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Hardin Tribune-Herald, Hardin, Montana
Thursday, July 14, 1955
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Published every Thursday and entered
April 4, 1925. at the Postoffice at Har
din, Montana, for transmission through
the mails as second-class matter under
the act of Congress March 3, 1879.
EDITORIAL
No Boom Town Wanted
It seems quite certain that construction of Y ellou -
tail dam in Big Horn canyon will get under way in the
not too distant future. Construction funds have virtual
ly been assured by Congress. Pre-construction work has
previously been completed, and the Bureau of Reclama
tion, we understand, is ready to go to work when they
get the word to do so.
One question remaining, however, is if and when
settlement can be made with the Crow Tribe for right
of-way for the dam and reservoir. Tribal officials may
be approaching the negotiation stage. We hope that
they are. We think the tribe has much to gain by nego
tiating a settlement for their rights in the site.
Our primary interest, however, is what effect the
construction will have upon all the people of Hardin
and surrounding area. When construction is started, an
influx of people no doubt will take place in Hardin. Ihe
city, at the present time, could not accommodate a great
many additional people. If a sudden influx should de
velop, the city could become a “boom” town, with re
sultant benefits for some, perhaps, but with undesirable
conditions for many.
Of course, we’d like to see a good normal growth
of the community, but we don’t relish the thought of
“boom” town conditions. We hope that those with rent
al property and other interests in Hardin will attempt
to hold the line against inflationary conditions if a sud
den heavy increase in population should take place.
At the same time, it would be gratifying to see
residents of our community prosper and expand in keep
ing with a healthy, permanent growth in the economy
of the area.
Don’t Spend It Yet
Optimistic taxpayers may recall that President
Eisenhower in his State of the Union speech last Jan
uary expressed hope for a tax reduction in 1956. They
may be further encouraged by the prognostications of
various “practical” politicians that the Republicans will
propose some tax cuts in advance of next year s elec
tion.
But, on the last day of the fiscal year of 1955, a
Senate vote extended the national debt limit of 281
billions for another year —thus preventing it from
crashing down to the former ceiling of a mere 275 bil
lions.
And since the year ended on June 30 with the
government owing three billions more than on the same
date of 1954, no one should spend too much time
dreaming about what he will do with the extra money
the government might be going to let him have.
None Too Soon
There are more than five million alcoholics in the
US, and perhaps as many more borderline cases. No
body knows how many millions are slaves to barbitur
ates, sleeping-pills, opium derivatives and various other
drugs. And to make this picture blacker, it might be
added that the ranks are swelling at an accelerated rate
each year.
What these statistics mean in terms of human mis
ery for the afflicted and their families alike—is be
yond comprehension. Alcoholism and drug add addic
tions are major causes of automobile and other acci
dents, of juvenile delinquency, crime, immorality, pov
erty and lowered resistance to other diseases. Econom
ically. the cost runs into billions of dollars a year. Ab
senteeism and accidents due to alcoholism alone cost
industry a billion dollars a year. Our “inadequate gen
erally inappropriate, and often injurious” public facil
ities for coping with a comparative handful of the
most desperate alcoholics cost the taxpayers another
billion or more a year.
This, briefly, is addiction in America. Today a
new force joins in the battle, the Alcoholism and Ad
dictive Diseases Foundation. Headed by a group of
distinguished industrialists, educators and public lead
ers—men who are accustomed to getting thing done —
the Foundation plans a national four-pronged drive on
these tragic human ailments.
It will establish a broad program of research
through giving grants-in-aid to universities and other
organizations of standing in this field.
It will work with established centers for treat
ment and rehabilitation, and create new ones with out
standing facilities.
It will aid established teaching institutions in
training professional and technical people in the care
and rehabilitation of addicts.
It will develop and present information and ed
ucation programs to the public.
All this will take more than drive and determin
ation and devotion. It will take a lot of money. But.
until now there has been no full-scale, completely
rounded organization designed to cover the many as
pects of addiction.
This courageous new Foundation deserves the
support and encouragement of all. —Washington Ex
clusive.
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NATION A L EDITORIAL
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They're Saying .. .
Comments of Other Editors
Lewistown Daily News
Las Vegas is the city where you
pay 15 cents for a glass of milk
in a hamburger joint, but fancy
drinks are free in the plush hotels
as long as you are laying your
money on the gambling tables.
Las Vegas is the city that has
grown from 10,000 right after
World War II to 45,000 (by special
federal census) in 1955, just 10
years later.
Las Vegas is the city that has
been built on gambling, and gam
bling alone, plus slot machines. It
is a house of cards that could
blow down at any time, and plenty
of people who have been there
wouldn’t be too sorry to see just
this happen.
Mere and plushier hotels are
opening all the time, but now it
is beginning to look like the satur
ation point may be passed. At
least, after two more plush gambl
ing casino hotels opened recently,
Life magazine ran a series on the
Nevada city, with one page head
ed, “After Crowded Openings New
Clubs Face Some Empty Hours.”
Quoting from the Life com
ments:
“The worrisome question, has
Las Vegas overextended itself?
was asked mostly to the newer
hotels. They did well, as Las Vegas
always does on weekends when the
crowds come in from Los Angeles.
But on weekdays they found their
rooms unbooked. The place which
opened this year reportedly paid
an entertainer SIO,OOO to cancel his
engagement, and had to muster
the hotel help to fill up the night
club for his successor. Worst of
all, a new breed of visitor was
showing up. He came to enjoy
the good quarters, food and shows
but — and this is where it hurt—
not to gamble.
