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Evening star., 1955-10-05
GO. P. Shifts
tactics for S.
House Drive
BY the Associated Pres.

BY the Associated Press
President Eisenhower's Hines:
has not outwardly dampened Re-
publican hopes of recapturinf
control of the House in 1886
lbut 1t is causing a marked re.
vision of campaign tactics.
! Representative Simpson o.
PENNSYLVANIA, chairman of The
lG. o. P. Congressional Campaign
ICommittee. said today his organ.
ization is going ahead as be-
fore" in the expectation of win.
ming 233 House seats.
Elsewhere. However, response
|ble Republican sources said thai
I"undoubtediy" changes will hav.
ito be made in the conduct Of thu
congressional campaign becaust
LOT a very real possibility MIR. Els.
lenhower's heart attack will re.
move him as a candidate for re.
ELECTION,
Fear Loss Of Goat Tailers"
This evaluation is based OF
THE conviction the Republicans
cannot count any longer on whaI
were described as "coat-tail rid
rs"-candidates who might ex,
Ipect to be carried into Office or
tthe strength Of Mr.. Eisenhower
popularity,
| These. it was explained. ar,
largely in the marginal district!
mot firmly held by the G. o. P
AS a result, the campaign com
Imittee has put its own forces inte
1.-THE field and is attempting X
Ispot-taiIor its campaigns to eacf
district. Efforts are being con-
tcentrated on those districts ir
which the @. o. p. lost 10 seats
lin the 1854 elections.
| Mr.. Simpson, in an interview
Iagreed the committee expects its
candidates to stand on their owr
merits" next fall, saying:
"At the risk of being charged
with sticking our noses into local
politics, we feel that the local
people should get out and gel
some good candidates.
He intimated the COMMITTEES
would have little financial help
TO offer weak or questionable
candidates in a campaign with
out Mr.. Eisenhower.
Recognizing the Presidents
illness and his temporary re-
lmoval from political activity, we
are proceeding as we have be-
fore" he said.
| I'VE are determined to give
the President a working ma
jority in the House. and indica-
tions are that we will have at
least 233 Republican members
after the election"
| The @. o. P. now holds 2O3
seats. the Democrats 23I. There
lis one vacancy due to the re-
cent death of Representative
John D. Dingell of Detroit,
whose district is generally con-
ceded to be safely Democratic.
| Mr.. Eisenhower himself car
ried 297 congressional districts
in 1852. but the Republicans won
only 22i House seats that year.
| Mr.. Simpson declined to spec
ulate In any way on the affect
Iof the Presidents heart attack
on congressional campaigns.
Some Republicans, however,
think there is more chance OF
losing disastrously at the presi-
dental level than at the Con-
lgressional level ia the event Mr..
Eisenhower Is not q candidate.
One reason advanced for Their
thinking is that heavy financial
contributors may devote a
greater share of their time and
money to returning control oi
Congress to the G. o. p.
Evening star., 1955-10-05

of ia japanese war criminali
under Dutch jurisdiction.
Anything the Japanese pay
goes directly to the victims, {
said A. D. Van Nunes. First
Secretary.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
Sanders Named
Lions Club Head

Robert Sanders was elected
president of the Columbia Falls
Lions club Monday succeeding Ce-
ell Hudson.
Other officers named were E.
j. Lundstrom, first vice president,
succeeding DR.. Loren Kreck; Dean
Harrison, second vice president
Bill Knapton, third vice president
Leonard Whitney succeeds Cal
Crouch as secretary. George Au-
bert was reelected treasurer.
Elected tailtwister was IL Car
ter. succeeding E. j. Lundstron
with Carl Launer named Lior
tanner replacing Bud Beagle.
Chosen two year directors Wer,
E. j. Marantette and Ed Woster
Retiring directors were Knaptol
and Harrison. Hudson succeed
Bill McGregor as the past presi
dent director.
The club as a body gave vot
of thanks to George ALBERT for hi
dictatorship of the Lions pla,
"Rose of Rattlesnake Flats" pre-
sented April 80. The play nette
$3.50 for the Lions swimming poe
project and was big success.
A group of Columbia Falls Lion
: plan to attend charter night &C
tivities of the new Bigfork Lion
club May II.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
Operot'g Engineers
Wont Hiqhwuys

