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The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
Indian Museum,
Introduces Slide
Protection Scenes

The Museum u: the Plains In.
dian Is now showing a new pro.
gram. discovering an Ancient
Hunt" Oh It's rcccntly.acquircd
automatic slide protector. Ac.
cOrding 10 Thomas kchOc. Curat.
or. the protector. which Is like
o large color trlcvision set. cx.
hibits q series Of 30 slides. taken
from the Museums own file on
Indian life and customs. 4 sound
narrative describes the photo.
graphs as they are being shown.
The current show uses historic
paintings. dioramas. and photo.
graphs Of recent excavations car.
ried out by the Museum In order
TO show how archacologis,s have
been able 10 reconstruct a pre-.
historic bison drive.
Hours Of the Museum are
am. to S pm. daily. including
Sundays. and there Is no charge
for admission. The building Is
located u, the junction Of High.
ways 2 and 81. near the eastern
entrance to Glacier Park. Three
large. modern exhibit halls. un.
usual murals by o young Indian
artist. and the Northern Plains
Indian Crafts Shop make the
Museum q worthwhile stop on
any vacation trip.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31

Shattered windows. torn screens
and damaged sidings In farm
homes and buildings were report.
ed In the 30.milc stretch from
Waller to the Fairfield Bench.
Damage covered hundreds Of
thousands Of acres Of grain crops
that were nearly ready for har.
vest. The crop potential In the
rich wheat and barley growing
area was reported one Of the best
on record.
C0unty.wiSe. the storm center.
ed In the area around Alcriwcath.
or and spread out In All Smile
wide strip about 20 miles long.
John Tolivcr. Glacier county
extension agent. estimated that
approximately 10000 acres Of
wheat and barley acreage were
damaged.
The total extent Of damage will
not BE- asccrtatncd until an In.
spssctton. scheduled to begin to.
morrow. Is completed.
Suffering heaviest losses were
Chef Sammons. Radcnburg Bros.
Ray Finley. Ralph Bond. Don and
Ted johnson. Partial losses were
suffered by Ross Duke. Pfcifcr
Bros. Frank Scarborough. Don
Kraft and John Kipp. according
TO Toliver.
Finley lost 500 acres Of barley.
the Radcnburg Bros. about that
much In grain. and 100 per cent
damage was done 10 the crops
Of Chef Summons and Ralph
Bond. Damage 70 others ran from
light to 50 per cent Of total crop.
Toliver said.
A short hail storm, lasting for
about one minute, fell In parts
Of Browning. but 10 damage was
reported.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
Thieves Enter Two
Browning Stores
Thursday Morning

Two brcak.ins and theft of a
considerable amount of mcrchan.
disc was reported Thursday
morning.
Thieves entered the Glacier
Drug Store by jimmying the front
door and took several wrist
watches and cigarette lighters as
we'll as other merchandise con.
sisting Of candy and cigarettes.
They also entered the Tribal
Store the same night or early
morning where they made off
with cigarettes, candy. pop. meat
and other amounts Of groceries.
Several robbcrics have been re.
ported within recent months and
businessmen as we'll as individ.
uals are becoming very irate over
the fact that nothing is done to
the culprits after they have been
apprehcnded and admit their
part in the crimes.
In fact. in several cases. the
thieves have confessed in q in.
sOlcnt manner by defiantly ask.
ing the officers or property own.
crs what they intend 10 do abou,
IL.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
Second Round Of
Polio Shots will
Start August 4

The second round of polio shots
will be given starting August I
and continuing through August
II at special clinics to be set
up at Browning and outlying
communities. according to Area
Medical Officer. DR.. Charles S.
McCammon.
The second Salk vaccine shots
for patients Of local physician,
DR.. Edward King. were started
last Thursday At East Glacier
and Monday evening for Starr
School residents.
The majority Of people living
on the Blackfeet Indian reserva.
ton have now received their mi.
tial shots Of Salk vaccine, and al.
though August Is considered 4
peak month" for the outbreak
Of polio. Dr.. Pichetti, USPHS
physician. said Tuesday that
polio has now reached it, peak
here.
observation-disclosures I. s. 6 & Z
frOm 8 am. through S pm. daily
at Agency Barracks.
Babb-August 8 from 10 am.
through $50 pm. at schoolhouse.
Heart Butte-August II from
$50 am. through $50 pm. at
Clinic Building.
When asked II there were any
element Of truth in . recent pub.
lished statement that Indians
are not afraid Of polio" DR.. ri.
chetti said Tuesday. This may
be true. due TO the fact that the
Indians do not know enough
about polio"
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
State Contractors To
Hold Annual Meeting
A. Glacier Park Lodae

