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The Republican., 1962-11-08
VIM. Magruder Is
State 4-H Winner
Wins Trip To All Congress
In Chicago; Other Awards
Given Friday Night

William Magruder, member of
the Chicasaw All club, and senior
student at Bruce High school, was
announced as a state winner in the
safety program and was awarded a
trip to National All club Congress,
to be held in Chicago the latter
part of November.
Other awards we're announced at
the county's All Achievement
Night program held in Center
Street elementary school last Fri
day evening, November 2. Some
215 persons attended.
John Wildesen, Ryan's Glade All
club, and freshman student at the
University of Maryland, received
the Key award for outstanding ac-
complishment in All club work.
The Danforth awards to the most
outstanding All boy and girl dur
ing the past year went to Wildesen
and Carol Ann Haenftling. The
latter also is a freshman student at
the University of Maryland.
Achievement awards were pre-
sented to John Wildesen, William
Magruder. Carol Ann Haenftling
and Pat Shawley.
Leadership awards we're won by
Caro-! Ann Haenftling, Pat ShaWley,
John Wildcscn, Stewart Stanton,
William Bucket and Thomas Ma
gruder H. The Citizenship awards
we're won by Carol Ann Haenftling
and John Wildescn.
Other County Awards
Other county awards were as
follows: Dress Revue, Carol Ann
Haenftling, Linda Ourslcr, and
Carol Edwards; Bread Demonstra-
ton, Pat Shawley; Clothing, Linda
Oursler, Carol Ann Haenftling Pat
ShaWley and Carol Edwards; Elec-
trio, Linda Margroff; Foods, Sally
Hoffman, Linda Oursler, Helen
Emory and Anne Gibson: Home
Economics, Marjorie SWartzen-
truber, Connie Grove, Carol Ann
Haenftling and Linda Oursler; Dog,
Linda Thomas and Debby Lawton;
Pubic Speaking, Dotty Hetrick;
Automotive, Wayne Shillingburg;
Identification of Home Grounds,
Jerry Epstein, Charles DeVelbiss,
Thomas Magruder and William Ma
gruder; Beef, Michael Bittinger,
Richard Bowser. John Wildesen
Reece Riley and Frank Harvey;
Dairy, Larry Bucket, Rodney Glot-
felty, Robert Layman. Michael
Continued on Page Nine)
The Republican., 1962-11-08

Old Farmers Almanac in Hist
year of publication, predicts a
rough winter.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-07-13
Federal Retirement
Benefits Hearings
Get Underway Today

Hearings on bills providing for i'm
provements in retirement benefits
for federal employees will get under
way in Washington, today, according
to Cong. Arnold Olsen. Olsen. a men,
Der of the House Post Office and
Civil Service Committee, states that
the hearings will be held by the civil
service subcommittee.
Organizations representing retired
federal personnel will be among those
testifying on behalf of this legisla-
ton.
AS of May 81, 1862, the retirement
system fund amounted to eleven bill
lion, seven hundred and fifty-one
million, two hundred twenty thou
sand, seven hundred and seventy dol
lars. Six and one-half per cent is
donated to the fund by federal en-
ployees and six and one-half per cent
is donated by the federal government.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-07-13

Something over three score wear
ago. while L was still in the habit OF
attending an occasional church service
l recall one hymn which began Sweet
Hour of Prayer.
Since the recent Supreme Court de-
cision bringing forth multitude of
| comments from dissenters we might
| term the controversy Sour Uproar
| About Prayer.
For my own part I seem to have lost
| any confidence l may have had in the
| efficacy of prayer to accomplish the
| desired results, for after attending
| several sessions of our state legisla-
| ture which were opened with a prayer
from the chaplain asking that the leg
| islators be granted wisdom to enact
| wise and beneficial laws for the state
and its people and then observing the
kind of laws that were enacted by
those same legislators 1 became thor
oughly convinced that the prayers had
certainly Missed fire..
I have never tried to account salts
factorily for such failures although
several alternatives present themselves
whether the chaplains did not have
the right approach, were not sufficient
ly fervent, or perhaps were broad
casting on the wrong network; but at
any rate, after observing the activities
of our legislatures and some of the
acts of our national congress / have
had the feeling that instead of asking
that the legislators be granted wisdom
their prayers would be more to the
point if they implored protection for
the public from the activities of the
Legislators. And even in that event |
remain somewhat skeptical regarding
their efficacy.
Recent news items inform us that
several members of the national con-
gress have introduced bills for con-
Stitutional amendments intended 20
nullify the courts decision. These seem |
to come preponderantly from the Re-
publican contingent and the reason for |
that is easily discernible for if ever |
any political group was in dire need |
of prayer for divine or supernatural |
guidance it seems to be the present day |
But even if the suppl
cantS We're fortunate enough to get on |
the right network 1 am still skeptical Il
of the results, for viewing the activi-
ties of the Harding Coolidge Hoover
administrations any devine
assistance that might otherwise have
been forthcoming would certainly be
refused as a useless intervention in r.
cause already hopeless.
Similar comments might be made re-
yarding some of our southern Demo-
rats and so I shall continue to believe
hat the proper solution of our state |
ind national problems will lie not in |
vain dependence upon supplications |
or divine or supernatural intervention |
nut in the wider and more thorough use
f logic and common sense on the part
f our voting public-LEVERNE HAM
LION, Missoula.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-07-13
READERS FORUM
Yellowstone Delegation
Draws Fire On School
Lands Rental Issue
Editor, Billings Gazette:


