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Evening star., 1955-09-13
Fired Tax Agent Awaits
CSC Decision on Job

so he could apply for reinstate-
ment in that agency or at leasI
be eligible for employment ir
any Government agency. Mean
while. he said, he is doing some
work as a private tax consultant
A csc spokesman said an in
yestigator's report probably will
be completed in a few days ano
that the commission may an
nounce decision shortly there
after.
Nothing Improper"
Attorney Ford told The Stai
there was nothing illegal or i'm
proper about the transaction
He said he still holds the first
trust on the house in Lewisdale,
at only one-third of the value of
the property. He described the
transaction as strictly an invest
ment and that Samuel Ford has
made regular monthly payments
to the Bank of Commerce and
Savings. He added that, at the
time of the transaction he owned
two lots in the same neighbor-
hood.
The attorney described the
firing of MIR. Ford as an "out-
rage that cries to heaven for
vengeance.
II cannot emphasize too
strongly my indignation" he
said. "in seeing an innocent per-
son get pushed around in the
Government, especially when he
is so close to eligibility for re-
tirement."
Possible Regulation
Samuel Ford said he never
attempted to conceal the trans
action, which is recorded in the
land records of Prince Georges
County. He said he was at q
loss to understand why he was
discharged almost four years
after he fully acquainted the
agency with the details Of that
transa as well as his
finances in general.
Samuel Ford, who served three
years in the Marine Corps in
peacetime. said Internal Revenue
Service officials told him there
had been no question Of miscon-
duct or illegal action on his part.
His discharge, he said, appar-
emily resulted from a complaint
that he had violated certain
regulations of the agency in
view of the 1949 transaction with
Attorney Ford. who later repre-
sented Warning in a tax case in
which Samuel Ford provide d
much of the investigative work
and testimony.
Evening star., 1955-09-13
Butcher Finds Living
With Ex-Wife Cheuper

DALLAS, Tex. GA Dallas
butcher testified the reason he
was living with his former wife
was that it was too expensive to
be married to her.
He said he and his wife were
always having spats. After every
one she'd 60 to q lawyer.
Each visit to a lawyer cost
me from $215 to $1,000"
They were divorced. in 1858
and began their informal living
arrangement last year.
His testimony came in a bank
ruptcy proceeding.
Evening star., 1955-09-13

The Civil Service Commission
may decide this week whether
an ousted Internal Revenue
Service agent, Samuel w. Ford
should be barred from Federal
employment because of a home
mortgage transaction in 194s
with Charles E. Ford. Washing.
ton attorney who defended
Emmitt Warning on income tax
evasion charges last year.
Samuel w. Ford, 40, of 700T
Twenty-first avenue. Lewisdale
Md, was removed" by the In
ternal Revenue Service last
February II. He had been in
Government employment for
longer than 20 years. IS of them
with the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice. He was a major witness gen.
orally credited with providing
evidence and testimony that led
to the conviction of Warning, a
former Washington gambler, on
tax evasion charges in Federal
Court in Baltimore.
Earlier last year, he also was
Q key witness In the trial of Sam
Beard, another gambler con-
victed on tax evasion charges.
Attorney Ford. who is not re-
lated to Samuel Ford, was not
associated with the Beard trial.
Oficials Silent
Internal Revenue Service Off
cials refused to discuss reasons
for the discharge of Samuel
Ford. 1t was learned from other
Government sources that the
agency and the Justice Depart
ment found there was no legal
ground for prosecuting him and
that there was no dissatisfaction
with his conduct at the Warning
or Beard trials.
The former agent said today
he was let out because. in l949,
he sold two trust notes totaling
$4,000 on his six-room home to
Attorney Ford. He declared this
was a strictly business trans
action which he made known to
his superiors in the agency in
1851. long before the Warning or
Beard tax cases came up.
He explained that he and At
torney Ford are not related. He
denied he had ever done any
favors for the attorney. He noted
that his testimony in the War
ring trial was so thorough and
powerful tina. it contributed
greatly to the conviction.
Appealed in May
He appealed formally to the
Civil Service Commission last
May and specifically asked that
his record be officially cleared
Evening star., 1955-09-13
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Bill Drofted to Add
Social Security PIon
BY JOSEPH YOUNG

