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Drunkometer “Guinea Pig”
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Pictured above, Don Carpen
ter, Wolf Point police officer, is
being tested for sobriety by
Douglas Hardesty, highway pa
trolman from Malta. Scene of
the picture is the courtroom at
the Roosevelt county courthouse
where a demonstration of the
Harger Drunkometer was given
by state highway patrol offi
cials.
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Law-enforcement officials from
Wolf Point, Bainville, Dodson,
Froid, Fort Peck, Malta and Glas
gow gathered at the county court
house in Wolf Point last Thurs
day evening to witness a demon
stration of the Harger Drunko
meter by Glenn Schultz, Montana
highway patrol supervisor.
Making a contribution to the
scientific experiment, four mem
bers of the local citizenry consent
yd to act as ]“guinea pigs." They
were Don Carpenter, city police
man, Doug Terpe, Henry Hauge,
and a man now serving time in
the county jail.
Without the services of the
above-mentioned men, the tests
could not have been taken since
it was necessary to have the
.“guinea pigs" consume varying
amounts of 100 proof whiskey prior,
to drunkometer tests.
All had been established as very
light drinkers with the heaviest
having consumed one bottle of beer
during the past week. One of the
men had not touched anything
alcoholic for more than a month.
Hapfee, age 48, weight 190 lbs.,
was given four ounces, Carpenter,
23. Weighing 165, was given six
ounces, Terpe. age 23. weighing
175 pounds, was given eight ounces,
and the inmate, age 34. 150 lbs.,
was given ten ounces.
All the men commenced drink
ing at approximately 7:30 p.m. and
had finished the drink in approxi
mately one hour.
During the period that the men
were consuming the whiskey, su
pervisor Schultz lectured on the
problem of drunk-driving, the en
forcement of laws, physiology and
effect of alcohol, and a brief his
tory of the various tests to deter
mine the extent of a driver’s in
toxication.
He explained that contrary to
common belief, alcohol depressed
the nerves and not a stimulant. He
also pointed that the consumption
of olive oil, butter, or other greasy
foods had.no great effect on a per
son’s ability to withstand the in
toxicating influences of the al
cohol but that the bulk of food
consumed before drinking did have
a definite bearing on a person’s
resistance.
One at a time, the men were
then given tests comparable to
those an officer would give a
drunk-driving suspect after stop
ping him on the highway such as
extending their arms and then
touching their nose while keeping
their eyes closed, walking a
straight line, touching the ground
while keeping their legs stiff with-*
out losing balance, etc.
Prior to the actual drunkometer
tests, Schultz explained that there
were three methods of measuring
intoxication, with the blood, urine
or breath. The Harger drunko
meter uses ithe breath in the tests
and gives a reading which indi
cates the amount of alcohol in
(the bloodstream. A reading of
0.05% is equal to one ounce of
alcohol in the bloodstream of a
150 lb. n and indicates that the
subject is not under the influence
of alcohol so far as his ability tn
drive a motor vehicle is concerned
A reading of 0.15% indicates driv
ing while under the influence of
alcohol. After the various me
chanical tests, the men inflated a
Carpenter i; in the process of
touching his nose while keeping
his eyes closed, a test used by
police when information on a
suspect’s condition is needed at
the scene of an accident or after
some traffic violation. Carpen
ter was also asked to walk a
straight line among on-the-spot
tests.
Next move for the “suspect”
was to take the Drunkometer
test. Shown below, Carpenter is
ballon and the breath contained
therein was released through the
Harger instrument. Charles Kerr,
staff assistant to Schultz, explained
the instrument to the forty men
present and then conducted the
tests and gave the various read
ings.
Hauge, after consuming his four
ounce, gave a reading of 0.052%.
Carpenter, who consumed his
six ounces in one hour and 26
minutes, tested 1.0%, and Terpe,
after consuming eight ounces,
tested somewhat over 0.08%. All
the men tested were in good health
and good physical condition but
Terpe appeared to be the athletic
type and in excellent health which
accounts for the variance in the
reading along with his overage
in weight.
Meetings Set To
Explain Mineral
Rights Referendum
Harry M. Dickey
Bids $40,960 for
80-Acre Oil Lease
Harry M. Dickey. Williston, N. D.,
offered a bonus of $40,960 for the
oil and gas lease on 80 acres of
tribal land located W^E’^SEV^,
section 16, WMiE^NEMi section 16,
all in township 29 north, range 51
east. The lease carried a drilling
commitment which requires drill
ing to start 30 days after approval
of the least.
