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LAUREL OUTLOOK Official Paper of Yellowstone County LAUREL, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1946 VOLUME 38—No. 8 FIVE CENTS IN6 MEAL. OIL Corporation Begins Seining In Montana With Permis sion Of State Board The possibility that Montana fish ing may be improved in those wat ers where rough fish interfere with the game species was seen this week in the formation of the Mon tana Fish Meal and Oil corporation, it was reported by the Montana Chamber of Commerce. The corporation will seine coarse fish from designated streams of the state and convert them into fish meal and fish oil. This is a new industry for Montana, the Montana Chamber pointed out. Operating under a license from the state fish and game department, the corporation will produce from rough fish a protein meal and oil of high protein and vitamin content Seining operations have already started, the corporation reported, and it Is the plan to operate sever al seining crews in different local ities in the designated areas. Mon tana veteran labor will be employed if available, and the union mari time wage scale will be paid in each community where the corpora tion operates, officials of the Mon tana Fish Meal and Oil corporation informed the state chamber. SCIENTISTS USE RADAR, FINDING OIL UNDER SEA equipped scientists, Petroleum with a diving chamber and using radar to plot positions, soon will launch a search for oil in the rock and sand beneath the surface of 2,000 square miles of water in the northwest Bahamas. The exploration will be conduct ed by Standard Oil company (Ba hamas) Limited, a subsidiary of Standard Oil company (New Jer sey), in the shallow waters north of Grand Bahama island. East of West Palm Beach, Fla., and separ ated from the mainland by the rela tively deep water of the Florida straits, the site is in a section of the Atlantic ocean where the water in most places is less than 20 feet deep. Engineers will sink the diving chamber at various points in the area to map the ocean floor. The diving chamber will house an op erator and a gravity meter, an in *'• strument that measures the pull of gravity, furnishes indications of the type of rocks below the ocean bed and indirectly provides information as to the presence of oil. If geo physical reports are favorable, over water rigs will be erected later for drilling tests. On the surface, the use of radar will permit geophysicists to plot the site of all tests with improved accuracy. The diving chamber to be used is cylindrical in shape, six feet high and weighs about two tons. It is equipped with various safety devices, including a safety hatch and a compressed air blower which can be used to free the chamber if it becomes mired in mud. In the search for possible reser voirs of petroleum beneath the blue waters of the Bahamas, the oil men are using a vessel formerly oper ated by the Canadian navy in anti submarine work. The 112-foot ship, the Stanba, is one of the first craft ever to be equipped with radar in the search for oil. REPAIR OF DAMAGE AT REFINERY PROGRESSES repairing damages inflicted by fire several weeks ago at the Farmers > Union oil refinery, said C. A. | Cromwell, plant superintendent, this j week. Major damage was done to the house supplying the crude still. The new building is now well \ along and probably will be com pleted next week, Cromwell estimât Good progress is being made in pump ed. '■'Æ Ü in. y" r Wr m *üli pB |||p| mil ••s : :: •Ml kï |C iM m ■■■■ nn j . • M : m i COOKING QUEEN . . . Dorothea Fagnano, 15, Yonkers, N. Y., school girl, samples some of her own cookies following her selection as cook ing queen. She disclosed that she now is working on a new recipe for making bread without flour—a tall order (or a teen-ager, but not too hard for Dorothea, who recently captured first prise in a competition which attracted entrants from 512 cities. Miss Fagnano is experiment ing with potato flour as a basic ingredient for her new flourless bread. NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF TRUCKERS SPEAKS The importance of the trucking industry in the national economy was swiftly sketched Tuesday at meeting of the Rotary club by Ted Rodgers of Washington, D. C., American Trucking association, who appeared as a guest speaker while on a tour of northwestern states. Many truck operators from Laurel and Billings were guests at the club meeting. trucking firm of Hageman & Jol ley introduced the speaker. Rodgers opened by saying that everything used today is transport ed at some time by truck, from fraction of a mile to perhaps sever al thousand, which applies to food, clothing, building material and all fabricated items. Comparing the industry's growth, he said 300,000 trucks were in use in the States during World war I and that in World war II there were 5,000,000. If placed end to end