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Community Committeemen
Named For County A. S. C.
Community Agricultural Stabliz
ation and Conservation committees
chosen by farmers and ranchers in
the elections which ended Dec. 12
have been announced by E. J. Jau
motte, Roosevelt County ASC of
fice manager.
The newly elected committee
men are as follows: Community one,
Chairman, Robert Peterson; vice
chairman. Idan Camrud; regular
member, Harry Carlson; first alter
nate, Marbie Hanson; second alter
nate, Dennis Nelson.
Community two, Chairman, John
Warmbrod, vice chairman, Thomas
Heidner; regular member, Burle
Nygaard; first alternate, Kenneth
Huso; second alternate, Earl Rens
vold.
Community three, Chair man,
Bernard Langer; vice chaiftnan,
Waldon Rush: regular member,
John Cribble; first alternate, Ed
ward Bach; second alternate, Magne
Hammer.
Community four, Chairman, How
ard Jensen, vice chairman, Martin
Services Held
Tuesday for
Eric Lindquist
Funeral services were largely at
tended Tuesday at St. John’s Lu
theran church, Poplar, for Eric
Lindquist, well-known Poplar civil
engineer and farmer. Rev. Allen
Erickson officiated at the services.
Mr. Lindquist died suddenly at
his home in Poplar, Dec. 22. He
was born Sept. 14, 1887, in Hudik
Soall, Sweden, and came to Mon
tana in the spring of 1893 with
relatives.
Interment was in the Poplar ce
metery, with arrangements being
conducted by the Clayton Mem
orial Chapel.
Funeral Services
Conducted for
Fort Kipp Infant
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday for Wayne Roger De-
Marrias, age four months, at the
Fort Kipp Presbyterian church,
Rev. Spider, officiating.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Matt G. DeMarrias died suddenly
at Devils Lake, N. D., Dec. 23, while
his mother was visiting relatives
there.
Interment was at the Ft. Kipp
cemetery, with arrangements be
ing conducted by the Clayton Fu
neral Chapel.
they’d like under the ChrUtmai
tree. The tcene took place at the
annual B. P. O. Elks-VFW and
Civic Women’* club children’*
party Tuesday, Dec. 20, at the
Sethre; regular member, John Mat
ijovski; first alternate, John A.
Herting; second alternate, Donald
Anderson.
Community five, Chairman, Tom
Reid; vice chairman, James Dan
ielson; regular member, Wilbur
Lockman; First alternate, James
Helmer; second alternate, James
O'Connor.
Community six, Chairman, Nor
man Jensen; vice chairman, Eugene
Swank; regular member, Gerald
Zuck; first alternate, Carl Nor
gaard; second alternate, Alvin
Schagunn.
Community Seven, Chairman,
James McAnally; vice chairman,
Joseph McGowan; regular member,
Lawrence Price; first alternate,
Fred Clark; second alternate, Les
lie McAnally,
Community eight, chairman, Leo
nard Bummer, vice chairman, Al
fred Kaschube; regular member,
Kenneth Lauridsen; first alternate,
Glibert Weiss; second alternate;
J. E. Friedenbach.
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Present Nativity Tableau
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Children of the seventh and
eighth grade classes of Immacu
late Conception school are shown
Elk* Home. The Civic Women
tacked over 1,000 bag* of candy,
and reported no overage si the
end of the day- —HeraW-New*
Photo.
Fighting dog* added to the
confusion of over 800 children
jamming into the Liberty Theatre
Tuesday, Dec. 20, for the free
cartoon comedy show provided
annually by the Liberty Theatre
and Herald-New* of Wolf Point.
From the theatre, the children
progre**ed to the Elk* building
for a visit and giu .‘.cm Santa
Clau*. —Herald-New* Photo.
Oil Commission
Sets Hearing On
Oil Well Spacing
A public hearing concerning well
spacing in the Bredette oil field,
Poplar, will be conducted at 9 a.m.
Friday, Jan. 13, by the Oil and
Gas Conservation commission of
Montana, at the governor’s recep
tion room at the state capitol, Hel
ena.
The hearing stems from an appli
cation of the California Company,
December 23, requesting that the
commission consider a well spac
ing pattern covering certain lands
in the Bredette fields “believed to
be underlaid by the McGowan and
"C” zones of Mississipian age.”
The application requests, among
other points, that the commission
establish 80 acre well spacing units,
each well spacing unit to consist
of any two adjacent quarter-quar
ter sections of land.
