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GATEWAY TO
GLACIER NATIONAL PAR*
AND HOME OF THE
PLAINS INDIAN MUSEUM
Volume 27, No. 15
New City Council Calls For
State Audit Of Town’s Books
At the request of the town 1
council, Lou Miller of the State
Examiners office arrived in
Browning Monday where he is
auditing the town's books.
From all indications the finan
cial status of Browning is in bad
shape. The town appears not
only only to be broke, but has
gone beyond its legal bonded in
debtedness and on various oc
casions has improperly trans
fered funds from one department
to another.
The water department, in par
ticular, has been a source of
much criticism, from the start
of the construction of the new
water supply system to the gen
eral handling of the operation
and laxity in collections.
Under the new council the po
lice department has been re
organized with Bill McMullen re
placing Dewey Brey as Chief
and new regulations have been
adopted.
It would also appear that the
prospect of building a new city
hall, as had been planned, is all
but impossible until the bonded
indebtedness is paid off, or at
least substantially reduced.
It was brought out at the last
Council meeting that had con
struction and financial arrange
ments for the new city hall been
made prior to the bonding agree
ment for the water system, the
town could have had both a city
hall and a new water system;
but. as the deal was handled, in
a reverse manner, with the water
system ahead of the city hall,
the city hall must now wait.
Council members and the new
city attorney, Huppy. say they
are at loss to do anything other
than to call for the audit as the
old books show too many dis
crepancies and too many details
in the records are lacking.
Chamber Of Commerce Lends
Financial Assistance To Fair
The Browning Chamber of
Commerce met in regular session
last night at the Methodist
Church. A conservation movie,
"Waste Not-Want Not" was en
joyed by all members. Briefly,
the movie portrayed wastes in
different branches of our govern
ment and the recommendations
made by the first and second
Hoover Commissions to remedy
needless wastes of time, funds
water power, human resources,
etc.
Some of the most important
matters taken up at the meeting
were donations for the All Amer
ican Indian Days show and the
Glacier County Youth Fair.
Chamber of Commerce mem
ber Greenshield made a motion
to donate the sum of SIOO to the
All American Indian Days pro
gram and Mr. Watson moved
that a donation of S2OO be given
to the Glacier County Youth
Fair. These two issues met with
unanimous approval by the
Chamber of Commerce. The In
dian Days celebration. Youth
Fair and Browning rodeo will ail
lie held on August 16 through the
loth.
Another important issue dis
cussed was the sponsoring of the
Blackfeet Indian I'ri teem, a con
test scheduled duri ig the 4th of
July celebration at which time
a representative for the Sheridan
Indian Days program would be
chosen. Since the Chamber of
Commerce did nut know the
amount of expense involved in
sponsoring the Indian Princess
to the Sheridan program, a final
decision was made to contact
Peter Redhorn fur more details
on this matter before any com
mitments were made by the
Chamber of Commerce regard
ing the sponsorship.
At a previous meeting the
Chamber of Commerce agreed
to purchase two of the Charles
Russell statues made by Robert
Scrlvcr to be donated to the
high school and the Browning
branch of the Glacier County
library.
CORRRCTION
In last week's article relative
to Burke Hamby disposing ol
his business interest here In
Browning, It was stated that Mr.
Hamby had sold his Carter Ser
vice Station. This was Incorrect
as he did not sell the building,
but only leased 11.
THE GLACIER REPORTER
Softball League
Opened Season
Monday Evening
Clark's Bombers opened league
play in the Browning Softball
last Monday when they walloped
Starr school by a final score of
23-3. The government Square
team edged the Greco Drug, play
ers by a score of 24-18.
The first game was marked
with tight pitching and fielding
by the Clark nine. Although the
Government Square took a large
early lead in the second game
the Greco club fought back val
iently to tie the score and made
it interesting throughout the
game.
League entries have now been
completed with the addition of
teams from Heart Butte and the
Hospital. A full schedule of
games has been planned for Mon
day and Wednesday evenings
through the month of July and
will end with a play-off on Aug
ust 7. 8 and 9.
Following is the schedule for
next week:
Monday. June 24
6:00 p.m.—Heart Butte vs.
Clark's Bombers
7:3o—Greco's vs. Hospital
Wednesday, June 26
6:00 p.m.—Government Square
vs. Clark's Bombers
7:30 p.m.—Starr School vs.
