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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-07-22

Following presentation of testimony for and
against the 80 to AZ per cent natural gas rate in
crease granted Montana Power Company by the
Public Service Commission in August 1868, District
Judge C. B. Elwell (of Havre) Monday remanded
the matter to the commission for review.
Although the issue has been sent back to the
commission, Elwell's action does not change the
status of the court action brought by Attorney Gen
eral Arnold Olsen the basis that the higher rate
schedule is unreasonable, unwarranted and unjust
What it amounts to is that the commission may re-
view its August 1853 order approving the higher
rates in light of what purports to be 'new evidence
presented by Montana Power Monday.
The commission /. Re-affirm its 1868
order q Revise the rate schedule granted, 3. Va
cate the higher rate order in its entirety with the
consequent refunding of an estimated two million
dollars plus extracted from natural gas consumers
by the utility under the higher rate schedule.
Evidence presented by the power company
purportng to prove that the amount of natural gas
supplied Anaconda Company pays the utility very
good return of profit Also, some evidence was
put in the record by the Attorney General At the
May 1858 commission hearing the rate increase
request, Montana Power vigorously opposed intro
duction of any material having to do with the Ana
conda portion of its sales despite the fact that these
sales amount to 48 per cent of the utltys gas divi
sion business Now the utility is anxious to have the
commission consider what it claims the actual
operational returns off it's sales to Anaconda.
In order to show sizeable profit off its Ana
conda sales, MPCo. has manipulated it's bookkeeping
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-07-22

the DIRECTORS, the witness, the Trib-
une says, twas only able to answer
a few questions presented because
of Corette's objections" and the an
nouncement by Judge Elwell that
this man can't give an opinion as to
whether the judgment of the Rail-
road and Public Service Commission
was correct-the court will do that. y
The story carried voluminous fig
ures on the Power Company's opinion.
The states witness was Vernon c..
Vogt, professor of economics at Mon
tana State University. Hs
Judge Elwell told the state he was
able to subtract 2 from a" when
the states witnesses were on the
but allowed the Company to
add, subtract and divide all over the
place.
The point of all this hinges on the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-07-22
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
By GRETCHEN G. BILLINGS

| A committee is being set up to put
memorial bust of Sam w. Mitchell
| in the main hall of the Mitchell Build
ling, named after the late secretary of
state several years before his death.
The committee will be composed of
the men who were pallbearers at
Sans funeral. They are Arnold Oh
sen, chairman of the committee; Left
Erickson, treasurer, and Cliff Walk
er, Charles V. Huppe, Hugh Adair and
r. v. Bottomly.
A sculptor has already agreed to
do the sculpturing work. He is Jack
Weaver of Butte. The cost of the
bust will probably be around 400
to 500 dollars and the money will be
raised by popular subscription.
Friends of Sam Mitchell who would
like to contribute to the fund can
send their dimes and dollars to Sam
w. Mitchell Memorial Fund, c/o At
torney General Arnold Olsen, Capitol,
Helena. 1t won't take many dimes
and dollars from all of Sans friends
to erect the memorial, unless every
one expects everyone else is going
to do it. I rather expect that it won't
take but few days to get the money
if, while it is fresh in peoples minds,
they put their money in an envelope
and send it.
Back in August 1858 the Railroad
and Public Sevice Commission grant
ed the Montana Power Gas Company
exorbitant increases in gas rates.
The Attorney General, Arnold Oh
sen, Immediately went to court in
behalf of the people of the state.
The first thing that had to be de-
cided was whether he had any right
to appear in behalf of the people.
The Supreme Court in a decision
written by Albert Angstman said he
did, so this week in District Court |
he case was heard on it's merits and |
vas sent back to the Railroad and |
Public Service Commission.
We didn't get to the court. house
% hear the case, but coverage in the
iaily papers indicates my blood pres
sure is probably reacting more nor
nally for having been too tied up
lere at the office.
The Montana Power was able to /
present columns of figures that came
tut as they wanted them to, but when
he. states attorney, c. w. Leaphart,
his witness in behalf of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-07-22
PAPERS ATTACK
BRYSON CONVICTION
FOR 1AFFILIATION'

