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Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03
Utility Co. Expenditures
Of S23,O 900, 900 Planned
CONTINUED from page one)

CONTINUED from page one)
The firm also released prelimin-
airy figures indicating common
stock earnings of s6,930,905. or
$1.66 share.
The figures compare with the
1859 earnings of s6,702.64S, or s1.60
a share, adjusted for a for j
split
Mr. Gardner pointed out that the
figures are subject to final audit.
Complete information will be mail
ed to stockholders in the annual
report due about March 16.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

GERMAN-U. \. COOKING CHAMPS-America's home
compares Germanys
Park. Frankfurt before
Mrs Goetz of Lakewood j. who her title the National
Cooking Selbyvie
Delmarva Chicken Festival there June earned
her OF out
in
promote u. exports
Poultry
Chef Maier first prize contest OF professional chefs
small chicken dishes which
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

Bernie Everson, who made
fame as Native Dancers exercise
boy. now is devoted to It's a
Great Day. He sleeps in the
adjoining stall.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

Right winger Gordie Howe OF
the Detroit Red Wings Is in his
18th season in the National
Hockey League.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

Experiments at the University
of Maryland show a snail can
race at a speed of three inches a
minute.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-11-24
Institute Discusses Pending Gas Rate Increase
MPCo.'s Role In NUtter; 5
Economy Drive Pondered

Was there a direct relation
ship between the Nutter-GOE
state governmental economy
drive during the last session Oh
the legislature, and the almost
four million dollar natural gas
rate increase for which Mon
tana Power is currently seeking
Public Service Commission approval?
This was the question ON most peo-
pies minds last Saturday morning
at the 18th annual Farmer-Labor In
stitute in Missoula, when the pro-
posed gas rate hike was under dis
cussion.
Members of this panel were three
attorneys with long experience in
fighting for consumers in utility cases.
They were: moderator, P. ]. Gilfeath-
err, Great Falls; Leo Graybill, Jr.,
also of Great Falls, and William Leap
hart, Helena.
Moderator Gilfeather started off
the discussion by raising the oft-re-
peated question of whose "better bust
ness climate was at stake in the last
session when Republican Governor
and a GOP-controlled House ruth
lessly cut back appropriations for
education, institutions and other func-
tions of government. He then fol-
lowed up by pointing out that hardly
had the legislature gone home when
Montana Power came before the Pub
lie Service Commission with a gas
rate increase which would initially
increase the consumers gas bill by
almost four million dollars a year.
The total of the proposed in
crease, Gilfeather said, is roughly
comparable TO the amount the 1861
Legislature shortchanged the Uni
versity System and the custodial
institutions to maintain themselves
each year of the current biennium.
Reflecting on how much more wide
spread opposition is to this increase
than to previous ones sought by var
ious utilities, Gilfeather suggested
that the power company and it's al
lies, the State C.ofC., and Montana
Taxpayers Association, by way of
a continuing campaign against taxes,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-11-24
: xH%e Institute
s veroge In
q
soming Issues

A four-day week and drastic
space limitations make it impossible
to present detailed reporting on all
panel discussions of the 18th an
nual Farmer-Labor Institute, this
issue.
This years farmer-labor Skull
session. was truly standout. Insti-
tute Committee chairman James
S. TIMBER, secretary Leonard Ken
field, and committee members
Ralph Cook and Albert r. Root,
put together a winning combina-
ton of topics and panel leaders.
The attendance was considerably
better than at other Institutes of
recent years. The audience was
intensely interested and diverse,
with people from many lines of en-
davor and from at least fiftneen
counties being in attendance.
Next week we'll present sum-
maries on:
The School Foundation Program,
by Supt. of Public Instruction Har-
riet Miller;
University Financing, by DR.. r.
r. Renne, president of Montana
State College;
Federal Aid to Education, by
Democratic National Committee
woman Frances Logan, and Mon
tana Education Association re-
search assistant Lloyd Markell.
Well also reprint in its entirety
the excellent presentation "Using
Resources Wisely" by Gus Nor
wood, executive secretary of North
west Public Power Association.
Another article slated for next
week concerns Health Care for
the Aged. This pro and con dis
cussion featured Gretchen Billings
and DR.. Amos Little, both of
Helena.
And then, in the December 8 is
sue, we'll reprint MFU NEWS Edi-
tor Ted Townsend's fabulous assess
ment of the State C.ofC.'s "better
business climate. BY popular de-
mand, there will be limited num-
Der of pamphlet reprints available
of Ted's talk within few weeks.
Don't know the price yet, but rest
assured it (the talk) is precious.
EDITOR.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-11-24
Supreme Court
Tells Co-ops To
Start All Over

