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Montana farmer-stockman., 1957-04-15
Conservation Council
To Convene May 3, 4

MONTANA'S WATER resources
problems and uses will be the theme
of the annual convention of the Mon
tana Conservation Council to be held
in Kalispell May and 4, according
to Walt Slaves, Poison, convention
chairman.
Paul E. Packer. Intermountain For
est and Range Experiment Station,
us. Forest Service, Missoula, will give
the keynote address at the opening
session at 10 am, May 8. His subject
will be Analysis of Watershed Man
agement Problems and Research Needs
in the Northern Rocky Mountain Re-
gion, Including Montana"
At the noon luncheon program fol-
lowing, H. E. Robinson, Vo-Ag in
structOr, Kalispell, assisted by four
Future Farmers, will discuss work be-
ing done by the FLA Chapter in the
Flathead area.
The afternoon session at 2 pm. will
be opened by Boyd Opheim, biologist,
Montana Fish and Game Department,
Bozeman, speaking on recreational
uses of Montana water. D. P. Fabrick,
Choteau rancher, will discuss agricul-
tural uses and pulp paper company
representative will speak on industrial
uses.
A dinner will be held at z pm, with
Ben E. Nelson, East Shore, Flathead
Lake, as emcee of the program. Mar
shall Dana, chairman, Recreation SUBJ
committee, Columbia Basin Inter
+ Agency Committee, Portland, will be
the speaker.
Speakers at the concluding session
the morning of May will be r. j.
Kelly, State Water Conservation Board,
Helena; George Rath, Roundup, and
Montana farmer-stockman., 1957-04-15
Hurd Named State
COnservatiOnist

APPOINTMENT OF Herschell D.
Hurd as state conservationiSt for Mon
tana is announced by the United States
Department of Agriculture. He sue
ceedS Truman C. Anderson who retires
May 1.
Hurd has served as deputy state con-
Servationist since February, 1855.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1957-04-15

Do you IN extensive combine operdtiona under
extreme conditions? # 50. HAVE Y0U EVER
wished you didn't hove all the sickle guords
10 attach d pickup? tYou don't with The Northwest
Specially
left Of rough sloping fields because
the pick couldn't stay close the ground2 THE North
west Special is ful-Hootng and flexible from wheel TO
wheel It gets in oil the gTdn because il automatically
mdinuins working relationship with the ground9
g. Wusted nvuluubla hours replacing broken hngers2
tInnes fingers give cont break bend. If necessary
you put in very qGicklY1
- heard that sckenng oi your combine?
Times fingers cant pick up stones1
81 buttled wddded-up. matted o wrapped pickup
mechanism? Unique conveYog belts Northwest Special
just wont allow any trouble. in nustiesf wild
buckwheu9
@ lost valuable grain by hreshng out? THE Northwest
Special conveys Windrow intact = pushing shovng9
. sulemued because hard going and heavy windows
proved tougher than your pickup? (Innes is deluxe
model. built TO do Al job fer Yeurs.)
If you 0nswer yes any oil sf these questions.
- 81 Investigate the lnnes Northwest Special ~
s@s ~ Pick-Up. for those who know and
sSs4s# 49, wont fhs best. ssS g@s
Montana farmer-stockman., 1957-04-15

Glenn E. Stucky, drainage engineer,
Soil Conservation Service, Bozeman.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1957-04-15
A BETTER SEED-BED

Get the perfect seed-bed, even if your
Spring plowing is late. Use your DIAMOND
PACKER in combination with the pIow,
chisel, duckfoOt, one-way, harrow or any
of the tools you normally use. Eliminates
air pockets that hasten drying firms
soil to speed up and improve termination.
The thousands of diamond shaped holes
catch water and silt to make rainfall 60
farther and save your precious top-soil. Use
the DIAMOND PACKER when you plant or
drill, too, to firm moist soil about every
seed, and to destroy burrows that carry
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-01

