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The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-05-11
Lions Club To Celebrate
Anniversary Date

Members of the Browning
Lions club will celebrate the
,wcnty.fii,h anniversary Of the
organization of the club in
Browning on Wednesday night.
May l6. with a banquet at the
Hugh Block lodge dining parlors
a, ST. Mary.
The anniversary celebration
will be combined with the annu.
al Governors Night" when the
district governor will be present
and give the principal address OF
the evening. DR.. Batcman. of
Chotcau is district governor this
year.
Other distinguished guests who
were present at the original char
ter night meeting will include
Leo {. Graybill and Julius
wcurthncr. of Great Falls. and X,
". Bergen. of Helena. all prcscn,
ut the organization meeting
twenty-five years ago.
Tickets for the banquet arc
being sold for three dollars. and
may be obtained from Charles
Gerard or William Bcrcovich or
VIM. C0rkinS.
The Lions Club Of Browning
can we'll feel proud of the TWEEN
ty.fivc years of community scr
vice and the many friends and
wcll.wiShcrS of the Club extend
congratulations and sincere
wishes for many more years Oi
active service III the Browning
community.
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Levi Burd Dies on
Saturday, May &

Levi Julian Burd, cOlOrful
carly day rancher and currently
one of the large independent oil
operators of Glacier county. as
we'll as one of the largest live
stock operators of the county.
died at a hospital in Great Falls
Saturday morning of last week,
May 5th. at the age of 70.
Private funeral services were
held Monday at the George
Funeral parlors in Great Falls.
with Rev. Vernon Hanks official.
ing. Cremation followed the
funeral service. with the ashes
cntombcd in the Great Falls
mausOlcum.
Burd. a Montana native. had
been active until he was hos,
pitaliZcd two weeks ago after
suffering a stroke. lie suffered
another stroke Thursday night.
Five years ago he underwent
brain surgery.
Burd was born Sept Z. 1877
at Sun River. the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Burd.
Ills father came to Virginia
City from Michigan in 1864 in
search Of gold and stayed to rs.
tablish ranching empire that
extended from the Sun River
north to Canada.
The family later moved to
Chotcau where Burd. the last
survivor of family of six chill
drcn. received his education. lie
also attended Gonzaga Cnivcr-
si,y at Spokane.
At the age of II. Burd's
father made him n representa-.
tive in charge of his outfit which
joined with wagons and wrang.
lcrs of other ranches in finding
and branding cattle on the range.
These roundup teams would
leave ChOtCau in March and
travel to the Sun River. Great
Falls and into the Swcctgrass
Hills seeking cattle. They usual,
~ ended their job in November.
a, that time there were no
fences or homestead farms in
the region.
Following his fathers death.
Burd managed the vas, estate.
lie married Daisy Frances
Wctzcl of For, Benton Dec. |,
1897. at Holy Family Mission
near Browning. and the couple
ranchcd in that area until Burd' S
death. They celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary in
1917.
Burd served two terms on tho
Montana livestock board. lie
had been active in promoting
the oil industry in Glacier coun.
~ and managed the Levi Burd
Trustee Oil Interests in aSSocia.
ton with a S0n.inlaw. b. y. Nc.
Nair.
Survivors include the widow:
two daughters. Mrs Ben y. Nc.
Nair. formerly Of Great Falls.
now of i.aguna Beach. Calf.
and Mrs. Dorothy Cassutt. De
troit. and a grandson. Richard
CaSsuit. Browning ranchcr.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-05-11

The statement printed below,
addressed to the Editor of the
Great Falls Tribune. was written
by Superintendent Harry II.
Clokc. of the Browning public
schools system, in answer to a
purportCd news story published
in the Tribune following a meet.
ing in Cut Bank Monday evening.
April 30:
Browning. Montana
May 3rd, 1856
Editor. Great Falls Tribune,
Great Falls, Montana
The Montana Standard,
Butte. Montana
Dear SirS:
am staggered and dismaycd
by the completely inaccurate and
deliberately prcjudiccd account
of a meeting held in Cut Bank
at which Arnold II. Olsen was
the principal speaker. In the
biased account, purportcdly sent
in by the usually reliable United
Press, the story - and believe
me. it was story - had all the
carLlarks of an account submit.
ted by the highly prejudiccd
group of oil men who attempted
to stampede the meeting. but
who came out a poor second best
as a defeated crowd of spreadcrs
of propaganda for the privilege
seeking oil grabbcrs of Montana.
/! was my privilege to preside
at that Cut Bank meeting and
to introduce Arnold II. Olsen.
At no point was the Attorney
General confronted with even an
inkling of interruption. He Ger.
tainly was NOT booed. and he
was "grillcd" in precisely the
same manner that an African
lion grills his evening meal.
After his hour and II minute
address to a 30 per cent receptive
and apprcciativc audience. Mr.
Olsen welcomed questions. These
questions the Attorney General
handled in much the same
manner that Willie Mays would
handle a routine fly ball to
center field. or with the studied
Indifference of a Quiz Kid solv
ins a problem in elementary
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-05-11
WORK ON NEW WATER
SYSTEM PROGRESSING
DESPITE WEATHER

