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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-30

major reason for that federal bu
reau's arbitrarily refusing a public
hearing on the issue.
Herewith is the latest protest by
the Rocky Mountain Sportsmen, to
Senators Murray and Mansfield and
Rep. Metcalf, who have been at
tempting to persuade the Park Serv-
ice to hold public hearing:
Under the head of eek Kill Is
Under Fire" and labelled (AP) from
Bozeman, the existence of vigorous
protest is finally recognized. Up to
now, only the peoples Voice" has
given hearing to this protest.
The Associated Press story, how
ever, is more noteworthy for what it
suppresses than for its information
in the way of news. 1t suppresses the
fact that the National Park Service
has made statements of alleged fact
which have been challenged and has
refused to permit any public hearing
or impartial investigation Of the basis
for the planned slaughter. 1t continues
to give the "silent treatment" to the
charge by sportsmen's organizations
that the Interior Department is really
acting at the behest of livestock in
terests. Consistently with all the Mon
tana dailies of the "big company"
chain, it ignores the proposal for
elk instead of resorting
to butchering them by hired park
employees.
A PHONY PROPHECY
The Big Lie and the Silent Treat
ment are familiar to all of us in ex-
amples of wide notoriety. The Soviet
government denounces "colonialism"
while holding a score of subject peo-
pies in its mailed fist, and calling its
conquered provinces democratic re-
publics." This is like the prophecy
Of the Park Service, year after year,
that $1,000 elk will die of starvation
# we donot kill them down to save
The forage. The thousands of dead elk |
we're never found in any of those
years. The experts on game manage
nent" who turned themselves into
prophets turned out to be just official
'lunkies who issued Big Lie. Yet
he Secretary of the Interior asks
he sportsmen and the congressman
Who speak in their behalf to believe
hose experts"
The points of the controversy:
1.-The claim that the Park is
overgrazed by elk to the danger
point.
Answer: We have no positive OBJ I
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-30
THE "REAL JOKER" IN
MWF "GRIPE" FORUM

The Montana Wildlife Federation
has announced a meeting lat five
bucks a plate) at Billings, January
10th, at which DIRECTORS to the elk
kill may, in the elegant language Of
the Federation "air their gripes."
Every speaker announced is on the
federal Or state payroll, but the real
joker is the date of January 16. The
Park superintendent has announced
that the elk kill will commence early
in january. So that, even if the sports
mems representatives bought many
five-dollar plates, and "aired MAN,
gipes", and even if the Wildlife Fed
erationists voted that the gripes are
well taken, and even if the unthink-
able result should come to pass that
the Park Superintendent "a specially
distinguished guest should admit the
sportsmen's objections were just
the 1000 elk would already have been
killed according to plan!
Of course the "even ifs" will not
happen. The so-called Wildlife Fed
Grafton is already committed public
ly to support tn slaughter program.
1t is about to stage a propaganda
meeting. Should any sportsmen who
are not on the federal or state pay
roll, or both, appear and state objec-
tions, they will be shouted down; if
they ask embarrassing questions, the
will be long speeches off the
point; and the daily press will report
the meeting as a triumph of experts
over boobs. Should no sportsmen at
tend the gathering, it will of course
be love-feast reported as a unani-
nous endorsement of the elk kill.
Anyone who has seen one of these
oaded meetings in action can smell
his one a hundred miles away from
he second floor of the Northern
Hotel in Billings.
Please hand this letter to the Sec
'etary of the Interior and again de-
nand a public hearing.
Rocky MOUNTAIN SPORTSMEN'S
ASSOCIATION,
BERNARD KING,
Chairman of the Board.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-30

outsiders and he knows it. The law
he has in mind is the unwritten law
of governmental secrecy. The investi-
cation that he wants-and gets-is
just as fair as the trial CT an Ameri-
can flyer captured by Korean Reds
for espionage or germ warfare, and
lust as public.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
Col. Falls Council
Meetinq Schedule

