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Maximum Demand

The maximum demand snail pc deImea q ee dVeIdSS
kilowatt delivery during the 15-minute period in which the
consumption of energy IS greatest during the month 1f
which the determination is made. The maximum demand
shall normally be determined by a recording demand meter.
In the absence Of such demand meter Or, if the meter fails
to register, the maximum demand shall be estimated from
the best information available.
Contract Demand
The contract demand shall be the amount of power re-
served for the customer as stated IN the contract, such con
tract demand to be not less than 25 kilowatts.
Minimum Monthly Demand Charge
The minimum monthly demand charge shall be the de-
mand charge established during the month, provided that
the minimum monthly demand charge 50 determined shall
not be less than 1870 Of the highest demand charge billed
during the preceding u month period ending with the cur
rent month.
Delivery Point
The above rates are based upon the supply Of electric
service to the entire premises of the customer through a
single delivery and metering point, and at 3-phase, so cycles
at Sellers standard v~oltages. Separate supply for the same
customer at other points Of delivery or at q different voltage
will be metered and billed separately.
Adjustment Of Demand Charges for Power Factor
Demand charges will be adjusted to correct for average
power factors lower than 9O% Tagging. Such adjustments
will be made by taking 90% of the maximum demand deter
mined as stated above, and dividing this amount BY the.
monthly average power factor.
Type Of Service
Three-phase so cycles at Sellers Standard voltages
Payment
event the current bill is not paid within 80 days after read
ing date, the gross rate shall apply. If the bill is not paid
40 days after the reading date, service will be discontinued
, 1955-06-21
charges of:

40c per XVIII for the first so XVIII used per
month per XIV Of billing demand
Csc per KWH for the next 100 w used per
month per XIV Of billing demand
zoe per XVII for next 100 W used per
month per XIV of billing demand
l.5c per XVIII for all remaining XVIII used
per month
Determination of Billing Demand
The billing demand for the month for which the bill Is
rendered shall be the highest of one Of the following:
D rs kilowatts
(1 Maximum demand
~ Contract demand
N Minimum monthly demand charge
Ma~;rouro demand .@
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"a All proceedings, actions, and things undertaken, car
red out or performed by that Authority Cor its predecessors)
TO rthe purposes described in this section, including all pro-
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Above rates are net, the gross bill being so higher. In
event the current bill is not paid within 80 days after read
ing date, the gross rate shall apply. If the bill is not paid
40 days after the reading date, service will be discontinued.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-06-01
Build Up Production

YOUR EDITORIAL, plight Of the
Small Farmer MAY u has left out
what the small farmer can do if he is
a true agriculturalist.
You remember the drouth of the Dos?
Some Of my neighbors did not reduce
acres planted. I reduced mine. Instead
Of seeding at a late period built up
the soil by applying barnyard manure.
The wheat allotment came in all of
a sudden. 1 had seeded so acres every
year. Now / was cut down to 30. When
threshing time came a thresherman
said he didn't think he could do the
iob-it was so small. But he came. We
threshed out 800 bushels Of wheat, 249
bushels of oats and SO bushels of flax.
Later the thresherman admitted it had
proved one of his most profitable jobs
of the season.
It was barnyard manure that had
built up the production William Alex
ander, Roosevelt County.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-06-01
Renew Faith

IN A RECENT issue Of your fine and
informative magazine read Of Fox
tail Johnson's objection that the spell
ing bee is out of fashion. Will this
quote from our local paper, May I,
give him back his faith in the coming
generation?
ssPatsy Toy. a seventh grader at the
Sacred Heart school, was declared
champion in the annual Dawson County
spelling contest.
.'There were approximately 70 in the
contest when Mrs. Margaret Wright,
Dawson County superintendent Of
schools, pronounced the first word at
$50 in the morning. AT pm. and
1900 words later Patsy stood alone
''Patsy received a pen and pencil
set and a silver pin merit award from
the Glendive Women's Club Mrs.
A. r. Latka, Dawson County.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-06-01
Why Low Farm Prices
High for Others?