Farm co-ops found they didn't have
a single friend ON the high bench this
week when the State Supreme Court
ruled that Judge r. V. Bottomly of
the Eighth Judicial District exceeded
his authority in issuing a temporary
order enjoining the State Board of
Equalization fro menforcing it's regu-
lations covering the scope of the Co.
OPP tax law passed by the 1861 Legis-
lature.
The opinion was written by Asso-
ciate Wesley Castles and concurred
in by Chief Justice James Harrison
and Associate Justices Hugh Adair,
John Harrison and Stanley Doyle.
The court upheld the right of the
state board to set regulations but
specifically pointed out it was not
ruling ON the validity of the specific
regulations drafted by a majority of
the board on the scope of the coop
tax law. Whether the all encompass
ing taxing regulations set up by
board Interpretation of lib 131 con-
stitute a gross abuse of the boards
regulatory authority is a proper mat
ter to be determined by the courts.
The high court, in overturning the
9Th Judicial District order restrain
ing the collection of the tax, said
that the co-ops had choice of two
courses of action to secure redress.
One of these is to file a declaratory
judgment to test the law. The other
is to pay the tax under protest and
then take legal action to recover.
AS matters stand, Montana Council
of Co-operatives, Coop Supply of
Lake County and R. HI. Lensman, or
any other party at interest who may
wish to challenge the boards regula-
ton as we'll as the legality of HB 131
itself, must now start from scratch
via one of the two methods outlined
by the court.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-11-24
State Young Demos
To Hold Conference
Saturday, Dec. 2

LAUREL-Montana Young Demo
Gratis will hold a statewide conference
in Billings, Saturday, December 2,
according to YD National Committee
woman Ellie Void.
Purpose of the one-day session,
Mrs. Void states, is to consider a
number of the more important state
and national issues. Subjects on the
agenda include: education, natural
resources, civil rights, Montana's con-
trolled press, foreign policy, the John
Birch Society, and party organiza-
ton. There will be a question and
answer period after each panel pres
entation.
All sessions will be held in the new
Student Union Building at Rocky
Mountain College. The day will be a
long one with registration getting
underway at s am, breakfast at
$3.50, discussions, an evening ban
quet, and finally, dance at 8 80 pm.
Host local for the pre-1962 cam
paign conference will be Yellowstone
County Young Democrats. Registra-
ton fee will be $3.50 and will cover
entire meeting, including all three
meals. Mrs. Void requests Young
Demos planning to attend to send
their registration fee to her in Laurel.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-11-24
Schwnden Tells Institute
Taxes Are A School, A Road, A
HospituI--And They ARE Good!

Taxes are the foundation
underlying our entire modern
society. They are the vehicle
whereby people accomplish to-
gether those needs and desires
which individually are unat-
tainable, or attainable only at
excessively high cost.
Thus may be summed up the under
lying theme of the excellent presenta-
ton, "Taxes Are Good, by Rep. Ted
Schwinden, Saturday afternoon at
the Farmer-Labor Institute.
The Roosevelt county legislator, a
student of taxation and fiscal policy,
said that despite some assertions to
the contrary, ''taxes are completely
legal" In general, government uses
the taxation process for five major
reasons: 1. To raise revenue, 2, to
restrict imports, 3, to regulate, such
as sale of liquor, a, to prohibit-an
example of which is the 1861 law
currently being tested in the courts
and which has as it's aim the outlaw
ing of trading stamps, and 5, to
achieve certain economic goals.
The first four are self-explanatory
The fifth, whether special taxes for
highways, street improvements, etc.,
is FUSED to provide goods and services
at various levels of government more
economically and efficiently than the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-11-24

Former Garfield Count
State Senator Charles Mahon-
ey, speaking before 500 people
at the Sun River Electric Co.
operative annual meeting in
Great Falls, Monday of this
week, hit hard on education,
rural development and public
power, with such vehemence as
to cause comment on whether he
might be considering moving into
the 1864 primary race for Governor.
Appearing before the group as
Montana's representative on the Ma
tional REA Board, he complimented
Sun River Electric on their financial
condition and the fact their operat-
ing costs are only 259o and told them
they are making money and can look
forward to reducing rates. "The more
you reduce rates the more money you
make, he warned, "fbecause the
more power your people use".
His subject was Rural Area De-
velopment, and the demonstrative
former state senator compared the
growth in neighboring Edmonton,
Canada, and Denver, Colorado, and
asked, "What is wrong here? "Why
can't Montana city support 10000
people?'
Mahoney pointed out he was in
favor of both private and public pow
er in the development of our state,
and cited the two major industrial
developments, the Aluminium plant
at Columbia Falls and the Victor
Chemical plant out Of Butte, both
in Montana because of low cost pow
er., Mahoney used figure of 8 IL
mills as the cost of this power to
Anaconda Aluminium, but the actual
cost is 1853 mills.
He pounded home the point that
by 1880 water will be the most
scarce commodity in this country and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-11-24
CONDEMNS CANT DO"
ATTITUDE ON SCHOOLS

