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Evening star., 1955-01-23

President Eisenhower and Secre-
tary Of State John Foster Dulles be-
gan clearing the decks last week for
a shift in the United States Asia
policy, toward more normal relations
with red China and a general ac-
ceptance Of the status quo through
out the Far East.
Apparently the administration was
acting on the basis OF information
obtained In Peiping by United Ma
tions Secretary General Dag HAM
marskjold earlier this month. The
United States appeared ready to
make new concessions TO Communist
China by modifying its long insist
ence on quarantine Of the outlaw"
regime, but was still adamant In
backing the Chinese Nationalist
claim TO FormosA and the Pesca-
dores.
Peck's bad boy or mot. Communist
China has simply become too big a
fact 10 ignore. The Peiping regime
proved that first at Panmunjom In
1888, ut Geneva and Quemoy In
1854 and at Peiping two weeks ago.
Last weeks activity covered the
whole range Of American-Red CHI
ness relationships, from the status Of
Chinese offshore islands. through the
defense OF Formosa and the Pesca-'
dores, the case of the ii flyers whom
Red China has Jailed on trumped-up
spy charges, and American recogni-
tion for the Communist Chinese re-
gime, TO the seating Of Peiping's rep
resentatiyes In the United Nations.
Evening star., 1955-01-23
The jailed Flyers

In return for their tl1iniy-veiled
invitation to Peiping to do its worst
In the Tachens, American policy
makers obviously hoped Red China
might see its way clear to commute
the sentences Of the II American
flyers they jailed late last year.
But it developed Friday that Mr..
Chou hopes to get even more mileage
out Of his grab Of the II Americans.
He was using 1t as a bid for Amer
lean recognition Of his Communist
regime.
The United Nations disclosed that
Peiping would be happy to allow the
parents and relatives Of II jailed
Americans to visit Red China and
see their hapless kin. CBesides the
IL airmen accused Of spying, there
are two civilians in jail on the same
charge and four Jet pilots awaiting
tf4al.)
Red China's offer posed the State
Department with another unhappy
dilemma: How VIII the relatives get
visas7
Peiping said the question Of get
ting visas would be up to the Amer
lean Government. Chou En-lai was
making q new and telling point in
his campaign to heap ridicule on the
United States nonrecognition
policy.
The Governments problem Is this:
II enough public ciamor Is raised,
the administration nay--however
gridgingly-be forced 70 help rela-
tives who want to see their im-
prisoned kin. But II the visitors
would require visas. the United
Evening star., 1955-01-23
uho
More Money for Men in Uniform?
The administration hos sent to Capitol Hill
brood revision Of militoy pay scales Some uni
formed men will like the bill, Others will not II IS

alcohol, tobacco and several manu-
factured items would be reduced.
II the rate Is not extended, the
corporate tax reduction would cost
lections, down $1.4 billion from fiscal
1855: personal income tax coIlec-
tions, up $1.S billion.
Tex Trends
Even II Congress acts as request
ed, individual taxpayers viii see
their share Of the burden Of Gov.
ernment increase over the current
fiscal year while the corporate share
goes down. Democrats pointed this
out last week with some glee, but
the explanation is not as sinister as
the critics Of the "big business" ad-
ministration would like to pretend.
Actually, corporate taxes win drop
because the collection date will be
changed this year. For five years
the Government has, In effect, bor-
rowed some corporate tax money
from the following year. Fiscal 1856
viii have to lend" some of its re-
ceipts to 1855, but will be unable
to borrow" from 1857. So 1t win
be 10 per cent short of its rightful
income.
At the same time national income
is expected to rise gradually in the
coming months. Both, corporate and
personal taxes viii reflect this rise,
but the collection gimmick In the
corporate levy will reduce total col
lections from business.
The net effect: Corporate tax col
lections down $1.4 billion from fiscal
1855: personal income tax collec-
tions UP $1.8 billion.
The Presidents budget message
was disappointing in that 1t did not
approve tax cut for fiscal 1856, but
it did hope for a reduction in
1857. It was q reasonable hope, as
both parties win be amenable to an
Evening star., 1955-01-23