The long narrow tract of land is
in a section in which there are al
ready several producing wells. The
lease offered attracted considerable
advance interest, but there were
only three bids offered at the sale
and a far smaller number of oil
men were present at the opening
than usual.
The other bids were Richfield
Oil Co., $101.51 per acre bonus for
a total of $8,120.80 and N. G. Wag
ner of Wagner-Christensen bid
$100.75 per acre for a total of
$8,060.
The group represented by Harry
M. Dickey is presently drilling a
well on a lease in the same section.
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Week’s Weather
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(Week ending Dec. 27, 1954)
High Low Prec.
December 21 52 18 .05
December 22 - 58 30 .00
December 23 42 18 .00
December 24 40 12 .00
December 25 30 12 .00
December 26 22 22 .05
December 27 26 -8 .00
inflating a balloon which was
used in the test. Breath contain
ed in the balloon is released
through the instrument on the
table from which readings are
calculated to determine the state
of a suspect’s intoxication. Pic
tured at the left below is Charles
Kerr, staff assistant to Genn
Schultz, highway patrol super
visor on the right who conducted
the demonstration. See story be
low.
The inmate, who admitted being
a periodic heavy drinker, was ob
viously intoxicated after consum
ing the ten ounces and when
tested, gave a reading of 0.169%, al
most two points past the drunk
driving stage.
The Drunkometer, owned by the
state, may be purchased for $250.
Tests with the instrument cost 50c
each.
To date, more than 200 drunk
driving suspects have been tested
in the state and in each case these
tested accepted the reading of the
instrument. Although the instru
ment has been made legal in many
states, the matter of legalizing it
in Montana has not yet come be
fore the state legislature but is
expected to be presented at the
coming session.
The Fort Peck Tribal Executive
Board and Clinton O. Tally, agency
superintendent, have scheduled a
series of meetings to explain to the
Indian people the provisions of the
mineral restoration act and the con
duct of the referendum which is
to be held on the reservation.
There will be meetings for each
of the six districts of the reserva
tion as follows:
Fort Kipp and Rivertide districts
—Friday, Jan. 7, 7:30 p.m. at Brock
ton school; Monday, Jan. 17 2 p.h.
at Fort Kipp community hall; and
Friday, Jan 21, 2 p.m. at Brockton
school.
Poplar district—Friday, Jan. 14.
7:30 p.m. agency gym; Friday, Jan.
28, 2 p.m., agency gym.
Wolf Point district — Monday,
Jan. 10, 7:30 p.m., court house; and
Friday, Jan. 24, 2 p.m., court house.
Oswego district — Monday, Jan.
day, Jan. 3, 7:30 p.m., community
hall.
Frazer district —Wednesday, Jan.
5, 7:30 p.m., Frazer school.
General meeting for the entire
reservation at Poplar Saturday,
Feb. 12, 2 p.m., in agency gym.
If it is found necessary, there
will be additional meetings held
over the reservation in order to
insure that everyone completely un
derstands the referendum.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
ARRIVES FROM DISTANCE
Two long distance telephone calls
brought Christmas greetings for
Mrs. Theodore Strand of Wolf
Poant from her daughters and their
families.
Extending the telephone greet
ings were Mr. and Mrs. W. Conley
and family of Saskatoon, Saskatch
ewan, Canada, and Mr. and Mrs. J.
Wolowicz and Lynne of Reno, Nev.
Roosevelt County
School Debt Over
Million Dollars
Eleven Adults Take
Confirmation Vows;
Reception Scheduled
Eleven adults were confirmed and
three of them were baptized at the
First Lutheran church Sunday,
Dec. 26. by the Rev. Ralph L. Ok
land.
Taking their confirmatoin vows
were Mr. and Mrs. Bernard- Wand
eraas, Mrs. Lucille E. Solheim. Mrs.
Lois A. Rensvold. Mrs. Harriet A.
McMaster, Larry C. Jensen. Miss
Vera Christopherson, Bruce M.
Brookman, Mrs. Ronda L. Ander
son, Mrs. Wanda D. Anderson, and
Miss Irma L. Karge.
A reception for all members who
have joined First Lutheran church
in 1954 is planned for New Year’s
Eve from 9 p.m. until midnight.
ASSESSOR ASKS
COOPERATION ON
APPLICATIONS
County Assessor T. S. Dwyer has
published a public notice elsewhere
in this issue calling attention to
the per capita poor tax and the
necessary information needed from
applicants for motor vehicle
licenses.
