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The Sidney herald., 1957-12-12

County Agent Dean Davidson
gave 4 beef feeder judging lesson
at the Dan Anderson home on
Saturday afternoon, November 20.
Many valuable pointers were Civ
en- the members on how to pick
calves for their beef project.
There were five club members
present, also Mrs. Dean Davidson
and children and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jim Strack and children of which
two are members of the Timber
line Workers club.
David Anderson, reporter.
The Sidney herald., 1957-12-12

See u assortment Of the three
Exciting New Fragrances by
Cara Nome. Fair Warning - Ply
mouth Garden and fish fish.
Special combination gift pack
age Of Bath Powder and Cologne
for only LIS plus tax. TURNER
DRUG CO., your Rexall Stores In
Sidney, Mont. 46-2tc
The Sidney herald., 1957-12-12

Christmas Greeting Cards and
Gift Wrappings of all descriptions
and prices by Gibson and Hall
mark. See our Special, a box
Of 16 cards for only 79c. Regular
S1.19 value. Turner Drug Co.
Downtown Store and Hotel Phar-
macy. 46-2tc
The Sidney herald., 1957-12-12

Something In Cosmetics will
please that lovely lady. Sec our
beautiful assortment Of gift pack
ages In Cara Nome, Coty, Prince
MatchabelH, Lentharic, Old Spice,
Helena Rubinstein and Chanel.
Turner Drug Co., your Rexall
stores In Sidney, Mont. l7-2tc
The Sidney herald., 1957-12-12
b AT HOSPITAL

MI. and Mrs. Roland Nissen,
Sidney, boy, Dec. 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Selmer Askeland,
Crane, boy, Dec. 4.
Mr.. and Mrs Lloyd Salisbury,
Fairview, girl, Dec 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olof Knudsen,
Cartwright, boy, Dec. 6.
MI. and Mrs. Fritz Rehbein,
Lambert, boy, Dec 8.
The Sidney herald., 1957-12-12

Helena Rubinstein - the most
famous name In Cosmetics Ex-
elusive In Sidney at the Hotel
Pharmacy. We have = complete
selection to choose from. Our girls
will Gift-Wrap Free, your choices.
47-ztc
The Sidney herald., 1957-12-12

Flash! Flash! Flash - Get
those Christmas pictures with
Color Film and Bulbs from Tur-
ner Drug. 47-2tc
The Sidney herald., 1957-12-12

Electric Shavers for Him or
Her. See our assortment. Turner
Drug Co 47-2tc
The Sidney herald., 1957-12-12
NOTICE

John E. Low, M. D., will be
out of his office from December
7th until after Christmas. 45-3tc
The Sidney herald., 1957-12-12

Clarence Pribbernow and Pa
tricia Cox, both Of Williston, Dec.
5th.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25

Tax Equalization, More Revenue,
Major Headaches Facing Committee

The problems of Solomon were as
nothing compared to those facing
Sen. Dave Manning's Taxation and
Education Committee as it threads It's
way through Montana's "crazy quilt
tax structure in attempting to come
up with formula to provide greater
equalization of the tax load and at
the same time uncover possible addi-
tional sources of revenue for mainte-
nance of state government.
Meeting again last Monday at the
State Capitol, the committee heard
additional testimony on taxation,
taxation theory, and progress of the
property Redistribution program.
Those testifying included Edgar
Cruel, Joliet, Carbon county. presi-
dent, and Frank E. Dougherty, Ellis
ton, Powell county, secretary of Mon
tana County Commissioners Associa-
ton; j. M. Peterson, Poison, tax
consultant of the labor-farmer Joint
Tax Committee; P. J. Gilfeather,
Great Falls, Montana Farmers Union
attorney, and State Forester Gareth
C. Moon.
Although Cruel and Dougherty
pointed out that they could not speak
for their association until after
directors meeting of MEGA Nevem-
Der 7, they did enlighten the commit
tee on the varying degrees of prog
ress being made in putting the re-
classification program into effect in
various counties. Cruel said that in
his county they are trying to take
into consideration every possible
facet in determining classification,
including production records, soil
location of property, etc.
In answer to question, Dough-
erty expressed the opinion that as
more people understand the need
for the Redistribution program op-
position to it is gradually melting
away.
Informed that some counties were
reclassifying on various percentages
of 'true and full value, committee
men questioned how it would ever be
possible to bring equalization of pay
ment of statewide levies for the uni
versity system, for institution bond
ETC., under such system.
They suggested the various county
assessors should more closely cooper
ate with the State Board of Equaliza-
ion in arriving at a uniform pro- I
;edure in making property assess ;
nents. I
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25
Paradise Pros and Con s.

