The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1963-01-24
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mol 100 OlIIlCull 10 Inquire out
bul, when you start asking your
self why it's mighty hard
10 come up with a logical answer
will always think that grand
pa had the right attitude. which
could we'll provide the answer
lie always said that he was will
ing 10 pay his own wav and was
willing and happy TO help out ar
unfortunate neighbOr but
darged If he considered half o.
the people in the world as neigh
bOTS
Knowing grandpa as did. he
had every right TO hold to that
opinion. and after all. his situa-
tom wasn't much different than
nCSt OF ours today About the
only difference was that he pos
sibly crossed eight or nine hun
drPd dollars year and had his
root cellar and basement full o.
homegrown. hcme-cmred and
home car7ed vegetables, meats
and fruit Today one can
gross twenty. thirty. forty thou
SIND AID more. but about the
oily thing 10 be found in the
basement is a few cans OF ""-k
a7d beans. soup and vegetables
?Il covered IN with a t-uckload
of fishing tackle. hu"'i7g ClItheS
I'D discarded toys, Grandpa had
= shabby. unDai7ted Cbut warm
stock barn with fifteen to t~er-
~ dairy cattle and six horses
Most Of US today have a nice
twO-car garage full OF I1wn NOW
P-s. unused garden tools. barb
que equipment. bicycles. tricy"les.
boats ard motors ana two
r. three cars parked il the
driveway. He raised the feed for
his horses We buy ours
No. grandpa probably never
paid over ten or fifteen dollars
income tax in any one year -
If he paid any at all but his
"7eighbOrs" weren't demanding
guns. tanks. planes or thousands
Of tors OF food and clothing
They found a way TO earn what
they needed. and gave sincere
thanks 10 the good Lord for what
they did get
Then. too. grandpa was never
II debt 10 any man. He always
said. The only one I am in debt
10 Is the Lord" Ay. but times
have changed,
So we have been Dragging about
Montana beiHg the banana belt.
That was a few weeks ago. For
the last few weeks We h3ve often
been reminded of Charlie Rus
sells famous painting. Waiting
For A Chinook" We are still
waiting
For anyone who missed the
hour-l0-g TV interview with for
mer President Eisenhower last
evening. as we see il. they missed
a real education. Ike not only
told and exclaimed many phases
RI his administration and World
War II Command. he pointed out
some Of the bCobOos that were
made II was a strictly honest
ard spontaneous interview with
\ great many things brought to
light that may have heretofore
puzzled many Of us
The whole thing was too leng-
thy 10 reap but il certainly was
an education for those who aren't
politically blind or deaf.
We certainly went along with
his opinion that we are wasting
our money on moon rockets and
star gazing There are too many
r1uch more important and neces-
Sary problems 10 he worked out
right here on earth, he said.
Ike has come up with a pro-
rosal that will $50 the pants
off most OF the -stional level
politicians. ard will be met with
about as much enthusiasm as a
call from the undertaken holding
a taDe-me5surP. He says our
whole congressional setup needs
rpmOdeling. and that no legisla-
'0r should hold office longer than
- years. Now that lust might
ne the answer 20 eve1tual alimi-
nation Of the dee0lv entrenched
Observation-Disclosures ALLAN e = s.
that are taking Such a big bite
cut Of our tax dollars.
We believe that there are .
lot Of sOlons who are like meat
thst has hung too l""g
Ike goes farther. He ssvs that
i-ccmpete1t legislators become
rhairmen Of important commit
tees solely through longevity and
not because of their ability.
II just may be worth a second
thought even II Ike did pro-
pose IL
Did you know that s~cnrAi7g
20 the director of the Food-For-
Peace-Program, the United States
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