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-Hardin Tribune-Herald, Thursday, September 17, 1953
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THE HARDIN TRIBUNE-HERALD
ESTABLISHED 19*7 OFFICIAL PAPER BIG HORN COUNTY
—, —
Published ever, Thursday and entered
April 4. 1925. at the Postottice at Har
din, Montana, for transmission through
the mails as second-ciass matter under
the act of Congress March 3. 1879.
EDITORIAL
More Needed Than Super Highways
Two highway accident deaths have occurred at a
curve near Crow Agency in recent months. The most
recent one only a couple of weeks ago, reminds us
again of the need for eliminating that particular curve
on Highway 87. ,
The curve is a dangerous one, we know, and we d
like to see reconstruction to correct the hazard. No
doubt the highway commission’s plans include a change
in the road at that point, as well as improvements in
construction all along the route. How soon it w ill be
accomplished we do not know.
Poor roads do contribute to the accident and death
rate, but we are not among those who believe super
highways would guarantee the safety of motorists.
Although some of our roads are in poor condition,
hazardous curves and other dangerous conditions in
most cases are well marked and drivers are forewarned
when approaching such sections. We believe more can
be accomplished in reducing the accident rate through
education of drivers than by constructing highways
which will make for more speed. For instance, this
particular curve at Crow Agency is not so dangerous
if the driver obeys the speed limits posted at the ap
proaches, and complies with the other common sense
rules of driving. The best roads in the country cannot
prevent accidents unless drivers cooperate by doing an
alert job of driving.
As much as repairs are needed on Highway 87,
we would rather see the money go for the surfacing of
some of our gravel highways such as No. 8 or No. 47
before reconstructing those which are already oil
surfaced.
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We Must Produce More Food
The population of the United States is soaring.
At present the increase runs to 7,000 person a
day. Government experts predict a 20 per cent popu
lation jump in the 19.50-60 period alone.
These people must be fed —and fed, for the most
part, on what can be produced on our croplands, which
the 19.50 census put at 336.349.000 acres.
Ilie experts also say that if our present living
standards are to be maintained through 1975, it will be
necessary to bring 100.000,000 more fertile acres into
production. Yet even optimistic forecasts hold that only
50,000,000 currrently unproductive acres can be clear
ed, drained, irrigated and improved by 1975. We are
presently bringing in only 2,000,000 acres a year and
more than half of this is offset by the expansion of
cities, towns and industrial areas.
The meaning of these forecasts and figures is
clear. Unless we are to suffer a decline in living stan
dards, we must get more and more food and fiber from
our productive land. And that means the intensified
application of scientific production practices and bet
ter land utilization.
Fortunately, that is not a visionary goal. Farmers
and land owners are practicing conservation farming
on an ever-increasing scale and in a manner that would
have been impossible a few years ago. The best con
servation and land use practices require machinery that
was non-existant fifty years ago, but which is now
standard farming equipment.
The agricultural future of the United States, and
of the wolrd for that matter, lies in maximum use of
power-driven implements by farmers and ranchers who
realize that the machine—rather than a futile search for
new land — provides the solution to feeding our ex
panding population.
Help Wanted: A Worker
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The TrovUn Safety Service
Three out of four accidents in 1952 happened in
dear weather on dry roads. Only YOU can prevent
traffic accidents!
They're Saying ...
Comments of Other Editors
JOHN KIDDER in the
RONAN PIONEER
In the controversy concern
ing public versus private power
development, there are many
who favor the public projects
mainly because they feel that
the “cheap” power thus pro
vided would act as a much
needed shot in the arm to the
industrial growth of this area.
This idea appeals not only to
public power supporters in such
relatively undeveloped indus
trial regions as our own, but
also to some in what we should
consider highly industrialized
sections, such as western New
York state, where public and
private factions are competing
to develop Niagara Falls. No
matter how much industry an
area has, it seems, there are
those who feel it should have
more and some of them think
the way to get it is through
cheap public power.
Ybu can call I I your own
for only'Un“'
JSSMSaHa^K
Why just look and sigh—and pass
up so much real automobile?
Why—when this big and beautiful new
Buick Special delivers for the surpris
ingly low price shown here?
Could be you’re one of those folks who
still don’t believe that the price of a
Buick really is just a few dollars more
than that of the so-called “low-priced”
cars.
So here we show our car and price to
prove it.
But beyond that—what you get in this
great Buick, for so small a step-up in
what you pay, is plenty.
More power. Fireball 8 power. The
highest horsepower and compression
ratio ever placed in a Buick Special.
More room. Real six-passenger room
—even by man-size measurement.
by Robert Osborn
Now, ..perhaps ..these ..boys
are right, but it seems to us
there are some mighty im
portant questions we should
ask ourselves before we de
cided to go along with their
views.