Because of the poor tax resolu
tion, it will be necessary for every
one mailing registration cards for
assessment and liquor licenses on
cars and trucks to state their age,
and in the cases of married appli
cants, the age of both husband and
wife.
Other information necessary to
permit proper and speedy process
ing of the application should in
clude a list of extra equipment on
both cars and trucks such as box,
hoist on trucks, overdrive or fluid
drive and Ford-o-matic. Also ap
plicant should give the number of
school district in which he re
sides.
Cooperation in supplying the
above necessary information will
be greatly appreciated and will
eliminate unnecessary correspond
ence. '
Fire Guts Three
Rooms Sunday at
Carpenter Home
INDIAN VOTE ON
MINERALS SET
FOR FORT PECK
Notice of election was officially
published as of December 14 for a
special referendum election for
members of the Fort Peck Indian
tribes.
The election was called as pro
vided in an act of Congress to
permit the individual (Indians
to decide whether mineral rights
on land allotted in 1927 or later
should be retained by the tribe
or restored to the individual or
his heirs.
Under the allottments made in
1927 and later the mineral rights
to the land so allotted were re
tained by the tribe and the allottee
received only the surface rights.
At the election the Indians in
both the Sioux and Assiniboine
tribes will have a chance to de
cide whether these minerals
should be retained by the tribe,
or whether they are to be trans
ferred to the individual.
Notice of the election as required
by the act must be at least 60 days
before the election date and not
more than 90 days. Every member
of the two tribes who was 21
years of age on the day the notice
was given, whether living on the
reservation or not, will be eligible
to vote.
The reservation has been divid
ed into six voting districts and
voting places have been selected
for each district. Indians living
outside the reservation will vote
by mail and within a short time
they will receive by mall infor
mation concerning the election
and an application for a non
resident ballot Non-residents will
not receive a ballot unless they
make official application.
The election machinery is being
set in motion by the tribal execu
tive board and the agency super
intendent.
Later on meetings will be held
to explain to the Indian people the
meaning of the act, and give them
a chance to become completely
familiar with the matter at issue
so they can vote intelligently at
the coming election.
CONSERVATION MEETING
SCHEDULED JANUARY 4
The regular meeting of the
Roosevelt county district super
visors will be held Januray 4 at
7:30 p.m. in the Sherman Hotel.
Anyone having conservation
problems is welcome to attend.
The bonded indebtedness of Mon
tana s elementary and secondary
^°° ls on September 30, 1954 was
$37,905,737. an all-time high, the
(Montana Taxpayers' Association
This lotal includ es $22,-
722,802 in elementerv school dist
rict debt, and $tf,182.935 in high
school bond issues. The total re
present gross indebtedness without
deduction of sinking fund balances.
The statement, which was bas
ed upon special reports submit
ted by county treasurers, showed
that school debts in Roosevelt
County, totalled $1,026, .893 on
September 30. This debt con
sisted of $589,676 in elementary
district bonds and $437,217 in high
school district bonds.
The Taxpayers’ Association said
that school debts had increased
nearly $24,000,000 since April 1.
1950, when the total was only $14,-
039.000. It was in 1950 that voters
approved a constitutional amend
ment increasing school district
bonding power from 3 percent of
assessed valuation of property
within the district to 5 percent.
The increase In school debts
has been reflected in a corres
ponding increase in principal and
Interest payments. Debt service
payments in 1949-50 amounted
to $2,274,000, but last year totaled
$5,188,330. Interest payments came
to $1,023,355, and payments on
principal to $4,164,975.
। Despite the huge total of the
present debt, only 161 out of more
than 1100 elementary school dist
ricts have any outstanding bonds.
Likewise, the high school indebt
edness centers in about half of the
State’s 176 high schools. Concen
tration of the school debt is fur
ther evidenced by the fact that
nearly 60 percent of all outstand
ing bonds have been issued by
schools in the nine counties of Cas
cade. Deer Lodge. Flathead. Gal
latin. Lewis and Clark. Missoula,
Roosevelt, Silver Bow and Yellow
stone. School bonds in each of
these counties exceed 31 million.
Golden Valley Granite, Meagher,
and Powder River Counties have
no bonds outstanding, and only
nominal amounts are owing in
Garfield, Musselshell, and Wibaux.
Because many districts are debt
free, the unused bonding capacity,
under the present 5 percent lim
itation, is great. Based on th*e 1954
State assessed valuation of $1,910,-
135,000, the total indebtedness lim
it would be $75,506,000. With S3B
million in bonds outstanding on
September 30, there is an additional
debt potential of more than $57,-
000,000 available to those school
districts not yet bonded to the
maximum.
