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The Sidney herald., 1956-05-31

islator, off the record, to suggest
that a sales tax might relieve
the pressure on property taxes,
but / have yet to hear any OF
these lawmakers get up in the
assembly and champion such a
measure.
Among educators and school
administrators there r some
who appear to favor a sales tax
exclusively for the schools. One
such idea, recently mentioned
with caution, is to levy a sales
tax to finance increased teachers
salaries.
Absence of a general sales tax
in Montana has been emphasized
in the states tourist advertising,
and this no doubt has had appeal,
perhaps not so much because OF
the pennies the visitor saved on
his purchases as because Of e
lief from the nuisance, or perhaps
that here is a state friendly
enough not to exact tribune from
its guests.
Some 20 years ago when Fred
Bennion was secretary of the
Montana Taxpayers association
he was out around the legisla-
ture plugging for a general sales
tax. l told Mr.. Bennion then -
and it is still my position - that
if they could convince me such
a tax would actually replace
property taxes in equivalent
amount, / would have less OBJ
lection.
Joseph M. Dixon, governor from
1921 to 1925, did more to reform
Montana's tax system than any
one had done before or has done
since. He sponsored the consti-
tutional amendment which sub
stituted the present type of state
board of equalization for one that
was virtually impotent.
But in terms of more revenue
for the state government, Gov
ernor Dixon's greatest and most
controversial achievement was in
the realm of license and produc-
ton taxes. This set a pattern
which has given us, among others,
the corporation license tax and
the individual income tax.
Probably without exception, the
state purpose of these taxes is to
replace, or reduce, taxes on prop
That, however, is not how
it has worked out, but it is true
that because of revenue from
these license, production and in
come taxes it has been Unnecessary
for more than a decade to levy a
property tax for state general
purposes. Aside from that,
here is little if anything to indi-
cate that these non-property
axes have cut property taxes.
So it should not be expected
hat a general sales tax would
mean a reduction in the amount
are billed for each fall by the
ocal taxing authorities. A gen.
,ral sales tax would merely pro-
tide more money for public pur-
poses, and l certainly do not con-
end that in some categories more
'evenue is not urgently needed.
Not among the spenders, but
obviously among the payers, there
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-31
BY Ernest ImmeI

Helena Several politicians
counting favor with Montana vot-
ers at the June 5 primary election
r going around the state pro-
claiming that they are against a
general sales tax. The inference is
that their opponents, now or per-
haps in the November balloting,
would try to impose such a levy
on the people.
For specific purposes we al
ready have in Montana a sales
tax on cigarets and, in effect, on
motor fuel. But a general sales
tax, such as many states have,
is political dynamite in Montana,
and / have yet to encounter a
candidate for public office pro-
posing this means of raising rev.
enue. 1t is not unusual for a leg
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-31
Mrs. Dolly b. Nancy

mES. OOAIy ID. Nancy
Requiem Mass for Mrs. Dolly
B. Nancy, 88, pioneer of the
Savage community, was held at
st. Philomena's Catholic church
in Sidney Saturday morning, May
26 at 8 o'clock. Rev. Father Rich
ard Walsh officiated. Rosary was
recited at the Cloyd-G order Fu-
neral Chapel at 8 o'clock Friday
evening.
Mrs. Nancy was born at Osseo,
Mimi, Feb. 5, 1868, the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Saw
age. She was reared there and
in 1899 was united in marriage
to George Chandler of Osseo.
They made their home at Os-
SEQ until the following year when
they moved to Ekalaka. In 1901
they moved to Miles City, where
they lived for three years. In
1904 they moved to the Midway
community north of Savage in
what was then Dawson county.
Mr.. Chandler died that fall and
in 1908 she married Peter Nancy.
Nli. n1diASy QlSu III 1901 dilo NILS ).
Chandler made her home with
her son Bert Chandler for a
while, later coming back to Saw
age where she has lived at the
home of her son Roy Chandler
the past four years. She passed
away there May % following a
heart attack.
The deceased is survived by
two sons, Bert and Roy Chandler;
one brother, Charles Savage of
Osseo, Mimi; and a sister, Mrs.
Elmer Perry of Minneapolis.
Pallbearers were Charles and
Joseph Bouchard, whitman and
Ernest Struckman, Eugene Cot
ter and Raymond Piche. Inter
ment was in the Savage River
view Cemtery.
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-31
THE SIDNEY HERALD -
Thursday. May 81 1855 ~

