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DR.. Milton Elsberg, dinner chair
man announced that the Washing
ton area had already raised more
than 100000 for the project.
Twenty Charter founders from
Evening star., 1959-11-26

jr., on both sides of Nicaragua
as well as within the country
The Somozas say the last OF
the most recent revolutionary
invaders have escaped back to
Honduras on the north. Most
foreign observers in Honduras
Nicaragua and Costa Rica on
the south agree that few if any
armed revolutionaries are op-
Grating in the backlands.
Opposition Divided
AS to the prospect of the
President serving out the re-
manning three years of his
term, his opposition is divided
between the hope Of overthrow
ing him by revolt and the hope
that governments of the other
American countries will bring
it about in some way through
their conference in Quito next
February.
In Managua, the Conserva-
tive Party of aged Emilio Cha
MORO has split OF from the
fighting faction Of the opposi-
tion. The Conservatives are one
of the largest opposition groups.
The Converative withdrawal
to have much weak
ened the National Opposition
Evening star., 1959-11-26

by Noah. whom Grandpa helps
work q plot. Apples, grapes,
prunes and other fruit are
brought by people who are fond
Of him. Some come from so
miles away.
II dry about three times as
much fruit as I can use and
give the rest to poor folks" he
says. I'm active all the time.
When the weather is bad !
knit and spin, knit and spin.
And ponder"
Born in a sod house on the
banks of the Platte River in
Nebraska, Jonas Mosser started
doing mans work at an early
age. At Is he left home to herd
sheep in Wyoming. In 1904 he
became manager of a grain ell
evator in Ashton, Idaho, and
there married his childhood
sweetheart, Cora Davidson.
The snow in Idaho was too
big for my family" says Grand
pa, so we moved to Oregon.
That was in 1912. After going
broke on a chicken farm near
McMinnville, the Mossers
started a slow drift westward,
farming as they went. In 1924
they settled near Grandpa S
present Homestead" but two
years later were told they were
on private property. The fam
lily trekked a quarter of a mile
south and built again.
Twiddled His Thumbs
"The Government Cancelled
the homesteading act, so I was
left twiddling my thumbs" Mr..
Evening star., 1959-11-26

barb for eating, and cascara
"for medicine"
The cabin lacks all modern
conveniences. There is no elec-
tricity, but Grandpa finds moth
ing wrong with kerosene lamps,
There is no indoor plumbing,
he hauls water from the brook
at the edge of the forest. An old
iron wood stove supplies his
cooking needs.
Mr.. MoSser has no radio and
subscribeS to no publications.
(He doesn't have a mailbox. }
But he is an avid reader. He
studies the Bible daily, closely
scans newspapers friends bring
him and reads books worth
reading" One of these books is
Thoreau'S Walden" Grandpa
thinks Thoreau had the right
idea.
A small flock of sheep pro-
vides the sprightly hermit with
wool for the 4-foot by 61a-foot
blankets he knits, averaging one
Evening star., 1959-11-26

Union. whose Spanish initials
are UNO CUnion Nacional OPP
oSitora.)
Conservatives Drop Plan
Conservative leaders now in
dicate they have abandoned
any plan for armed rebellion
but hope the organization of
American states viii take meas
ures against relationships at
the Quito conference that will
force a free election by 1868, at
least.
Concern was indicated for
LOG revolutionarieS under Pedro
Joaquin Chamorro. young Con-
Servative newspaperman, now
on trial by military court Tor
their invasion of Nicaragua
from Costa Rica last May. A
source close to the Somoza
government said the new Con-
servative position might result
in lighter sentences than other
wise would be imposed.
Fight Pledged
DR.. Enrique Lacayo Farfan,
exiled leader Of the Independ-
ent Liberal Party. said in San
Jose that "even if all the
parties in Nicaragua follow the
example Of the Conservatives,
we exiles will continue to fight. "
I'VE do not believe there will
be free elections" DR.. Lacayo
said. "As long as no organiza-
Evening star., 1959-11-26

ton guarantees free elections
we cannot abandon our fighting
position.
With financial aid from the
peoples Of Central America. we
are buying arms In the black
market.
If we keep pressing. maybe
Somoza will shorten his term
and call elections"
Evening star., 1959-11-26

Mosser said. when I came into
town to prove up on my land,
I found there wasn't any more
homesteading act. So I put it
out of my mind"
Grandpa receives no old-age
pension. social security or any
other of public aid. But he does
not regard himself as poor. II
have peace Of SOUL" he declares
serenly. IF you manage poverty
right you won't be bad off,"
Only one thing bothers the
hermit of Adventist Greek. For
two years he has been hearing
rumors that the State intends
to build a road past his cabin.
"If they do" he says, 'I1l have
to move back. Civilization
would kill me-"
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Vote Puts Women.
In City Saddle.