Continued from Page One)
fled in favor and statement by the
president of Montana State Grange
put them on record against it.
There were newspaper editors who
testified in favor and newspaper edi.
tors against it.
There were state legislators fo1
and state legislators against. There
were small businessmen on both sides,
Proponents favored the dam be-
cause:
1. Storage is going to have to be
found and the Paradise site viii pro-
vide the greatest good for the great
est number.
2. 1t will provide multiple purpose
benefits such as cheap power, irriga-
ton. flood control and recreation.
8. 1t will provide comprehensive,
unified and integrated development
of the water resources of the Clark
Fork and the Columbia River.
4. At-site power will be reserved to
Montana.
5. Cheap power will attract indus
try.
6. Employment provided by new
industry will shore up a seasonal econ
omy.
Z. Jobs and industry will broaden
the tax base.
8. Tourist industry and non-mone-
tary enrichment of the life of the
area will result from the lake.
9. New communities will develop. |
10. Indian lands and rights will be
observed and they will benefit from
industrial expansion.
II. 1t will, in the highest sense adj
vance the general public welfare,
will advance the economic prosperity
and improve the standard of living.
Governor Aronson appeared in OPP
position to Paradise Dam. The 10
points he listed encompassed the main
objections voiced by the other people
who appeared in opposition. They
were:
1. Drown out more than $4,000
acres of western Montana land.
2. Possibly force closure of the
American Crystal Sugar plant.
3. Lose Buffalo Rapids dam sites
No. 2 and No. for the Indians.
4. Flood 6 towns and dislocate
$500 people.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25
FUNDAMENTAL LAWS
NOT WRONG

Attorney Gilfeather told the COM
mittee that cts not the fundamental
(tax) law in Montana which l think
are wrong. It's the abuses which have
grown up in the administration of
the law" Gilfeather said that true
equalization could only be achieved
by eventually having full valuation
arrived at on all property. He also
said there must be full cooperation
between the State Board of Equaliza-
ton and the county assessors; that
assessors should avail themselves of
the facilities provided by the state
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
By GRETCHEN G. BILLINGS

What can Republicans do that viii
bring Them votes from the laborlne
man?', was final question asked al
the unprecedented meeting Saturday
the 10Th in Great Falls, where labor
appeared before the policy making
convention of Montana's COP.
The question summed up the pur-
pose of the meeting called by COP
State Chairman Rudy Juedeman, and
it was answered by representatives of
labor that appeared before the con-
vention.
Across the hall from the meeting,
as the group convened to hear labor 5
program, preparations were being
made for wedding reception and
someone was heard to quip, "There's
the cake-ready to celebrate this I'M
usual wedding of labor and Repubh-
cans.
Whether there will ever be a COP
Labor wedding or not, labor repre-
sentatives expressed their apprecia-
ton over the opportunity to appear
before the political group they have
never been able to reach, and
which has consistently opposed their
aims in the state legislature. They
also expressed the hope their appear
ance would give Republicans better
understanding of their program and
problems.
While labor leaders were passing
out copies of their program, Republi-
cans were picking up copies of their
REPUBLICAN which
said on page 4 that they "must have
1000 Republicans who could give
800 apiece to combat all that money
poured in (Montana) by the unions.
Most Republicans at the meeting
we're not ignorant of labor's aims
because many of them had voted
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25

5. Destroy 11S miles of highway
and So miles of railroad.
6. Flood lumber mills.
7. Flood Il of the bison range.
8. Create unsightly mud flats.
8. Lose 100000 each year in tax
revenue for Lake, Mineral and Sand
ers counties.
10. Create power for downstream
interests.
Paul Harlow, Thompson Falls,
dairyman, is president of the Com
mittee For Paradise Dam, and Ray
Loman, Roman editor, is president of
the opposition who call themselves
the Upper Columbia Development
Committee.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25
SALES, HIGHER INCOME TAX,
STUDIES PLANNED

