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Published every nonday and entered
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EDITORIAL —
"Wann” Ice Is Most Dangerous
Did you know that there is warm ice as well as cold
ice?
Well, there is, and knowing it may save your life,
the National Safety Council points out.
Warm ice is a lot more slippery than cold ice, and
greatly increases the hazards of winter driving unless
you are using reinforced tire chains, the Council has
found in actual skid tests on frozen lakes.
An ice cube when first taken from the freezer tray
feels slightly “sticky,” but the warmth of your hand
quickly melts the surface and it becomes slippery. The
Council says the same thing occurs on road ice or glaz
ed snow when it is warmed by a daytime rise in tem
perature, a brief period of sunshine, or heavy traffic.
Such unexpected changes in the slipperiness of ice
is the basic cause of many winter accidents, the Council
believes.
Council tests show this relationship of temperature
and traction: at 20 m. p. h. a car with regular tires
skidded 114 feet at zero degrees, 155 feet at 10 degrees,
195 feet at 20 degrees, and a whopping 235 at 30 de
grees (just below freezing).
Reinforced tire chains stopped the test cars in 77
feet on glare ice, and this distance was not affected by
changes in temperature.
Temperature is important whether you live in the
northern or southern edge of the snow belt, according
to the Council. While drivers in the north have to con
tend with more snow, they also get lower temperatures
and consequently better traction. Drivers on the south
ern edge of the snow belt meet more changeable con
ditions with intermittent freezing and thawing.
Wherever you live, the Council urges drivers to
stay aware of the changing characteristics of ice. Check
the “feel” of the road at every safe opportunity and
adjust your speed accordingly.
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Words To Remember
As was generally expected, President Eisenhower
declared in his Economic Report to the Congress, that
the nation is on the “threshold” of a four hundred bil
lion dollar annual total in goods and services and “un
derlying conditions will remain favorable to further
economic growth.” As was unexpected in many quar
ters, the message suggested that “this is a good time
for Congress and the Executive Branch to study” the
desirability of granting authority to control installment
buying—even though it was not needed under “present
conditions.”
More significant is the recurring note ot caution.
The president noted that such a high level of prosperity
as we are currently enjoying is “inevitably surrounded
by a margin of uncertainty”. Again, he pointed out
that “It is important to avoid complacency and to bear
in mind the uncertainties that always surround the fu
ture. But it is no less important to recognize that the
opportunities . . are much greater than the uncertain
ties.”
But the paragraph that we can all paste in our hats
is this:
“Lasting prosperity of the nation depends far more
on what individuals do for themselves than on what the
Federal Government does or can do for them. The rate
of our economic advance in the years ahead will depend
largely on our ability as a people to preserve an envi
ronment that rewards individual initiative and encour
ages enterprise, innovation and investment.”
We might even go so far as to remind the Presi
dent of these words from time to time.—Washington
Exclusive.
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To accept good advice is to increase one’s own
ability.
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Nearly every great discovery in science has come
as the result of providing a new question rather than
a new answer. —Paul A. Meglitsch.
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Phillips County News
For the past 10 years, the United
States has engaged in “dollar di
plomacy” in a manner which de
fies the comprehension of the
average citizen. So enormous has
our giveaway program become that
even the men charged with pre
paring budgets and allocating the
funds to the so-called friendly na
tions fall to appreciate the magni
tude of the billions of dollars of
the American taxpayers’ money
which have been tunneled over
seas through the sinuous channels
of economic and military assis
tance program.
We have tried to buy friends
in every part of the globe. We
have drained our own people of
their tax dollars to spend that
money overseas. Ironically, those
tax dollars on many occasions have
been contributed to aid nations
which have no tax laws or no
effective means to enforce such
laws if they are found on the
statute books. Thus in many cases,
the American citizen—through the
munificence of his elected repre
sentatives in Congress—has been
forced to pay through the nose
to provide for nations who will
not provide for themselves.
In other Instances, we have play
ed the part of “Uncle Sucker” by
sending princely fortunes to na
tion which receive our largess with
one hand while holding out the
other for favors from our rivals
behind the Iron Curtain.
It’s all very confusing to us
country boys.
And now that jolly joker from
the Kremlin. Nikita Kruschev has
run a real whizzer past us. During
his good-will trip through South
east Asia, he promised hand-outs
of Soviet Smrar to anyone who
wants to build a dam, a factory
or an army. In the eyes of many
of our diplomats, we’re under the
gun. We. must better Kruschev’s
offer or run the risk of appearing
a bunch of pikers in the minds of
our dark-skinned friends In South
east Asia, according to the think
ing of these international free
spenders.