WALSENBURG, Colo. CAP).
The women are going to run
things at least for awhile in
Walsenburg: Six women de-
feated men for public Offices in
a recent municipal election.
/ Mrs. Leo Stacy was named
the first woman Mayor here.
Mrs. George Christensen is the
new treasurer and Mrs. Doris
Cain, city clerk. Women also
won three of the eight alder
man positions, including Mrs.
Don Lenczi, Mrs. Ida Zapeda
and Mrs. Pete Ravlick.
Evening star., 1959-11-26

DOJneTeQ. OQe Feoeral Omclal
offered this logical reasoning
Grandpa Just being there is
worth alFthe taxes we could get
out of him. He keeps down fire
hazards. Anyway, we like the
old man."
The MoSSer Homestead
occupies an idyllic setting OIL
the crest of a rolling hill in the
Coast Range. 1t is more than
IS miles from a paved road and
4 miles from a dirt road which
runs out at the farm of Grand
pas son, Noah. When Grandpa
wants to go to Willamina he
hikes down to Noah's home and
waits until Noah has finished
his chores.
No COnVeniences
Only a stones throw from
Grandpa's cabin are virgin
woods, graced in summer by
songbirds, and the habitat of
deer, bear, coyotes and other
wildlife. From these woods he
gathers huckleberries and rhu-
Evening star., 1959-11-26
$100 q Year Is Plenty
For Untoxed Hermit

WnLAAIINA Greg, Nov 2s CNANA)-F more than three
decades 7yearold Jonas Grandpa" Mosser the Hermit of
Adventist Creek" has not paid land He lives
than 500 by selling the blankets he
with the most rudmentary tools
For 80 years. wite-bearded bue-eyed Mr. Mosser has
been squatng land but he has been
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Shears and Knits

oA4CCPs
Shears and Knits
Grandpa does all the blanket
work by hand, from shearing to
knitting. In place of a spinning
wheel, he uses a handmade
Peruvian Indian Spinner"
Not all his blankets are sold.
He has knit blankets for every
one Of his 20 grandchildren and
six great-grandch children. The
blankets he brings to Willamina
are eagerly purchased by town
residents.
With the money. Grandpa
buys rye, barley and corn, from
which he makes bread. using
a hand grinder. But his fav-
orite staple is soy bean meal,
wonderful" for flour and milk.
at just fits in with every
thing" he says enthusiastically
''It goes in good with fruit, you
can put it in gravy, it's Just
fine for seasoning. You see.
the Chinese and japanese have
lived over there during famines
Just on Soybeans."
Field peas are obtained from
the canneries, which are glad
to get rid of discards. Grandpa
cracks the peas, seasons them
with onions and cooks them
whole. They taste like lentels.
Raises Vegetables
Some vegetables Grandpa
raises in his own garden. Car
rots and potatoes are given him
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Loot for q Pow-WoW

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP).-
Officers had a good clue as to
the age of a burglar or burglars
who took merchandise from a
trucking company Office. Miss
ing were two boxes of Indian
headdresses and tom-toms.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Somozo Foes Divided;
Quito PorIey Awaited

SAN JOSE. Costa Rica, Nov.
26 (AP)-After some hall
dozen feeble rebel raids on
Nicaragua this year the opposi-
ton to the ruling Somozas is
split apart and disorganized.
But Nicaraguans in exile still
dream Of overthrowing them.
That is the situation as
reported by opponents of Pres
ident Luis Somoza and his
brother, Gen. Anastasio Somoza,
Evening star., 1959-11-26

ia month. He also gets some in
come from the sale Of surplus
sheep.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Raises Vegetables

