davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1955-02-03
u. 5. Industrial Deaths
. Hit New Low for 1854
BY the Associoied Press

Secretary of Labor Mitchell
reported today that fewer per-
sons were killed at their jobs in
1854 than in any of the 18 years
for which records have been
kept.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
estimated that $4,000 we're killed
in the course of their employ
ment, 7 per cent less than the
$4,000 killed in 1858.
The total of disabling work
injuries was 100000. This was
8 per cent below 1858 and the
lowest figure in Is years.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-07-01

the native meadows and have almost
gone native" in many such meadows.
They complement the native hay both
in yield and in hay quality. They will
not stand excessive flood irrigation and
they will not stay in the native mead
ows of the high and cool mountain val
leys, such as Jackson Hole and the up
per Green River of Wyoming and the
Montana Big Hole, as well as with the
tame cool-weather meadow grasses like
the orchardgrass.
Because it is a warm weather plant
and has more exacting growth and pro-
duction requirements than do the ma
tive meadow plants, alfalfa does not fit
the economy of many ranches. Some
ranches should and do buy some alfalfa
hay as a supplement to their native
hay. They use it for wintering calves
and they switch the cows to calve onto
alfalfa in the spring. Where a ranch
has the growing season, the late water
and the me9dowlands that can be ir-
rigated properly to grow two cuttings
of alfalfa or even one good cutting,
they should grow some alfalfa. This re-
fers, of course, to the cattle ranch.
Most sheep ranches that can grow al
falfa for wintering ewes do SO in areas /.
where wintering sheep on hay is neces- +.
sary. The native hay and the alfalfa
hay often complement each other well
on the stock ranch.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-07-01
PORzA DITCH Is Cartons.
answer 20 fhege Logseg

In addition, you eliminate the cost of
digging and maintaining bitches :. for
PORTA-DITCH is a portable plastic pipe
thar can be placed right on the ground.
EIectronicaIly sealed socks provide stand
ard row spacing for crop watering. Costs
only rs as much as aluminium gated pipe.
You could buy PoRTA-DITcH every sea
son and still save money. Yer PORTA-DITCH
is guaranteed to last for several years.
1t will pay for itself many times over in
water, labor, convenience and efficiency.
PoRTA-DTTcH comes in 15O-foot lengths
easily carried from place to place. With
stands sun and cold. Sections couple
together in seconds. Miles of it can be
installed or moved in day by one man.
For complete information on where to
buy PoRTA-DITcH, what il costs, how to
use it, use the coupon below.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-07-01

LIVERY 10000 feet of open ditcf, g wide
IL by 8 deep costs you minimum of
an acre-foot of water lost through seep-
age and evaporation. If you buy water,
you know what this costs you. IF you
pump water, you know what this amounts
to in pumping costs.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-07-01

the native meadows that viii conpIe-
ment the native grasses, which are
cool weather" grasses that tend to %
dormant with the warming of the sea
son. These grasses - orchardgrass
smooth bronze and other-wilI not onIv
increase the hay yield but usually in
crease the quality of the hay. They will
not stay in the meadows long in com
petition with the native grasses. how
ever, If the irrigation plan is that Of
heavy flooding with little or no prepara-
ton of the land for irrigation and with
scant management of the water.
In the lower and warmer valleys
where the ranches find that the native
grasses are their best meadow CROP.
it is often possible to augment the
native grasses with those grasses and
legun1es that make their best growth
IN the warm weather. That way the hay
yield and quality may be augmented.
yet the native cool weather grasses
will make the meadow regrowth in the
late summer and early fall for the fall
pasturage if some late water is avail
able after the one hay cutting. This
fall meadow pasturage is very i'm
portant in the economics of many stock
ranches.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-07-01
Gone Native

Probably the most common meadow
plants used in this situation are tim
othy, alsike clover and white clover.
In the lower and warmer valleys these
plants are well adapted for growth in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-26
Montana's WiIdlife

