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The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1957-01-03
TAX FACTS No. 2 ~~~-
How To Save Tax Dollars

The government gives you the
alternative Of using the simpli.
fled income tax form l040-A. the
short form" 1910. of the "lons
form" 1910. depending on the
amount and circumstances of
your income. Selection of the
wrong form may cost you un.
necessary tax dollars.
The easiest form to file IL the
l040-A, and according to Treas
ury records. one out of four tax.
payers use It. To be eligible to
file q l0l0-A form your total in.
come must be less than 5000.
consisting entirely Of wages sub
ject to Withholding Tor Of wages,
dividends. and interest, provid.
ing not more than 500 Of such
income came from q source out
side that listed on your W.
slips. The simplified form
makes no provision for Head oil
Household" status or itemized de-
auctions. II you use this form
the government will figure your
tax and send you either . refund
or a bill. II you 20 desire. How
ever. for the first time this year,
you can compute your own tar
on form lOl0.A and either send
in the balance due with the re.
turn or show thereon the amount
of refund you have coming.
Whether 70 ltsmiss
Should you decide to use the
regular form 1910 you still have
the choice of itemizing deduc.
tons or using q standard deduc.
ton which amounts to about 10
per cent of your income. II your
income was less than 5000 and
you use the standard deduction,
you determine your tax from the
special table given In the In.
instruction book.
you are likcIy 10 save Oy tcm'
izing II you:
~ Own real estate
(2) Had unusual medical ex.
pcnscS
(3 Had dcductiblc child.care
expense
az Suffered losses from fire.
storm. accident or theft
(5) Made fairly large contribu.
lions.
II Is important to remember
that II you incur such expenses
as transportation. meals or lodg.
Ing In connection with your work.
check carefully the instruction
book to find how these expenses
may be deducted even though
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you decide to use the standard
deduction.
If your deductions are close to
10 per cent, 1t is wise to itemize
them and figure your tax both
ways to see which results in the
smaller tax. As the Treasury
Department has pointed out:
THE law expects you to pay your
correct tax - no more - or less.
Married Couples
Most married couples save tax
dollars by filing . joint return
instead Of separate returns. This
Is because the tax Is figured on
. joint return as II the husband
and wife each had one.half the
total income (even though the
wife may actually have had no
income). Income.splitting. As II Is
called. may bring the couple
down into q lower tax bracket.
Watch for the exceptions. how.
ever. II you had capital losses
or unusually high medical ex.
penses. you will be wise to figure
both jointly and separately to
see which results In less tax.
II you are supporting . de.
pendent and maintain . home for
that person although you are
single, widowed, divorced or lie.
gally separated. you may be able
to qualify as a head Of house.
hold" and figure your tax on .
special table which gives you
part Of the advantage enjoyed
by married couples filing joint
returns.
Surviving Spouse
Also. II your husband or wife
died In 1854 or 1855. and you
have as q member of your house.
hold q dependent child or step.
child. you are entitled to . sur.
wing spouse" to the same In.
comc-splitting benefits this year
as you would have on q joint re.
turn - unless you remarked
before the end of 1856. The
privilege to file as q surviving
spouse applies to the first two
years following the year In which
your husband or wife died.
The instruction book which
comes with your tax forms aives
further information. Help Is also
available by telephone or at Of.
fees Of the Internal Revenue
Service. The Revenue Service
urges you to consult . properly
qualified advisor II you decide to
seek outside help.
Next Article: Tex Hints for Ger
end Home Owners.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1957-01-03
Old Age And Survivors, Insurance Are
Only A Part OF Social Security Act

