement had been
made to apply oil-mix to the coun-
ty road from Blue Moon corners
for IA miles through Half Moon.
Stoltze Land and Lumber Co., is
to buy the oil, with the county
furnishing gravel and equipment.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-07-23
PartIy Cloudy

WEATHER forecast: Partl y
cloudy Thursday and Friday
Chance of light showers mostly in
the mountains tonight or Friday.
Not so cool. Predicted high Thurs
day SO, low AS to so, high Friday
72.
Highs and lows OF week: July l6,
$3.50; Saturday 1885, Sunday 80
"A. Monday 91-49, Tuesday 80-49,
Wednesday 63-49, Thursday 68-
AZ. Two days this summer so far
have had 80 or above readings at
the airport-July 6 and 19, both
with 81. Temperatures are aver
aging 3 Of a degree below normal
for month so far.
Precipitation: total for month so
far 2.O9 inches compared to normal
1.16 inches. Precip. since July Is,
81 of an inch.
Flathead National Forest precip.
reports from Thursday storm were
SO at Nine Mile up North Fork,
.54 at Kalispeu and Bigfork, .43
at Big Creek and least .05 at Tho
ma lookout up North Fork.
Then Forest Service Wednesday
precipitation included so at Big
fork; 81 at Big creek, AS at Con-
don, 81 at Spotted Bear, .36 at
Tally lake, .33 at Coram, 80 at
Schaefer. Hence fire danger is
down. Glacier Park precip. ranged
up to 20 at Apgar.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-07-23
FoIeys 10 Start
machinery Placing

Expected to start shortly at the
Anaconda Aluminium Co., plant is
installation of equipment including
shop machinery by Foley Con-
structors, general contractors.
Tuesday saw settlement of the
wage differences between Foleys
and the several unions. Wage pat
tern is the same as was agreed on
by J. A. Mcneil Co., Inc, and the
balance of the contractors June IA.
The June IA settlement brought
an end to large extent to the
strike that started April 5. EN-
ployment reached 1000 early this
week. Hence news of the Foley
settlement caused little excite
ment. "Strike is over" reaction
actually took place June IA.
Wage scales at the plant include
carpenters S2.65 an hour reflecting
a Is cent increase; ironworkers up
IL cents an hour, and the team
sters, operating engineers, cement
finishers and laborers up 10 cents.
Common laborer wage is S1.95 an
hour.
Taking place Wednesday and
Thursday was shifting Of employees
back to the Foley payroll. Ware
house and maintenance men and
the like had been on the Mcneil
payroll temporarily.
Foley employment Thursday af-
ternoon stood at 101 up from 2o
last week. Mcneil employment
was $50 down from 591 a week
ago.
Employment total at the plant
Thursday afternoon stood at 1882
jobs an increase from 981 a week
age. Foley employment total is
expected to increase by nearly 20t
as time comes for further building
interior finishing, machinery plac-
and underground servicing.
Employment total at the plan
last spring. topped LILO before tht
strike. A figure of about 1900 i!
expected late this summer.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-07-23
Falls Men Bid
Essex Timber

Doane and StringfelloW, Colum-
bia Falls, were only bidders on
the 100000 board feet Dickey
creek Flathead National Forest
timber sale up the Middle Fork at
Essex.
Bid opening was Thursday
morning by George Weyerman,
Flathead National Forest assist
ant supervisor in charge of timber
management.
Doane and Stringfellow offered
a sealed bid of $3.61 a thousand
board feet for the 100000 board
feet of spruce, So thousand on
the 10000 board feet of larch and
fir, and SSH a thousand on the
10000 board feet of white pine.
Advertised minimums were $3.50
for spruce, 81 for larch and fir
and Sl4 on white pine. In addi-
ton there are slash costs of 81 a
thousand board feet and stand
Improvement costs of 81 thous-
and on all species.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-07-23
Preparing Logs For
OastIer Shelter