Some progress Is reported by
the contractor installing Brown.
ing's new water system. and
considerable Roadway has been
made at the reservoir site west
Of town. despite the west. stormy
weather that has prevailed for
the past two or three weeks.
Excavations have been made
at the reservoir. and some ditch.
ing has been done. A car load
of pipe Is expected most any
time. and when this arrives.
ditch digging and pipe laying
will be started.
The contract calls for com.
pletion of the system by August
first. this year.
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Road Controversy Ends
In General Agreement

A special meeting of the gen
cral membership of the Brown
ing Chamber of Commerce was
called on Friday evening. May
4th. at the Government Barracks.
This meeting was called for the
purpose of further group discus.
sion of the problems which had
arisen concerning the proposed
improved road to Starr school.
During the general discussion
the following ideas were present
cd:
The County commissioners had
felt that in presenting the pro.
posed Starr School Route for i'm
mediate improvement, they were
bcncfiting the communities of
Browning and Starr School. This
route, as they had proposed it.
would work in with the general
plan for secondary routes as now
set up.
Mae Williamson emphasized
the fact that the Museum is an
integral part of Browning. Ev-
cry resident of Browning should
be very proud of it and should
support it. It's location is of great
Significance. In connection with
this. the matter of advertising
was emphasized and the point
was brought out that concentrate
ed general advertising of the
Museum as being a point of ma
tiOnal interest could bring many
tourists to this community
The meeting was brought to a
close by a motion from the floor
that the road to Starr School be
run through town to a point
west of Browning. thence to
Starr School. If this is impos.
siblc for any reason. the improv-
cd road should then follow the
present road. This motion was
seconded from the floor and pass.
cd by majority vote of the
members of the Chamber of
Commerce who were present.
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Harry C|oke Answers Oil Story
Printed in Daily Newspapers

meeting it could not have been
more deliberately distorted.
algebra. One Ed Crib led off
with what was supposed to be
an impondcrably i'm possible
question for Mr.. Olsen, but the
Attorney General gave such a
lucid and factual answer to the
interrogation that Mr.. Crib re.
treated to the very back of the
wall and when Mr.. Olsen said,
Does that answer your qucs
tom. Mr.. Crib acknowledged
quite supposedly that it did
Only four other persons directed
questions at the speaker. Scldcn
Frisbcc. a Cut Bank citizen.
mouthcd some king sized com.
mcnt about wanting to know
about a vast number of mythical
millions. Mr.. Olsen smiled and
said, "Sclden. that's a lie" How
ever. Mr.. Olsen did wag his
finger at his pipe-smoking adver.
Sary in much the same manner
of a teacher Gliding a naughty
school boy. Arnold Olsen did
NOT call Scldcn Frisbee liar.
and also for the record - Christ
did not cruelty Pontius PLATE.
One question that never did get
answered was why the oil men
are gripping and crying because
they saved 10 million dollars.
Someone after the meeting sug-
gestcd that the much lamcnting
oil group ease their bleeding
gums by donating the saved
ten million to the poor school
kids.
take indignant exception TO
that brazcnly nasty crack that
Mr.. Olsen spoke at Browning to
more passive" audience. The
Attorney General addressed a
capacity crowd of concerned citi-
zcnry and was given standing
ovation.
Believe me. Mr.. Editor. if | did
not reply to the rcgrcttablc item
| would be as guilty and as
shamefaccd as if ! condoncd the
action of Governor Cosby in the
suppression Of join Peter Gong.
or. Honestly. if Pravda sent in
that report of the Cut Bank
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-05-11
Mothers Day To Be
Observed Next SUNDAY