WHEN ONE INTERESTED IN tarrn-
ing sees an article in Montana Farmer
Stockman MAY Isl written by BeaV-
erhead County farmer condemnlng
high price supports, it makes me,
small farmer, wonder. Let's face
reality. Everything else is high, why
not what the farmer sells? Why not
keep the standard of living high Tor
all Americans?
AS dryland farmers go. I have
small acreage and I'm asking mysen
and anyone else who may have an
answer where we will go under the
policy of lower prices for farmers
while other segments of our economy
90 either higher or stay stable. Let's
get behind 90 per cent support legls-
Iation.-A small farmer who wants to
stay in business, Leroy A. Nelson
Teton County.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-06-01

If all the beef cattle in the United
States-58, Alb 900 of them-were loaded
into cattle cars, it would make train
22,672 miles long. Such a train could
span the perimeter of the United States
more than two times.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-06-01
1a4tab
10 DIR
SdtSt

,.4.,..4.,. I.tters on subjects Of general
10 $3.50 wiII he published under this
bsadne as space permits. Comparatively short or.
letters must necessarily be favored a'I Isad
T.atters must he signed, though only initials
viii be used If requested. Montana Farmer .s.-
Stockman may or may not agree WIN 'H0
opinion expressed.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
Form Fire Fighters
At Soldiers Home

SOLDIERS HOME-COmmander
Clarke Grady and Assistant Com
mander James Staff have announced
the formation of group of volun-
teer fire fighters at the Soldiers
Home. This is the first such group
to operate at the Home as a volun-
teer fire fighting unit.
Hose and equipment is housed in
a former paint shop, which is cen
trally located and from which fire
in any of the Homes buildings could
be reached. New members familiar
lied themselves with the hose and
other equipment Nov. S.
Engineer Roy Johnston checked
equipment and tested the hose for
$50 pounds pressure. Water is OBJ
tanned through the boiler room. In
addition to this central unit there are
% fire extinguishers placed in STRAIT
egic places throughout the buildings
Grady commented that the Home
would continue to rely on the Col
umbia Falls Volunteer Fire depart
ment for aid in case of fire but tina
from now on the Home unit would
be able to assist. Plans are mad,
to have the group meet regularl!
for practice, possibly following mon
thly roll call.
Volunteers are AL Bison, Charlie
! Scott, Leonard Roessner, Patricl
Belgard, Howard Clark, AL Biddis
combe, Louis Houtchens, Ralpl
Caldwell, Frank Griffin, John Malek
Charles Clark, Scott Morris ant
Edward McAlliSter.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
Petrol Car Hit;
Chief Injured

Columbia Falls new police patrol
car was seriously damaged Thurs
day at 1915 p. m. and Police Chief
William Good came within a few feet
of serious injury and possibly death.
The accident occurred when Duane
D. Kiel, II, Columbia Falls, came
through the stop sign on Fourth Ave
nue. West without stopping. Ice was
a factor, continued state highway
patrolman. The car apparently
wasn't able to stop.
Police Chief Bill Good was in the
patrol car on highway 40 heading
west.
Kiel was issued ticket by the
highway patrol for failure to yield
right-of-way, and the patrolman said
the youth was driving too fast for
existing road conditions.
Good was thrown from the police
car onto the highway, the police cal
meanwhile being showed into the
opposite lane. Good was flat on the
pavement A third car driven BY
.eith Buzzen was able to stop. JUS
: few feet ahead was the downe(
police chief.
Goods injuries required stitche.
on his forehead. and he received ,
broken dental plate However b
was back on duty Thursday after
noon.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
Four Generators
AT Hungry Horse
Spin at Capacity

HUNGRY HORSE-Hungry Horse
Dams powerhouse this week resum-
ed operations at full capacity. Power
output, according to Charles SIM
mons, powerhouse supervisor, is at
285,0O0 kilowatts with higher pro-
ducti0n during peaking hours.
A factor in Hungry Horse power
production resuming full-scale at this
time is the record November cold
wave over the Pacific Northwest
which increased demands for power.
Last year full-scale power output
at Hungry Horse resumed Dec. 10.
The 34-mile long lake behind Hun
cry Horse Dam has dropped just
over a foot this week from $3.50
feet above sea level to 3,558.83. The
lake filled to capacity last June %.
Last year the lake was full from
July 9 to Dec. 8.
Discharge of water at the power
house is 1870 cubic feet per second.
With the reservoir practically full,
1870 cubic feet of water is produc-
ing the same amount of power that
5000 cubic feet will later as the
lake elevation drops.
Inflow of the South Fork is 1,48C
cubic feet per second. There has
been zero weather in the whole drain
age, but the inflow is still about
normal for this time of year.
Pattern of operation for Hungry
Horse Dam is heavy power output
and water discharge during the fall
and winter months. This comes af
ter downstream reservoirs have beer
depleted.
Water discharge from Hungry
Horse flows downstream to turn tur
bines at Kerr, Cabinet Gorge, Crane
Coulee and other downstream install
atoms on the Columbia.
Hungry Horse is the furthest up
stream storage facility on the Col
umbia system.
Power from Hungry Horse is mar
keted through the Bonneville Powe
| Administration and tied in with tn
grid to Grand Coulee. Largest loca
! BPA customer is the Anaconda Alu
minum Co.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
County Has Cain
In School Census

