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The people's voice., 1959-02-13
Grave Doubts Raised Whether

the Llvingston-Springdale sector Oh
the road have already resulted in a
one million dollar change order-that
is, the cost of that sector has gone
up by million dollars. Inquiry as
to how that had come about brought
out that the Highway Department
hadn't core-drilled a major cut Sec
ton; had assumed it was rock in
place. Qronically, this cut is located
right at the site of the proposed Mis-
sion Canyon Dam.)
The yardage to be excavated had
been specified as "unclassified" This
classification, Quinnell said, is ap-
piled when the engineers believe the
underlying formation to be rock. 1t
turned out that the cut was to be
made in substantially clay and silt
formation, and because flatter side
slopes were required to stabilize the
sides of the cut the yardage to be
moved was increased by better than
twenty-five percent.
AS required by regulation, the con-
tract was renegotiated, and the con-
tractor was permitted to charge his
bids "unclassified'' excavation price
for the added amount to be removed.
Opinion expressed at the hearing was
that for that 25 percent additional ex-
cavation a substantially lower price
per yard should have been set when
contract was renegotiated.
I'm this connection, Quinnell said,
under questioning, that in some in
stances they have permitted con-
tractors higher per yard prices than
called for in the contract when un-
usual circumstances not foreseen by
either the department or the con-
tractor arose. Further committee opin-
ion was that, if the department could
adjust prices upward in hardship
cases, then it should also, as a matter
of protecting state highway funds,
adjust per yard prices downward
rather than permit "windfalls" for
contractors
Quinnell assured the committee that
such major change orders would be
most unlikely in future contracts be-
cause his department expects to soon
have available adequate core-drilling
machinery thus enabling the depart
ment to more accurately determine
the formations underlying proposed
cuts.
The people's voice., 1959-02-13

Granting OF permission to sub
sequent legislature to set qualifica-
tions for the office of State Super
intendent of Public Instruction, via
constitutional amendment, Monday,
went down by two votes less than
the required two-thirds necessary
to place an amendment on the next
general election ballot. The vote
was 81 for passage, 30 against, and
one member excused. By and large
straight party lines prevailed, with
two Democrats, Angstman and Nor
rison voting against the amend
ment. and one Republican and one
Independent voting for putting the
matter on the ballot. Roll call is at
end of article that follows:
Debate on the constitutional amend
ment (HB SD regarding qualifica-
tions for State Superintendent of
Public instruction created heated poll
tical debate in the House last week.
The bill introduced by Rep. Cecil
Parker (D-Pondera) did not outline
the qualifications but left them to
future legislative discretion.
Rep. Oscar Kvaalen (R-Richland)
led off the opposition by calling the
Democrats "poor losers. He said he
was willing to trust the two parties
to select qualified candidates.
Rep. Tom Haines R-Missoula)
called it punitive, and said that it
is impossible to set forth certain
qualifications for elective offices. AS
the debate grew more heated Haines
said there was so much politics "on
the other side of the aisle it looked
as if everyone is candidate for
Governor, and added, 81 can not
see how they can all run if we make
qualifications for the office of Gov
ernor". He referred to statements in
the paper by Speaker Macdonald and
Majority Leader Cerovski, and said
they had announced their candidacy
in those statements.
John Macdonald interrupted Haines
to take exception to his statements,
and said "the statements in the paper
said no such thing as Haines init
mated. Haines apologized.
Magnus Aasheim (D-Sheridan)
countered statements by John Cavan
(R-Yellowstone) to the effect that
we might eliminate from the field
candidates that might appeal to the
voters, but not be within the qualifi-
cations set forth. Cavan said the
purpose is to permit as many people
as possible to aspire to high public
office and added, 81 think we are
in this move a complete
disregard of the voters of this coun- !
The people's voice., 1959-02-13