MANY GLACIER-Logs for the
new Oastler shelter at the head of
Josephine lake in Glacier National
Park are being prepared for con-
struction.
Mrs. Maude Oastler, New York
City, has donated $4,000 to be used
for erecting the shelter at the head
of the lake in Many Glacier basin.
1t is a trail junction on the route
to Grinnell glacier, not on a road
or highway.
The 10 by 18-foot rustic struc-
ture is being erected in memory Of
the late DIR. Frank Oastler, ma
tionally known surgeon, who was
frequent Glacier visitor.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-07-23
Budget Will Have Improvement Fund

Creation of a sinking fund US
ing a 5 mill levy is expected to
increase Columbia Falls taxes to
Al mills compared to SO mills last
year.
The mill levy will create a
perpetual revolving fund to be
used for needed town street, side
walk and sewer improvements,
commented Mayor Herman Ben
zien.
BY having the fund, James Cum
ming, city attorney, added that
city bonds for improvements will
find a reader market. Where pro-
perty owners become delinquent
in paying for special improve
ments, the revolving fund will take
care of the problem, and delin-
quent taxes will return to the
fund or the property eventually
sold for back taxes.
Other items in Columbia Falls
contemplated Al mill levy are: 2
for fire department; for fire de-
partment relief; 3 for parks, 10
lor streets and alleys aud 20 for
the general fund (police, clerk,
and various city expenses).
One mill levied in Columbia
Falls this year will raise $543.26
compared to $444.05 last year.
A Al mill levy viii raise S22,-
273.66 if everybody pays and pay
ments have been good. Other prin-
cipal sources of town support are
the $4,000 housing project coll
lections, water department collec-
tions of about $4,000 and fees
about $4,000.
Becoming a third class city last
May 3 results in Columbia Falls
henceforth having to work on a
budget. The situation of getting the
city into a budget has presented
problems.
Public meeting on the budget
now being prepared will be Aug.
4 at 8 p. m.
Action taken at the special coun-
Gil meeting Wednesday evening
was to appoint Troy Thacker,
street and park commissioner. He
was just street commissioner. Sit
uation is that the street and alley
fund doesn't have enough money
through the maximum 10 mill le-
Wy, also a more active park prog
ram is contemplated.
The council in quest Of more
revenue is proceeding with seek
ing Public Service Commission ap-
proval in Helena for the proposed
25 per cent increase on all flat
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Hungry Horse news., 1954-07-23
Rocky Mt. Bid S
IQuinfonken Logs

LISPELL-Rocky Mountain
Lumber Co., Columbia Falls, was
apparent successful bidder at the
Flathead National Forest auction
Monday for sale of 14,900,000
board feet of timber on Quinton-
ken creek up the Flathead's South
Fork.
The sale is the first that will
result in logs coming out of the
South Fork on the new west side
of the reservoir road, with a 60
mile haul to Columbia Falls.
James Raskin, Rocky Mountain
president, after a succession of
offers with three bidders partici-
pating, offered $1.85 a thousand
board feet for spruce, $1.15 for
larch and fir, and $18.05 for white
pine. Advertised minimums were
81 for spruce, 81 for larch and fir
and $l7.7o for white pine with 81
thousand board feet for slash
disposal, and $1.30 a thousand for
stand improvement costs on the
spruce and white pine offering.
Quantities offered were 1850, :
900 board feet of spruce; 100000
board feet of larch; 100000, fir,
and 100000 white pine.
Bidding started at $28,26O not
counting slash and stand improve
ment and rose to $4,000.
Other bidders in this spruce bark
beetle control sale were Somers
Lumber Co., and F, K and L'Lum-
Der Co.
Award of sale will follow ap-
proval of regional officials at
MisSoula.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-07-23
Lions Sponsoring
Western Show

Columbia Falls Lions club will
sponsor the Tommy Scott show at
Columbia Falls junior high audi
torium Saturday, July 81 at 8 pm.
Show will follow the Grand
or Oprey'' theme.
"String Bean," guitar expert, is
one of the shows stars, and ap-
peared on NBC for 13 years.
Part of the shows proceeds are
to help support the Lions swim
ming pool benefit fund.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-07-23
Radar Checking Cor
Speeds i'm FIothead