grams. Services for Crippled
Children, Maternal and Child
Health Services, the Vocational
Rehabilitation Program, and
Child Welfare services.
With the exception of Child
Welfare Program, most of these
benefits are available here on
the Blackfeet Reservation on
much the same basis as they are
throughout the State and have
been taken advantage of by many
of our local residents.
1t is the categorical assistance
programs, however. which have
had the most impact in our
community. 1t is anticipated
that during the coming year,
$3.50. 10000. will be paid from
State and Federal welfare funds
in cash directly to persons re-.
ceiving Old Age Assistance, Aid
to Dependent Children. Blind As.
sistance. and Aid to the Perma.
nently and Totally Disabled on
the Blackfeet Reservation.
During December, a total of
573 persons benefited directly
from these payments.
Because so many people are
directly involved In this. 1t is felt
that 1t would be helpful to have
each of these four categories
covered in separate articles dur.
ing the next several months.
First consideration will be given
to the Old Age Assistance Pro-
gram
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Undoubtedly the single most
important piece Of social legisla.
ton ever passed by the Congress
of the United States was the So.
cial Security Act which was sign.
ed by the President In 1885 and
became effective rs law in 1886.
Most of US are somewhat ia.
miliar with the Old Age and Sur.
vivors Insurance aspects of this
Act, which provides retirement
benefits TO an individual over
age sixty.five, or benefits to his
surviving dependents In case of
death prior to that age. The
amount which an individual
might receive as benefits Is based
on the money which he and his
employers have paid in taxes for
this purpose during his period of
taxable employment.
Many of US. however. are not
aware that this Act comprises
more than just the insurance
program. and that the other fea.
lures are of at least equal i'm.
portance to many individuals.
Simply stated, the other portions
of this act provide for Federal
matching funds to be expended
upon the creation of State cate
gorical assistance and health and
welfare service programs.
Service programs which have
been created in Montana as a re-
suit of this Act include statewide
and lncal Puhlic Health prn.
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Mary and Rising Sun develop
mcnts.
Result Is the grizzly boarding
house At the Many Glacier dump
will be no longer.
Glacier county commissioners
have also coopcratcd with park
officials in permitting refuse
from the Two Medicine area to
be taken to the East Glacier Park
dump.
An incincrator Is used for Park
headquarters and Mcdonald dis.
posal.
Cans and other material that
cannot be burned are hauled free
Of charge from Granite Park and
Spcrry chalcts In summer by the
Wellman saddle horse conccs.
sion..
AZ . result garbage Il consid.
cred TO be presenting less prob.
lem for Glacier.
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Park Census Shows Visitors Ton
Half Million Mark Sixth Strujaht Year

WEST GLACIER - For the
sixth straight year. Glacier Ma.
tional Park in northwestern Mon.
tana attracted more than . half
million visitors.
Supt. J. W. Emmert reports the
1856 travel total through Nov. 30
as 7l8.850. Final adjustments will
be made to this figure for the
1885 report.
This record travel compares
with last years 674.0sS and e0o..
230 In 1854. Best prc.war travel
year was 1895 with 2i0.072 visit.
0rs.
Glaciers travel for 1855 and
again In 1885 exceeds the cstimat.
cd population Of Montana. cas-.
600.
A relatively new feature In
park travel Is the number Of
house trailcrs. There were 2,o20
checked through 1855. double
that Of any previous year.
An Aug. 8 through IL five.day
check of travel showed that the
growing Canadian province Of
Alberta. for the first time In any
survey. topped Montana for mum.
Der of visitors to Glacier Nation.
al Park.
Last year and the year before
Il was close. but Montana was
ahead.
The fivc.day check showed Al.
bcrta was represented by o00 We.
hiclcs entering Glacier; Montana
by 082, California by coo. Wash.
ington by 546. British Columbia
by 545 and Minnesota by 2S7.
All states of the union had cars
In Glacier that week with South
Carolina having three. Rhode 10.
land and Maine four each, for
the fewcst.
The passenger car count show.
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Public School Expenditures
Show Eight Million Increase
records for 1856 show thats-