KALISPELL-Total school census
figure one day to 81 years
old-in Flathead county for last
Oct. / is 1878, according to County
Supt. Lulu Barnard.
She added that this was an in
crease of 500 over last year, and
advised the 1855 figure has to be
checked further.
The unofficial tally shows Column
bia Falls and school district 6 this
year have 1887 persons from 6 to
q compared to 1,483 last year, and
866 under compared to 1893 last
year. New factor this year is Bad
Rock with SO students including Is
under 6. Complete district 6 tab
ulation was used in Oct. % Hungry
Horse News.
Whitefish school district A fig.
ures-including consultations show
1852 for. this year from s to q
compared to 1888 last, and 797
urder s compared to 1888 last wear
Kalispen district S has $3.50 from
6 to 81 this year compared to 3,241
last, and 1913 under 6 up from last
years 1.759.
The Flathead with its 80 900 es
timated population for 1854 anf
81, 495 by U. S. census in 1850, an
pears to have made a 4 per cen
n0pulatiOn gain this wear over 1aS
| if the school census is used as
basis indicating about $500 residents
| The whole county school censu
report needs checking and recheck
ing before the total final figures ar,
| to be released.
! The school census figures are !;
/ base for apportionment Of stat
/ funds.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
AAc Employees
BuyinQ Bonds

With week to 60, the U. S. Saw
ings Bond drive at the Anaconda
Aluminium Co. plant sees virtually
500 employees signed up. and outlook
IS that there viii be 80 per cent
participating.
The machine shop was first depart
ment at the new plant to have all
employees decide to buy U: S. Saw
ings bonds through payroll deduct
ions. Next department to 50 no
Iper cent was casting.
/ John Kearns, AAC personnel dir
ectcr. heads the drive,
The drive is to end next Friday.
Employees, If they desire are able
| to have as little as $1.25 for each
two weeks deducted from their pay
checks to apply on savings bonds
!! Deductions are to start Nov. -. $
saved in nine years and eight months
returns -
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
WiIdIife Talks Start tuesday

First in series of ten monthly
Illustrated talks on wildlife will be
presented at Columbia Falls grade
school auditorium Tuesday at 8 p.
m. by Les Pengelly, Montana State
University wildlife extensionist spon-
sored jointly by the Montana Fish
and Game department.
Pengelly is sponsored at the Col
umbia Falls meetings by the North
ern Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's
club.
I Hal Kanzler, club president, in.
vites all interested men, women
and students in the area to hear the
series. There is no charge.
Pengelly will speak in Columbia
Falls every two weeks, and is also
giving a series of talks in WhitefiSh
He appeared in Kalispell last spring
Columbia Falls dates are Nov. %
Dec. 6, 20, Jan. 3, II, 81, Feb. 7 anc
81 and two talks in March.
The talks will start off with the
premise that there is the dependence
of all animal Life upon food manu-
featured by green plants. Anima
population is limited by such factors
as quantity and kinds of food avail
able.
The series will build with the eff.
feet of climate, plant succession
soil formation and, maintenance
wildlife management, predators
habitat improvement, wildlife re.
search and modern research.
Pengelly has been in Montana fol
a year, and in this time has giver
a number of talks over the western
part of the state.
He is a fluent speaker, and hi.
ideas about wildlife management art
receiving wide acceptance.
The Hungry Horse News ha.
heard one of his talks, and believe.
that any person interested in hunt
ing, fishing and wildlife in genera
will find attending these sessions
worthwhile experience.
Pengelly was graduated from tn
University of Michigan in 1948 foil
owed by high school teaching i
Michigan He received his master
degree at Utah State and worked TO
five years as a biologist for tn
Idaho State Fish and Gam
department. He came to Montana
year ago to become wildlife exten
sionist with headquarters at Mon
tana State University.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
AT Of l Views