Have you missed any of the fish and
game biologists in your area? Here in
Lake county we have had a bountiful
supply the last several weeks. Those
yellow cars, one to three biologists to
a car, as many a six cars have been
counted in one day, boat trailers at
tached with boat motors and apparent
ly deep sea diving equipment loaded
in cars. Being inquisitive, as we al
ways are, we asked questions and made
some observations, and the report seems
to be about as follows:
During summer months there is a
period when wild geese mott and are
unable to fly, yet they can do some
diving stunts. Biologists, paid by the
State, with your money, go forth with
their equipment and the chase is on,
eventually the goose looses, as he
must cease diving in his endeavor TO
escape or he will become water-logged
drowned. The goose is taken in hand
and LABELED in the name of, science?
Yes, labeled with a plastic marker,
said marker, we are told, consists of
a plastic band about SIS inches wide
and thereto attached a strip of plastic,
bright coIored which is about inches
long. The plastic band is placed around
the neck of the goose. What for? We
were told an observer asked one of the
biologists if the band would not in
time choke the goose. 1t seems the
reply was:
By that time they should be dead
anyway Just a moment, we have some
of their published data on Biology
of Canada Geese Flathead Valley Of
Montana-1954." Here is brief sum-
mary: "In early 1853, when both young
and adults were flightless, as many
geese as possible were trapped and
banded were herded with four to
six motor boats into wire wing traps
. all geese trapped were aged 60,
sexed, banded yellow airplane
dope was painted on their cheeks,
throat, back, tail . geese (also) were
run down individually and caught by
hand with dip nets" Montana is indeed
fortunate to have such wonderful
Learned" biologists? Could wildlife
survive without them--THOMAS Q.
PEASLEY, Roman.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-26

about rs miles long, that would average
about 1918 miles per day-hardly
"whizzing" as | understand the term.
Parkinson reminds me of so many
of those early day surveyors who spent
their time mapping sIn Camp" over
whiskey bottle. 1 have been told that
New Mexico maps still carry Canyon
de OJo. which was such whiskey
inspired canyon, for actually no such
canyon exists.
To compare Last Chance Gulch to
the Big Horn Canyon, would be like
comparing a childs balloon to a mod
ern-jet plane. Helena's gold beds were
adjacent to and near gold bearing
igneous formations whereas, Big Horn
Canyon is limestone, with the nearest
gold bearing rocks, probably hun
dred miles away. The sheer cliffs are
as free of gold as Parkinson is of truth
Finally, the truth is, no man has
worked longer and harder to bring
Yellowtail Dam into reality than has
Willard Fraser, and he has made many
trips, mostly at his own expense to
Washington and elsewhere to work
on it. He does not expect to make one
dime from Yellowtail Dam, nor does
he want to.
Parkinson obviously cannot under
stand a man working for the welfare
not only in this case but in many
others. Parkinson, instead of attacking
Fraser, might well be asking why Re-
publican Congressman Flare failed to
show up at each and every hearing on
YeIlowtaiI, and probably to this day
does not even know of it's existence
l.. X. NEWMAN, Billings.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-26
MY "Two-Bits Worth"

We boost of America as THE Land
of the Free" Free Enterprise" the
american Way of Life" but was slav-
cry EVER ABOLISHED? Lets have a
look see.
Back in the days of chattel slavery
a planter had a slave and 160 acres
of land and from that slaves labor on
the land he received $1,000 per year,
but the slave wanted his freedom so
the master told him he would set him
free if he would rent the land. This
pleased the slave and the deal was
made, the slave agreeing to pay $1,000
per year rental. The situation has now
changed. 1t was no longer master and
slave but Landlord and Tenant, but
the same old $1,000 per year condition
was still there so what actually hap
pened was really only CHANGE in
NAMES.
After few years with no appreci-
able change in the former slaves con-
dition he decided that he wanted to
own the land, thinking to better his
condition. To this the (now) landlord
agreed and another deal was made.
The former slave (now tenant) had
no money to buy but the (now) land
lord would take his note with % mort
gage on the land and since $1,000 was
SO of $4,000 the interest on the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-26
United Nations Charter
Must Be Changed

