Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-03-11
To Form Development Group


farm groups are asked to select
delegates who will attend an or
ganizational meeting of a county
wide development committee.
Meeting date is Tuesday, March
% at 7 p. m. at the Temple Tea
Room in Kalispell. Idea proposed
is that each chamber send three
delegates, the Grange three, Farm
ers Union three, organized labor
at Kalispell, five, and Whitefish
railroad unions, three. No hard
fast number is necessary.
MOSS PRESIDES
Temporary chairman of the or
ganization is c. M. Moss, publisher
of the Whitefish Pilot and former
Flathead state senator.
introduced by Publisher w. b.
Sweetland of The Daily Inter Lake,
Moss presided Tuesday evening at
a gathering of more than 80 civic,
farm and labor leaders at the Tenn
pie Tea Room. The meeting was
called by the county's publishers
which also include Frank Trippett,
Kalispell News-Farm Journal, and
Mel Ruder, Hungry Horse News.
Also participating were Norm
Fisher of KGEZ and Jim Faulds,
Kalispell correspondent of the
Muscular.
Moss stressed that he still con-
sidered Northwestern Montana the
area of the future. He felt that nc
one section had more possibilities
than the Flathead.
The chairman felt that the Flat
head had number of active or
CARNATIONS, but that there was the
need for an overall area organiza-
ton.
He pointed out the fine work Of
the Flathead Citizens COMMITTEES
that spearheaded the successful
drive to keep Flathead lake from
being raised, and helped bring
about construction of Hungry
Horse Dam.
Later came the Flathead Indus
trial Council with chamber anc
labor representative that tackled
the winter unemployment problem
and need for a west side of Hun
cry Horse reservoir road.
MORE SMALL PLANTS
Moss emphasized that he felt
was highly improbable that tn
Flathead would get another larg
industry such as Anaconda Alum
I mum Co. but that a score of 20
man plants added up to 400 job:
He felt more industrial jobs wa
necessary if the valley was to pros
per.
There was comment that timbe
processing should be more intense
ly developed; the more finishe
the lumber leaving the Flatheac
the more man hours worked her
in its production. He also eXpreSSe
his thought that agriculture in tn
valley should become more spe
y cialized.
The veteran Whitefish publishe
y used an illustration from an oil
q McGuffey reader where a fathe
: took tWig, and before his Seve
: sons broke it into seven piece
Il Then he put the seven pieces tt
IL gether, and said, "See my sons,
is easy to break one stick, but Sc
to the strength of the seven"
l. WHITEFISH DOZEN
l. At the start of the meeting eaC
IS of the men present introduce
8 themselves except for the White
in fish table of IL where WhitefiS
k, Chamber President Art Harlow il
y. troduced his delegation.
Twenty different farm, labc
I'd civic and chamber leaders we
IN called on for brief remarks, al
in there was overwhelming suppo
es for the idea that the Flathead t
gether could achieve progress tn
individuals could not.
The sentiments also included
wide variety of ideas where t
Flathead could better itself throu
ID group action.
IS. Harold Small, farmer, common
IS. ed that his firm had a shipment
Is to 20 carloads of potatoes
n Ellensburg, Wash, where tn
3. were packaged and sent on
oy Seattle. Next some of the potato
came back to Butte, and then ir
Kalispell, where Flathead resider
bought local potatoes but paid
additional price of shipping a
hauling.
j. G. Edmiston, long time tres
les urer of the Flathead Citizens col
mittee, commented that it wol
nd take combined effort to get su
projects as Middle Fork dive
sion, Glacier View and Lib
Dams.
Jim Willows, president of I
nv Hungry Horse Community eli
nv remarked that he was a millwri|
eli at the AAC plant, and that
knew the average working m
ov likes the Flathead. Industry v
nc provide jobs that will encours
him to continue living here.
ov Carl Rydberg, Montana-W
ity ing representative for the H
Carriers Labor union, and form
ell | p1So1ONut vi llle EIidIIlDeI- ldl
Flathead Industrial council, S
-er labor was 100 per cent for &
countrywide development. 81
sh the projects and We'll build the1
Henry Siderius, Farmers I'm
rk representative, commented t
the Flathead was exporting cat
ell and hogs, and importing beef 6
pork and ham. He felt more eff
should be made toward achiev
.b a market for local farm produ
lSn' in local markets.
.b Columbia Falls Mayor Hern
I'ii' Benzlen stressed the importal
;ob to the Flathead of the propo,
1911 North Fork highway developm
~ that would provide direct acc
'0ii' for Alberta into the Flathead.
Ia AAC plant manager, H. G. S
ia terthWaite. said that he had liz