The administration completed the draft of the legislation
win send to Congress next January to coordinate the civil
service retirement system with social security
The Budget Bureau has the proposed draft to the various
agencies suggestions This routine
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-09-15
Family Farms Hold Their Own

comes more slowly as the size of the farm
increases.
"A farm size of about 240 acres is large
enough to realize just about all of the major
reductions in production cost that come
from size alone, says the Iowa State College
report.
This farm size which was found most eff
ficient in Iowa under intensive and diver
sified production would not, of course, hold
under other conditions. Here in Montana,
for instance, nothing like maximum eff
ficiency would be obtained on a 240-acre
grain farm. The most efficient family-size
wheat farm here would be closer to 1000 to
1000 acres far1ned on $3.50 summerfal-
low basis.
Some central Montana farmers who have
kept careful cost records say that their
average production costs per crop acre are
about $25 to $50. How representative these
cost figures would be for an average 1000
to 1000 acre Montana wheat farm, we do
not know.
Anyhow, the evidence is accumu1ating
that in Montana, as well as in Iowa and else
where, the efficiently operated family farm
or stock ranch-is holding its own in COM
petition with big commercial operations
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-09-15

SOME YEARS AGO when power farming
was getting underway on an extensive scale,
some economists and other observers of the
agricultural situation were of the opinion
that family farms would soon be on the way
out. The contention was that large scale
commercial operations would become SO eff
ficient that family-sized farms would not be
able to compete. But the big swing to fac
tory-farming failed to materialize to any
thing like the extent predicted. While the
family farms increased in size as farmers
took advantage of labor saving equipment,
the acreage increases tended to level out at
about the size that farm family could ham
ole with power equipment
Farmers learned by experience that
there was point beyond which additional
acreage increased per unit costs rather than
decreasing them. And the sharply increased
federal income tax as total net income rose
also had a decidedly dampening effect on
big scale operations.
The size of the efficient family unit of
course, varies greatly with types of farming,
differences in quality of soil, and other fac
tors. A recent study in Iowa showed that
reduced production costs come quite rapidly
as the farm size increases up to 100 acres.
Above that size, the increase in efficiency
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-09-15
It's Time to Pull Together

BACK IN 1921, Montana'S Governor, Joe
Dixon, was looking for someone to head the
newly established State Department of Agri-
culture He decided that M L. Wilson of
Montana State College, was the man he
wanted. But, when he was offered the posi-
tiOn NJ l.. declined and said sthe man you
want is Chester Davis, editor of the Mon
tana Farmer" So Dixon talked to Davis and
asked him to take the job However, Davis
said '.No, the best man for the job is NJ. L.
Wilson,
This went on for period of two or three
weeks and finally Governor Dixon decided
that this Damon and Pythias performance
had gone on long enough. So he phoned
Chester Davis one day and asked him to
take dinner with him at the governors man
sion the following evening. Then he called
Wilson and extended the same invitation to
him
The following evening both men took
dinner with the governor and his family.
When the meal was over, the governor led
his guests to the living room where he
passed out the cigars and visited with them
for a few minutes Then the governor arose,
stood by the big double doors at the end of
the room, and announced, 81 am going to
leave you boys here now and shut these
doors. And I don't want either of you to
come out until you two have decided which
one of you is going to be my new Commits
sioner of Agriculture:
So, the two guests discussed the situation
for couple of hours and finally Wilson con-
vinced Davis that he should accept the gov
ernor's offer. When the doors opened, the
governor had what he wanted-a new Com
of AgricUIture
We wonder sometimes whether the same
technique might not be useful in formulating
a federal farm program which could be sup
ported by most of the national agricultural
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-09-15

organizations AS ii stands now, we have one
organization insisting on one kind of a sup
port program and another on another. I'm
like the situation in the 2O's and early 3O's,
the big farm organizations are pulling apart
instead of together in their recommends
tons to Congress.
Quite naturally, each organization is
most influenced by the needs of the par
ticular region or commodity where its prin-
cipal membership stronghold is located. But
when these organizations fight among them
selves and differ widely in their legislative
recommendations on basic questions, they
leave Congressman confused The result is
that the development of an adequate farm
program is badly delayed.
While the problem is not nearly as SIM
pie as the one Governor Dixon faced in
selecting commissioner of agriculture, per-
haps some day a Secretary of Agriculture
will invite the leaders of the principal agri-
cultural organizations to Washington and,
in effect, shut the doors on them and say,
fBoys, I'd like to have you stay here in ses-
sion until you come out with some kind of a
price support program you can all get be-
hind"
The sooner farm leadership in America
gets together on some realistic compromise,
the sooner the farmers of America will have
a constructive and workable support pro-
gram. The voice of agriculture would still
be powerful if it sounded off loudly and
clearly without confusing diScord.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-09-15
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Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-09-15
et5es555 6E5te1 1ilaz1A