EAST GLACIER PARK-Near.
~ 100 Montanans are expected u
attend the annual meeting Of the
Montana chapter Of Associated
General Contractors this week 1t
Glacier Park.
Chris Fuslcvand Of liavre Is
convention & h q | r m q n for the
group. which opened sessions
Thursday. July 81. and will con.
tinuc through Sunday.
The contractors. representing
every section Of Montana. have
scheduled business sessions and
q banquet In addition TO golf
tournaments. horseback riding.
square dancing and other enter.
tainmsnt.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
Enlarged School Lunch
Program Outlined For
Montana Schools

Montana will participate in an
enlarged school lunch program
according to information rcceiv'
cd by Representative Leroy An
dcrs0n from the national direc'
tors office.
AppOrtionment of federal funds
for the program In the l958.59
school year will be $500. 725. 90.
This past year the amount for
Montana was S3O6 ,345.OO and in
1867 it was S3l2.l08.OO.
During the 1888 school year,
7.O+O.63l meals were served under
this program In Montana. Over
2 billion lunche0ns were served
last year In the U. S. and terri.
tories.
At the peak of participation in
Montana during this last school
year. there were 43.O75 lunche0ns
served daily to children in A74
schools.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
ONE GOOD TURN
DESERVES ANOTHER

Tourists. Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Metcalf of Kentucky. were much
impressed by the generosity Of a
little Browning Indian lad Sun.
day when visiting the city.
Mrs. Mctcalf. school librarian
in her home town. was gathering
Indian curios to exhibit them In
the library during the coming
year.
Being on limited school funds,
the couple stopped to take a pic.
ture Of q handsome Browning
Indian lad. and for his posing
gave the little one . quarter.
The youth Immediately ran to
SHELLS Curio Shop and spent the
entire sum Oh q tOmahawk which
he presented to Mrs. Metcalf as
. souvenir Of their Browning
visit.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31

At the closing banquet the boys
were delighted to find that
Browning was in a three.way tie
for the very important national
FLA Foundation Award for i'm.
proving agriculture and leader.
ship. They received onc.third Of
the 500 grant that goes with
this award.
Browning again. for the fourth
consecutive year. was rated as a
superior chapter. This Is the high.
est award possible at the state
level. OF the So chapters in Mon
tana only seven were SO rated.
The local chapter also made
the gold division Of the Reporter
and scrap.bOOk contests.
The summer date made 1t i'm.
possible for the local boys to
have their usual large delegation.
SO they were not. as usual. repre-.
scented in the state band. nor did
they have a team in the various
competitive events.
At the closing banquet Bob
Harris. local advisor. was award
ed his Is year service key.
Following the convention the
boys hurried back u Shelby
where. with many other members
Of the chapter. they participated
In FLA Day al the Marias Fair
Browning was also quite sue.
ccssful there. winning a total Of
81 blue. II red. and 3 white rib
bOns in the various farm shop.
grain and forage classes. In ad.
diti0n. the chapter took top place
In educational booth class. finish.
ing ahead Of Joplin and Conrad
in that order.
The theme Of the booth was
"IAOle Construction. Practical.
Faster. Cheaper. This booth will
again be shown at the North Mon.
tana State Fair in Great Falls.
next week. II will also be In the
FLA building at the Glacier Jun.
iOr Fair in September.
The boys hope to win their
sixth consecutive gold division
award in this class at Great Falls.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
New Center OF
United Suites will
Be IN moutunu

Montana is the center Of the
United States with the admission
uf Alaska. but the slide rule boys
still haven't figured out the exact
location. according to informa.
ton received from the office Of
Senator James Murray.
II was easy 10 Determine the
center Of the % contiguous states
as they balanced an outline map
on a pin. which stuck in Smith
County. Kansas. But. with part
Of Canada between Alaska aud
the rest OF the states that system,
won't work.
So Coast and CeOdetic Survey
people have drawn . line from
Smith County to the approximate
center Of Alaska (southwest OF
fairbanks) and are picking . spot
approximately one.fifth Of the
way up this line from Kansas.
That's because Alaska Is approx.
mately One.fifth the size Of the
other states combined.
The new center will be In
Eastern Montana. not far from
the Canadian border. the Coast
and Geodciic Survey say. How.
ever. they wont name any town
yet. as they haven't figured out
how to weight" Alaskan islands.
Anyway. maybe the Highway
? boosters will have another rea.
son why tourists should follow
the hi.line.
OF course. there Is nothing TO
stop the amateur KeOKraphers
from locating unofficial centers
Of the United States. until an
official announcement Is made.
According to calculations made
in the release irUm Murray'S Of.
flee. IL Is In Fritz MaSSar's pas.
ture just out Of Circle. on the
straight. short and scenic Cen.
trail Montana Highway.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
Contracts Awarded
For |mprov sn,snt Of
Border Stations