Electronics are out to check
speed of motorists in the Flathead
State highway patrolmen were
using a radar unit Wednesday af-
ternoon on the LaSalle road IN
Evergreen and also on U. S. No. 2
east of Kalispell. About 800 cars
were checked, and the bug on
the screen showed 10 per cent were
violating speed regulations.
One highway patrol car was
posted with the radar unit, and
the other two cars were about
one-fourth up the road to stop
violators. The car with the radar
screen used radio to alert the pat
rol ahead about a speeder. Warn
ing tickets were given. In the fu-
ture speeders determined by ra-
dar will see the judges.
Radar is used extensively IN the
State of Washington among others
to check speederS.
Night speeding and driving too
fast in restrictive zones will bring
tickets in Montana.
Highway patrol program in the
Flathead contemplates use of air
plane spotting along the roads to
locate violators and then through
radio have patrolmen in cars ap-
prehAnd violators in generates
pecially centerline drivers and i'm
proper passers. Objective is to
maintain and improve the Flat
heads fine 1854 automobile safety
record.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-07-23
Reservoir Full

HUNGRY HORSE = Hungry
Horse reservoir continued brimful
this week with water at times
trickling into the spillway tunnel.
Figures Thursday were inflow
of 5.349 cubic feet per second into
the reservoir, and outflow 1884
feet. Daytime finds the four 71,250
generators in operation with a
Stacking off to three generators
operating at night.
The "a mile long reservoir
which contains 3,468,000 acre feet
has been full since July 9.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-07-23
H. HI. Road Opening

HUNGRY HORSE-Bids will be
opened Thursday at Hungry Horse
project for applying an oil mix
surface TO the road from govern
ment camp to the vicinity Of the
oowerhouse. It is three miles OF
construction.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-07-23
Plum Creek Mill Expanding

Underway in Columbia Falls is
major expansion of Plum Greek
mill. which was established here
in le45-46, and has become the
largest lumber processing plant in
Flathead county. Plum Creek is
exceeded in size in Montana by j.
Neils at Libby and the ACM mill
at Bonner.
NEW BUILDINGS
Lawrence Rude, Plum Creek
general m an ger, describes
the present new building program
to include: starting this fall a new
so by 24-foot office building near
Columbia Falls Ball park. (Various
local woods will be used in con-
struction showing products of the
MILD; now being started is a ITO
by 6O-foot addition to the planer
building; already under construc-
ton is a 100 by 85-foot moulding
building addition to the planer;
scheduled to start shortly is 120
by ITO foot second new dry shed,
and recently finished is an 80 by
66-foot cooling shed at the east
end of the dry kilns. Montana
Builders is construction contract
or.
Last year this Flathead indus
trial plant processed and shipped
over 1000 freight cars of lumber
over the Great Northern.
Employed at Plum Creek, a mill
that operates year-around, are 125
men, not counting the so men wor-
king for affiliated Royal Creek
Timber Co. logging in the woods.
In addition there are the men
working for F, K and L Lumber
Co., Martin City, who also provide
part of Plum Creek logs. Timber
presently comes from Flathead Ma
tional Forest purchases on Canyon
creek up the Flathead's North Fork
and from South Fork forest SER
vice purchases.
HEADED BY DUNHAM
D. c. Dunham is president of
Plum Creek. Nineteen families
moved to Columbia Falls from Be-
midi, Mimi, in 1945-46 at the
time the mill was started. Dun
ham, active head Of the Columbia
Falls operation, is also president
of D. c. Dunham Lumber Co.,
Bemidji, which operates box fac
tory. Plum Creek is the name of a
creek near Lake Bemidji.
In 1916, Plum Creek employed
"a men, and the mill and payrolls
have been expanding steadily since
that time.
Plum Creek growth and estab-
hshment of families contributed as
many new homes to Columbia
Falls as did construction of Hun
CRY Horse Dam.
THREE OTHER MILLS
Also located in Columbia Falls
is Rocky Mountain Lumber Co.,
established here in 1948; Super
ior Buildings Co., established in
1924, and two miles west is Stoltze
Land and Lumber Co., which also
dates back about 80 years, and
employees 1O5 at the mill, not
counting woods crews.
Mill and woods payrolls provide
Jobs for over 500 men in the Col
umbia Falls section of the Flat
head. Trend has been toward jobs
that last year-around.
With this Lumber mill back
ground, Columbia Falls also ben
efitted from Hungry Horse Dam
construction, and now is seeing
construction of the $50,000,000
Anaconda Aluminium Co. plant
two miles east that will employ
$50 men.
Columbia Falls in 1880 had 637
people: in 1910 the census showed
the identical figure of 637; in 1850
it nearly doubled to 1892, and now
with continued mill expansion and
aluminium plant construction, pop
ulation estimate nears 1000. There
are 800 local water users.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-28