• Fire of undetermined origin gut
ted two bedrooms and the bath
room on the second floor of the
Addie Carpenter residence early
Sunday evening and caused dam
ages estimated in excess of SSOO.
The blaze was first discovered by
Mrs. Carpenter’s 86-year old moth
er, Laura Ault, the only person in
the house, who spotted a flash of
light in the heat register which .was
evidently caused by a falling em
ber.
She went to the front door and
summoned assistance. One of the
neighborhood youngsters heard her
shout and passed along the infor
mation to the Morris Listerud resi
dence across the street from where
the fire department was called.
Ordinarily the elderly Mrs. Ault
is never left alone but Mrs. Car
penter presumed that everything
would be all right for an hour
while she was in church. When
the fire was discovered, Mrs. Car
penter was called from the church.
Most of the interior of the two
north bedrooms, the linen closet,
and the bathroom, was charred as
well as most of the furniture and
rugs. The south bedroom upstairs
escaped the flames.
Smoke also filled the downstairs
rooms, causing considerable dam
age to woodwork and walls.
The bedrooms were rented by
David Enerson and Paul Vukelich,
both Herald-News employees. Per
sonal effects of Enerson were de
stroyed and a plastic table model
radio owned by him was melted
from the intense heat. Part of a
wooden cabinet radio owned by
Vukelich was scorched while most
other loss was limited to smoke
damage.
The firemen were summoned
shortly after 8 p.m. and using
chemical extinguishers, the fire was
soon brought under control.
Earlier in the week, the fire de
partment was summoned to the
west end of Dayton street where
fire had started in a pile of scrap
lumber and timber. An electric
standard was also burned in the
blaze.
California Oil
To Drill Wildcat
The California Oil Company has
announced a new wildcat opera
tion in northeastern Roosevelt
county about 20 miles northwest
of the high producing East Poplar
field.
The new wildcat is scheduled as
a test to go. 9700 feet for a look at
all producing horizons.
Located in the center of NE SE
32N-49-E, the well will be known
as the No. 1 Grimm. This location
is about five miles northwest of
the Ajax No. 1 Paulson which was
plugged at 7004. The Ajax well was
the only previous test in the area.
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Covering Rooievelt, Eaitern Valley, Northern McCone, Southern Daniele and Sheridan
Pioneer Voice of the Community — Eetabllehed In Ul3 ’ '
Official Newspaper of Roosevelt County 7^
Vol. 41. No. 51.
MURPHY PLANS
ASHLAND LOZAR
OFFSET WELL
The open winter so fat* has kept
oil activity moving in the Poplar
field area. During the past week
one new rig was up and another
new location was announced.
Rig was reported up and drilling
at the Harry M. Dickey No. 1
Simons located SE SE SE 16-29N
-51E.
The Murphy Corporation has an
nounced that its next operation
will be an off-set to the Ashland
No. 1 Lozer in section 16. 29N-51E.
The Murphy No. 52 unit was
drilling at 5.075 Tuesday and is
nearing the productive zones.
The Deep Rock No. 1 LePage. a
9500-foot Mission Canyon test was
last reported coring at 9283. They
recovered mud only in two drill
stem tests. Oil shows were report
ed in fractured lime and no po
rosity.
The Phillips Petroleum and
George R. Brown, No. 1 Harmon,
were last reported drilling at about
12,000 feet. They hit Dawson Bay
(middle Devonian) at 11,138 and
Interlake at 11,604. This wildcat test
which had some good shows in
upper levels is nearing its final
depth before testing upper zones.
There are no new reports this
week on the Empire State No. 1
Rehder. Last drilling report receiv
ed showed a depth of 5718.
The Richfield No. 1 Modic in
Daniels county is drilling below
6810 and should be at a depth
where oil shows are expected.
The Amerada No. 1 Rock Creek
was last reported drilling below
8894 with no shows reported.
The Murphy Corporation has
been busy clearing wreckage of
its pumping station which was de
stroyed by an explosion and fire
last week. They have a temporary
pump set up to keep the oil mov
ing while plans are being made to
rebuild.
LICENSE ORDER
ISSUED STATE
FOOD HANDLERS
Restaurants, bars, meat markets,
soda fountains, canneries, bottling
works and other food-handling es
tablishments and tourist lodges are
now notified that 1954 lipenses is
sued by the State Board of Health
expire Dec. 31 and must be renew
ed for 1955 by that date.
