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The people's voice., 1959-07-03
$3,48O,OOO Added Income Is

certain exhibits and testimony. Leap
hart called some of them "a selling
program with nothing to do with fl
nances'' and ''immaterial and irrele-
want telephone company Advertising.
All objections to Introduction of ex-
hibits and testimony were overruled
by the commission.
When Olsen pointed out that earn
ings per average share of stock, de-
clared dividends per share of stock,
book value per share and average
market price per share were all high
er at the end of 1853 than they were
in 1853 and 1857, George N. Stein
hauer, assistant vice president, Den
ver, said that was because Montana
has been riding on the coattails of
other Mountain States divisions for
the past five years" This was reiter-
ated by Todd when he said, "finan-
cling the continuing large telephone
construction program in Montana has
been possible because other states
in the Mountain States Company have
had better earnings.
D. C. Gillespie, Montana chief en-
gineer, Helena, summarized the five
years since the telephone company
has had rate increase by saying
telephones have increased 30% -.
messages are up 500,
expenditures to handle
the increased business are up 1919
and the company's intrastate invest
ment is up 81 %. He said population
increase in the state over the same
period is 1870 and the company has
$500 invested for each phone in Mon
tana compared to $205 per telephone
five years ago.
j. F. Maher, Montana accounting
said the company only
retains 44.3 cents out of each dollar
Of additional revenue the commission
might authorize because of the i'm
pact of federal and state income tax
evies.
ASKS EARNINGS BE DOUBLED
Contending the Montana division
If MST&T is only realizing 3.65 per
,ent on it's investment at the present
ime and needs 7.5 to per cent in
'oday's market to raise necessary
'apital, Steinhauer put forth the COM
,any test for fair rate of return. He
aid the commission should:
/. Allow earnings which are rea-
onably comparable to those in other
businesses with which the company
must compete for new capital;
2. Permit earnings which will en-
BILE the company to attract new
money on reasonable terms and,
8. Permit it to maintain it's credit
nd financial integrity.
According to company exhibit
resented by Mr.. Todd the six year
evenue deficiency for the Montana
vision (including 1850 amounts
0 $9,291,OOO.
The people's voice., 1959-07-03

men are also those who would replace
the family farm with large General
Motors-type corporation farms, the
head of the 16,000-farm family organ
ization said that "bitter partisans of
the huge corporate interests are at
tempting to turn our state and nation
back to the conditions of the 10Th
century -
Noting the constant efforts put
forth to drive a wedge in farmer
labor cooperation, Kenfield told the
convention that "some of our oppo-
nents want to ruin our effectiveness
because by our united action we have
shown we can achieve worthwhile
conditions for our people and all citi-
zens some of our opponents want
to destroy our organizations because
by our common efforts we have dem
onstrated that we possess the power
to bring economic and social condi-
tions and a high standard of living
if we stick together /. Let's not be
suckers for the hucksters of hatep'
he said, Lets go after the real things
that countp
FOR A BETTER NATION
To secure the "real things that
count, Kenfield said, ''we need pro-
grams that bring more jobs, more
farm opportunities, more income for
many of our low income people and
more economic security with ade-
quate cushions against sickness and
old age"
Among steps necessary to achieve
such goals, he said, we need:
1. An adequate farm program to
save the family farm.
2. We need development of our
enormous river resources.
Striking at the canard that family
farms are Insufficient he said the |
facts show otherwise; they are "on
the whole, efficient units of opera
ton they are producing cheap,
abundant food for the nation and
many parts of the world -; that
family farms, unlike GM-type corpor-
alton farms offer huge market for
the many products of labor, whether
household appliances, au-
processed food stuffs, etc.
Noting the the farmer ''is the little
guy in the subsidy picture, that the
farmer gets only small fraction of
all subsidies handed out each year;
that, for example, LIFE Magazine
alone gets $9.5 million subsidy from
Uncle Sam each year, Kenfield struck
out strongly for an adequate farm
program =. one which twill provide
family farmers a chance to earn
full parity of income under pro-
gram that will encourage soil con-
;ervation and human conservation so
The people's voice., 1959-07-03
NEED PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
OF RESOURCES