United States during the period 195O-54 was
81 lbs. This compares with 33 lbs. in 1920
"a. But the per capita consumption of cot
) ton increased from 25.6 TO 288 lbs. during
this 30-year period. Synthetics increased
from 2 of a Ib to 95 lbs. The advertising
and promotion program approved by the
wool growers in the recent referendum is
designed to reverse this trend away from
wool consumption. Lamb consumption, too,
will be pushed and strong effort will be
made to make this meat as popular through
out the country as it is in northeastern
United States. Today, 5000 of the lamb con-
sumption is in the region east of the Mis-
sissippi River and north of the Ohio.
Climate and soil conditions have more
to do with quality wheat production than do
varietal differences. This fact is substan-
tiated by preliminary results of studies now
underway. For instance, when a hard red
winter wheat from Kansas was planted in
humid Illinois, the resulting crop did not
classify as hard wheat. In fact it wasn't
much better than the regular Illinois soft
wheat in milling quality. Some degree of
Improvement may be attained by careful
plant breeding but it is very doubtful that
a good hard milling wheat can ever be
grown in "Soft wheat region
FaI application or ferClI1Zer mas worked
out well in numerous demonstrations. Fer
tilizer usually costs less at this season of the
year and application now saves that much
work next spring On most soils there is COM
paratively little mineral loss during the win
ter In fact, more of the mineral becomes
available for plant use during this waiting
period. 1t has been proved that yields are
frequently higher than with spring appllca-
ton.
Use of stilbeStroI reduces feed costs i'm
fattening beef animals about 1920, accord
ing to tests conducted by nine experiment
stations in different parts of the country.
StilbestroI showed best results when used
with high grain rations. 1t gave the least
benefit when grass silage was fed.
Federal gasoline tax exemption for farm
ers will be strongly pushed at the next ses-
;ion of congress. National farm organiza-
ions are supporting the move as one way to
'educe the cost squeeze on agriculture
Big feed supplies in the cornbelt and
elsewhere are strengthening the demand
or feeder cattle. Market outlook for feed
RS in Montana and Wyoming is becoming
more favorable
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-09-15

Popularity Of social security seems to be
increasing among farm people as they be-
come more aware of future benefits. One
farmer we know was very much opposed to
the program until recently. Then ne got
his pencil out and did some figuring and
came to the conclusion that ''its pretty
cheap insurance"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-09-15

September IS, 1855
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Here and There

John O'Connor is now up and
around at the home of his son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Martin at Port Orchard,
Wash. He has been hospitalized
with a heart attack.
Fay Loveall returned this week
from Kalispell General hospital
where he underwent hernia OPP
Grafton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Green have
returned home after spending
several weeks in California visit
ing their son, Henry and family.
Coach Bud Beagle's father was
taken to Spokane from Warland
Sunday for major operation. He
was accompanied by Buds mother
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Marantette
and children, Joanie and Terry, are
in Renton, Wash, visiting her mo-
Their, Mrs. Ronald Macdonald. Her
father is in Alaska. The Bob Mar
antettes will also visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Marantette and three
children in Portland, and on the
way home, Mr.. and Mrs. Joey
Reese and four children at Noxon
Mrs. Eva Jordan is in Hobson
visiting her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brading
She plans to continue to the West
Coast.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
21 Ladies' Attend
Meeting Of TOPS

TWenty-one local ladies attended
the first regular meeting of TOPS
(Take off Pounds Sensibly) held
Monday evening at the home of
Mrs. Walt Christgau.
The 81 included six ladies who
were visitors and joined the Col
umbia Falls club.
The meeting opened with weigh
ing in. Only one lady had failed
to lose this week, and it was de-
cided that she had to wear blue
pig on her dress until the next
meeting.
Mrs. Christgau lost the most
weight during the past week, and
the Is members lost a total of 80
pounds.
Everyone received diet sheet
and these were discussed after the
meeting closed. Black coffee was
served as lunch.
Next meeting will be Monday at
7:30 pm, in the Christian church,
which is becoming the meeting
place.
Anyone interested in joining the
club is invited to attend the week
ly meetings. Mrs. H. v. Mcclure
is the new clubs president with
Mrs. Norbert Beaudry, secretary.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Miss Tubb Talks
TO Homemukers