Mahoney deplored the recent state
ment by the chairman of the Gov
ernor's Committee on the Foundation
Program which asked "where are we
going to get the money" to support
the schools? "This is one of the worst
things that could happen to this
country he said. "We can not con-
tinue to survive in America if we
do not educate our people,.
Without education we breed I'M
employment and unemployment
breeds communism, he said, quoting
figures showing that the highest I'M
employment in the country comes in
the unskilled labor bracket.
Following Mahoney's speech the
Sun River Electric Cooperative re-
elected board members Ralph Bishop,
Brady; S. T. Mcfarland, Conrad, and
C. G. McDermott, Fairfield. Other
board members are Charles Field,
Pendroy; George Grosskopf, Jr., Belt;
Ralph Clark, Sun River, and Stanley
Sterling, Fort Shaw.
Reports were given on the financial
status of the REA by employees and
Rod Hanson, manager, spoke on the
rate reduction that came about after
a long range study. Customers were
presented with dividend checks for
the years 1916, 1916 and 1947.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-11-24
individual can do himself"
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BLOCK


THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BLOCK
Popular resistance to taxes, which
of late years has been heightened by
continuing massive propaganda at
tacks, he said amounts to psyche
logical block. Basically, this devel-
ops in the taxpayers mind because
most times he doesn't Immediately and
directly see the benefit accruing to
himself from his tax payments. IL
Illustrating, when a person buys new
car there is "an immediate satisfac-
tion". In such instances, "you buy
for yourself, and not the entire
community. On the other hand, a
farmer may not see much merit in
county road levies-except the year
the commissioners have better road
constructed adjacent to his farm.
Root of the trouble, then, he con-
tinued, is that taxpayers seldom "see
something coming back immediately
to them for the purchase" they have
made via their tax dollars. Yet, he
said, look cat all the many needed
things" taxes buy, such as schools,
hospitals, highways, recreation, irri-
cation and low cost power projects,
and the defense of our nation. All
except the last, he said, contribute
in one form or another to the greater
see page a
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-11-24

Union in Washington, d. C.
Agricultural legislation sponsored
by the Kennedy Administration, and
enacted by the 87th Congress has al
ready resulted in partial reversal
of the downward spiral of farm in
come which had been in full swing
for almost decade. The feed grains
act alone, Mcdonald said, is resulting
in an additional one billion dollars
purchasing power for the nations
farmers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-11-24
Sun River Electric Coop Told Of
Need For More Low Cost Power

said if we don't store and use it here
it will be preempted downstream and
will be lost to us forever. "You will
never again in the history of man
have normal flow in the Missouri
River, he said.
Stressing the need for low cost
power for the development of any
area he said, every area in the
Missouri Basin is after power, pools
have been formed and we are go
ing to need much, much more pow
49,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-11-24
After Eight Years of Benson
Farm Income Outlook
Improved By New Act

agriculture has long to to recover from
antfamer policies of the EisenhowerBenson
Administration but has been made with passage
Angus Mcdonald told the Farmer-Labor
Institute last Saturday.
legislative coordnator for National Farmers
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-11-24

| The 1851 general farm act MELON
aid said sswas not everything we
wanted'' but 1--WE do think we got a
pretty fair bill'' in spite of the eff
forts of the u. S. Chamber of Com
merce, the American Farm Bureau
and much of the daily press to thwart
the acts passage.
MUCH VETS NEEDS
TO BE DONE
It is imperative, however, he con-
tinued. that there be no let up in the
effort to secure other needed farm
| legislation because of the farmers
| important basic role in the national
economic picture. eve must bring
him up to first class citizenship"
Mcdonald said in emphasizing the
need for farmer parity of income
with labor and industry, if he is to
be able to buy the products of in
dustry.
Mcdonald. recalling assertions by
Farm Bureau president Shuman that
the feed grains program is a "billion
dollar boondoggle'', said such asser-
tons simply are not true and he cited
the documented statement by House
Agriculture Committee Chairman
Cooley in substantiation. Cooley, as
reported in last weeks VOICE, re-
Gently gave forth with blistering
attack on Shuman, charging the ALB
head with attempting to undermine
"efforts of farmers throughout the
nation, including Farm Bureau mem
bers. to achieve equitable position
with workers in other areas of our
free enterprise economy"
AS regards Shuman's assertions
about the feed grains program, Cooley
said the facts are that "the first year
of operation of this feed grains pro-
gram. after eight years of declining
farm prices and deepening farm de-
preston, will CD bring $1,000, 000,-
900 boost in the nations farm income,
(2) halt the staggering build-up of
farm SURPRISES experienced under
previous programs supported by Mr..
see page 81
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-11-24