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. AT
least two important West Coast news
papers have opened up an attack on
conviction of Hugh Bryson, president
of the now-defunct Marine Cooks &
Stewards Union, on charges of "af-
filiation' with the Communist party.
One is the Coos Bay, Oregon,
TIMES, which charges that dishonest
law" was practiced by the govern
ment in the Bryson case. at would
seem that if the government were to
be honest about this security bust
ness" it said, at ought to define it's
terms before it requires an (Taft-
Hartley non-Communist) affidavit so
that everyone knows what he is swear
ing to.
Most people have an idea that
being member of the party means
paying dues into it on a regular
basis, making some sort of applica-
ton or agreeing to uphold and work
for the principles of the party.
Merely associating with members
of the party, politically or socially, z
does not mean that a person be-
longs to that party.
"The law is like anything else"
the Coos Bay paper says, "It cam
not be honest Mondays, Wednes-
days or Fridays and dishonest the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-07-22
$75O,OOO AT Stake
$75O,OOO AT Stake
SHOULD STATE CONSIDER SELLING ITS
GLACIER PARK TIMBER2

years ago the State Land Board through it's then
commissioner w P Pgeram, entered negotiations with
the Bureau of Land Management for the trading
thousand of valuable mberand in Glacier National
federal parcels of land located throughout the state
The result of those negotiations that January 3d.
1858 the Land Board accepted offer BL which included
in exchange for the park timber land 622387 of fed
era land which the federal reserved all mineral
rights and 7092543 which Washington proposed the
of all mineral rights except
able (atomc) minerals.
Then, September 1853 the federal bureau up
with alternative proposal increase by than 900
the total which mineral rights reserved by the
federal and at the time to reduce by
hafto 3D. 735 acresthe on which mineral rights
would be conveyed to the State This revised land trade the
Land Board has consistently refused Finally last
week the Land Board requested the Bureau of Land Manage
ment to honor it's earlier proposal of January, 1853.
Two years elapsed since BLM first attempted
its January 1853 proposal transfer rights
than seventy thousand the State of Montana
The federal through BLM has indication
whatsoever that intends to live to the trade it
proposed to the State and oneha Instead BLM
has words told the State that the trade must be made
the scaled down terms presented September 1858 there
is to be land trade
brought about exhibition of bad faith by
matter wide conjecture However reports have
heard correct at the bottom of the entire matter o*
There strong possibility that the $4,000 which
BLM wishes to retain mineral rights be underan
with OIL ssos.
But whatever the of the federal bureau for going
back it's January 1858 offer the the State of
receiving little than
thousand timber land in Glacier Park This in face
of the fact that the timber that tract of State
land is conservavely valued at three quarters of million
dollars.
Since does appear that BLM will this except
its in order that the State Board
consider the immediate advertising of this large block of tim
Der for sale Certainly $750000 off Glacier Park
timber would be very substantial addition School Perm
Fund the interest from which toward paying the
states share OF the School Foundation Program
AT last weeks Land Board although this land
genda discussion representative BM showed
major company one broker APP
the board the scaled by the
the federal for leasing considerable block of the land in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-07-22

fact that the people of Montana do
not demand experts" to combat the
testimony of the company.
Every time a witness appears in
behalf of the people, whether it be
in court or before the Railroad and
Public Service Commission Bob Cor
cite refuses to allow the testimony to
be heard because the witness does
not qualify as an expert. =
Who can appear as an expert for
you and me? ,.5@. s ...f.
The only way this can be corrected
is to DEMAND the Railroad and Pub
lie Service Commission bling in an
expert"
Legislators do not appropriate
enough money to do this sort of thing
because the people don't demand it,
but in the long run the money spent
would be far less than these irrespon-
sible increases are costing. But at
that, if there was enough interest in
the matter the Public Service Com
mission would find the money to hire
the expert.
You can't win for losing. But then
you get weary and don't do anything
about these deals, which is just what
the company depends on.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-07-22

