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Holmes County herald., 1960-03-17

in the refrigerator. You can
keep dry milk at room temp
erature of Is degrees or less
for several months. if you
cover the container tightly to
keep out moisture, which an
lead to off flavorS.
Holmes County herald., 1960-03-17

Sell 1t Or Swap 1t
With A
Herald Want Ad
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-06-03

were shipped to Texas, New Jersey
and to the city markets of. Chicago
and Los Angeles, as well as Spokane,
which shows a decided preference fol-
Montana, produce. e. sss &
If customer doesn't like the
grading of the produce received he
may call for an inspection by the
u. S. Agriculture Department. If a
producers inspector receives five re-
versals on grading he is dismissed
from the service. Montana had only
two grading reversals last year.
The candidates for office have time
and again called for more industry
in the state while speaking at the
grass roots level. Idaho is developing
industry in the processing field based
on their main agricultural crop. This
type of economy has been developed
to high degree in the central states
with the corn-hog industry. BY fol-
lowing the example of Idaho and Gre
ating employment in year round pro-
cessing and packaging industries for
our own agricultural wealth we may
be able to increase the per capita in
come and general standard of liv-
ing.-FS
Despite the open appeal to gam
bling in Montana by Mike Kuchera,
the "smart money is being placed on
Lit. Gov. Paul Cannon to pick up the
nomination for Governor on the DEM
ocratic ticket. - ~
According to reports, the ''smart
money" has picked $4,000 in Lewis
town and $1,000 in Great Falls on
Cannon to win. The odds Cannon
hackers had to make to attract the
easy pickin's has not been disclosed.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-06-03
MILES ROMNEY, In J

/
One of the biggest businesses Montana has turned
be the purchase of right of by the Montana Highway
partment The Commission has published bulletin advising
that during 1853 the department
right of Montana roads In addition right
of expenditures advises the bulletin dated March 1860
necessary expend total of $3.50 to
adjust utilities which affected by highway cosuc-
and to design these Preliminary engineering the
states, during 1859, about 81 1899, 872.88.
So great deal of used for other than
digging the prairie cutting through the hills laying the
gravel and oil. te9es Tr+
Much of the doubt upon the fed
era highways and that other state highways Uncle
Sam pays better than one-ha, times much
Just because Uncle Sam most of the BILL
why public funds should be wasted they has been
charged publicly time and by Lieut. Gov Paul Cannon
We ought to the of cent which the
federal provides. None of it should land in
the socks of people who take advantage of rghofway
situations, prices for road contracts other
people.
1t would be interesting committee the Legisla
would investigate rghofway purchases and
pubcize list of vendors of ghofways of each
tract acquired by the state paid for both
aggregate and determining at the time what
adjacent land of the character has been selling for in
The lists might be turned to the income
Charles making the proper of income and whether
there been splitting of funds realized from sale of
If the right kind of Legislative committee would
dig into this matter, could happen that the state would
able to lot of possibly expended without
much by the Highway Department. At the least
would demonstrate whether the charges made by Lieut. Gov
Paul substanated of the figures Mr.
certainly there something
rotten in Denmark
Have you got any right-of-way to sell?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-06-03
COP Soil Bank
Laying Waste To
Eastern Montana

GREAT FALLS PRIMARY cause
of economic dislocation in Eastern
Montana is the Republican Soil Bank
program" Democratic congressional
Candidate Leo Graybill, Jr.,, declared
this week.
The 36-year-old Great Falls law
yer said the program sis putting the
squeeze on the family farmer and
the small businessman. If it is con-
tinued, rural communities dotting the
39-county Eastern District may van
ish." s aa8oTa
Graybill said conversations with
voters throughout the district have
indicated MANY farmers are putting
their land in the Soil Bank and leav-
ing their communities and in some
cases, the state"
He said this results in a disappear
ance of business formerly transacted
with local merchants and has a de-
pressing and far-reaching effect on
all Montanans. s< - .
In his statement, Graybill asserted
"it is a distressing sight to see thou
sands of acres of tumbleweeds where
well-kept fields once existed. Land
in the Soil Bank is being wasted and
makes farming difficult on other
property because of weed seed foul
ing surrounding acreage.
Because of drought conditions in
Eastern Montana, the grass seeding
program which was added to the Soil
Bank has not been successful in
many areas.
although there may be value in
returning some cropland to grass, the
program under the Republican De-
partment of Agriculture has resulted
in running much of the land, depress-
ing the economy of rural communi-
ties and adversely affecting the well
fare of all Montana"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-06-03

