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A NATIONAL PRIZE-WINNING MONTANA. WEEKLY NEWSPAPERThursday, Oct. 24, 1963 Polo, Montana

Reservation Development Plans DisclosedIn Talk to Rotary by SuperintendentA glimpse into present and

future projects of the Confed-erated Tribes of the Salish andKootenai, working in coopera-tion with the Bureau of In-dian Affairs, was given mem•bers of the Poison Rotary ClubTuesday by P. T. LaBreche,superintendent of the FlatheadAgency.Among projects coming up

which are intended to developthe natural resources on thereservation for the benefit ofIndian and non-Indian resi-dents, LaBreche said, are suchthings as extension of the tim-ber access road off the eastshore of Flathead Lake; trailimprovement projects in theMissions; timber access roadsin the Jocko; construction ofnew fire control facilities in-cluding a $15,000 warehouseand office at the Poison air-port; improvements at BlueBay Lodge on the east shoreand at the Tribal-owned bath-house at Hot Springs; estab-lishing a housing bettermentprogram; and cooperating inresearch studies to find addi-tional ways of using timber re-sources.Extension of the Skidoo

Trail logging road on the eastshore will open another 100,-000,000 board feet of spruce inthe Spruce Basin, LaBrechesaid. He said that another tim-ber access road to the head ofMcDonald Lake is under studyand that it might be built inconjunction with the establish-ment of a cedar shake mill.The Agency superintendent

said that only "basic produc-tion" is involved in timber pro-cessing on the reservation now.This includes the cutting oftimber, sawing and finishing.From here it is shipped to oth-er points for further use.Studies are underway to de-

termine additional uses for by-products and new uses for tim-ber products which wouldcreate more jobs for Indianson the reservation. Diversifi-cation might mean such thingsas furniture or toy making,post manufacturing, wood pro-cessing, etc.Under the Overall Econom-

ic Development Plan followedby the Tribes last year, some$75,000 was obtained to per-form a new timber inventory.The last such survey was takenin 1935. LaBreche said that lastyear some 27,0041,000 boardfeet of timber was cut on thereservation. The OEDP sur-vey showed that a sustainedyield of 60,000,000 board feetper year could be supported bythe timber stands on the res-ervation.At present an industrial site

survey is being taken by theBureau of Indian Affairs econ-omic development agent PatDevereaux on the reservation.All communities will be urgedto cooperate in the compilingof information and the publica-tion of material advertisingsuch industrial sites.LaBreche said that some 40

housing units are authorizedfor construction on the reser-vation under a new Indianhousing program. He said peo-ple involved will contributelabor in the project. Houseswill be completely modern andeven equipped with range andrefrigerator. Training schoolswill be set up for Indiansworking on these projects, hesaid.Other developments started

recently with the objectives ofimproving the Indian's wel-fare are establishment of twoposts — one dealing with ju-venile delinquency among In-dians and the other dealingwith educational opportunities.By providing a probation of-

ficer to work with juvenile de-linquency problems and tofollow pp on specific cases,some progress may be madeon the problem, he said. Theeducational specialist willwork with Indian students,counseling them and advisingthem of various educationalopportunities that are avail-able. It is hoped that the pro-gram will help alleviate thedropout problem as well as toencourage school attendance orvocational training.Replying to questions from

the floor, LaBreche said theposting of reservation bound-aries by the Indians this win-ter probably will not result inany noticeable change in hunt-ing and fishing policies on thereservation. However, the post-ing will meet federal require-ments in compliance with alaw passed in the mid-1950s.

He said that a written agree-ment between the State Fishand Game Dept. and the In-dians is desired as far as fishplantings are concerned.LaBreche, answering an-

other question, said that diffi-culties have been encounteredin taking advantage of trainingprovisions established underthe Relocation Act of 1953. Thefederal law provides for vo-

cational training and paymentof transportation expenses andliving allowances during train-ing for persons over one-quar-ter Indian blood. However,many Flathead reservation In-dians have less than one-quarter • Indian blood. Bettervocational training opportuni-ties are being made availableunder a Dept. of Commerceprogram.

Trick or Treat for CROPPlanned for HalloweenSince 1948, Halloween —

the eve of All Saints Day —has become for many churchyoung people a time for goingfrom house to house seekingcontributions for overseas re-lief and rehabilitation throughChristian Rural Overseas Pro-gram. Halloween dollars pro-vide food for the hungry andfood as partial payment ofwages for workers in self-helpprojects.1962, the SOS program of

CROP and Church World Ser-vice distributed a total of 496,-933,461 pounds of governmentdonated and other foods tomore than ten million of theworld's hungry men and wo-men and children overseas in35 areas of acute human need.The United "Trick or Treat"

for CROP canvass will be con-ducted again this year byyoung people between thehours of 7 and 9 p.m. on Hal-loween.