business callers in Sidney We'd
nesday. They brought their
daughter-in law and baby, Mrs
Kenneth Patch and Louis, home
with them for a few days.
Mrs. Lefty Wesin was a din
ner guest at the Quinto Ruffatto
home Wednesday.
Mrs. Clara Smith visited Mrs.
Wesin Thursday night.
MIR. and Mrs. Walter Reisig
and children of Billings are
houseguests at the Alvin Fisher
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Labidee
attended the high school gradu-
alton exercises at Ray, N. Oak,
Friday night. Their granddaugh-
ter, Patricia Morris, was gradu-
ated.
Mrs. Raymond Ruffatto, Mrs.
Pete P. Ruffatto, Mrs. VIM. Fish
er and Mrs. Quinto Ruffatto help
ed the teacher and children clean
the picnic grounds Thursday af-
ternoon in preparation for their
school picnic which will be Sun
day. The children had a picnic
lunch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Fisher
and children attended the we'd
ding of Mrs. Fishers brother VIM.
Hougium to Lillian Allison at
the Trinity Lutheran church in
Sidney Sunday.
Sunday, May 81, saw the end
of the 1855 = 1866 school year
with a big picnic. The Arm
strong and Timmons schools chill
dren were present. Also there
were Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Pc
tersen of Sidney, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bud Smith and Rhonda and Supt.
and Mrs. VIM. Howard and chill
dren of Culbertson, MI. and Mrs.
Roy Fink of Lambert and Mr..
and Mrs. Jimy Vaira of Andes.
A bountiful lunch was served at
noon and also at 500.
Mrs. Lefty Wesin went to Sid
ney with Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Petersen Sunday evening.
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-31

is something close to a universal
feeling, that it Is high time that
a curb be put on taxes. So far as
state, county, school and city
taxes are concerned, the situa-
ton would be less oppressive If
the federal government did not
gouge SO deeply into IL income.
But until Uncle Sam does a bet
ter job of pairing down expenses,
including the cost of saving the
world, it is hardly consistent with
grim reality to ask the state. leg
islature to adopt a more liberal
attitude in the field of taxation.
If, relatively, the cost of gov
eminent were the same as when
Joe Dixon proposed taxes to e
place or lower property taxes,
the laws he sponsored and those
which have followed in that pat
tern might have accomplished
their avowed purpose. But gov
eminent has grown enormously,
and for this mushrooming we as
citizens cannot in good grace dis
claim responsibility.
Economy is an old story in the
legislature. Yet in practice it is
economy for the other fellow, not
for me The public agency or
service / am interested in needs
more money. The other fellows
project, that's where the cut
should be made. And if you and
l are members of the assembly,
chances are we make a trade
where I vote for a bigger ap-
preparation for your pet and you
vote for a bigger appropriation
for my pet. Hence government
gets larger and more costly year
after year.
Surely there are growing needs.
Education is an example. This
spring considerable attention has
been focused on the state uni
versity system, where it is as
serted operating funds, chiefly
because of increased enrollments,
are critically inadequate. More
over, we are being told that some
if not all of the six units IT.
need more buildings.
Currently there is a proposal
afoot that a $4,000, 1000 bond is
sue for university construction be
presented to the voters this No
vember as an initiative meas
ure. Getting the required number
of signatures to petitions by the
July 5 deadline seems an almost
impossible task so it is a reason
able assumption that the propo-
will not be on the ballot
year. In any event, the mat
ter should be thought through
more carefully.
1t seems to me that regarding
the university building needs
there should be a conductive
of the operational needs.
up more buildings to
lake are of greater enrollments
no solution unless at the same
lime provision is made for suf-
revenue to maintain these
additional plant facilities along
with those that presently exist.
More buildings without more
revenue would merely aggrevate
The problem.
Anyone who imagines that you
increase governmental SER
without increasing the cost
@ the taxpayers is de1uding him
;elf. And unless the tendency
oward eve more public service
9 at least halted, a general sales
may be the only answer.
Taxation, according to an old
md much quoted theory, should
,e p~redicated on the ability to
Jay. Or would it be more &C.
urate to say that, actually, tax
tion is predicated on the ability
t government to take?
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-31
Charley Creek
BY The Buffatto School

