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LAUREL OUTLOOK
Official Paper of Yellowstone County
LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1945
VOLUME 37—NO. 3
FIVE CENTS
AVIATION BODY TO
ORGANIZE IN STATE
Expect To Have Branches In
All Counties For Aiding Re
cently Created Commission
Helena, July 11.—Plans to form a
chapter in every county of the state,
in the interests of aviation develop
ment in Montana, were announced
here today by Dean Chaffin of
Bozeman, president of the Montana
State Aviation association.
Chaffin said the organization was
carrying out an intensified member
ship campaign under the guidance
of its officers and board of direc
tors, who represent all parts of the
state.
The Montana Aviation association
at a recent meeting in Helena
voted to affiliate with Montanans,
Incorporated, the state chamber of
commerce, and the organization now
is recognized as the aviation divis
ion of Montanans, Incorporated.
President Chaffin also said the
organization planned to lend every
aid possible to the newly-activated
Montana aeronautics commission,
which was created by the last leg
islature and membership of which
was recently announced by Gov
Sam C. Ford. The aeronau
emor
tics commission has scheduled its
organization meeting for Helena on
July 14.
"The officers
of the Montana
Aviation association feel our organi
zation could be of considerable help
to the new commission, particularly
in the matter of fiéld work, and the
association is willing to cooperate
with the commission in its activities.
The services
will be offered the commission, par
ticularly with reference to whatever
field work is needed immediately,"
Chaffin said.
In addition to Chaffin as presi
dent, the association has C. B. And
of Great Falls as first vice
president; Roy Milligan
City second vice president, and Wil
of our organization
erson
of Miles
liam G. Ferguson of Helena, secre
tary-manager of Montanans, Incor
porated, secretary. Directors are
Vernon Hoven of Plentywood, Gene
Etchart of Glasgow,
Gordon C.
Sands of Havre, J. Hugo Aronson
of Cut Bank, J. C. Urquhart of Kal
ispell, H. O. Bell of Missoula, Dr.
H. L. Casebeer of Butte, J. J. Hay
tin of Helena, Joe Swindlehurst of
Livingston, E. R. Roehl of Lewis
town, Dr. Herbert Caraway of Bil
lings and R. J. Hilger of Glendive.
WHS NAZI PRISONER
Staff Sgt. Fred Herman, airplane
who was shot down over
prisoner 10
gunner
Germany and was a
months, arrived here June 28.
He had been in the army since
1942, and before going into the ser
vice had been in Oregon about a
year, making a total of about four
years away from home.
He weighed 160 pounds when cap
tured. Lack of food and hardships
had reduced him to 110 when he
was liberated in Germany. Since
then he has regained 45 pounds.
Food he and his companions receiv
ed amounted to virtually nothing
while he was a prisoner of war, he
said when recounting some of his
experiences.
Berries, Cherries Are
Sold By Dry Measure
The following communication from
R. E. Bancroft, inspector for the
Montana department of agriculture,
is published for information of
berry and cherry growers:
It seems to be a rather common
practice for berry and cherry grow
who sell these fruits in bulk
at their home places to use gal
lon measures. The gallon as com
monly used is a liquid measure and
the Montana weights and measures
law states: (It shall be unlawful
for any person to sell solid sub
stances by liquid measure.) There
fore all persons selling fruit by the
liquid gallon are violating the law
and giving the buyer approximately
14 per cent less fruit than they
should receive for four quarts dry
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measure.
"Berries and cherries should be
sold by the standard dry measure
quart or by the pound and never
by the gallon."
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Ricci and son
Denny have returned from a week's
vacation during which they visited
Mr. Ricci's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Ricci in Livingston and spent
time with Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Schrapps in Anaconda,
some
BAIT'S NEPHEW DROWNS
* HILE CR ?SS |NG R I ÏER
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Batt and
family attended the funeral services
and burial at Worden Saturday of
Daniel Batt, 14-year-old nephew of
Mr. Batt, which were held at the
German Congregational church.
The boy was drowned Wednesday
while crossing the Tongue river.
While motoring' with his mother,
Mrs. Eva Batt of Worden to the
home of his brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Baum on the
Tongue river, their car stalled near
the Baum farm. Daniel went to
summon help and endeavored to
cross the river, that way being
shorter. The body was found Thurs
day afternoon by members of the
sheriff's office of Rosebud and Cus
ter counties.
The youth was bom Oct. 8, 1930,
in Huntley. Surviving include his
mother, two sisters, Miss Marie
Batt of Billings and Mrs. Baum;
his paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. B. Batt of Ballantine, and
his maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Conrad Oblander of Billings.