the trucks would reach from Los Angeles to New York, London, Moscow and Siberia. Joe F. Jolley of the Describing difficulties during the last war, he said rubber was the worst bottle-neck and that "Bill Jefferies, a railroad president, greatly helped the industry by go ing to Washington and exerting in fluence for rapid development of synthetic rubber. Present difficulty is the short age of equipment. Truckers are now in the market for two and a half billion dollars worth of trucks and trailers. The new equipment is needed to replace old outfits that are unduely costly to run. More than half, about 60 per cent, of operating costs goes to labor. No one group can truthfully say it "won the war," the speaker de clared. As far as transportation •was concerned there was united ac tion by railroads, ships, trucks, pipe lines and air lines. There is no fight between rail roads and trucks, said Rodgers, for the railroads own 94,000 trucks compared to 47,000 locomotives. The truckers spend $1,500,000 a day in special taxes in addition to regular taxes. Employed are 3, 500,000 people. A beneficial development of the war was wTien governors of the several states got together aid broke down trade barriers between M the states. Rodgers said he regretted the oss 0 f b. k. Wheeler from the United States senate, not because of politics but because only the senior senators (those who have served in the senate a long time) i hold the chairmanship of important i committees. One of the posts held i by Wheeler is the chairmanship of the committee on interstate com-1 merce and transportation; with his removal the western states are j , r. o j t . ares . aa e> aure a "> er and veteran of World war II, was elected secretary of the Montana Young Men's Republicans at a re organization meeting Monday in i TT I n , „ „ , ... Helena. Burke McNamer of Mis SANOE IS ELECTED STATE SECRETARY Of soula and Louise Replogle of Lewis town were elected cochairmen, George Graham of Great Fa'ls was chosen national committeeman and Mrs. Vinette Parrish of Lewis town was named national commit teewoman. Sam Nicollet of Mis soula became treasurer. Dean Koepfer of Burley, Ida., vice chairman of the National Fed eration of Young Republicans clubs, addressed the meeting, which met in conjunction with the party's platform session. George M. Gosman of Dillon was elected state chairman by Montana Republicans at the Helena session, which wrote the state platform. Zales N. Ecton, nominee for U. S. senator, delivered the keynote ad dress. Women of Moose Name Chairman Of Activity Committee For Year officers, headed by Mrs. Alice Fish er, senior regent, were in charge of the ceremonies. Visiting coworkers were Mrs. Esther Stevens, senior regent, and Mrs. A^nes Jones, grad uate regent of the Billings chapter, Appointed as chairmen of activ ity committees for the year were: Social service, Mrs. Edythe Teeters; child care and training, Mrs. Alma Claus; hospital guild, Clara Getz; library, Thelma Kautz; home mak ing, Mrs. Ella Davis; membership, Mrs. Bessie Edgmond; ritual,- Mrs. Roxie Armstrong; publicity, Mrs. Julia Tinnes; Moosehaven, Mrs. An na Wold; Mooseheart alumni, Mrs. Lena Stouffer, and Academy of Friendship, Mrs. May Crutcher. A dessert lunch was served fol lowing the business session, with Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Armstrong as hostesses. The next meeting was announcd for Tuesday, Sept. 10, at the L. L. club. Featuring initiation of candidates, the Women of the Moose met Tues day evening at the L. L. club. New without strong representation on that important committee. While favoring integration of all forms of transportation for public service, Rodgers was opposed to in tegration of ownership. Such an attempt, he intimated, is being con sidered by a small group. Truck owners are naturally opposed to the idea. address in which he covered a mul titude of phases of the * industry, j Rodgers said radio dispatching cfjof truck fleets is now bing introduced, It reduces pressure on channels of communication. Near the close of his rapid-fire existing BOARD FILLS POSTS OF PRINCIPAL, COACH Two Men Are Elected For Hit*h School, Following Resigna tion Of T. H. Bennett Announcement was made this week by Supt. Fred W. Graff of the Laurel school system that the board of trustees has elected Clifford R. Bohmback as high school coach and has elected John Gordon MacDon ald as principal. Bohmback and MacDonald succeed T. H. Bennett who has served the past 12 years as coach and principal. Bennett recently resigned to ac cept the principalship of the high school at Kennewick, Wash., a town of about 9,000 population in south ern Washington. Prior to coming here 12 years ago he was principal and coach of the Bearcreek high sc k°°l f° r f°ur years. Because of anticipated growth of the high school the Laurel school board has divided the duties of prin