, Archie Strand measured grain
land in our district Monday. He
had dinner at the VIM. Ralston
home, lunch at the Raymond
Ruffatto home and supper at the
Pete p. Ruffatto home.
The Kallevig brothers of Sid
ney were working on the sewer
at the Alvin Fisher home Mon
day. They spent the night at the
Fisher home.
Tuesday night the school held
open house for the parents.
Mrs. Clara Smith and son
Howard were callers in Poplar,
Brockton and Culbertson Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Patch were
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-31

This is modern power! More .llan mat, it's
the most efficient ,power plant vol can buy!
Proof?-the Mobilgas Economy Run, where a
Strato-Streak Pontiac delivered more miles per
gallon than any other "eight' in any classl
And that's only a start, for Pontiac engineers
tailored the new Strato-Flight Hydra-Matic@
to utilize every last ounce of that power. The
result is Ego" as smooth as cream at any speedl
Come in and take a turn at the newest,
greatest "go" on wheels. Why not this week?
can eztra-eost option.
neW Spring CoZors!
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-31
Non-P Partisan Ticket

Mr.. Irving C. Pearson is a graduate of Montana State
University Law School. He lives with his family in
Anaconda, Montana, where he has been County At
tornev since 1852. Previous to this he was Deputy
County Attorney in Hardin, Montana, in 1948. He is
a World War II veteran, member of the American Lee
MON Flks Lodge, Fraternal Order of the Eagles, the
Scandanavian Fraternity of America and also a mem
Der of the Butte and Anaconda Masonic Lodges.
YOUR voTE WILL BE APPRECIATED
lP9L Aq Tyrd pwu Wee Tce President, Bor $40, Anaconda. MontdnG)
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-31

Take to the road in this one and you're spoiled
for anything elsel just slip into this sleek beauty
and sample the thrills behind the most modern
high-compression, high-torque engine in the
industry. It's the mighty Strato-Steak Va
and Pontiac is the only car that has it!
In the twinkling of a traffic light you take
off like a silent jet, with response 30 exciting
you can't help but head for the open road to
try this spine-tingler at cruising speed. There
you discover a toe-tip source of surging power.
Co Doyt.oo,c pnroIo of n,
, 1956-10-18

quicker than the slower gaining animals. This earlier mar
keting date would also save the producer money in feed cost
or total amount Of feed used to prepare the animals for mar
ket.
Since the income. of the producer depends on the small
number Of pounds Of meat produced each year, progeny test
of bulls can make a lot of difference in your profits.
, 1956-10-18
Virqin Islunds Agricultural Program News
LIVESTOCK SELECTION"

al number of methods have been used in selecting 1--we
stock for breeding. The oldest method is Individual selection.
The breeder looked at the animal and if liked what ne could
see then that was his selection.
Pedigree selection became popular after the Breeders
Associations were formed. Many breeders would buy an ami
NAL Just because the animal was registered as a purebred, and
Of course-it was found that members of good families tend
to produce more good offspring than equally good parents
belonging to poor families" Few breeders depended on pedi-
& gree selection alone, and selected the best individuals from
among those with a good pedigree.
The offspring Of show ring champions have been consider
ed very desirable by breeders. Some of these offspring be-
come champions themselves or perhaps sire other champions.
Even though they do not become a show ring winner or even
sire a winner, being the son or daughter of a champion is
a champion il. very good publicity for the breeder. Through
this publicity many attractive sales are made to other breed
ers who desire an individual possessing championship blood
in his or her pedigree. The Importance of strict breeding re-
cords IS Of very great Importance in animal breeding. If a
breeder is producing purebred stock, it is imperative that he
keep accurate records so that he will be eligible to register
the individual animals and sell them as purebred.
Even greater Importance can be attached to breeding re-
cords since SO many breeders have adopted the practicesof
progeny testing" for recording the daily gains in weight of
a group Of young animals of known parents.
Accurate daily weights arekept on the calves from each
bull for a period of time and only those bulls whose
slves grow faster than the average are kept as herd replace
ments.
Heritability Of rate of gain is estimated to be about 65%.
This means that a breeder could produce more beef per ami
NAL if he carried on a testing p~rogramfor q period Of years
At the same time there IS a correlation between rate of
gain and efficiency of gain Efficiency Of gain is about 1879
heritable. Efficiency of gain simply means how much meat
the animal puts on or each 100 pounds Of feed it eats
The faster gaining animals are ready for uSarketsmueh
, 1956-10-18

