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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-10-26

After Mr.. Fitzsimmons spent three
years reporting for the then Demo
cratic Helena paper, ]. E. Erickson
was elected governor and Bill Fitz-
simmons left his reporting job TO be
business agent at the state hospital
at Warm Springs.
1t wasn't until c.. T. Stewart, Re-
publican secretary of state was I'M
peached in 1928 and Governor Erick-
SON appointed a Democrat secretary
of state that Bill Fitzsimmons got
the job he really wanted-clerk of
the board of examiners. The clerk
is appointed with approval of the
governor, secretary of state and at
torney general.
After his original appointment in
1928 until 1913 he was never re-
appointed, but worked on a day-to-
day basis. The nearest he ever came
to an appointment in those 20 years
was the request of the incoming gov
ernor to stay on the job. When John
Bonner was elected in 1913 he made
a motion Fitzsimmons be re-appoint-
ed Arnold Olsen said John couldn't
make the motion because he was
chairman, so Arnold make the mo-
ton and Sam Mitchell was saying,
Il second the motion, | second the
motion. SO after 20 years he worked
for the first time on a four-year ap-
pointment.
He continued at the request of
Hugo Aronson, until his retirement.
During the years he was clerk of
the board the duties We're more varied
than today. He was clerk of the con-
sohdated boards which included the
board of prison commissioners, board
of the commission for the insane,
state board of pardons, clerk of the
parole board and Governor Ayers
appointed him administrator of out
of-state parole and probation. The
latter office he held until the con-
5titutional amendment in 1858 Gre
ating state parole department,
which also relieved the clerk of the
duty as clerk of the state board of
oardons.
He was also on the executive COM
nittee of the Interstate Crime |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-10-26
At Request of "3-Ms"
Interior Looking Into MPCo. Move
To Throttle Rural Electric Coon

1t is even more intolerable for
power company, receiving tens of
thousands of kilowatts of govern
nnenlt- generated electricity to have
veto over government choice of dis
tributor who shall bring power to
government facilities i'm the state.
"This effort of the Montana Power
Company to force itself into Yellow
STONE National Park and dictate the
situation under which government
facilities and am REA cooperative
may obtain wholesale power supply
seems ito me new evidence that the
government itself should build and
operate transmission facilities which
will carry government generated
power to load centers. | hope that in
preparing the 1857 budget you will
include i'm lit whatever transmission
facilities are required ito see THAT gov
eminent power is available without
private company interference to
preference customers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-10-26
Drive Against Union Shop
Continues

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The mis-
named National Small Business Mems
Association, whose contributors are
usually found on the rolls of Big
Business, is now making a nationwide
drive to have the Taft-Hartley Act
changed to outlaw the union shop and
to prevent repeal of Section IA o.
of the Act which allows states to
enact so-called "right-to-work" laws,
it was reported by the Committee On
Political Education, AF'L-CIO.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-10-26
By "Britt" ENGLUND, Secretary
To Cong. Lee Metcalf

WASHINGTON, D. Cat the re-
quest of Montana's 3-Mc i'm Congress,
the interior Department. is looking
into charges that am REA co-opera-
tive is being shut out of Yellowstone
National Park.
Manager William H. Sennett of
the Park Electric Cooperative at
Livingston says THE Montana Power
Company has refused to make power
available to the coop for supplying
facilities Within the park, now served
by several small plants which have
been outgrown. (See VOICE, Aug.
~
Park Electric gets all its power
from Montana Power.
Chairman Murray of the Senate
interior and Insular Affairs Com
mittee unloaded ON Secretary of In
terror Seaton recently, saying in
part:
"The United States government
generates a large amount of electric
energy in Montana. lit has wheeling
contracts with the Montana Power
Further, it is selling firm power to
the company at dump rates at at least
one dam as a result of a decision
not to build government transmission
lines but to let the company wheel
and distribute the output of the dam.
"INTOLERABLE" CONDITION
cit is intolerable 4. to
permit the Montana Power Company
TO have veto over power supply to
amy REA cooperative in Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-10-26
WORKERS NOT TOO HEP
over PROFIT SHhRING