Lillian Tubb, Kalispell Flat
head county home demonstration
agent, presented the topic, "Citi-
zenship" at the Tuesday afternoon
meeting of the Columbia Annas,
home demonstration club.
Attending the meeting held at
the home of Mrs. Bill Knapton
were local members and the fol-
lowing guests from the West Gla-
cier club: Mrs. Don Robinson,
president; Mrs. Floyd Mcclure,
Mrs. Andrew Stewart, Mrs. Fred
Lathrop, Mrs. Harold Mahoney
and Mrs. N. j. Reid.
Co-hostess for the meeting which
started with a 100 pm. dessert
was Mrs. Walter Piper.
Roll call was answered by cur
trent events.
Mrs. Piper won the door prize
Next meeting, March % will be
on the topic, "How to Use Reel
|pes," and will be held at the home
of Mrs. L. A. Schoenberg.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Methodist Aid
Plans Activities

WSCS met at the Methodist par
ish house. Mrs. Walton and Mrs.
Barnes agreed to work together on
security Christian social relation
and local church activities.
Mrs. Boyd Walker volunteered to
take charge of the December an
nual bazaar and Mrs. Ted Andrew
volunteered for circle 2 to work
with Mrs. Walker.
General society voted the final
$3.50 to pay off the mortgage on
the parsonage.
Mrs. Klaas Dewitt gave an in
teresting review of the women of
the Bible by Clarence E. McCar-
ney.
1t was suggested, well received
and voted that the Christian
church and Methodist church 60
together for their Feb. Is world
day Of prayer.
Mrs. Dwight Kinney volunteered
to work with Mrs. Ed Jystad fol
the Methodist committee.
Lunch was served by Mrs. Leo
nard Whitney, Mrs. Ben Walton
and Mrs. Boyd Walker.
March hostesses are Mrs. Mary
Beagle, Mrs. Mary Loeffler anc
Mrs. Mills.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Lutheran Ladies
Meet Wednesday

Women's Missionary Federation
general aid) of Our Savior's Luz
theran church met Wednesday at
z pm. at the church.
Rev. c. M. Rasmussen was to
give the opening devotions, and
Mrs. Marvin Larson to give the
WMF report.
Hostesses were Mrs. Ted Aaberg
and Mrs. Norman Bergen.
Mrs. Alfred Hoye is WMF pres
ident.
The three circles OF the Luth-
eran Ladies aid are to meet later
this month. Ruth circle meets Feb.
% at the home Of Mrs. Glenn Ken
nedy with Mrs. Howard Greene in
charge Of devotions; Naomi circle
meets Feb. % at the home OF Mrs.
Bill Schmidt, Mrs. Cliff Tuftom in
charge Of Bible study; Esther circle
meeting date is Feb. "a (not Feb
I'D at the home OF Mrs. Sam Bak-
shas. Mrs. Herman Wulf will have
the Bible study.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Falls BPW Club Will
See AIuskun Photos

Columbia Falls Business and
Professional Women's club viii
meet Wednesday at GAS pm, at
Our Savior's Lutheran church for
dinner session.
Program will be in charge Of the
National Security committee with
Mrs. Ben Hyndman, chairman.
There will be showing Of Alaskan
pictures.
Members may bring guests BY
making reservations by Friday
with Mrs. Bill Driscou. II unable
to attend cancellations should be
made by Monday noon.
The BPW ladies at their Feb. Z
meeting heard a report on the
Mothers March that raised q total
Of $355.72 for the Polio drive.
Forty mothers participated with
the march concluded by having
coffee and cookies at the home Of
Mrs. Robert Smith. Mrs. Jake
Choate headed the drive.
Mrs. Charles Hetzer is club pres
ident.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Discuss Coming
Riders Meetinu

Rocky Mountain Riders at their
Tuesday evening meeting discus
sed the coming Western Montana
Saddle club division meeting at
Roman Feb. q, and received an
invitation from the st. Ignatius
Is.
Al Greene, Rocky Mountain Rid
ers president, appointed a grounds
committee of Bud Gilman, Ed
Lewis and Chuck Meyer, and a
membership committee of Cecil
Hudson, E. j. Lundstrom and Mrs.
Don Doane.
At the conclusion of the meeting
Mrs. Cecil Hudson showed pictures
OF the saddle club and scenery.
Serving lunch were Mr.. and Mrs.
Don Doane and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Lewis.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Attendance Roll At
Lutheran Church