In accordance with Section 5Cb), Public Law 517, the Or
!ganic Act Of the Virgin Islands Of the United States, July %,
1854, the drawing for the order of names upon the ballot for
the Election and November 6, 1856 will take place at Gov
House in ST. Thomas, and at Government House in
lChristiansted, st. Croix, at 500 pm, on Thursday, October
lbs, 1856. The drawing for the order Of names upon the ballot
for the District of ST. John will take place at the Office of the
Administrative Assistant for ST. John at HOO am, Thursday,
October 25. 1856. s
All Notwithstanding or their representatives, and
those candidates for the District Of st. Thomas, or their re-
personalities, will be required to be present at Government
House in st. Thomas at 500 pm, Thursday, October Is, 1856.
/ have designated Mr.. George Simmons, Administrative As
sistant for st. John, as my authorized representative at the
drawing Of lots for the order of names on the ballot for the
District of ST. John. The drawing for the order of the District
of St John will be held at the Office Of the Administrative
Assistant for ST. John at 100 am, Thursday, October Is, 1856.
Ihave designated DR.. David c. Canegata, Administrative
Assistant for ST. Croix, a sny authorized representative at the
drawing Of lots for the order of names on the ballot for the
District Of ST. Croix. All candidates for the District of st.
Croix, or their representatives. will be required to be present
at Government House in St. Croix at 500 pm, Thursday, Oct
ober Is. 1876.
St. Croix, and Mr.. George Simmons in the John vii, in ac-
cordance with the Organic Act, draw for any candidate who
does not appear in person or does not have an authorized re-
preventative present.
Authorized representatives will present their credentials
to the Government Secretary or the Administrative Assistant
for st. John, prior to the drawing.
GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN
Charlotte Amalie, ST. Thomas
October IS. 1856
80 CHARLES K. cLAUNcH
Government Secretary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
Voting Board
iSittings Listed

Voter registration boards viii
be sitting daily this week and
through March 30 at key points
In Silver Spring and Bethesda.
Special registration boards
viii be at the old dispensary
building, $50 Colesyille road
Silver Spring, and at the Be-
thesda County Building on week
days.
Hours for registering are
TO $50 and 1880 to $50 pm.
In addition, rowing boards have
been set up this week to cover
Ia number Of suburban area pre-
Icincts. They will sit from 7::3C
to $50 pm. as follows:
: Wheaton election district:
Monday. Oakland Terrace
School. precinct 81.
Tuesday Glen Haven School
precinct 81.
Wednesday, Kensington Ar
mory. precincts 3 and 26.
Thursday and Friday. Glen
mont School, precincts /, 81
I28. 20. 80, 80. IS, So and 81.
Bethesda election district:
Monday. Western Suburban
Junior High. precincts 13 and 10
Tuesday. Westbrook School,
precincts and IL.
Wednesday, Bethesda County
Building, precincts /. 2, 6, 20
III and 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
Beer Suds Soft Sooping
Assembly, Delegate Says

lis delivered to that end Of the
basement" he said, pointing in
the general direction Of the State
House pressroom.
The delivery Of cases Of beer to
the committee rooms here has
been a practice for many years
Six breweries are located In
Maryland. four in Baltimore and
two at Cumberland.
The Maryland breweries have
worked hard here this session to
push passage Of the bill aimed at
barring the CARING plant. Car
ling's also has lobbied hard
against the measure. with former
Representative Lansdale G. Sas-
seer of Upper Marlboro leading
the behind -the-scenes fight.
Backers of the bill, sponsored
by Senate President Louis L
Goldstein, were less vocal. They
buttressed their arguments, as
they had in previous Senate and
House debates, by quoting from
a report of a Canadian govern
mental agency which investi.
gated Carvings and reported last
year that the firm had been en-
gagged in monopolistic practices
| The bill passed the Senate
I22 to 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
Virginia 10 Starr
Road Projects

Three long awaited highway
construction projects In nearby
Virginia - Seven Corners and
Baileys Crossroads interchanges
and a new four-lane divided
section of Glebe road--will be
started this week. spokesman
for the Virginia Highway De-
partment said yesterday.
The department. after &C.
cumulating funds for the Seven
Corners underpass for several
years, had announced last No
vember 1t was awarding the jot
to the Rea Construction Co. OF
Charlotte. N. c.. the lowest bid
der. The award was held up
however. when another bidder
complained about Rea's bid.
Lonnie o. Bolton, the de-
partment's resident engineer al
Fairfax, said the State has con-
cluded that the Rea bid, STAG
803. was In order.
The project. which will take
two years to complete, calls for
tunneling Arlington boulevard
tRoute 500 under Leesburg pike
tRoute y at the complicated
intersection near Falls Church
The interchange will tie In with
"a SIS million shopping center
now under construction, and
with Wilson boulevard, Hillwood
avenue and Sleepy Hollow road
At Bailey's Crossroads, where
Columbia pike, Leesburg pike
and Seminary road meet, there
will be no underpass but the
intersection will be broken I'D tc
speed traffic, c. w. Kestner, Cul.
pepper district engineer for the
department, said.
The Glebe road project will
extend the ! widening already
completed south Of Washington
boulevard. north to Lee highway
Right-of-way for the Glebt
road lob was costly, highway Of
ficials said.
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Murder Cases
Head Docket