rest of the time. 1t is either honest
or dishonest and in this case it ap-
peared as though someone is out
to make it dishonest"
Meantime, the San Francisco
CHRONICLE deliberately violated
the order of the Bryson trial judge
who told reporters not to interview
jurors in the case. The CHRONICLE
said it considered the judges order
an "abridgement of the right of the
press to interview jurors after they
have duly given their verdict and
have been discharged from the case"
A CHRONICLE reporter called IL
of the IL jurors, read brief state
ment and asked the question: what
meaning do you give the word 'affili-
alton as it was involved in the Bry-
son verdict?''
Most jurors declined to comment.
Two said Judge Mathes had provided
the definition used by the jury. One
offered to answer if the reporter
would meet with him and his lawyer.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-07-22
More hnT Mn Dollars RMyH
WILL COMMISSION NOW GO In FOR face Saving?

of half million dollars each year to the utility--a
loss presumably paid by the $4,000 other natural
gas customers At the FPC hearing in reply to ques
tioning Mr. Corette stated his utility would have
to receive at least % " cents per m.cf. from Ana
conda to make reasonable profit. Said Corette:
eve determined that should get approximately
% 10 cents
A. At the May 1868 hearing on the rate Increase
request it was conclusivey proven by the rate ex-
pert of American Smelling & Refining Company, by
analyzing the annual reports of the utility that at
the very outside 83 per cent was the absolute maxi
mum rate increase that could be Justified
Those facts Montana Power cannot refute.
Neither can the Commission ignore them no matter
how much they may wish to enhance the prosperity
of Montana Power and its eastern financial masters
if they would do justice to the Montana gas consum
ing public.
Itremains to be seen what kind of 'face-saving
maneuver the commission will indulge itself in
Will it be slight decrease in the increase to
the pocketbook nerve of the electorate? Will they,
in light of the utility's new evidence grant Mon
tana Power an even higher schedule of rates? Or
will they for just once, perform as genuine public
servants and vacate the August 1853 rate order in
it's entirety and recommend that the utility come
in for rate increase which more truly be justi-
fled by the facts.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-07-22

question: so cents Other
agreed drilling rights this
Since Montana the minimum first
difficult prospective
ii So,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-07-22

OFFICIAL sTENoGRAPHERS REPORT, FPC, Docket No.
G1712 G-1717 Friday Sept 81 1851, Billings, Montana
Pages 1413-14 and 1416.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
Red Sox Trade
Talks Revived