cipal and coach, feeling that the combined responsibilities in the future may become too heavy for one individual. Bohmback, the new coach, is a graduate of the Red Wing, Minn., high school and received his col legiate degree from the Eastern Missouri normal school at Kirks ville. At present he is completing his major in physical education and coaching at the University of Min nesota. While in high school and college he starred in all major athletics. After finishing college he went into the navy and for two years was sta tioned at naval air cadet bases at Corpus Christy, Tex., and Minnea polis. At these two stations he was n charge of all major sports. As an officer he was then put in ctfflfrge of an LTC boat in the South Pacific theater. Upon receiving his discharge in February of this year he enrolled at the University of Minnesota. where he has been working towards MacDonald, the new principal, is receiving his M. A. degree from the University of Montana this sum mer. Before entering the service he was principal of the Corvallis high school. He is to be in Laurel next week and will then go to North Dakota to get his family. bis master's degree. Funeral For Former Laurel I I Resident Is Conducted At Sheridan, Wyo. Aug. 12 Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Starkey re turned Tuesday from Sheridan, Wyo., where they were called by the death of Mr. Starkey's father, H. N. Starkey, who died in a Sheridan hospital where he had been a patint since Aug. 3. Mr. Starkey had suf fered a light stroke in April while visiting at the home of his son. He was bom March 9, 1886, at Osceola, Iowa; was orphaned while very young and was raised by his maternal grandmother. He had railroaded since 1887 and had been yardmaster at Red Cloud, Neb. He came to Laurel from Sheridan in 1913, and was switchman in Laurel and Billings until his retirement in 1936. He made his home altemate ly with his son here and his daugh tei% Mrs. Sampson in Sheridan. Funeral services were held Aug. 12 at the Reed mortuary in Sheri dan with Rev. J. Clyde Keegan of the Methodist church officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shields sang "In the Garden" and "Abide With Burial was in the Sheridan municipal cemetery by the side of his wife who died* in 1929. Surviving besides H. E. Starkey and Mrs. J. M. Sampson are a son, L. D. Starkey of Seattle; a step son and daughter, G. N. Toothacre of Spokane and Mrs. F. E. Page of i Los Angeles; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. •• Me. occupation, talked . by telephone from Germany, Tharalson In Germany Talks By Phone To Parents Here Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Tharalson were pleasantly surprised Saturday, their twenty-fifth wedding anniver sary, when their son, Robert Thar alson who is with the U. S. army with them The quite clear and conservation was distinct. - i : % I "> ing to invest heavily in U. S. sav this year amounted to $12,625,483 RsjÄksv • + .. a ü I •':> > fy| m ■M ' •• : w SHAW' AT 90 . . . Eyes still as keen as his razor-wit, George Bernard | Shaw, greatest figure in English literature today, looks out at the topsy-turvy world at the age of 90. He keeps his thoughts to himself— sometimes. Invests More Than $18,000,000] Citizens of Montana are continu- 1 In July—Yellowstone Buys In Excess of $128,000 ■ 1 July invested $128,079.95 in E bonds. I $7,714.50 in F bonds and $49,100 in ' ings bonds, with July investments), exceeding those of any previous month this year, says a report from Arthur Nelson of Helena, state di rector of the savings bonds division of the U. S. treasury. The July sales topped the June sales by more than $750,000. Sales of E bonds, "the people's bonds," for the first seven months Total sales, including F and G, were $18,225,498.78. Yellowstone county residents in I G bonds, making a total of $184, 894.45 for the month. Carbon's grand total was $26,500.75 and the total for Stillwater was $30,418.75 [ j 1 ■ AGENTS SOON STUDY BEET EXPERIMENTS! „ . . .... Bozeman, Aug. 14.—Experimental work covering all phases of sugar beet raising will be studied at a , meeting of county agents and sugar beet company officials at the labor field conference to be held at the Huntley experiment station on I ^0 an< ^ 21, announced H. L. I Dusenberry, state supervisor of the en «r?f ncy *\ rm . ab ?,^ program. While emphasis will be placed on labor-saving demonstrations in the planting, cultivating and harvesting of the sugar beets, the meeting will also view experimental work on ir ngated crop rotations and sugar beet diseases. . As a part of the labor-saving demonstrations, Harry Cockrum of the department of rural engineering at the Montana experiment station has conducted seven tests to deter mine difference in yields of sugar beets. The tests include hand thin nmg with a short handled hoe, thin nmg with a long handled