had made businessmen and others far
more conscious of money going OUT
of the till. Many businessmen, he con-
tinued, cannot see the difference be-
tween a four million dollar tax in
crease by the legislature and the pro-
posed four million dollar 'tax" in
crease the power company is asking
the PSC to validate. The realization
is that either way, it's money out of
their cash registers, and they are in
censed. Their resentment is height
ened because, while many of them are
barely breaking even, the monopoly's
NET profits each year are substan-
TALLY higher. Their memories will not
be short if Commissioners Jack
Holmes, Paul Smith and Louis Boz
decker, grant anything more than
token increase to the utility.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-11-24
UTILITIES HAVE FAVORED
POSITION

Graybill, who like his fellow at
torneys, Gilfeather and Leaphart, has
been representing consumers in pro-
test to the proposed increase, said
that utilities, as supposedly regulated
monopolies, are not subject to the
competitive hazards associated with
competitive enterprises, whether man
ufacturing, wholesaling or retail mer-
chandising. Their rates should yield
approximately six per cent NET when
total operating expenses are sub
tracted from gross revenues.
The continuing bone of contention
in determining whether a utility is
getting a fair rate of return, he said,
is the ''rate base". Utilities attempt
to include everything Including the
see page 3
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-11-24
Graders Of BurkeuilIe Go To
Philadelphia For Thanksgiving

Albert Copeland and family, OF
Durham, N. c.. and Dr.. and Mrs.
Paul Beckham. of Farmville.
In Florida For Visit
Mrs. W. D. Gravatt is spend
ing several weeks with her par
ents. Mr.. and MIS-. j. T. Vam.
il. Homestead. Fla.
Betty Schutt. of Johnston-Willis
Hospital. and Bernard Schutt. a
student at Hampden Sydney,
spent the week end here with
their mother. Mrs. c. A. Schutt.
Mr.. and Mrs Maynard Dalton
and son. Ricky. of Newport
News, are spending a week with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lard Pace.
Mrs. w. S. HarWood. Of Rich
mond. spent Saturday with Mr..
and Mrs. Chester WalrOd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Scott. Of
Richmond. are spending several
days as guests of Mr.. and Mrs
George v. Scott and Mrs. w. H.
Gould. Mr.. Scott plans to get in
some hunting while here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Thornhill
and daghter, Ann Marie. Of
Richmond, spent the week end
with Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Cook
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Spencer this week are Phillip
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-11-24

BURKEVILLE. Nov. % Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. GRADER left by
plane Thursday for Philadelphia
to spend the THANKSGIVING holi-
days with their son. Billy Ora
Der. and his family
Miss Carrie Bowman. Of Har-
risOnburg. spent several days
with Mr.. and Mrs. c. f. Shore
Mrs. Richard Barron. ST.. was
hostess to the Jessie NJ Callers
Circle of the Baptist church on
Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. M. Sandy
visited relatives at Mt. Scion and
North Garden over the week end
Mrs. H. A. Tyler entertained
a few friends of her daugh-
ter. Patsy, on Sunday afternoon
with a birthday party.
Mrs. R. P. Via was hostess to
her bridge club at her home on
Monday evening. High score
went to Mrs. H. s Boswell and
second to Mrs. H. E. Boswell.
Jr.
Attend Game
Those attending the Hampden-
Sydney football game on Satur-
day we're Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Farrar, Jr., E. C. Elicit, Jr.,
Paul, Marshall. Ed Elicit and
John WalrOd.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-11-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed York. of Falls
Church. arrived this week to
spend several weeks with rela-
tlves here. Mr.. York plans to get
i'll a lot Of good hunting
Mrs. j F.. Borum spent the
week end visiting MIR. and Mrs
Robert BorGm and family, Of
WASHINGTON. d. c.. and Mr. and
Mrs. j M. Davis and family, Of
Arlington.
Mr.. and MIS-. Punk Redford
and son, OF Richmond. spent Sun
Jay with his mother. Mrs. Goldie
Redford, and visited other rela-
lives iii town.
A. L. Francis has returned to
MS home here after several
weeks of treatment at the South
side Community Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Wallace
of Richmond. spent several days
with Mr.. and Mrs. n. L. Payne
and family.
Mrs. j. H. Cook and daughter,
jeanne, spent several days in
Richmond with relatives.
Mrs. Laura Farmer is a pa
tient at the Southside Community
Hospital in Far7nville.
Guests on Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Walrod and Mrs.
w. B. Farrar were Mr.. and Mrs.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-11-24