Some vegetables Grandpa
raises in his own garden. Car
rots and potatoes are given him
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
Life Jackets May Be Needed
legislative Council Wudes
Into Tuxution Moruss

tax laws, on property that should be
taxed, against property that actually
is taxed, and check values in each
county.
7. Try to determine equity in pro-
perty taxation and tie it to ability to
pay, using comparable businesses to
determine what the ratio of property
tax is to adjusted gross income;
8. Ask the director to investigate
the possibility of assessing on an aver
age yearly inventory instead of the
present process of twice a year.
Subcommittee chairman, Sen. Paul
Ringing said the extensive study is
necessary because different groups
presenting figures on taxation each
work from different premise.
Other subcommittee of the council
are working on such problems as gov
ernmental efficiency, budget analysis,
legislative procedure and grazing
practices.
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
Cross-Exuminufion
To Be Permitted,
Council Decides

Tentative ground rules for
the Legislative Council inves-
tigation into the "demotion and
dismissal" of Horace Williams
by the Highway Commission
were discussed by the council
in the closing hours of it's July
meeting, Tuesday morning.
The date of the hearing is set for
October and 6. 1t will be open
to the public and will be held in the
House of Representatives chambers
in the State Capitol. Helena.
Senator Robert Durkee (D-HILL)
chairman of the council, cast lone
dissenting vote against IL members of
his committee who favored a court
type hearing that would allow counsel
for both sides, and cross examination.
Durkee said the court type hearing
is placing the council in a judging
position, and he objected, specifical-
ly, to the cross-examination feature
encompassed in council subcommit-
Continued On Page Two)
The people's voice., 1959-07-24

"Unfustified rate increases
for any public utility should be
fought, vigorously by Montana
State AFL-CIO, is the opinion
Of Montana District Council of
Lumber & Sawmill Workers.
In convention assembled in
Kalispell last weekend, repre-
sentatives of one of Montana's larg-
est unions, taking note of the Fl to
so per cent rate increases currently
being sought by Mountain States Tel.
& Tel, stated that ''it is always diff
cult for the consumer to obtain facts
and present his case effectively" to
the ublic Service Commission on pro-
posed rate increases.
To provide a means of assuring util-
ity patrons fair deal, the LSW dele
gates requested the state AFL-CIO
''to do all in it's power to present the
consumers side at various rate hear
ings and wherever the facts indicate,
to E. . combat unjustified rate increas-
es to any public utility"
The people's voice., 1959-07-24

appeared for protestants in the
1857 rate increase which was
denied by the Public Service
Commission. The requested in
crease in 1857 would have cost Mon
tana telephone users over $3,600,000
a year. By using telephone company
figures the pending increase would
amount to more than $3,70O,000 a
year.
Bourassa said protestants figured
the "cost of the expert was very small
compared to money saved consumers
over the past two years.. He added,
present proposed increases will cost
consumers an overall average rate in
crease of about 40 per cent if the COM
pany's rate petition is granted in
full"
DR.. Knappen, native OF South
served as chief economist for
the War Production Board during
The people's voice., 1959-07-24

from the legislature to investigate
this matter.
Prior to Williams being called be-
fore them, the council decided that
this firing was within the scope of the
resolution, if Mr.. Williams believed he
was denoted and fired as a reprisal.
There was considerable discussion
about bringing Mr.. Williams before
the council as Courtesy to determ-
inc whether he wanted" the investi-
cation to proceed, or whether he
might feel it would "embarrass or
humiliate" him in any manner.
I'm what appeared to be an attempt
to justify the disciplinary and dismis-
sal steps taken against the 32-year de-
partmental veteran, in face of wide
spread public protest, Highway Com
mission chairman Harry Burns and
other top departmental spokesman
have made public insinuations reflect
Continued On Page Two)
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
Board of Regents Referendum ;.
Anybody Want a Baby?

