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H»ES ACTION
ft LAND BOARD
*M6ntana is depriving itself of
untold invested capital because of
the stringent and arbitrary actions
of its State Land Board.” accord
ing to Fred E. Woodring. Executive
Vice President of the Rocky Moun
tain Oil and Gas Association, in
an address before the oil industry
taxation men at the Mid-Continent
OU and Gas Association* Meeting
at Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. Wood
ring stated that “this deplorable
situation leaves the state pregnant
with dormant petroleum reserves.
“Taxes on crude oil production
in Montana are among the highest
of any of the thirty oil producing
states. On settled production Mon
tana tax per barrel cost is possi
bly exceeded only by Louisiana.
Montana assesses crude oil pro
duction by the ad valorem tax
method as well as a fixed gross
production tax; producers also pay
a conservation tax.
“An arbitrary non-drilling pen
alty of $2.00 per acre has been de
manded of all operators holding
state oil and gas leases. The $2.00
drilling penalty is assessed on all
state leases if a well is not com
menced within two years, regard
less of location or the extent of ex
perimental development The drill
ing penalty has been an import
ant factor in the cancellation of
more htan 50% of Montana state
school land leased acreage.
“The State Board of Land Com
missioners were primarily respon
sible for declaring the 1953 Oil
and Gas Lease Act amendments
unconstitutional. The Land Board’s
action has made it impossible for
the State of Montana to lease any
ofits state owned school lands for
oil and gas development. The 1953
Legislature changed the old twen
ty year lease law^ limitations to
permit a ‘so long therafter as oil
is produced in commercial quan
tities’ term.
“The industry’s expansive dev-
From where I sit... // Joe Marsh
Guess It's Called
a Safety "Drive"
Whitey Fisher, from the State
Motor Vehicle Department,
dropped by to discuss some of our
local traffle problems.
"Up at Center Junction,’'Whitey
says,“they’ve got a new sign that
really alowa down the traffic go
ing through town.”
“The sign aays, ’At 15 miles an
hour, yon can drive through Cen
ter Junction in 2/, minutes!' It
slows people down too—some just
take it easy to check on that 2'/,
minutes, I guess. Hasn’t even
been a dented fender since that
sign went up.”
TRUTH, THE PERFECT
DEFEHSE IN LIBEL OR
SLANDER ACTIONS
Any attorney will tell you that
truth is the perfect defense in any
action for alleged libel or slander.
Provided of course that the truth
can be proven.
Students of human behavior may
have an explanation of why left
wingers generally become so in
furiated when reference is made
to their Communist Front record.
Instead of defending that record
as something good and worthy, they
invariably attack the anti-Com
munist who invites attention to
their ’ red record. They charge a
smear.
To state actual facts in regard
to the personal or public life of
anyone, cannot constitute a smear.
If the implications of those facts
are detrimental to the individual
concerned, it is certainly not the
fault of the person pointing out
such facts. It is only when basic
facts are misrepresented, twisted,
distorted or taken out of context
to present a picture at variance
with truth, that a smear is possible.
A recitation of actual facts with
out comment would not be a smear.
To charge a smear instead of de
answering any recitation of facts,
is to smear the person who makes
reference to such facts.
To state that certain members of
the Farmers Union have belonged
or do. belong to Communist Fronts
is the provable truth and cannot be
screamed off as just another smear
of liberals and progressives.
Fred Stover, President of the
lowa Farmers Union, for many
years was active in Front organiz
ations. Sworn testimony before a
Congressional Committee identi
fied Fred Stover as a member of
the Communist Party. Unsworn
open statements without immunity,
have been made to' the same ef
fect. It has not been denied or
challenged. And only recently Jim
Patton is reported as writing to one
Ira M. Myers, of Kalispell, that
**Of course, Farmers Union and its
leaders are not and never have
been Communists. That is just a
bold lie.’*
The lowa FU had its charter
lifted for something like “failure
io maintain membership.’’ Certain
FU members hdve rather furtively
Farmers Anti-Communist Club
elopnaant program hu bden
brought to a virtual standstill on
state lands. The obstacles posed
by unreasonable ’ and discouraging
actions of the State Land Board
has made Montana one of the dark
est spots in the Rocky Mountain
region. Taxes, the arbitrary $2.00
drilling penalty, and the uncon
stitutional question all lend to the
further discouragement to oil op
erators who have wanted to Invest
risk capital in Montana. In turn.
Culbertson News Briefs
Mrs. A. Mauritsen is leaving
Saturday for Maha, Mont., where
she will spend the holidays with
her son and family.
Chet Boid of Glasgow, Mont.,
called In Culbertson Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Happy Anderson
left Friday morning for St. Paul,
Minn., where they will visit Mrs.
Anderson’s sister, La Mae Hack
ett, for a week. From there they
will go on to Chicago to visit a
nephew, Dr. D. B. Hackett, and
then on to Lakeland, Fla., to visit
a brother-in-law and sistet, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Wheaton. They
plan to be gone several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling McKinney
and boys entertained Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Wix and Johnny Bob to a
dinner at the LaLonde Hotel in
Sidney Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Clare Munch Jr.,
Mrs. Munch Sr., and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Bertlno visited with Mrs. A.
