The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-08-09

services TO organize an old mODOr Oh
collection drive to try to kill som,
of the dust on the Prospect Creel
road to Idaho. (He has selfish in
terest in that particular stretch OF
highway.
Commissioner j. M. Mass got into
discussion with a Thompson Fall.
doctor about the value of roads
Roads are bringing in more people
and wrecking the doctors hunting
and fishing, and therefore are nc
damn good. This sort of argument is
common in other sections of the
state and is hard to talk about with
out falling into the trap of person
alities. The only answer is more fish
and game which is the problem of
another state agency.
The next morning we had break
fast at Plains where the Chamber
of Commerce gave us Japanese let
ter openers which looked like hari-
kari swords. Politics in Sanders county
is really tough. Everyone is inter-
ested in the mint crop being dis
titled near Plains. 1t is harvested the
second year and the finished product,
mint flavoring, is shipped from the
farm. A new stimulus to our econ
omy perhaps.
At Superior they did not lynch the
commission even though the Inter
state bypassed them. The town has
lost considerable business but at the
bank where we had coffee the cal
culating machines kept dancing under
the girls fingers despite the invasion
of road agents.
Then in Missoula where I was adj
miring the hand rail the women of
Missoula made the commission put
on the Higgins Avenue bridge the
cottonpickers took off with the bus
without me and / had to run through
the street to catch them.
Coffee at Hamilton where the COM
checked on Orvin Flare who
had some travel writer's in tow. They
had straw hats ON and looked like they
would try to make people believe that
they really roughed it in Montana
and weren't just on conducted tour.
Up Lost Trail Pass to the Idaho
line then up another pass to the Big
Hole country. At the top we all got
put and Sorrels read paper extoll-
ing the virtues of Commissioner
George Gosman and gave him the
honor of dedicating the name of the
pass which we would now select from
signs. First name, Franklin Roose-
7elt Memorial Pass'-a smattering |
If applause-next, 'John F. Kennedy |
Memorial Pass"-a smattering of ap-
clause. The next sign held up was
he Crank Small Memorial Pass"
md the crew went wild while Gosman
Kissed me on both cheeks. Me and
Kennedy amt dead yet so the joke
,ass which had been named after
George Slime, information officer and
BOSNIAN and Chief Joseph, who never
vent that way, may appear on the
maps as Frank Small Pass yet-why,
lobody will ever know.
This IS the last piece OF primary
o receive state attention since the
ystem was created two score and
ONE years ago. 1t will open up the
and of the ten thousand hay stacks.
md it is something to see. Of course
ny mind went ito the Board of Equal
alton fight in the Supreme Court on
he valuation of grazing and wild hay
and. In the Big Hole you can see the
ew words spoken in the court are
OFT about chicken feed.
At Jackson the commission and
ntourage got loaded up and then
ad big feed. The good natured
'aitress who handled the public of
icials as if they were little boys
-ent along with their continuing
,kes and handed me their checks.
lot being as charitable as the Mis-
,ula Chamber of Commerce l did
memorable double take and pass.
After the meal they gave very S
reditable show for the people gath !
red in the lodge. All the percentages t
ere trotted out and by the time they {
ere through, the men were quite 2
atisfied that they were getting their ]