Four first-degree murder cases
are on q full docket to be heard
this week by q special session OF
the Prince Georges County Cir
cult Court.
Edward v. Marcionette, II. oil
Silver Spring will 60 on trial
tomorrow for the staying Of
Richard E. Gibson. 20-year-old
University Of Maryland soph-
omore, last November IL. Mr.,
Gibson was knitted in the
stomach in the Langley Park
area while trying TO recover q
stolen car. police said.
Mrs. Dorothy T. Willow. %,
of Laurel. will be tried for MUIR
der on Thursday In the strangu-
lation of her infant daughter
last November IL.
On Friday, Airman &c Sherry
%. Sokolik. 20, will be tried for
murder in the shooting Of Will
liam S. Birkett. %, near Oxor
Hill on October ~.
Bonnie Evans. q, colored. will
be tried for murder on Tuesday
in the death Of a customer,
Samuel Williams. 80. also col
ored, at q Forestville tavern on
September 80.
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Policeman Hurt as Cruiser
Crashes on Hospital Run

A Montgomery County police
cruiser escorting a District police
car carrying an emergency blood
shipment to a Sandy Spring
Md hospital yesterday col
'lided with two autos, injuring a
policeman.
Admitted to Washington SAM
tarium with leg injuries was Po-
lice Pvt. Arthur F. Unholtz, IS,
"a passenger In the police We
hicle. Mrs. Mary v. Bale, 81, Of
|l0407 Grandin road, Silver
Spring. was treated for cuts and
bruises and released.
Police said Mrs. Bale was in
a parked car struck by the po-
lice cruiser after 1t had hit an
other car, driven by Mrs. Fac
Hoffman. Al, of 2422 Eccleston
street, Silver Spring. The acct
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Rockville Theuters
Ask Court Order
To Get New Films

A Rockville movie corporation
yesterday began court action in
Washington to obtain first-run
films for the city.
In a suit filed in the U. s. Dis
Itrict Court. the Orbo Theater
Corp, operators Of the Villa
Theater in Rockville. charged
that eight movie companies IL
legally prevent the showing Of
films at their theater until 81
days after the end Of the Wash
ington premiere showing.
The corporation declared 1t
had spent $150.o00 to renovate
the Villa Theater and had leased
the property for 10 years for a
total Of $4,000.
The corporation complained
1t stands to lose the entire in
vestment unless the court for
bids the movie firms from con-
tinuing the release policy. which,
it is asserted, is in restraint OF
trade. Triple damages totalling
$3.50. 900 were asked.
The complaint declared that
Rockville is a growing metropo-
lis with $4,000 potential movie
goers.
Named defendants in the ac-
ton were Loew's. Inc. RKO-
Radio Pictures, Inc. Universal,
Paramount, Columbia, Warner
Bros, Twentieth Century Fox
and United Artists.
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TREE PLANTED BY WASHINGTON TO GET SURGERY
begin work this aing
Revolutionary shade
Each tree for
cable
poSsibe-MuSe Photo
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Area Girl Scout Picked
For international PorIey

An Alexandria girl has been
selected as one of four Girl
Scouts in the United States to
attend an international Scout
meeting next summer in Swift
Zerland.
The Girl Scout National Head
quarters said Miss Betty Jean
Stamps, 18-year-old freshman at
Westhampton College, Richmond,
Is the first Girl Scout from the
National Capital area chosen for
this international honor.
Miss Stamps, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert M. Stamps, 800
East Mason avenue. started her
scout career more than 10 years
ago. She is past president Of
Alexandria Mounted Troop 40.
one Of the few mounted troops
In the country.
She received the highest award
In Girl Scouting--the Curved
Bar Award--last year.
In 1854. she was one Of Is Girl