The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1962-01-18
a MINUTE
WITH MI

Margaret DAVIS OF Mount vision
New York for sending US TIT
missing eopy, of The Glacier Re
porter we had advertised for
Besides filling in the missinl
copy in our permanent files, Il
proves to US that people cleal
out in New York State read tho
classified ads in our paper. Thanh
you very much, Margaret
We call attention 10 the letter
from the Toole County Sports
mems Association published il
this issue. We believe this letter
contains some very well taker
points. and that it presents typ
ical opinion held by spOrtsmer
in general There is good think
ing behind this.
But. we are in receipt Of a sec
Ond letter, which we will moi
publish for reasons to the con
trary We do not believe il 10 be
in line with good, sound sports
man-like thinking. and we find
il difficult to believe that the
same group would submit such
a letter for publication which OBJ,
viousIy is nothing more than a
threat, to take their fishing else
where.
The letter goes on to say that
there is no better fishing or hunt.
ing TO be found than that south
of highway 2, and that Browning
is a bottleneck to its access be,
cause of the location of the high.
ways They further state that the
re-rOuting of highway z would
solve all problems. All of this,
plus the fact that If the Tribal
Council doesn't drop the idea OF
a reservation license, the econ
omy of Browning and the reser-
walton will be doomed.
We don't approve of all phases
Of our highway planning, and We
certainly feel sure that the good
people of Shelby are of the same
opinion considering the ultra
modern and confusing tangle of
webs represented in their own
picture TO say nothing of the
needless expense involved.
We have been all through this
re-routing problem, and as far
as we know it will remain status
QUO for many years TO come. II
seems hardly possible that II
will be changed in face of a
threat to go fishing elsewhere. "
We, naturally, welcome all
sportsmen to the reservation and
would like to see more of them
come. Sportsmen have always
found a warm welcome here, and
always will . but, let's all be
good sportsmen.
II is this writer's opinion that
there will be no $500 reservation
license. In talking with some of
the councilmen il was freely ad.
mitted that such a fee would do
more harm than good, and that
the rumor was strictly a rumor.
II is possible that a Sl.0O license
will be charged and, again, in our
opinion, no one should complain
about that. After all this is a
reservation and the tribe has
dore much TO improve the facili,
ties available TO sportsmen, and
at considerable cost TO them. No
real sportsman should balk al
paying a dollar for the privilege
Of hunting and fishing on the
reservation unless he Is a
sportsman in name only.
I don't recall of ever having
received as many compliments
on any editorial. with the pos
sible exception of one. as we
have received on the one appear
ing on the front page two weeks
Ego. relating to crime on the
reservation.
Besides the persona compli'
ments. we have received many
through the mail. fer which we
ere sincerely s"~-ecistive. l.
view If what f--'s have bea-
brought to light. mast and pres
ent. and those which msy come
Up in the future, there is a very
good possibility that the next
election may find considerably
rrore candidates for the various
offices concerned.
Recently a group of Look Meg
szine photographers and report
ers spent some time in Browning
gathering information for an ar
ticle which will appear in the
publication within the next few