menu pOllcy IN e11ecC DeIore IaSl
spring.
Why the department had routed
Interstate 10 "out of the way
through Laurel also brought consid-
cradle questioning, and even one sug-
gestion was made that political in
fluence had been at work. This Quin.
nell denied stating that he "knew o1
no political pressures ever applied
which had determining effect in his
80 years with the department. He did
say that for upwards of thirty years
it has been apparent that the Billings
Laurel stretch should have a four
lane highway in order to alleviate
traffic congestion. AS TO how much
longer us. 10 will be as compared
to higher route which would have
missed Laurel, he estimated about
three miles.
The right-of-way question brought
forth the following colloquy be-
tween Chairman Bradford and
Engineer Quinnell:
Bradford: Wouldn't it be cheaper
to build the upper route where land
values are assessed at from So to So
an acre as compared with $40 an
acre in the irrigated bottom?
Quinnell: "Cost wise, probably
cheaper"
Bradford: "Would the route be
shorter between Billings and Living
ston?"
Quinnell: cit might be-"
Bradford: "You haven't tried, have
you," to determine which route would
have the greatest overall impact?
you've steadfastly refused, haven't
you to even consider the upper
route?" AS for building access roads
to the upper highway, aren't "access
roads already available from Big
Timber and Columbus to the upper
route? Wouldn't upper route serve
TO handle through traffic just as
well', and existing highways handle
local valley traffic? Couldn't you
build an awful lot of highway with
the money saved'' by upper route,
particularly as concerns lower right
of-way costs?
Quinnell: eyes, cost-wise."
Bradford: "And not disrupt Yellow
stone valley agriculture?"
Quinnell: eff we were just serving
traffic to get across the state, you'd
be better off to go through the CEN
trail part of Montana.
Biggest beef of Yellowstone val
ley farmers, according to commit
tee member Void is that farm
ers have to go four miles to get
from their home place to the other
portion of their fields situated on
other side of the highway because
of the lack of immediate access
facilities. This means loss of time
and considerably higher costs in
moving farm machinery from one
part of the farm to the other.
Committee m m b er Magnus
Aasheim was quite disturbed over
QuinnelPs not having made a thor
ough study of the government report |
issued in 1856 which contained the
several factors to be considered in
coating interstate highways. Those
factors are: cost, service, time, eco
1omic and sociological impact. Quin-
nell assured the committee that he
intends to make an exhaustive re-
of that 1856 report in the
near future.
Other committee members present
out not asking any questions while
his reporter was present were Claude
Aiff (R-Meaher) and Dan Corcoran
(R-Golden Valley.
The people's voice., 1959-02-13

A wise government knows how to
enforce with temper or to conciliate
with dignity.-Grenville
The people's voice., 1959-02-13

HB 313 extends the small loans
from the $1,000 shoal to the deeper
$4,000 level.
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20

johnson, Sidney Public Schools
End; John Welnel, Sidney Public
Schooly, 3rd. In Class II winners
are Elaine Harris, Ridgelawn
School, LIST; Mike Easton, ST
Philomena's School, End; and
David Lalonde, st. Philomena's
School 3rd. They will receive
cash prizes, and will be guests of
the Unit, with their parents and
teachers, at the June meeting.
Posters will be used for window
displays for the annual Poppy
Sale, which was announced by
Mrs. Martha Marion, chairman.
for May %. Workers for this
project were recruited, and pop
pies will be sold in Fairview
and Sidney. 1t was also announced
that the Unit has a new adopt
ed boy" at the State Industrial
School in Miles City.
Hostesses for the lunch were
Mrs. Leslie Williams, Mrs. Ed
Ulman, Mrs. Oscar Swenson, Mrs.
j. 1. Turner, and Mrs. Gertrude
Smith.
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20
Methodist Rites
Today For
LEILA Ada Meeks

Mrs. Leila Ada Meeks, rs, passed
away at the Community Memoir
ial Hospital in Sidney Sunday
afternoon following a months
illness.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday (today)
from the Lonsdale Methodist
Church with the Rev. George
Sanders officiating. Burial will
be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
The Gorder Mortuary has
charge OF arrangements.
During the service Mrs. Walter
Quilting will sing 1.-THE Old Rug
ged Cross" and Beyond the Sum-
Set" Mrs. Lionel Gall will be her
organ accompanist.
Pail bearers will be Leon Rivet,
Pierre Rivet, Henry Mathison,
Raymond Peak, John Trotter and
Roy Burns. Acting as honorary
pallbearers will be Dolf Bosshard,
William Olsen, Charles Clark,
Siege Douglas, Ejnar Pierce, Joe
Kelley, Harry Madison and Chris
Stenrud. I
Mrs. Meeks was born Jan. Is,
1883, in Carthage, ILL.,, a daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William A.
Ruggles. She came to Montana
in 1903 and was married to Carl
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20

Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Seitz are
visiting relatives in Butte for g
few days.
D. E. Murphy of Minneapolis is
visiting in Sidney this week at the
home Of his sister-in-1aw, Mrs
Axel Nelson, and among other
relatives. This weekend he will
accompany Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Hurd and son Bobbie and Mrs.
Nelson to Helena where they will
be present at Sue Hurd's gradua-
ton from Carroll College. Miss
Hurd took the degree course in
nurses training. Mr.. Murphy will
remain in Helena for an extended
visit at the Art Nelson home.
Mrs. l.. J. Lee, who recently
underwent major surgery at the
local hospital, was able to re-
turn home last Saturday and is
making splendid recovery.
Mrs. Peter Steffens, her son
Eldon and family of Sidney, and
her daughter, Mrs. Clarence HON.
stad and family of Faiview, spent
Sunday in Wildrose, North Dakota
where they visited at the home of
Mrs. Steffen's niece, Mrs. Dale
Christopherson and family, and
with her brother, Andrew Jensen.
Mrs. Winnifred Hurst returned
Sunday from Williston, where she
enjoyed a two weeks visit at the
home of her brother, J. F. O'Neill,
and among relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Micky Gardner of
Williston visited in Sidney Sunday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. J..
Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Bailey of
Glendive visited relatives and
friends in Sidney Friday.
MI. and Mrs. A. M. Cooley have
returned from their annual win
ter vacation in Mesa, Arizona,
where they have a home of their
own and enjoy several months
every year. Enroute back to Sidney
they visited their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Long
and their two children in Colorado
Springs.
Rev. and Mrs. George Sanders,
Mrs. Frank Brattln and Mrs. Ster-
ling Swigart attended a meeting
for vacation Church School
workers at Glasgow on Tuesday
May IL. The theme was God and
His World.
Fifteen persons enjoyed the
intermediate Methodist Youth
Fellowship outing to Chimney
Rock" a land mark of this area,
followed by a weiner roast at
Swigarts. A good time was had by
all.
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20

the Executive Committee. The
Secretary cast a unanimous ballo'
for the slate of officers, which
were presented by Mrs. Robert
Evans, chairman of the nominal
ing committee. Mrs. Hurley Carey
presided at the business meeting
The Unit also initiated a group
OF new members, including Mrs.
Ray Blodgett, Mrs. Reuben Brett
Ling, Mrs. Clarence Breitling, Mrs,
Keith Krebsbach, Mrs. Avery San
ford, Mrs. Ben Hubley and Mrs.
Lydia Weiderrich. Other newly
enrolled members who were I'M
able to be present for initiation
were Mrs. Ralph Kappel, Mrs.
Charles Albrecht, and Mrs. Eu-
gene Cottor.
Mrs. Martha Marion served as
the initiating officer; assisted by
Mrs. Evans as junior past presi-
dent; Mrs. Hurry Carey as
president; Mrs. Nettie Olsen as
Chaplain; Mrs. Hazel Houglum,
lst vice president; Mrs. Florence
Mohl, End vice president; and
Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Betty Har-
mon as sgt. -at-arms.
Mrs. Eva Carey displayed a
group of 80 Poppy Posters made
by grade school students, for the
Poppy Poster contest. Winners of
the contest in Glass l are Richard
Waugh, Hardy School, 1st; Sherry
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20

Miss joey Smith Is on a vaca.
ton trip to eastern North Dakota
where she is visiting at the home.
of her brothers.
Elmer Sorenson and Mrs. Eliza.
bath Roth r in Minneapolis on {
fall buying trip for the Yellow.
stone Mercantile Co.
John Marman, who is under
medical care at the local hospital
Is reported as much improved anc
hopes to be home within a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Seitz and
family Of Miles City spent the
weekend in Sidney at the home
OF Bilfs parents, and took in the
Elk's convention.
Dale Dombrosky arrived home
Monday from Hawaii on a 80 day
leave from the Air Force. Dale has
been stationed in Hawaii for %
months and at the expiration of
his furlOugh will return there for
IA months more Of duty. MI. and
Mrs. Harry Dombrosky and their
daughter Audrey spent last Christ
mas with Dale in Hawaii.
Mrs. George Moerkerke and son
Mark left Sunday via Frontier
Airlines for Phoenix, Arizona.
where they will visit her brother
Devert and family. Her husband,
who is entertaining at the Cock
atoo Supper Club in l.. A. will
meet her in Phoenix. He also
visited for a week in Sidney with
his family at the home Of her
parents, the Carl Hermans, en-
route to Los Angeles.
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20
Polar Under Water
Exploration Trip
Told To kiwanians