inc observance OF Mothers
Day is a rather recent one in
the United States, beginning in
1907. Miss Anna NJ. Jarvis, of
Philadelphia, had the idea that
at least once year sons and
daughters should pay tribute to
their mothers. She arranged for
a special Mothers service in one
of the Philadelphia churches and
suggested that white carnations
be worn by those attending.
In 1914, Congress designated
the second Sunday in May as
the day on which this observance
be held. Since then, the obser.
vance has rapidly spread to
every part of the United States
and the fact that it became the
custom in all of the states only
four years after it had been sug.
gcstcd testifics to the widespread
acceptance of the idea in this
country
In later years, the custom of
wearing white carnatiOn on
Mothers Day was changed and
those whose mothers were still
alive wore red flowers, instead of
white. First observed in the
United States, Mothers Day
has become an international oc.
casiOn. and mothers in every
area of the world are now hon.
ored on Mothers Day each year.
More than anyone else. the
mother, who cares for both her
home and her children is des.
stined to influence the charac.
ter and future of our country.
Often this responsibility is
combined with a back.brcaking
and steady ordeal of sewing,
washing, mending, cleaning,
cooking and teaching.
II is to this mother. who dedi.
Gates the best years of her life
to her home. her family and her
church, that the country owes a
debt of gratitude. II is this
mother who represents the finest
and sweetest. ideals of our civil
cation.
Let us all join to make living
mothers conscious of our respect
and love. and TO reverently re
member the virtues of those who
have gone on ahead.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-05-11
Road Permit Issued

LAST week the BlackiCct Tribal
Council granted permission to
the Gulf oil Company to build
four fire trails IN the Babb area.
II was explained by n council
spokesman that this permission
was purely IN the interests of
timber conservation aimed nj
preventing srismograph work IN
the area from interfering with
normal timber growth.
However. any road building IN
this area will be watched with
considerable interest as drilling
operations require good. all.
weather roads.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-05-11

The Browning High School
Band presented It's annual spring
concert Wednesday In the High
School Auditorium. Under the
direction Of Robert l.. Green. the
members Of the band played
Star Spanglcd Banner. storm
King. Cathedral Echoes. Fan.
tasy for Band. American Folk
Rhapsody. "preludc and
Fugue". The Rosary. Little
Suite For Band. Street Scene.
"Troika". Rhapsody In Blue.
and GLORY Of the Trumpcts."
Miss Dorothy Bruncau sang a
vocal solo. with These Hands"
and Norman Preston gave a
trombone solo. "Arioso."
The band has had q very sue.
ccssful year and wishes TO thank
all those who helped support
the Band Boosters Club.
Stampede
Weather permitting. the an.
nual Stampede will be held on
Saturday. May H. This event,
which will be held on the foot.
ball field. has participants from
Browning. Starr School. Board.
Ing School. Mad Plume School,
Little Badger School. Heart
Butte. East Glacier, Biackfoot
and pOntresina.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-05-11
BROWNING RESIDENT
GETS PRISON TERM

Peter WhilfOrd. BrOWning. has
been sentenced to five years IN
prison for involuntary man.
slaughter. Whitford pleaded
guilty before Judge Il. NJ. Hat.
tcrslcy.
County Atty. Dan Wclch
charged WhitfOrd IN the Dcccm.
Der collision death Of Joe Flam.
mOnd near East Glacier.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-05-11

| have been closely associated
with school work in Montana for
many years; l am admittedly
much interested in this contro.
vcrsy between Attorney General
Arnold Olsen and Superinten.
dent Of Schools Mary NJ. Condor
on one side. and the oil industry
and the industrial utilities on the
other. concerning the preserva.
ton of the vested rights of the
state in rich oil and gas bearing
lands of Montana. am con.
WINGED that no amount of money
has been lost to our school chill.
drcn by the effort of Miss Con.
don and Mr.. Olsen to preserve
this vast potential wealth of the
state for the schools of Montana.
4 willing and truculcnt legisla.
turc, under pressure from the
oil and monopoly group, has made
possible this attempted grab of
MOntana's oil and gas wealth.
and in my opinion, the state of.
ficials that are now being held
up as enemies of the schools
are it's best defenders.
In the interest of fairness. |
urge you to give this communica.
ton the same publicity you gave
the biased and untruthful story
published in your paper on
Wednesday morning, May End.
1856.
Respectfully submitted.
Harry II. Clokc.
Superintendent
Browning Public Schools
p. S. Perhaps | should say that
at the Cut Bank meeting Arnold
H. Olsen did have one advan.
tagc - the Incompatible plea.
sure of standing upon the van
playground of truth.
Editors Note: The publisher
of the Great Falls Tribune takes
the position that as the story
was sent in through a regular
wire service. the correction, i.
any, should also come through
the United Press. the wire ser
vice submitting the origina
story. Up to Wednesday morn
ing. May 9th. no explanation Of
correction had been published.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-05-11