LONDON, England Employe prof
it-sharing schemes, which are pro-
NOTED by businessmen from time TO
time as an alternative to wage in
creases, are not very popular, accord
ing to the results of a recent survey
by the Ministry of Labor.
The study showed that at the end
of 1854 only $4,000 workers en-
ployed by 421 companies were COW
cred by such schemes. The schemes
boosted their income by an average
of So per cent. In 1889, 800 COM
panies operate d profit-sharing
schemes covering 261, 900. The in
crease is mainly result of the intro
duction Of profit-sharing by the giant
Imperial Chemical Industries.
One of the main reasons given in
the report for the discrimination of
about rs per cent of profit-sharing
plans was apathy of the workers in
volved.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-10-26
By GRETCHEN BILLINGS

When w. L. Fitzsimmons retired
from state service a short time age
he received high praise from many
people, but perhaps the letter SEM
him by Governor Aronson best de-
scribes devotion to duty of a pub.
lie servant. Aronson said Mr.. Fitz.
simmons had &C. mark of serv.
ice matched by none.
During more than 81 years of
service in any organization a man
sees many changes and has many ex-
periences to relish in his quieter
years of retirement, and Bill Fitz-
simmons has had an active part in
the history of Montana during the
goth century.
He was born in Allegheny, Penn
sylvania, in 1882 and came to Mon
tana from Ohio in 1900 because Of
his health.
His first venture in the political
arena came in 1918 when he ran, I'M
successfully, for the legislature in
Flathead county. From that day on
he has been associated with govern
ment in one way or another.
He saw eight Governors come and
go and served under three of them in
one term. That was when J. E. Erick-
son, serving third term as Governor,
resigned to become U. S. senator,
and Frank Cooney moved up. Frank
Cooney worked himself to death
while serving as chief executive and
Elmer Holt became Governor.
But that was after Bill Fitzsim-
mons became clerk of the board of
examiners.
Under S. V. Stewart he served as
adjutant at the Soldiers Home IN
Columbia Falls, in 1918. In 1919.
after the legislature passed the state
budget law he came to Helena to
work on the first state budget. He
was working on the 1923 budget
when Gov. Joe Dixon removed him
for Economy" reasons. Mr.. Fitz-
simmons wouldn't say he was re-
moved for political reasons, but he
tells that two men were assigned to
the job he had been doing.
He then took a job with the Hell
ena Independent as Capitol Report
er. He still had a desk in the Capitol |
building, however, behind the rail
ing in the Auditors office. Montana |
journalism lost none of its early
spice during his reporting days.
He recalls, "Those were the days
of interesting journalism in Mon
tana." He says the Helena Independ-
emit was Democratic paper and the
Helena Record Herald was an indie
pendent publication but strongly Re-
publican. "People rushed to read
their daily papers in those days., he
says, "just to see what the editors
were saying.
"The Record Herald called me the
garbage collector" he recalls with
a chuckle, because, they said, l got
my information by going through the
waste paper baskets, but had many
friends and never wrote anything
without checking both sides" He
added, eff anyone was reluctant to
ak to me l told them if didn't hear
heir side | would have to print what
heard-they always invited me to
lit down. got off some pretty good
,tories."
at was during that time they were
aging the Placer was built with
ransoms for the purpose of throw
ng money over" he reminisces.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-10-26

~ am a Southern Democrat, a
North Carolina Democrat, and I re-
fuse to be split, shaken or 'Shivered'."
Sen. Kerr Scott (D-N. c.
Jessen's weekly., 1956-07-12
Bill BeItz Says Uranium Not
 Commercial

Back recently after over a month prospecting with drill. Bill Beltz reported that he failed to find ura- nium in ground staked last year.
 Beltz, with George Lilly. Maurice Steff and his brother, Burke. staked ground last year l6 miles out Of Candle on Montana Creek. tribu- tary of the Kugru River.
 The group prospected last summer and Beltz went in again this spring. A month drilling. he said. proved the ground not of commercial auaii- ty. Beltz brought core samples to Fairbanks to be sent out for ana S- sis
 Over 300 claims were staked in the area by prospectors.
Jessen's weekly., 1956-07-12
Ninth infantry Arriving Here Sunday Eve.