Schedule of Columbia Falls city
council meetings during July is as
follows:
July II monday at 8 PM regular
monthly meeting postponed from
July 4. Being submitted will be a
petition on the new ION a leash or
in a pen" dog ordinance that would
have the issue settled by an election
and petition opposing the proposed
Estensen Crescent addition.
In the meantime, Columbia Falls
water, streets, police, Judge, treas
urer, clerk and other departments
are submitting a list of itemized ex-
penses and itemized estimated rev.
enue (other than taxation) by July
10.
The mayor and council are re-
viewing other estimated costs and
revenues.
July 10th will see a special meet.
ing of the council a preliminary bud
get prepared by Mrs. Ruby j. Gull
laume-Berg, city clerk. July Is viii
see revision of the budget as need
ed, and August 8, public hearing
on the preliminary budget.
August l is the regular meeting O
the council and August 8, the meet
ing to fix the final budget and levy
The above schedule may chang
some, and special meetings Otter
start at 7 pm. where regular meet
ings convene at 8 pm.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
Building Permits
Jump This Week

Columbia Falls building permits
that totaled SALT, 1856 for 1855 so far
last week, this week increased by
Sal, 500 if present applications are
approved. Records are in the Of
flee of Mrs. Ruby j. Guillaume-B Berg,
city clerk. Building inspector is
Howard Greene.
Building permit applications on
file since July l are as follows: John
Stone, $500 dwelling; r. J. Dakin,
$11 900 dwelling; Continental Oil Co.,
$4,000 service station; Ignatius Mo-
rales, $1,000 garage, and Roy Sim
ons, dwelling addition, $1,000.
Building permit granted Gyrion
Construction Co., Kalispell, for the
seven-room Columbia Falls grade
school addition is carried on the
city's books at $78,397, the Gyrion
contract price, instead of $103,071
which also includes plumbing, heat
ing and electrical contracts.
Not included in the new total of
$458, 1866 worth of building permits
granted or asked for just over six
months of 1855 is the new Monegan
17-unit apartment building just out
side city limits, considered more
than a 100000 project.
The 1854 building permit total was
$253, 295. The first six months o.
1855 saw a IS per cent increase over
all of the previous year.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
Duck Plays Santa
At Park Residence

WEST GLACIER-A golden eye
duck in Glacier National Park took
turn at playing Santa Claus Tues
day. y
The duck went down the fireplace
chimney at the home Of Supt. j. w.
Emmert. ~
Mrs. Emmert hurriedIy telephoned
M. E. Beatty, chief park naturalist,
with information there's a duck in
the front room"
The naturalist found the young
golden eye under a sofa somewhat
sooty from his entryway. Beatty
could see absolutely no resemblance
between the Emmert's chimney and
lake, though the residence is near
the Flathead's Middle Fork.
Two Vaux swifts have also come
down the Emmert chimney, but
these birds frequent such spots.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
Cloudy and Cool

WEATHER forecast: Cloudy and
cool Thursday with Friday partly
cloudy and slightly warmer. Pre-
dicted high Thursday 81, low 40,
high Friday near 70.
Highs and lows Of week: July 1,
50-43, Saturday 50-42, Sunday 66-36,
Monday 62-43, Tuesday 65-47, We'd
neSday 63-42.
Temperatures have been averaging
1872 degrees below normal reports
Observer Ray Hall at Flathead coun-
ty airport. This is the longest, COM
paratively coolest July weather on
record and follows a topsy-turvy
weather year with the coolest spring
on record and then the Warmest
June reading ever recorded SO, June
%. June averaged g of a degree
above normal for temperature, and
was first normal or above month
since January.
Precipitation: June total was 3.06
inches compared to 2.43 inches nor
NAL for wetteSt month of year at
airport. From June 1 through 81
there was only 81 of an inch preci-
pitation. July precipitation SO far
at airport is ST of an inch. July nor
NAL is Lie inches.
June precipitation at Park Head
quarters totaled IT'S inches COM
pared to 2.52 inches normal. Kalis-
pell had 1853 inches.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
More Rain

The Wednesday night Thursday
morning rain brought 10 of an inch
precipitation to Flathead county air.
port.
At Desert mountain lookout be-
tween Coram and West Glacier, Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Wicker of Pullman,
WASH, recorded a near deluge of
.98 of an inch, and at COram ranger
station there was .86 of an inch.
Spotted Bear had .48 of an inch,
and Big Creek "a.
Unreasonable heavy late June and
early July rains have brought most
logging to a muddy standstill in the
Flathead.
July temperature so far averaging
1872 degrees below normal is prov
ing the coolest July week on record.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
Designate 3 Areas for Lake Cabin Sites