Democracy is an ideal of mankind.
Peace is the main hope for humanity.
United Nations is far from being
democratic. 1t is a tight and exclusive
oligarchy. The General Assembly TO
final nor initiatory power. All the power
and authority is. by charter in the
Security Council. AT first the members
of this oligarchy of five years were
The United States, The Soviet Union,
Britain, Franch, China.
Due to Dulles obstruction, China s
seat is held by his puppet, Chang Kali
shek, and about million Chinese rene
gades in Formosa. $50 million Chinese
are left out, against the wish of Rus
STA, France, England, due to our power
to Veto But if we should change our
illegal attitude and China be given it's
rights the leagues one sidedness would
keep it weak. It would lack the re-
spect of humanity. Without universal
respect it cannot enforce peace.
Half the people of the world recently
had am epoch making convention at
Bangkok. Not single nation at Bang
kok had any power at all in United
Nations though some had seats in the
UN General Assembly. This House can
talk but not act. China is not even in
the General Assembly. India with $50
million people go large universities)
is a member of the weak assembly but
not of the powerful council.
Latin America, 200 million people,
has no voice in the Council. Africa has
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-26

no voice in the Council. Scandinavia
has no voice there. The Middle East is
without voice there. To mention a few
others without voice, Italy, Spain, Ire
land. Holland, Belgium, Pakistan, Indo-
nesia.
We must save United Nations.
To do so the Security Council must
be increased. Some nations might join
in sending q member of that council.
For instance the % Latin American
countries might be given and elect 2
members, Scandinavia might be given
and send a member India should have
two members. Indonesia, rs million,
million, should be in the Council.
Washington is too narrow minded
to harbor such a plan. France, Britain,
Russia, might be progressive enough
to consider it avorably.-LOWNDE
MAURY, Butte
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-26
Government Pleased to Sell
Power to MPCo. at III Mills

Mr.. Leonard Kenfield keeps me so
busy correcting him and his figures
that I have space for but little else,
Nav I suggest to Mr.. Kenfield that #
he would submit his figures to me for
correction before he submits them Tor
publication, much printers INK ana
space could be saved. Now for Few
corrections:
1. He says that I didn't say in my
letter of June 3rd that REA paid al
most twice as much for power in 1853
at FIT Peck as private utilities. he
seemed oblivious to the fact that l had
already said it in my letter or May
18th, and it was only II times as
much, not twice as much. A mere Oil
ference of only 500.
g. He says that / should go back ana
read again his article in the May 23rd,
1852 issue of the Peoples Voice; that
I am attributing to the Canyon Ferry
wheeling contract some OF the terms
of the Ft Peck wheeling contract, and
that there is no mention in his artlcle
to that effect. l will quote verbatim
from Mr.. Kenfield's article. The gen
eral wheeling agreement, CONTRACT NO.
179r1S36 is broad in its appllcatlon
and covers all of Montana east OF the
continental divide. The government
power project at Ft. Peck is specifically
named but the agreement apparently
applies to all present and future gov
eminent power projects In the who're
area.o That was what Mr. kenIleld
said Does he now mean to admit that
he was in error?
8. Mr.. Kenfield's figures on canyon
Ferry are very substantially in error.
My authority is testimony introduced
at the hearing before the senatorial
subcommittee on Irrigation and Recla-
nation March 23rd, 1855, at Washing
ton, D. c.
Canyon Ferry annual
power potential $1,000. 4Sz,0oV,o oo kWh
Total sold to Montana
Power in 1854 A9'o?o
Total sold to other agencies -...-... 4.O3o
Total Sold - 1862
Nonfirm power not sold ....... 66.4%
A. Mr.. Kenfield states that private
utilities take all the interruptible pow
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-26

mortgage was fixed at go or fifteen
hundred dollars per year. 1t was now
no longer landlord and tenant but
Mortgagor and Mortgage but the
same old $1,000 per year payment was
still there so what really happened
was just another CHANGE in NAMES
Examining closely and analytically
our American Way of Life" and our
Free Enterprise" system of economics
causes one to wonder if SLAVERY was
Ever Abolished or if, in fact, FREE
ENTERPRISE is not JUST ANOTHER
NAME for THE SAME OLD SLAVERY.
The radio broadcasts and magazine
ads are full of exhortations to buy
government bonds which If bought now
in small amounts at S1S.75 will in ten
years be forth $500. One wonders If
in ten years the $500 will purchase
as much of the necessities of life as the
$1S.75 Will purchase at the present
prices.
One is also impe1led to wonder HOW
LONG our Intelligent 90 human race"
will continue to be content with this
oft repeated CHANGE IN NAMES for a
condition which although slightly i'm
proved still remains essentially the
same.--LEyERNE HAMILTON, Thomp-
son Falls.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-26
Parkinson Speaks From
Lack of knowledge of
Big Horn Canyon
Peoples Voice,