promoted from the university units
where they said there was opposition,
and 'loose talk" combatted by telling
people what the referendum will do.
The council feared the results of
their entering into an out-and-out
propaganda campaign, and said it
was a matter of degree" how far
they should go.
Suggesting the large vote in the
legislature in favor of the referendum
was "directive", the council thought
they could contact groups and send
them council information and pro-
paganda on the issue.
Barrett said eff we are not going
to be aggressive we are wasting our
time we might as we'll hire re-
searchers and go home and forget
about it. We are bound to be more
than a board that gives out facts. 1t
is not necessary to get into a debate
on the rights or wrongs but it is our
duty and all we have to do is show
what it will do and what statutes will
be necessary to see that it will work"
Sen. William Mackay (R-Carbon),
pointed out that council took the bill
to the legislature, worked all the way
to pass the measure" and they could
"send out factual information but not
on the issue.
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
Life Jackets May Be Needed

Sen. Bertha Streeter (R-Lake)
jokingly commented "is there any due
course available to the subcommittee
if it digs itself in so far it can't get
itself OUT, Tuesday, when the taxa
tion subcommittee of the Legislative
Council reported it's tentative pro-
gram in the study on problems in the
property taxation field.
The study is directive of the 1859
Legislature to the council, and sub
committee has set forth an eight-point
research project to launch the study,
including:
1. Get any raw data available in the
property taxation field;
2. Get comparable property taxa
ton figures in the western states;
8. Ask Rep. James Felt (R-Yellow-
stone) and Senator A. r. Mcdonnell
R-Sweetgrass) to appear before the
council at its September meeting in
Billings. Felt is considered an auth
ority in the taxation field. Mcdonnell
was author of the resolution asking
for the study;
A. Send a QUESTIONABLE to county
commissioners, assessors and treasur-
ers that will give the council informa-
ton which will be of value to them.
5. Ask the council director to check
all types of lands that are assessed in
the various counties.
6. Ask the director to check the
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
REPEAT DEMAND FOR
REPEAL OF PLAN III
Vacation Coming Up

Starting this afternoon the force
at Coop Pub. and THE VOICE will
be going on annual vacation. The
plant will be closed down.
Vacation issues of THE VOICE
this year, as two years ago, are the
result of the editorial endeavors of
a number of members of the Uni
versity Teachers Union, Missoula.
The teachers, turned editors, have
prepared much thought-provoking
material on important Montana
matters, particularly in the field of
education. We are sure you'll en-
JOY the stimulation of thought both
issues of THE TEACHERS VOICE
will provide. In the meantime, I'm
going fishing.-EDITOR.
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
ASK RESIGNATION OF
HIGHWAY COMMISSION

Three resolutions passed at the 39th
biennial convention dealt with mat
ters concerning highways.
Contending that the "Highway
Commission has shown itself to be
an irresponsible group in the admins
tration of the road construction pro-
gram;" that "such responsibility has
cost and will cost the taxpayers of
Montana many extra millions of dol
lars through poor planning, lack of CO.
ordination with other agencies and
unsound right-of-way procurement
policies" the convention demanded
"that the Governor Immediately re-
quest the resignation of said High
way Commissioners" Further, that
the Governor appoint new ones who
would be more interested in building
roads rather than monuments"
Slaughter on the highways was an
other related resolution. Delegates
said the patrol seems unable or un-
willing to do anything about" the
slaughter, ''preferring rather to blame
the increased fatalities on the Legis-
lature for taking off the 65 mile per
The people's voice., 1959-07-24

World War ii where he was respon-
sible for the analysis of substantially
all information furnished by all util-
ties in the United States in connec-
tion with proposed rate increases.
Since 1916 he has been operating his
own consulting business in Washing
ton, DC. He is a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin and received
his PhD at Columbia University. Fol-
lowing his graduation from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin he served IL
years in security analysis and the di-
rect selling of securities.
Organizations which registered as
protestants at the original hearings
and who will be responsible for the ap-
pearance of the consumers expert,
are the Montana Farmers Union, the
Montana Old Age Pension Associa-
ton, the Montana Mine-Mill and the
Montana State AFL-CIO.
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
Machinists Council TO Hold
10th Anniversary Meeting
In HarIoWton