functions of the Government: Pro-
lection. civil benefits (e.g.. welfare), !,
interest on the public debt and civil
operations tthe administration of
the civilian side of the Government) !.
Protection, of course. eats up most
of the tax money. Welfare is ex-
pensive, and the interest on the
national debt is large. But the cost
Of administration--the area where
the public usually feels mountain
of money could be saved with little
more ef1ciency--is actually so small
it is almost lost in the budget.
Civil Operations
When juggling a $62.a billion
budget, the $2.3 billion cost of ad-
ministering the civil arm of the Gov
ernment isn't much. But it includes
all money spent for repair and MAIN
tenance, for operation of civilian fa-
cilities and for regulatory activities.
This category, which takes up 4
per cent of the budget, is up $400
million over last year, mostly be-
cause the Federal Government, as
an employer. will put money into
the Government worker retirement
fund, which it is not doing in fis-
cal 1855.
Interest
The $6.4 billion earmarked for
interest is easy to understand. The
national debt will climb. by the end
of fiscal 1856, to $276 billion. Such
q huge loan requires huge interest
payments.
Actually, the interest win be down
little in the coming year. BY bor-
rowing at lower interest rates during
the past IL months and by changing
the time Of some interest payments,
the Treasury Department has man
Evening star., 1955-01-23
(')ut.oo
Everything Else Is Drop
In the Bucket Competed
With Defense Outluys

There are two ways Of presenting
the expenditures side OF budget. It
can be listed by department. or it
can pe listed by function. The fiscal
1856 budget does the job both ways.
with several variations added to
clarity special points.
But to the general public. Govern
ment spending becomes most under
standable In one new treatment
added to the budget this year. 1t
is q simple table showing how much
must be spent for four principal
Evening star., 1955-01-23
US. Recognition

President Eisenhower, Of course,
appears 70 be giving no serious con-
sideration to recognizing Communist
China yet. His price for consenting
TO an exchange Of ambassadors is as
high as ever. At his press conference
last Wednesday he said Peiping must
drop all its aggressive activities first.
He listed four specific deeds for
the Red Chinese:
!. They must withdraw their SOL
diers from North Korea.
2. They must return all prisoners
Of ours whom they have held In vio-
lation Of the Korean arnistice
agreement.
8. They must abstain from aggres-
sive acts In Southeast Asia.
T. They must conduct themselves
''as civilized nation In the councils
Of the world. / e., conform to tradi-
tionai diplomatic practice instead Of
riding rough-silod over foreign ma
ti0nals and foreign diplomats.
Chou's hopes for recognition by
Continued On Page A-2s.,
Evening star., 1955-01-23
Guessing Game

The Red Chinese aren't guessing
80 much any more about what part
the United States 7th Fleet win play
In defense Of Chinese offshore is
lands.
Secretary Dulles and Mr.. Eisen-
hover served notice last week that
Evening star., 1955-01-23

still too early to know If The Com
threats against F'ormosa. but 1t is
n1unists intend to test the new
United States defense line in the
F'ormcsa Straits. The Reds must
first clean up the offshore islands.
Evening star., 1955-01-23
sure to cause controversy in Congress. An onoysis
of the measure, discussing the reasoning behind
specific proposals, appears on Page A-2o.

