The Glacier reporter., 1963-04-04
A MINUTE
WITH MI

geese flew north to their sum
mer homes He also informed
me that II was a sure sign OF
spring but that we could still
have some soft snow.
As far as I have been able to
observe. he was right have
81 en- several flOcks Of geese
heading north. ard there are
many ducks on the open ponds,
Only this morning a flock Of II
or IS white geese rose out of
Willow Greek and passed low
between our house and the In
dian Museum. Then when we
went 70 the postOffice, two big
geese were laZily winging their
way northwest over MacRae's
Lumber yard
The daffOdills are about ready
TO burst into bloom. the pussy
willows are out, ard a few Gro
cuses have been seen so may
be my old friend was right.
II would appear that the Rus
slams. cooperating with Castro,
have done a fast and fine job
OF promoting dissentiOn and re-
vOlutiOns in the Latin American
countries. During the last three
years. since Castro took over
and the Russian ''technicians"
were invited to Cuba. nearly
every single Latin American
country has had, or is having.
trouble in one form Of revolu-
tiOn or another. It's a safe bet
that those who so far have not
had trouble, will soon have il
The latest attempted over
throw in Argentina and Guat-
emala are concrete examples OF
how fast the progress of Com
munism works. Sad as il is. we
must realize that the Latin Am
erican countries. other than
Canada. are the last Of our close
allies ard are our backdoOr
neighbaEs- Communism has tax
en- its toll Of all others or has
them so confused and distracted
that cur cause Of freedom is all
but lost 10 them. Foreign aid in
cluded.
We are not particularly anxious
10 toss ourselves on the funeral
pyre by declaring war against
Castro or any Of his associates
but neither do we think that
Russia would come running to
Cas'rO's aid should we decide
10 kill the ants before they eat
US, Mr. X is a pretty busy boy
right now in his own family and
he is not about 10 risk his com
munist curls for CastrO's beard
Speaking Of ants. ] always like
TO tell how grandpa did it e.
Grandma had been fighting ants
in her home for years with every
poison and prescription she could
find. The house was always spot
ted with powders or fluids around
every crack and crevice.
Finally grandpa, after he had
mustered up the courage, told
grandma that she was doing il
al wrong and that was some
thing TO tell grandma. Anyway
he told her that If she ever ex-
pected 10 kill all those ants she
had to locate the hill and get
rid Of that After an almost end
less summer of being overrun
with the pests. she took TO the
trail and patiently tracked them
down. She then poured kerosene
on the hill and set it afire q.
No more ants.
That was zbout the only time
on record that grandma admit
ted 70 grandpa that he YVES right.
Well. there is a moral in the
story. ard goes like this: 'u YOU
want to eliminate the trouble,
20 dire-tly to the sJurce."
We are taking heart in the
coming OF spring in that ii means
there will be considerable en-
ployment in and around Brown
i-g. The new sawmill is ra7idly
shaping up now that ground has
been Ieveled. and as soon as IL
settles, construction will start.
We are eZ1ecting anytime now
10 see the federal housing pro-
ie-t &c under wsv here in town.
Last report was that as soon as
the weather permitted. prelimin-
ary work would be started. II
should be time.
There arc several ether pro-
jects scheduled 10 90 into oper-
alton as rum0rs indicate, but we
cannot run them down as ye.,
but as soon as any fsctual facts
are available. We will have thsm
fer our readers.
The new city council will take
office shortly and we would like
10 suggest that a grass root start
could be effective enforcement