HUNGRY HORSE-Three tentative
areas have been picked for further
study as possible summer home
lease sites on 34-mile long Hungry
Horse reservoir.
They are between Wheeler and
Sullivan creeks and Clayton and
Knieff creeks on the west side of
the man-made lake, and near Riv-
erside creek on the east side. about
is miles above the dam.
Victor Linthacum, Missoula, rec
reational planning officer for the
Forest Service regional office, spent
week along the lake studying the
summer domestic possibilities. Work
ing with him was Ranger Bert Beal-
ey of Coram district.
Further examination and study of
the tentative sites will be made be-
| fore actual homesites are actually
designated. Being examined are such
problems as favorable shorelines and
access roads.
Actual announcement that home
sites are available for lease may
come this fall but is more likely
next spring, Bealey believes.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
To Pave Glaciers
Sun Highway On
NIGHT Schedule

WEST GLACIER-Highway con-
struction on Glacier National Parks
Going-to-the-Sun highway for the
balance of the summer starting Sum-
day will be mostly during night
hours, announced Supt. j. w. EN-
inert.
There will be minimum Of inter-
ference with vactioner traffic with
the entire highway open from 1850
am. until $3.50 pm.
Logan pass to St. Mary will be
open "a hours day as will West
Glacier TO the foot Of Garden Wall.
Mclaughlin Inc, Great Falls, has
1886, 1880 contract to asphalt pave
81 miles of the highway from Logan
creek up the Garden Wall to Logan
pass, and will be largely at night.
Mclaughlin paving plant is being
set up at the former S. Birch and
Sons crusher location on Mcdonald
creek. Birch is nearing completion
of a $125,300 contract that included
rock scaling, crushing 1880 cubic
yards of rock and widening the Log
an pass section.
Florian Mills, Bureau of Public
Roads engineer added that McLaugh
lin is presently completing the $414,
1893 BPR contract for 1888 miles o
highway from Many Glacier to Babb
A temporary oiling by Mclaughlin
is scheduled and rock has beer
crushed for a future contract to be
called for asphalt paving of this sec
ton.
Except for the July 4th holiday
the Birch contract has seen the pass
section of Sun highway closed from
midnight to am. to facilitate rocl
scaling on the Garden Wall.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
North Fork Traffic

Despite the rainy July 4th holiday
total of LIB automobiles passed
over the traffic counter up the Flat
head rivers North Fork at Big
Creek ranger station from 1880 pm.
July l through July S.
Ranger Robert Gillespie said that
there were 244 cars Tuesday, 1913,
Monday, 215 Sunday and 231 Satur-
day.
The North Fork road to the Cana
dian line has had over $1,000, 900
worth of improvements during the
past two years, and is especially used
by fishermen. At Polebridge there is
connection with Bowman and Kint-
la lakes on the west side of Glacier
National Park.
Eventual plan for the North Fork
road is to extend it Is miles into
Canada connecting with the Aka
nina pass highway in Waterton
Lakes National Park, Alberta.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
Glacier Closer to Canadian Parks

Good highways and improved trans
portation are bringing Waterton and
Banff National Parks in Canada ev-
er closer to northwestern Montana
with its visitor attraction of Glacier
National Park.
Howard H. Hays, president of the
Glacier Transport Co., says that in
1854, "a per cent of all visitors ar
irving in Glacier by rail took the
Glacier-Banff combination tours.
This was increase from "a per cent
in 1852. See letters on page 2.
In 1948 both north and southbound
traffic at the Carway crossing of
the international boundary saw 49,
147 cars with 48,926 people. The
year 1854 shows a spectacular in
crease of over 300 per cent to &c.
523 cars and 213,923 people.
Waterton Lakes National Park has
become close enough through good
highways to be within an easy days
trip over and back from the Flat
head. Waterton is SO miles from
West Glacier.
Canadian concept of national parks
include preservation of wilderness
and also golf courses, tennis courts
and swimming pools. Waterton has
new club house and improved goli
course.
Waterton Lakes National Park
was established in 1895, and there
is the unusual feature of an inter
national peace park with Glacier
which is over seven times larger.
Banff, oldest of Canada's parks
was established In 1885, and con
tains 1854 square miles compared
to Glacier in the U.S.A. with 1,5OO
Canada also has a Glacier Nationa
Park in British Columbia containin,
SCI square miles and founded il
1886. 1t is less frequently visite,
than famed Banff or Jasper wit
its 1900 square miles.
Big attraction in the Canada
West this next week is the annua
Calgary Stampede July II throug
16. Calgary is city of l65, 900 people
virtually same distance from Flat
head valley as Great Falls.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
Petition Would
Stuy Doc Law