Gifts for CROP should bemade only to authorized sol-icitors who are properly iden-tified. The callers will be iden-tified with a blue slip pinnedon their outer garmet markedCROP — Freedom from Hun-ger. They will give you a leaf-let bearing the title, "HelpBuild Lives with Food throughCROP."The following churches will

be participating in the pro-

F&G to BeginSpawning WorkKokanee spawning opera-

tions will start soon in Flat-head River and Lake MaryRonan. Each person holding avalid fishing license is entitledto not more than 35 salmon perday and not more than 70 inpossession from either snag-ging or obtained from thespawning crew, or both.Persons desiring to obtain

salmon from the spawning op-erations should contact thecrew in the field. Informationas to the schedule can be ob-tained by contacting the hatch-ery at Somers.

Rodeo Group toHold MeetingThe Ranch here will host

the 1963 convention and ban-quet of the Western MontanaRodeo Association this Satur-day, Oct. 26. A meeting ofrodeo producers and commit-tees is set for 10 a.m. and ageneral meeting at 1 p.m. Thebanquet and presentation ofchampionship awards will beat 2:30 p.m.

BIG SPUD — Here are somemore of the "typical" cropsgrown in the prolific Flatheadsoil. This meal size potato wasgrown by Noel Sinclair out inthe North Crow Creek com-munity. Courier correspondentMrs. Art Bailey brought it bythe office for a snapshot.(Courier photo)

gram: Baptist, Christian, Lu-thean, Roman Catholic, Pres-byterian, Assembly of God,Episcopal and Methodist.Rev. Loy Estes, general

chairman, has announced thatthe callers should meet at theMethodist Social Hall at 6:30.Refreshments will be servedto the callers upon their returnfollowing the canvass.The people of Poison last

year contributed $147.14 toCROP through the Halloweencanvass.Your leaving on the front

porch light to aid the callerswill be appreciated, Rev. Estessaid.

First AidCourseIs PlannedThe Poison unit of the Amer-

ican Red Cross will offer ahome nursing training classstarting Wednesday, Nov. 6 at1 p.m. at the Queen's CourtMotel. Mrs. Roy Porsborg, RedCross Nurse and Instructor,will conduct the class.Mrs. J. F. McAlear, chair-

man of the local ARC chapter,said, "The class will enroll theGray Ladies and any otherswishing to take the home nurs-ing course. Please telephoneyour registration to Mrs. Pors-borg. She wishes no more than10 to 12 persons in the classto accomplish the best train-ing."There are six two-hour class-

es in the course. All sessionsmust be attended to obtain aRed Cross home nursing cer-tificate. There is no charge forthe class except for a $1.25charge for textbook material.Mrs. McAlear pointed out

that this is another of the year-around programs of the localRed Cross unit. Other ARCactivities locally since com-pletion of the swimming pro-gram in August have been twofirst aid classes — one taughtby Francis Bartlett and an-other taught by Ben Jakes ofMoiese. Many school bus driv-ers received their required firstaid certificates in these classes.

Liquor SalesAnd Tax CreditsAre ReportedSome $2,700.66, 4% county

tax collected from sale of li-quor at state liquor stores inLake county for the quarterending Sept. 30, has been dis-tributed. One percent is re-tained by the county and threepercent goes to the city.Net sales and 3% tax figures

for the cities are as follows:Poison, $40,327.79, $1,209.83; St.Ignatius, $10,734.87, $322.05;Arlee, $3,672.96, $110.19; Ro-nan, $12,780.92, $383.43.

September WreckReport GivenBy PatrolmanMontana Highway Patrol

Sgt. A. C. Rierson this weeksaid there were 13 auto acci-dents in Lake county in Sep-tember. Four injuries, no fa-talities and some $4,821 inproperty damage resulted.Sgt. Rierson commented on

all area accidents — 30 in Flat-head county and 8 in Lincolncounty in addition to Lake's13 — saying "Speed and alco-hol are the main causes ofthese accidents. Drivers shouldslow their speed — just five to10 miles per hour would pre-vent a lot of accidents. Seatbelts would save a lot of livesand injuries. It takes justseven-tenths of a second to dieat 55 miles per hour."

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PASSER — Ed Laughlin, decked out in cowboy boots and withjacket hood over one eye, let loose a mighty heave in PP&Kpassing competition.

PUNTER — Royal Deranleauis caught in action duringpunting competition.

KICK — Pat Hertz almostknocked the camera out ofphotographer's hand withneatly aimed place kick.