land in the area for industrial development They
would be divided into Is blocks" or parcels
Specifically, they are in the following areas:
eBetween Rockville and Gaithersburg along
the axis of Shady Grove Rd.: blocks" of land
totaling 900 acres, two of which would have rail
road access
elm the vicinity of Rt 124 and Washington
National Pike: blocks" of land totaing 300
acres, three with railroad access.
Elm the northerly part of this same area:
Blocks of land totaling 700 acres in the vicinity
of proposed new airport
eWesterly from Germantown: 'qblock" of
200 acres with no railroad access.
All of these proposed industrial areas would
be located in the vicinity of present interchanges
of the new highway with no direct access from
the main road
The report raises the question of holding such
large blocks of land for industrial development
for period of time and recommends that the
county might encourage private corporations to
acquire the land and hold it. Other suggestions
are negotiations with owners to hold or outright
county acquisition.
High standards of regulation are also en-.
couraged as to the size of the building site, build
ing coverage on the site, and building set back
from the highway. The report looks for such high
standards to encourage rather than discourage
the kind of industry which would be most bene-
fetal to the community.
1t also points out an "oversupply of land so
far as potential residential development is con-
cerned but recognizes that light industries of the
service nature such as lumber yards, fuel yards,
contractors yards etc. must be provided for as
the population expands.
The report sees the present business develop.
ment in the Rockville Gaithersburg area as SUI.
fcient for the immediate when it states: 1.-THE
business needs of the area-can be adequately met
by existing business districts especially the grow.
ing business of Rockville and by other bust
ness development that may be expected to occur
in the general Rockville. Gaithersburg commu
nifty"
Furthermore, the report does not recognize
the population potential of the entire area as war
ranting ain the foreseeabe future" any large
scale regional or community type shopping cen.
tiers or areas "out in the open territory beyond
Gaithersburg."
Zoning in the general area is frozen at the
present time pending consideration Of this report
The Council has monumental job ahead which
is sure to require the wisdom of Solomon and the
patience of Job.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-01
Acc Area SPotIighted--
Acc Area SPohighted-
Question Of More Industry Here
To Get Airing in Months Ahead
BY Donald +. Burke

Whether Montgomery County will encourage
more industry to set up shop in these parts is
question which should get good deal of airing
in the coming months.
Fiscal experts will differ on the value of the
contribution that industry as whole can make to
alleviate the overall tax burden. But there seems
to be some area of agreement when such talk is
confined to the "gardentype," or research and de-
velopment brand of industry. These establish
ments generally demand high calber employee
and pay better-than-average wages.
Such plants occupy rather large tract of
land in relation to the size of the plant provide
adequate parking for employees, and spend good
deal of money on landscaping They are an asset
to any industrial area. A good example of this is
the new 81 million Vitro Laboratories building at
$4,000 Georgia Ave. soon to be occupied by some
400 employees.
There seems to be little question but that
there is room for this type of industry-both in
the open country and in the tax base. The 1855
Hoyt Economic Survey of Montgomery and Prince
Georges counties discloses that in 1853 of the total
taxes of about $40 million paid in Montgomery
County only SIS million was supplied by CONNER
cia industrial and public utility installations as
compared with SIS million by residential property
owners.
AS to industrialzoned acreage recent report
indicates between 400 and 500 acres zoned indus
trial in the entire county.
The pattern for future county action on this
question may be found soon when the Council
moves to consider the recommendations of the
Pomeroy report covering overall development of
a 50 square mile corridor of land extending
roughly from the City of Rockville to the area of
the new Atomic Energy Commission building along
the Washington National Pike and embracing the
area of the proposed Bureau of Standards build
ing.
The report with detailed recommendations
was presented to the Council in May by Hugh r.
Pomeroy, Planning Consultant from Westchester
County, New York. He is now preparing a memo
randum for early Council study outlining those
recommendations in the report which should re-
ceve first consideration
The report itself is most comprehensive GOV.
ering such topics community development,
transportation, park and recreational areas, and
commercial and industrial zoning,
Admittedly generous and optimistic, the plan
calls for the setting aside of some 2100 acres of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-01
At Yale University
Differing Effects
Of AIchohoI Found

You knew it all the time, but science has
finally tested and proved it. People behave diff
ferently when they drink
Strictly for scientific purposes, the Yale Uni
versity Center of Alcohol Studies threw couple
of parties One was for hard drinkers = derects
from Skid Row They didn't have good time.
They just sat there and drank until they fell to
the floor one by one. The other party was for
a group. of teachers. A couple of cocktails and
the pedagogues joking, laughing, sapping
each other on the back. 1t was great party.
Stupid or tpsy, however they all had the
same concentration of alcohol in the blood on
the same number of drinks. And they responded
pretty much alike to tests on the speed of their
reactions.
Another thing you knew that has now been
proved scientifically is the fact that you feel"
your drinks more if you haven't had anything to
eat. Food in the digestive system slows down
the absorption of alcohol and the liver has time
to oxidize it. The liver can handle only three
quarters of an ounce of alcohol in an hour. So
spreading your drinks out long time helps,
too. The Yale researchers figure that if you take
so minutes to drink half highball or three quar-
tiers of can of beer you could conceivably drink
"a hours a day without getting tight Adding
water to your drink won't slow it up, but adding
soda will speed it up. It's the carbonation in
champagne that makes it Ego to your head so
fast
The Yale experiments have shown that
small amount of alcohol Gains the nerves and
eases tensions. But while it lowers tensions it
also lowers skills driving skills for Instance
Tests showed that after two or three cocktails
or highballs we all react more slowly to the flash
of light or the ring of bell We can't do
tasks such as tipping, memorizing or sorting cards
as well as usual But, since the alcohol depresses
the center of judgment we THINK we can do
everything better. That's the danger in having
zone for the road"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-01
Defense Spending :?