l found out why politicians in
Montana are always talking about
grass root levels, grass root move
ments, grass roots, etc. Grass roots
are rather uncontroversial unless
you happen to be Slave to a flower
bed. If politician goes below the
grass roots level and talks about the
soil and the things which grow in
the top soil which furnishes the state
with the biggest industry we have,
he gets into trouble, unless he is very
well coached ON the subject.
w. Napton, the chief horticulturist
and quarantine Inspector of the Mon
tana Agriculture Department gave
me little coaching On the subject
of Macintosh apples and potatoes
mentioned In this column two weeks
ago.
(Mr. Napton's first name is Well
ing but he prefers to use a plain "W"
because almost everyone who writes
his name adds ''ton'' and makes it
Wellington which he objects to be-
cause that is not his Rankin Mon
tana's personality scene.)
Napton explained to me that in
1924 Montana shipped $4,000 ear
loads of Macintosh apples to the
New York City market. In 1925
nothing was shipped to New York
because of the increased production
in New York and because the variety
seemed to grow even better in New
York.
Napton also Strengthened me out
on potatoes. The most Montana ever
ships yearly is $500 carloads, while
Idaho produced 10000 carloads in
1859 eM sgrsIgs .ZA@sa
Napton said, I.Comparing Montana
to Idaho potatoes is like comparing
Flathead Lake to the Pacific Ocean"
$4,000 carloads never left Idaho
but went directly to professors in
the state. The potatoes were made
into canned potatoes, or into deny
drafted forms, or into starch. Gull
potatoes. were fed to livestock.
One grading shed in Blackfoot,
Idaho, has more than $4,000 worth |
of equipment and handles potatoes
in an amount equal to the entire |
Montana production. The potato in
1ustryein the Townsend area is serv-
ICED by three dilapidated cellars.
Montana and Idaho are under the
same U. S. Department of Agricul-
5ure standards and have the same
grading standards for interstate ship
nent. There is a major difference
however. The growers in Idaho have
and had the state enforce
grading standard laws much higher
han those used in federal inspec-
ions. Thus a number two potato in
Montana needs to be one and one
lalf inches in diameter while an
IDAHO number two is washed and
must weigh a minimum of six ounces.
The one and one-half inches would
,e what they call utility grade
n IdaA4 Their standard grade is the
,aking si1e.
Napto9, who has been with the
Iorticult3lre Service 20 years, re-
,orts that last year 13,040 carloads
# M0fftana horticultural products
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-06-03

A- QuaIffied-C ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Pol Adv Paid for by Fern L. Baker Helena, Montana
Evening star., 1960-01-03
Cor Kills Couple
Walking on Rood

ELKTON, Md, Jan. 2 (AP)
"A Clintonville (N.Y.) couple
was killed returning to their
motel after dinner tonight on
Route 40 one mile west OF
Elkton.
They were Raymond ]. La
mountain. 81, and his wife
Loretta. SO.
Troopers from the Darlington
barracks quoted Hendrick L.
Hortensius. "a, driver of the
car which struck the couple
as saying he didn't see them
until they stepped in the path
of the automobile. Mr.. Horten-
sius. of Montreal, Canada, was
eaStbound on the rain-sWept
highway. He was freed in SlOO
bail on a charge of reckless
driving.
Evening star., 1960-01-03
Hal Short Named
To Direct 9. 0. P.
Publicity Setup

Hal E. Short. West Coast
political campaigner and public
relations man. has been named
public relations director of the
Republican National Commit
tee.
The appointment was an
nounced yesterday as Repub-
lican National Chairman a n
Thruston B. Morton filled one
OF several vacancies on the
committee in preparation for
this years presidential cam
paign.
Mr.. Short. 48. has filled sew
eral assignments for the COM
mittee in the past. He was
assistant campaign director
under Robert Humphreys in
the 1866 campaign. He also
served a year with the State
Department.
A native Of Greeley, Colo,
Mr.. Short was graduated from
the University Of Oregon in
1898.
Evening star., 1960-01-03