election-year vote on tax reduction.
The only question will be: Who will
get the breaks2
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-23
Our ChristmQses Are
Most Often White

| Since 1899, the Flathead valley
itself has had only five Christ
masses without snow on the ground
Observer Ray Hall at the airport
commented that the real white
Christmas of the F1athead was back
in 1851 with 26 inches on the ground.
Next whitest was 1902 with 1875 in
ches, 1929 with Ills inches, 1916 with
1917 inches, and 1949 with 10 inches.
1899 had ''black" Christmas and
so did 1908, 1888, 1910 and 1941.
Up until 1949 the weather bureau
then in Kalispell listed all snow
depths by inches and tenths. Then
depths were changed to show a
trace for all readings under II inch
In addition to the five; snowless
Christmases, there have been Is
years with under an inch on the
ground Dec Is.
Last Christmas was almost black
There was just trace of snow or
the ground, Hall reports, and a trace
fell during the day. Christmas O
1858 also had a bare covering with
less than a half inch.
Christmas of 1855 is approaching
with a snowpack that decreased
from 16 inches on the ground dow
to 6 inches Thursday, and still goinl
down.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-23
North Fork District
Has Record Year

Concluding its most active timber |
harvesting year on record is Glac-
Ter View district of Flathead Nation
al Forest.
Here in one of Montana's princi-
pal spruce stands, the battle in 1853,
1854 and 1855 has been that of sal
wage and control of the spruce bark
beetle. Infested trees recovered from
the forests provided salvage of the
resource, and offered beetle control
through hauling to lumber mills
spruce that if left would hatch a new
crop of beetles next summer to kill
still other trees.
Total timber cut from the Glacier
View district, which is up the Flat
head rivers North Fork, was 49,
| 100000 board feet for II months,
and is expected to reach $4,000, 900
for the year. Sustained yield figure
| for the district is $4,000, 900.
Ranger Robert Gillespie antici-
pates next years cut will be down
to 27,0OO, 900 board feet and possibly
returned to the sustained yield fig
ure in 1858. There are three contem-
plated spruce bark beetle sales for
1856 on Kletomus and Skookoleel
creeks, branches of Big creek and
near Frozen lake.
December logging and hauling ac-
tivity up the North Fork is as fol-
lows: Plum Creek mill purchases,
23,60O, 900 board feet on Whale creek
with 100000 left to cut. Royal
| Creek Logging Co. has IA trucks
hauling to Plum Creek mill with ice
handicapping operations this week.
Shorty creek purchase of 11,6O0,-
900 board feet by Plum Creek has
| 100000 feet left !, to cut. Royal
Creek expects to start hauling logs
from this sale. Up until last week,
Lloyd Sondreson had a 2x4 mill OPP
Grating here hauling the rough hum
+ Der to Plum Greek. The 2x4 mill
set up in the woods was salvaging
considerable downed and dead ma.
terial. ..t-
Stoltze Land and Lumber Co. pur.
chase of 10000 board feet on Rec
Meadow creek. 100000 left to log
and haul. Charles Jellison, logging
and hauling contractor, had five
trucks on the sale until last weel
when activity ceased until spring.
Koenig Brothers this week are fin
ishing the $500, 900 board foot pur
chase on Upper Moose creek, ant
are moving to a 5000, 900 board foo
purchase on Matthias creek. The.
had five trucks hauling.
Superior Buildings Co., 100000
board feet purchase on Hay creel
with 1000, 900 board feet left. Thre
trucks hauling. There is 1000, 90
board feet left on Superior's Uppe
Coal creek purchase of $4,000, 90
board feet with Willie Warner havin
eight trucks hauling before the ice
Rocky Mountain Lumber Co. wit
Russell Warner, contractor, is vino
ing up the $1,000 board foot Halo
watt creek purchase which termir
ates Dec. 81.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-23

Top-There was something to tax
about at fhe Marvin Britfsnham hen
house Two miles southwest Of Cob
umbia Falls. A white lsghorn laid
an egg that weighed quarter pound
and measured 7A inches circvmfer-
ence. Three days later New Hamp-
shire Red did fhs Lsshorn one BET
fer. She laid an sHz inch circvmfer-
encs egg. The situation seems 70
have stimulated more cacklinq than
usual. Hen on the nest, and the one
resting are LeShorns. The other is
an Avstria-W pvlIet Just starting
TO lay. What an example for q hen.
At left-Beverly Briftsnham, s,
shows what Flathsad hens can do.
On fhe right is 7A by 81 inch egg
laid by White Leghorn hen; on ths
other, the ga BY ~ inch egg laid BY
one Of the Brittenham's Rheds Is
land Red hens three days later. In
the middle-wsll, thsts Just an sSs.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-23
Light Elk Kill
Up Middle Fork