hoe, with a cross block with duck feet by a tractor, by cross block with a trac tor and trimmed with a long handl ed hoe, by cross blocking and cross cultivating with tractor, with Dixie thinner, and by using narrow cul tivating tools. In other tests Cockrum worked with a converted mechanical drill to determine effective seeding rates, using three and six pounds per acre. Dan Hansen, superintendent of the Huntley branch experiment sta tion, will discuss rotations and trends on yields up to 1942 and changes made in rotations that year to counteract reduced yields in sugar beets. He will also review work on pasture mixtures and other experiments. Donald Luebbe, Montana exten sion weed specialist at Montana state college, will cover other phases of crop rotations and pasture mixtures. In charge of the study on sugar beet seeding diseases will be Dr. M. Afanasiev, associate professor of botany and bacteriology at the Mon tana experiment station. Lyman Andrews, manager of the Great Western Sugar company at Billings, and his staff will show the group their experimental work with sugar beets, especially featur ing mechanical thinning and other labor-saving methods. I i . PROSPECT FOR NEW f MAKERS DECLARE Interruptions Cut Production To One-Third Expected For First Post-War Year When will more new cars be avail able for buyers waiting throughout the nation ? The Automobile Manu facturers association replied this month that passenger car and truck output has accelerated in re cent weeks, giving a brighter hue to a decidedly somber production picture. Yet the goals predicted for this first full post-war year are far short of achievement, despite efforts to keep production lines go mg. Though 12 months have elapsed since V-J day, production to date has been discouraging to long lists customrs, to workers and to in vestors. Held back by countless in terruptions, the motor industry has filled the needs of only one custom for every three it had expected accommodate. Irregular work ing schedules, material shortages and restrictions sharply affected payrolls, which were off 50 per cent from expectations in the first half of 1946. Despite efforts to keep inventories balance, plants frequently ex perience a hodge-podge of over supply of some parts, shortage of others. One company, for extmple, has bumpers enough for 2,300 ve hicles, but batteries for only 44; generators for 799, but starters for only 587; fans for only 152. Now, one full year after the war, situation is showing signs of improvement, says the association. Supplier strikes are on the decline and materials and component parts reach fina * assemb P Iants " lth some semblance of balance. More cars rolled out of motor plants following World war I than have been produced in the compar j able period since V-J day. I ^ nR . ^ ud >;, A|) ; ,rovcs For Hay and Grazing Following 30 years of study of Montana forage crop prob]em:; crested wheatgrass was said to be the best grass in Montana for hay an( j grazing purposes by the Cen traI Montana branch station at Moccasin in the bulletin, "Dry Land p asture Experiments. tin can be obtained from county agents or by writing to the Mon tana Agricultural Expirement sta t ion at Bozeman Assisting Wilbams in writing the bu ii etin was A . H . Post, agroB omigt at the agricultural experi ment sU tion. They report that in 1932 a Iarge experi . ment was begun to test the values 0 f cres ted wheatgrass, native grass and bromegrass for dry land pa8 . ture8> Crested wheatgrass was f ound to be superior for it pro duced ear]ier a i onger gr az i ng season, a higher carrying capac jt y and more beef per acre than the or brome ^ asses _ w^,«. there are about one mi ,. ]i on acres 0 f this excellent grass j n Montana, they suggest that it be used a j ong with na tive grasses by ugi the wheat grass for early grazin md the other for finish . j M The bulle Services Held Monday For Elmer A. Sherrow Funeral services for Elmer A. Sherrow, 53, who died in a Billings hospital last Monday were conduct ed at the Methodist church Friday afternoon, pastor of Our Saviour's Lutheran church, officiated. Miss Florence Shirk, accompanied by Mrs. F. M. Braswell, sang "Rock of Ages" and "God Will Take Care of You." Pallbearers, all nephews of Mr. Sherrow, were Arthur, Bert, James and William Sherrow, and Chester and Clarence Herbert. Burial was in the Laurel ceme tery. Arriving here for the funeral services were Mr. Sherrow's broth ers and sisters, Sam Sherrow and Mrs. Sherrow of Lodi, Calif.; Art Sherrow, Reith Oregon; Mrs. Elma Roberts of Butte, and Mrs. Charles Thiel of Billings; Mrs. Sherrow's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Crouse of Duncombe, Iowa; her brother-in law and sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hoover of Itho, Iowa and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Martin of Broadview. Rev. C. O. Anderson,