a trace of evidence; but If a
bus passed over the mixture
today, there would be no ex-
plosion, because of the big,
soft rubber tires.
The new, fast, smooth
streamliners began to replace
the lovable old crates which
preceded them about 1885.
Conductors - who always
seemed to enjoy their work
went away; some we're turned
into motormen.
Conductors Depart
The streamliners were "Presi-
dents Conference Cars" Back
in 1924. some streetcar line
presidents had gotten together,
pooled 81 million, and pleaded
for someone to change the de-
sign of the streetcar, which
had remained largely the same
even after the horse, like the
conductor. had made its way
into the night.
The result was the Pee car.
For time, the conductors were
retained in the middle Of the
new PEGS. This was known
as the witt" system of con-
Quoting, named for a Peter
Witt who lived in Cleveland
and thought there ought to be
a second man in the new cars.
You paid as you got out, by
the center door.
But after the Witt conductor
left, there were those who dis
covered the lone motorman,
particularly in the late hours,
never watched the rear of the
car too closely. This gave a
chance to young people to doc
tor up the colorful strips Of
advertisements which ran the
length of the car.
The practice seems to have
died out. Blame it on the bus.
Gone, too. is an event in the
lives of thousands which took
place every evening at Wis
consin and P street NV.
The packed streamliner
would slip up Wisconsin and
Evening star., 1960-01-03
Policeman Hurt
On Motorcycle

A 33-year-old motorcycle
policeman received a broken
arm, leg and lacerations in q
collision with a streetcar last
night.
Taken to the Washington
Hospital Center was Pvt. Wal
ter j. Anderson, a resident OF
$500 Coswell place. Hyattsville,
Police reported the motor
cycle went out of control after
it skidded on some car tracks
near California street and Co.
lumbia road NV.
The streetcar was operated
by Billy j. Thompson, %, of
l04 Woodside drive, Wood
bridge. Va.
A Corporation Counsel's
hearing has been scheduled in
the case February l6.
Evening star., 1960-01-03

hard seats. Some people paid
as much as 81 to make the ef-
fort.
Frequently, 1855 held up
younger streetcars and de.
stroyed the best-laid time
schedules. And there were
probably a few among the
crowds it attracted out in the
streets that had never seen
anything like it before. And
after 1T had run all day, it was
to do the same thing last night.
All is not completely lost
yet. Streamliners will still
ride the rails of the Mount
Pleasant. Fourteenth, Eleventh
and U streets lines for a while,
Argument Lives
They will also serve to keep
the argument alive that street.
cars are better than buses. a
question that may never be
settled, although the buses
which roll down Macarthur
boulevard today may seem to
have settled it once and for
all.
The streetcar lines converted
today all run back to 1862
when the first horse drawn car
tangled pleasantly on the
Washington scene. Since then,
over the lines have come cable
cars, trolley cars-open or
shut, some with straw on the
floor to keep the feet warm
and finally the steamliners.
The late John Clagett Proc.
tor, chronicler of Washington,
writing about transportation in
the 1930s. had made up his
mind about the way things
change when he said, THE
good old days, when life was
a long, easy and cheap ride,
departed with the two-horse
streetcars.
One wonders what the buses
of today will depart with. Or
whether anyone will bid them
a sad farewell.
Maybe you have to get to
know them.
Evening star., 1960-01-03
District Boy, 6, Killed
While Crossing Street

A 6-year-cld boy was kille
instantly yesterday as he ran
across the street in front of his
Northeast home. 1t was the
third District traffic death of
1860.
/ Rodney Holland, who lived
with Mr.. and Mrs. William E.
Smith. at 4440 Douglas street
NE. was running across the
street to deliver a message to
a neighbor when he was struck
by a car driven by Willie G.
Stokes, 40, Of the 1900 block
of Monroe street NV. police
said.
They said the boy was cross
ing the street in the middle of
the block.
The driver was charged with
unreasonable speed and homi-
eide. He is an assistant fore
man for the General Services
Administration.
The child was living in the
care Of the Smiths. friends of
his mother, Mrs. Barbara Hol-
land. who is employed as a
store clerk. The Smiths were
at home at the time Of the
accident.
In another traffic fatality,
Airman l/c Stanley M. Cline,
"a. stationed at Boiling Air
Force Base, died early yester-
day in Casualty Hospital of in
juries received when the car in
which he was a passenger coll
lided with another at M and
Union streets S.W. late New
Years day.
Ironically, the airman had
been selected as a pallbearer
for the funeral in Hampton,
Va. today for Charles r. Test,
"a, a former bandsman at Boil
ing. who was killed in an auto
mobile crash Thursday at VAL
ley avenue and Wheeler road
Sc.
The first District traffic
Evening star., 1960-01-03

there should be a Federal
corporation to handle Mary
land Virginia Washington
mass transportation problems.
He was asked if he favored
a ban on use Of cars in the
downtown section. Mr.. Morris
said that If the population goes
to 3 million by 1880, there will
have to be more room and
fewer cars downtown. People
will have to go by public rapid
transportation instead Of in
private automobiles, he de-
clared.
Evening star., 1960-01-03