Columbia Falls controversial ION
leash or in a pen" new dog ord
nance may not take effect July Is
as a result of a petition that asks
for an election on the new regulation.
July council meeting is Monday at
8 pm.
The issue has stimulated more To-
cal conversation than the atomic
bomb.
The law provides that if more than
5 per cent of the registered voters
request an election, the question will
be voted on at the next regular cleo
ton which will be in April, 1857. If
more than Is per cent request an
election, it will be called in 80 days.
The council may call an election
within 80 days whatever the number
of signatures. In the meantime the
new ordinance that was to take effect
July Is will not be enforced.
There were al names on the petit
ton submitted to Mrs. Ruby j,
Guillaume-B Berg, city clerk, request
ing the election on the issue. This
compares with about Is names that
would represent percent of the
approximately AIS registered voters
Columbia Falls city council passed
the 'on a leash or in a pen" dog
ordinance June Is. No public hear
ings were held, though this is op
tional.
Another petition filed with Mrs
Guillaume-Berg opposes resolution
247 which would include the Esten
sen Crescent addition in the north
east section of the city within in
corporated limits. There are 10 prop
erty owners listed as opposing the
addition, and it is believed that they
represent more than half the prop
erty owners involved. AS a result
bringing in the addition is not viewe(
as likely.
July meeting of Columbia Fall
city council is being held Monday
No meeting was scheduled for Jul
4th, a legal holiday or July 5th.
Effective July 1, Columbia Fall
mayor will receive a salary of $50
month and each of the six council
men SIP for each meeting they at
tend, not exceeding $24 a month
Previously they were not paid-no
even a penny.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
Eggs Land Safely In
Park Air Drop

WEST GLACIER-Afr lift to sup
ply a ton of food stuffs and other
supplies for isolated Granite Park
chalet in Glacier National Park saw
Is dozen eggs come down by para
chute with not one even cracked
Most of the food stuff was dropped
on a snoWbank near the chalet.
Larry Stockhill of Flathead Air
Transport piloted the supply plane
for Ross Luding, concessionaire for
Granite Park and Sperry chalets,
Glacier hotels reached only by trail.
Sperry chalets opened with Is
guests over the July 4th holiday de-
spite unfavorable weather. The hotel
is reached by saddle horse parties
or mixers.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
Dam Produces 3, 2Q6, 344 in Power

HUNGRY HORSE Hungry Horse
powerplant generated CSC, 81O, 900 kilo-
watt hours of electricity during the
1855 fiscal year that ended June 80.
At the Bonneville Power Admin
istration composite rate of "a mills
per kilowatt hour, Hungry Horse gen.
GRAFTON value would be 50, ,344
commented Ed Cartwright, Kalispen,
BPA western Montana manager. The
water resource started producing
electricity here Oct. 1, 1852.
The 1855 generation of 956, 81O, 900
kilowatt hours compares with 682,-
134, 900 during the previous 1854 fis-
cal year and 126, AT, 900 for the 1858
fiscal year.
The 81, 296, 344 worth of power pro-
duced at Hungry Horse during the
past IL months does not take into
account downstream benefits as this
furtherest upstream of the Columbia
system dams holds spring flood wa
ter back until they can be profitably
used by generators downstream.
Worth of downstream benefits exceed
So, OOO, 900.
The 1854 fiscal year Hungry Horse
generation plus downstream bene-
fits was announced as 81, 800, $50.
Bonneville Power Administration
is the selling agent for Hungry Horse
Grand Coulee and other federal pro-
ject produced power.
In Montana, Bonneville is to sup
ply III, 900 kilowatts of firm power
/ and $4,000 kilowatts of interruptible
power to the new Anaconda Alumni
UNI Co. plant in the Flathead. Victor
Chemical Co. near Butte has a con-
tract for IS, 100 kilowatts of firm
power and up to $4,000 of interrupt
ible. Montana Power Co. contract is
for $4,000 kilowatts; Pacific Power
and Light Co. averages $4,000 kilo-
watts and the four (REA) electric
! co-ops, Flathead, Missoula, Lincoln
and Ravalli, about 5000 kilowatts.
Hungry Horse has a capacity Of
285, 900 kilowatts. During fall ano
: winter months the Hungry Horse
powerplant operates at capacity
!. supplying the Montana demands ane
} exporting power. During spring ant
summer months, Hungry Hors.
, power production is low as down
: stream reservoirs are full. Powel
= output at the big Montana dam in
= creases as downstream reservoir.
. are depleted. w
Hungry Horse reservoir filled Il
capacity June % this year com
# pared to July last, when it stayet
1 full until Dec g. Capacity is. 8, 468 .0O(
III acre feet. s 1
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
Glacier Support
Up 49, Per Cent