There was the related incident
Of The Army's sudden announce
ment Of the arrest, on court-mar-
tiai charges, Of Cpl. Edward Dick
enson, the Virginia soldier who re-
versed his original decision 70 stay
with the Reds. There the issue
was one of the Army's timing and
the wording of its announcement.
Outside the Army, every high Of
fetal, including President Eisen-
hover and wilson, was startled
and disturbed by the announce
ment last Friday night. The De-
Tense Department was reported to
have asked both the Army and
Marines to hold up on any action
or announcement In prisoner Of
war cases until all efforts to win
back the remaining u had been
made-and not take any action at
all before the following Tuesday.
Eisenhower said at his news con-
ference yesterday he thought there
must be something else In the
Dickinson case other than his orig
inal decision to remain with the
Reds, Dickinson is charged with
having intercourse with the enemy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-28

and seeking to secure favorable
treatment while he was an inmate
of q Communist prison camp.
The President also said he was
disturbed when he read newspa-
per reports of the Army's action
and Immediately called Wilson 20
be certain that justice was done.
Dickinson yesterday was given
q medical clearance and trans
ferred from the Army's Walter
Reed Hospital here. where he had
been arrested, to Fl. Belyoir, Va,
Is miles away. The Army named
Col. James Jewett Carnes to head
the group which viii make pre-
trial inquiry to determine whether
Dickinson shall face court-martial.
There was disposition in some
defense quarters today to believe
that the plan to announce the ar
rest of Dickinson Friday night was
known in high Army quarters.
First reports were that there had
been slipup at some lower eche-
Ion and that the action was pre-
maturely carried out.
Defense officials emphasized
there was no question of the right
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-28
~ ELToN c. FAR
AP Military Affairs Rsporisr

WASHINGTON IA test Of
power ID On At the Pentagon 70
determine whether the authority Of
the defense secretary is supreme
In the military establishment.
The handling Of the cases of
American soldiers who decided TO
stay with their Communist captors
In Korea or Of those who later
changed their mind, 1t became ap-
parent today, Is involved in this
acknowledgements situation.
But IN earlier incidents, too, the
issue Of central control cropped
up.
Secretary Of Defense Wilson has
publicly taken the responsibility
Tor ordering the Army TO discharge
dishonOrably the Il Am Ricans who
have decided TO stay with the
Communists. Some Army legal ex.
perts hold that nothing In military
law allows the issuance Of dish0n-
orable discharge orders without
trial By court-martial. Wilson says
be thinks he has the authority.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-28
Republican Senators Lean To
Alternative TO Proposal By
Bricker; Ohioan Stands Pat