Urging that 'let's be positive and
let's look to the future the farm
leader said 'we need to keep what
we have and we need to bring the
programs that are dynamic and good.
We need better farm program. But
that won't be enough. We must get
on with the job of developing our
natural resources for the use of all
our citizens"
Noting that the nation is short of
power, especially in the West and
Midwest, he said 'we need to shake
off the clammy hands of the power
trust now throttling river valley de-
velopment :" and get on with "Big
Horn Dam, Libby Dam, Paradise Dam
those multipurpose public dams
should be under construction" if we
are to provide food, shelter and jobs
for a population which sis growing
at the rate of nearly three million a
year :"
"More than that, we should have
integrated federal development of
river resources, region wide /.
1t seems to me we should at last
The people's voice., 1959-07-03
"On What the Throws Away We Could Build An MVA"
AFL-OO Hears Need For A ,Hiqh
Adventure In Good Citizenship

o
nga Of
% o. the
aefai eric
the
The people's voice., 1959-07-03

You must not know too much :.
about birds and trees and flowers
F. certain free margin :. helps
your enjoyment of these things
WALT WHITMAN.
The people's voice., 1959-07-03
A CONFUSING PROPOSITION

Testimony in rate hearings include
complicated financial involvements
like the stock market, cost of capital,
debt ratio, original cost, original cost
less depreciation, reproduction cost
new less depreciation and cost per
telephone terms that leave the
average consumer completely baffled.
The intricacies of telephone company
financing and ratemaking are further
confused by the Bell System and the
fact that Montana is but one of sew
eral states in the Mountain States
group.
Company experts are undeniably
just that, and they discuss this COM
plicated inter-company high finance
like we discuss the family budget.
Only an expert could possibly
cross examine the telephone COM
pany experts.
"TELEPHONE COMPANY
Interspersed in the hearings were
by protestants' counsel to
The people's voice., 1959-07-03
that the future of both land and peo-
pie will be assured :"
LESS AND LESS, AT MORE
AND MORE COST

LESS AND LESS, AT MORE
AND MORE COST
The farm program, under Ezra
Benson, he said, is one of progressive
ly less income for farmers, higher
food prices, and progressively higher
personnel costs in the u. S. Dept. of
Agriculture. Rep. Harold Cooley,
chairman of the House Ag Committee,
Kenfield said, had put the problem
in nutshell recently when the House
farm expert stated: "Since Mr.. Ben
son began to bring down farm prices
five years ago, farm income has
dropped about 81 billion year, the
cost of the farm program has in
reased about 81 billion a year, farm
debt has climbed about 81 billion
year-and farm people have been
leaving the farms at the rate of about
one million a year,
Those one million people, the MFU
president pointed out, "are in the
cities looking for jobs" in competi-
tion to unemployed workers.
American agriculture, h e said,
said, needs to have cat least SIS billion
more net income year E. instead
of taking 81 billion a year away from
agriculture.
"Such program would stabilize
family living on the farm, strength
en- our rural communities, make
more jobs available for people in
the towns and cities and in general
lift the entire economy . :"
COOP TAX ISSUE, SAME
AS "RICHT-TO-WORK'
Pointing out that the self-help busi-
ness institution, the cooperative,
which assists the farmer "stretch out
his take-home pay which in most
cases is none too good", Kenfield
said that this coop tax issue is
political issue; that co-ops "are pay
ing all taxes that they are required
to do under the laws. They are i'm
portant property taxpayers as a
check at any court house will reveal.
Co-ops do not have income. What
ever savings they make are returned
20 the patron-owners. On these saw
ngs, the patron-owners must pay in
come tax. In this connection, he
pointed out that the 1859 Legislature
passed bill chat would have
the law on taxation of
patronage refunds in the hands of
he patron, only to see it's work go
,or naught because of veto by Gov
srnor Aronson.
THE coop tax issue to the farm
err" Kenfield emphasized, "is much
the same as the 'right-to-work' is
sue to the union worker. The coop
is the farmers bargaining agent.
Destroy the bargaining agent and
you do great damage to the farmer.
Destroy the Union with 'right-to-
work laws and you do great harm
to the working man and woman"
JEED PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
)F RESOURCES
Urging that 'let's be positive and t
cts look to the future" the farm i
eader said 1--WE need to keep what V
Fe have and we need to bring the i
rograms that are dynamic and good. s
We need a better farm program. But O
hat won't he enouph Wa n11ct pet L
The people's voice., 1959-07-03
Continued From Page One)