In just about every batch of mail the news
papers all over the country get a surprisingly
large number of press releases from the Depart
ment of Defense on the subject of what various
military personnel are up to these days. General
ly, these releases are worthwhile we believe; the
purpose is to keep the homefolks posted on the
activities of local young men and women who are
serving their country and we think it's useful
and approximations
Fairly often, though, real honestto-good-
ness lulu comes through the mail like the one
that we just received The story very Sticky writ
ten, and the accompanying picture, very profess
sonally done, told in detail of the arrival at Gin
ton Air Force Base, Wilmington, Ohio, of General
O. P. Weyland, Commander of the Tactical Air
Command Langley Air Force Base, Va. The general
it seems, stepped off a CHS type aircraft at 10
a. m. for the occasion. We learned who welcomed
him there and We're advised that the general was
accompanied by his personal aide The general
was presented briefng and expressed his per-
solial satisfaction at the nature and scope of Re-
serve training and appeared pleased with the
overall encampment, the release said. Then he
left for Bakalar, Indiana, at 11:40 a. m. to visit
still another encampment we were told.
Well, keeping us posted on what local youths
are doing in the military is thing. But telling
us the time of day fourstar general lands at
an Air Force base in Ohio is another. And when
you think of the newspapers and radio stations
and TV stations this particular release went out
to and how many times this type of release is
sent out by the military every year, the cost must
be staggering
Here is one place, it would seem, where the
tremendous defense budget that is such burden
to everyone in the land could be shaved a bit.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-01
Assessors Claims

The claims of favoritism in county property
assessments that were made by Henry H. Carter
an assessor ousted last week by county officials,
of serious nature
There is nothing that burns up taxpaying
citizen more than to even suspect that tax breaks
are being granted to a privileged few. Accord
ingly, it is vital that the county dspe the doubts
that still linger in the minds of some as result
of these charges being raised
AS of this writing, we do not believe the
county has made sufficient effort along this line.
1t is one thing to shrug off the charges and say
that Carter couldn't substantiate his claims - so
he's fired. 1t would be quite another for the
county government to take the Carter charges
point by point and, if it can, demolish them eff
fectively That way there would be lot more
public confidence in our county officials.
We do not know, of course, which side
right lies. One side or the other as is usually
the case in these things - is probably going to
get hurt before it is all over. If Carter does in
fact substantiate his claims, there should be
public cutlery against dishonesty within the coun-
ty government. If he cannot back up his claims,
he has given top county officials a black
eye and should suffer the consequences
1t is to be earnestly hoped that the State Tax
Commission will weigh the Carter claims and
give him every opportunity to present his case
fully and adequately That way and only that
way can full public confidence be restored.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-01
Dogs and Vacations

Mans best friend may be his dog and one
just can't imagine dog selling his master down
the river, so to speak, but when vacation time
comes man is certainly not his dogs best friend
visit to the local pounds in the metropolitan
area would shock the average individual at this
time of year when really good dogs are being
put to sleep" "a polite term for gassed) just
because their masters are going on vacation
Oh, of course they have an alibi-"it's kinder
to have the dogs painlessly put to sleep than to
abandon them to the neighborhood." Have they
never heard of boarding dogs out for period or
perhaps neighbor would be glad to care for
the pet is asked in the right way. If they are
that kind of person perhaps they shouldn't have
taken the pet in the first place.
The poor animals that are left in summer
or winter resorts, as the case may be, when their
owners depart for home is cruel and Inaccessible
but to lead dog out to slaughter that you have
given home TO- is-welI 1t had better not be put
down in print-but it does and is happening in
Montgomery County
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-01
Hats Off to Firemen

The extraordinary and completely unselfish
zeal displayed by members of the Rockville vol
unteer fire department in staging their annual
carnival which starts Monday should not be taken
for granted by anybody
If the general public had any conception of
the hours Of hard physical work - almost all of
it performed in the freman's spare time = that
is poured into the carnival each year, they would
want to give each fireman a real hearty pat on
the back.
Those who have watched the various county
fire departments over the years know that one
by one they have lost their will to contribute
the exhausting effort necessary for successful
staging of an annual carnival And one by one
they have curtailed or eliminated their carnivals
then placed their dependence for funds on fire
tax in their area. It's so much easier that way.
Well, Rockville firemen are still doing it the
hard way - hard for them but easy for the tax
payers. And we think they deserve the plaudts
of everybody who lives in the Rockville fire area
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-01
congressman Hyde
Along the Potomac