Our Savior's Lutheran Sunday
school had 81 on its 1000 list for
January.
Junior kindergarten: Kar n
Greenland, John Wulf, Terry
Skyberg, Jane Wilson, Patsy Aver
i'll, Raymond Schuman, Thea Rae
Bergen.
Senior kindergarten: Mahlon
Greene, Melton Aldal, Carol Ann
Friske, Buzzy Crouch, Carol Ann
Walker.
First grade: Peggy Skyberg
Lana Rem, Dennis Bergen, Janis
Rierson, Betty Greene, Glen Lietz
Second grade: Starr Skyberg
Jimmy Friske, Sharon Wulf, Gler
Schmig.
Third grade: Helen Bakshas
Vicky Bergen, Robert Crouch
Richard Skyberg, Loretta Whit
craft, Gene Massman, David Wiz
Carol Rude, Judy Wilson, Dave
Liez, Linda Rem, Ruth Rasmussen
Harold Aldal, Laurie Schuman
Dale Greene.
Fourth grade: Jay Johnson, 10.
ann Wilson, Ellen Corrigeux, Jud.
Skyberg, Donnamarie Aldal, San
dra Schuman, jeffrey Wulf.
| Fifth grade: Larry Mcmillan
Cheryl Skyberg, Patsy Morris.
Sixth grade: Walter Rem, Pau
Rasmussen, Jacquelin johnson
Virginia Lietz.
| Seventh grade: Judy johnson
! Susan Wiz, Sandra Johnsrud, Jan
ice Christensen, Douglas Knaptor
Rose Marie Corrigeux, Marjori
Bakshas, Joyce Greenland.
Eighth grade: Selmer Berg, Ron
aid Buentemier, Gloria Neilsor
Ann Marie Rasmussen, Phylli
DoWnen.
High school: Dean Flansaa
Anna Nelson, Corliss Nielsol
James Knapton
Teachers: Mrs. Merle Greenland
Mrs. VIM. Knapton, Mrs. Howar
Greene, Mrs. Claude Christensel
Mrs. VIM. Schmidt, Mrs. Corli'
Rasmussen, Mrs. Norman Borgel
Mrs. Bob Will, Miss Dolores Ar
derson, Mrs. Vernon Thompso1
Mrs. Jean Johnson.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Husbands, Wives
Win at Card Purtv

Prize winners at the St. Rich
ards Altar society card party
Tuesday evening in the parish hall
were: Mrs. A. ]. McEldowney,
high for canasta for ladies; Mr..
McEldowney was high for the
men. High for ladies in pinochle
was Mrs. Strodbeck, and high for
men, Mr.. Strodbeck.
High score for bridge among the
ladies was Mrs. Bill Driscoll and
for the men, M. c. Estensen.
E. ]. Marantette won the door
prize.
Members of the committee for
the party were Mrs. L. A. Schoen-
berg and Mrs. Oren Mccartney,
co-chairmen, with Mrs. M. c. Es-
Jensen, Mrs. William Opalka, Mrs,
Amos Hellman, Mrs. A. N. Smith,
Mrs. George DeFlyer, Mrs. VIII
liam Liddicoat, Mrs. Clarence Nitz,
Mrs. Kenneth Weyrauch, Mrs
Willie Hoerner, Mrs. John Laden
burg and Mrs. Ted Brunette.
Next card party will be Feb. %.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Donations Help
Ski Bus Project

Last Saturday saw 33 Column
bia Falls students take the ski bus
to Big Mountain. The bus leaves
Columbia Fails high school at $50
am. and starts the trip back from
Big Mountain at pm.
Charge is so cents for each stu
dent to meet the expense of $25
for having the bus and driver,
Troy Thacker for the day.
Columbia Falls BPW donated
$12 to make up the charter ex-
penSe for one week; Thacker alb
sorbed the shortage for two weeks,
and now there is a check of SIS
from DR.. Loren Kreck to help keep
the ski bus going.
Hope is that if over 80 students
are attracted to the ski hill each
week this winter, next winter will
see an adequate number to make
ski bus self-supporting.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-02-11
Royal Neighbors
Install Officers

Mrs. Art HolmQuist, Coram, was
to be installed as oracle of the
Columbia Falls Royal Neighbors'
lodge Thursday evening at the Ma
sonic hall. She succeeds Mrs. Art
Johnson.
Filling the position Of vice or
acle temporarily is Mrs. Cecil Nc
Elwain, Halt Moon.
Mrs. Hank Larkin is installing
officer, and Mrs. Clara Green is
ceremonial marshall.
Other officers of the over So
year-old Columbia Falls lodge are
Mrs. Green, recorder; Mrs. j. w.
Chapman, chancellor; Mrs. Vic
Darling, receiver; Mrs. Larkin, de-
gree captain; Mrs. Roger Johnsrud,
marshall; Mrs. Glenn Moore, as
sistant marshall; Mrs. Harry Hig-
son, outer sentinel; Mrs. John
Johnson, inner sentinel; Mrs. Clar-
ence Fletcher, past oracle, and
graces, Mrs. Maurice More, Mrs
John Frerich, Mrs. John Stone
Mrs. Dean Harrison and Elaine
Fletcher.