In a Nativity tableau presented
Wednesday, Dee. 21, at the school
auditorium. Bister Mary Boni
WHEAT CROP ALONE TOPS MILLION DOLLARS- -
County ASC Loans Near Total
Of Two Million on Small Grains
Loans on small grains amounting
to $1,755,728.77 had been taken out
by Roosevelt county farmers
through the Commodity Credit Cor
poration as of Dec. 15, according to
Walter Scott, chairman of the
county ASC committee.
Farmer* were reminded today
that there’* only about a month
before the deadline for taking
out Commodity Credit Corpora
tion loan* or purchasing agree
ments for most of the major grain
.and for some other important
crops.
Walter Scott, chairman of the
Roosevelt County Agricultural sta
bilization and Conservation com
mittee, advises that Jan. 31 is the
final date for approving loans and
purchasing agreements for the eli
gible 1955 crops. However, appli
cations must be in before this date
to allow itme to complete the nec
essary inspections and other de
tails. To play safe he suggests that
the applications be filed at the
County ASC office at Culbertson
on or before Jan. 10, 1956.
Crops to which the Jan. 31 dead
line applies are wheat, barley, oats,
rye, flaxseed, and dry edible beans.
The chairman said that, as of
Dec. 15, farmers in ‘Roosevelt Coun
ty had taken out commodity loans
on the following amounts of 1955
crops:
Bu. Prin.
Wheat 656,931 $1,356,038.32
Barley 575,845 317.186.12
Rye .... 52,621 53,146.21
Flax 10.637 29,358,12
PETE BAKER
HEADS COUNTY
STOCK ASS'N
The Roosevelt County Stockmens
Association directors elected offic
ers and re-organized the board for
the coming year at a recent meet
ing in Poplar.
Officers for 1956 are as follows.
Pete Baker, Poplar, president;
Eugene Swank, Poplar, secretary
treasurer; and Sandy Manning,
Culbertson, vice-president. Direc
tors present at the meeting were.
Gordon Lund, Wolf Point, John B.
Stensland, Jr., Wolf Point, Baker.
Manning, and Glen Picard, Bain
ville. Present also were Extension
Agents, Don Hunter and Hannes
Hallgrimson.
The directors voted to order ten
parcels of “Wheat Branding” Con
fetti for sale to operators in the
county at $12.00 per parcel.
Tentative plans for educational ac
tivities for the coming year in the
livestock field were as follows: A
range management tour in cooper
ation with adult agricultural class
under the direction of Verne Pacov
sky at Bainville, in June; they en
couraged agents and the Extension
Livestock specialist to make ranch
visits during the summer.
A request was made for a ranch
demonstration, hatever kind could
be arranged o nthe subjects of re
placement stock selection or feeder
calf selection, late in September.
They felt that more information
was needed at the annual meeting
in October, concerning marketing
and veterinary problems. They
requested more information on the
advantages and disadvantages and
possibilities of west coast market
ing for this area.
The Stockmens Association dir
ectors meet regularly in December
and June. Special meetings may be
called by the president.
face was in charge of the tab
leau. All grades were presented
in the Christmas program held
that evening.—Herald-News Photo
Covering Roosevelt, Eastern Valley, Northern McCone, Southern Daniel* and Sheridan Countie*
VOL. 42 NO. 51
LUTHERANS
VOTE $160,000
ON NEW UNIT
At the First Lutheran Church an
nual meeting the congregation vot
ed $160,000 plus 10''! for the con
struction of the first unit of the
new church, and $3,500 of the
general fund was transferred to the
building fund.
The report by the Pastor showed
a growth of membership in 1955
from 876 to 905. The treasurer's re
port showed receipts of $17,761.55
with disbursements of $15,929.07
The congregation adopted a new
constitution. In this constitution
an increased membership on all
boards of the Church was provided.
The newly elected officers for the
following offices of First Lutheran
Congregation presented by the
nomination committee elected last
annual meeting consists of Aldon
Lee. Mrs. W. C. Hanson, Lester
Zimmerman, and Pastor R.
are as follows:
President, Norman Hauge; vice
president, Jim Larson; secretary,
Roger Lee; treasurer, Arne Trac
holt; Trustees (Board of 7), Axel
Grimsrud for 2 yrs., Douglas Mah
lum for 2 yrs., and Milton Siljen
berg for 3 yrs.; those retained are
Vincent Nedrud, Eddie Bach, Idan
Camrud, and Bodray Hagestad-
Deacons, (Board of 12) Gerald
Simensen for 1 yr.. Charles Jacobs
for 2 yrs., Nels Lund for 3 yrs.,
Paul Kamp for 1 yr., Hans Ander
son for 2 yrs., Aldon Lee for 3
yrs., and Martin Sethre for 1 yr.