LT. M'GAULEY AWARDED
DISTINGUISHED FLYING
CROSS, NAVY AIR MEDAL
Awards of the Air medal and the
Distinguished Flying Cross have
been made to Lieut, (j.g.) Dungan
Harlan McCauley, son of Dr. and
Mrs. D. H. McCauley, for achieve
ments in the South Pacific and later
in the Philippines. The citatiwis
were received here this week.
The Distinguished Flying Cross
was awarded recently at a ceremony
on a carrier of the Pacific fleet. The
naval Air medal had been pre
viously awarded.
Lieutenant McCauley was a stu
dent at the University of Arizona
when he joined the navy air corps
as a cadet in the spring of 1942.
He received training at St. Mary's
■ college in California, received his
wings and ensign's commission at
j Corpus Christi, Tex., and was pro
moted to lieutenant junior grade in
1944. He is now stationed at the
Alameda naval base in California
after participating in 80 combat
missions and six major engage
ments.
The Air medal was awarded from
headquarters of the commander of
the South Pacific area and force
and the citation is signed by J. H.
Newton, vice admiral of the U. S.
navy. The citation reads:
"In the name of the president of
the United States, the commander,
South Pacific area and force, takes
pleasure in awarding the Air medal
to Lieut, (j.g.) Dungan H. McCau
ley, United States naval reserve,
for service as set forth in the fol
lowing citation:
For meritorious achievement
while participating in aerial flight
against the enemy as a pilot attach
ed to a dive bombing squadron
overating in the Solomon islands
and Bismarck archipelago areas
from April 20 to May 30, 1944. Dur
ing this period, Lieutenant McCau
ley took part in 16 damaging strikes
against Japanese shipping, airfields
and shore installations on New
Britain, Bougainville and Buka is
lands. On several occasions, despite
intense anti-aircraft fire, he pressed
his attacks to low altitudes and
scored damaging hits on the targets
assigned. His courageous conduct
and skillful airmanship contributed
materially to the success of all mis
sions and were in keeping with the
highest traditions of the United
States naval service.' "
The signature of M. A. Mitscher,
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vice admiral, appended to
citation accompanying award of the
Distinguished Flying Cross.
Following the introduction on be
half of the president and the com
mander of the First Carrier task
force, Pacific, the citation reads:
"For distinguishing himself by ex
traordinary achievement while par
ticipating in an aerial flight as
pilot of a carrier based bomber
plane against enemy forces in the
Northern Philippine area on Nov.
14, 1944. During the action he flew
through intense anti-aircraft fire
and scored a direct hit on an enemy
cargo vessel, causing serious dam
age. His courage and skill were at
all times inspiring and in keeping
with the highest traditions of the
United States naval service.
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Laurel members of the Montana
Motor Transport auxiliary in at
tendance at the group's luncheon
meeting held Saturday at Brannon's
cafe in Billings were Mrs. M. Dix,
Miss Margaret Frank, Mrs. Fred
Griffey, Mrs. Walter Bird and Mrs.
Howard Smith.
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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, commander-ln-chief of
the Southwest Pacific area, upper left, and the men he has appointed
to bring to a successful conclusion the war against Japan. Upper right,
Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, commander of 10th army. Lower left, Gen.
Walter Krueger, commander of 6th army. Lower right, Gen. Robert
Eichelberg, commander of 8th army.
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Valuation OF Yellowstone County
Jumps Nearly Five Million Dollars
In a statement this week, County
Assessor T. A, Cothron disclosed
that the assessed valuation of Yel
lowstone county for 1945 is $80,
913,108, an increase of $4,622,415
over 1944.
Cothron said: "This is the great
est increase in a single year in the
history of the county. In 1941 thej
valuation increased $4,200,000 when
new building construction caused
the rise, but the remarkable feature
about our increased valuation this
year is that only a gain of 15 per
PENICILLIN DRUG
IS NOW AVAILABLE
Is Released For Humans, Ani
mals—Don't Expect Impos
sible, Use It Correctly
Helena, July 11.—News that pen
icillin, the "wonder drug," has now
been released for treating livestock
as well as human diseases, brought
a word of caution to stock produc
ers today from livestock authorities.