The Operating Engineers west
ern Montana local disagrees with
the State Federation of Labor
CAT Of ~ on their stand regarding
the cent gasoline tax added by
the legislature last February.
The state federation opposed the
tax and has considered an injunc-
ton against the measure.
Speaking for the Operating En-
gineers which has 1900 members
in four Montana locals was Joe
Crosswhite, Columbia Falls, pres
ident of the state branch. Locals
are at Kalispell, Great Falls, Butte
and Billings.
The Operating Engineers are E
part of the State Federation Of
Labor, but they disagree on the
gasoline tax stand.
Crosswhite continued that hi
group felt the gasoline tax was al
equitable way in which to gain
more revenue to match fedora
funds for highway construction. HI
added that the man who uses tn
highway the most, pays the moss
Crosswhite concluded that tn
Operating Engineers organization
felt that Montana had Jagged i
highway construction, and this wa
especially serious for state S
dependent on tourist travel.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
South Fork Flow
Doubles in Week

HUNGRY HORSE-The Flat
head South Forks inflow into
Hungry Horse reservoir Thursday
was 5,086 cubic feet per second
stimulated by gradual warming
up this week. A week ago it was
2,O22 cubic feet per second.
This compares to an inflow Of
$3.50 May S, 1954-also a late
spring. March inflow was consid-
erably less than a year ago.
Charles Simmons, Hungry Horse
Powerhouse supervisor, added that
the reservoir now has 2,166, 180
acre feet compared to 1,629,l90 q
year ago. This results from the
reservoir having filled last summer
for the first time. 1t was full al
3,468, 900 feet from July until De-
cember.
Hungry Horse reservoir since
May has risen foot as result
OF a restriction on outflow to 400
cubic feet per second in order t
assist the channel improvement
contract now underway.
Power generation peaks at 40,
600 kilowatts and then after mid
night until 8 am. is at minimum
flow.
= The lake elevation is now 3,
<D6.54 feet above sea level com
pared to 3,461 q year ago, an
$3.50 when full. W
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
Park Reservations up

WEST GLACIER-Reservations
for accommodations in Glacier
National Park are running ahead
of year ago, according to infor-
nation received by Supt. j. w.
Emmert.
: He added that inquiries by mail
at Park Headquarters are averag-
ing 25 day and ahead of last
year. hast year the park had $685.
600 visitors.
Cabin camp facilities on park
borders and at such locations as
Apgar in the park are already
open 1or visitors.
The Glacier Park Co. hotels and
cabin camps are to open June Is
Glaciers Going to-the Sun high
way. is now open for traffic for &c
miles to Logan creek on the wes1
side, and for six miles on the cas-
| side. Next week it will be oper
for ID miles.
First convention group scheduled
for Glacier is Kappa Alpha Thets
at Glacier Park hotel June IA, Il
and 16 with 100 in the group.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06

FATHER forecast: Partly
cloudy Thursday and Friday. Mild
temperatures Thursday; slightly
cooler Friday. Predicted tempera-
lures high Thursday IS, low IS,
high Friday so.
Highs and lows Of week: April
20, $3.50, Saturday 67-32, Sunday
55-42, Monday 49-41, Tuesday 49,
81, Wednesday $3.50, Thursday
about $3.50.
April at the airport had total
precipitation of .89 of an inch COM
pared to 1.02 inches normal, ac-
cording to Observer Ray Hall. Thi!
compares with LAG inches at Yves
Glacier with the normal LIST
inches. Indication as result i.
above normal precipitation in thu
mountains.
| April temperatures at the airpor
was Al degrees below normal fol
lowing the coolest March on rec
ord with temperatures 1913 degree
below normal.
| Snow on ground at Essex /
I inches. Last snow on ground
year ago, May 10.
Spring farm work in the Flat
head is considered three week
,, late. This is the latest spring in re
cent years.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
Inspecting Forest
Service Operations

