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The people's voice., 1956-12-21
MY "Two-Bit's Worth"

In the issue of the VOICE Of Dec. IA
observe in the account of Commission
er oliver Sullivan's recomm endations to
the Governor regarding amendments to
the Workmen's Compensation law, rec
ommendation No. Q set by statute n
schedule of maximum attorney fees in
Workmen's compensation cases.. With
this / am in accord but I am wondering
if Commissioner Sullivan (and possibly
some of our labor leaders) have not
been Overlooking a bet" in such mat
ters.
During our Legislative session of
1881 1 introduced in the House and
was fortunate enough to secure the
passage of a bill to empower the In
dustrial Accident Board to fix at
torney's fees in compensation cases.
This bill became law and was tested
in the district court of the Fifteenth
Judicial district in the spring of 1941,
the case being that of a miner named
Paulich. An unscrupulous attorney
was attempting to charge a fee of fifty
per cent of the award. Paulich came
to me regarding the matter, [ wrote
the Industrial Accident board for him,
citing the law, the Board fixed the fee
and Lee Metcalf, then a deputy or as
siStant in the Attorney Generals Of
flee, came to Roundup where the inter
pleader was being tried and argued the
case before the court representing the
Industrial Accident Board. Decision
was rendered in favor of the Accident
Boards decision. The attorney did not
appeal so the case never came before
the supreme court but the records of
the Fifteenth Judicial District will
show that the Accident Board was up
held.
The people's voice., 1956-12-21

fish and game are; we have no statute
laws. Today you can, tomorrow you
cannot. Every one is confused, even
the learned" of the department per-
sonnel.
How does this encroach on the peo-
pie? Consulting the 1954-56 fish and
game biennial we find for the year
ending April 1856, INFORMATION
AND EDUCATION" cost SAG, ,069.81. This
branch of the department is to many
better known as the propaganda de-
partment. They are constantly issuing
NEWS RELEASES" which are by
many of the daily press, parroted back
to the public as news items. VIII the
department ever speak i'll Of itself? AS
that your Legislators when they as
semble coming January investigate
without whitewash, the State Fish and
Game artment.-THOMAS o. PEAS
LEY. Roman.
The people's voice., 1956-12-21
Montana's Wildlife

The politicians have had their round
and the people will soon be assembled
in legislature. What will it bring forth
Of benefits? This columnist has for
almost two years constantly called to
the attention of the people the deplor-
able condition existing in their state
fish and game depar artment. Will there
be any corrections during the 35th
assembly? AS stated by w. J. Priest,
December 9TH issue of the VOICE: "Too
many times, in the lives of all of us,
lazy to speak out in the beginning that
abuse in government arose. :" Well,
can this be applied to the existing con-
ditions in fish and game.
Past legislatures have delegated
broad powers to an appointive body
of the Executive which can only be a
direct violation of Article 4, Section l
of our Constitution: "The powers of
the government of this state are di-
vided into three distinct departm ents: z:
The legislative, executive, and judicial,
and no person or collection of persons
charged with the exercise of powers
properly belonging to one of these de-
partments shall exercise any powers
properly belonging to either of the
others, :" Article 8, Section 20: "The
legislative authority (the law-making
power) of the state shall be vested in
a legislative assembly,
Today, we have an appointive body
of the Executive hurting orders and
directives, have the form, force and
effect of law, to the people of the SOW
ereign state of Montana.
One must now consult the daily press
to know what the man-made laws on
The people's voice., 1956-12-21

(Contlnued from rage One)
porations reporting, amounted to $780,,
66S
RAISED TO PER CENT IN 1887
The last amendment made to the
law was in 1897 at which time the tax
rate was increased to three per cent.
That year the tax brought in $585,811,
paid by 3,186 corporations.
In 1854, with the exemption elimi-
mated, the tax rate at three per cent,
and 4,478 corporations reporting, the
revenue to the State was $1,811,977.
Take close look at those figures
cited for 1854 and compare them with
the 1917 figures above. Note that:
l. There were 52S corporations in
1917 as compared with 4,47S in 1854.
2. The tax was one per cent in 1917,
three per cent in 1854.
g. There was a $4,000 exemption in
1917, none in 1854.
4. There was no minimum tax in
1917, $500 in 1854.
YET-in 1854 one per cent (of the
3 per cent tax despite the fact there
were almost nine times as many cor
porations, brought in only $6o3,992, as
compared with $796,457 collected in
1917.
How can that be? By what strange
phenomenon did one per cent bring
in p per cent less revenue in 1854
than it did in 1917, even though in
1854 there were 4,47S corporations and
only 52S in 1917 there was no $4,000
exemption, there was no $500 mini
mum license tax, and the present dol
lar is supposed to be worth only 15 of
the 1917 dollar?
QUITE A SIMPLE ANSWER
The answer is quite simple, said
Reid to the House committee. OF those
The people's voice., 1956-12-21