At an executive session Tuesday,
the committee decided to consider
sounding out" public opinion on
shift to a sales tax or increase in
income tax.
Preparatory to the above, the COM
mittee instructed executive secretary
Infanger to gather data on: i. who
pays what taxes, 2. percentage of
urban taxes levied as opposed to rural
area derived taxes, 8. the total dollar
tax load borne by industry.
The executive secretary was furth-
er instructed to make a breakdown
study of tax burdens borne by oil,
mining, utilities, livestock and farm
ing groups. To facilitate these studies,
faculty members of Montana State
University and Montana State Col
lege have offered their cooperation.
The committee SHE'D away from
setting up study of absentee own
ership of Montana property in reia-
ton to taxes paid by people living
in Montana. In so doing it was indi-
Gated that the committee will take
look at the problem before its
work is completed in December
1858.
(Taxation of such absentee-owned
real and business property, stocks and
bonds, etc., was proposed under SB
105-the MCGOWAN bill-in the 1857
Legislature. The bill was killed 1925
with six Democrats, including Tax
Education committee chairman Sen.
Manning, joining "a Republicans in
opposition to the bill. The bill, which
it was estimated would bring in an
additional million dollars annually,
was vigorously opposed by lobbyists
For Montana Power and Anaconda,
as well as major oil companies
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25

against labor in the state legislature
The program presented by labor Sat
urday included the same aims they
have worked for for years.
Republicans made no bones about
being after labor votes-RepublIcans
state and nationally are worried about
the coming election-but they have
some rather severe strikes against
them from the beginning.
The most serious strike, of course,
is the voting record of many years.
Republicans will have to do more
than enunciate policy to gain the
faith of Montana's laboring man.
Nothing should please labor more,
however, than to have liberal Re-
publican party develop here, because
the same forces that presently domi-
nate COP votes in legislative ses-
sion also work to keep a finger on
enough Democrats to secure a ma
jority of votes in one house or the
other regardless of party control.
Labor should welcome any force
in the state that challenges the atti-
tude of some Democrats who take
labor's votes for granted because
'they have no place else to go'.
A cause for uneasiness among la
boris representative at the COPS
Saturday meeting was the trend of
questioning about Claws" that might
guarantee" labor's virtue.
Labor assured Republicans there
were no conditions existing in Mon
tana's labor movement that could not
be COPIED with without claws. and if
such laws were deemed necessary
they should apply to all organizations
it be labor, chambers of
commerce, or other business associa-
tons.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25