Chief Petty Officer Bob Pyers
of the u. S. Submarine service
was the main speaker at the
Kiwanis Club luncheon Thursday.
Bob Pyers took part in the
under ice exploration trip to the
North Pole. He was a member
Of the USS " Beat. There were
several other submarines in the
fleet, including the Atomic pow
cred sub, the Nautilus and the
Skate.
Pyers told the group that there
are no icebergs between New
London and Denmark. He de-
scribed the size of icebergs that
they encountered on the trip.
The northern coast of Russia is
icebound, Pyers declared, and
gave a good description of the
different ways that submarine
attacks could be make if the
situation ever made such a thing
necessary.
Pyers said that the u. S. have
subs that r very fast and can
run rings around any surface
boat.
Floyd Small of Helena was a
guest of the Sidney Club.
Dennis Williams, Key Club
president-elect, and Gary Nc
Morris were the Key Club key
carriers.
Past District Governor Harry
gave a report on the
Ladies Night dinner that was held
in the Lalonde ballroom last
Thursday, there were IA clubs
represented at the dinner and an
expression of appreciation was
for the presence of
International President Ken Lo-
need and other dignitaries.
Sidney Kiwanis President Ger
aid Holmstad presided over the
Meeting.
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20

FOR SALE+Rollaway bed double
size) like new. good refrigerator,
good floor lamp. Other furniture,
cooking utensils. dishes, battery
charger, pipe threaders. and other
tools. r. c. Bob Evans, 1913 North
Lincoln, 3 blocks west of courthouse.
18-tfc
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20

daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Rindahl
and 2 grand children OF Sidney;
a brother, Cleve c. Ruggles of
Wolf Point, and three sisters, Mrs.
Nora Austin of Carthage, Mrs.
Joseph Backer OF Keokuk, Iowa,
and Mrs. Gertrude Trout Of St.
Louis, Nc. The Cloyd-G order
Mortuary is in charge Of arrange
ments.
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20
Sidney Senior
CONTINUED from page one)

given to some of the high school
seniors participating in the COM
petition according to Homer E.
Anderson, director of the MSU
Public Service Division.
Presentation of the scholar
ships will be made May %, follow
ing final selection by a faculty
committee at the University. The
scholarships will become effective
when the recipients enter MSU
in the fall.
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20

Clayton Meeks at Wibaux July 8,
1903.
They ranched in Mckenzie
County, N. Oak, until 1851 when
they retired and moved to Sid
nye. Mrs. Meeks was a member
OF the Women of the Moose, the
Royal Neighbors and the Lxois-
dale Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband. a
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20

ARGENT LIGHT METER SPEC
IAL. REG. PRICE 8.98. NOW ON
SALE AT ONLY $3.50. THE NEW
SIDNEY DRUG STORE 18-ltc
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20

SPAtDING GOLF CLUBS. BAGS,
BALLS Or A GOLF CART
WOULD MAKE THAT GRADU-
ATE REAL HAPPY. SEE TURN
LII DRUG TODAY. le-ltc
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20
NOTICE

The Sidney High School will
give an Open Air Concert in down
town Sidney Friday, May 30.
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20

GRADUATION CARDS OF ALL
KINDS AT TURNER DRUG.
l8-ltc
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20

FOR SALE - Used Century weed
sprayer with power jet. Priced right.
Sidney Implement Co. 18-1tc
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20
YOU'LL FIND BARGAINS GALORE

COW with heifer calf at side. / John
Deere 4-Bar low wheel side delivery
on rubber. ! lift. John Deere power
mower. Steiner Hanson, Malt Shop.
18-1tp
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20

THE NEW SIDNEY DRUG
STORE HAS NICE SELECTION
OF MEMORIAL DAY WREATHS,
CROSSES. AND SPRAYS
l8-1fc
The Sidney herald., 1959-05-20
WNufAd
Zoo Late % czas,iH

FOR SALE-2 Registered Brown Swiss
Bull calves. A few registered bred
'heifers n COWS. VIM. Voorhees, Jr..
Poplar, Montana. 1882
Evening star., 1959-06-14

Minister Andrei Gromyko. In the
offing. il the foreign ministers
succeeded in achieving even a
minimum accord, was another
Summit Conference.
But the basic issues. in 1859.
were the same as they had been
in 1855. Only the individuals had
changed, and the old problems
were brought to a focus by new
crisiS-the future status Of West
Berlin. There was still no real
possibility of the reuniflcation of
Germany. The West had long
since rejected various versions of
Mr.. Eden's 1855 proposal for
zone of naturalization" in CEN
trail Europe. There was no prog
ress toward q disarmament plan.
or even an agreement to end
the atmosphere-pollutin testing
Of nuclear weapons.
On Friday. when the Geneva
conferees took a recess until to-
morrow. there was already under
way a Soviet drive to separate the
Foreign Ministers conference from
the prospective summit meeting.
Any link between the present con-
ference and a later summit meet
ing. said Mr.. Gromyko, was alto
gether invalid" But Mr.. Eisen-
hover, on many occasions. has
conditioned his approval of a sum-
NIT meeting on some measurable
progress" by the foreign ministers.
So far, there has been none what
ever.
Evening star., 1959-06-14
ForNATO:
Problems