Peoples Voice,
have just finished reading the letter
of your Side Walk Surveyor, Parkinson,
concerning Willard Fraser and the Big
Horn Canyon
If Parkinson is no better informed
on that Canyon than he is on Willard
Fraser he is ignorant indeed.
First of all, Willard Fraser does not
rent a building to the Reclamation
Bureau. Secondly, he never ever mas
rented a building to the Reclamation
Bureau. Thirdly, he has no intention
of ever renting building to the Recla-
nation Bureau.
Net, the lush grazing land that Park
inson refers to is high UP in the can
yons known as Black, Big and Little
Bull Elk, Dryhead, and Porcupine
These are the only canyons that have
year-round stream flow emptying into
Big Horn, and as Fraser said, the graz
ing lands of these is high up above
the level that the Yellowtail will raise
the Big Horn waters. In fact, 1t Will
add to the grazing possibilities OF the
area If Parkinson had been through
the Canyon, he would know that the
Canyon walls run from five hundred
to twenty hundred feet, whereas
the dam will only be about 440 feet.
Again, Parkinson intimates that
someone wants to steal from the In
dians. Senator'S Murray and Mansfield,
Congressman Metcalf and Willard
Fraser have repeatedly stated, both in
their testimony before the COMPRESSION
al committees and elsewhere that the
Crow tribe must be paid adequately
and fairly for the use of this dam site.
Also, Parkinson says, Fraser whizzed
through the canyon, actually he spent
six days in it this year, and as 1T is
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-26
Visiting In State

Mr.. and Mrs. Vic Reinemer, Wash
ington, D, c., are visiting Montana
friends and relatives throughout the
state. Vic. as VOICE readers know,
after several years of brilliant editor
ial work on the Charlotte IN. c.
News, is now in the office of Senator
James E. Murray, and among other
things, handles news and radio pub
licity for the office of the senior
senator. He is a native of the Circle
area and a graduate of MSU, Mis-
soula.
Mrs. Reinemer was raised in the
Lewistown area, although later be-
coming resident of Minnesota prior
to her marriage. They have two small
children.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-26

er they can get. That statement is not
borne out by the above facts. Even
though they pay the government more
money for power from government
plants in Montana than all other Gus
toners combined, a thousand million
kilowatts hours annually still go beg
ging for purchasers.
The MPCo. has $4,000 XIV surplus
power according to testimony of the
staff engineer of the National REA.
The Billings 10000 XIV steam plant has
operated only two weeks this year
E. J. PARKINSON, Great Falls.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-26

Mr.. Smiths asimpIe arithmetic" is
much too simple. The so-called novel
proposal of the Attorney General for
a royalty of 16 2/3 per cent in state
leases"-whch, incidentally is Land
Board policy on leases to be let on
tracts adjacent to proven areas
does not apply to all production that
may be forthcoming from wells
brought in on state leases. 1t applies
to only the first 1000 barrels per
month. On the next 5000 barrels, the
royalty rate remains at IL " per
cent, and on all production over
5000 barrels per month, the long
standing 25 per cent royalty con-
tinues in effect. Accordingly. THE
VOICE was absolutely correct in it's
editorial conclusions of last week
which pointed up how much add1-
tional royalty money would accrue
to the School Permanent Fund under
the new 16 2I3 per cent royalty poll
cy on any school lease we'll produce
ing 5000 barrels or more per month.
Mr.. Smith, in his final paragraph,
disputes Attorney General Arnold
OIsen's claim that the 1851 law fixed
a ceiling on how much the state can
receive in royalty. Because the 1851
law was ambiguously worded there
is a suit pending in state courts at
this time, which, among other Things,
contends that 12h per cent is the
maximum royalty the state may re-
ceive, no matter how much produc-
ton above 5000 barrels a month may
be forthcoming. Should the courts
decide adversely to the state there
will be absolutely no question that
12k per cent is the ceiling on all
production off a state lease. whether
well produce so barrels or 400 bar
rels a day.-PV EDITOR.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-26
The Readers Forum