PP&K Contest Has LargeNumber of Grid Hopefuls

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Pirates Capture Class BConference Grid TitlePoison's undefeated Pirates

wrapped up the Western Divi-sion Class B football champion-ship title last Saturday nighton the local gridiron with adecisive 36-0 victory over theLincoln County Lions fromEureka.Poison was scheduled to

p 1 a y Corvallis Wednesdaynight at Hamilton in the sea-son's finale. The Pirates wereodds-on favorites to beat thenewcomers to Class B ball.

IBraving chill winds and w.- ere the top ten-year-oldsovercast skies last Saturday, competing while Clifford Kel-a large number of youthful ler, David Hem n and Doug Ma-football enthusiasts turned out rengo scored the top numberfor the third annual Punt, Passand Kick contest sponsored bylocal Ford dealer, Wayne Ma-hugh. Assisting in running thecontests were members of thePoison Athletic 'Booster Club.Top eight-year-olds in the

competition were Warren Wil-lard, Rocky Deranleau and JimThompson. Heading the nine-year-old contestants were Bar-ney Benkelman. Donald Ro-berts and Kevin Knaus.Henry Olmstead, Kenny

Lambeth and Monty Marengo

of points in the eleven-year-oldcompetition.Winners' scores are compar-

ed with other state winnersnow to determine who ad-vances to national runoffs.Grand prizes are trips to theWhite House, Dearborn, Mich.,and the NFL football cham-pionship game. Local winnersreceived trophies, certificate:;.Also on the prize list arewarrnup jackets, helmets, andautographed footballs.

ReunionPlans AreDisclosedFirst steps toward the stag-

ing of an all-class reunion forPoison High School Alumniwere taken last week at ameeting of the Alumni Associa-tion here. Carl Seifert, Classof '56, was elected president ofthe PHS Alumni Assn.

J. F. McAlear, Class of '16,was elected general chairmanof the reunion committee andtentative plans were announc-ed for a big celebration Aug.7, 8 and 9 during the Centen-nial Summer. McAlear saidthat plans call for coffee andcookies to be served duringregistration periods Friday andSaturday, Aug 7 and 8. Theluncheon on Saturday will findalumni divided into decadegroups. A big banquet anddance is scheduled for Satur-day night with an all-class pic-nic the following day.

Final score was not availableat presstime Wednesday eve-ning.Up to Wednesday the Pi-

rates had amassed a total of198 points to a meager 27 fortheir opponents — indicativeof the alert offensive and de-fensive strength built into thesquad by Coach Tom Kings-ford and assistants.The Pirates displayed this

strength in style last Saturdayas they started fast by recov-ering a Eureka fumble on theLion 35 and turning it into atouchdown drive with RonGipe carrying the ball for thescore.

Also in the first quarter,Danny Fletcher went 40 yardsto score on the first scrimmageplay following a Lion punt.Roy Lundeen scored late in thefirst period after Fletcher hadpacked the ball deep into Lionterritory.In the second quarter Randy

Horner grabbed a BruceThomas pass and scored.Fletcher went over from thesix yard line to climax a 64-yard drive for the second scorein the quarter.

Poison's final score came inthe third period when Mike

"Skyline Rides" by bus upthe Skidoo Trail on the eastshore will be one of the sever-al special activities planned foralumni members and theirfamilies, McAlear said. Heurged alumni to plan now toattend the reunion and makeit a bigger and better eventthan the spectacularly success-ful Golden Jubilee all-class re-union of 1960.

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Date Max. Min P.Oct. 16 65 39Oct. 17 60 39Oct. 18 60 41Oct. 19 59 38Oct. 20 57 31Oct. 21 59 43 T.Oct. 22 70 51

CalendarOF EVENTS

A special Red' Cross plan-ning meeting is scheduled forFriday, 8 p.m., Oct. 25, in theMcAlear Realty office. GladysTibbot, ARC field representa-tive, will attend. On agendaare annual meeting business,election of chapter staff, GrayLady classes, ARC blood pro-gram and other services. AllARC leaders and other inter-ested persons are urged to at-tend.

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Lakeshore Republican Wo-men's Club will meet Monday,Oct. 28, 8p.m. at Mrs. HarryKain's home in Poison. Therewill be reports on the Lewis-town meeting, and informa-tion given that is of interestto precinct committeewomen.

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The Poison Junior Chamberof Commerce will meet to-night (Thursday, Oct. 24) at7:30 p.m. at the Salish Hotel.

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There will be an educationalmeeting and tea for the LakeCounty Cancer Society at theSalish Hotel Thursday (today)at 2:30 p.m.

