The Sidney herald., 1957-08-01

~ ThurBdAYs Au0uSt IL 1897
seated inactivity. For example the
way our governor, ]. Hugo Aron-
son, has been cloud hopping hith-
er and yon is not exactly a lull
so far as he is concerned. Hugo,
long known as the galloping
Swede, has been g%alloping as hard
as ever this summer. And our
handsome attorney general, For
rest H. Anderson, seems uninflu-
enced by the summertime ten
dency to be cool, calm and COL
lected.
So it is with state officials
generally. Presumably they all
would welcome a lun without
distractions during the so-called
dog days of summer, but official
problems have the habit of in
truding. For instance, if Com
missioner of Agriculture Albert
H. Kruse has no other troubles,
there are sure to be grasshoppers
or other bugs to plague the farm
ers and require his official at
tention.
Statehouse feuding appears to
be on the ebb at the moment CT
this writing but there's no tell
ing when the Hatfields and Nc
Coys will be at it again However
the situation in this regard has
improved since the days when |
was first around the capitol IN
pursuit of news.
In the summer court there APP
pears to be more activity this
than usual. The 1857 leg
islature provided for a staff OF
law clerks to expedite the Work
of the five justices. Progress is
being made in reducing the back
log of business, but the tribunal
has not yet reached the point
it can afford to brag about
speedy justice. The fact
is that not a few of the litigants
don't want speedy justice. Some
don't want justice at all. That's
what they are afraid of.
Because of the recent staff d
ditions, it can be said that the
supreme court is bursting at the
For quite a while 1T had
as though the court would
burst somewhere, most probably
in the blood pressure department
that respect things are more
now, but obviously the
court is badly in need Of more
DOM. There is a promotion afoot
'or the state to purchase what
Until last year was the nome
office of the Western Life In
france company. This stately
,difice, according to the plan,
would be a Montana temple OF
Justice, housing the supreme
court, clerk of the supreme court
and the attorney general.
One state activity In which
here Is definitely no summer
Iull is the highway patrol. This
fine organization, under the very
capable direction of Supervisor
Alex B. Stephenson, is using
every available means to stop
daughter on the highways. So
ar in 1857, the outlook is en-
.ouraging. The enforcement pro-
seems to be getting more
Elective results and the patrols
efforts + becoming
more of a factor.
The patrol, crowded out of the
tate highway building, has Of
ice quarters downtown, but they
re far from adequate. If a pend
ng deal materializes, the patrol
viii acquire the state liquor con-
rol board guiding and the board
viii erect a structure where it
function more efficiently and
more economically.
Montana's liquor monopoly is
PRESENTLY having a bit of a lull.
at the state stores have
lackened because of heavy pur-
bases in June just ahead of the
ak increase on July !. 1t may
several months before the eff
ect of the tax boost on sales
an be charted.
One field in which there is
summer lull at the state CAPT
ol is in visitors, especially tour
sts. Their two chief points of
interest are the capitol itself and
ne historical museum. The out
landing attraction in the CAPT
d itself is the Russell painting
4 the house Of representatives
all showing the meeting of the
evils and Clark exploration par
Y with the Indians in the upper
litter Root valley.
/ don't know whether in these
yandering comments 1 have
roved that there is or isn't a
INNER lull at the seat of state
overnment here in Helena. But
! any event, it is now August
nd in another month the lull,
any, will come to an end.