Licenses have been issued this
year by the State Board of Health
to approximately 6,800 food-hand
ling establishments in Montana.
There are 1,536 licensed public
eating establishments,' approximate
ly 1,000 meatt markets; 223 food
locker plants; 866 tourist courts
and guest lodges; 192 canneries,
bottling works, bakeries, brewer
ies and manufacturing confection
eries; and 3,1016 soda fountains, bars
and soft drink establishments in
Montana.
A separate license is required
for each establishment, even when
one is operated in connection with
another, as when a tourist court
is operated in conjunction with a
restaurant. The license fee is $2
each, except for refrigerated lock
er plants, which require a $lO
license fee.
C. W. Brinck, director of the
State Board of Health division of
Environmental Sanitation, pointed
out that under Montana law, it is
unlawful to operate these food
handling establishments without a
license from the State Board of
Health. "A license issued to one
person is not transferable to an
other,’’ he pointed out.
Water Main Break
Causes Delay of
Christmas Dinners
Residents of south Wolf Point
were without water most of last
Saturday and Sunday and Christ
mas dinners were delayed after a
break occurred in an eight-inch
water main just south of Highway
No. 2 on Fourth Ave. North. The
main carried water directly from
the pumps to the tanks.
A section of the cast-iron pipe,
originally installed in 1917, had
worn through or rotted, allowing
the water to follow an obsolete
tile sewer toward the Farmer
Lumber Co.
Water service would have been
restored about 10 am. Saturday
except for another unfortunate oc
currence. When the city engineer
attempted to turn off the valve
near the Siljenberg Implement, he
found it impossible because of its
rusted condition. Closing the valve
would have permitted pumping
water to the southside homes. A
replacement for the valve is now
in the process of being installed.
The main was believed to have
broken about 10 p.m. Friday but
was not discovered until early the
next morning after the water had
risen through a crack in the ce
ment flooring at the lumber com
pany.
Wolf Point, Roosevelt County, Montana, Thursday, December SO*nr
MARCH OF DIMES
DRIVE BEGINS IN
COUNTY MONDAY
Pranksters Raise
Havoc During Week
At Skating Rinks
Mischievous youngsters and an
inconsiderate motorist have
caused considerable trouble dur
ing the past week for those who
are attempting to furnish ice
skating facilities for city enthus
iasts.
Youngsters have been playing
with the switches and time clock
at the rink behind the court
house and the result has been
lights on during the day and
lights off at night.
At the north rink, a motorist,
whose identity is known, drove
on to the rink and must have
broken through the ice. Using
chains to extricate himself, he
ruined a large section of the ice.
Cooperation in the proper use
of both rinks Is requested from
all citizens, young and old.
OIL FIELD MAN
DIES OF BURNS
AFTER BLAST
C. L. Houser, 38, pipeline gauger
for the Murphy Corporation, was
fatally burned about noon Decem
ber 22, in an explosion followed by
fire which completely destroyed
the MurphyfNo. 2 pumping station.
Mr. Houder died at the Poplar
hospital at 0:45 p.m., December 22
about six /hwurs after the acci
dent Plans had been made to
fly him to a Great Falls hospital
for further treatment, but after
arriving at the Poplar airport he
took a turn for the worse and
he was returned to the Poplar
hospital where he died a short
time later.
Just what caused the explosion
has not been determined as yet.
Mr. Houser was alone at the sta
tion when the explosion followed
by fire occurred. However, several
men arrived on the scene shortly
and helped rush him to the Pop
lar hospital.
The fire and explosion burned
all of the clothes from his body
and burned approximately 90
percent of his body surface. His
hands and face were said to have
sustained third degree burns. In
spite of his serious injury, he re
mained conscious and was able to
talk.
Mrs. Houser, who had left for
Arkansas to spend Christmas, was
taken in the Murphy Company
plane and flown back to Montana.
They had planned to go to Great
Falls where she could be with
Mr. Houser in the hospital. How
ever, following his death she stop
ped overnight in Billings and
came to Poplar by plane Thurs
day morning. A brother of Mr.
Houser also flew to Poplar in a
special plane Thursday morning.
Mr. Houser's body will be re
turned to Smackover, Ark., for
burial.
The accident which took the life
of Mr. Houser was the first ser
ious accident suffered by a Mur
phy employee in the Poplar field.
Mrs. Houser, who joined her hus
band here last spring, is a teacher
in the Poplar junior high school.