AT Of L desire to have workers
at the Anaconda Aluminium Co. plant
get q new, higher wage scale as soon
as possible results In the Monday
and Tuesday election at the Flat
head plant, commented Pat Reilly,
international representative for the
AT OF L Aluminium Workers. We will
ask for retroactive pay as well.
Reilly pointed out that the AT of
L wanted the election right away so
that the local ''low" wages could be
increased. He stated that the CLIO
had used every means to- delay the
hearings and election. In effect,
Reilly said, st has been a delay of
higher pay as a result of Clio tao
tics"
1t was the AT of L who first ask
ed the National Labor Relations
Board that an election be held to
pick bargaining agent. Then the
CLIO asked to be included.
Reilly continued that the Aluminium
Workers is chartered by the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor as an in
dustrial union to exclusively repre-
sent the workers in the aluminium in
dustry.
Reilly added that the AT of L AL
minimum Workers is the only union in
the United States and Canada that
represents only aluminium workers.
He compared the CLIO Steelworkers
who essentially are a steel workers
union. Their aluminium plant mem
bership is less than 2 per cent of the
whole. The men who work in alum
mum plants are a small minority in
the CLIO SteelW0rkers union.
/ Furthermore steel is competitive
to aluminium. Reilly continued that
lit is named "CIO Steelworkers for
good eason-aluminum is SO small
a part of the whole operation
The U. S. Department of Labor
has issued wage chronology series
4, No. IL, Reilly commented that
shows the Aluminium Workers AT Of
l. were first to sign a contract in
the aluminium industry, first to gain
wage increases, and other benefits
such as paid holidays, insurance
l overtime pay and vacations.
4 There are federal government doc
uments published by the U. S. De
apartment of Labor, Reilly says thai
show the Aluminium Workers AT o.
l. actually represent the majority
of workers in the aluminium industry
despite CLIO claims Furthermore
that the Aluminium Workers AT O
il are the highest paid workers il
II the entire aluminium industry
/ ], Reilly concluded that he hopes thu
Anaconda Aluminium company EN-
ployes will take advantage of thi'
American and Democratic opportun
ity to cast their secret ballots t
!, pick the union that they feel vii
best represent them in wage negotia
, tons and for better working con
! ditions. An early election has bee
, an AT of L objective.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
.Mine-MiII off
Plant B uIIots

This week saw the international
Union of Mine-Mill and Smelter Wor-
kers withdraw from a place on the
ballot at the coming National Labor
Relations Board directed election at
the Anaconda Aluminium Co. plant.
Such action has been expected by
all parties for several months. The
Mine-Mill saw that they could not
win the election. The Clio Steelwor-
kers have been attempting to, organ
ize Montana plants presently repre-
sented by Mise-Mill Relationships
between Mine-Mill and CLIO are Bit
ter.
At the same time there are num-
Der of AT of L locals representing
the crafts at Anaconda plants in
Montana with Mine-Mill representing
production workers.
There is considerable difference in
the whole national picture between
the A Fof L and Mine Mill, but they
present what may be called united
labor front when it comes to prob
lens before the legislature and other
Montana situations.
Ernest Salvas, Butte, member Of
the executive board of the Internal
ional Union of Mine Mill and Smelter
Workers telephoned the Hungry
Horse News giving detailed state
ment of why Mine Mill had requested
that the name of the union be ex
Guided from the ballot.
Salvas was informed by the NLRf
office in Seattle Wednesday tina
this request had been complied with
Salvas' statement on withdrawing
gives three reasons.
The first states "Our union enteret
the Columbia Falls situation so tina
the Columbia Falls employees of Ana
conda would become a part of
united collective bargaining appar
atus. We are mindful however tina
most of the employees of the Alum
mum plant are members of variou
AT of L craft unions in that the
were employed originally in cor
structiOn of the plant and later hire
as production workers.
/ "Mine-Mill feels that our contir
ued participation in the currer
campaign would only serve to spl
the unity of the Columbia Falls Wol
kers in as much as we would be ash
ing them to leave their present III
ion and join ours"
4 Salvas then added that Mine-Mi
i please turn to page ~
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
FIathead Elk Kill Totals 8Q2