Greco's
Any games that are postponed
must be ready to start play on
or rained out will be played on
time or be prepared to forfeit to
their opponents.
New Crop Land
May Cut Down
Soil Bank Payment
Farmers who bring new crop
land into cultivation for harvest
in 1957 after signing Acreage Re
serve agreements will be follow
ing a practice contrary to the
agreement, according to lx>o S.
Kolstad, State Agriculture Sta
bilization and Conservation ad
ministrative officer.
Such farmers may find that
the Soil Bank payment they re
ceive is considerably smaller
than they expected. Kolstad
added.
Acreage for which compensa
tion will be made under the
terms of an Acreage Reserve ag
reement, Kolstad explained, is
generally the smaller of <l> The
number of acres designated in
the agreement as .the Acreage
Reserve, or (2) the number of
acres actually in the Aereagi*
Reserve, as determined by the
County ASC committee.
In a case where new land
which was nut included in tlie
cropland for the farm at the
time the agreement was filed Is
brought Into cultivation and used
for the production of a crop fur
harvest in 1057, the "acreage for
compensation" will be reduced
by the number of acres of the
new cropland. Thus, the amount
of payment would be smaller
than expected, or it might even
be cancelled entirely if the "new
land" acreage were large enough.
“The whole purpose of the
Soil Bank's Acreage Reserve pro
gram is to remove part of the
nation's cropland from produc
tion, and thus avoid excess sup
plies," Kolstad declared. “If
farmers offset this agrecd-on re
duction of basic crops by In
creasing their general cropland,
the program would nut accom
plish Its purpose. Farmers should
fully understand these provisions
of the program so that the Soil
Bank payments they receive will
be what they are expecting."
WILL CHILD CONFIRINCI
•LATID AT HIART BUTT*
A well child conference is
scheduled al Heart Butte school
from 10 a.m. until noon, Thurs
day, June 27.
Browning, Glacier County, Thursday. June 20, 1957
Shelby Youth Dies
Following Accident
Near Cut Bank
A 100 mile-an-hour joy ride
cost one Shelby youth his life
and put three other teen-agers
in the Cut Bank hospital, last
Friday evening, all seriously in
jured.
Dead is Bill Deßimpie, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Deßimpie,
former Cut Bank residents.
A lust for speed and total dis
regard for traffic laws and safe
ty laws and safety of life and
property was characterized by
state highway patrolman, Frank
Hulbert, as cause of the accident.
Four teen agers, two from Cut
Bank and two from Shelby, fail
ed tu make the turn west of the
river bridge on the outskirts of
Cut Bank and plunged over the
steep embankment when they
were attempting to catch anoth
er car of friends at about 8:30
Friday evening.
According to patrolman Hul
bert. who investigated the acci
dent with Sheriff Jesse Harlan,
the estimated speed of the pur
suing car was over 100 miles per
hour as indicated from skid
marks and measurements. The
car was completely demolished
A complete report on extent
of injuries of the three hospital
ized has not been fully indicated,
but possible blindness to one of
the patients may be the price he
will pay.
Willow Crook Claims
Life of 3-Year Old
In Accidental Drowning
David Boy, 3 year old son
of Raymond and Mary Boy.
drowned in Willow Creek Friday
near the home of his grandpar
ents, Rose and Alonzo Skunkcap
about 5 miles west of Browning.
The child was at play when the
accident occurred.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday with the Beck Fun
eral Home officiating. Survivors
include his father and mother.
Raymond and Mary Boy, matern
al grandparents. Rose and Alon
zo Skunkcap and paternal grand
father. Jensen Boy.
Rep. Anderson Receives
Favorable Report On
Indian Health Bill
Representative Leßoy Ander
son this week reported having re
ceived a favorable Department
of Interior report on the Indian
Health facilities bill which his
colleague. Congressman Lee Met
calf and he co-introduced in the
House.
Metcalf performed key service
in preparing this bill which
would authorize funds available
for construction of Indian health
facilities to be used to assist in
the construction of community
hospitals which would serve In
dians and non-lndians.
Anderson said this week he
introduced a modified version of
the original bill and this should
gain House approval.
STARR SCHOOL TO OCT
NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH
It is expected that work will
begin very shortly on the Holy
Cross church at Starr School.