c Garland Hutchinson. Mrs.
Charles Farmer and Mrs. A. A.
Johns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Mackey
and daughter. Marilyn. Of Rich
mond. and son Billy. were the
guests of her father. W. S.
Wright, on Sunday
Guests of Mrs. T. P. Cal
breath on Sunday were Mr.. and
Mrs NJ l.. Harrison. of Callao.
Nh. and Mrs. L. M. Harrison
and daughter. Donna. of Rich
mond. and Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Mortimer and daughter. Nancy.
Mrs. W. A. Mortimer and
daughter. Nancy. spent Friday
night and Saturday in Richmond
with Mr. and Mrs. w. Preston
Mortimer.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-11-24
Colem,ans Haze
Guest From
Baltimore

KNOXVILLE. Nov. 23-Joseph
B. Coleman. Of Baltimore, ar
rived Sunday to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. D. v. Coleman.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Word. Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Word and Mrs.
Richard Dunevant attended the
funeral of Mrs. Grace Muck
OILS Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Dunevant
and children went to Towards
with the william Snoddy family.
Sunday visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grover Woodson were Mrs.
Woodson's brpther-in-law and
sister Mr.. and Mrs. T. R. Moore
of Varina.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Price. Jr..
and children were Sunday visi-
tors of Mr.. and Mrs. Lacy Rush
of Dillwyn.
Mrs. Cary Payne's luncheon
guests Sunday were Mr.. and
Mrs. Grover Woodson and Gro
yer Lee.
Group number two of the Jam.
es River WMU will have a mis-.
sion study class at Maysville
Baptist Church at Buckingham
Mrs. Profit, of Gladstone will
teach the book. Hands across
the Sea-" 1t will be held No.
vember u at 7 pm.
Miss Ruby Gillispie spent the
week end with her mother, Mrs
R. L. Gillispie.
Mrs. J. E. Ransom and Chef
spent Monday in Lynchburg.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-11-24
Green Bay
r. F. d. No. l

| GREEN BAY. Rt. Nov. %
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Patterson
and children of Richmond, were
week end guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John T. Bardon, Jr.
Mrs. Lille Mae Hall and son.
OF Amelia spent the week end
with Mr.. and Mrs. Bonnie Bar
ton.
| Mr.. and Mrs. William Lee
Roach and baby, of Richmond
were dinner guests Saturday of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. l..
Roach.
Mrs. Herman Jones and chill
dren Of Victoria are spending
a few days here with her brother
and Sister-in-laW, Mr.. and Mrs.
John T. Barden, Jr.
Mrs. Edna Bardon and two
girls visited Mrs. Floyd Roach
Sunday night.
jimmy Taylor, of Richmond.
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. E. Taylor over the week end.
Mrs. G. E. Taylor and Mable
Taylor were dinner guests Mon
day of Mrs. Floyd Roach.
Mrs. Floyd Roach. Anne and
Lewis visited Mrs. Clyde Camp
Sunday.
Jerry Barton and several
schoolmates spent Monday night
with their teacher Mrs. Nancy
Skidmore.
Aubrey Hammer, of Crewe
visited Floyd Roach. Saturday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-11-24
ELECTS Off To Texas And Arkansas

Mrs. William B. Jefferson at
tended the Kiwanis Travelogue
at the Mosque on Thursday night
and Miss Selma Hindle attended
on Friday night. Title Of the
travelogue was "Sourdoughs and
Senorltas'. a study of Mexico.
Miss Mary Sheppard entertain
ed at a canasta luncheon at her
home at Winterham on Saturday,
Ill honor OF Mrs. r. W. Vaughan
o. South Boston Miss Sheppard
other guests were Mrs. Rosa M.
Y. Lyon. Miss Rosa Cooke. Mrs,
Courier, of Richmond. Mrs.
V. Lyon. Miss Rosa Cooke. Mrs.