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The Sidney herald., 1955-01-27

to music, repairing string instru-
mentS as a hobby. He also enjoys
fishing. He is married and has
two sons, both of whom have mu-
sic as a hobby. Mrs. Christensen
accompanies the band on tour as
chaperon.
Homer Gorder is general chair
man, Mrs. Nelson chairman of
housing and DR.. Carlson, chair
man of ticket sales. On February
2, Wednesday evening the PeIla
Luther League will have their
ticket sale drive. The tickets will
be $1.00 fer adults and soc for
youngsters IL or under. Tickets
are now available at the Sidney
Music Mart.
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-27
Mrs. |. Jensen
Among Montana
F. u. Delegation

Washington, D. G. - Thirty
seven Montana Farmers Union
members urged Montana Con-
gressmen last week to back
strengthened farm price support
legislation in the face of falling
farm incomes and drouth suffer-
ing.
The Farmers Union group urg-
ed repeal of the 1854 sliding
scale" farm law, and passage of
the Farmers Union-sponsored bill
for 100 per cent of parity price
supports with authorization to use
production payments for support
ing perishable commodities. They
also asked support of a joint reso-
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-27

his father, and three brothers
toured the United States as the
Christensen String quintet. Going
back to Norway, he studied for
two years at the Royal Conserva-
tory in Oslo and also played at
the Norway Centennial Exposition
in 1914. In July of 1914, he re-
turned to the United States, and
for the next several years worked
his way to a musical education by
doing odd jobs, including playing
in theater orchestras during the
days of silent movies. Concordia
College granted him a Bachelor of
Music Degree in 1886. He received
the degree Master Of Music in
1850 from MacPhail College of
Music.
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-27

Calendar"
Sunday afternoon at 100 will
be a special occasion for the
Women of the Moose of Sidney
when they will be the hostess
chapter for the mid-winter con-
ference January 80. This meeting
will bring visitors from Miles City,
Glendive, Malta and Plentywood
chapters. The meeting is open to
all co-workers, under the auspices
of the College of Regents. Sidney
at present has three College of
Regents members, Lorrene Mende,
Lavina Ford and Leila Dayton,
with Leila Dayton having the honor
to be chosen by the National Of
flee to act as a Deputy Grand
Regent for Montana for the cur
rent year. Sidney also has five
other graduate regents, Matte
Dishon, Ruthe Douglas, Iva Sven
son, Adell Bakken and Ida Cat
taneo.
A class of candidates will be
initiated in honor of our Deputy
Grand Regent Leila Dayton.
Conference leader and general
chairman, Ruth Sax will call the
meeting to order.
Opening by Plentywood - Ad-
dress of Welcome, Lavina Ford,
c. of R. member - Response, An
ma Montgomery, Glendive c. of r.
member ~ Balloting, Sidney -
Initiation, Sidney - Talk, Leila
Dayton - General discussion OF
chapter development and the
handbook - Mooseheart Endow-
ment, Miles City ~ Closing, Glen
dive.
Contributions will be received
from all chapters for College of
Regents administrative fund. This
fund helps to support the develop
ment of our various committee
activities and the general expense
of the office c. of r. The College
Of Regents sponsor a scholarship
fund yearly for a Mooseheart girl
graduate and also provide a
maintenance fund for the House
of God at Mooseheart.
Let's all plan to attend this
meeting and help make us even
stronger and better to aid in
care of our dependent children
and helpless aged.
Don't forget the date - January
80 at ! p. m. at the Moose home.
Be sure to be in attendance. A
covered dish luncheon will be
served following the meeting
which members and their hus-
bands are invited to attend. Mu-
steal numbers have been planned
during the luncheon and social
hour.
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-27

From 1922 to 1886, Professor
Christensen taught in the Hills
boro, North Dakota, public schools.
There he built up an instrumental
music program to a point where
his orchestra for IL years and his
band for 10 years won first place
in their fields in North Dakota
high school competition. He be-
came instrumental director in the
Moorhead Public Schools in 1896,
remaining there until called to
Concordia.
Since coming to Moorhead, he
has been a mainstay of the viola
section in the Fargo oorhead
Civic Orchestra. When off the
job, Christensen still stays close
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-27
SAVAGE PILGRIM
FELLOWSHIP PARTY