CLEVELAND, June 8 (R.-
The surprise appearance of Joe
Cronin, Red Sox general man
Iager, and Outfielder Faye
Throneberry in Cleveland to
join the Boston club has stirred
speculation about possible trades.
Cronin denied there was any
deal brewing but it's no secret
Boston would do business II the
right opportunity came along.
Throneberry's return came
sooner than most observers had
expected. The kid who started
the season in left field prior to
Ted Williams return. suffered a
shoulder separation trying for a
diving catch against New York
May 7 and has been sidelined
since.
Faye's recovery gives the Red
Sox five first line outfielders
with Williams. Jackie Jensen,
Jim Piersall and Gene Stephens,
plus Karl Olson and Sam Mele.
AS for trades. Al Lopez, Cleve-
land manager. commented:
81 can't say what we need be-
cause it doesn't help a club to
talk positions. But we'd be
happy to talk with Joe
(Cronin)."
Cronin said he would stay with
the team the rest of the trip,
which includes visit to Detroit.
And Ray Boone, Tiger third
baSeman, has been mentioned
frequently as the object of pos
sible Red Sox bartering.
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trade talk with the White Sox
until Monday night. To that
point General Manager Frank
Lane OF Chicago had concen-
.trated on acquiring Roy Sieyers
from the Senators. who previ-
ously had rejected a Groth-for
Sievers proposition.
Dresser never has seen Cha
kales pitch ball and is accept
ing him on the recommendation
of Clark and Calvin Griffith.
Since oeing promoted to the ma
jors in 1851, the 27-year-old
righthander has won Q games
and lost Is.
Groth was regarded as a fu-
ture sensation when he came up
with the Tigers. but never has
justified his early promise. A .29S
hitter in his first full season with
Detroit In 1949, Johnny batted
.306 the following year and
never has done as well since. In
his last four seasons his top
runs-batted-in figure was so. A
righthanded hitter, Groth is a
native Of Chicago and will be
% years old next month.
Courtney has been involved in
several scraps, the most memoir
able of which was battle with
the Yankees in st. Louis a few
years ago. In that ruckus he
became embroiled with Short
stop Phil Rizzuto briefly before
virtually the entire Yankee
team descended on him to ad-
minister a beating, followed up
by a heavy fine by league head
quarters.
Groth played only two of Chi
cago's first Is games this season,
but with the failure of Ed Nc
Ghee to produce, Groth was
started against the Senators
May Is in q double-header at
Washington. got four hits in
eight attempts and received a
steady job. He comes to the
Senators with a .349 mark, while
Courtney, also used on a part
time basis, is hitting $40.
Jim Has No Excuses
Busby's first reaction to the
deal was one of shock, but he
recovered quickly. A .312 hitter
in 1858 and a .298 hitter last
season, Jim was involved in a
salary hassle with the Senators
brass this spring before signing
for $4,000.
Jim was hitting .230 this sea-
son and had no excuses. 81
"Chuck Dresser is a fine man
ager and I enjoyed playing for
him." Busby said. II just haven't
been able to pull out of my
slump and I'm sorry wasn't
able to help the club more"
Busby, his wife and three chill
Evening star., 1955-06-08
Sting Of Busby's Trode
Puts New Men on Spot