Alaska loses an old friend this week end when the 2nd Battalion. 4th Infantry and attached units in- itiate the Gyroscope movement be- tween the Fist Infantry Division. presently in Alaska, and the 2nd Infantry Division, now at Fort Lew is. Washington
 Included in the first movement to leave Alaska will be the 2nd Bat talion: Heavy Mortar Company, 4th Infantry: e. Battery. 274th AFA Bn: and "Ds Battery. 167th AAA Bn. The Ships staff for the USNS General Freeman board aircraft on Sunday morning through Monday afternoon for Anchorage, where they will set up operations aboard ship in preparation for the main body, which will arrive Monday evening.
 Heading the Ships Staff will be It. Colonel Virgil J. Gass, Troop Commander with his staff consist ing of Captain Richard H. Thomas, Troop Adjstant, and MfSgt. John 4. Brumley. Troop Sergeant Major.
 The General Freeman will depart the Sub-Port of Anchorage for Ta- coma on the 18th of July.
 The main body will leave by
 tContinued on page 16.l
Jessen's weekly., 1956-07-12
Pistol Club Started By
 Tanana Valley Sportsmen

A competitive pistol ckb was or- ganized Monday evening at the reg ular meeting of the Panama Valley Sportsmen's Association
 A nucleus group of P members signed up for the club, which is hoping to expand further as fts program gets underway.
 Although a constitution has not yet been drawn up and officers have not been chosen. the group is en- thusiastie over what it can offer Fairbanks spostmen in the future Anyone interested in competitive pistol shooting is asked to call Jim Beckley at 5407.
Jessen's weekly., 1956-07-12
Engineers To Meet Here From All Over

In a concerted drive te increase the safety of every person working in any way with the Army Corps of Engineers, government civilians. military. and all contractors. per- sonnel, the North Pacific Division has called District chiefs to meet ing of the NPD Safety Council in Fairbanks next Wednesday and Thursday.
 T cannot enjoin too strongly yN1r personal interest and concern in this safety problem. Brg. Gen. Louis H. Foote. North Pacific division en- gineer. stressed in his orders for the Safety Council.
 Meetings will be held in the of flee Of It. Col Vernon T. Loes- ing, assistant district engineer, at Ladd Air Force Base resideney. The technical staff. composed Of safety chiefs of the North Pacific Division and each of the districts, will arrive Monday night and be in all-day session Tuesday Other
 Continued on page 169
Jessen's weekly., 1956-07-12
Moi Mrs. Wise
 Ledue To-day For Montgomery Ala.

Major and Mrs Henry C. Wise Of Ladd are scheduled to leave to- day. both reluctantly. for the States after three years spent in Alaska.
 The couple will go to Montgom- cry. Alabama where Major Wise will attend school for nine months Their next stopping place is un- known.
 Mrs. Wise has made many friends in Fairbanks through her successful Gladys Wise dance school. Major Wise has been with the Aeromedical laboratory at Ladd
 Major and Mrs. Wise are driving to the States.
Jessen's weekly., 1956-07-12
FRED WILSON'S ARE NEW OWNERS OF APARTMENTS IN HAMILTON ACRES

The home and five apartments at 4el Fifth street in Hamilton acres, formerly owned by MT. and Mrs. Arthur Carpenter. has been pur- chased by MT. and Mrs. Fred Nell son.
 MT and Mrs. Carpenter plan to leave for the States soon.
 The Neisons plan to rent the apartments, and have chosen the name Hamilton Acres Courter' for their new enterprise.
Jessen's weekly., 1956-07-12
Caught in
 the Rifles 7
By V. Maurice Smith
The Easy Way