Father Gillen is trying to pur
chase a very nice church all
ready for use and which will be
moved to Starr School if ar
rangements can be completed.
Otherwise, building of a church
on the site will be started in the
near future.
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Members of the Montana Congressional delegation and
Indian leaders from Montana conferred recently in
Washington on legislation and policies affecting Mon
tana Indians. Pictured above are Sen. James E. Mur
ray (seated) and (I. to r.) Walter Wetzel, chairman,
Blaekfeet tribal council; Edward P. (Posey) White
mne, chairman, Crow tribal council; Sen. Mike Mans
field; Mrs. Eunice LaMcre, representing Hill 67, Great
Falls; Rep. Lee Metealf and Walter McDonald, chair
man nf the Flathead tribal council and the Montana
Intertribal Policy Board.
Reservation Road
Bid* To Be Opened
At Missoula, July 3
Bids will be opened at the Mis
soula district offices of the Bur
eau of Public Roads July 3 for a
large highway project here on
the Blackfeet Indian reservation,
according to a recent report.
The report said that the road
work would start 18 miles north
west of Cut Bank and would pro
gress to within 3 miles of the
Canadian border. Included in the
project would be 21.5 miles of
grading and surfacing
The work is to include 300.000
cubic yards of excavation. 155,000
cubic yards of selected borrow,
and 413,000 yards of overhaul.
Local Youths Injured
In Saturday Evening
Highway Accident
Kenneth Juneau. Jesse Heavy-'
runner, and two Atkins boys 1
were injured last Saturday night
when their car missed the curve'
at the depot turn-off south of
Browning and overturned The
extent of their injuries was not
known.
The four boys were reported
returning from a fishing trip
south of town.
The car driven by R J. Atkins,
according to state highway pa
trolman, Frank Hulbert, failed
to stop for the arterial and went
over .the embankment, traveling
300 feet.
Final Plans For Indian Days
Celebration Near Completion
Indian Agency Goes On
Daylight Saving Time
New working hours for the
summer season for all Blackfeet
Indian Agency employees went
into effect Monday. June 17. in
order to take full advantage of
daylight saving time.
The change from the former
8 o'clock to 5 p.m. schedule to
the present 7 o'clock to 4 p.m.
schedule was put into effect as
the results of a vote by all Black
feet Indian Agency personnel.
This new schedule will remain
in effect until the close of the
summer season.
Motorcyclist Injured
Near St. Mary
August Figarellit. 20. of Great
Falls, was hospitalized at Cut
Bank Wednesday following a
highway accident between the
Hudson Divide and St. Mary.
Figarellit. who w..s riding a
motorcycle, lost control of his
machine which went into the
ditch and threw him. The acci
dent happened at about 11:30'
am.
He was taken to the office ot .
Dr. King where it was deter
mined that he was suffering'
from a concussion and severe ’
lacerations. From there he was
taken to the Memorial Hospital
Car Side-Swipes Truck
Near Cut Bank
Raymond Dlubac of the Cut
Bank Air Base apparently fell
asleep while driving and side
swiped a Darigold truck seven
miles west of Cut Bank about
1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
The car was badly damaged
and the driver was charged with
violation of the basic rule of
driving.
Gulf-Pan America Plugs
Babb Wildcat At 12,727
No Decision Reached
On Blackfeet Indian
Irrigation Project
Senator James E. Murray on
•lune 10 received notification
front the office of Commissioner
Glenn C. Emmons that no de
cision has yet been made regard
ing the proposed changes in the
method of assessment for the
■ collection of operation and main
tenance charges on the Blackfoot
Indian Irrigation project.
Senator Murray is a member
ol the Montana Congressional
। Delegation as well as Senator
I Mike Mansfield, Congressman
, Lee Metcalf and Leßoy Ander
son. On May 20 these Congrcs
, sional members requested an ex
tension of 00 days time in which
to consider the proposed changes
in the Irrigation charges.
('ommissioner Emmons said
that upon request of a complete
report Hom the Area office at
Billings on the public hearing
held here May 10 his office
would give special attention to
the Congressional Delegation's
specific request for a 60-day ex
tension and would advise the
Delegation regarding the Indian
Bureaus views in the matter.