George Hagburn Is 4 paticn,
in the Memorial Hospital in
Cut Bank,
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\ warrant Of arrest was issued
for Perry Smith. Browning. last
week. for failure to answer n
Highway Patrol summons. lie
was fined $1,000 for driving
without a valid drivers license.
and sentenced to Is days IN the
county Jail for contempt Of sum
mons.
Thclma Racine. Browning. was
cited for careless driving and
driving without 4 drivers lirrnsr
after running into 4 parked car
on East Boundary Street.
Josephine Salois. Browning.
was hospitaIizcd Tuesday after.
noon with a fractured skull. az
ter falling out of n moving car
between Browning and East
Glacier. The car was driven by
her daughter. Josephine Is re-.
ported to be in good condition.
Frank Vailc Of l,abb and
Robert Tyrcll. Cut Bank. were
arrested for improper driving
and for speeding. by the High.
way Patrol.
Robert TatScy. Birch Creek.
was arrested for throwing litter
on the highway.
The Driver Examiner was In
Browning Wednesday. conduct.
ing drivers tests. Scvcnty.fivc
persons were examined. with
ab0u, 90 passing all Of their tests
successfully.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-05-11

As q tribute TO the Vigilantcs.
the first law enforcement group
IN the Montana Territory. the
Montana Highway Patrol has
adopted q new uniform shoulder
emblem - the Patrol star with
the State Seal above the mum.
bcrs 3.7.77.
About 1863. tho Vigilantcs OK.
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z Accidents SnorI
Rush-Rour Traffic

Two traffic accidents, one on
the George Washington parkway
in Rosslyn and the other on
Shirley highway, tied up rush.
hour traffic this morning and
sent four persons to Arlington
Hospital with injuries.
The parkway accident. at an
access road leading from the
parkway to Rosslyn circle at Key
Bridge, resulted in closing of
the parkway to traffic from $3.50
to $50 am.
Injured were Joseph d. Nc
Donnell, sc, of Mount Vernon,
Va; his wife, Virginia. IS. and
Mrs. Marjorie Kincaid, IS, OF
3401 North Venice street. Arling-
ton. Mr.. Mcdonnell was adj
mitted to Arlington Hospital for
observation of a head injury.
The two women were treated and
released.
The pile-up involving four We
.hicles on Shirley highway oc-
CURED at a railroad crossing Just
north of Shirlington circle when
"a truck loaded with cinder block
stopped as a train crossed the
highway.
Injured was Alexander j. Hall,
l8, of the 500 block of north
Columbus street. Alexandria,
driver Of a truck that collided
with the stopped truck. He was
charged with reckless driving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
BY GERRY HERNDoN

Filling station operators in
Montgomery County are cutting
gasoline prices to win back GUS
toners lured to other stations by
premium merchandise stamps.
In the Silver Spring-F -Four Cor
ners area prices have skidded as
much as 2 cents per gallon at a
few stations. At the Woodmoor
ESQ Station the proprietors
have cut their price on regular
grade gasoline to 27.9 cents per
gallon, a 2-cent drop. A Sunoco
station at the same intersection
had already dropped to the 27.9
level. At least one Prince Georges
station dropped to 26.9 cents.
Two other Sunoco establish
ments--at 1925 Piney Branch
road and at Sligo avenue. anc
Fenton street--also are retailing
gasoline at the 27.9 price.
Moffett c. Meyer, owner Of
the Piney Branch road station
DECLARED he advocated the three
Staaoco stations price cut Il
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for peace to these friendly lands
and to the uncommitted peoples
of the earth, not just the nuclear
fuel. which the President already
has promised, but the vessels in
which it is to burn.
Thereby we would test the
most promising types of reactors,
revise and rework them under
actual operating conditions and
thus have them ready for our
use at home when the cost of
their electricity became COMPETE
tive with the energy we now
have in abundance
Estimating the program would
cost 81 billion in five years, Sen
ator Anderson said. II think il
would pay far greater dividends
in both security and satisfaction
#. Then what we did would
speak clearly to the world OF
what we area Nation devoted
to peace. working through Chris
tian faith toward the goal OF
worldwide justice and welfare"
Painting a gloomy picture OF
world factors making the Com
munist threat more menacing
Senator Anderson listed four
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German Reds Hold
1877 u. S. Agents