Records for 1855 show that
while attendance was up ~ per
cent, total public school expendi.
lures increased II per cent, or
over $4,000, 900 from the previous
year, according to the Montana
Taxpayers Association.
While public school attendance
increased 81 per cent over the
last ten years. total school ex.
penditures have increased 237
per cent. In l946-47 the cost of
educating 84.80l children was
slightly over $1,000. 900. In 1885,
Sc with the classroom population
swelled by 1898 additional chill.
dren the cost was over ST.. $50. 900
"a dollar increase of over $40..
100000 from the l948-47 figure.
The big dollar increase has
been for the cost of instruction
which includes teachers salaries,
textbooks and supplies.
From a figure of near ten mil.
lion dollars in l946.47 the cost
has risen to over twenty-five and
one-half million dollars for 1885,
Sc.
Capital outlay expenditures -
for new grounds. buildings and
equipment - and debt service
expenditures have had the larg.
est percentage increases over the
ten.ycar period. reflecting the
tremendous school building pro.
gram being carried on In Mon.
tana. In l946-47. less than three
quarters of million dollars was
spent for capital outlay. In 1855
Sc. ten years later, nearly ten
and one.half million dollars were
spent for capital outlay.
Excluding capital outlay and
debt service payments. the per.
pupil cost of education In Mon.
tana was $3.50 for 1855. accord.
ing to a report released by the
National Education Association.
Only Wyoming. New York. Ore.
gon and New Jersey exceeded
Montana in per.pupil cost.
Taking all costs into consider.
alton, education costs $405 per
pupil with $22l going for instruc-
ton. Capital outlay and debt
service cost STAT per pupil while
transportation costs SGT. While
other per.pupil costs have id.
vanccd rapidly transportation
costs have held the line and 1855.
So saw q per.pupil cost decrease
from the previous year.
The Taxpayers Association
stated that q big factor In the
high per.pupil cost In Montana
was the large number of schools
and school districts In the state.
While other states are making
progress in consolidation Mon.
tana Is tagging behind according
to q recent Department of Com.
mcrcc report. Since 1852,
Montana has had q ten per cent
reduction In school districts
while the national average has
been a reduction of q per cent
and the eleven Western states
have had an average reduction
Of II per cent.
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Agriculture Committee Studies
Proposed Sale Commodity Tax

Inc Glacier county Agrlcul-
tural Committee met December
9th with Senator Minnette and
Representative DeWolfe to read
and consider a proposed bill levy.
ing a charge of one.half cent per
bushel on cereal grains and a one
per cent charge on other com.
modities sold, believed to be for
the purpose of financing testing
and grading laboratories.
After some discussion the com.
mittee approved the following
resolution: that if a bill be intro
duced in the State Legislature.
levying funds on the sale of Mon.
tana commodities, the legislators
be asked to vote for the use Of
such funds in the development
and improvement of the com.
modities which pay the funds:
Furthermore, 1t is recommended
that a rate of one.half cent per
bushel be levied on cereal grains
sold, and one per cent on other
commodities sold; and that the
funds received from such levy
be used for the development and
improvement of the commodity
paying the money. Furthermore
It Is provided that these funds
be expended under the direction
of the Director of the Montana
State Experiment Station, who
shall use these funds for the de.
velopment and improvement of
the commodities under the pro.
visions of this act. Further, If a
committee to administer this act
be set up, the committee shall be
composed Of farmers; and this
committee shall report concern.
ing the amount of funds collect
ed and use of funds. to the state
legislature at each session of the
legislature.
The agriculture committee re.
quests that a meeting Of farmers
and cattlemen be held on Janu.
ary II. 1857, at 200 p. m. In the
County Courtroom of the Court.
house to discuss: ~ the bill pro.
posed; CN the motion of the agri.
cultural committee for changing
this bill: 81 any new bills that
may have been sent to our legis.
lators. and which would affect
our county farmers and ranchers.
Members Of the committee that
met December 10th to discuss
county problems are as follows:
Francis Manley. Chairman; Tom
Cobell. Dave Higgins. Phil La.
Breche. Kyle Momberg. Harold
Nelson. J. B. Schnee and Warren
Swenson.
On December 9th the follow.
ing met with Senator Minette
and Representative DeWolfe to
learn about the proposed legis.
lative acts: Francis Manley. Tom
Cobell, Harold Nelson. Kyle
Momberg, and Warren Swenson.
It Is the belief of the commit.
tee that the legislators and every
farmer and rancher Is concerned
with any proposed legislative
acts affecting agriculture, and
that It will be to their advantage
to attend the meeting and ex.
press themselves for or against
such legislation.
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A MINUTE
WITH Ml