KALISPELL - James c. Her,
chief of operations for the Forest
Service out of Missoula, was max
ing an operations inspection OF
Flathead National Forest this
week.
Once each four years an inSpec-
ton is made of the physical plant
budget and other factors of the
| .orest operation.
Her with Flathead Nationa
Forest Supervisor F. j. Neitzlini
was visiting ranger stations at Bi,
Creek, Coram and Bigfork as vel
as the Kalispell offices.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06

WEST GLACIER-Monday will
see Glacier National Park snow
clearing operations 60 on two
day shift basis working from 4
am. to 8 pm.
PloWSs are now about two miles
from the big Logan pass drift on
the parks east side at Siyeh creek.
Ahead are snow drifts up to so
feet deep, and it is expected to be
about May 20 before the plows
reach the pass area itself. Next
phase will be to remove the deep
snow in the big cut just east of
the pass, and then cross the con-
tinental divide and proceed down
the Garden Wall toward Logan
creek. Objective is to open the en-.
Tire 50-mile highway BY Jls1ga l. z
/ Less snow is being found at low
elevations on highways this year
reports Clarence Bengtson, gen
eral road foreman. However he ex-
poets high mountain snow to be
about as deep as year ago.
Siyeh creek was reached May /:
last year and May 5 this.
Sun highway effective Saturday
morning will be open from Yves
/ Glacier to Logan creek, a distanc,
of 20 miles. 1t had been open Il
| Avalanche. On the east side thu
highway is open for six miles t
Rising Sun camp, and next week
end the gate is to be moved t.
Jackson Glacier Viewpoint, 1
miles from st. Mary.
The road into Two Medicine i
now open, and the road from Bah
to Many Glacier has been opel
: since late March.
: Chief Mountain highway is t
/ be opened next weekend, and the
Looking Glass hill road from Eas
Glacier to Two Medicine.
/, In charge of the park snow re
: moval program is Max Edgar
: park engineer, with Bengtson, gen
: eral road foreman supervising op
l erations. Leroy Wohlbrandt an
); Andrew Stewart are the two fore
!, men. Rotary operators are Leste
: Loyal and Pete Arcand. Dozer op
e orators are Claude Tesmer, Pal
: Gerrish, Joe Hammond and Del
mer Mathew AL Vale and Georg
j Harrison are watchmen.
4 Watchmen's job is to keep
: lookout for avalanches. The doze
i operators move ahead of the pillow
:. showing snow down.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
Low Level Areas
Have Heavy Snow

KALISPELLr--Ed Morris, Flat
head National Forest engineer, re-
porting on the MAY 1 snow meas
ure1i. ent, salx A5Ae d4dyed
snow melt, particularly in the low
er country such as Tally Lake dis
trict, increase the potential for
heavy peak stream flows"
The Tally Lake low level snow
cover is equivalent to year ago,
which followed heavy snow win
ter. The Logan Creek snow course
six miles southeast of Star Mea-
dows showed a water content of
7.3 inches. This. compared to last
years To inches and is 662 per
cent of the average for Is years.
Tom Triplett and John Hauer
of Flathead National Forest with
Jerry LaRue of the U. S. Geologi-
cal Survey travelled by snow-cat
up the South Fork. The ground
was snow covered all the way
from the head of Hungry Horse
reservoir down to the dam on the
west side. 49,.
While water content of all snow
courses taken together is double
the average for May l, it is just
81 per cent of the amount meas
ured last year at this time, which
followed a record winter for snow
4 fall.
Measurements up the South
Fork for May l are as follows:
Trout Lake, Ala inches snow, JAS
inches water content; 161 per cent
; of average for six years; last year
had 80 inches snow and 1919 inches
water content.
Quintonken,- 22.5 inches snow
, 10 inches water, 213 per cent OF
average for four years; last year
| had 80 inches snow 11.9 niche.
water.
, Spotted Bear mountain, 80
i please turn to page ~
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
Join AAC Force