| j. M. Peterson, in urging revision
of our tax laws to achieve greater
equalization told the committee "our
problem is not so much one of trying
to out-promise each other in the cut
ting of taxes as it is that of revising,
improving and bringing np-to-date
our tax laws"
He urged that means be provided
to enforce reporting all income land
making it subject to just and equit-
able tax +. Our property of all
kinds should be re-appraised with the
object of equity in mind
at is wrong" Peterson said. ito
regard taxation and government
spending as an evil. When we use
our tax money for making people
more productive and intelligent
there is no cause for alarm. Gov
eminent can be made to pay its
cost MANIFOLD. Only little rcflec-
ton will convince us we would not
want to go back to the good old
days when taxes were a minor item.
"Above ALL" the farmer-labor tax
expert cautioned, 1--WE would urge the
absolute need for guarding against
any and all pressures that would
lead the board (tax committee) to
make such recommendation as would
lead the people to lose faith in govern
or federal. That would
be mistake and an evil. AS govern
ment grows in complexity, as more
and more problems must be solved OIL
the state level, on the natioal level
and on the worldwide level, we need
to learn to work with an ever-increas-
ngly large group. There are so many
things we can't do as individuals at
all, SO well, or as efficiently as we
can by learning to work co-opera-
lively -
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25
Labor, Farm Leaders,
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
prospect of a 22-cents per bushel loss
on next years wheat crop thanks to
Mr.. Benson's order of last spring
cutting price supports from % 12
per cent of parity to rs per cent. He
wants authority to go to zero and he
appears to have the complete conf
dence of Mr.. Eisenhower and his
party"
In addition to the decline in farm
income. the head of Montana's 49,
O00-family farm organization called
attention to farm costs having gone
up, and farm and ranch debt is the
highest in a quarter century The
fact that land values are holding I'M
usually high only invites more indebt-
edness and further aggravates the
danger of collapse if income is not
strengthened"
Kenfield also urged the Republican
party to return to the resource de-
velopment policies enunciated by two
great Republicans, Theodore Roose-
welt and Clifford Pinchot, and recon-
mended immediate construction of
such self-liquidating federal projects
as Yellowtail and Paradise dams and
federal power lines to bring the low
cost energy to rural load centers.'
REPUBLICAN RESOLUTIONS
Resolutions passed by delegates to
the policy meeting, included:
/. Opposition to a graduated land
tax"
2. Opposition to federal aid to edu-
cation on general, overall basis.
3. Support of referendum to con-
tinue six-mill property tax levy for
maintenance of university units.
4. Taxing alike all organized
corporations and co-operatives do
ing the same business, on the same
basis.
5. Solve youth and juvenile delin-
quency problems on state and local
level.
6. Consolidation of state depart
ments and bureaus concerned with
labor and industry under the State
Department of Labor & Industry.
z. Inclusion of occupational Ji-
seases under Workmen's Compensa-
ton.
s. Congressional action to halt and |
stabilize the non-ferrous metals min
ing industry. !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25
CLEAR CUT DEFINITION OF
TIMBER NEEDED

/
Forester Moon presented the COM
mittee with a fact sheet regarding
the taxing of forests and briefly went
into the merits and problems sur
rounding ad valorem taxing of tim
Der, the yield tax which is used by
several states and the severance tax.
He said that "as prerequisite to
equitable taxation, a clear-cut def
milton of timber, and particularly
merchantable timber, written in the
law is mandatory" Moon also pointed
out that over half of the private for
est land ownership consists OF acre
ages less than 100 acres; and, that
four landowners had $4,000 acres or
more with total of 1,875,0O0 acres"
The forestry official said there are
in his opinion three basic require
ments for a satisfactory forest taxa
ton system:
81. 1t should permit the forest in
dustries to remain in a prosperous
condition so they can continue to con-
tribute to the prosperity of the state
not only through payment OF equit-
able taxation to the counties but
through producing the forest prod
ucts needed by the states ecnomoy
and by providing employment which
in turn will provide other tax reve-
nues 1t should not deter forest own
ers from improving their stands of
timber, from cutting on the more
desirable rotation and in general
from practicing intensive forestry.
1t should provide an incentive for
new business.
80. 1t should maintain forest in
dustry contribution to local county
taxes.
80. 1t should be simple to admins
ter"
Other committee members present
at Mondays meeting besides Sen.
Manning were Vice Chairman C. r
Supt. Helena Schools;
Sen. J. S. Bremen R-Beaverhead)
Pete Fontana, Great Falls Shelter
nan; Bill tombstone, Fort Benton
school superintendent, and Carl In
anger, Helena, committee executive
ecretary
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25

board to secure information on "es-
cape property such as stocks and
bonds on which the holders pay fed
eral and state income tax, hut avoid
in many instances paying property
taxes. Gilfeather also opposed the
proposal frequently made by the
State Board of Equalization that the
state should get out of the property
taxing field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-19

