The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1959-10-29
A MINUTE
WITH Nj

Ing or disprOving that ! am 2
Blood Thirsty Nonentity." II
would. In all probability. BE- ems
Ter to prove that I am. in view
of the fact that l have dared t.
question and cditorializc on the
destruction Of public records cor.
corning our school district; and
as q taxpayer. l want to know
where and why my tax dollar Is
being spent. However. il that be
just cause for being labelled .
Blood Thirsty N0ncntity" then
am proud of the deficient and
inferior titling and open my
marked and venomOus club t.
public membership.
When in the course Of this
nOdcrn age Of ransom living
through taxation. a taxpayer is
interested enough to question the
disbursement of his tax dollar.
and asks for a reasonable cx Diana
tiOn as to why the records show.
Ing this disbursement were dc.
strOyed. he is labeled "BlOoG
Thirsty" or a Nothing" then ii
becomes abundantlv clear that
there is a great and distinct devi.
alton from the path of democracy.
There are countries where the
right to ask when. where and
why" are not common. or even
tolerated by the hierarchy or
even those who set themselves as
super individualists under the
protection Of political grandcurs.
However. in this country. il is as
Mr.. krushchev learned. that even
a NOnentity has the right to know
how much tax he pays on loaf
Of bread. or Is legally entitled
to challenge the play il he doubts
. decision.
As for this SO called news
paper press we have at our dis,
pOSal" :. II was bought and
paid for with honest dollars earn.
I'd by working ten and twelve
hours . day . and not placed
at our disposal through Public
Law Sl6 or . supported gif, from
the taxpayers.
We could go on for pages. pos.
Sibly telling much more than is
generally known about certain
records now destroyed. and other
related transactions. We could 60
on to explain that publishers and
editors are adapted to recognizing
many styles Of individual writing
and phraseology. or even the clio.
quence Of ones speech. hut what
good would II do other than "a
possibly point out that the tear
stained letter We received las,
week was not penned or even al
original product Of the one whose
signature II bore. We. too. could
call names and at,cmp, to shift,
the blame Of our shortcomings
onto others: but We will leave
that to the more proficient minds
to he passed on to our children
under the label Of education or
. modern Juvenile art.
II anyone should happen to
see . man clad In his pajamas
aud carrying . large tom CAT
down the street al around three
o'clock IN the morning. don't get
too excited II will probably be
. fellow who works In one Of the
local filling stations. showing his
cat around town and seeing to II
that he doesn't get acquainted
with too many city cats. too soon
4 lot Of interesting. and doubt
fui stories. come out Of the woods
and mountains along with the
hunters. hut this one allcgcdly
took place only . few miles north
Of town.
II seems q couple Of the local
boys were riding the range one
day . few years ago when they
spotted an elk headed their way
Il was following . trail that led
under . tree. and all at once
one Of the riders was struck with
the unique idea thu, II might b.
interesting 10 rope an elk instead
Of . steer.
Anyway. they Shinnied up the
tree with lariat In hand and wait
I'd until the elk was beneath
them. Dropping his loop over the
anticrs. tho successful roper r.,
out . whoop Of Joy that auto
maiically caused the elk to shift
into high gear and take off. snap
ping the cowpOkc from his lofty
perch and landing him some IS
or 20 feet from the tree.
Rolling over 10 check his bruised
undcrcarrtse. the roper shook hts
fist at the fleeing animal and
called him everything In tSc
book. II figured he would get
away" the man later explained
SITTER he cooled off. but the
damn thing took my brand new
iasso with him and ! never found
Il again."
Nov II you don't believe L..
AK Red farmer. lie tells Il .