have every reason to be jealous
of the weather we have had this
year during the holiday season
as 1t seemed that the temperature
hardly dropped below the freez.
ing mark until Tuesday night.
Folks have been jokingly cal.
ling this the banana belt" for
the past week while we note the
temperatures In California and
Florida have been on the chilly
side.
Can't truthfully say We have
seen any banans poppin' out on
the trees, but l did see the wife
chasing a big fat fly around the
house last Monday.
To lend credit to the banana
belt story, for whatever its worth,
I also read that somewhere
around Great Falls someone saw
a butterfly.
Well, butterflies aren't uncom.
mon on this side of the plains d.
particularly on New Years day.
One never sees EN- - but you
sure know they're there.
We wonder at the wisdom of
the recent presidential order to
let an unlimited number of ad.
ditional Hungarian refugees en-.
ter the United States. over and
above the already enlarged
quota.
1t Is certainly a humane move,
and we are in deep sympathy
with the Hungarians and their
patriotic cause i. But, Is our
generosity a move of intelligence
and good for our own country?
There isn't another country on
earth that has done more for the
Hungarians - or any other coun.
try Including those cool or un.
friendly to us) when they have
been confronted with war, fam.
inc, and the many other emer.
gencies that so often arise -.
And there Is no country on earth
that would do as much for US
under similar circumstances!
We doubt the wisdom Of this
decision not because we would
turn our backs on those heroic
peoples. or because we don't be.
lieve In their cause but only
because we wonder how our sons
and daughters are going to be
able to stand under the addition.
al financial strain they will some
day inherit from US - In add.
ton to that we have 50 generous.
ly contracted for them over the
past decade.
As near as we can recall, the
last census on unemployment,
taken this fall. placed the figure
in the four million bracket, and
our welfare and relief agencies
are already crowded with the ad.
ditional cases winter creates.
Someone is going to have to
feed. clothc. house. and find EN-.
ployment for these unfortunate
refugees. We know who will
pay for the food. clothing and
housing. but. who Is going to
give up his job to provide en-.
pl0yment for these people?
In q few years most of our tenn.
porary visitors will become citi.
Gems. When that happens they
will no longer be subject to guar.
dianship and will have equal
rights with their ncighbors-and
their children. born In this coun.
try. will inherit those rights by
reason Of birth . That means
the right to earn their own living.
We sincerely believe the com.
plcxity Of this problem to be be.
yond the scope and apprehension
Of the best brains of our country,
and the problems Il will create
will be revealed by time alone .
All Of which causes me to won.
der "Will your son or mine be
forced into unemployment be.
cause our hearts were too big
and we were too gcncr0us?"
continued on last page)
closasrA O. 0Aar And
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Few people have enough Char.
acter" not 70 believe the nice
things that are said about them.
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No matter how much money
men make. they always want to
make more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-24