One perfectly good question
was raised by the Pioneer edi
tor a few weeks ago—how
much do we really want to in
dustrialize this section? To be
sure, new industries would
bring more money, but they
would also bring more people
and more business to compete
for the money and it is far
from certain that any of us
would be more prosperous be
cause of it. Then, too, most of
us are in Montana because we
like the wide open spaces and
plenty of elbow room. We’re
not so sure we really want to
crowd our cities, pollute our
trout streams, and fill our
clean mountain air with indus
trial smog. If we aire forced to
it by a growing population, well
and good, but just possibly we
should be trying to delay that
day as long as we can.
On the other hand, supposing
WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM ■——
RUDY’S MOTOR SALES
Center Ave.ietween 4th and sth, Hardin, Mont.
for the sake of argument we
were trying to start an indus
trial boom, would cheap power
do it? Actually, power is only
one of several factors consid
ered by industry in deciding
where to locate, and would be
a deciding factor only where a
process uses exceptional quan
tities of electricity.
Equally important are avail
ability of raw materials, la
bor supply, costs of construc
tion, freight rates, and near
ness to markets. The indus
trial growth of the South was
not primarily due to cheap
T.VA. power, but to cheap la
bor, low construction costs
because of the mild climate,
and abundant raw materials.
The more recent boom in
Texas is built around natural
gas and oil, and there is, in
fact, no public power of any
consequence there. The indus
tries we have in Montana —ag-
riculture, mining, smelting, re
fining, lumbering—are all based
pretty much on special re
sources available here in the
state, and it seems likely that
future developments will be the
result of expanded use of these
resources. It would appear more
realistic to assess the advan
tages we have and exploit
them, rather than to expect
any sizeable influx of industry
due to cheap power alone.
Finally, it might pay us to
decide how cheap public pow
er really is. To be sure, since
public power projects pay no
taxes and are not obligated
to operate at a profit, they
can theoretically afford to
sell electricity at a lower rate.
But the federal, state and lo
cal taxes lost on these pro
jects must be made up in
some other way. The Mon
tana Power company will pay
Lake county some $249,893.96
in taxes on Kerr dam this
year; a public power project
would pay nothing and the
county would have to obtain
the revenue from other sour
ces—you and me.
There are times and places
when the government has to
step in and build dams for
flood control, irrigation, and
power generation. But we still
believe that the time and place
is not when private enterprise
is ready, willing and able to do
the job. And, while we would
like to see Montana grow, we^re
not so sure we want to see it
boom, and we are far from
sold that public power is an
essential for either.
BEDFORD, IND., DAILY
TIMES-MAIL
There is no substitute for
individual effort. Neither is
there a substitute for individ
ual reward. That’s why all the
socialist schemes fall down.
They are unhuman. They fall
to recognize the basic urge of
man to build and create, and
to gain the recognition and
reward of his own effort.”
Mire comfort. The solid comfort of
Buck’s Million Dollar Ride—with coil
spring cushioning on all four wheels,
wde-tread stability, torque-tube
steadiness.
Mire pleat ore. The pleasure of high
viability, of luxurious fabrics and fit
tiigs, of superbly easy handling—and
the deep satisfaction of bossing a big
aid able and stunningly styled auto
nubile that does you proud wherever
ya go.
Vhy not drop in on us and see things
fo’ yourself?
Tlat way you’ll also learn about the
loig list of "extras” you get at no extra
col in this spirited new 1953 Buick
SpXial—things that most other cars of
sinilar price charge for as extras. Can
you make it this week?
Smokey Says:
/HAVE ANCTHER
1 PItKT^OF 'EM HEGE SINCE
k IHEV STOPPED BURNING AS; TXPj.
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Protected forests keep fishing
streams clean and cool!
ANNOUNCE EXAMS
The U. S. Civil Service Exam
iners for the Bureau of Recla
mation’s Region 6, has announ
ced the opening of competitive
examinations for electricians,
according to J. H. McLuskie,
board executive secretary.
The examination announce
ment, covering qualifications
and other pertinent informa
tion, and application forms may
be obtained from the board of
examiners in Billings, any post
office in the area or from the
Eleventh U. S. Civil Service Re
gion at Seattle, Wash.
HERALD
BELLINGHAM, WASH.,
Jobholders in the United
States in July numbered 63,-
120,000, about 1,000,000 more
than a year ago. Henry Wal
lace’s goal of 60,000,000 jobs—
which he seemed to think was
the ultimate in American pros
perity—was passed years ago,
and still the millennium eludes
us.
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THE GREATEST
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IN SO GREAT YEARS
ET-FfiTED TO BOARD
Dr. Harold J. HofUch, head
of the Bureau of
Economic Research at Montana
State university, has h^eneiec
ted to the national board ot
directors of the Associated
University Bureaus of Business
and Economic Research. He is
a member of the MSU School
of Business Administration fac
ulty. _
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"But officer, I just had it serviced,
I he assured me I could drive as fast
as I wanted to."
We did say that, but we can’t
insure you against traffic offi
cers. PLEASE DRIVE CARE
FULLY.
HANK'S STANDARD
SERVICE
TIRES • BATTERIES
WASHING • LUBRICATION
“Road Service"
Phone 347 — Hardin, Mont
USE YOUR BRAKES AND
GIVE OUR KIDS A BREAK