4,47S corporations, approximately one
thousand are foreign" chartered cor
porations BY and large they are the
major corporations operating within
Montana. Many of them are evading
payment of their share of license taxes
by bookkeeping procedures which
make it very difficult to audit and de-
termine the tax due. Unlike domestic
corporation which reports all its in
come and usually presents little or
no problem, foreign corporations make
returns on either a separate account
ing basis or on an apport1Onment or
their overall operations based on Mon
tana factors, such as property payroll
and sales. In the case of the domestic
corporation ways and means are more
available to check the reliability Of
their corporation license tax reports,
but the same does not hold true with
foreign corporations which operate in
numerous other states.
For example, because of the Boards
difficulty in mailing down how much
actual business was done in Montana
and how much in actual profits were
made in this state, one of the nations
largest oil companies with profits rum
ming into the hundreds of millions of
dollars over the years, has shown
profit on it's Montana operations only
two 12-month periods since 1880. This,
despite the fact Montana gasoline
prices are the highest in the nation,
and business has been booming for
more than a decade.
Other major Out-of-state chartered
corporations have evaded paying hun
dreds of thousands Of dollars in license
taxes by the same expedient Of claim
ing losses. on their Montana opera
tions.
LEGISLATURE SAID "No" IN 1855
To correct this tax dodge, the Board
of Equalization in 1855 asked the
Legislature to amend the Corporation
License Tax law, giving unto the
Board the power to force foreign cor
porations to allocate to Montana for
tax-paying purposes the actual amounts
of business done within the state.
Thanks to the persuasiveness of the
corporation lobby the ALLEGATION bill
didn't even make it from committee to
the House floor
Because the Legislature refused to
give the Board the authority it sought,
it is altogether conceivable the State
of Montana is losing a minimum of
two million dollars annually in COrpor-
alton License Taxes.
Would it not appear that revision Of
the Corporation License Tax should be
a first order of business by the 1857
Legislature as that body goes search
ing for additional sources of revenue
to more adequately finance our State
Government?
The people's voice., 1956-12-21
CORPORATION License

CONTINUED from Page Une)
porations reporting, amounted to $100
66S.
The people's voice., 1956-12-21
Suggests Method TO Speed
Up Ballot Counting
Editor, People's voice:

Editor, Peoples Voice:
May suggest that election day head
aches could be reduced by the use of
two ballot boxes and the increase of
the personnel used in each precinct so
the count could start as soon as the
first twenty ballots are cast-the sec
Ond box being used to receive ballots
while those in the first box are being
counted.
When the first lot has been counted
the second box is opened and the now
empty first box receives ballots while
the count proceeds.
By this method the count should be
complete not too long after the last
vote is cast. No announcement of trends
should be made till the last vote is
cast
This should cost little more than
present methods and give earlier re-
turns with less strain on personnel.
have seen similar method used with
good results. H. RIDENOUR, Kali
spell.
The University of Notre Dame was
The people's voice., 1956-12-21

This is not written in criticism of
Commissioner Sullivans recommended
tions but simply to call attention to a
provision of the law which has possibly
been overlooked. To the best of my
knowledge that law has never been
repealed. = LEVERNE HAMILTON,
Thompson Falls.
The people's voice., 1956-12-21
The Readers Forum

LETTERS: No letter over $50
words will be accepted for publication
All letters must be signed by writer,
although, on request name will be
withheld-P.V. Editor.
The people's voice., 1956-12-21
Demos Honor Anderson