"Penicillin has very definite lim
itations, and there is danger that
many livestock owners will be car
ried away by all the publicity it
has received and endanger the re
covery of sick animals by not know
ing these limitations," says an an
nouncement released here today by
officials of the American Founda
tion for Animal Health,
sulfa drugs, this new drug is ef
fective against some types of dis
ease-producing germs, but
useless against others.
a veterinarian should check
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this
For
reason,
any sick animals before penicillin is
prescribed. The technique of peni
cillin administration is also com
plicated—it must be given by hypo
dermic into the vein, or deep in the
muscles, and the dosage must be
repeated at stated intervals if the
the full effect
drug is to have
through the blood stream.
Foundation authorities pointed out
that penicillin is of no value against
virus diseases such as hog cholera
and sleeping sickness,
many of its other uses are still sub
ject to further research. They sug
gested caution in expecting the im
possible of it, and care to see that
it is used in the right manner.
and that
Sgt. Jacob Weber has returned to
civilian life after several years
the service. He was discharged last
week at Fort Snelling, Minn. When
he enlisted he chose the medical
corps as his preference and as a
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result he has seen aspects of the
war that were apart from the aver
age. When in Italy he sat in Mus
solini's throne-like chair and saw
how the pomp-loving dictator could
for hours without lowering his hand
return the black shirt salute of
passing thousands: Mussy used a
wooden arm and hand, a handy
gadget for those who would like to
be great.
cent was made in real property and
all the balance is accounted for by
personal property. This means new
wealth coming into the county.
"In the past few months a sur
prising number of taxpayers have
suggested to this office that we in
crease the assessed value of real
property of the county to a point
long as building is verv much re
stricted and there is no certainty
that present selling prices will bel
permanent, no increase should bel
made in real property valuation.
"Of course a general increase in
property valuation would in
way change the amount of taxes
each individual taxpayer would havej
to pay, but we think it would be
unwise to change valuation to con
«tic*" may " be
Cothroî s.?d the v.lu.ti«„ .f the
city of Billings is $41,567,244, an
increase of $1,877,012 over 1944.
The Laurel valuation is $2,367,105,
more nearly representing the cur
rent selling prices of real estate,
but the opinion of this office, which
has been approved by the board of
county commissioners, is that as
all
an increase of $105,135. For school
district No. 2, Billings, the 1945
figure is $53,631,948, a gain of $3,
268,999, and for school district No.
7, Laurel, it is $4,746,509, an in
crease of $457,630.
Practically all classes of property
in the county increased in value, an
exception being machinery which
showed a small loss.
Motor vehicles gained
due to 400 new passenger car reg
istrations and new trucks.
Supplies showed an increase of
$1,600,000; solvent credits went up
nearly $900,000; real property in
creased $700,000, and range cattle
was up by $400,000.
The value of merchandise rose
$20,000 despite a loss of $400,000
due to a decreased sugar inventory.
Sheep went down slightly.
Utilities increased $676,000, due
$307,900
mostly to a new pipe line from Elk
Basin, and N. P. railway proper
ties.
The following schedule gives a
breakdown of property classification
for 1946:
Land
Improvements on land
City lots
Improvements on lots
Industrial sites
$ 8,952,268
4,876,960
7,112,830
22,017,900
1,327,429
$44,287,387
1,000,895
1,830,366
1,439,743
2,039,530
941,105
1,161,691
3,042,225
8,750,577
4,919,368
674,328
Total real
Mfg. machinery
Supplies
Money
Household goods
Farm machinery
Shop machinery
Motor vehicles
Utilities
Solvent credits
Grain on farms
6,672,962
937,516
168,445
432,570
2,498,110
263,073
47,962
16,255
Merchandise
Furniture and fixtures
Horses
Dairy cows
Range cattle
Sheep
Swine
Poultry and bees
$80,913,108
$23,538,242
Taxable value county
MAYNARD APPOINTED
GUESTERN SUGAR CO.
E. J. Maynard, head of the May
nard Brokerage company at Billings
has been appointed general livestock
consultant of the Great Western
Sugar company, it was announced
Sunday by D. J. Roach of Denver,
vice president of the compapny,
Maynard will continue to super
vise the sale and distribution of
beet pulp and pellets in the Billings
and Lovell areas, and his services
will continue to be available to beet
growers in this territory, but he
will also expand his activities to be
available for consultation on live
stock feeding problems over all
company territories in Colorado,
Nebraska and southern Wyoming.
Maynard, a former graduate of
the New Mexico Agricultural col
lege and Iowa State college and a
recognized authority on livestock
feeding, was associate professor in
charge of animal investigations at
Colorado State college from 1919 to
1931. He was head of the animal
husbandry department at Utah State
Agricultural college from 1931 to
1936, and was also dean of the
schools of agriculture and forestry
at that institution from 1933 until
he came to Billings nine years ago
to head the Maynard Brokerage
company. During this time he has
been active in helping to promote
livestock feeding operations on
farms of the Midland Empire and
the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming,
and in community efforts encourag
ing expansion of the livestock busi
ness.