The Savage Pilgrim Fellowship
will celebrate youth week by hav-
ing the youth Of the Community
church to a service Thursday eve
ming at z on February 3. Miss
Elaine Larson will lead the wor-
ship; Mervin Darnall and Sandra
William, the games; Marion Drury
and others in charge of lunch.
Mrs. Delmar William is the church
school teacher and Rev. Bernard
McLain is the advisor of P. F.
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-27

employment and expand purchas-
ing power. Oppose any form of
Universal Military Training. Vote
for increased funds for REA loans
to co-ops to build generating
plants and transmission lines. Vote
for notification by Congress of
the Dixon-Yates contract. Support
a full-scale investigation by Con-
gress of the private electric utility
industry.
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-27

Take advantage of the RexaI Month
Iy Specials as advertised in Life, Look,
Golfers and Post. TURNER DRUG CO.
Your Rexan Stores in Sidney. 52-2tp
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-27

ell for three years. Besides lead
ing his own CLUB, he has also help
ed other clubs get started. Mr..
Herrin is engaged in ranching. He
has four children, two of whom
are in All club work.
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-27

Prof. Left I. Christianson will
direct the Concordia College Con-
cert Band in an appearance in
Sidney February 4 at the high
school gym. This is Professor
Christianson's sixth year with the
band. He succeeded Prof J.. A.
Holvik, long familiar to northwest
audiences, who resigned in 1949
after % years of service.
Born in Kingsvinger, Norway,
into a musical home, Prof. Chris
tianson is the fourth generation
of band directors in his family.
His great-grandfather led a band
during the war Of 1914, and his
father organized the present town
band of Kongsvinger.
At the age of IA, Christianson,
The Sidney herald., 1955-01-27

THE SIDNEY HERALD
Thursday, Jan. ~. 1855
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Receive Check For
New Falls Addition

A u. S. treasury check for $13,-
020.07 was received this week by
F. P. Fleming, school district 6
clerk, as the 10 per cent starting
payment for the new Columbia
Falls grade school seven-room ad-
dition.
Bids for the addition are to be
opened about April / with a call
for bids expected about March 1.
The addition is being financed
through a S130,207 federal grant.
Also received this week was a
federal check for $9O7.9O as final
payment on 1953-54 allotment of
funds under the maintenance and
operations school financing law.
These checks were paid the dis
trict through public laws 815 and
874 that provide federal payment
to school districts where federal
projects (Hungry Horse Dam) add
to school problems.
The total 1953-54 maintenance
and operations grant from the fed
eral government to district 6 was
$18,157.92. The total is decreasing
with the dam completed with the
amount expected this year much
less.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Middle Fork Elk
Season Still Open

WEST GLACIER-The special
open season on elk up the Flat
head rivers Middle Fork will be
open this Saturday and Sunday.
The season opened Dec. 4 for the
narrow strip between u. S. high
way No. 2 and the park boundary
Open days have been each Sat-
urday and Sunday with the rest
of the week closed.
Ross Wilson, district supervisor
for the fish and game commission,
says the count of elk killed is AZ,
as the animals mostly stayed high
and out of reach of hunters.
The Fish and Game Commission
is to give two days notice of the
! seasons closure. Glacier National
Park which recommended its op-
ening has recommended that it be
closed, and such action was ex-
pected for this weekend, and is
now expected for next.
Only reported elk kill last week
end was a hunter on u. S. high
way No. 2 shooting across the Mid
die Fork for long range shot into
the park and Gripping an elk uI
on the Bolton hills. Other hunter!
reported seeing the wounded ami
NAL. 1t was dead when the rangers
arrived. The animal killed by the
target shooter was across the river
and up the mountain. 1t woulc
have been practically impossible
for the man to have taken the mea
out.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
News Adds Crossword
And Fix It Features