Rather. than spending ourselves
to national bankruptcy, it’s about
time we called the Russian bluff.
Force him to make good on his
promises. Let’s not get him off the
hook by offering more and better.
Perhaps the best way to make
friends in the Far East would be
to let those people find out by
hard experience that the Russians
are frauds and cheats .that Com-
STRICTLY FRESH
TJ7OMEN on Chicago’s election
” board were ordered recently
to leave their girdles at home on
certain days. Officials wanted to
run lie detector tests in connec
tion with investigation of a scan
dal. Said girdles cut down rate
of breathing, an important indi
cation read by the machine.
Without girdles, who needs a lie
detector to chart the gals' true
outlines?
• • •
Every year’s leap year when
the gal’s determined and the
fellow’s naive enough to think
that he does the chasing.
• • •
Fellow across the desk from us
says that the only thing he wants
to plant this spring is the sales-
man who sold him the shrubs he
planted last spring.
The character who originated
the phrase, “as easy as taking
candy from a baby,” never tried
to pull the taffy over our infant’s
eyes.
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A wet dishrag is as spruce at
a general’s parade .uniform if
compared to the nuned salads
served in many restaurants.
munism can not deliver on its
economic promises, that it is a
wholly fallacious ideology which
can no more produce consumer
goods efficiently than it can pro
vide the freedom that men’s minds
and souls demand.
Refusing to challenge the Rus
sians economically in the Far East
may be a risky game, but perhaps
no more risky than expanding our
national debt to the point where
it invites fiscal collapse.
Big Umber pioneer
The furore set off by Secretary
of State Dulles’ “Brink of War”
article in Life magazine was plain
ly caused not so much by new or
startling revelations of American
foreign policy as simply because
politicians, in an election year,
grasp at every possible opportunity
to make “political hay.”
That men of the stature of Stev
enson and Kefauver should sit back
and bark like jackals Is a disgrace
to them and an insult to the intel
ligence of the American voter
whose favor they are trying to
court.
Disregarding the hullabaloo, it
is good to know that the United
States is belatedly developing a
foreign policy in keeping with its
position as a world power.
Twice before —in 1917 and again
in 1940—we have been saved from
disaster by someone else fighting
our battles for us while we clumsi
ly perpared to defend ourselves. A
third time we might not be so
fortunate. That we have at last
the power and the courage to
stand up for every one of our
principals is something for every
one of our citizens to be proud of.
Let the jackals bark. As the elec
tion approaches their voices will
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The MINISTER'S
CORNER
Editorial Comment by Local
Ministem submitted through the
Big Horn Ministerial Associa
tion,
DEVOTIONAL BIBLE STUDY
Every sincere Christian Is vital
ly interested in how he may con
tinue to live a successful and use
ful Christian life each day.
Altogether too often it happens
that the first glow of a new-found
Christian experience begins to
wane a few weeks or months after
one has come to know the saving
grace of Jesus. The reason for
this is that the party concerned
probably failed in one or an of
several excercises that are abso
lutely necessary for the continu
ance of the vitality of any Chris
tian experience.
In order to continue to enjoy
the fullness of life in Christ Jesus,
a Christian must give close at
tention to Bible study, prayer and
testifying. These are prime re
quisites in every life. And here is
something that God or the Holy
Spirit will not and cannot do for
us. Salvation is accomplished for
us by God alone—it is purely of
grace—but once a person is saved
there are things he must do for
the continuance of that life.
Moses, the great emancipator of
the nation of Israel, as well as
its mighty lawgiver, had this to
say with regard to the place the
Word of God should have in the
individual Christian’s life:
“These words which I command
thee this day, shall be in thine
heart: and thou shalt teach them
diligently unto thy children, and
shalt talk of them when thou
sittest In thine house, and when
thou walkest by the way, and when
thou liest down, and when thou
risest up. And thou shalt bind
them for a sign upon thine hand,
and they shall be as frontlets be
tween thine eyes. And thou shalt
write them upon the posts of thy
house, and thy gates.” (Deut. 6:6-9)
Here is a plain indication that
the words of the Lord should be
with us at all times in all places.
They should be before our eyes
to guide our steps and even be
upon our houses as the standard
for every detail of life therein.
Dils sort of thing can only be ac
complished as we daily take time
to read and study the Bible.