Operations staff at the Anaconda
aluminium Co. plant increased by
five this week TO 80.
Large scale employment starting
in late June and early July will
see the total operations force by
fall reach about $50.
First aluminium is scheduled for
production in mid-July with the
first two buildings (potline y in
operation. Potline two is to start
producing metal in Septmber.
New employees are Albert Steele,
assistant potline foreman, who for
merly worked for Kaiser at Ia
coma; Harold K. Morrison, assist
ant potline foreman, who worked
| for Reynolds at Hot Springs, Ark
Stanley L. Smith, Columbia Falls
paste plant operator; Fred A. Sor-
ensen, Martin City, general office
clerk, and Mrs. Ethel Hogan, Col
umbia Falls, office maintenance.
Construction employment totaI
at the plant stands at 1,277 down
from 1,284 last week. Foley Con-
structors and subcontractors tota-
is 1,097 up from 1893 last week
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
SaIk Vaccine Coming May II

ALlSPELL-Sd1k vaccine IN
oculations will start in the Flat
head Tuesday, May IT. That's also
the first day for the Great Falls |
area.
Elsewhere in Montana inocula-
lions are to be underway starting
next Monday
DR.. Virgil Feree, county health
officer, received word to this eff
feet from the State Board Of Health
Wednesday afternoon.
| Vaccine mot used in NEGOTIATIONS
next week in Missoula will be sent
to the Flathead. Unused vaccine
from other points will be sent to
Helena and then to Great Falls and
Kalispell.
Flathead schedule is now Kali
ispell, May II; Columbia Falls,
May Is; Whitefish, May 10; Kalis-
pell, May 20 for other schools be-
sides Kalispell public school chill
dren.
| Reason is that the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
is planned on a 80 per cent sign
up for NEGOTIATIONS in Montana.
The percentage is considerably
higher, and there isn't enough vac
cine to go around, Ferree COM
mented.
Plan now, according to DR.. Fer
rec, is to give the first shots May
II, 10, 10 and 20, and then the
second shots, month later. The
first and second graders will re-
turn to school for the vaccinations
S The third shot will be given sever
2 months after the second shot. This
is now the recommended time in
tervals.
DR.. Ferree said that he knew Of
just four Withdrawals of parent:
a consent in Kalispe1 schools out Of
I more than 400 first and seconc
graders signed up.
The vaccine will arrive in Hell.
S ena by air from Pittman- moore
n company, indianapolis. From thu
q capital it will be distributed most
Il ly by state highway patrol courier
e except for few eastern communl
e ties where CAP planes will fl.
7. in the vaccine.
e DR.. Ferree sees the Montana in
n EQUATIONS coming at good time
n If there is any fear by parent:
IS there is the situation that Pittman
20 Moore vaccine has been used i
Kansas, Ohio and West Virgini
one and two weeks ago without
single case of polio occurring.
Excluding the Cutter vaccine b
last Saturday, there were 3,500,00
NEGOTIATIONS, and only three case
of polio occurred. This is less tina
L one case in million.
70 It is entirely likely that the:
~ children had contacted the pol
ID virus before being inoculated.
u the polio virus comes from Il
as vaccine, it would show in ii,
days. This is the test time in MOI
oi keys.
tie Meanwhile Idaho has stoppt
d. NEGOTIATIONS and the Cutter labo
atory product out of Berkeley
Sc being checked further. Difficult
lat is that actually there have be-
ou 80 cases of polio in half milli'
NEGOTIATIONS. These children M
ne have contacted the virus befo
leI being inoculated.
at DR.. Ferree said that so far Il
'e- year, Montana has had seven cas-
of polio compared to "a cases
ace a considerable period Of 1854. To
w w 1854 polio cases in the state "
'oo ITO, down from Isl in 1853 a
W 200 in 1852.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
Falls Satisfaction :
Construction Neur

