The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1961-10-19
A MINUTE
WITH MI

one to learn Of anything new, so
Il is often said. In this respect
I was most surprised TO read in
last weeks Pioneer Press where
/ had been punched in the nose"
during the course Of an argument
which. as close as ] could make
out. centered around controyer-
sizes involving the proposed atom
ic burial program on the reser-
Walton
II would appear that someone
is either hungry for publicity.
or hungry for news TO print. l
don't mind being the butt of a
good joke, IL il was supposed to
have been one. but to have such
a ridiculous story splashed all
over the front page of a news
paper is quite another thing.
During the course Of my 30-odd-
year newspaper career there has
no doubt been q lot Of wishful
thinking along these lines. and
there has also been a couple of
punches thrown that never land
ed. but rot by the farthest stretch
of anyone's imagination could
anyone punch me in the nose"
If I wasn't present for the occa-
sion. or by swinging at me from
behind my back.
II Is not the point TO bring per-
s0nal problems into this column,
but IL sort Of gets under my Irish
hide when some fabricated clown
attempts 10 make a hero of him
self by getting up at a political
meeting. honoring a u. S. Sena-
tor. and claims to have hung one
on my sehnozz. during an argu-
ment on a subject that never
took place. and which / have
never even discussed with him.
As grandpa would say. "A lot
of men do a lot Of swinging In a
lot Of ways, but about the only
thing they ever hit is both sides
of the door when they 60 in and
when they come out"
We hear and read q lot these
days about building fall-out and
bomb shelters, then we read
about how powerful modern sci
ence has made the bombs and
what uneStimsble damage they
can DO A6sut this time ID
gets confusing and we wonder
whether we should give up and
become a defeatist or whether
We should try 70 dig a hole deep
enough TO afford possible preser-
walton for q week or two longer.
II is quite a problem 10 know
just who 10 believe. One top SCI
enlist makes a statement 70 the
effect that shelters would be Of
absolutely no use because the
power of the blast would pene-
trate almost anything the com
mon layman could build. Further
more, the earth would be so
contaminated that II would take
years before II would be safe to
venture upon.
- Another scientist says the con-
'tamination would wear off in a
couple of weeks and that one
could survive in a shelter made
TO proper specifications.
We don't know And further
more. we aren't giving too much
Worry 70 the prospects Of annihi-
Istion for the simple reason that
we think there will be no atomic
war because both sides are too
well prepared and just a
little more than afraid Of each
other.
Some of the local hunters were
lucky over the weekend in bag
ging their elk al the opening Of
the season. Others. Of course,
were not 50 lucky and came home
with only lame legs and saddle
sores.
About the best one we have
heard yet was how a father and
son bagged their meat II seems
that a barrage had been laid
down al a COW and her calf from
several directions and the crit
tiers were dashing here and there
and around and about The COW
being ahead Of the calf, was head
ed down hill and al q blast from
across the canyon. she whiried
and started uphill, smacking
heads with her young 'un- Both
were knocked out, making II com
paratiyely easy for the father
and son 20 walk up, cut their
threats and tag them How
lucky can you get7
I have also been told that a big
bull was seen running up a
mountain side with what appear
ed 10 be an old camera strap