LETTERS: No letter over $50
words will be accepted for publica-
ton. All letters must be signed by
writer, although, on request, name
will be withheld.-P.V Editor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-26
Contends Voice Wrong
On Oil Royalty
Returns To Schools
Peoples Voice,

Peoples Voice,
In your issue of August 10th you
have am editorial, giving what you call
a dollar and cents example of how the
state would benefit from a 16 2T3%
royalty lease, as against 1212 % royal
ty lease, on a 400 barrel well, such as
the Atlantic well.
According to the computation there
set out each 400 barrel well would
bring in royalties of SCI, 377.00 per year
to the schools, whereas under the
121b% minimum royalty Incorporated
into a state lease, each such we'll would
bring in annual royalties of $5S,302.00.
This difference of approximately $4,000
is supposed to be the advantage which
would be derived by the state from
wells of this capacity, under the novel
proposal of the Attorney General for
a royalty of 16 2/3% in state leases.
Let us see what the actual result
would be on a 400 barrel we'll 400
barrel we'll would produce in a year
of 365 days 1861 barrels, 1/S of which
would be 1880 barrels. which would
be deliverable to the state If the royal
ty were fixed at 121k %. The states
ROYALTIES would be 24,334 barrels, if
the states royalties were fixed at
is 2/39o or 1I6.
Under the Lease Law, it would fix the
royalty at 121A % on the first 100 bar
rels per well per day. or 1862 barrels
per year, 174 % on the next 100 barrels
per well per day, or 6,387 barrels per
year. and rs 20 on all oil in excess there
of, or in this case 200 barrels or 1920
barrels per year, a total of 20, 1873 bar
rels per year. This is the simple arith-
metic of the matter*, and to arrive at
the money return, you have to apply
the price per barrel to the total royalty
barrels Thus, it Will be seen that the
royalty fixed under state leases, in &C
cordance with the 1851 law, is gradu-
ated scale instead of ceiling. Very
Truly Yours - LaRUE SMITH, SR.,
President. Handbook Oil Co, Great Falls.
Smyrna times., 1955-09-15
OBSERVE CITIZENSHIP DAY
Governor Boggs Issues Proclama-
ton to Observe September IL

Governor B0ggs Issues Pr0clama-
tion to Observe September IL
Governor ]. Caleb Boggs urged
in proclamation issued this
week that recognition be given
those who have attained citizen
ship by age or naturalization at
special ceremonies on September
IL which has been designated as
Citizenship Day by the Congress
of the United States. The day
formerly known as Constitution
Day, will mark the 168th anni-
versary of the signing of the fed
eral constitution in Philadelphia,
and Govorner Boggs said atten-
ton should be called to 1.-THE prin-
ciples and ideals embodied in the
Constitution - the foundation of
our strength and symbol of free
dom and justice for ALL" He urg-
ed that native born and foreign
born alike, who have attained full
citizenship stature should be hon.
ored by religious, civic, fraternall
and municipal groups to impress
upon them that ''for the first time
they will have the prerogative of
assuming their duties as full
members of our cherished Repub-
lican form of Government" The
chief executive also called for a
display of national and state col
ors on all state and municipal
buildings, while entertaining the
hope that "all of us will attain a
new and deeper appreciation of
our rights and responsibilities as
citizens of the State of Delaware
and the United States of Amer
ica."
The full proclamation follows:
Whereas, the Congress of the
United States has ordained that
each 18th of September be observ-
ed as Citizenship Day in COM
memoration of the signing of the
Constitution of the United States
on September II, 1887; and
Whereas, this day is also set aside
to recognize all of our citizens
who have come of age or who
have been naturalized within the
past twelve months; and