The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1959-04-30
A MINUTE
WITH Nj

For those who have been in
Quiring about the recent action
Of the City Council to dispose OF
unlicensed and unclaimed dogs
Il check of the records reveals
that over 200 dog licenses have
been sold and that over 200 un
claimed animals have been dis
posed Of. The hunt still continues
II appears that our reporter
John Tatscy. has done it again
We have received a copy of the
Congressional Record. dated
April 20. sent to US by Senator
Mike Mansfield. in which Tatscy
has been given three pages OF
publicity. The complete story that
appeared two weeks ago in the
Great Falls Tribune has been en-
tered. along with three of Johns
weekly columns and our editorial
What does John say To all Oi
this Well. We can't tell you he
cause We haven't seen him for
three weeks. but he did tell US
one" that he didn't sec why they
made all the fuss. but if they
couldn't find anything else to fill
up the pages with. il was all
right with him If they printed
his writings
Lucky John. Even Goldfinc had
70 be- investigated by 4 Congress
Slnmal Committee before he go,
his name III the archives.
We have often wondered il the
I"Irrnincni Is really as sincere
m their a,;cmp; To cut expenses
n 'hry sometimes publicizc. One
"f the departments doing the
most hnllrrIn2 about their opera.
'i"n running in the rcd is the
Postal Department
or course they may not be- able
I" balance their bulge, through,
our suggestion. hat We feel Ger.
tam tina, they could save 4 lot
81 the taxpayers dollars by simply
printing one standard issue for
each postage stamp instead OF
changing the die every other
wrrh :" honor some person or
place ;ha: hardly anyone has
ever heard Of
IL their present policy III
changing the stamps il not only
makes II Difficult, 20 keep up with
the identity Oi stamps. II l.. Z
silly and expensive program
E>rry nrw issue Of stamps re-
qu!rrS long hours Of engraving
nrw dies. new plates. new inks
and nrw paper. not To mention
M additional bookkeeping system
/" record the issues All for
what purpoSr-mOSily for Scnti.
mrr'al value 10 some ~ 4
group. or to FIJI the stamp col,
!rC;nr>' books
~ matter Of fact. We have
":;rl wondered Just what the
~, irGS would amount TO u the
sac uf the stamps were cut back
I" The lIi;lr >!N they USED to bc,
r>'"ad Of the present size tina,
nearly covers the rlghihani quar-
ter -: u standard envelope.
The highway departments found
that they could save thousands Oi
dollars for each state by painting
broken line in the center Oi
IN" road instead Of u continuous
IL" 81. why not q stamp half
the size Of :hc prcScn, dollar bill
>!fr' The savings in ink and paper
alone would N cunt To- an as
founding figure.
Would II hurt someone's feel.
rugs II our Senators were iu
iniruhucr legislation Ia standard
he III" size and pt'rmancn, idcn
t'y Of postage stamps.
We have had several inquiries
for the dates of the North Amer,
ir,n Indian Days celebration for
tins year. but have to answer with
y question mark. We do not know
because the date has not been
set
u might ~ we'll II the commit
e." could yet II pr'uiO rs many
people from other states are III
the prorcN 81 planning their Va
cations aud would like to attend
We are Lurking forward IL ono
nf tho biggest celebrations ever
and We know II will be Just that
hut. setting the date immc
dia,cly will. to a great extent
gn rrn the attendance.