Members of the Republican 1861
Legislative delegation from Yellowstone
county charge that I was guilty of
distortion" in my comments on their
voting record.
Cd On July 2 GAZETTE, page 12)
Harriet Miller, our Republican Super
intendent of Instruction, reported that
1.-The state equalization level for the
Foundation Program will drop to an
all-time low of $40" and that state
funds for the 1962-63 Foundation Pro-
gram are nearly $2.5 million short of
the amount required for 1909 equali-
zation". She concluded, local taxpay-
ers are obliged to contribute a greater
share of total school costs through in
creased mill levies." Because the 1861
Legislature only appropriated 500 of
the states share of the Foundation
Program, Billings real property own
ers paid an additional tax of $373, 603
this year Information obtained from
business office, School District No. p.
CD Part of the interest and income
fund comes from grazing fees on school
lands. These fees are ridiculously low.
For example, Clinton Mcfarland, a
Yellowstone county rancher, pays taxes
of 10.9c per acre per year on his graz
ing land. Adjoining his land are two
sections of school grazing land which
earn 10.6c per acre per year. Compar-
able QMHea fInd this
county is earning S2sf0 per acre Chased
ON current rentals of $3.50 per animal
unit month, ie, cow and calf feeding
ON 10 acres for six months).
The Republican delegation states
that 10 might vote for an increase in
the grazing fees for school lands IL
the Governors Land Use Committee
will recommend a workable, hut not |
srippling. increase In fees for the
better grazing lands" The bipartisan |
Council after exhaustive /
sudy sponsored House Bill SO OntFe- /
suced by 3 Republicans and 3 Demo |
;ratsl. This bill would have raised |
rrazing fees on school lands from an
sverage of t3Mc per acre TO 2Scs per
GRE The entire Republican delega-
ion from Yellowstone county voted
gainst HB 33 Except one man who
yas absent). Sincerely youFs-R0BERT
.EE KELLEHER Demo nominee for
tate Senatorl, Billings, Montana
I'm dollars and cents, the adverse vote
of Messrs. Anderson, Beam, CFum,
Goan, Haughey, Killing and Mrs,
Resell, is costing the property tax
payers of Yellowstone county in eX-
cess or s1G1, 500 this bfennium, which {
would have been forthcoming had {
tho rental increase embodied in HB
SO been enacted.-PV EDITOR. !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-07-13
ENERGETIC CONTEST FOR
VICE CHAIRMAN