Eollowin0 lonS deh.tos 6,,r,nu
the mast few year. ,he cer.rsi
Services Admiris,r.,ion ~. f,n.
allv secn ~ IN remodei .nd i'm.
prove our harder st.,ion. ,h.,
have Inns Mean ,.rmod . .d;..
grace" m o,r Amsric.r nro.ra.s
and no,icv
Foilowiny is . ,.,.vr.m r.c.,v.
I'd This w"ck from orr Nont.n,
legislators In Washine,or who
hav. S,n,nr,.d tho h.Siv n..d.S
improvements hill.
r. r,. r,..,.. p.,....
" 's''
NeheraI services Admlnistra'
!,oh awarding io''owine construc'
''on contracts III Nontahs:
y. . ooEae! S'at'oh tnaoo'
REGAIN. rehoSat'oh ana mooern'
']a''o" u s'at'on' WORK 10 oe
uo"e W ranaaH CONJUNCTION
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
Harvey PsrmsIss Wins
Trap Shoot Jaek.Pot

4 report from Dusty's Tavern
near East Glacier concerning the
Jackpot trap shoot held there
last Sunday states that Harvey
Parmalce of East Glacier won the
purse Of Sll5.OO.
George Mass and Warren Brice
gave Parmalee a close run In
forcing him into . shoot off. "a
shooters were entered In the
event.
Another champion was declared
when the title of Poorest Shot
in Montana" was bestowed upon
Bow II Arrow when he registered
IS misses out of IS shots.
Another shoot will be held Sun
day at 2 pm.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
Area Weffure
Officer Denies
Starvation CIuilu,

Area office social worker. Fred
Powell. said Monday Of this week
that he knew nothing Of the star.
Walton claim on the Blackfeet
reservation. Tie also reported no
records Of individual cases are
kept In the Billings Area office.
Blackfeet Tribal relief funds
are administered through Pom.
dera and Glacier county welfare
agencies. Powell said. and eliyi.
bility for relief money Is deter.
mined on state standards. just -
for n0n.lndian persons who re.
Quire assistance.
According 10 Powell. the Black.
feet people are satisfied with the
county'y administration Of tribal
welfare funds.
A recent report from Washing.
ton Indicated the Interior De.
psrtment promised help TO ses
that eligible Montana indians get
surplus federal food.
Assistant Secretary Of Interior.
Roger Ernst, soId early this week
that the Buesau Of Indian Affairs
office In Billines was asked 70 Or.
range for Discussions 70 facilitate
distribution.
In . letter q comments 70 Sen.
ator Murray he noted. however.
that distribution will depend OF,
cooperation and agreement be.
tween Montana tribes and state
Of local oeficlals.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
Applications For Special
Hunting Permits Run
Into Several Thousands

Applications for hunting ante.
lope. moose. sheep and goats
which arc p0stmarkcd after mid.
night. July 81. will not be &C.
cepicd for the August IS draw.
Ing. the Montana Fish and Game
department emphasized this week
In o final warning 10 hunters.
Approximately 5000 or more
applications have been proccsscd
10 date and an undetermined
number Of applications. running
into several thousand. will be
prOcessed before the August Is
drawing. Applications not proper.
" completed or which fail 10
have the antelope tag attached
also will be unacceptable.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
Sweepstakes Golf
Tourney Scheduled
Al Glacier Lodge

EAST GLACIER PARK-The
Glacier Park Sweepstakes. schct.
uled August . and 10 for the
Glacier Park Lodge golf course.
will include women for the first
time.
Don Richards. tOurn . m e n I
manager. today said . special
tournament event will b. held
for the gals.
An i0h0le tournament. 10 bc
played nine holes each day on .
Two Medicine Open.
Richards said the mems phase
Of the tournament. 20 holes medal
over two days. has . Ire ady
aroused interest throughout the
area.
The tournament II . revival Of
one Of Northwestern Montana'l
most popular tournaments Of the
Old days.
0ellers from throughout Mon
laas ~ Invited 70 compete.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
Dr. Allen Splitter Returns To
Continue Study Of B|ackfeet