Preliminary plans are now
being made for the annual North
American Indian Days celebra
tion to be held in Browning on
August 16 to 19. At the present
time a number of volunteer
Blackfeet braves are cutting out
teepee poles from wooded areas
in the mountains for use of the
many visiting Indians expected
to attend and participate in this
celebration.
Due to the length of the Tee
pee Lodge poles Canadian and
other visitors will be unable to
transport them by car to the
campsite located north of the
famous Plains Indian museum
in Browning, on highways 2 and
89 adjacent to Glacier National
Park.
A daily schedule of events for
the celebration, which promises
to be the best one ever, is now
being planned by Chief Last
Star, one of the most active par
ticipants in the program. Other
chiefs i 'tide Chief Bull Plume.
Chief tnd Person. Chief Iron
Pipe Chief Eagle Ribs and
Chiet Reevi-.
The Swan Dancers, from
Warm Springs. Oregon, and the
Prairie Chicken Dancers from
Canada are only two of the many
visitors expected to participate
in the 4 day program which in
cludes an FFA and 411 Club
Fair for Reservation clubs and
chapters; a rodeo at the fair
grounds August 17 and 18 at 8
p m ami a Blaekfeet War Moth
ers celebration to he held on
Friday. August 16.
There will be a free camp
ground. and cash prizes will be
offered throughout the celebra
tion. Some ot the authentic In
dian Tribal dances will include
the Owl dance. Pidgeon dance.
Ghost dance. Grass dance. Fea
ther dance. Swan dance and
many others.
Indian tribes throughout the
United States and Canada will
be featured during this celebra
tion to top all North American
Indian Days celebrations at
Browning.
Vandal* Destroy
Swimming Pool
At Snell Residence
Vandals Wednesday night
slashed the plastic swimming
pmd in the back yard of Mr. ami
Mrs. Snell making it useless.
Snell counted no less than 40
slashes in the fibre
Similar vandalism to the pool
was done last year, the damage
being confined to half a dozen
slashes, which were somewhat
easy to mend Access to the
back yard was gained by climb
ing over the fence from the alley
and the deed, probably the work
of teenagers, Snell believes,
means the loss of several hun
dred dollars.
However, with inflation, its re
placement nt the present time
would be somewhat higher.
- The Gulf and Pan American,
the million dollar-plus hole north
of Babb which has been carefully
watched by Montana oilmen
since last .October when drilling
started, was plugged last Thurs
day after reaching a depth of
12.727 feet
However, although the well
went deep ami cost a fortune,
plugging of the well does not
necessarily mean that an exten
sive area has been condemned.
The well was situated at the
northwestern corner of th e
Blackfeet Indian reservation
along the Rocky Mountain front,
and was drilled on the western
half of a solid block of Blackfeet
land that brought more than two
million dollars at auction. It was
both tested and drilled past the
12,000 foot mark.
Local Legion Post
Devotes Much Time
To Youth Activity
The local American Legion I
Post is one of the many groups ’
that has contributed most to the
development of the Browning
Youth Club, both monetarily and
personally. Legion members
have devoted much of their per
sonal time and effort to its or
ganization. .
This week American Legion
members will act as chaperones
for the Wednesday. Friday and
Saturday evening activities at
the local Community Hall. The
hall will continue to remain open
on the basis of three times week
ly.
Until Sunday of this week in
clement weather prevented the
Legion baseball team from play
ing any games. However, old
man weather has not kept the
boys from, regular practice pnder
the direction of manager Roy-
Buffalo.
Buffalo urges all local fans to
come out and lend their support
when the ball games actually get
under way.
A complete program of recre
ation activities lias been .sched
uled for each afternoon to ac
commodate boys and girls six
years old to 15.
Buffalo reports there is still
opportunity in this program for
more youngsters to join, especi
ally girls for a will planned pro
gram of fun and lively activity
Preliminary plans are now I
under way for the 2nd annual
Fish Derby to lie conducted by
the Youth Club. Local merchants
and the Montana Fish and Game
Commission lend their support
to this event.
Tlie tentative date for the Fish
Derby lias been set for the last
Saturday in July.
Senate Passes Requested Appropriation
After Slashing Off 714 Per Cent
Senator Murrays office this
week reported that some money
bills rolled through Congress last
week. There was not as much
money in them as the Adminis
tration requested—although per
haps more than some taxpayers
desired.