dren live in Silver Spring, Md.
and Jim was planning to build
a home in the Washington area.
He has been employed by a
brewery there during the of
season but says his plans now are
uncertain. Busby took a plane
for Chicago last night and viii
be in action against Washington
there in the opener of q four
game series Friday night.
Jim contributed many marvel
Gus catches to the Senators de-
Tense. The most recent Of these
was when he stabbed q game
ending liner by Billy Goodman
at Boston 10 days ago to pre-
serve q SIS Washington victory.
Finest Catch
Busby,s finest catch. though.
probably was against the Yankees
at GrifIith Stadium in 1858. The
Senators were taking a 22-i
pasting when Busby crashed into
center field wall for a leaping
grab Of Gus Triandos' blast in
the ninth inning. 1t was such a
display of neyer-say-die spirit
that ii even got applause from
the Yankees.
Jim received an automobile in
Evening star., 1955-06-08
BASEBALL
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the second that sent Johnny
Antonelli to his seventh defeat.
The Braves, who now have won
five of six and are above 500 for
the first time since May 10, got
five more in the ninth as Chet
Nichols won No. S with help from
Warren SPAIN. ...-..-..
Five singles and an error
pulled the Cubs from behind In
the sixth at Pittsburgh to
shorten the night for Max Sur
kont. Darius Hillman, Hal JEFF
coat and Howie Pollet combined
IN relief to save Warren Hack
er's sixth victory.
Fred Hatfield's homer off Tom
Sturdivant gave Ned Carver his
first triumph over the Yankees
in six years. Eddie Robinson
a two-run homer and
Joe Collins a bases-empty clout
for the Yanks, whose last 16
runs have come on home runs.
Rookie Herb Score didn't sur
vive the first inning against the
Red Sox as Ted Williams hit a
two-run double. But after Cleve-
land tied it at 3-all in their half
of the first to chase Mel Parnell,
Boston got four runs In the
fourth OF Art Houtteman to win
it for George Susce.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
SENATORS
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Continued From Page C-1
IMaury McDermott went the dis
tance in the second game despite
yielding l3 hits to post his
fifth win.
Alex Kellner was headed for
his third shutout with one out In
the ninth inning Of the first
game, but he walked Pete Rum
nels and gave up a single to
IPinchhitter Eddie Yost.
Bob Kline then rammed a
two-run double to left center to
tie the score, and with two down
.Centerfielder Bill Wilson missed
Ia stab at Tom Umphlett's low
liner of Johnny Sain for a
Ithree-base error, enabling Kline
to score.
Camilo Pascual and Dean
Stone limited the AS to four hits,
with Pascual getting his second
triumph.
Implicit Opens Slugging
Umphlett slashed a three-run
double off Art Ceccarelli in the
second inning of the second
game and the Senators owned q
5-1 lead in the fifth when Fitz-
Gerald doomed a home run over
the leftfield fence. Vernon walked
and Sievers doubled. Gus Ter
nial thumped his 14th homer in
the same inning with none
aboard.
The Senators picked up a run
in the seventh when FITZGERALD
singled. Vernon sacrificed and
Runnels singled. The AS also
scored in that inning when Jack
Littrell walked and came around
on singles by Bill Shantz and
Joe DeMaestri. Washington's S
final run was at Bill Harring-
toms expense in the ninth when
Sievers walked. went to second
on Carlos Paula's single and
scored when Rightflelder Bill
Renna let the ball get past him.
NOTES: Vernon was slated
for q rest in the second game,
but with Busby en- route to Chi
cago, Dresser was short one
righthanded hitting outfielder
and kept Sievers in leftfield
rather than have him relieve
Mickey.
The AS stranded Is runners in
the second game. Three hits
of McDermott were routine
grounders to Juan Delis at third
base which the Cuban booted
all over the lot, but each unac-
countably was scored as a single.
1t got so bad the players on
the Senators bench were yelp-
ing at the official scorer.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
CHICAGO
pittsburgh
Norbeck Winners

Mrs. Bernard Kilsheimer with
104-20-76 net and Mrs. Lou
Horowitz with 90 gross were the
winners Of yesterdays golf COM
petition at Norbeck. Guest win
ners were Mrs. Jack Minovich Of
Indian Spring, 92-14-7S net and
Mrs. Eli Amanuel Of Indian
6pring. "a gross.
Evening star., 1955-06-08

1Singled for Roig in 9th.
2Ran for Yost in 9th.
3Announced for Pascual in 9th.
Allied out for Edwards in 9th.
5Grounded cut for Simpson - 9th.
6Walked for Littrell in 7th.
IRAN for Slaughter in 9TH.
washington --- 900 900 003-3
Kansas City ------.Z 600 400 100
Runs batted in-Kline t2). vaIo. As
trSth, TEscsass hitsnTisEaefsid, ds's IIa ::
Lopez TO AStroth; Kline 20 Runnels
to Vernon l2): Lopez to Power: Vernon
to Kline. Left on bases-Washingten
s; Kansas city. 4. Bases on balls--of
Paseual. 5; of Kellner, 3. Struck out
BY Pascual, 4 by Kellner, 3. HitH-oh
Paseusl. 4 in 8 innings; of stone, o in
l inning; of Kellner; s in sH inninss;
earned runs--of Pascual 2-2; of
stone. .0-o:, OF Kellner, 3-2; of Ssin,
SOM. Winning pitcher-Pascual ta-3).
Losing piteher-Kellner (4-4. umpires
Napp. Grieye, Rice. Time
Evening star., 1955-06-08
BOYS BASEBALL