Solomon, the great writer of the
Proverbs, knew the value of the
word of God and he wrote: “My
son, attend to my words; incline
thine ear unto my sayings. Let
them not depart from thine eyes;
^eep them in the midst of thine
heatr. For they are life unto those
that find them, and health to all
their flesh.” (Prov. 4:20-22)
Apart from a continued close
association with the Word of God,
we shall not know what Is God’s
will for our lives. We are living
become shriller and shriller through
out the land.
Louder and funnier! Take’em
for what they are worth! Louis
Mysse.
GRAHAM-STAUNTON. INC.
Hardin, Montana
W A S H I N<■ ’ O N AHO
"SMALL BUSINESS"
B y C WILSON HAk O L R
Of great interest to every in
dependent retailer, Federal
Trade Commission has filed com
plaints against two big food
chains in Washington and Phila
delphia, charging them with ob
taining discriminatory advertis
ing allowances.
* • •
At the same mammMM|^^
time, U
pliers are cited
under Robin-¥
son-Patman
Act for giving
preferential al
lowanoes
limited caste
mere.
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There is an
additional in- Harder
foresting facet to this case. In
stead of invoking Robinson-Pat
man Act against the two chains,
FTC invokes hitherto Section 5
of FTC Act hitherto never been
used to prohibit buyers from
knowingly inducing sellers to
give them favorable prices.
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Thus, FTC acknowledges it has
powers never before used.
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This case could be most im
portant in American business
history. It could even lead to
outlawing of all so-called coop
erative advertising allowances.
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Many observers of the retail
business long claim without use
of so-called cooperative adver
tising. funds, big retailing organ
isations could not hold their own
against aggressive independent
retailers.
0 0 0
Theoretically, cooperative ad
vertising or display allowances
are offered on equal basis by a
supplier to all. usually based on
quantity of goods handled. Use
of these cooperative funds are
also theoretically accounted for,
so that value is received for
money given.
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However, in actual practice it
is found almost. If not complete-
Federation of Independent Buiinen
Craighead Files for
Lieutenant Governor
Barclay Craighead, Helen radio
station manager, has filed his nom-
in a very material world and one
that is no help to the living of a
vital Christian life. We need the
spiritual help that cemes alone
from the Bible.
Life is filled with problems and
temptations that will frustrate the
Christian unless he Is thoroughly
grounded In the Word of the Lord.
Each day will bring a fresh test, so
we need fresh strength every day.
An old but good motto says, "Be
gin the day with God.” We also
need to begin the day with our
Bible!
Rev. James B. Roper,
Crow Indian Foursquare Gospel
Church.
ly, impossible to police this
factor. Result to largest recipi
ents of their allowances either
use them to reduce prices ot the
merchandise to injure smaller
competitors, or throw them Into
operating profit.* *
Few years ago when Justice
Dept, successfully prosecuted a
major retailing organization, it
was shown in one' year head
quarters of the firm received
over a million dollars in coopera
tive allowances which were di
verted into operating profit.
ooe
Thus, pattern has been estab
lished whereby attempts are
made to “shake down” suppliers
for so-called cooperative allow
ances with the threat, veiled or
open, that If they don’t, their
competitors win.
On other side of coin, there are
also packers and manufacturers
who attempt to buy their way
into certain retailers with offers
of generous allowances.
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Unlike legitimate advertising
which through moving goods
produces more volume, and thus
more jobs, the so-called coopera
tive advertising allowance to
really a burden on the consumer.
Because most packers and manu
facturers know' they receive
little, if any, value from coopera
tive advertising, they merely ad
just their price schedules so
that their selling prices reflect
their allowances. Thus, public
pays freight for cumshaw.
* • •
While it is considered quite en
couraging that FTC has stepped
into this situation at long last,
it is quite possible the time that
will be consumed on this one case
with illustrate futility of expect
ing any government agency en
forcing cooperative allowance
regulations on a realistic scale.
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Ibus, It Is possible this case
may point quite graphically to
need for outlawing all coopera
tive allowances.
inatlng petition with Secretary of
State S. C. Arnold for the Dem
ocratic nomination for lieutenant
governor.
It will be his second attempt at
the nomination. He was a candi
date for the nomination In 1952
and ran second In a field of four.
He was defeated by Jack C. Toole
of Shelby.
Chalghead was the first Mon
tana director of the Federal Hous
ing administration from 1934 to
1937. He organized the Montana
Unemployment Compensation com
mission and was its chairman for
12 years, until 1948.
For the past seven years he has
been manager of a Helena radio
station and is vice pdesident of
the Z-Bar radio network.
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