Continued from Page One)
of his own political fortunes, he'd
g. always be a Democrat and work
for Democratic candidates all down
the line in future elections as in the
past ="
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL DINNER
Frank Murray, Secretary of State
elect, and chairman of the forthcoming
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Dinner to be held in Helena, January
80, 1857, told the audience that the
$25-a-plate dinner was being staged to
raise Montana's national Democratic
quota and to also put money in state
party Golfers. He urged Democrats
to dig deep and attend the memorial
dinner in great numbers.
State Treasurer-Elect Horace Casey
spoke of his efforts in behalf of the
state ticket in the recent campaign
and roundly condemned some Demo
Gratis" who deserted the party in favor
of at least two Republican candidates
this year.
The people's voice., 1956-12-21
Many Can't Vote

Restrictive election laws barred or
hamrered II million Americans from
voting on Nov. 6, the American Heri-
tage Foundation calculated recently.
The people's voice., 1956-12-21
Legal Advertising
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE
STATE OF MONTANA, IN AND FOR
THE COUNTY OF LEWIS & CLARK
Notice of Probate of Will
Case No. 7119

Notice of Probate of VIII
Case No. 7119
OF PHILLIP JACOB, Deceased.
Pursuant to an order of said Court,
made on the 4th day of December 1856,
notice is hereby given, that Friday, the
twenty y-eghth day Of December, 1856,
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ Of said day, at the
Court room OF said Court, at the Court
House in the County of Lewis and
Clark has been appointed as the time
and place for proving the VIII of said
Phillip Jacob, deceased, and for hearing
the application Of Mrs. Elise Salvas for
the issuance to her of Letters Testa-
mentary when and where any person
interested may appear and contest the
same.
Dated Dec. 4, 1856.
(SEAL) DAVID r. KEMP. Clerk
BY II. c. HARLEM,
Deputy Clerk.
CHARLES V. HUPPE,
Attorney for Estate.
1871, "A, 81.
The people's voice., 1956-12-21

THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF
THE STATE OF MONTANA. IN AND
FOR THE COUNTY OF DEER
LODGE
No. 4O1J
CITATION
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOP-
TION OF CAL ARNOLD WALKER
Children.
THE STATE OF MONTANA, TO FRAN
CTS ARNOLD WALKER, GREETINGS:
BY Order of this Court, you are here
by cited and requested to appear be-
fore the Judge of the above entitled
Court, at the Courtroom of the Court
house, at the City of Anaconda, County
Of Deer Lodge, State of Montana, on
Wednesday, the 9th day of January
AID, 1857, at ten o'clock of that day,
then and there to show cause, If any
you have, why Francis Joseph Walker
and Florence Alena Walker, should not
be granted an Order of Adoption Of
Cal Arnold Walker and Arizona Lee
Walker, minor children.
WITNESS: FRANK b. McGRATH,
Clerk of the District Court, of the Third
Judicial District, of the State of Mon
tana. in and for the County of Deer
Lodge, with the Seal of said Court
affixed this 9th day of November, A. d.
1856.
(SEAL) 81 FRANK B. McGRATH
Clerk of the District
Court
JOHN L. McKEON,
Attorney at Law
DAILY Bank Building
Anaconda, Montana
ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER.
1871, IA, 81, %.
The people's voice., 1956-12-21

The University of Notre Dame was
founded in 1912.
The people's voice., 1956-12-21

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF
THE STATE OF MONTANA. IN AND
FOR THE COUNTY OF DEER
LODGE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14
By JOSEPHINE BOWMAN

Some people retain a feel
ing of excitement all through
their lives while others lose
the feel" Of adventure soon
after early youth has passed.
I am sure you know what I
mean. If you yourself have not
experienced this maintained
eagerness you have seen it in
others, those who somehow
lift daily life out of the ordi-
nary and make everything
seem fresh and new. This in
Stinctive zest for life washes
1t clean of boredom and paints
it in vivid colors.
How does one get this way?
/ am sure that physicians
would say that our glandular
makeup has lots to do with
1T and feel certain that physi-
cal condition plays an i'm
portant part. Chronic fatigue
and petty physical disabilities
dampen our enthusiasm. How
ever, ! believe that there are
other elements which have
sabotaged vital living, espe-
cially for women.
Foremost. there is the age
bugbear. Women are so con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14
WHY GROW OLD?
Aches, Pains Develop
From Sheer Boredom

scious of their age that they
follow a set pattern as they
pass through each stage. Many
married women behave in such
a stereotyped way that every
detail is patterned after the
life of every other young mar
ried couple with no thought of
originality.
Then these women reach 40
or As and begin using such
phrases as "At my age I can
not do what I used to do"
Well, who wants to do what
she used to do? The aim
should be to find new and en-
joyable things to do. Later
when the children are grown
many women settle down with
out anything very constructive
to do, with no goals ahead.
BY this time many develop
aches and pains out of sheer
boredom.
The development of personal
tastes and Skills all through
life and habits of thought
which keep us aware of the
great sweep of life outside our
own little family circle, will
help prevent such boredom in
later years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14
Africans
Line Up