With this issue, the Hungry
Horse News adds a series of fea-
lures including a crossword puzzle
and "You Can Fix 1t" by Gene
Won. Producer is w. L. Gordon
Features of Cincinnati.
The Hungry Horse News is al
most entirely made up of local
written material and local pictures.
This is characteristic of a weekly
newspaper as contrasted to a daily
that depends to considerable ex-
tent on teletype machine to bring
in news of the outside world.
In any event we are curious as
to how readers like the idea of
crossword puzzles. Mr.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Navy News
Finishes Seabee School

PORT HUENEME, Calif.-D. F.
Howard, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Milo
T. Howard of Route IA, Kalispell,
was among the mechanic construc-
tionmen, USN, who graduated last
month from Construction Mechan-
let's school here.
The Seabee school at the U. S.
Naval Construction Battalion Cen
ter teaches mechanics to maintain
and repair automotive and heavy
construction equipment.
A mechanic must be familiar
with trucks, tractors, bulldozers,
shovel cranes, ditchers, graders,
hosting engines and other power
driven equipment used in advanced
base construction by the Seabees.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Receive Sfute Funds
For LocuI Schools

KALISPELL-Ac check for S295
EOS representing so per cent Of
the state funds received for Flat
head county schools was received
Monday by Mrs. Merlyn Emmert
Taborsky, Flathead county treas
urer, from Edna ]. Human, state
treasurer
The Flathead's $685. 05 is part
of the $4,17O,277 being distributed
over the state. Only Yellowstone
county's portion of $366,046 is lar
ger than the Flathead's.
County Supt. Lulu Barnard We'd
nesday commented that the state
equalization funds are apportion-
ed on the basis of the school cen
sus of persons between 6 and 81.
and on the average number of
students belonging to school.
These state equalization funds
come from state lands, oil land
revenues and tax sources.
The first payment of so per cent
will be followed by the other 40
per cent next June.
Amount of total payment being
made to Flathead school districts
this year from the state equaliza-
ton fund includes: eco per cent
of the following amounts are be-
| ing paid now District 6, $59,653
up from $47,743 last year; district
1, now part of 6, $1,732; Deer Park,
$4,389; Fairview, $1,297; Kalis.
pell grades, $78,585, up from $751;
800 last year; Creston, 1912; Cay
use Prairie, $2,146; Egan, $1,045
Canyon View, 1888; Half Moon
1915; Whitefish grades, $52,875
up from $44,719 last year; Lake
Blaine, $769; LaSalle, $3.50; Birch
Grove, 1920, and Bigfork, $7,395
The four county high schools
now and in June will receive /;
total of: Columbia Falls, $33,393
Bigfork, $9,723; Whitefish, $35,
224, and Flathead, S122,509.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Fulton Discusses
School Financing

HUNGRY HORSE - District 8
Supt. Dulane Fulton discussed the
school financial support program
at the Wednesday evening meet
ing of the Hungry Horse PTA at
the Bureau conference hall.
Fulton told of the state equali-
cation funds that come from state
sources to support local schools
and about the proposed changes.
He had just returned from the
Monday and Tuesday meeting OF
the State School Administrators at
Great Falls, and told about the
reaction to the governors mess
age paragraphs on school financ-
ing. Actually proposed changes
are not as drastic as indicated
earlier.
Rev. Leo B. Hinton, PTA pres
ident, presided.
The PTA voted "a to II to do
nate 5000 toward the Hungry
Horse Community club purchase
of the former Mint building as I
community hall. Those opposing
the donation for the most part die
so on the grounds that PTA fund.
should not be used for such pur-
pose. They favored the idea of
community hall.
A group from Martin City's PIT
attended the meeting with Jerr,
Baldwin speaking in behalf of tn
proposed four-room addition t.
the Martin City grade school. Pc
titions are being circulated b.
Martin City for a $4,000 bone
issue.
Hungry Horse first and secon.
/ graders under the direction of thei
teacher, Mrs. Hidden, presented
Virginia musical reel of folk dan
cling and physical education exer
: cises.
Fifth and sixth grade mother
served cake and coffee to tn
nearly so persons present.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Asks $1,29O,o32
For Glacier Park