Those retained are Oliver Wagnild,
Lud Sateren, Thomas Vine, T. M.
Rothe, and Paul Johnson.
Deaconesses, (Board of 9) Mrs.
Solomon Schmidt for I yr., Mrs.
Ellis Allman for 2 yrs., Mrs- Dan
Nordstrom for 3 yrs., and Mrs.
Ellis Thorsen for 1 yr. Those re
tained are Mrs. John .Lindsay.
Mrs. Halvor Lien, Mrs. Harry Ned
rud, Mrs. Oline Houg, and Mrs.
Albert Lee.
Ushers, Grant Grayson, Law
rence Blevins, Tony Hanel, Robert
Hovey, Norven Langager, Donald
Zimmerman, Milton Sethre, Burl
Ault, Sid Peterson, Norman Hveem.
Allen Hendricksen, Claire Lekvold,
Orville Ingebretson, Norman Ned
rud, Kastor Simensen, and Ellis
Allman. Superintendent of Sunday
Schools, Mrs. Jim Larson and Mrs.
Paul Kamp assistant.
Nominating committee, Mrs Don
ald Sethre, Don Nelson, and Lester
Eck. Auditors, Robert Penner, Ken
neth Voss, and James Larson.
Board of Parish Education, Dan
Nordstrom for 2 yrs., George Hub
bard for 2 yrs., and Mrs. Frank
Hanel for 3 yrs. Those retained are
Cliff Wagnild, Mrs. K. E. Voss,
Mrs. Don Nelson, Mrs. Rodell Mah
lum. Robert Toavs, and Mrs. Ger
ald Simensen.
New members accepted at the
annual meeting were Mr. and Mrs
Lenard Flaten and children, Carol,
Gary, and Beverly, Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Dick and son James. Richard
Olson, Norven Langager, Mrs. Dar
rel Iwen, and Mrs. Alyce Smith and
daughter Dawn.
Tucker Moore
Pioneer, Dies
Christmas Day
Tucker Cleveland More, 72. re
sident of this area since 1907 when
he homesteaded seven miles north
of Culbertson, died on Christmas
Day of cerebcal thrombosis in
Roosevelt Memorial hospital after
an illenss of two days
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday. Dec. 28. at two o'clock in
the Methodist Church of Culbert
son with Rev- H. L. Robertson of
ficiating.
Teachers to Vote
Teachers of public schools of
District 45. members of the Mon
tana retirement system, will vote
on the social security referendum
Jan. 4, according to Miss Rachel
Strand, chairman of the Wolf Point
group. Balloting for elementary
teachers will be at the southside
school from 3 to 4 p.m., and high
school teachers will ballot between
the hours of 4 to 5 p.m. Rural
l teachers will vote on an absentee
- ballot.
Pioneer Voice of the Community — Established In 1913
Official Newspaper of Roosevelt County
Wolf Point, Roosevelt County, Montana, Thursday. Oecember 29, 1955
Final Case Dismissed
As Jury Term Ends
With the matter of George
Thompson vs. Howard Helmer, a
civil action, ready to come before
Judge George W. Padbury, Jr.,
Helena, Wednesday morning, and
then dismissed by the parties in
volved, the current term of the
15th Judicial District court drew
to a close.
Judge Jack R. Loueks presided
over most cases, but was disquali
fied in the last case- He voluntar
ily disqualified himself in the ac
tion of the State vs. A 1 Hood, which
was heard and dismissed by Judge
Padbury Tuesday.
NO INCREASE
TO FARMERS
IN CCC BOOST
No change in interest rates to
farmers in involved in the recent
U. S. Department of Agriculture
boost in interest rates to private
lending agencies investing funds in
Commodity Credit Corporation
commodity loans, Leo S. Kolstad,
state Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation administrative officer
explained this week.
The increase is being offered to
private lending agencies to encour
age them to retain their investment
of private funds in CCC loans. The
boost is designes to relieve the U.
S. Treasury as much as possible
of a financial burden which would
have to be taken care of through
public borrowing.
The rate of interest payable to
lending agencies financing CCC
price-support loans on 1955 crop
and 1954 rcscal purchase agreement
loans is being increased by one
fourth of 1 per cent per annum
effective from Dec. 1. The increase
is being offered to bring the interest
rate in the line ith recent increases
in rates on short-term government
and commercial borrowings.