warn his father of their plan
to murder him.
$3.50, WMAL t71-Life and Le-
gend of Wyatt carp: The
Vultures." Marshall carp at
tempts to shield a former
bank robber from two bounty
hunters. Hugh O'Brian.
900, WMAL t7l-Broken Ar
row: Johnny Flagstaff. -
plans to move the Apaches
to another area. This causes
crisis between Indians and
settlers. John Lupton.
800. WRC t4-The Jane wy
man Show: A cattle owner
and a hotel man who is in
terested in wildcat oil wells
tangle in a friendly battle.
$3.50. WRC (4l-Circle Theater
"Fou! Homes. for Danny" the
story OF an unloved and mis-
understood child and the
homes in which he lives and
tries to find himself. Twelve
year-old Raymond Duke stars
$3.50. WTOP 49, The Red
Shelton Show. tColor.) Red
puts his head under the derby
OF bumbling George Appleby,
a Skeltonian character who
goes through life the hard
way. Virginia Grey is spe-
cial guest.
$3.50. WMAL (D-DuPont The
alter; Dan Marshall'S Brat, y
a young peacemaker acts 10
soothe the feelings between
parents and a maternal
grandfather. Patty McCor-
mack.
1890. WTTG t5I-Errol Flynn
Theater: Flynn stars as a
young count held as a pris-
oner by the man who is to
wed his former sweetheart in
Fortunes of War"
1890. WTOP (9l Celebrity
Playhouse: A woman steals
a mans wallet in order to
keep the most important APP
pointment of ner life. Angela
Lansbury and William Bishop
star in Empty Arms"
Il:lO, WTTG t5l-Washington
Movietime: Village Tale
tells of the happenings in
a small town and the events
that are the result of a whis-
pering campaign. Randolph
Scott. 1895
l1:l5, WTOP 81 - The Late
Show: Ann Sothern and Vic
tor Jory star in "Hellship
Morgan. A skipper of a
ship fights mutiny and an
other mans love for his wife.
1896
I1:2O, WMAL (0-The Night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-19
Wells Foreo
Series on ~

The tales of Wells Fargo.
which premiered last night 1890
pm. WRC-4) may make a splash
with the younger set, for whom
it is apparently intended. The
question. though, is how many
more of these half-hour filmed
westerns the traffic will bear.
The initial episode of the series.
based on the history of the ex-
press company and the part it
played in the development of
the West, was marred by an I'M
even script that had its moments
but too few of them.
All in all it didn't impress me
as strong enough to keep viewers
from switching to competitive
programs. Dale Robertson starred
as Jim Hardie. Wells Fargo
agent. Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-19

recall more engrosSing first act
on anybody'S series this season
And If the crackerjack produc-
ton tapered off thereafter. Play
house go and adapter Don Man.
kiewicz should be credited with a
brilliant try. The difficulty. ]
suspect. is inherent in the late
F. Scott Fitzgerald's story, which
was not only unfinished but a
first draft at that. The writer's
embarrassing self-pity cas- ex-
pressed in his contemptuous
treatment of the writer wells UP
.distreSsingly too blur the focus
Adapter Mankiewicz did manage
however. to emerge with a more
coherent picture of the tycoon
"a movie producer patterned
loosely after Irving Thalberg-
and in Jack Palance he found an
actor worthy of the challenge
The scene in which the banker
tplayed beautifully by keenan,
Wynn learns how a movie mag
nate earns his salary was stick
out. When he eventually told
Palance that he would recon-
mend his retention, felt like
cheering
THE Original Miss Chase"
Sunday. WRC-4, Alcoa Hour. }
There were some funny lines but
the retelling of this Frederick
Lonsdale comedy fell fiat. Nan
Fabray tried hard but her timing
was off and so. alas. was the
directors. John Williams and
Evelyn Warden were the pros of
the cast.
"The Bottle Imp" "wednesday.
WTOP-9, U. S. Steel. A lack
luster version of the Robert Louis
Stevenson fantasy starring Far
ley Granger. Best thing about the
show were the vastly amusing
calypso contributions of the mar
rator. Godfrey Holder.
On The Run:
ABC-TV invited Bishop Sheen
to return next season and the
network hopes to have some good
news after discussions this week
His last show of the current
season is April 8.
Gary Cooper will host an hour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-19

Robert E. Sherwood's drama
came alive only fitfully. 1t was,
in all, a curiously depressing ex-
Iperience.
Sherwood's soaring lines still
tingle-but somewhere along the
way. from Finland, to Greece and
now to Hungary, they have lost
their dramatic power. They read
beautifully-and play self-cOn-
sciOusly.
If fire must be lit in the
minds of free men. as his ideal
iStic scientist finally deposes,
when, you wonder to yourself,
will it be lit and stay lit? The
straightforward adaptation left
that one up in the air.
| X
"The Last Tycoon" Thursday,
WTOP-9. Playhouse 90D. can t