have long felt that the restrictions imposed
nv the Hatch Act on the political activities of
Federal workers should be modified. have re-
Gently testified in favor of bill which would pro-
vide for the establishment of Commission to
study the restrictions of the Act.
Other matters of interest to Government en-
ployees and retrees that have occupied my atten-
ton include an increase in postal salary scales
for which voted. am also happy to report that
our efforts in behalf of legislation to permit the
Civil Service Commission to take over and main
tain the assets and liabilities of Government en-
ployee group life insurance associations has re-
suited in House subcommittee favorably report
ing the Senatepassed bill to accomplish this.
In seeking ways of maintaining high level
of employment in Maryland, 1 attended confer
ence with the Secretary of the Navy to work out
plans to send more Navy repair work to Balti-
more shipyards The grant of $12 million re-
search and development contract to the Fairchild
plant in Hagerstown is of interest and benefit to
my District.
The House Ways and Means Committee has
favorably reported a bill which would amend the
Social Security Act and extend to the States the
privilege of social security coverage for State and
local police and firemen now under state retire
ment systems This bill does for all of the states
what my bill would have done for Maryland
The House Public Works Committee has favor
ably reported my bill to transfer ownership of
Bailey Bridge at Corriganville in Allegany County
from the Federal Government to the county,
have requested the Veterans Administration
to declare veterans in Allegany County eligible
for direct housing loans. A bill passed by the
House and now awaiting Senate action directs
the Veterans Administration to provide loans to
veterans in small towns and rural areas as
matter of course.
have introduced House Resolution calling
for a special House committee to study and make
recommendations aimed at Strengthening congress
siona control the public purse. l believe this
will lead to real savings to the taxpayer
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-01
Back TO School
Officers Enrolled
For Traffic Study

Twenty-Five police officers from Maryland,
Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey and the District of Columbia are enrolled in
the first Maryland Traffic Institute, a training
program for traffic law enforcement officers, at
the University of Maryland
Sponsored by the University of Maryland, the
course is offered through the cooperation of the
university's College of Special and Continuation
Studies, the Traffic Institute of Northwestern
University, Evanston, H., and the International
Association of Chiefs of Police.
DIVIDED into six main caterogies, the program
VIII include sessions devoted to: Traffic Patrol
Iechnlques; Apprehension of Violators; Officer
Vlolator Contacts; Taking Enforcement Action;
Special Enforcement Activities and Management.
Oo]ecuves of the course are to evaluate the
par Oh tne officers training program which deals
with traffic enforcement to make the best pos
sloe use OF the manpower available for the en-
Iorcement OF traffic laws in the officers conmu-
nity' ana improving or preparing procedural man
udis Ior ine officers department based on in
ioilnauon and material received in the course.
Olncers enrolled in the program from Mont
someIy County are: Pfc. George Hurll Pfc. Ur-
pan r. seesman, Pfc. Kenneth T. King and Pvt
William H. Jessie.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-01
BY ). r.. Virgins

y
IN ORDER to fulfill his duty to be informed
the citizen must have the right to information.
This may sound as though it were a statement
of the obvious 1t would seem self-evident that
the duty to know and the right to know go hand
in hand. Apparent as it may be- it is not uni
versally acknowledged. And often where it is
acknowledged in theory, it is denied in practice.
century ago, Lord Macaulay very sensibly
argued that nothing can be more irrational than
to give power, and not to give the knowledge
without which there is the greatest risk that power
will be abused.
Nonetheless, this century has witnessed an
enormous expansion of the power of the people
over political decision, and, at the same time
curtai1ment of their right to information that
must be the basis of wise political decision.
AT THE TURN of the century, few public
men would have dared argue that the people
did not have right to know about their govern
ment. There was general presumption in favor
of the disclosure of information.
1t would have been acknowledged that the
President, under presidents set in Washington's
administration, might withhold information about
government on his own estimation that it would
serve the public welfare to do So Otherwise cit
zens and congress enjoyed general access to
information about the Federal Government and
the operations of State and local government were
even more open to inspection and examination.
There has been a change.
The change is not the result of the design of
any one man or the conspiracy of circumstance.
1t is consequence of two world wars and
period of cold war, of the steady expansion of
the functions of government of the enormous
growth in the sheer size of the government estab-
lishment of the contagious nature of secrecy and
of diminishing faith in the loyalty and intel
ligence of citizens.
The Federal Government in its legislative,
judicial and executive branches, has been most
affected, but the contagion of secrecy has in
fected state and local government as well.
1T is NOT so remarkable that this has hap
pened because the right to know is a complicated
right. It is, in fact, a combination of great
many separate rights. 1t involves the right to
get information, the right to print it without prior
restraint, the right to publish without the fear of
unjust or unlawful reprsal, the right to distribute
and the right of access to the means of publica