WEST GLACIER = Report last
weekend was that only two elk were
killed on the Saturday, Sunday, Mon
day. open season along the Flat
head rivers Middle Fork. The sea-
son which opened Nov. Is for Satur-
days, Sundays and Mondays is clos
ed the balance of the week.
The corrected total for the Dec.
10 weekend was seven instead of four
bringing the total known take of elk
since Nov. 26 to IS.
The season on both bulls and COWS
extends from West Glacier to Sum-
NIT between the park boundary and
U. S. No. 2. A 48 hour notice of clos
ure will be given by the Montana
Fish and Game department.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-23
Holiday Schedule

Aluminium production will continue
in Columbia Falls over the Christ
mas holiday. Production there is q
1865 day operations days in 1856,
it's leap year. Anaconda offices will
be closed Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, however.
The four Columbia Falls mills
have a varied holiday weekend
schedule. Plum Creek Lumber Co.
men will work Saturday morning,
and return Tuesday morning. Rocky
Mountain men are to work Satur-
day, returning Tuesday. Stoltze
Land and Lumber Co. schedule
calls for Saturday morning opera
tons, and half day Monday. SD
perior Buildings will be down Satur-
day, Sunday and Monday.
Closed Monday will be the post
office, city offices, Bank of Colum-
bia Falls and most local businesses.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-23
South Fork Logging
Continues in Snow

Upper stretches of the Flathead's
South Fork now has over four feet
of snow, but logging is continuing de-
spite the severe winter, reports Ran
ger Bert Bealey of Coram district.
Coram district contains over a
third of Flathead National Forests
timber reserves with a sustained
yield figure of $4,000, 900 board feet.
The year 1855 saw considerable
road building, and 1856 will see
doubled logging and hauling activity.
South Fork sales and their status
as listed by Bealey are as follows:
Rex Brown of Coram, 5000, zoo
board feet on Lost Johnny creek,
1000, 900 board feet left, four trucks
hauling, ice permitting.
Rocky Mountain of Columbia Falls
purchase of 1880, 900 board feet on
Quintonken creek, 1900, 900 board
feet left, with F, K and l. Lumber
Co., Martin City having four trucks
hauling to Heinrude bay, boom anG
tug crossing Hungry Horse lake, anG
two trucks hauling from Emery
creek to the mill. They finished &C
tivity on Quintonken sale for thu
season last week.
F, X and l. purchase of $4,000 ,OO'
board feet on Logan creek, 6,700. 0O'
board feet left. -Four trucks were Il
start hauling this week.
Stoltze Land and Lumber Co., Col
umbia Falls, 2,635, 900 feet on Abbot
creek. Charles Jellison, logging
hauling contractor will start haulin
shortly from sale with two trucks
Extensive saving is underway.
Plum Creek purchase 1870, 90
board feet on Sullivan creek at hea
of Hungry Horse reservoir; Roys
Creek Logging Co., logging and hau
ing contractor, wound up last weel
and will return next spring as 500
as weather and road conditions PEI
NIT.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-23