The action will not result in any
additional costs to Montana farmers.
The rate of interest charged farm
ers obtaining price support loans
on their commodities will remain at
the present rate of 3*4 per cent
per annum, Kolstad stated.
Additional action to reduce CCC
borrowings from the Treasury will
come in an announcement to be
made in a month or two of an of
fering of Certificates of Interest in
the amount of $606,000,000 or more.
The terms and conditions under
which the certificates will be issued
will be available through Federal
Reserve Banks or branches follow
ing public announcement of the of
fer.
GOLDEN GLOVERS TO
FIGHT HERE JANUARY 7
Eight bouts of amatuer boxing
will be held Saturday. Jan. 7 at 8
p.m., in the Elks Hall, with all
boxers being Golden Glovers who
will fight at the midwest Golden
Glove tournament at Minneapolis
this year. Frank Delger, undersher
iff. is promoting the fights
Fight fans, seeing the first box
ir.g in Wolf Point since the early
30's, will have opportunity to watch
in action the top fighters of this
area. Several are North Dakota
state champions in their weight
classes. _ , _
In the main event. Dale Jorgen
son, 175 pound light-heavyweight,
of Watford City. N. D,. will fight
Lyle Germundson, 170. of Minot.
Jorgenson was the ’55 N. D. golden
glove champ in the light-heavy
class, and in Minneapolis lost in the
final by a split decision. He is in
very good shape, considered tough
and a good boxer at 19 years of age.
The sentencing of Scott Fergu
son, Glasgow, who entered a plea
of guilty to charges of manslaugh
ter as the result of a truck-car
wreck, is scheduled for Saturday,
Dec. 31. Judge Loueks will pass
sentence at that time.
Of 20 cases originally docketed
by Judge Loueks, six were tried,
one settled prior to hearing, two
transferred to Richland county jur
isdiction, the two dismissed by the
court. Three were dismissed prior
to the court session.
More actions were presented to
the jury during the term than have
been heard for many years in this
judicial district.
Judge Loueks having disqualified
himself. Judge PadKUry also pre
sided over the matter of the State
of Montana vs. A 1 Hoo<L of Jessie's
Supper Club, in a criminal charge
alleging possession of gambling
equipment. Judge Padbury granted
the motion for dismissal by De
fense Attorney John Kline on the
grounds the State failed to prove
venue.
Wednesday morning. Judge Pad
bury signed an order directing Sher
iff E. G. Shuman to destroy the
flat-top slot machine confiscated
from Jessie's Supper Club and used
as evidence by County Attorney
John Bayuk.
The jury deliberated five hours
before rendering a verdict in fa
vor of the plaintiff in the amount
of $15,000 in the civil matter of
Agatha Rohde vs. E. J. Daly, guard
ian ad litem for Darrell C. Smith,
a minor. Judge Loueks presided
over the trial December 21.
On motion and affidavit of Coun
ty Attorney John F. Bayuk, the
matter of the State of Montana vs.
Bill Finley, wherein the state
charges manslaughter, was contin
ued over the term by Judge Jack
R. Loueks. The County Attorney
based his motion upon the fact
that three major witnesses for the
state were not available. One is
hospitalized with a broken leg. and
two others arc in Florida.
The long docket of matters heard
by Judge Loueks and jury, caused
the Board of County commissioners
to request $5,000 in emergency
funds to pay juror and witness
fees- This will be heard Jan. 3
in a public hearing in the com
missioner's chambers at the court
house.
Weeks Weather
High Low Prec.
Dec. 20 — 10 -4 00
Dec. 21 38 -2 .00
Dec. 22 30 10 .00
Dec. 23 ...... 42 4 .04
Dec 24 10 -4 .10
Dec. 25 22 -2 .00
Dec. 28 30 8 .00
Germundson. 25 years old, has
plenty of experience and puts up
a good fight. He decisioned Keith
Lund of Brockton at Minot this
month in a tough fight.
The semi-final bout will see
Keith Lund. Brockton. 182 pounds,
who is very fast for a heavyweight,
and always puts on a good fight,
against Lynn Linseth of Watford
City, 178 pounds. The latter has
won three out of his five fights, but
is not as experienced as Lund.
Lund has fought with the Williston
National Guard team for two years
and is in very good shape. He lost
in the semi-finals in Minneapolis
last year-
Another semi-final bout will have
Joe Emmit. Minot, 145 pounds,
against Eddie Cote, Williston, 147
pounds. Emmit is a young man and
rated a good boxer in top shape.