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Further breakdown according to
the testimony reveals residence
rates would increase from SO cents
per month to $500 per month.
Business rates would increase from
$500 to $500 per month. Todd
said this amounted to an average
percentage revenue increase of
1s1s%.
In 1857 the company asked for a
$3,295,000 increase, which the COM
mission denied. The company at that
time figured this was an average
1872 per cent increase, but break
downs brought it nearer to a 20 per
cent to So per cent, at that time.
WOULD UP LONG DISTANCE
RATES
A tentative proposal on long dis
tance rates inside Montana boundaries
would amount to 81 per cent, ac-
cording to company figures. Changes
are proposed in day station-to-station
rates as we'll as in other classes of
long distance calls, such as person-to-
person and night and Sunday station
to-station", Todd said.
Testifying further the Montana
general manager said, of the total
revenue requirement of
100000, approximately $4,000 will
come from the proposed increases in
long distance charges; ap-
$224,O00 will come from
the proposed increases in basic local
service rates; the remaining
$4,000 will be fairly spread over
services, including serv-
ice connection, move and change
charges.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-13
Airy, I'exture(l
Is Fabric Idea

Appropriately foi' spring nav
fabric take ou All airy look. With
textures refined, and often crisp
Mohairs are fluffy rather than
shaggy. and tweedS and other fab
rics h ow marked preference
for almost-lacy effects.
Topped nlohairs and souffle
Woolens are impressive III open
basketweave+ and fishnet nohair
makes an entry. looking refresh
ingly springiike Other cool and
lacy looks are achieved III wool
and mohair boucles, hopsackines,
and blends of Wool Win SIKH cot
ten or synthetics
Some Hoped moha.rs have been
pressed flat making for novel
effect and ea4icr care Also f.
vored- are bras he'd sarfaces,
tweeds lightly olnbellshed with
mnhair loops and MY Ea-t lep&.
Worsteds expres nEture iatlr-
est til -ough ribpea l.aeslike "
knit look surf co~ With CLASSIC
checked and Naf alaid Ngi
steds continuing roprlar- One Of
the incest new i5eas il wnF-
sted for spring il worsted crepe,
liked especially for suits and COS
tunes.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-13

Interesting colorS and prints and
feminine trims hep to MAKE
lingerie look very fresh and pref
t. this spring
Flowers bloom everywhere
Floral accents are embroidered
on pastel slips. peignoirs and
sleepwear. while flowery print
team With harmonHlng solla cob
o. for a new look III sleep sets.
These prints are characterized
by a delicate ain. inspired BY Or
iental walefcolors OF English gar
dens
Other prints are bright ana
bold, sometimes with an opales
cent effect. They include OVER
blown blossoms space prints over
pigment white stripes ard seat
tered fruits in flat black outlined
technique All are effective ae-
signs Tor busters, on glazed pc
plain percaleS Of cotton FATTY,
Embossed cotions and flocked
and printed nElon sheer I'm raha
make use Of such new ideas
allover lace effects and patte.n
that suggest Swiss applique
Baby doll paiamas appeae M
fiowery cortons With lacT acc vi
Flarlng trapeze skirts tenn fEGn
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-13

Lifted Waistline
Effect; Fashion
Combinations

Fashion plans fol- spring revolve
around the costume 100 K Al
thtNgh TIM general stvlc trend IL
Upward shorter skirts. liftsd
loak Waisllips, more top inter
est the emphasis il, not 70
much on silhouette as on the at
tiactiVe combination Of all fash
len clements.
Such spring partnerships AZ the
dress plus jacket or coat. the
cont with a matching Skirt and
the suit with coordinated blouse
afe present in abundance, ready
for wearing Certainly one Of all
Of these Will find their way into
most WavdIobes. and fashion-con-
cious women viii want to as
semble additional costumes. from
dresses, coats suits, jackets and
hlau1er that are purchased sep-
afatcly
All n focal point cf fl hion. cos-
tume5 reveal the outstanding
sMlna trends Take, for instance.
tAe Kite jackets, rih-cage ~
waist lehggh that appeal 40 fre-
cnon.iY IN drcss iacNat comb
nafioAs These brief jackets help
ta carry out the hiah wasted
leok, which N often Just a look
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-13