The Montana Machinists Council
will be holding its 10th annual con-
ference, Saturday and Sunday,
August Is and 16, in Harlowton,
council secretary Carl Dill, Great
Falls, has advised THE VOICE.
The council, comprised of repre-
sentatives of the several lam locals
in Montana, was organized August
FL, 1949 in Helena. Its purpose,
according to Dill, is to work to inn
prove conditions for Machinists and
others in Montana.
Some of the members who helped
organize the council decade ago
are still active participants in the
affairs of the state central body.
This years meeting will be held
in the Harlowton Veterans of For
eign Wars hall, beginning at 10 am.
Saturday and continuing on into
Sunday. August 16.
The people's voice., 1959-07-24


he had to seek his paycheck from the
pocket of Highway Engineer Fred
Quinnell, and in April he had to ask
for his check from the payroll depart
ment and found he was on Supple
mental payroll, and not on the reg
ular payroll.
my check was among the mis-
sing when the April payroll was Civ
en- OUT" he said. "After being on
the payroll for 80 pears they had to
issue me a supplemental check"
He said: that ought to be evidence
enough. Williams produced pay
roll record showing his April pay
marked supplemental, and zap
proved by Fred Quinnell, Jr."
The appearance of Williams with
his attorney, James Bottomly of Hell
ena, followed long discussion during
the morning session of the council as
to whether House Resolution of the
last session was clear directive"
The people's voice., 1959-07-24

How far should the Legisla.
tive Council go in promoting the
Board of Regents referendum
that will appear on the 1860
ballot?
This problem, posed at their
meeting the first of the week,
left the council torn between
what they felt was not quite
within their province, yet fear
ing unless they "did something
the referendum would fail.
Clutching to their breasts the
referendum their predecessors had
presented and pushed through the
1859 Legislature, they didn't know
whether to abandon the child or
keep it under their wing and rear it
to manhood
Fearing that ''forces working to the
detriment" of the referendum would
surely beat it if something isn't done,
the council was searching valiantly
for foster home for the child. They
suggested the Alumni Association
might be accosted. Or perhaps, they
might just leave it ON their doorstep
some dark and starless night.
The council did not think they could
promote the Board of Regents refer
endum as a council, but that as indi-
viduals their paternal instincts should
be aroused.
BARRETT DISTURBED
Fred Barrett (D-Liberty) was dis
turbed by statements made by "the
superintendent (Harriet Miller) that
he termed erroneous statements" He
said he thought meeting should be
held with the Board of Education and
work with them to Combat that
source of disagreement
Doubts were cast about whether the
council could "propagandize any pro-
position of this kind", but others
thought passive resistance" could be
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
Highway Commission Raped
LSw Requests AH-0O Oppose
>Uniusfifed' Utility Rate Hikes

hour speed limit" Because "most of
the fatal accidents occur during the
time when the night speed limit is 55
per hour the removal of the 65-mph
daytime regulation is not the reason
for the increase in fatal accidents. To
curb the accidents the convention de-
manded that the Governor and his
highway patrol commission" take
vigorous action . to end the slaugh-
ter on our state highways by enforce
ment of present speed limits.'
A third resolution involving high
ways requests that the maintenance
engineer of the Montana Highway De-
partment revise his arbitrarily set'
limit of three miles that truck may
continue in an Overloaded condition"
after having been checked. Instead,
the convention proposed that truck
operators "be allowed to proceed to
the nearest dump ground with the
proper safeguards available (for un-
loading trucks) as set forth by the
Montana Logging Codes of the In
dustrial Accident Board.
REPEAT DEMAND FOR
REPEAL OF PLAN ii
Reaffirming a long held position
that Plan III (private insurers) of the
Workmen's Compensation Act should
Continued On Page Two)
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
Union Money Backs SIum
Clearance Projects

NEW YORK - Four trade unions
here are providing financial backing
for two new housing co-ops which will
provide modern homes for 4,548 fam
lilies in areas formerly marred by
slums.
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
The Dismissal of Horace Williams
nee With HR z Mandate
legislative Council To Conduct Investigation

Williams former Highway program engineer in
Legislative Council Monday after
told the council he thought he had been first denoted and
then fired by the Highway Commission reprsa for tesng
before the 1869 Highway Investigating Committee.
subsanaton of his statement he said that in March,
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
DR.. Laur renee
Dr. laurence Ss pen Will Again Represent Patrons
Con- timers Organize To Fight
Proposed Phone Rate Increase
Zen Will Again Represent Patrons


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The people's voice., 1959-07-24

DR.. Knappen, utility consul
tant from Washington, DC,
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