The Easy Way
 Lawrence Johnson. who lives in splendid solitude on the Goodpaster River, gilnetted grayling recently without lifting hand. Clarence Anderson, head of the Territory's department of fisheries Ed Marvieh. senior biologist and Oldtimer Mike Todoroff visited Johnson this past week and re- ported the incident in Fairbanks.
 High water on the Goodpaster covered the floor of Johnsons cab in and, of course, ran over his gar- den in which stood relatively fine mesh wire fence.
 When the water went down, Johnson sloshed out into the gar- den. retrieved grayling that had neatly caught itself in the mesh of the fence. cooked and ate it.
 Big Radishes
 Joe Kruger, who farms out on Steel Creek road, dropped off a bunch of huge radishes for the edi- tor last week. They were big and tasty and looked good on the table Joe's place is located on south- west slope that overiopks Steel Creek from the latter's left limit He has been farming there for the past Il years. It has only been q few years since we parked our cars at the Fitz place on Columbia Creek, where Green Valley Farm is now located, and walked over a trail to Steel Creek and on out to Hopper Creek. Now, the countryside is well covered by roads.
 Pleased Over Response
 Jackie Landra. author of Sled Dog of Alaska, is tickled over the response her book is getting on an International scale.
 In it's third printing in this ceun- try, the book is being published in an English edition in Great Brit
 (Continued on Page 16)
Jessen's weekly., 1956-07-12
Tanana Valley  air Dates Set For Aug. 1919

Dates for the annual Panama Val ley Fair have been set for August 16 through l9 it was announced by the Tanana Valley Fair Association this week.
 The TVFA board of directors, working through their executive secretary promise a bigger and bet ter far than ever this year.
 Any person or business firm in- terested in conducting a booth or
 fContinued on Page 9
Jessen's weekly., 1956-07-12
No Extension On Assessment

The end of the assessment work year is still July l at noon
 The Territorial Department of Mines reports that once again a bill has been introduced i'll Con- gress 10 change the assessment work date. but as usual they say. 1t will not pass.
 The bulletin states that nearly ev- cry year similar bill is introduced and fails to pass. but it is keeping people confused.
Jessen's weekly., 1956-07-12

Tom Canifax, business manager fos the Plumbers and Steamfitters, local 375. returned Friday from an overnight business trip to Anchor age. Canifax flew with Alaska Air. lines,
Jessen's weekly., 1956-07-12
THE WEATHER

High Temp: 8os on July II. Low Temp: 46 on July Aver Temp 609. 2 below
 normal Precipitation: Trace. Weekend Outlook: Partly cloudy
 to cloudy, with occasional light
 showers. Temperatures near
 normal. Sunrise Today: l:42 a. m. Sunset Today: 10:08 p. m.
, 1956-04-11
Iva Julian
Administrators

In the District Court of the Virgin Islands of the United States
Division of Saint croix at christiaasted
In the Matter of the Estate of
SAMUEL c. + EENEMANN PROBATE NO. l. 1856
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Please take notice that the undersigned has been appointed
Executor in the above entitled estate. All persons are hereby direct
ed to present their CLAIMS with propr vouchers within six 60 months
from the date hereof. Persons indebted to the said estate are re-
CURED to make payment within the said time. Persons claiming to
be next of kin shall file their proof Of heirship with the undersigned
or with the Clerk of the District Court within the aforesaid period.
Dated March %, 1856.
oluf c. Henemann
Executor
, 1956-04-11
.

lands has posed a perplexing
problem for a long period Of
time. | have read many re-
ports concerning the history
of the Virgin Islands since
they we're discovered by Co
lumbus in 1893, and | have
noticed a continuous thread
through all the accounts, men
tioning the water shortage in
the Islands--particularly st.
Thomas. Many water surveys
have been made, with numer-
GUS suggestions being offered
as solutions. We have, through
appropriations voted by this
Legislature, secured the ser
vices of the Gibbs-Hill Engin-
eering Company, to give US
a thorough ,up-to-date report
on the water problem. I can
not tell you the results of this
survey at this time, as | have
not yet received the COM
pany's report. We trust that a
realistic solution will. be the
outcome Of their study.
Ito be continued
, 1956-04-11
Continued from page y
% U r al

ton of the recurrence of slum and blighted areas, The Au-
thority may retain or employ land experts to appraise the
value of such property in accordance with the standards here
prescribed, which appraisals shall be advisory in nature only,
and shall not govern the Authority in establishing fair value
for the sale, lease, transfer, disposition or retention of such
property or interest.
@ The Authority, in any instrument of conveyance to
a private purchaser or lessee, may provide that such pur-
chaser or lessee shall be without power to sell, lease, or other
wise transfer the property, or any interest therein, without
the prior written consent of the Authority, until such pur-
chaser or lessee, has completed the construction Of any and
all improvements which he has obligated himself to construct
thereon; and the Authority may require such an undertake
ing toextend to others who may acquire an interest in such
property by way of agreement with the purchaser or lessee,
or by operation of law, or otherwise.
Ito be continuedA
, 1956-04-11
CLERK WANTED