Getting a pharmaceutical
prescription in Southern Rho
desia can mean hours of watt
ing for the African native Gus
toners.
Because many of them are
illiterate. an interpreter must
read them the doctors instruc-
tons for taking the medicine,
according to Mrs. Hilda Doud-
ney who runs the only phar-
macy m aimed entirely by
women in Southern Rhodesia.
Mrs. Doudney, who is presi-
dent of the Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Club of
Bulawayo, a town in Southern
Rhodesia, was here on a one
day visit to Washington yes
terday.
Mrs. Doudney said the need
for providing an interpreter
for her custo mers usually
means long waiting lines out
side her pharmacy.
She employs a number of
trained African girls to take
care of the prescriptions.
Mrs, Doudney gave her i'm
pressions of life in the British
colony before luncheon given
in her honor by the National
Capital Chapter of Theta Sig
ma Phi at the YWCA.
In a general comment on life
in RhodeSia, Mrs. Doudney
said British influence has
broken down the tribal method
of life but at the same time
attempts are being made to
give the natives educational
as well as job opportunities.
Mrs. Doudney came to
America a little over a month
ago to represent her club at
the international convention
of the Federation of Business
and Professional w m e n S
Clubs in Montreal, Canada.
This is her first visit to this
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14
Officers Installed

The newly-installed officers
Of the Irving Cooper Founda-
ton are: Mrs. Alfred StambleN
president; Mrs. Sam Silbert,
first vice president; Mrs. Max
Schwartz. second vice presi-
dent: Mrs. Max Wolman, third
vice president; Mrs. Leon An
delman, financial secretary;
Mrs. Paul Cooper, treasurer;
Mrs. Morton Eisman, recording
secretary; Mrs. Jennie Clay
man and Mrs. Benjamin Nus
baum. corresponding secreta-
ries; Mrs. Duke Zeibert, histo-
rian and publicity; Mrs. Jack
PuStilnik, parliamentarian;
Mrs. Mrs. Frank Malamut,
sergeant-at-arms; Mrs. Samp-
son Luftig, Mrs. Sol Hurwitz
and Mrs. Sam Preis, trustees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14
READERS CLEARING
HOUSE
Shell Theme Vuriotion
Mrs. E. c., Washington

Mrs. E. c., washington
To the woman who told of
fun with shells: I enjoyed your
suggestions printed in the Sum-
day Star a week ago, but my
problem is a little different.
Maybe you can help me.
I have been asked TO make
a necklace of some shells
picked up on the Florida
beaches. They are of different
sizes and colors. The lady says
she saw a necklace which was
crocheted. That is all she
noticed particularly. Would
you make a hole in each shell
and slip it on the thread as you
go along. How much would you
crochet between each shell and
what kind of thread would you
use (She wanted colored thread
for summer wear ? Should the
thread be waxed or rubbed
with paraffin? Any suggestions
you could give would be greatly
appreciated.
Thank you so much.
r. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14
Suitable Drama?

Mrs. H. H. c.. Falls Church
Our church is forming a dra-
matte group and our first need
is suitable plays and skits. We
would like to start with simple
but good material. Any infor-
nation will be greatly appre-
ciated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14
Coils Invited

The College Park Coopera-
tive Kindergarten. held in the
College Park Elementary School
building, is still accepting ap-
plicationS for the 1867
school year. Children who will
be five years old by December
81 are eligible for enrolment.
Interested parents are invited
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14
It's Muqic

Mrs. E. J. S.. College Park
Cleaning asphalt tile with
soap and water is what causes
it to be dull. Try clear water
and ammonia in it and see
magic results. Use water base
liquid wax. This can be washed
with above solution success
fully without hurting the fin
ish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14
How Contuct Club?
N. NJ, Tdkomd Park

". NJ, Tdk0nld Park
Dear Miss H. j. L.: After
reading in the Clearing House
your very nice welcome to
folks in this area, I have tried
to contact some member of
Our Social Club" to ask few
questions about it. AS a new
conner 1 have some neighbor-
hood-type queries. Could I
hear from you before your
next meeting, please? 1t sounds
like so much fun,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14
Officers Named