BERLIN, May 30 tH9.--East
German Premier Otto Grote-
wohl announced today that Com
munist police have rounded up
1877 undercover agents he charged
we're operating in East Germany
for American intelligence.
The Communist Premier said
the mass arrests are continu-
ing.
He said they resulted from the
recent surrender to East Ger
man authorities of an employe
Of the United States secret serv-
ice" M. Grotewohl said the en-
ploye brought with him a safe
with the files Of an American "es-
pionage center" He claimed the
files contained important docu-
Iments." including 1000 West
German identity cards and 1000
~ cards.
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Gasoline Stations Wage Price War
To Offset Trading Stamps in Maryland

combat loss of business to sta
tons that have recently started
to give away stamps at the rate
of one for every 10 cents worth
OF merchandise. The practice is
prohibited by law in the Dis
trict.
To date, most Of the gasoline
price cutting in Montgomery
County has been conducted on
Ia gentlemanly basis with the sta
ton owners who planned to sell
gas more cheaply advising their
nearest competitors of the move
ahead Of time.
About a half dozen stamp or
CARNATIONS are operating in the
county. selling a book Of 5000
stamps from $40 to SIS per book
OF a dozen county dealers ques-
toned by The Star virtually all
whether they carried the stamps
or not. said the use Of stamps is
detrimental to the business as
a whole.
n, Rockville, over half the
Coz service stations in recent
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months have begun offering mer-
chandise stamps.
Charles Seymour, proprietor OF
a service station at 722 Rockville
pike. has cut his gallon price to
l27.9 cents and also has put in
stamps, but would like nothing
better than to end the merry
go-round.
When nearby stations began
distributing stamps. Mr.. Sey-
mour said his business dropped
sharply. Since slashing his price
and putting in stamps. he has
regained the lost business plu,
considerable new business. but
declared: I'm working against
myself"
Grafton Lumsden. owner Of 8
Shell station on Rockville pike
declared his volume has dropped
about 5000 gallons a month but
so far he has refused to buy pre-
MUM stamps or cut prices.
IF forced to. will cut price!
,Nther than buy stamps" Mr.
II usden said.
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he shifted first to get a better
light.
Il wrote this in the bathroom,
he said.
Mr.. Stevenson said, when asked
an opinion of the President s
approval of the farm bill. that
he thought the soil bank provi-
sion would not be as effective
as some hoped.
He added that he thought the
President would have done bet
ter if he had signed instead OF
vetoing the original bill.
In reply to a question about
the economic situation. Mr.. Stew
enson said he had been alarmed
at some indications of trouble
among them the growth of con-
sumer credit which he said hao
expanded far beyond the gross
national production. However
he said:
Il can't believe that the dislo-
cation of the economy is goine
to be serious. l expect a perioc
of readjustment."
He declined to take sides in
the present controversy over the
See CALIFORNIA, Page Al
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needs of these countries that his
proposed program would satisfy
Il. They need such a program
in. research and in building UP
adequate number of trained sci
entities, engineers and techni-
clans.
"2. They need it in medicine
and we have medical research
Ireactors scheduled for use in
friendly countries. There the
people understand medical pur.
poses. Most of what they have
heard of us in atomic matters Is
the bomb-the messenger OF
death. Now they see the benefi-
cent side Of the atom. the medi-
cal research reactor, the giver Of
life.
"3. They need it in food.
In many of these "a lands, the
skills developed by atomic re.
search would be very welcome.
"A. They need it for power.
With population on the march
India needs new sources OF
power. Where will she turn?
hope to this Christian land
Surely the sacrifices we will re-
quire in our own program will
be nothing compared to the
benefits we will bring to them.