The Virgin Islands Housing and Redeveopment Author
ity is in need of a clerk to work in its ST. Croix Office.
Desired qualifications are: Completion of the Twelfth
School Grade; knowledge Of the touch S tenn Of typewrit-
ing; at least two ~ years previous experience IN the pcrfor-
nance Of clerical work.
Entrance salary $4,000 per annum.
All applications should be inwriting, and should be sub
m.tted not later than Monday, April 10Th to Mr.. Nicasio Nico,
Project Manager, D. Hamilton Jackson Terrace, Christian
sted, st. Croix.
In the District Court Of the Virgin Islands Of the United States
Division Of Saint croix at christiansted
In the Matter Of the Estate of
CHRISTIAN JULIAN. dcsd. PROBATE NO. 8 1856
NOTICE TO, CREDITORS
Please take notice that the undersigned has been appointed Ad-.
ministratrix in the above-entited3 estate. All creditors are hereby
directed to present their claims with proper vouchers within six 6)
months from the date hereof Persons indebted to the said estate
are required to make payment within the said time. Persons claim
ing to be next of kin shall file their proof of heirship with the under
signed or with the cerk of the District Court within the aforesaid
period.
Dated March %, 1856.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27

ernor to appoint commission for the purpose
of negotiating a compact with other Mis-
souri, Basin states. The purpose Of negotiating
such a compact, according to the sponsors of
SIR 2, would be to assist in ''the conservation,
development and utilization of water, land
and other related resources of the Missouri
Basin -, and presumably would be closely
patterned after the proposed Columbia River
Compact (For real intent of Columbia COM
pact see paragraph above.) SIR 2, essentially
was another attempt by the private power in
terests to stifle public power development.
1t was defeated 43-41 in the House after hav-
ing slipped through the Senate with little or
no opposition.
"Aye" votes were for sitting such public
power, multiple purpose developments as yell
lowtail dam, in favor of high cost hydro
electric production by private power utilities.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-27
Public Power, Resource
Development
COLUMBIA BASIN COMPACT

SB 96-by Wallace and Larson-the Co.
lumbia Basin Compact Commission ratifica-
ton bill, frequently referred to as the "power
trusts number one objective" in the 34th
Legislature. SB SO was ballyhooed as meas
ure to prevent downstream appropriation of
Montana water for "non-consumptive" (sic,
power generation) purposes, to the impair
ment of consumptive uses in this state. Ac-
tually, no safeguards whatsoever existed in
SB SO to prevent total utilization of Montana
run-off for such downstream purposes as irri-
cation, industrial usage, etc. The compact is
so drafted that by financial contributions and
professional assistance by power companies
it would be comparatively easy for them to
gain control of the commission. Should it
ever be approved by the several Columbia
Basin states and the Congress, the commission
could throttle all further public power de-
velopment in the basin. Low-cost public power
has made it possible to electrify approximately
90 per cent of all rural homes in the region.
In addition, cheap, abundant supply of power
has brought much new industry to the north
west.
Senate passed SB 90, 1921 in spite of eff
forts of Senators Mahoney, Anderson (Lin-
coln), Anderson (Pondera), MCGOWAN and
Wilson, to expose the proposal as one which
would have seriously detrimental effects on
additional supplies of low cost power for rural
electrics, industries, etc. SB SO died in Rep.
Ringling's House Judiciary Committee.
"Aye" votes were for turning control of
development of water and power resources
of Columbia Basin over to private power in
terests.
PROPOSED MISSOURI COMPACT
SIR ply Wallace and Balgord-
the setting up of a Missouri Basin Compact
Commission. Joint Resolution asked the Gov