Mauritsen Saturday evening.
Sunday visitors at the Frank
Griffen home were Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Peterson and Sheila Rae.
Mrs. Howard Rasmussen has
been ill the past week with pneu
monia. She is much better at this
time.
The Ebenezer Lutheran Church
of McCabe will hold their annual
Christmas Program at the church
Sunday, December 19, beginning
at 7:30 o’clock.
The choir, accompanied and dir
ected by Mrs. Julius Grele, will
furnish an evening of Christmas
From where I sit, It wasn’t
what the sign said, but the way
it was said. People are usually
pretty understanding if they un
derstand what you mean. It’s the
same way with differences of
opinion. Perhaps your neighbor
prefers a temperate glass of beer,
and you would choose buttermilk.
What I’d like to see is for all of ।
us to “slow down,” talk it out,
and be respectful of our neigh
bor’s rights.
CoDvriah^ 1954. United States Brewers Foundation ।
and guardedly hinted that the real
reason was because it was Com
munist controlled. If that be true,
why has not the National FU had
the courage Io mett the issue open
ly and forthrightly? If Stover and
his Union were kicked out because
of the Communist issue, other FU
members and the American pub
lic are entitled to know it. If
failure to maintain membership was
the real reason, then Stover and
the lowa FU should be defended
against the charge of Communism.
It is noteworthy that the left
wing leadership of the Montana
FU was re-elected for another year
at the recent convention in Great
Falls. It also appears significant
that no mention was made of the
world-wide impact of Communism,
in the rather lengthy report of the
legislation and resolution commit
tee. There was no specific approv
al of Communism as such and
neither was there any condemna
tion of Communism. That appears
to be about the only thing that was
omitted that in any way impinges
on the daily life of the average
citizen. They even refrained from
criticism of Franco Spain and Fasc
ism, which constitutes a new high
point in tolerance and charity.
Surely the Montana FU is not be
coming soft toward Fascism, or
did they just decide that since
they could not bring themselves to
the point of taking issue with Com
munism, it would also be good tac
tics not to condemn any political
philosophy or ideology except
Capitalism?
Capitalism is to be destroyed
through the process of education,
(for socialism); Legislation, (fav
oring the farmer as against other
segments of the population); and
co-operation, (to destroy the Cap
italist or free enterprise system,
and the substitution therefor of a
Co-operative Commonwealth). Do
FU members really believe that if
the property rights of other citi
zens are to be destroyed, they, the
farmers will somehow be spared
the same treatment? It didn’t hap
pen that way in Russia. The Ku
laks were liquidated or sent to
slave labor camps by the millions.
this discouragement has resulted
in caloulAted loss of several mil
lion dollars to the school funds
of Montana. The loss, some $3,900,-
000.00, is now being made up by
Increasing the mill levy rates on
all property in order to augment
the lease money shortage. The in
dustry, mindful of the untenable
atmosphere, in Montana, has re
fused to accelerate its exploratory
operations on the basis that a fair
rate from its investments will not
be realized.”
and religious music.
Members of the choir are as
follows: Sopranos, Mrs. Albert Jen
sen, Mrs. Pete Gilbertson, Mrs.
Glen Larsen, Mrs. Kenneth Ol
sen and Viola Mae Knutsen; altos,
Mrs. Willie Larsen, Mrs. Imman
uel Larsen, Alice and Joan Hof
man; tenors, Rev. A. V. Anderson,
Carol Jensen, and John Neilsen
and bases, Gerald Olsen, Arnold
Thomsen, Arlie Larsen, Bobby
Larsen and Tommy Nelsen.
There has been some cgpfusion
lately in regard to men soliciting
in this area dressed in a garb
similar to that of the Salvation
Army. They have used some sort
of a collection plate much like
the tamborine used until three
years ago as the official badge of
identification of all Army work
ers.
Because it was easy for anyone
to get a tamborine and give the
impression they were represent
ing the Salvation Army, a plastic
collection box, made in the shape
of a shield and with the words,
The Salvation Army, plainly let
tered on one side, was adopted.
A rather new departure is now
being tried, so states Major K. J.
Bawden of Great Falls in a letter
to Rev. C. T. Wheaton, which they
hope will eliminate the unauthor
ized collecting from people who
think they are helping this organ
ization.
A service extension department
is being set up and committees
are organized in communities that
are not served by an established
corps to raise funds in the name
of the Salvation Army.
Twenty percent of such money is
retailed in the community to be
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pitals. and the many other worth
while projects.
Those solicited might also bear
in mind that in this area Salva
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yond Cascade County except to
sell the Christmas and Easter is
sues of the War Cry.
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
FOR 1954-55 SEASON
Dec. 18 — Brockton, Here
Dec. 21 — Alexander, Here
Jan. 7 — Sidney “B”, There
Jan. 8 — Bainville, There
Jan. 14 — Richey, Here
Jan. 15c — Lambert, There
Jan. 21 — Savage, Here
Jan. 22 — Froid, Here
Jan. 28 — Brockton, There
Jan. 29 — Frazer, There
Feb. 4 — Frazer, Here
Feb. 12 — Wibaux, Hpre.
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