States and IN pursuance Of this
Constitution shall be the supreme
law of the land; and the judges
in every state shall be bound
thereby, anything in the Constitu-
ton or laws Of any state to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
"Section 2. A provision Of a
treaty or other international agree.
ment which conflicts with this Con.
stitution shall not be of any force
or effect"
Knowland said he and other Re.
publican leaders viii oppose any
effort to shelve the issue by send
ing the matter back to the Judi.
ciary Committee for more study,
Bricker prepared a blast at oppo.
nents as the second day of debate
began with some new loss Of
strength on his side.
Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ),
who signed Brokers bill as a Co
author, told the Senate yesterday
he can't vote for the amendment
In its present form.
Sen. Long OLA, who had been
considered a possible supporter,
said in a statement he will vote
against the Bricker proposal.
Sen. John M. Butler (R-Md)
told the Senate yesterday he is
supporting Bricker.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-28
Unions Agree On
Joint Efforts

WASHINGTON R-Operators OF
u. S.-flag steamship lines and Of
ficials Of the Clio and, AFL mari
time unions have reached a prece-
dent establishing agreement to
work jointly in an effort to solve
problems faced by the shipping in.
dustry.
A spokesman for the steamship
lines said yesterday it was the
first time in history that represen.
tatiyes of the union had met with
steamship officials in such a cam.
paign.
1--WE discussed ways Of stopping
the decline of the shipbuilding in.
dustry," the spokesman said, "and
cleared the way for talks about
shipping generally as well as
wages and working conditions"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-28

Of the Army to prefer the charges
against Dickinson, that the issue
was over the failure to advise top
defense officials that the Army
proposed to make the announce
ment prior to the time urged Dy
the department.
Earlier incidents which caused
annoyance in top defense quarters
included publication Of story. at.
tributed to a high Navy official
saying that the atomic submarine
Nautilus was only a test vehicle,
not intended for combat use. WI.
son denied this report and let 1t
be known he wanted TO ind out
who in the Navy was the source.
Before that there was unhappi-
ness over the report issued by .
commission appointed by the
Army to recommend on Army re-
organization. The report criticized
the defense secretary for not taE-
ing the secretary of the Army into
full confidence on important mat
tiers involving the Army.
Against this background is an
assertion that the defense secre-
tary holds top authority, trans
cending that of secretaries OF the
individual services or their gener-
ais or admirals.
II was enunciated in q recent re-
vision to the 1913 Key West agree
ment, which prescribed the roles
and missions of the services and
the relationship Of the services.
Into that agreement there was
written a new and specific state
ment that:
mo function in any part Of the
Department of Defense, or any of
its component agencies, shall be
performed independent of the di-
rection, authority, and control Of
the secretary of defense"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-28
NEEDLESS RESCUE

DALLAS, Tex. Up - Phillip
Hodges, 2OO-pound bartender in a
downtown tavern, sprinted into the
sheriff's office and collapsed into
a chair to catch his breath.
AS he painted and wheezed, a
professional bondsman rushed up
TEL me what you done before
the city gets here, Philip" he
said. II know you done some.
thing"
II took Hodges several minutes
to explain that he was just get.
ting out of the rain.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-28
Polio Patients Welcome
lteh--If May Mean fAalfh

Paralytic polio patients whose
limbs have been affected welcome
an itchy sensation in their fingers
and toes. Such an itch often means
that some mobility is returning to
the paralyzed limbs. The aim of
the March of Dimes is to return
polio patients to normal living.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-28
Legion Plans Broadcast

WASHINGTON R-The Ameri.
can Legion has announced that
President Eisenhower viii join in
"a broadcast appeal to the nation
Sunday, Feb. Z. in the legion-spon.
sored Back to God" movement.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-12-01

dy Lloyd.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Turner are
visiting their daughters and sons
in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Scotty Grieb
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Turner
of Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Waller
spent Thursday in Columbia, S.
c. visiting relatives.
Mrs. A. D. Hall has returned
to her home in Wilmington after
a visit with her brother, Bruce
Powell and Mrs. Powell.
Mr.. and Mrs Bright Tyler have
as their guests, the later's brother
and Sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. A. Bass of Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Miss Monica Meares of White