season. She was proudly show
ing OF her handsome new hus-
band to all the top socialites
when suddenly there was the
shrek of fire engine sirens.
The bridegroom was gone,
never to reappear at the party.
There was a spectator at the
fire that night-in white tie
and tails.
Next week: Bazaars.
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undoing Of everything - she
won the stole and wouldn't
do a lick of work afterwards.
I got rid Of her as fast as I
could and you could have the
stole back too if had it," came
the believing reply.
Worst Headache
The worst single headache of
giving a benefit party. they all
agree, is assigning the tables.
Women who seem fairly normal
most of the time get into states
of near insanity all because
their table is not the best.
One chairman got q threat
ening letter. Another said, "All
the women you know perfectly
well have good hearing sud-
denly call with the complaint
that they have become a little
deaf and simply must have
that one table so they can
hear"
And Washington is still talk
ing about the disappearing new
bridegroom at of all things-a
charity ball.
His bride was well-known
in Washington and the party
was the most chic Of the
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1t. Tickets were sent out, two
to a person, and they were
requested to either send back
a check for them or return
them. AS the mail poured in.
the grande dame took great
delight in opening it and
counting up the money"
Almost no one would dare
not send a check. fearing to be
in the bad graces of the hos
tess. but one gentleman did.
The expected happened. The
chairman was furious and
said that she would cut the
man from her guest list i'm
mediately, recalling the many
times he had dined In her
house.
Her husband overheard this
and caustically remarked,
wouldn't it be better in the
future If you enclosed a note
with the tickets stating that
the purchase Of them would
entitle the person to one din
ner at our house.?
Strange Combinations
And then the grab bag, or
door prize can wind UP in the
strangest hands-the Spanish
Ambassador got a Spanish de-
signer dress; a woman weigh
ing less than a hundred pounds
got a slenderizing course: a
died in the wool bachelor got a
hat from a well-known and
expensive designer; a woman
bid $4,000 for a goat. and the
husband of a chairman got a
box of cigars that had been
on his bureau for three weeks
before the party.
To liven up her party. one
chairman decided to have in
teresting tropical animals on
display at the dance. They
chirped. sang. squealed and
hoped around all day before
the event. The guests arrived
and the animals went to sleep
they were fuzzy, cute and
unusual, but they were not
nocturnal.
An ambassador called the
head of one party with a re-
quest. He had heard that there
was to be a buffet supper and
he felt 1t beneath his dignity
to stand in line-cotlld he
bring a footman to serve. He
could and he did.
Gone Forever
A baker offered to give a
cheese cake as a door prize for
a luncheon and he hand de-
livered it with the request that
it be displayed. He was told
he could and was shown to the
stage. 1t was obviously not
to his liking and he and the
cheese cake made their exit
never to be heard from again.
A committee member trying
to sell ads for her dances pro-
gram struck on brilliant idea
She would look back in the
records and see If any Of tire
winners Of the top prizes the
year before were businessmen
or wives of businessmen.
She was in luck The woman
who had won mink stole at
the party the year before was
married to well-to-do man
In trade. She called the gentle
man and after identifying her
self told him what she wanted
and why.
THAT wife@that was the
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Group to Honor
English Visitor

The English-Speaking Union,
Washington Branch, will hold
a reception in honor of The
Earl De La War;. former
Postmaster General and holder
of several portfolios in Church.
ills and other cabinets. in
Guiding those of Lord Privy
Seal and Undersecretary of
State for Colonies. on Wednes-
day at the Sulgrave Club.
He will speak on 1.-The Com
monwealth-A New Concept. :"
Tea is scheduled at 5 pm. and
the address will begin sharply
at $50 pm.
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Continued From Page DE-

COnblnue0 FROM rage O-k
promising to give them a GER
tain amount Of money raised
at the event. The group. see
ing a way to raise funds with
out raising a finger, agrees.
They get the money but in
reality about three times the
amount has been raised, the
rest going into the pockets of
the party organizers.
And don't think that all Is
sweetness and light at all times
between members of different
committees. In the last five
years more and more party
benefits have been added to
the years schedule and there
is bound to be competition.
Wouldn't Be As Free
Groups giving any Of the
really large parties don't want
them too close together for
the obvious reason that money
wouldn't be as free at one
or the other.
Another problem that causes
strained relations between the
women who are normally on
the same party circuit but not
the same charity one, is what
one committee member de-
scribed as piracy" This
means a new group organizing
a party along the lines of one
that has already been estab-
lished. Sometimes the new
corners" will even take the
same name, feeling that it is
more apt for their party than
for the "old" one.
The elders" on the other
hand feel that taking their
name causes confusion. Peo-
pie who either attended or
were sponsors for their party
in the past will think the new
party is the same one they
went to last year and want to
60 to again.
And then everything Is not
always rosy with some Of the
so-called socialites who attend
these events.
A gentleman called the
chairman of one of the big
balls and identified himself
as the son of a well-known
Washingtonian. He then said
that he wanted to take a table
at the party which comes at a
high price.
No Signature
The chairman. knowing his
father. agreed. and the gen.
tIeman said he would send a
check for the amount right
away, as he was going out of
town that afternoon. The
check arrived but lacked a
signature. Thinking this was
just an oversight, the chair
man sent the tickets anyway
and the unsigned check to the
man with a note.
The man involved went to
the party with his guests.
who undoubtedly were most
impressed with the generosity
Of the host. They had q gay
evening-but the charity has
yet to receive the, signed
check.
Many years ago a bachelor
around town brought forth.
the wrath of one of the lead.
ing hostesses in town, and all
because of charity.
Again this was a ball, and
the hostess was ehairman-of