MONTGOMERY COUNTY LEAGUE
Central Div. Midgetsl
Edgemoor Bicycle Shop, 8: st, Cath
crime Laboure, 4.
Cave Ford, 4; Parkway Cleaners. 2.
o.
Cast Div. Seniors)
Burtonsville, y; Oakdale, 0.
ARLINGTON JUNIOR MAJORS
Pepsi Cola. g. Clarendon Trust, 2.
Thompson Storage. 3; EVet Vans, 0.
ARLINGTON LITTLE MAJORS
Stewart Buick, IL: Vet Vans, O..
Arlinsten Motors, IL; Barefoot Clean
ers, 4.
WALTER JOHNSON LEAGUE
(MajerI
Happy Hollow. g; ,Powell' 7.
Fort Stanton, 3, Hilltop. 4.
washington Highlands. IL; South Cap
itol Press, O.
Evening star., 1955-06-08

1883 for being voted the Sen
Iators' most nopulaf player. Last
season he re- iyed 81 900 in an
other such cehtest and later was
voted a trip b the Orient which
he rejected. taking another 1000
instead. 81
Over the past two seasons
BuSby had attempted "a stolen
Evening star., 1955-06-08

bases and was successful %
times. He had made good on
each OF his five tries this year
From public relations stand
point Busby was a tremendous
aid to the Senators. He seldom
an appeal to appear at
functions and was particularly
fond of working with youngsters.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
CARDS, 5; PILLS, 4
Totals 3s12 o q

o
/ Singled for Elliott in 4th.
> Walked for Whisenant In 5th.
8 Struck out for Smalley in Sth.
9th.
st. Louis - 200 110 0I0--5
Philadelphia - 203 600 OO0--4
Runs-Boyer .schoendienst 2l, Mu-
sial, Moon. Ashburn, Hammer, Green
grass. Ennis. Errors--seminiek. Hamner.
Runs batted in-Musial 30. Ennis i2l,
Greengrass (2). Haddix, Sarni. Two
base hits - Musial, Repulski. sarni.
Jones. Three-base. hits-Haddix. Mysial.
base-Boyer. Sacrifice fy-sarni. Double
play-Grammas to sehoendienst to Mu-
sial. Left on bases-St. Louis. IL: Phila-
delphia. 9. Bases on balls-off Haddix,
81 Of picksoSRa HsSa5 5; etf sMeysr, stFuSE
Dickson, Hits-on Heddix. 8 in ~
simmons. in q, inning, o1 Dickson,
IN 5h innings; Runs and earned runs
2.s; of Dickson. 3-3; on Meyer. 90.
Hit by pitcher-By Dickson LRepulskil.
Winning .pttcher-Haddix t3-s). Losing
piteher-Dickson t34l. Time-3:0s,
Evening star., 1955-06-08

=. Runs--doodman t2). Klaus "a. Will
Eams, Lepcto. piersali. Smith, Ayila,
ktnef. Mitchell, Lemon. Errors-Foiles,
Weftz. Runs batted in--WilIiams (2).
Eosen, Wertx, Westlake. Tauchin, Klaus
I'd. Smith CD, TWo-base hits-Williams,
meh, Klaus sacfifce fiies-Werrtz.
S.vssfnd sf LII sasssa Ga on eissSsI0g Ss,6a gsors 2;
4; of Houtteman. !, OF Psrnell, 2: OF
by Wight. 1; by Narieski, /: by susce. 8.
aitson rIit ssSTs ,nn,.,i "a ,n,ei isninss tHons
2R ,Narleski. in 8 Innings; on Parnell.
IN inning: OF susce: 3 in sls
Score, 3-3: OF Hoptteman. 5-2; off
Wight. 90; on NarlesN, Ill; OF Parnell,
3-3: on susce, 2.2. Hit BY piteher-By
eusee !Smtth). Winning pitcher-Susee
l2-D. Losing observation-disclosures (4-2)
Time-2:a2, Attendance-11,169