PENNY DIXON TX left steps out III fashion with
green fiortl print dress by BERRY Gliden. 4
beige picture hat chosen from the exclusive
millinery selection Dasid>ons second floor
Matching a!atts, bag and shoes provide the
nhsticated touch that tops the >tSie for Easter
fashion.
MRS. N4NN4E FITZGERALD picks 1 CON
sentative navy suit. made by Chatham, that is
alwara proper st>lsh and stands out best for
sunday Attic Her light tue hat is artisticaus
chosen to maseh MATT costume jeweiry and her
White gloves the ideal companion for her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24

Christmas ! decorate a card
table and put them on 1t.
When we have company we
give the children what Santa
left and the adults we show
the table and tell them to
pick out what they want.
In this way 1t is a surprise
to them and really isn't a
Christmas present so that
they would feel they have to
give you one next year. get
a kick out Of collecting the
items, they get a kick out OF
picking what they want. It is
interesting watching to see
what each person will pick
out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24

the early afternoon. We called
1t a day in order to go SWIM
ming in the nice lake and to
visit the glens. 1t is a small
rocky canyon and very beau
tiful.
From there we went
through Rochester to Niagara
Falls. We didn't drive all the
way there. but stopped 10 Or
is miles before the town in
order not to get into the rush.
You shouldn't have any
trouble finding quarters as
the vacation season is over
now.
I think you will have a nice
trip, especially since the sea-
son is changing now. Don't
forget a camera. ! would rec
ommend color film.
Drive carefully.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24

, Watkins Glen, arriving in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Re: Shower Curtains

Mrs. r. G., Springfield
To Mrs. B. G. H., Washington
Although I am not famil-
lar with the cleaning method
to which you refer. I have
had excellent results with
cleaning my plastic shower
curtain in the washing ma
chine.
I washed it for four min
utes with warm water and
soap, let it rinse and spin
dry, then hung 1t in the sun
to dry. For best results wash
alone and be sure that no
parts are sticking together
as they go into the washer.
If you have the cloth type
shower curtain. / suggest let
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
READERS CLEARING HOUSE

over the top of the head
covering the ears and tying
under the chin.
The prices stores ask seem
absurd when one could make
one so quickly and easily.
Thank you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24

ting your dry cleaner do 1t
for you. He can restore the
water-proofing that may be
lost in cleaning.
Good luck!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Mrs. II. r., WaShinotC

MHS' ~ 10 WusHstytoH
I would appreciate a recipe
from someone in the Deep
South for artichoke relish.
We were gifted with a jar last
fall, I hesitate to request the
recipe for fear the giver will
feel it necessary to provide
more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Two Suggestions
r. w Wdshin Jton

Here is a suggestion I have
found helpful. When ! write
someone for information in
stead of sending a self-ad-
dressed, stamped envelope
(unless they request it or it
seems more practicaD. I send
them a double post card. 1t
serves the same purpose and
is easier for both Of us.
This suggestion is a lot of
fun. During the year /. get
articles with coupons at sales
and prizes. samples, etc. At
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Knitted Heodbunds

MIS-. 3, W. betHeSuu
I would like very much
to have the knitting instruc-
ton for the headbands that
little girls wear in cool
weather. They are a strip
of knitted material about
three inches wide. They go
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
IT'S A DATE
TODAY


Have a hat problem? Gil
bert Orcel. Paris, of Orcel
Millinery. will be available
for customer consultation to-
day and tomorrow from IL
am. to 5 pm. at julius Gar
f1nckel's Washington store,
Couturier Department, third
floor.
Fall fashions by Kasper of
American Editions with Her.
bert Kasper as guest COM
mentator will be shown in
shows scheduled at 2::30 pm.
today in Julius Garfinckel's
Washington store, fourth
floor, Misses Department,
and at 1890 pm. in Gar
finckel's Spring Valley branch
store. Friday, at the Seven
Corners store, Mr.. Kasper
will be available for customer
consultation from 2 to 6 pm.
and at 2::30 pm. he will COM
mentate a fashion show.
An evening fashion show is
scheduled for 8 pm. at the
Presidential Arms with Selma
fashions. Capitol furs and
shoes from the Shoe Box.
Ginny DeFranceaux will
commentate. with modelling
by the Models Guild.
Appointment with FASH
ion" will be presented by the
Wheaton Studio at the Nor
mandy Farm with the latest
fashions from Miss Harper
and coiffures by 10 Finch of
Beauty, Inc. Arlene Duffy
win commentate.
FRIDAY
Fall hat fashions will be
featured at Julius Gar
finckels Tea Room fashion
show, Washington store.
from IL to 2 pm.
Casual wear from Hay
mans will be spotlighted at
an $3.50 pm. fashion show
for Mermaids Club at the
Rose Hill Swimming and
Tennis Club. Vincent ct
Vincent hairstyles; Models
Guild models; commentary
by Jackie Marley.
Mr.. John, creator of mil
linery and haute couture.
will present millinery fash
ions from his 1859 fall and
winter ''Napoleonic Collec-
ton at Erlebacher, 1893 Con-
necticut avenue NV. from
10 am. to 5 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Reader Advises on Trip to Niogora FoIls
Mrs. P. g.. washington; to N. '. G