Murray’s office gave the fol
lowing break down: Five million
dollars will be spent for the
rural library services program
which will be particularly help
ful to' small Montana communi
ties.
Of tlie $5 million. $57,525 will
be allocated to the state of Mon
tana. The five million is two
million more than the Adminis
tration asked.
The House recommended ss(l
million, the Senate $45 million,
lor construction grants for sew
age treatment plants The Senate
said money should be allocated
among the states on the basis of
SSO million, that the full appro
priation isn't necessary because
some unused funds are available
This difference will be settled
in Senate-House conference, and
Montana will be allocated about
half a million dollars for the
grants in aid Several Montana
communities have already re
ceived grants under this program
which started last year
Murray’s office also reported
that the Senate and House Imth
agreed on an expenditure of $3.
006.000 for Indian health facili
ties and will settle in conference
their differences (40 million pro
posed by the House, and 425
million by the Senate) over ap
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR
THE TOWN OF BROWNING
Single Cony lOe
The Mississippian limestone
formation reached was the same
formation that produces the im
mense gas flows in tin- Pincher
Creek field across the interna
tional border in Canada, which
is considered to be the largest
gas field of Hs kind in the world
It has been said that an initial
S9IJMIO was paid by the firm for
the drilling rights. The well was
plugged after getting sulphur
water in the Mission Canyon, the
expected pay horizon, a porous
zone near tin- top of the Madison
lime
Gulf and Pan American bid in
the western half of the block,
basing their bidding on extensive
.seismographing. The California
Company paid about a million
dollars for the eastern half of
the block 1 hey based their bid
ding on their surveys which ap
parently did not coincide with
the Gulf-Pan American findings.
Rumor, now unconfirmed, is
that tlie California Company
may blithely ignore the dry
hole and move several miles to
east on their own block to put
down another test. Another ru
mor is that Gulf has no present
plans to do any further drilling
in the Balili area.
One of the new starts of im
portance this week was the Mur
phy Corporation north of tlie
Madison lime pool of the Cut
Bank field and south of the new
Blackfoot pool along the Cana
dian boundary.
According to latest reports in
the .Montana Oil Journal, drilling
is moving at an exceptionally
fast pace in Continental's No. 1
Tribal 12 miles west of Browning
where they are using a five-com
pressor setup to remove drill
cuttings by air instead of rotary
mud.
They are now nearing tlie 9.000
loot level with only 2.500 ore to
go into tin- scheduled porous
horizons in the Devonian.
At present the hottest location
in this area is in the new Black
foot pool north of the Cut Bank
field, where cores and drill stems
indicate several new and good
producers may be in the com
pletion state with production
coming from the Cut Bank sand
and the Madison Lime.
According to latest reports at
least 40 wildcats are known to
be planned after the Ist of July
and many more may lie budget
ed. but details have not been
made known.
SATURDAY SERVICES TO BE
HELD FOR RAY LUTZ SR.
Funeral services for Ray Lutz.
Sr. will be held Saturday. June
22. at 2 p in. at East Glacier.
Mr Lutz, a brother of Mrs.
Eulaia Higgins, passed auav
June 18 in the Veteran's Hospital
at Fort Harrison.
prupriations for Indian health
activities.
Also reported as approved
was the Hospital Bill The House
Commerce Committee reported
favorably on Keprescntative l.c-
Hoy Anderson's new bill, intro
duced early this session by tile
Montana delegation to provide
for the construction of Indian
hospitals ami for grants to assist
in the construction of community
hospitals winch will serve In
dians and non Indians jointly.
Ibis is the legislation which
would help tlie Wolf Point and
! Poplar communities ami accord
1 mg to testimony before the soli
■mnmi ' -e. a number of others
in various states
BOMBERS WIN FIRST
GAME AT VALIER 8 0.
The Browning Bombers soft
ball team shut out the Valier
team Ito in a game at Valier
Tuesday evening
The Valicrians were held to
'only six hits by Calvin Clark who
pitched the full nine Innings with
Kacine behind the plate.
Trombly, Gervais. Bennett and
Clark all collected three Inis
each to lead the local batting
lineup
The Bombers will play Valier
mt the local diamond Friday
evening, .lune 21 Game time will
be 7 p in
I The public Is cordially invited
land there will be no admission
charge.