WEATHER forecast: Cloudy with
rain, possibly mixed with snow
Thursday night and Friday. Not
much temperature change Predict.
ed high Thursday As, low 80, high
Friday 40.
Highs and lows Of week: Dec. Is
8-15 below, Friday 1874, Saturday IL.
5 below, Sunday Ito below, Monday
20-1 below, Tuesday 41-2O, Wednes
day 44-33.
Precipitation: 2.25 inches for De
cember so far, reports Observer
Ray Hall at airport. This compare
with December normal of 1.54 inch
es. December snowfall so far at air
port 1877 inches compared to H..
for whole month. Snow on ground al
airport 6 inches, down from 16 in
ches.
Hall commented that a series O
large low pressure areas moving il
from the Pacific are bringing il
warm temperatures and rain. Thu
cold high pressure areas from tn
Arctic are coming down into tn,
Midwest and are considerably cas-
of their usual course. Hall adde,
that the barometer is exceptional,
low
Hall expects that by Saturday o
Sunday the wind will shift aloi
mot down here) to the northwes
from the southwest bringing in COO
er air. He doesn't expect blizzard
The year 1855 has had % zero O
below readings. Hall added that bac
in 1916 there were IS for the
months. He concluded 1855 was
year with record cold months, how
ever. See Bystander on page 2, wri
ten Wednesday.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-23
Falls Xmas Mail Up ~ Percent

Columbia Falls post office showed
a "a percent increase in December
Christmas mailing this year over
last, reports Postmaster Dudley w.
Greene.
He commented that December
stamp sales for the first 20 days of
the month were 1890, and that let
tiers cancelled during this period
totaled 84,758.
Sunday saw the Columbia Falls
post office crew handle 24O sacks of
incoming letters and packages.
Greene praised the cooperation of
local citizens in sorting their mail
into local and out-of-city delivery
boxes, and also in mailing packages
earlier than usual.
He said as a result of this cooper.
alton, the local crew was able tt
handle the increased volume with
no more work than year ago.
Objective at the post office is tt
close the windows Saturday at
p. m. in view of Christmas eve.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Greene and his staff wish the com
munity a Merry Christmas. This in
cludes Ted Andrew, Mrs. Irene Nit;
and Mrs. Claudia Geer, clerks; Mrs
Rose Greene and Mrs. Mary Beagle
substitute clerks; Leonard Geer
who transports mail to and from
the depot, and Christmas seasol
temporary assistants, Ray Barnhar
and Clarence Nitz.
And it's Merry Christmas to-
from the three carriers, Mrs. May
belle Kelley on the Martin City sta
route; Jim .Konen on Routes LA AM
1B, and Lyle Wyant who serves tn
North Fork.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-23
AAC to Build Employees Club

Major addition TO the Columbia
Falls business district is scheduled
to start next spring with construction
of the Anaconda Aluminium Co. EN-
ployes club. The building will mea-
sure 116 feet 8 inches across its
front and be 149 feet 8 inches deep.
The new tapestry red brick struct-
ure with aluminium trim and large
windows on the front will be on
Sixth Street West, opposite the Kelly
building, and two blocks from Col
umbia Falls high school.
H. G. Satterthwaite, plant man.
ager, commented that the building
is to be erected next spring and
summer, and in use next fall. It is
for Anaconda employees and their
wives or husbands. The Anaconda
company has Employees clubs in
Butte, Great Falls and Anaconda
where the company has plants.
One side of the new Columbia
Falls club will contain six bowling
alleys with men and women's locker
rooms. Ceiling here will be Illuminated
wood beams.
Other side of the building will
show the rise of Illuminated wood ar
ches. Here will be the AZ by 7O-foOt
assembly room with stage. From
floor to peak of ceiling it will be 20
feet. This large room will be used
for dances and card parties.
There will also be a 26 by 4O-foot
reading room lounge, soft drink
bar, and kitchen facilities for BAN
quets and motion picture equipment.
Interior of the building is to be
attractively furnished.
Exterior will somewhat resemble
the main office building at the plant
as far as the brick and aluminium are
concerned.
The new Anaconda Employees club
will be half block west of the new
$46,891 68 by 54-foot Pacific Power
and Light Co. building being erected
by Gyrion Construction Co.
The three lots where the new EN-
ployes club will be located were
purchased from Pat Kelly. Two lots
across the alley on First Avenue
West were purchased from Chef Sey-
mer, and will be used for parking
facilities.
Original objective was to have
the new building on the corner of
First Avenue West and Sixth Street
or Seventh Street, but Anaconda was
not able to purchase either of these
corners, which are closer to the
I business district
: The new building is expected to
!. be a major asset to Columbia Falls
providing wide range of recroa.
+. tiOnal activity for the 500 Anacands
tarnployes of the Flathead in tili.
r community. @
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-23
Chats with Youngsters
At Lions Club Party