Cote has had two years experience,
and this will be a return match
Area Group
Asks Repeat
Of Acreage
The Roosevelt County Grain
Growers Association Directors, at
their recent regular meeting, pass
ed a resolution favoring a bill for
Durum wheat for this area. They
propose a bill very similar to the
one that applied to this area last
year.
Present at the meeting wore:
Chairman. Oscar Olson. Secretary-
Treasurer, Bob Peterson. Norman
Paulson, Joe Frerich, Konrad Kop
perman, Don Nelson, and George
Loondorf. The resolution passed
reads as follows:
"We recommend favorable ac
tion by the United States Congress
in passage of the Durum bill, with
the same provisions as last year's
Bill S. B-145.
“An alternative meagre that
would be satisfactory to farmers
here would be as follows: lhat
farmers in durum designated coun
ties in Montana be allowed to seed
their acreage allotment of bread
wheat plus durum wheat, but that
the two combined not exceed 50',r
of their cropland. If they over
seeded their bread wheat allotment
or if their bread wheat plus dur
um acreage exceeded 50'", of their
cropland, they would be out of
compliance. Wc urge that the De
partment of Agriculture notify
farmers just as soon as possible
as to the durum program for 195(1.
Farmers need to know about the
possibilities of 1950 Durum seed
ings not later than March 1. Farm
ers need to know by September 1,
195 C whether or not Durum allot
ments will be allowed in 1957.
"We urge that durum plantings
not be restricted to farms that had
a durum history in 1956. A email
percentage of farmers could af
ford to obtain the high price seed
last spring. For that reason, such
a measure would be unfair to
many.
“This resolution was unanimous
ly passed at a regular meeting of
the Board of Directors in Cul|ert
son, Montana. December 20, 1955"
The group also voted to buy 1,000
Saskatchewan bulletins on the sub
ject of wild oat control. The bul
letins are to be distributed to farm
ers in the county. The group voted
In favor of two requests that had
already been sponsored by the N.
E. Montana Association of Soil
Conservation Districts. These re
quests ask that the Montana Ex
periment Station make detailed
studies of the sawfly and wild oat
problem in northeastern Montana.
They decided that (hey would not
make any further recommendations
as to the federal farm program
until there had been at least three
public meetings in the county on
♦he subjects of the proposed "soil
bank," limiting price supports per
farm, a proposed enabling art to
form a Montana wheat commission,
and other current problems affect
ing farmers. They felt that more
information was needed and the
gathering of sentiment of farmers
in the county is also necessary.
Tentative request was made by
the directors for information and
discussion meetings late in January
or early in February on the above
mentioned subjects. They proposed
also at least three grain production
meetings be scheduled in the coun
ty in March.
Announce Winners
Of Christmas
Decoration Contest
Winners of the Wolf Point Cham
ber of Commerce sponsored Christ
mas decorating contest were an
nounced this week by R. E. Coffey,
acting secretary.
Dr. R D. Knnpp won first in
the homes division, with second
and third going to C. E. Howe and
Guy Ault residences. Honorable
mention was given Gordon Mont
gomery, Hans Anderson, William
Squires, Lynn Nees, Don Stonnes
and Norman Berg.
Rathert-Schreiber Co. won first
in the business establishment divi
sion. with honorable mention to
the Wolf Point Bakery.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Olfert
and children attended the 40th wed.
ding anniversary celebration of Mr.
and Mrs. D. M. Olfert on Monday of
this week at their farm home.
for him with Emmit, who desicion
ed him at Minot this month. This
is expected to be a good fight.
In the preliminaries. Tom Ko
houtek. Minot, 120 pounds, will
fight Tom Wegley, Williston, 120
pounds.
Merlin Jolin. Minot, 125 pounds,
will meet Sidney Nice. 125 pounds
Both these light boys are full of
fight and action.
Gary Webb. Williston. 105, will
meet Laurence Bourassa. 110, of
Weyburn, Sask., one of three Can
•dian fighters on the ticket.
Mickey Mooin, 152, Minot, meets
Laurence Halt, 158. of Weyburn.
*nd Don Stewart, ISO. Williston,
fights Avery Pearson. 135, of Wey
burn.
Advance sale tickets are avail
able at the Elks Club, or at Cliffs
Place, in Wolf Point. The tickets
range from bleacher seats to ring
aide and current fight prices.