KALISPELL - Construction of
the $15O,OO0 Columbia Falls $4,000
kilovolt ampere substation OF Bon
neville Power Administration in
Columbia Heights is to be under
way in mid-May, expects G. 2.
Cartwright, Kalispell, western
Montana office manager for Bon
neville.
Apparent low bidder at the
Tuesday opening for construction
of the substation not including fur
nishing and installing the lotion
three phase transformer wa $
George S. Smith, Bothell, Wash.
asking $22,O12. Other bidders were
R. C. Hughes, Spokane, $22, 7O3;
The Brandon company, Vancouv-
er, 1892; Casey Electric Co., Sc
attic and Columbia Falls, $29,668'
John M. King Co., Tacoma, SSH
4O1 and Arnt Olson, Missoula. $751;
279.
Nick Thinner, Spokane, Bonnie
vile transmission superintendent
along with Monroe Hammond
Spokane, general engineer, ane
Henry Mahnke, Hot Springs, lmt
foreman, were at the substatlo1
site Wednesday stalking.
The new substation will tap tht
Kerr Hungry Horse $4,000 VOL
line stepping power down to 54,5o'
volts to feed new Pacific rowe
and Light Co. line that will serv'
Columbia Falls and Whitef1sh, ant
also the new Bad Rock canyon 7
West Glacier Flathead Electric co
OPP line.
The contractor will fill and grad
2 the substation area, build an &C
S cess road, excavate and construc
: foundation for the transformer
Y circuit breakers, lightning arrest
ors, switchwrack, control mouse
t grounding system and other equip
d ment and erect and 800 foot 1enc,
S. Bonneville furnishes and install
It the transformer, switchyard pan
v els and makes connections an
). also supplies all material excel
n concrete and gravel.
n The contract is to start WITHIN
le days of award and be completed
so days.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
Delayed Spring Brings Flood Threat

A delayed spring brings threat
of floods to northwestern Montana
despite snowfall somewhat below
normal.
March was the coolest on record
in Flathead valley weather history
with 1913 degrees below normal,
reports Observer Ray Hall. Then
April was Al degrees below nor
NAL.
Development is a flood threat
described by Allan Solid OF the
u. S. Geological Survey Kalispell
office as similar though definitely
less than a year ago. The spring
of 1854 had a record snow pack
and cool spring, but not as cool as
the present one, though both Aprils
were similar.
May % is considered the average
river peak day for the Flathead.
On May %, 1913, flow of the Flat
head river at Columbia Falls peak
ed at 10000 cubic feet per second,
and water rose six feet above flood
stage to inundate bottom land.
May 20, 1854 saw the three forks
of the Flathead flow even more
water, but Hungry Horse Dam held
back over a third. Main river at
Columbia Falls flowed at $1,000
cubic feet and the river rose to Is
feet or foot above flood stage.
Sixteen feet causes damage.
The North Fork at POlebridge a
year ago was nine inches higher
| May 20, 1854 than it was May q,
1913. The Middle Fork at West
Glacier stood at Is feet compared
to 12.4 feet May %, 1913.
A result of these two uncon-
trolled flooding forks was extern
sive damage at the Assembly OF
God Bible camp near the South
Fork junction. Summer homes haC
to be moved as the bank cavee
in.
The Flathead knew it was ex-
periencing a record spring runoff
1t was in nearby Lincoln county a
Libby and west to Bonner's Ferr.
where the might of flood was felt
The uncontrolled Kootenai isolate'
Bonner's Ferry for week. Grea
, Northern trains were re-routed.
} Indication of what cool sprin
does to river flow is indicated b
u the u. S. Geological Survey repo1
" that lists the Middle Fork averag
= flow at West Glacier for March {
4 next to the lowest for a March ]
Is years. The Clark's Fork at
IS Regis was the 43rd lowest in
n years.
k. May l stream flow was one ha
80 the amount of water measured
70 year ago.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
Siren Sounds Tuice