On July 30. after an absence
0f two years. DIR. and Mrs. Allen
Spitzer arrived in Browning 10
continue their research work be-
gun in l9@S and continued in
1910 and 1856 on the Blackfeet
Indian reservation.
DR.. Spitzer's major interest
concerns the welfare aud values
Of the Blackfeci people: their
religious ideOlOgies. and their &C.
culturatiOn into the modern
scene. Like other anthr0poligists,
he has tried u learn about the
old Indian culture Of this Tribe,
and to gather worthwhile mater
ial for the courses he teaches on
the American Indian. particularly
the tribe Of his choice. the Mon
tana Blackfeet.
While working toward his Ph
d. degree At Stanford University,
DR.. Splitter began his contact
with the Blackfeet. and has fol-
lowed through on this interest
over . period Of Is years. through
the courtesy Of the Tribal COun'
ell and many good friends here
on the reservation. Early on his
first visit here. he and his wife
were indicted into the Tribe. and
have felt . special Identification
with the Blackfeet through the
years,
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
Medical Authorities Express Belief
Polio Outbreak Has Reached Peak

The latest polio case on the
reservation was reported last
Friday when Leslie Dean Vielle,
7.month old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Vielle. was hospitalizcd.
a local physician said the child
had paralysis in ono leg and was
taken to a Great Falls hospital
last Friday evening for treat.
ment.
The Gripping disease began
with six victims the first week
In July and centered mostly on
the reservation until last Friday
when It repeatedly reached ITS
miles to the southeast. claiming
the life of a Helena city street
department employee. 26-year old
Floyd Hines.
Hines death from polio was
the first reported in Lewis and
Clark county this year. and Mon.
tana's second death. The first
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31

Since 1854 the Spitzcrs have
made their home in ST. Louis.
Missouri. where DR.. Splitter Is
Associate Professor Of AnthrO.
polOgy In the Department Of So.
GEOLOGY and Anthrop0lOgy At St.
Louis University. In addition 10
his teaching duties. he Is Director
Of AnthropOl0gical Research.
The Human Relations Center
Of 81. Louis University has vital
interest In this research. and has
sponsored field studies In Mexico
among the Aztec residing in Tep-
oztlan. Morelos and among the
Maya In Merida. Yucatan. rs well
as the current study Of the Mon.
tana Blackfcci.
Interest In anthr0p0lOgical
studies nj Saint Louis University
has grown markedly In the past
four years. 50 that beginning with
this September. both undcrgradu.
ate and graduate degrees In an.
thropOl0gy arc being offered for
the first time.
Asked how he felt about com.
Ing back 10 Browning. DR.. Spit.
Ter remarked. Browning Is now
my second home. and We shall
always be happy to live and work
with the wonderful people Of
this community"
Mrs. Splitter. who Is . pr0fcs'
Si0nsl social worker with Cath0'
lie Charities In Saint Louis. Is
assisting with the work here.
DR.. Splitter Is . Fellow Of the
American Anthrorologicai Asso'
citation: an active member Uf the
American Sociological Society,
the Society for Applied Anthro'
IsOlOgy. the American Ethn0lOgi.
cal Society. and the Central
States Anthropologirai Society.
lie Is past President Of the Amer
lean Catholic Sociological Society
and now serves a. . member 0l
the Executive Board Of the Cath
Ollie Anthr0p0logicsl Conference.
IN addition 10 his regular as
signment At Saint Louis Univcr'
sity. he holds the rank Of Re-
search Professor Of .AnthropolOsy
At both Mexico City College and
al the University Of Yucatan. lie
has written several scientific ar'
ticles on social anthrOpOlOgy.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31

death was Emily Faye Walters.
3, who died July IL after three
weeks in respirator Emily was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James II. Walters of Browning.
The 10th victim. Leslie Viellc.
who is also the tenth victim
under the age Of 10 years of age.
was the first case Of polio since
last Tuesday and only the second
case in II days.
Twenty-six cases of polio have
been reported in Montana so far
this year. compared with only
four in the first 20 weeks of 1857.
Sixteen of these are on the reser.
vation. the other 10 cases are
scattered.
Local medical officers. earlier
in the week before the develop
mcnt of the 18th and 10th cases)
had expressed hope that the cpl
demic had been halted-and that
in an epidemic of this kind. one
or two more isolated cases would
not be unusual"
A Blackfeet hospital physician
said last Saturday We may not
have any more polio cases. but
the danger isn't passed" Last
week federal and state health
authorities announced plans for
speeding polio immunizations of
Montana's $4,000 reservation In.
dams.
Ninety per cent of the Indians,
through mass immunizations dur
ing the first week of the cpl.
demic. have received at least the
initial shot Of Salk vaccine. and
local physicians are pleased with
the response. The second round
Of shots will be given starting
August I.
Area Indian medical officer, DR..
Charles S. McCammon. comment
ed that In the past Public
Health officers have encountered
few cases of polio on Indian
reservations"
He was reported to have at.
tributed this lack OF polio cases
on reservations to the fact that
many Indian communities have
poor sanitation and poor econ.
omy and Is . result the Indian
children come in contact with
polio easily. but become immune
to Il after q minor illness.
The Senate approved Santa.
ton Facilities bill which would
authorize the surgeon general
to build and improve water sup.
plies and other facilities for In.
dian homes and communities.
would. II finally enacted. affec,
all seven Of Montana's Indian
reservations to some degree. in.
luding Br0wning's estimated
1900 residents.
The proposed legislation would
permit sewer and water facilities
to be built or added to. through
the help Of federal funds.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31