WEST Observation-Disclosures for
operating Glacier National Park
during the 1856 fiscal year are
43 per cent ahead of the previous
IL month period, reports Supt. j. w.
Emmert.
New feature of the park appropria-
ton is 1850 being allotted for quar-
tiers rehabilitation.
Funds include $13O,835 for build
ings and utilities; $249,3 $40 for roads
and trail maintenance; $4,000 for
forestry and fire control, and $244,-
745 for virtually all other activities
except construction including rang
er, naturalist, information, manage
ment, clerical and other phases.
These various funds were increased
about 4 per cent.
The park last year had 6O8, 23O Wis
itors with entries now running about
three times the pre-war figures. The
park has a permanent force of Sc
and summer peak of 300.
Glaciers 1855 allotments JUS
authorized by Congress will see 1872,
900 come to the park for roads, trail:
and parkways at Swiftcurrent camp
ground, Lake Mcdonald and some
improvement at Kintla lake camp
ground.
There is $3.50, 900 allotted for watel
and sewage development at Swift
current and Lake Mcdonald hotel
where new facilities are planned
Being built this year at Swiftcurren
are three AUNT motels, a 20-roon
employe dormitory and an extension
to the cabin camp cafe and kitchen
Allotments are somewhat less thai
actual appropriations and indicate
the actual sums that will come t,
the park.
| Added funds are to come for tn
rs per cent federal wage increas
Just approved.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
Scale Difference

A labor difference was being dis
cussed at the Anaconda Aluminium
Co. plant Thursday.
1t involves Mclaughlin Inc, paw
ing contractor and the operating en-
gineers. About 20 workmen are af-
fected, and are not working including
operating engineers who left the
job Wednesday and a dozen laborers
out Thursday. AS result about four
teamsters are also off.
Difference is that Mclaughlin has
an international agreement, and
wants to pay highway and heavy
construction SCALE and the union
has plant construction scales of a
dime higher in mind. The McLaugh-
lin contract was at a standStill.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
5000 for Libby

A public works appropriation bill
including $4,000 for planning funds
for Libby dam project was passed
Tuesday by the Senate, according to
wire received by the Hungry Horse
News from Senators Mike Mansfield
and James E. Murray and Rep. Lee
Metcaf.
The appropriation has yet to be
voted on by the House of Represen-
tatives.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
Editor Coming to Park

WEST GLACIER-George w. Long
an assistant editor of the National
Geographic magazine is expected in
Glacier National Park Aug. 8. Long
is to spend month in the park on
an article. Presently in Glacier and
to stay until mid-August is Kath-
leen Revis, National Geographic
photographer.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08

564 foot high concrete dam from the
vista point.
Saturday saw 800 adults and 81
children take the powerhouse tours;
Sunday, 700 adults and 203 children
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08

HUNGRY HORSE = Montana's
leading man-made tourist attraction,
Hungry Horse Dam had 2,189 persons
take the 35-minute powerhouse tours
over the three-day July 4th holiday.
Another 1900 persons viewed the
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
Dam Proues Biq Montana Tourist Attraction

and Monday 666 adults, 213 children.
The 2,189 total was down some
what from 1889 for comparable days
a year ago when weather was more
favorable.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-07-08
First Aluminium

Production of first aluminium at
the new Flathead Anaconda Alum
mum Co. plant is now anticipated for
early August.
Dedication ceremonies for the new
plant are slated for late August.