"The older, established hotels
had a faithful clientele of big
spenders and heavy gamblers and
there was no decline in their
trade. Nor, in fact, was there any
measurable decline in the number
of people coming to Las Vegas.
The trouble was that there were
more places bidding for the busi
ness of those who came. The only
answer, everybody agreed, was to
get more people to come. But
they would have to come' quickly,
for even now seven more hotels
are scheduled to go up along the
three miles of desert road which
Las Vegas calls The Strip,” Life
concluded.
So it looks like the “sure money
boys”—the gamblers from back
East who have put up the money
they gyped others out of and
built the plush hotels “to squeeze
even more money out of even more
suckers” —have overdone it.
Apparently some of the boys
who “take ’em” from the plungers
and suckers have now “overplung
ed” themselves.
Our heart bleeds for ’em —in
the pig's eye.
Forsyth Independent
Eleven hospitals in Minneapolis
announced last week that there
would be an increase of from $1.50
to $4 per day in the cost of hos
pital rooms, making the daily
rate at about $11.50 for wards up
to $24 per day for the best rooms.
This raise in rates was occasioned
by a 10 cent per hour increase in
pay given non-professional hos
pital employees plus a 2% cents
an hour health and welfare fund
raise.
Time was when hospitals were
very poor employers. Wages were
low, fringe benefits were non-ex
istent and hospital employees
worked 54 hours a week and on
Sundays and holidays. But times
have changed, and the cost of
higher wages, more benefits, etc.,
must be paid by the hospital pa
tient.
To the advantage of hospital
patients now is the fact that back
in the days when hospital care
was cheap, the doctors made you
stay in a hospital, once they got
you there, for an average of 26
days. Today it is about eight or
nine days. A few years back hos
pital expenses could be divided
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roughly one-third for salaries or
wages, and two-thirds for food,
drugs, anesthetics and other sup
plies. Today the cost picture shows
two-thirds for salaries and one
third for supplies.
Hospitals, tax exempt and on the
endowed and charitable list of
churches and other organizations,
are not money making institutions,
but rather expensive necessities
that must be supported.
We read, very recently, where
a patient in a hospital withstood
a very serious operation in good
shape, but dropped over dead when
he was presented the bill for ser
vices rendered.
Time was when it was not con
sidered proper and people were
bashful about asking their doctor
and the hospital, “How much is
this going to cost me?” Today,
doctors agree that they would ra
ther talk over the financial de
tails of their professional fees in
advance, rather than squabble
about them afterwards, or have
their patients die of shock when
they get their doctor bill.
No matter how you look at it,
it is getting to a point where people
of average means and income can
not afford to be sick. —L.E.M.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the many
friends and neighbors for the flow
ers, visits and many acts of kind
ness during the illness and death
of our sister and friend, Hannah
Batty. Also to the doctors and
nurses at the Hardin hospital.
Mrs. Bertha Barnica.
Anton Pearson.
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In a national economy which
produces more than $350 billion a
year in goods and services, an
average of one dollar in nine is
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prosperous economy for tomorrow.
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STRICTLY FRESH
IPELLOW in Los Angeles who
won $28,000 on the Irish
Sweepstakes says he’s going to
“eat four times a day.” At one
Los Angeles restaurant we’ve
heard about, that dough won’t
last very long.
♦ • •
Long Island Railroad is going
to install welded rails on one
stretch of its line, eliminating the
clickety-clack of the wheels.
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What the road really needs is
something to eliminate the yack
ety-yack of the commuters when
a fellow’s trying to sleep.
• • •
Dental technician up for prac
ticing dentistry without a license
in Lima, Ohio, really has pulL
Got his case postponed. Said he
had a dental appointment.
• • »
Burlesque’s getting breezier in
Britain. Fan "dancer, called upon
by police, was told she wasn’t
moving her fans fast enough.
« » •
Vacationers who get burned to
a crisp frying to get a tan are
often half-baked in the head.
Bethlehem, Pa. was founded on
Christmas Eve, 1741.
FUG LAW
And Interpretations
By the American Legion
Q. When the flag is not flown
from a staff, how should it be dis
played?
A. It should be displayed flat,
whether indoors or out, or so sus
pended that its folds fall as free
as though the flag were staffed.
When displayed either horizonally
or vertically against a wall, the
union should be upper-most and to
the flag’s own right; that is, with
the union or blue field to the left
of the observer in the street.
Q. What is the proper respect
to the flag during the ceremony
of hoisting or lowering the flag,
or when the flag is passing in a
parade or in a review?
A. All persons should face the
flag, stand at attention, and salute.
Those present in uniform should
render the military salute. When
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not in uniform, men should re
move the headdress with the right
hand, holding it at the left should
er, the hand being over the heart.
Men without headdress should sal
ute by placing the right hand
over the heart. Aliens should stand
at attention. Women should salute
by placing the right hand over the
heart. The salute to the flag tn
the moving column should be rend
ered at the moment the flag passes.
Q Is it permissible to fly the
flag of the United States during
inclement weather?
A. No. The flag should not be
displayed on days when the
weather is inclement. The only
cases where a flag properly flies
during inclement weather are.
(1) Two flags over the Capitol
building in Washington; one over
the east front and one over the
west front, day and night, through
out the year.
(2) Over a permanent fort or
ship when engaged in battle.
(3) When our armed forces are
engaged in battle.