WEST GLACIER - The new
budget request for national parks
includes $1,290,93 for Glacier Ma
tional Park with $584,900 for con-
struction.
Included are funds for NPS con-
tracts to install added water, sew
age and parking facilities for pro-
posed engagements of Lake Nc
Donald hotel and Many Glacier
valley accommodations. Other Ola
cier construction includes i'm
provement of Sun highway under
way in 1854 according to Supt
]. w. Emmert.
Yellowstone has the top budget
request of $2,497,885 including
81 ,258,000 for construction accord
ing to the Associated Press dis
patch. Grand Teton where new
large visitor facilities are being
built by the Rockefeller interests
is asking for $2,395, lat including
$2,096,600 for construction. The
Park Service provides roads, wa
ter and sewage systems.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
New Falls Team I ackles Poison

Columbia Falls Wildcats Satur-
day at 8 pm, will play the Poison
Pirates on the local floor. Poison
is tied with Libby and ST. Ignatius
for the western Montana. class B
conference lead.
Coach Bud Beagle will have a
new lineup for the Poison game.
Forwards will be Jack Brownson
and Daryl Patterson. Allan Ham
llton has been shifted to center.
The guards will be picked from
NARROW Olson, Ronald Klein, Bob
Baumann and Curtis Christensen.
Likely to see play as forwards are
Norman Curl, Don Gimbel, while
DeWayne Buzzell is a substitute
center.
Eight OF the first string players
were benched Monday for moi
keeping training. AS a result Bea-
gle took Olson, Klein, Christianson
Curl, Gimbel and Buzzell from the
freshman : sophomore B team
where they've shown up well.
Team members involved were
all starting guards, Leroy Byrd
Vern Byrd, Larry Crandau, Mike
Driscoll and Jim Kruse; Webb
Carey, center; Roger Christensen
and Dick Knapton, forwards ane
Doug Smith, manager. The boy,
had been well behaved while OF
the Roman and st. Ignatius trip it.
self and the incident occurred af.
ter returning home.
The action resulted from tn,
boys not returning to their home
/ Immediately as instructed by tn
coach. They returned from St. Ig
! natius about l and took 2 hour
| to get home.
Last weekend Columbia Fall
had an easy time defeating Ronal
81 to "a there, Friday and Saturda,
lost to ST. Ignatius SIS to so in
tight game. Columbia Falls had 2
field goals to 10 for ST. Ignatiu!
but fell down in free throws, s
10.
| Daryl Patterson was high poir
man in the Mission game with
points with Hamilton high in tn
Roman game with %.
Other recent scores of local in
terest have been Libby over White
fish STAB; Poison over ST. Igna
titus in an unexpected AZ to O
and Troy edging Eureka 47-46.
Il Playing at Glasgow last week
end Kalispell dropped two game
: with $3.50 and STAB scores.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Davis Vail Weds
MurIene Thompson

In a double ring ceremony,
Marlene Charity Thompson and
Davis D. Vail, Columbia Falls,
were married by Rev. James AL
bertson at the First Methodist
church, Wenatchee, Wash. The
bride is the daughter of Mrs. Gail
Thompson, Wenatchee, and the
late Jerald Thompson. The bride
groom's parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
Emery Vail, East Wenatchee, for
merly of Columbia Falls.
Given in marriage by her broth
er, Tommy Thompson, the bride
wore floor-length gown of white
satin with a scalloped neckline
and skirt of lace over net. Her
fingertip veil fell from a half-hat
of tulle and pearls. She carried {
Rainbow Bible with white or
child and stephanotis. a.9
Jean Thompson was her sister:
maid of honor and bridesmaid,
were Betty Poff and Erma Myers
They wore identical white taffet;
gowns and carried bouquets O.
poinsettias.
Ray lifting was best man anc
ushers were Ellis Vail and Her.
bert Thompson. A reception fol.
lowed in the church social hall.
Vail, a graduate of Columbi;
Falls high school, and Montan;
State college, taught in Eastern
Montana schools and is stationed
with the Army at Fort Devens
Mass. The bride is a graduate O
Wenatchee High school and is EN-.
ployed at Wenatchee.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Park Mouse Catcher
Killed bu Hunter