Water also rose to the surface of
the gutter on the east side of the
highway, forcing the pavement
two feet into the air and causing
a number of breaks.
Searching for the main break,
the city work crew dug 11 Mi feet
down through the frozen ground
and then started digging toward
the south. When no break was
found, the water valve was turned
on again and the men discovered
they had been digging in the wrong
direction.
A permanent sleeve was placed
around the broken main making
water service available again un
til a second break occurred just
a few feet from the first, causing
additional delay.
After completion of repair work
to the valve, water service was
restored thirty-six hours after the
city was first notified.
A similar break occurred less
than a half-block from the loca
tion of the recent breakage during
the coldest weather last winter.
With temperature hitting as low
as 57 degrees below zero, four days
elapsed before the water main
could be repaired.
LOCAL CHAPTER
RECEIVES SIBOO
FOR POLIO CARE
March of Dimes solicitations for
1955 will get underway January 3
and continue throughout the month
as reported by John Kemp, long
time county campaign director.
Community chairmen who will
assist in the fund drive are Gar
net Montgomery of Wolf Point,
Mrs. O. R. Hagen of Poplar. Mrs.
Samuelson of Brockton, Mike $l
- of Culbertson, A. C. Coul
ston of Bainville, William Rygg of
McCabe, and Carl Olson of Froid.
A check for SIBOO.OO from
March of Dimes headquarters
in New York was received this
week by the Roosevelt County
Chapter of the National Founda,*
tlon for Infantile Paralysis.
Wayne Gillette, Chairman of the
chapter, and J. C. Witte, Treasurer
said the check would help pay the
costs of care already provided fpr
polio patients at home or in our
local hospitals. ‘‘Our contmunity,”
he added, “is deeply grateful to
everyone whose contributions to
the Emergency March of Dimes
last August now makes it possible
for us to pay our most pressing
bills.”
For several months only token or
partial advances were made to
chapters requesting March of Dim
es emergency aid. This was be
cause headquarters funds were ex
hausted in paying the heavy costs
of patient care while undertaking
the new costs of initiating a polio
prevention program, Mr. Gillette
explained.
As a result of last summer’s em
ergency drive some communities
are now able to finance their own
patient aid programs, and national
headquarters resources have been
replenished sufficiently to provide
short-term assistance to hard
pressed communities.
"This March of Dimes aid re
ieves the pressure on our chapter
for the time being,” Mr. Gillette
said. He went on to explain that
the chapter is currently providing
March of Dimes funds, in whole
or in part, for the care of 3 pa
tients stricken this year, in addi*,
tion to 2 who got the disease pre
viously.
ECONOMY DRIVE
SAVES EVERYONE
SM SAYS NAM ?
The federal economy drive of
the present administration has re
duced government spending to.the
tune of SB6 saving for every man,
woman and child in Montana, or
a total of $52,804,000, as reported
in a recent survey.
The government’s expenditures
for the current fiscal year, ending
June, 1955, will be about $14,000,-
000,000 less than the fiscal 1954
level of national spending project
ed by the previous administration,
according to an analysis of cheated -
eral budget released today by* the
northwest office of the National
Association of Manufacturers.
The outgoing Truman adminis
tration estimated fiscal 1954 ex
penditures at $78,000,000,000. and
the fiscal 1955 estimates of Presi
dent Eisenhower, as revised in Sep
tember, are $63,968,000,000, accord
ing to the NAM. This represents
a reduction in federal spending of
approximately $14,000,000,000.
"Assuming that Montana is in
line with the national pattern of
tax and debt obligation, the popu
lation of 614,000 people of the state
are being saved about $52,804,000,“*
the NAM stated.
"This savings in tax liability
could be considered as 4,400 new
jobs for Montana," the NAM point-*
ed out, "since it takes an average
of $12,000 to create one new job
in industry today.
"Montana.s population is growing
at such a rapid rate that there will
be great need in the future for fax
reductions to leave individuals and
businesses enough money to save
and invest in Montana industry,
and to create jobs for the expand
ing labor force.”
The analysis also reports that
since the beginning of 1953 the
American people have had a dollar
whose purchasing power has re
mained stable and has thus en
hanced the benefits of reduced
federal spending and federal tax
cuts. Thus, states the report, the
gains are not being lost through
the continuation of "creeping in
filtration” that plagued the coun
try during recent years.
Savings in the revised 1955 bud
get are being made principally in
the military category ($10,0004MK«
000,000) and in the area of forei^R
assistance programs $3,200XM)0,M),
according to the NAM analyst