Somewhat overshadowed by the
race for state chairman and auditor,
| but nonetheless energetic, was the
| contest for vice chairman. This also
was three-way race between active
Democratic women, Nora Smole, East
Helena, incumbent; Cleo Butler, Boze-
man, and Norma Keil. 1t was a closer
race, in that the vote of the two who
lost came nearer keeping Mrs. Keil
from receiving the majority. The
convention rules were that the win
ner must have a simple majority or
there would be another vote, the
lowest to be dropped after each bal
lot.
In other elections two contests de-
veloped. Joseph Calnan, Anaconda,
won the western district congressional
committeeman's post over j. w. Bart
lett, Whitefish, and in a three-way
race for delegate-at-large to the Cen
trail Committee Executive Board,
Louis Forsell, Helena, beat out Grace
Bates, Manhattan, and Joe Wold,
Laurel
Uncontested posts included: east
ern district congressional committee
man and committeewoman. Ed Car
ney, state senator from Daniels coun-
ty, and Dorothy Edison, Wheatland
county; western district committee
woman, Stella Jean Hansen; district
representatives to the Central Com
mittee Executive Board, Charles
Cerovski, Lewistown, Mrs. Robert
Billings, Wesley Wertz,
Helena, and Shirley Bishop, Hamil-
ton.
Only two counties were not repre-
sented at the convention, Meagher
and Powder River. There were a pos
'ible 274 who could have voted if |
hey had all been there. At one point |
here were 219 delegates with Gre
lentials. The highest vote cast was
,15 in the race for auditor.
Silver Bow Rep. Ray Wayrynen
vas convention arrangements COM
nittee chairman.-GGB
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-07-13
Several Solid Piunks In Demo-
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pressed in another plank, along with
support for the moratorium on merg-
ers proposed by Sens. Kefauver,
Mansfield, MetcaIf, and Cong. Olsen,
among others, until at least December
81, 1868, and pending development
of national transportation policy.
Rail merger, the Democrats
point out, would not only practi-
cally eliminate railroad COMPETE
tion in Montana, but cause undue
hardship and Inconvenience" for
the people of Montana. The pro-
posed merger, they contend, is
unwarrantea since mp, GIN and
Burlington 'are highly profitable
railroads and there is no pressing
economic necessity for their
planned merger
Rather than restricting transporta-
ton which "would result in fewer
freight trains, drastically curtailed
service in many areas with slower
schedules" the Demos assert "our
problem is to retain what has al
ready been achieved for Montana
industry so we can develop a stronger
economy for our state"
HIGHWAYS
The 1862 highway plank places
emphasis on safety and the need for
"a closer scrutiny of the ever increas-
ing costs of highway construction &. :"
along with the need for ga more
vigorous and realistic program for
highway right-of-way acquisition"
Another plank in the platform con-
tends that meetings of public bodies
supported by public funds should be
open to the public.
Still another is a statement on |
programs, which by and |
large is an endorsement of the fed
eral farm programs and proposals of
the Kennedy Administration, with
some emphasis placed on encouraging
family farming and to discourage
of farms and markets -"
OPPOSE SALES TAX
Democrats reaffirmed their oppo-
sition to enactment of general sales
AK, praised the Democratic controlled
1859 Legislature for the tax re-
visions which now "have placed the
State of Montana back on pay-as-
you-go basis -
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-07-13

My "Two-Bits Worth"

Something over three score year
ago, while L was still in the habit of
attending an occasional church service,
L recall one hymn which began Sweet
Hour of Prayer.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-07-13
ARA OKAYS TIMBER USE
SURVEY ON RESERVATIONS

An estimated 200 to 400 new jobs
could result from survey of timber
resources on three Indian reserva-
lions in Montana and Wyoming, the
Area Redevelopment Administration
(ARA) told Senators Mansfield and
Metcalf.
The $48,5OO technical assistance
project, being conducted by the ARA
in cooperation with the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, will determine the
quantity and condition of timber on
the Blackfeet and Rocky Boy reserva-
tions in Montana and the Wind River
reservation in Wyoming.
New jobs resulting from the study
would be in logging and forest pro-
ducts manufacturing. Technical data
provided by the Survey are necessary
before an expansion of these indus
tries can be undertaken, the ARA
said.
Ultimate objective of the project
is to reduce unemployment and in
crease income through an expanded
timber sale program.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-07-13

| possibility that Congress this year
may pass the Youth Conservation
Corps bill, and the suitability of the
Yak station, by location and facili-
ties, for a YCC camp.
Certainly use of this existing
facility would save the federal
government a considerable sum
of money, and would also permit
the YCC program to get under
way speedily" said Senator Met
calf.
Mr.. Boutin agreed to postpone the
sale until the end of the present ses-
sion of Congress. YCC bills have
been reported by committee in both
Senate and House. The YCC would
be similar to the Civilian Conserva-
ton Corps of the 1905.
The former Yak Air Force station
consists of some % buildings on 80
acres. Water, sewage, electricity and
heating facilities are all complete
within the area.
YOU CAN'T WIN DEPARTMENT
Both Senators Mansfield and Met
calf have been criticized by some
quarters for occasionally pointing out
that Montanans receive more money
from the federal government each
year than they pay in taxes.
Recently a Congressman from one
of the more wealthy states
Frank Thompson (D-N.J.) told in
the Congressional Record how he is
criticized by constituents who say
that New Jersey is the biggest ''suck-
er state" of all. The New Jersey Tax
payers Associations most recent cal
is that for every 81 of fed
eral aid to projects in New Jersey,
the New Jersey taxpayer must put
up $2.07. The New Jersey Taxpayers
confirmed Tax Foundations figure
of So cents in federal taxes paid by
in return for each dollar
Of federal aid.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-07-13

AS citizens of this democracy, you
are the rulers and the ruled, the law
givers and law-abiding, the beginning
and the end.-ADLAI STEVENSON.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-07-13
YAAK DISPOSAL POSTPONED

General Services Administrator
Bernard L. Boutin has agreed to Sem
ator Metcalf's request to postpone
the sale of the former Yak Air Force
station north of Libby in Lincoln
county.
Metcalf based the request on the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-07-13
Democrats Aim To-
from page I

ever, he looked forward ''to being
standard bearer in the future.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-07-13
CLIPPING COUPONS IN
THE TREASURE STATE

Only II states have more stock
holders per capita than Montana, &C
cording to a recent report from Keith
Funston, president of the New York
Stock Exchange, to Senators Mans
field and Metcalf.
Montana has $4,000 shareowners
one person in eleven-for O.3 per
cent of the U. S. total. A total of
$29 million in dividend receipts went
to the Treasure State in 1861.
In Billings and Great Falls one
person in nine held stock. Together
the shareowners in those two cities
account for 80 per cent of all the
shareowners in Montana.
States with the most stockholders
per capita are Connecticut and Della
ware with one in six. New Jersey,
New York and Vermont have one in
seven. In the west: Wyoming, one
in IL; Oregon, one in 12; Washing
ton, one in Ia North Dakota, South
Dakota and Utah, one in 10; Idaho,
one in 20; Hawaii, one in So; and
Alaska, one in as.
States nearest Montana in popula-
ton and their dividend receipts for
1861, compared to Montana's $29
million are: Idaho, SIG million; Ha-
wall, $28 million; North Dakota, $11
and South Dakota, $11 mil
lion.
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1962-09-26

The Sixth Annual meeting of
Scouting Among American Indi an
Boys" was held September II
through IA at the Philmont Scout
Ranch, Cimarron, New Mexico,
under the joint auspices of the
American Indi an Advisory Com
mittee, Relationships Division, the
Boy Scouts of America, and the
Arrow Foundation. Louis R. Bruce,
Jr., (Mohawk-SiouX) acted as Cen
eral Chairman.
The Wednesday session began
with an afternoon Pow-Wow with a
welcome extended by Dick Potter,
Director of the Volunteer Training
Center, BSA, and a keynote address
by Phileo Nash, Commissioner of
Indian Affairs. Wednesday evening,
the conferees held a workshop ses-
sion with Wayne Pratt, Member of
BSA Indian Advisory Committee
speaking on the "Values of Scout
ing to Americ an Indian Boys" and
wound up with Cracker-Barrel
Fellowship.
The second day morning session
was under the guidance of William
Whirlwind Horse (Oglala Sioux
with a workshop on ''How to Get
Scouting Started Back Home" Clan
Projects were discussed and re-
ports reviewed. The afternoon
Pow-Wow was conducted by Nelson
Jose (Pima-Maricopa), with an
address by Judge Cipriano ]. Man
ual (Papago) entitled American
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1962-09-26

Indian Youth in a Changing World. I"
DR.. George Boyce presided at
the evening session, which inc luded
a movie on "Men who Make the
Difference" and a workshop SEES
sion on AFTER Philmont What 2"
A fellowship gathering following,
complete with Indi an dancing, TOM
toms and feast.
DR.. Boyce also presided at the
final morning session of the con-
ference. A presentation was made
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1962-09-26
Meeting Held at Philmont Ranch
on American Indian Boy Scouts

by Arrow, Inc, It's Purpose
and Program, by Tom Colosimo,
Executive Director. The closing
challenge was delivered by Mar
shall Tome. Acting Public Rela-
tons Director of the Navajo Tribe,
who represented the Navajo Tribal
Council and spoke on behalf of
Paul Jones, Tribal Chairman.
Following adjournment of the
morning pow-wow. optional tours
of the Philmont Scout Ranch were
given guests and visitors.
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1962-09-26
Ud0II Stresses Economic
Advantages Of ToUrism

steps at once TO preserve the rec
reational and other resource val
ues. urge the tribes now. before it
is too late. TO develop a program
for the orderly development of ia
cilities along the routes and the
kinds of coming that will preserve
the beauty of mount aims and can
yons which lie everywhere at
hand"
The Secretary informed the
tribes that the Department would,
in cooperation with the tribal coun-
ellis. begin immedi ately such a
study for development of a plan
for tribal consideration.
Lands surrounding the Four
Corners site are owned by the
Navajo Tribe and the Ute Noun
tain Ute Tribe, both of which par
ticipated in the dedication cere-
monies.
America IS on the move il
more ways than economic growth. -
Secretary Udall said. "Our Nation
al Parks--a good barometer Of
prosperity--have just ended re-
cord seasons Of attendance, and
this trend will continue to accel-
crate. "
In the many economic rehab-
llitation programs now being ad-
ministered by the Bureau of indian
Affairs and in the So Reservation
Development Area projects being
acuvared under the Area Redevel-
opment ACT. tourism is emerging
as a vital factor on the road to
self sufficiency for lndi ans every
where" Secretary Udall said.
Sef-supporting projects to pro-
vide inc ON reproducing outdoor
recreation facilities are now being
planned in Indian areas in Nevada,
Oregon. South Dakota, Wyoming,
Wisconsin, Colorad Alaska. and
elsewhere. the Interior Secretary
said. The tribal-owned Fort Apache
Reservation White Mount ain En-
terpriSe in Arizona is currently
expanding recreational Develop
ment from strictly seasonal TO
year-round use, inc luding con-
Struction of ayear-round lodge and
development of ski slopes.
Secretary Udall said the newly
formed Bureau of Outdoor Rec
reation in the Interior Department
was providing valuable traine d
counsel to Indi an groups interested
in developing a touriSm industry.
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1962-09-26

Planned development of visitor at
fractions in Ind an areas of the u. S.
is proving to be one of the more eff
fecriVe economic rehabi litation
programs designed to provide tri-
bal members with self -sufficiency.
Secretary of the Interior Stewart
L. Udall said September 16 in the
official opening of a new highway
link on the Navajo Trail.
AS part of the ceremonies. Sec
rotary Udal dedic ated a unique
marker where the corners of Colo
RADIO. New Mexico. Arizona, and
Utah meet.
Completion of the 16O-mile link
on Navajo Route One. the first all
weather paved road TO cross the
northern portion of the huge Navajo
Reservation. provides animportant
east-wesr connecting link between
Mesa Verde National Park in Colo
rado and Grand Canyon National
Park in Arizona. In addition. it
provides new viStaS, much of it
through colorful Ind an lands. for.
visitors en- route to Bryce and Zion
National Parks in Utah and mum
Der of national monuments and 9th
er Southwest attr actions.
In his dedication address. Sec
Rotary Udall said he was confident
that the highway project, which he
as a member of the House OF Rep
resentatives joined with Senator
Clinton Anderson as co-sponsor.
would ultimately carry visitors
TO "our next new great national
park--the Canyonlands in Utah. "
This spot. where the four great
States of Color ado. Utah. Arizona,
and New Mexico meet. has been
one of our last frontiers" he
said.
''The Navajo Indians, whose
lands occupy three corners of this
unique point. and the Mounta ain Ures,
who own the fourth. have remained
largely isolated because of the lack
of pass able roads. Too, this lack
of roads has been one of the bar
riers between these four States.
'Now. with completion of this
vital link. commerce and friend
ship should thrive to the benefit of
all-the Navajos and the Utes, as
we'll as their non-Indian brothers
in these growing mount ain States.
This highway will open up whole
new field of opportunity for both of
these Tribes. and they should take
Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1960-1984, 1962-09-26

TOME Acting Public
Editor of the Navajo Times Chairman
meeting the Pmont Ranch The conference
scouting the lives the
Tome spoke the final day
left chatting with Louis R. scouting
Evening star., 1962-08-27

assumption that more of the
foreign assistance load will be
borne by our European Allies.
But judging from the course
Congress has pursued in former
years, there probably will be
some cuts forthcoming. I feel
that the committees will not
deviate from their established
practice in this case"
Senator Hickenlooper, Re-
publican of Iowa, said in a
separate interview he senses
strong Senate sentiment for a
very substantial reduction in
Mr.. Kennedy's requests. Senator
Hickenlooper heads the Senate
Republican Policy Committee.
II would think there will be
reductions ranging up to a 81
billion" he said.
Foreign aid always has been
the target for members of Con-
gress who like to carry home
to the voters a record indicat-
ing that they have voted less
money than the President
asked. A 81 billion cut in the
request would bring this years
funds below the S3.9 billion
voted by Congress last year.
Increases Not Offset
But the 5000 million savings
in approved expenditures would
not go very far toward Offset
ting some of the increases in
domestic, non-military spend
ing the lawmakers seem likely
to vote in an election year.
The House, for example, al
ready has acted to increase
public works outlays from the