WEST GLACIER-W inter-time
mouse catcher at ST. Mary ranger
station in Glacier National Park
has fallen to hunters rifle.
Report received at the ranger
station was that bobcat with two
others were killed near the Black
feet highway just outside the park
For the past five year, the one
25-pound bobcat had been win
ter visitor at the ranger sta
ton. He would walk around, keep
his distance and avoid garbage
cans He was never petted.
Winter time residents of the
station are Ranger and Mrs. Dor
Barnum and Ranger and Mrs
Hugh Buchanan.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
PTA to Show Films
On ADDING FIuoride

The PTA in Columbia Falls is
scheduling showing of motion
pictures on adding fluoride to mu-
nicipal water supplies to benefit
children's teeth.
The fluoride films are planned
for the Feb. 81 meeting.
DR.. Loren Kreck, Columbia Falls
dentist, has been asked to talk on
the subject at the meeting.
Columbia Falls at the city cleo
ton April 4 will vote on the ques-
ton of installing fluoride treat
ing unit.
PTA program chairman is Mrs
Bill Stallings.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Park Electricity
CONTINUED from pace 1

\0OultItOC0 iIOIi Pd9C ~
conference included: Con Lund-
gren, West Glacier, Flathead Elec-
trio Coop president; Otto Fehl-
berg, Coram; Frank Sharr, Hun
CRY Horse, and Mark Hodgson CO.
op directors; R. H. Gatiss, coop
manager; Ambrose Measure, CO.
op attorney; B. E. Horstman, CO.
op engineer, and Fred Hart, Sc
attic, REA engineer.
Representing Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph Co. from
Helena were R. E. Heller, COM
mercial manager; L. c. Keim,
Montana plant manager; Paul
Bradley. staff technician, and c. Z.
Harmon, technician and E. G.
Toomey, attorney.
There was also George F. Bag
ley, Omaha, NPS regional opera
lions officer and c. w. Stevenson,
Glacier Park Co. chief engineer,
from East Glacier Park.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Civil Cases

Kalispell Tuesday saw the first
of Is civil cases for Jan. 81
jury term of district court settled.
It was Arthur LaValley versus
Erickson Brothers. James Cum
ming was attorney for LaValley
and Murphy and Robinson repre-
sented Erickson Brothers.
Wednesday morning saw the
case of Arthur Sward and others
versus Billart Products settled, ard
Leonard Smith versus Donald Ad-
ans and others settled. Both ~
volved debts.
This information was from Jacie
Willis, clerk OF court.
Each coming term of court
brings hurried conferences of law
yers getting cases settled before
| jury term actually starts.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Anderson PLANNING
New Variety Store

John Anderson, Columbia Falls
merchant since 1929, is opening a
new variety store in Columbia
Falls this spring.
Anderson came to Columbia
Falls 80 years ago from Rush City,
MIMI, and opened shoe shop.
This business expanded into a
grocery store, and in 1882 he was
joined by his brother, Peter, who
cold out his interests last year,
and moved to Portland.
Anderson has virtually complet-
ed the c1ose-out sale OF his gro
Gerry stock that started Oct. 20.
He plans to have the Columbia
Cash Grocery building remodeled,
and win open the variety store by
early spring.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
On Canyon View
Attendance Roll

CANYON VIEW-The following
lower room pupils have not been
absent or tardy for the six weeks
period: Milo j. Anderson, Donna
Beauchamp, Vanzel Frerich, Susan
Martin and Donna Mae Rabidue
On the honor roll are: Carol Bois-
en-, Darrell Christofferson, Vanzel
Frerich, Carolyn Rabidue and
Diana Orr.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Observe 5Oth Anniversary