tive body is Congress. We
think it is unfair that we don't
have a vote for President or q
representative or more in Con-
gress." Mr.. Morris said in ar
interview with reporters over
station WTOP-TV.
But as to home rule, Mr.
Morris said: I'VE think the
Commissioner form of govern
ment is excellent, perhaps bet
ter than If we had local elec-
tions.
IF we had an elective local
government. Congress would
not turn over to it SIS or $50
million in the form of a Fed
eral contribution. 1t would be
lower or not at all"
On the subject of sales taxes,
Mr.. Morris said there should
be uniformity among the Dis
trict. Maryland and Virginia.
The District has a 2 per cent
sales tax. Maryland 3 per cent
and Virginia is considering a
3 per cent levy.
Mr.. Morris said he feels the
District is not getting a suffi-
cient Federal payment from
Congress. He indorsed the
Commissioners current pro-
posal for a $l2 million tax in
crease IF there is no other
way"
He also Endorsed the pro-
posal for a permanent Inter-
national Trade Center here
and said the board has a COM
mittee working on the idea. It
would need several acres OF
property. including space for
an auditorium holding 10000
persons, he said.
Mr.. Morris also declared
Evening star., 1960-01-03

arch enemy, the automobile
would often deposit a link of
skid chain on snowy days,
wedging it tightly into the
narrow space between the
rails When the streamliner
came along the link ripped of
the plow that conducted the
power up from the third rail,
Left Helpless
The streamliner was helpless
then, along with everybody in
side, and it had to be pushed
to a point like Wisconsin and
Evening star., 1960-01-03

Most passengers seemed to
know what was going on
the switch from underground
power to the trolley over
head. But some refused 10
learn and let it go as one of
many silent mysteries in an
electric world.
Buses, they say, don't have
to do that.
1t was that business of get
tie up traffic for hours and
ting its power underneath the
streets that frequently got the
streamlinerS into trouble. Its
Evening star., 1960-01-03
zoning Group
FdcesChange
Adviser Revompinq
Urged by WeIIinu

District Engineer Commits
sioner A. c. yelling said yes
terday he will move immedi-
ately to revamp the loosely
run, loosely organized" Zoning
Advisory Committee.
Gen. yelling declared that
as a result Of attending a re-
cent Zoning Commission hear
ling he stumbled onto" the fol-
lowing facts:
The Zoning Advisory Com
mittee has no charter, no chair
man, no precise terms of
Office for members and really
no specific designation of mem
bership.
I'm retrospect, I realize that
the lack Of cohesiveness with
the committee has been re-
flected in the Zoning Commits
sion, where not too much
weight has been placed on
the recommendations of the
committee during the past two
years." he AIDED.
Commissioner yelling said,
during a WWDC Radio Station
program, Reports to the Peo-
ple," that he had written let
ters outlining his findings to
those groups having member
ship on the advisory board.
They are: The Washington
Board Of Trade, WASHINGTON
Real Estate Board, American
Institute Of Architects, Home
Builders Association, Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations
and the Building Owners and
Managers Association.
i shall propose to the Zon-
ing Commission that we put
the Zoning Advisory Commit
tee on a formal basis with an
appropriate charter, q chair
man, and precise terms of Of
nee and specific designations
on membership" he said.
Evening star., 1960-01-03

Mr.. Phillips said last night
the question of whether the
Scouts should be direct mem
bers of UGF is of mo real
significance" at this time.
There is only one problem as
I see it now" he declared, "and
that is that the Scouts are
going ahead in spite Of HWC's
refusal"
Two New CategOries
The Health and Welfare
Council, with UGF backing ap.
proved a sustaining member
ship enrolment last February.
1t is Identical in every respect
with the one which the Scouts
will conduct next month but
with two exceptions.
To the acceptable categories
Of parents of Scouters and ac-
tive Scout leaders. the Scouts
will add two new categories-
Scout alumni and proven SUD-
porters Of Scouting. The Scouts
claim the two new categories
would only involve two-tenths
OF one per cent more of the
area population.
They stress that their appeal
is limited. not a broad COM
munity one, and also stress
their dedication to united CIV
ing "as long as it can raise
the money"
The Scouts note that they
have received approximately
$268,000 from UGF for the past
three years. and can expect the
same amount this year from
the 1859 UGF campaign.
Yet. Mr.. Gore pointed out,
during the past year the Ma
tional Capital Area Council
has been called upon to or
ganize and establish 220 new
troops. packs and posts SO that
thousands Of additional boys
who desire this program could
enjoy its benefits"
There are now $500 troops,
packs and posts. he said.
During the past 10 years, he
said, the local Scout council
has grown from a membership
of 12.37s TO $4,000 boys, an in
crease Of PAT per cent. The boys
are led by $500 adult
Scouters.
This growth was made possi-
bic by the supplemental appeal
which the Scouts conducted in
old community chest days, he
said, when the amount of
money being raised by the fed
Grated drive also appeared to
be static"
UGF absorbed the $145.000
net the Scouts were then rais-
ing on their own for the first
year of the campaign, Mr.. Gore
said. and the Scouts agreed not
to conduct a separate appeal
for one year.
Evening star., 1960-01-03