Total elk kill for the 1855 Flat
head hunting season is estimated at
1872.
Carter Helseth, Flathead National
Forest dispatcher, who obtained the
elk kill figure from Forest and Fish
and Game department sources, said
that the 1855 figure appears to be
about average.
The 1855 elk kill of 1892 compares
with 1000 last year; 1,240 in 1858,
800 in 1852, 705 in 1851, 622 in 1850,
8O8 in l949, 925 in 1913, 615 in 1947
and the record year following war
lack OF hunters of 1885 in 1916.
Only post-Nov. Is hunting season
continuing in northwestern Montana
is area for deer in the Fisher riv-
er section of Lincoln county.
Other Flathead 1885 wildlife har-
vest includes 4O4 deer, "a black bear,
Is moose, 13 grizzly, and Sc noun
tain goats. Hunter total exceeded
4,500. Many local hunters get their
deer in nearby Lincoln county which
does not show in the local counts.
Thursday was to see the last hum
tiers come out of the Flathead $
South Fork. Due out is 9 party head
ed by Guy Brash, Spang1e, Wash,
accompanied by Mrs. Braah. their
daughter, and unot1krs cotl-
pie Their camp was Is lsne tone.
Brash hunts up the South Eork each
fin.
Ranger Charlie Shaw caeoe6 "
6potted Bear ranger stati0n q road
end up TIE South Fork Wednesday,
1t was 3 below with 10 inches o
snow Wednesday morning. At Trou
lake snow depth was 10 inches.
The east side road Is open; tn
west side closed.
Coming ont with ShaW this wee
were ~ Daring, d Adam
F,mk poEIpos. viii Gerald ROSE
- - - = szsA4s 1
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
AAC Plant In
Full Output

This week saw the new Anaconda
Aluminium Co. plant reach the rated
capacity output of $4,000 tons a
year.
First aluminium was produced Aug.
IL. The plant was officially dedicat-
ed Aug. Is.
Last week 239 Of the 240 pots had
been charged and in production. The
last pot IN room 8 is to be charged
likely Friday.
Each Of the pots is tapped once in
"a hours yielding about 1.40o pounds
of metal.
The new plant is Montana's only
aluminium producer.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
Glacier Wolverine
Bests Park BeQUer

WEST GLACIER-Record of a
struggle in the wilds was observed
by Ranger John Higgins on the
shore of Lake Mcdonald in Glacier
National Park.
A 20 foot square snow covered
section of the shore showed where
a wolverine had tackled a beaver.
Then the beaver frantically tried to
drag the aggressor down the bank
into the water. He made progress,
but lost If the beaver had reached
water, he'd have won.
Ranger Higgins came on the VOL
VERNE having beaver dinner.
The 20 to IS pound wolverine is
largest member of the weasel fam
ily, and considered one of the rarest
Eanimals in the United States.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
North Fork Cable
kO'd by Winter

WEST GLACIER-Winter in No
vember has stopped laying the new
Mountain States Telephone and Tele-
graph cable from Apgar to Pole
bridge down the middle Of the North
Fork road.
The cable is placed in an 18-inch
deep trench, an innovation in north
western Montana telephone con-
struction.
The Bell system crews, while
stopped on the North Fork line, are
stringing wire from West Glacier
to East Glacier, apparently using
Great Northern poles.
Target date for Mountain States
tat to take over Glacier telephone
communications is next May 6.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
Labor Leaders Comment on Election
Clio Sto n d

United Steelworkers Of America
expressed confidence in statement
issued to the Hungry Horse News
Thursday noon.
Its been going CLIO for weeks
now and we expect to get the vast
majority of votes because the AAC
employees favor an industrial type
union,'' CLIO Representative Ken
meth Stonehouse said, adding that
the CLIO 'sets the pattern for wages
and benefits for workers in the in
dustry."
He charged that the Anaconda Al
minimum Company is paying its al
minimum employees from 50 to rs
cents an hour below the going Clio
rate" paid at such plants as the
giant Kaiser Aluminium & Chemical
Co. in Mead, brentwood and Tacoma,
WASH, where he claims over 6,000
USWA-CIO members work in the
Aluminium industry.
eve proposed to end this inequity
of wage rates between the AAC and
the others and we'll insist on retro
active pay back to july" the Clio
spokesman stated.
Other reasons for the CLIO union S
confidence, Stonehouse says, is that
CLIO is the only union which has a
job description program for workers
in aluminium industry. He said many
of the AAC employees have com
planned that they are being forced
to do work outside of their specific
claSsifications.
He feels that there is almost nc
Mine, Mill sentiment at Columbia
Falls and that the entrance of thu
CLIO ousted Mine, Mill on the alum
mum scene is ridiculous since, he
says, the Mine, Mill does not rep
resent a single aluminium worker il
the country.