Friends from over the Flathead
called on Mr.. and Mrs. James v.
Harrington Saturday to help them
observe their 50th wedding ami
versary.
The Harringtons live within a
half mile of where they were mar
ried by Father Arts Jan. Is, 1905.
Mr.. Harrington was born in Ma
lada, Idaho, Jan. IA, 1884, and he
came to the Flathead with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James V. Har-
rington, Sr. when two years old.
His father for time worked as
an engineer at Butte, and in the
early days of the Flathead came
to own over 1,400 acres in what
is now Fairview-Deer Park dis
tricts.
Mrs. Harrington was born in
the Austrian Tyrol on the Swiss
border May 80, 1885. Her parents
were Mr.. and Mrs. John Christian
Lerch who settled in the Bad Rock
community in 1895. Rosie Lerch at
tended the old Columbus school in
Columbia Falls.
Meanwhile Mr.. Harrington was
attending school at Fairview. His
first teacher was the late Andrew
Jackson King, who became the
Flathead's first county treasurer,
and was the father of District
Judge Dean King. Later Mr.. Har-
rington was a Fairview school
board member for 10 years.
Judge and Mrs. King were Sat-
urday callers.
Among others present for the oc-
caSion were Mrs. Merle Johnston
Sweeney. She was the ring girl al
the wedding so years ago. Mrs
Archie O'Claire, Mr.. Harrington.
sister, was likewise present. Shit
played at the wedding, but doesn'
recall the name Of the pieces.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrington's thre1
children were present. They arr
james Jr., Columbia Falls; Mrs
Paul Grosswiler, Spring Creek, ant
Mrs. Elmer Beeman, Creston
There is granddaughter, Mrs
Michael Fopp of San Francisco, thu
former Barbara Jean Beeman.
There's proof of Mr.. Harring
tons hunting prowess about tn
house. In the dining room is ;
mounted white tail buck head from
Coal creek, and in the parlor,
grizzly pelt from up the Soutl
Fork.
Most unusual trophy is the al
bino yearling deer mounted in
glass case. 1t was AZ years ag
Mrs. Harrington told her huSban,
that the family could use som
meat.
He started out to get a deer, an,
saw a band of white tails followe'
by what he thought was noun
tain goat. It wasn't until he got tn
animal on his third and last she
6hat he found out the white ami
NAL was pure albino deer. In tn
hunting process he got bucked OF
his horse.
One always asks an oldtirne
about Indians. There was a goo
fishing hole in the F1athead rive
near the Harrington place, and
was nothing unusual so years ag
to see 40 Indians go by the place
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Diversion Dams
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solidated with the Spokane office,
did preliminary study on the pro-
posed Middle Fork dam sites.
Any dam on the Flathead's Mid
die Fork would be required to
maintain normal stream flow to
reduce damage to fishing.
Another benefit of the proposed
dams would be to Nyack flats
where each spring there has been
flood damage, and the problem has
been the subject of bills intro
duced into Congress by Mike
Mansfield when a congressman
and year ago by Congressman
Lee Metcalf.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21

Working on the first budget in
its history, Columbia Falls city
government called off a council
meeting for last Monday that
would have transferred money
from the housing project to the
general fund. Columbia Falls be-
came a city last May and started
operations on budget last sum-
mer.
Plan had been to transfer $1,000
from the housing project fund to
the general fund for support of
government. Such action was not
provided in the budget.
Now the council can legally
spend the money for some feature
or equipment that would benefit
the housing project, or 60 through
due processes of law that take
some time. Adviser in the matter
is James Cumming, city attorney.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-21
Too Late to Classify

HELP WANTED-VOCAL SOLO,
ist for Sunday services of White
fish church. Reimbursement. Call
2-6691 or mail qualifications to
Music Committee, 435 Park ave-
nue., WhitefiSh. c2-27