stop over a mysterious pit.
The lights would go out in
the car. The people would stop
talking. The women were
always apprehensive. Their
eyes would widen suspiciously.
The motorman would grind a
big black wheel. Suddenly the
lights would go on. People
would start talking again. The
would flip some
thing and in the clatter that
followed it sounded like he
had dropped an anchor and
the chain was running out.
Evening star., 1960-01-03

P streets NV. to be brought
back to life with an overhead
trolley. The accident would
convert a few more persons to
the "all-bus" idea.
But on a clear spring day
the streamliners could rock
away to Cabin John at AZ miles
per hour, or whoosh up the hill
by Howard University, or down
the hill on Wisconsin avenue
past Brandywine street.
Their maximum safe speed
was SIS miles an hour.
Over the years, several per-
sons tried to steal one or two
on various lines. They never
got away with it. Yugoslavia,
however, liked them enough to
buy so. part of a fleet which
once numbered 508.
Old 1855 Returns
There is something about the
streetcar-even the ones that
were dying long before the
streamliners of today appeared
that will do something to
people.
Yesterday the word was out
that "old 766" would be pushed
into operation once again, to
run over the three lines that
are closing today.
The people came from New
York, Philadelphia, Connecti-
cut and elsewhere just to ride
around and D. C. Transit pro-
vided the old car which in re-
cent years has been doing moth
ing else but resting until
another line is retired.
Then it pulls out of the Navy
Yard car barn, finds the line
that is passing into history. and
makes a final" run-packed
with people who feel a sort of
tingling sensation when riding
old StreetcarS.
Yesterday, the ancient con-
traption ground over the Cabin
John, Friendship and Seventh
street lines. At some points, its
load would spill out and take
pictures and then return to the
Evening star., 1960-01-03

ideath this year was that OF
Frederick H. Massey, 26. a cab
driver, Of 5512 c street Sc,
killed in q New Years morning
crash at Thirty-ninth and East
Capitol streets.
Two other persons were
killed in Prince Georges Coun-
ty on New Years morning and
a Glassmanor Md man died
yesterday Of injuries received
in a crash on New Years eve
that injured 8 others. He was
Francis w. Grady, 26. Of 4813
Fourth avenue.
Evening star., 1960-01-03
NO SPACE LEFT
ruveI Rush
Due to Hit
Peak Toduy

The peak Of the holiday
travel rush hits the Washing
ton area today with airline
railroad and bus personnel
braced for the onslaught.
Trying to get a reservation
out Of town on plane or tram
for today is all but hopeless
Space had been booked well in
advance by students, service
personnel and other vaca-
TONERS.
Major airlines are flying all
the equipment they can get. In
one case an airline has sched-
uled 70 extra flights. Others
have also put on many addi-
tional fights.
Most Flights Booked
Most flights are fully booked
on the more Travelled routes
and in some instances the air
lines are not accepting stand
by reservations.
Highway conditions in the
general area are expected to be
good though wet.
The American Automobile
Association reported yesterday
that showers may cause some
showdown on the heavily trav-
eled roads and warned motor
lists to allow sufficient time to
reach destinations.
The AAA estimated some
$4,000 automobiles left the
Washington area for the New
Years week end and some
72,O00 left prior to the Christ
mas holiday. most of which
were due to return by today.
% Extra Trains
The railroads have scheduled
% extra trains through Union
Statlon-l8 Of them outbound.
This is in addition to regularly
scheduled runs that will carry
extra cars.
Florida vacationers are
headed home through here on
eight extra northbound trains.
Most Of the heavy train traf-
nc is expected today, a Union
Station offlcial said. Yesterday
was a normal day.
Buslines are putting on as
many extra buses as can be
found. Oficials said bus trav-
elers will be taken care OF
though there may be slight de-
lays in schedules.