Mr.. and Mrs Eugene Ground
are home from Great Fails. where
they attended the Great Fails
College Of Education from the
latter part Of June through most
Of July. both took courses 70.
wards qualifying for the teach.
ins peolessIon.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31
WGGk'S WEATHER

Rainfall In the Browning area
Is reported TO be approximately
100 per cent above normal for
the month Of July.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-07-31

Y. 7. teachers
crcutry cchnques during visit the General Electric Company
EecOnc Park here The so secondary
physics teachers who spending six weeks al Uni
vcrsy under the General Electric Summer Science Fellowship
program left right Vincent r. Mcconnell electro.
chemical engineer in General Eccrc Heavy Military Equipment
Department. Rene Lock- IIinsdale High School, linsdalc:
Fred F. Van Hoozer Browning High School, Browning Phillip
Kopriva Terry High School, Terry James F. Watkins Stanford
High School, Stanford
, 1958-05-13
MEDICAL

-
quire the funds "if they are to.
maintain current standards Of
teaching, research and patient
care which have made the
United States a world leader
in medicine and health"
, 1958-05-13

which pictured the Biblical
Samson as a juvenile delin-
quent, 1,O25 persons walked
forward to make "dec isions
for Christ" Most of them were
young people, Mr.. Graham's
assistants said.
, 1958-05-13


sorry.
Scores of retail dealers have
testified the regulation would
protect them from competitors
advertising what they called
Fantastic discounts" and Of
.fering such come-ons as "a fur
coat for the little woman" or
"a free vacation in Florida for
wo."
, 1958-05-13
"THE MONTE CARLO STORY"

NTarlene Dietrich, Vittorio De Sica
Mischa Auer, Renato Rascel
Arthur O'Connell
The story of a 1at-broke Count,
who sets out to fleece a beautiful
Marquise in glittering Monte
Carlo and when he falls deeply
in love he finds out she's deep
in hook and out to fleece him!
They play the most Fabulous
Game of All In the Land of
High Stakes and Low-Cut Gowns
LATEST NEWS
, 1958-05-13
PUBLIC NOTICE
Illegal Use Of Potable Water

Illegal Use Of Potable Water
It is hereby brought to pub
lie notice the stipulations as
referred to in the Virgin Is
lands Code, Title 30 Paragraph
81, Section (a), which reads as
follows:
1T shall be illegal to
draw water from public
outlets s. for any purposes
other than domestic use"
under Paragraph 90 Of the
Code, it states further:
whoever makes an IL
legal connection to a pot
able water supply system,
or uses t h e water for
illegal purposes, or in any
other way campers, dam
ages, or i~nterferes with any
such system or any part
thereof, including any dis
tribution line thereof, shall
be fined not more than $50
or imprisoned not more
than so days, or both"
A DApAT TTTr6T
, 1958-05-13
PROBATE NO. 10 1857
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been ap-
pointed Administrator of the above estae. All persons having
claims agains the estate are required to present them within
six months verified by affidavit, and all persons indebted to
the estate to make payment promptly, to
John E. Stevens
Administrator
, 1958-05-13

The largest office building in
the world is the Pentagon, in
Washington, which has a gross
floor area of 6,oOo,o 900 square
feet. The Merchandise Mart in
Chicago, part Of which is rent
ed as office space, has 4,051, 900
square feet.
, 1958-05-13

March 20, 1858
Warren #. Young, Esq.
Attorney for the Estate
1-B King Street
o. Box 982
Christiansted, St. Croix
, 1958-05-13
lit No, 2
"VOoDOo WOMAN"
and FRIDAY

Actually Filmed in the Riviera's
Most Fabulous Playground -.
Monte Carlo In Technirama
and Technicolor
United Artists present: