The Glacier reporter., 1963-08-22
a MINUTE
WITH NI

For the past couple of days
"a haven't hcd 10 wJrry about
becoming overheaied. except
possibly when we read of some
pyII:ISal shcHannigan that will
c1r:iuaIly cost Us more money
81, a taxpayer.
For the past two weeks We
have been complaining hat the
old haymaker was overriding its
Job with the temperature hang
ing around the 90 mark This
week we have ben wondering
"u" we turned the furnace off
Sorta makes a printer wonder
Why the merchants aren't adver-
ing wI1ter clothing We
"l!I be needing them soon.
OF course. we can expect some
nl~" warm weather before the
png wIniCr sets in. but / do r..
call cOu1Ie OF wears whel tina;
nlrc warm weather didn't show
up until the first January chin
oOk
is about this time OF the year
thd; Ne really miss Charlie Rec.
Ms He used TO keep US coached
on the weather. and looking back
we sometimes think that he was
more correct than most of the
weathrrmen He would always
tell Us that he had TO 60 down
TO Two Medicine 10 make his
prediction then after his trip
10 the mysterious weather bu
reau. h would drop in and tell
7'e what the winter was going 10
Do like. and the weeks preced /.
I~g Charlie had a way OF find |
ing out and by g0Ily he /
cldn I mss It by far
\ lot OF people have been ask
ing what has happened to the
federal housing unit that is sup
posed TO have been started this
summer As near as wC can find
out there seems TO be some
irOubI" in acquiring additional
land for the sewage lagoon
Il seems that the Public Health
SCTIre is enlarging the lagoon /.
and they need additional land
They cannot complete the prof
rr: until the land Is acquired
aud tie owner doesn't seem To
want % sell We were told thai
r. the lard canEOt be purchased
condemnation proceedings may
so the only other slicTnative r
make matters worse. this lOca-
ION IS the only one suitable and
by which proper drainage can be
effected That seems TO be the
only stone in the way. % We were
told
Well. the politicians seem &c
have done 1t again. al lels. fer
The linse bsiDg Senators Mans
held and Metcall have succeed
Fl IN 2, ting the Knowles Dam
bill passed through
ne Senate ilspite OF all the oP
position. Il was included in z
package deal that will put the
bite IN the taxpayers TO the tune
u ; mcshing like S6G9.547. 900 for
several water projects. TIL t
Knowles deal is now estimated
al $50 million
OF course. as viewed by tho
'neODle.s representatives" tiat
50 million is a paultry sum
something like We might give I,
Tito. which he in turn would use
10 purchase arms from Russia
Jr use 10 pass on TO Castro i.
support of Communism but Il
this paying peOn It looks a heck
Jf a lot bigger than grandpa's
hay stack.
We still hold 10 our opinion
that II 4 popular vote was taken
in Montana. al least 80 per cent
VI the people would turn thumbs
down on the dam construction.
Il all adds up 10 the indisou
able record OF history When
q government taxes is C0nsi,U-
enis beyond their approval and
Jycrruies their wants and needs.
YOU have other tan a dcmOC-
racy
Ask not -, e, you want CT
iced from v0ur government
Let them tell you what they will
gIve you
over At Pullman. Wash. 2
-anrhcr has produced a vicli o!
90 bushels per acre OF Gaines
heat Up in Canada a rancher
reduced 100 bushels Of oats per
ere.
Il causes one TO wonder how
far progress IS setting US back in
many instances. When one stops
10 consider the thousands OF
grain ranchers who will be fore
ID out OF business because c!
surplIses. and the machinery
manufacturers and dealers Wl-
xiIl close shop as a result OF less