There were a few minutes of
concern in Columbia Falls Thurs
day noon. The fire siren sounded
at l1:45 and again at IL noon. Re-
suit was both fire trucks out of
the city.
The 11:45 fire goes down as a
false alarm. Firemen were told to
go out on U. S. Highway No.
near the Fordik Post plant to a
chimney fire. They couldn't find
any.
The noon call was to >Riverhav-
en- where Mrs. Roger Ganiere':
washing machine motor had start
ed to smoke badly. The machine
had been dragged out of the house
when the firemen got there.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
Pick Delegates For
Annual Bows Stute

Lynn LoveaI, Columbia Falls,
and Leroy Byrd, Martin City, have
been chosen as Columbia Falls
high school delegates to Boys State
this summer at Western Montana
College of Education campus, in
Dillon, in August. Alternate is
Bruce Ostby, Coram. The boys
are juniors.
Columbia Falls Masonic lodge
and West Glacier Lions sponsor a
boy to Boys State each summer.
Picked previously to attend Girls
State in Billings was Deanna Cada,
Columbia Heights, with Roberta
Mclean, Columbia Heights, alter
nate
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
Parks Late Spring
Ignored by Squirrels

WEST GLACIER-Late spring
or not Columbia ground squirrels
in Glacier National Park are en-
crying from Information essentially
on schedule.
First squirrels were observed at
Park Headquarters April 20, and
now are showing at higher spots.
Each spring the squirrels start
appearing after mid April. They
enter Information, reports M. =
Beatty, chief park naturalist, IN
September and October at lower
elevations and in August in the
high country.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
Postpone Forest
Ranger Conference

CORAM-Annual spring ranger
conference for Flathead National
Forest held at Coram ranger sta
ton has been postponed from May
8 and 10 to June 6 and 7 as result
of the delayed spring.
Also postponed is movement Of
the forests horses and mules to
back country districts. The forest
horses and mules from winter
range at Perma are scheduled to
arrive at Coram ranger station
May 20 bound for Spotted Bear
and Big Prairie.
Ranger Arthur Olson with Ernie
Harder and Richard Kent are to
open Big Prairie station May 16
going in by plane. It is 40 miles
from roads end at Spotted Bear
Ranger Charlie Shaw expects te
open Spotted Bear station May %
Scheduled for May IL is an all
drop of supplies for a trap tret
marking camp on Sullivan creek
so miles above Hungry Hors,
Dam. Going in by foot to mark tn,
$50 spruce to be felled will b,
Les Darling, John Hauer and Ger
aid Rose.
Bid opening for telling the ira
trees will be May 13 in Kalispel
with a June Is completion date
!, Scheduled for June 3 is a bid OPP
) ening for sale of 17,780,000 boar
feet of timber on Sullivan. Othe
: trap tree programs are schedule
: for Lost Johnny and Red Meade
creeks. First timber sale of til
Al year will be Red Meadow cree
: on the North Fork with $4,000
d board feet and a May 81 bid oper
ing.
s Flathead National Forest Thur!
t day had 70 men working headir
e toward the summer peak of 81
o according to Carter Helseth, di:
4 / patcher.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-05-06
Emmert to Vancouver

WEST GLACIER-Supt. J. w.
Emmert of Glacier National Park
will leave Friday for Vancouver,
BIC. and the annual meeting OF
the Pacific Northwest Trade Asso-
citation of British Columbia and
the Pacific Northwest states, May
8 and 10.