When Gen. Charles de Gaulle
abruptly removed French naval
forces from NATO command last
spring, he jolted the Western al
lance into realization that the
Fifth Republic meant to be a
world power on it's own. Last
week he jolted NATO again, this
time by announcing that any
nuclear weapons on French soil
would have to be in the control
Of France alone.
Result of such a policy, accord
ing to officers at Gen. Lauris Nor
stad's NATO headquarters, would
be to render useless the elaborate
bases existing in France for NATO
bombers. 1T would be like hav-
ing your bow in one country and
your arrows in another" one
officer commented. Under existing
law, American nuclear stockpiles
anywhere must remain under
United States control.
In London, where the unofficial
but influential Atlantic Congress
is in session, the French dele
gate, Gen. Pierre Billotte, called
President de Gaulle's demand "in
conformity with dignity and
honor and a sense of respon-
sibility for the security of the
French people"
Gen. Norstad came to WASH
ington to confer with President
Eisenhower on the French threat.
In London, Prime Minister Mac
milan discussed the possible
reactivation of former air bases
Evening star., 1959-06-14
No Signs of Success

It was too early. in the view of
most observers, to label the Geneva
conference as a failure. But there
were no signs Of yielding on either
side, and indications grew that the
talks, both public and private, had
so far accomplished nothing ex-
cept to underline how great indeed
are the Emergencies between East
and West.
Despite earlier suggestions that
the Kremlin would be ready to
accept the Vests right" to re-
main in West Berlin and to keep
the British, French and American
armed forces there indefinitely,
Mr.. Gromyko last week renewed
Moscow's insistence that the Ber-
lin question must be solved. and
soon on the basis Of Western with
drawal. On Wednesday he offered
to extend the status quo for an
other year. If the West would ac-
cept now the Soviet conditions for
Berlin's future. wholly unaccept-
able" replied Secretary Of State
Christian Herter.
Two possibilities were seen in
the Gromyko "ultimatum" on
West Berlin:
l. That the move meant a per-
manent hardening of Moscow's
attitude. in the belief that West
ern public opinion would rule out
any Allied effort to preserve the
status quo in West Berlin by force.
2. That Mr.. Khrushchev might
be once again backing away from
Evening star., 1959-06-14

to lead his battered fatherland
out of the devastation and defeat
Of 1945. His firm hand on the
tiller brought West Germany to
political stability and economic
prosperity.
But he won't let go. Profoundly
convinced that Germany's i'm
mediate future demands his con-
tinued guidance, this stern old
man who has been called an "au-
thoritarian democrat" last week
browbeat his reluctant Christian
Democratic Party into approving
his decision to remain as Chan
cellor. But the man who would
probably have been his successor,
Ludwig Erhard. will not be pla-
Gated. A shaky truce" between
the two men lasted just one day.
There is no question that Der
Alte" will have his way. But no
one in the Bonn government is
pretending happiness over the
situation, unless it is the power
full Social Democratic Party,
scenting new gains in the Chris
tian Democratic confusion. Mr..
Erhard apparently will bide his
time; his political position appears
to be stronger as a result of Mr..
Adenauer'S action.
Evening star., 1959-06-14
Balkans:
Rockets

When Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev was visiting in AL
bania earlier this month, he called
for peace zone" in Eastern Eu-
rope. free Of missile bases and
nuclear weapons. Continued
NATO construction of rocket
launching sites in Italy and
Greece, he said, would bring So
Wet retaliation with rocket bases
in Albania and other Soviet-bloc
nations.
Last week President Eisenhower
indirectly replied to Mr.. Khru-
shchev. He told Congress that the
United States was sending spe.
cial atomic equipment. nuclear in
formation. and training aids in
nuclear warfare to Greece. Bases
for intermediate-range ballistic
missiles are being constructed In
both Greece and Turkey.
On Tuesday, Yugoslavia's deter
mined independent, President
Tito, spoke out against the rockets
race. Speaking to 10000 people In
the Serbian city of Smederevo.
Marshal Tito questioned the logic
of holding peace talks in Geneva
while building missile bases in the
Balkans and Italy.
He called for immediate agree
ment on an atom-free zone. to In
clude all the Balkans, with no
rockets at all, either NATO or
Communist.