Mrs. p. g., washington; to M. v. c. Chepy Chase
We made this trip three years to Canada.
We went by the route through Frederick and Harrisburg to
Wliamsport where stayed overnight Then went to
Corning There have to stop and visit the Steuben glass
works.
The people's voice., 1959-12-11

My highest hope, at this point, is
to see this new respect for the IL
brary in Conrad turn into active en-
thusiasm for its support-the kind of
constructive enthusiasm shared by
all of you people here today. When
| consider that over five hundred
new cards have been issued by our
librarian in the past six months. and
that children are flocking in ever
increasing numbers to the weekly
Story Hour, and that our daily book
circulation is, at least, ten times
greater than it was last year at this
time this hope doesn't seem foolish
its realization seems inevitable.
The 'new frontiers" of the human
mind are beginning to exert strong
appeal on active and adventurous
people in our community. Soon it
will be only matter of time before
the barriers are down, and the wastes
are cleared, and the builders of IL
braries prevail. At least, that has
become my motto.
The people's voice., 1959-12-11
The Most Frightening Wilderness
Continued From Page Two)

Continued From Page Two)
library, as had been done in the past
1t was also an attempt upon our part
to cooperate in the nationwide eff
fort to extend library services to rural
areas. The county participated to the
extent of Il mill. or around $4,000.
This gave US, then, around $4,000
to operate on during the fiscal year
1958-59. 1t was substantial increase
over the $1,000 that had been avail
able in years past. Still, as you all
know, books have become very ex-
pensive in recent years and profess
sional library service luxury. We
needed both so badly that the amount
we budgeted for would have been
mere drop in the bucket had we not
taken another, most important, step.
This was to enter into a contract for
service with the Great Falls Library.
Great Falls is just sixty miles south
of Conrad, and it boasts one of the
finest libraries in the state. The terms
new books we order shall be pur-
chased, processed and cataloged by
the Great Falls library. We are also
provided with the advisory services
of their professionally trained staff
and an in-service training program
for employees of our library. In addi-
tion, we are provided with the re-
sources of their extensive reference
collection. In exchange, Great Falls
keeps one-third discount they re-
ceive on the purchase of all our books
at the publishers list price. This year
that will amount to around $1,000.
However, instead of the contract
costing US money we can i'll afford
to spend, we in Conrad all feel that
is it, in effect, stretching our $4,000
budget to many times that amount by
enabling US to provide both quality
and quantity in service to the COM
munity that few towns the size of I
ours can ever hope to provide by
t
The contract with Great Falls has {
made our librarian familiar with the t
highest standards of library service. {
It has provided her with training t
n the most efficient and up-to-date
and procedures in library '
echniques. The time consuming and i
tasks of processing and r
,ataloging new books have been c
fitted from her shoulders.
The people's voice., 1959-12-11
How can a farm afford
the special services it needs?

Farming :. ). like any other industry
needs the efficiencies and economies of
specialized departments.
The farm business needs sales de-
partment and a purchasing department
;. someone to counsel on insurance
and credit :. and many more depart
ments to work out important problems
If 1t weren't for cooperatives, most
farmers couldn't afford these special
lied services. Purchasing cooperatives
supply materials and products of high
est quality at lowest possible cost. Mar
keting cooperatives help improve the
quality of produce and sell it at the
most favorable prices. Mutual insur-
ance companies provide protection at
lowest cost. Credit associations lend
money for farm operations.
These cooperatives make farming
more business-like and more profitable.