New officers for the 1856
81 term of the Mothers
Council. volunteer organiza-
ton affiliated with the D. C.
Recreation Department, in
clude: Mrs. Michael Marsh,
president; Mrs. Phillip Bar
ringer, president elect; Mrs.
William Harrell, recording
secretary; Mrs. ROLAND La
mensdorf. treasurer and Mrs.
Alexander Williams, jr., cor
responding secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14

to call the admissions chair
man. Mrs. D. j. Seely. Union
4-0593, or the president. Mrs.
Ernest NOVEL;, Warfield 1881,
as soon as possible, The kin
dergarten is under the direction
of Mrs. Jack Barnes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14
Ginoered Peers

Next time you're poaching
pears add whole ginger. tied
in a cheese cloth bag. to the
syrup. The flavor is one your
family will relish.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-06-01
Storage Facility
Loans Continued

FARM STORAGE facility and farm
storage equipment loan programs are
extended for another year, through
June 80, 1857.
Any farm Owner-operator, share ten
ant, share landlord, or producer part
nership is eligible to participate in the
programs. Application for a loan may
be made at the county Agricultural
Sterilization and Conservation Commit
tee (ASC) office The loan may be
made either directly through the county
office or through local bank. Loans
may be obtained or storage for wheat,
corn, oats, rye, barley, soybeans. grain
sorghums, dry edible beans, rice, pea
nuts, cottonseed, flaxseed, and winter
cover crop seeds.
Farmers in most states can borrow
up to so per cent of the cost of new
storage bins, cribs or other approved
storage structures. The structure must
meet requirements for storage under
the price support program. The loan
can be paid off over 4-year period
which begins on the first anniversary of
the loan, when the first installment is
payable. Interest is at the rate of 4
per cent per year.
Loans are available for up to rs per
cent of the cost, exclusive of labor for
installation, of equipment for handling
and maintaining stored grain, such as
dryers and blowers. Payments are
made in three annual inStallments. In
terest is 4 per cent.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-06-01
Penalty Rate $1.O7
On Excess Wheat

THE PENALTY RATE on "excess"
wheat under the 1856 wheat market
ing quota program will be $1.O7 per
bushel, Leo S. Kolstad, State Agricul-
tural Sterilization and Conservation adj
ministrative officer, announces.
The penalty rate is uniform through
out the nation and amounts to As per
cent of the May 1 wheat parity price
of $2.39 per bushel. The penalty rate
on excess" wheat of the 1855 crop was
$1.13 per bushel.
The penalty, Kolstad explains, is ap-
plicable to all excess wheat, although
producers may postpone or avoid the
payment of the penalty by storing the
excess under approved conditions or
by delivering it to the Secretary Of
Agriculture in satisfaction of the PEN
atty.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-06-01
Quota Referendum

JULY 20 HAS BEEN set by Secretary
of Agriculture Benson as the date for
the national referendum when wheat
growers will vote on the question of
marketing quotas on the 1857 wheat
crop.
The controls, which have been in
effect the last three years, must be APP
proved by at least two-thirds of the
growers voting in the referendum.
Farmers have never rejected wheat
quotas.
The national allotment is SIS million
acres, the same as last year, but minor
changes were made in the breakdown
of the national allotment among states,
rejecting changes in production trends.
The 1857 and 1856 state allotments,
respectively, for states in the CONNER
cial area include: California 436, 142
for 1857 and 455,719 for 1856; Colorado
2,766O25 and 2,7O2, 237; Idaho 1,1456, 4S8
and 1,159, 816; Montana 4,O42, 623 and
4,OO2, 1873; New Mexico 47O, 7O5 and 1885,
924; Oklahoma 4,S78,62S and 1880, O57;
Oregon 1871, 06O and 1871, 522; Texas A.
1907 and 4,227;136; Utah 314,3 1903 and
S14,994; Washington 1894, $50 and 2,OO9,-
OSS, and Wyoming 1886 and 3O3, US.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-06-01

Farming is hazardous business.
Guard carefully against accident but
protect yourself from loss by taking
out a Montana Farmer Stockman
SPECIAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE
POLICY. Full information on re-
quest. Write Insurance Department,
Montana Farmer-Stockman. Great
Falls. Mont.