Maynard is author of the book,
"Beets and Meat," which contains
a comprehensive summary of infor
mation on the value and uses of
sugar beet by-products in livestock
will be discontinued and Maynard
plans to leave Billings immediately
to establish his new headquarters in
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ed this summer.
The Maynard Brokerage company
Denver beginning July 16th.
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gecond Lieut. Bert A. Sherrow,
Jr ., 0 f Laurel, Mont., navigator with
the Twenty-first bomber command
E. responsible for mining inner
Ja p aneS e waters, has been promot
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supply of fue] a t the vanishing
po j n t Lieutenant Sherrow was some
time ago awarded the Air medal.
gently he was awarded oak leaf !
c i u8 t e rs. 1
Cpl John Walton arrived home
last week from protracted service
in the European theaters and has
been discharged. He was in initial
invasions and has been through a
number of campaigns.
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Falcons have done deadly work
intercepting message - bearing pi
geons to and from enemy agents
operating in England. Shown above
is a falcon before pounding pigeon
to earth. The pigeon was carrying a
message for German intelligence. A
great number of important German
messages were recovered by fal
cons.
BETTER WEATHER
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Temperatures Return To Near
Normal; Some Sections Have
First Severe Hail losses
Very good
operation weather
and farm
growing
prevailed all
week throughout the state and
siderable sunshine with
con
near normal
temperatures was recorded
sections, the Helena office of the
U. S. weather bureau, department
of agriculture and Montana exten
sion sendee reported for the week
ending at 6:30 p. m. Tuesday.
No rain fell in the western coun
ties and light amounts were record
ed one or
in all
two days early in the
week over most of the central and
eastern counties, except in Roose
velt, Richland and Carter where
crops, held back by cool, stormy
weather in June, showed
cant response and grains also im
proved. Supplies of soil- moisture,
sapped by heavy vegetative growth
and higher temperatures, declined
in central and eastern portions and
more rainfall is needed. Some crop
damage from heat and insufficient
s rt co"nt!es. occurredin north
Winter wheat Is now all headed
out * nd ' n late develop
«nent while many of the early seed
mgs of spring whéat are now head
n K- Stands °* oat f an< ^ barley
weekly totals ranged from half an
inch to nearly an inch. Afternoon
temperatures between ' 80 and 90
degrees were common, and prac
tically all night readings were above
40 degrees.
The first real hail damage of the
season occurred in the past week.
Extensive crop loss was reported
from
a storm that swept across
Teton and Cascade counties on July
4, some fields being damaged 100
Severe hail loss also
Custer and
River counties on the
Rosebud and Stillwater
counties reported light hail.
Much of the delay in development
of Montana crops has been
come by rapid growth. Inter-tilled
per cent,
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Cherry harvest in the Flat
jhead area is expected to start about
July 20.
Damage from grasshoppers to
date has been light, but hatchings
are moderate to heavy in areas in
fested. Bait spreading is now gen
eral. Hessian flies have been ac
tive in northeastern counties and
damage is also expected of sawflies
which are now moving.
Ranges and pâtures in virtually
all areas carry good growth of feed,
and livestock are gaining. Sheep
shearing is expected to continue
later than usual this season.
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Receive Collection Of
Jap Paper, Hard Money
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Behm re
ceived a large collection of Japanese
money Monday from their son,
P.F.C. Clarence Robert Behm, who
has been in the service about three
and a half years. Included were
several coins in addition to the
paper money, and there was one
American dollar bill. The collec
tion appears to have been taken
from a Japanese soldier, for the
coins and bills had been used in
circulation.
Behm was home in February of
1944. He served 23 months over
seas at Midway and participated in
the battles of Midway and Guadal
canal before returning to the States.
He went overseas again last Novem
ber and is now on Okinawa.
Mrs. R. C. Brown entertained
Thursday for her bridge club and
several guests. Dessert lunch was
served. Those attending were club
members Mrs. L. D. Scribner, Mrs.
Glen Sheets, Mrs. J. H. Albertus,
Mrs. Leonard Ferrin and Mrs.
Harry Penninger. Guests were Mrs.
F. A. Brown of Big Horn, Mrs.
Marshall Huntington and Mrs. Ken
neth Walker. Awards went to Mrs.
Sheets, Mrs. F. A. Brown and Mrs.
Penninger.