That most impressive man, Santa
Claus visited Columbia Falls We'd
nesday evening at annual Lions
club sponsored Christmas party AT
fair was held in the lobby of the
Bank of Columbia Falls.
Klaas Dewitt was chairman for
the party with Cecil Hudson arrang-
ing for Santa's appearance.
Here are the 10 pictures taken by
the Hungry Horse News Wednesday
evening.
Among youngsters were: David,
Stephen and Bobby Spencer, Bonnie
Mateka, Mike and Diane Gesek,
Ricky Huston, Patty Lou Staley,
Joanie Marantette, Charlene and
Charles Launer, Barry Sundberg, An
ma Sundberg, Diane Barnhart, John
ny and jeanne Popa, Glenn Fulton,
Jimmy Perry, Marilyn and Ricky
Cavalar, Gail Ann and Howard Shay,
Terry Wayne Milton, Kenny and
Bobby Sands, Connie and Karen
Beagle. A problem was obtaining
all the names and there are others
in the pictures besides those listed
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-23
Feh|bere Resigns from District 8 School Boar

Accepted by the board at the spec
ial meeting Tuesday was also the
resignation of Mrs. Arlene Berg
Kirkpatrick effective Dec. 8. She has
been teaching third grade in Column
bia Falls.
Also discussed by the board with
no decision was placing of janitors,
hot lunch employees, stenographers
and clerks under the federal social
security setup. Teachers participate
in the Montana Teachers Retire
ment program.
The board will name a new chair
man in January. Other members
are Herman Byrd, Martin City; Will
lam Knapton and DR.. w. F. Bennett,
Columbia Falls.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-23

Conrad Lundgren is president of
the Flathead Electric Coop board
Fehlberg has been director of the
REA board for number of years.
Fehlberg operates the Coram Tour
list service cabins, grocery and SER
vice station at Coram. Both the
Fehlberg children completed eight
grades at Coram and were graduated
from Columbia Falls high school.
Robert Fehlberg, Kalispel, a Mon
ma State college graduate is now
an architect. Marilyn Fehlberg is
a student at Montana State univer-
sity, Missoula.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown have a daugh-
ter, Erna, Columbia Falls high
school junior.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-23

s Accepted with regret by the Dis
trict school board at a special
meeting Tuesday was resignation of
its chairman, Otto Fehlberg, Coram.
Fehlberg, a member of the school
board since 1941, resigned for rea-
son of i'll health.
F. P. Fleming, former board mem
Der and school district clerk, COM
mented that in more than IA years
Fehlberg had never missed school
board meeting. He was elected to
his last three year term April 8, 1854.
Members of the district 6 board
have recommended to Lulu Barnard,
county superintendent of schools,
that she appoint Rex Brown, Coram
mill owner, to fill the vacancy until
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-23
Plant Contracts or
LodqepoIe Supply

Griffin Mattheisen, Columbia Falls
rural. is to supply the Anaconda
Aluminium Co. with II to Is foot
lodgepoles, poles IL to 8 inches in
diameter during the next six months.
Anticipated requirement is over
300 poles a week.
The lodgepoles have been found
more satisfactory and economical
than metal rakes in breaking anode
bubbles in the aluminium pots.
LodgepOle pine-referred to as
growing as thick as hair on a dogs
backs considered of little value
in the Flathead