The Sidney herald., 1957-06-13
'57ConsaIvaion
Caravan Will
Visit Sidney

Visit Sidney
Billings Montana Eastern
Montana will be the scene OF
the 1857 Conservation Caravan
according TO an announcement by
the Caravan Chairman, Dr.. VIII
SON F. Clark, associate professor
Of Science and Conservation,
Eastern Montana College of Edu-
cation, Billings
The ninth Caravan, sponsored
annually by the Montana Con-
servation Council, win leave Bill
lings Monday morning, June "a,
travelling to Forsyth, Miles City,
Sidney, Culbertson, Fort Peck,
Jordan, Roundup and points along
the way. Travellers IN the week.
long Caravan will cover approxi-
mately 1000 miles, making about
twenty-five stops to view specific
land management projects, with
luncheons and dinners each day
at which local people will dis
cuss local problems.
The purpose OF the Caravan,
according to DR.. Clark's an
nouncement, Is to better acquaint
Montanans and visitors to the
state with broad conservation
problems and practices In the
areas visited. By chartered bus,
the Caravan makes an informal
field tour, with farmers, ranchers,
businessmen, teacher4 students
and housewives as passengers.
En- route the Caravan-eers will
see for themselves how the ma
tural resources of the northeast
ern and eastern parts of the State
are being managed. Landowners
and technicians will provide ac-
curate information about land
management problems being
viewed. Stops to be included in
the itinerary are located at Har-
din, where dryland agriculture,
Indian land problems, Yellowtail
Dam and county school problems
in relation to the tax base will
be discussed; Forest service OPP
erations near Ashland will be
visited; a tour of the strip coal
mining operation at~C olstrip will
be made; at Forsyth the travel
lers will visit the irrigation OPP
erations OF a Soil Conservation
District with the Hysham Dis
trict cooperating; at Miles City,
the u. S. Range Livestock Ex-
pertinent Station will be visited;
at Glendive the Shell Oil Co. will
take the travellers on a tour OF
its plant; the Montana-D akots
Utilities Power Plant will be WIS.,
tied in Sidney, as will the Holly
Sugar Co.'s beet operations; {
tour will be made Of a portion
Of the Poplar Oil Field with thu
Murphy Corporation acting a!
host; a major, point of interes
along the Missouri River will b
the Fort Peck Dam; the saw
fly problem on wheat lands
around Circle will be discussed,
along with the halogeton infes-
tation at MoSby; at Winnet the
Petrolia Water Board will host
the travellers for another dinner.
Two panel discussions are plan
ned along the way, one at Sid
ney, another at Roundup. The
subject at Sidney will be Co
operation - the key to solving
community problems" and at
Roundup, "a City Depends on its
Regional Resources"
The idea of acquainting cih-
zens with their natural resource
problems by means Of a Caravan
was born in the summer OF 1o48
when representatives of seventeen
organizations and groups met at
Montana State University in Mis-
soula and formed The Montana
Conservation Council. The need
for a general association or coun-
Gil had been apparent in the
state for some time - a medium
through which all groups inter
eSted in conservation could join
together in considering common
and furthering a COM
mon understanding and applica-
ton of practices.
One of the first major projects
undertaken by the newly formed
Conservation Council
the Conservation Caravan.
Each year since its inception in
terest has grown in the travelling
study program, IT'S itinerary has
been supported in each commu-
nifty visited, landowners and
alike have contributed
10 local programs, businessmen
and industries have welcomed
the visitors, frequently hosting
the group at luncheons and din
ners. The results along educa-
lines r Unreasonable.
Some $50 persons have travelled
he selected routes around the
state. Each one is an enthusiastic
supporter, many of them have
returned for succeeding trips, and
one traveller, Winton Weyde-
meyer Of Fortine, will make his
ninth trip this year. MI. Weyde-
meyer is the most enthusiastic
Of the Caravan, having
made every trip sponsored by
he Montana Conservation Coun-
Ill.
The daily travel schedule is
ight according tn DR.. Clark. and