Ralph StipeFuneral Is TodayFuneral services for Ralph

Stipe, 74, will be held at 2 p.m.Thursday (today) at the RetzChapel. Burial will be at Lake-view cemetery with gravesiderites accorded by the veteransgroup from Charlo. Mr. Stipe,a former Charlo area resident,died in the veterans hospital,at Spokane late last week.

CEMETERY EXPANDED — The Lakeview cemetery at Poi-son has been expanded as the Poison Cemetery Assn. has pur-chased an additional 38 acres to the south and east of the ex-isting cemetery acreage. About a quarter of this has beenleveled and seeded to grass and will be put into use shortly.Picture above shows newly seeded area looking toward theestablished cemetery. At bottom the picture shows lookingeastward along south edge of existing cemetery. Purchasedacreage extends to ridge in middle of photo.

Bond IssueDefeated307 to 79Poison voters went to the

polls last Thursday and casta decisive 307-79 vote againstthe proposed $40,000 bond is-sue which was designed to pro-vide the city with a new firehall and city hall space.A ward-by-ward count

showed Ward One electorsvoting 67 to 45 against the is-sue; Ward Two, 115 toe 24against it; and Ward Three,125 to 10 against the measure.Consensus of observers was

that the project was desirablebut not essential at this time. . . thatAthe city should reducecurrent bonded indebtednessincurred in sewer, water andschool projects before assum-ing any other bonded debt forsomething not absolutely ne-cessary.

Four HurtIn WreckTwo small Dayton young-

sters escaped the fate of theirfamily dog, which was killedinstantly in a broadside colli-sion between a car and a pick-up truck late Monday.Patrolman Don Reksten re-

ported four persons were tak-en to St. Joseph Hospital atPoison for treatment of injuriesin the accident.They were Beverly Bisson,

19, with an injured right arm;Claresa Burke, 13, with neckinjuries, and her youngerbrother and sister who werenot identified by name.The two children were rid-

ing the open end of the flatbedpickup at the time of the colli-sion. The impact threw theminto the gravel along side theroad where they received min-or lacerations and abrasions.The dog was thrown forward.Reksten said Miss Burke was

at the wheel of the truckwhich pulled out of a sideroadand into the path of Donald J.Bisson, 28, of Pablo, who wassouthbound on U.S. Highway93. Bisson was unable to avoidcollision, Reksten said.Damage was set at about

$600. Miss Burke was cited intojuvenile court.

Scouts to CollectDeer HidesPoison Boy Scouts have tak-

en up deer hide collecting as amoney-raising project for thelocal troop. Scoutmaster Don-ald D. Johnson said that per-sons having deer hides to dis-pose of this hunting seasonmay get rid of them by notify-ing any Poison Boy Scout orcontacting Johnson at the Pla-za Motel. Funds received fromsale of hides will go into theTroop treasury.

Broyles went 13 yards for atouchdown.The Pirates had eight first

downs to Eureka's seven, butthe Pirates recovered fourLion fumbles and were penal-ized only five yards against65 for Eureka.The Pirates' record to date:

Pirates opponent13 Columbia Falls 012 Stevensville 027 Thompson Falls 038 Ronan 633 Mission 839 Loyola 1336 Eureka 0

Corvallis

KnowlesDam SuffersSetbackKnowles Dam suffered a set-

back in Congress Monday.Under a suspension of rules,

the House passed by voice votea bill providing $145 million tocontinue work on seven riverbasin projects.Backers of Knowles had

hoped the measure would notget the two-thirds approvalnecessary under rule suspen-sion so that the House wouldgo to a conference with theSenate on prior Senate legisla-tion which added Knowles to aHouse water-projects author-ization bill."This is a clear indication

that the House is not interest-ed in adding any new author-izations, at least this year,"said Rep. James F. Battin, Bil-lings Republican and opponentof Knowles.Rep. Arnold Olsen, D-Mont.,

was not immediately availablefor comment. He advocatesKnowles.

KING SIZE — T. C. Savage ofFinley Point is specializing inproducing king size cabbageslike this one in his garden thisyear. He has several that haveweighed over 12 pounds. Thisone tipped the scales at 14pounds. (Courier photo by IvanPollman)

RETURN FROM TRIPMr. and Mrs. T. R. Rollins

of west shore returned from afive week trip to New YorkCity where they visited theirson, Tom, and family. Tom isassociated with the Shell OilCo. as District Geological Di-rector. They also visited Niag-ara Falls and attended twoWorld Series games in NewYork, and some Broadwayshows. In Washington, D.C.,they visited Mrs. Rollin's cou-sin, Father Dennis Murphy,who is the Catholic Chaplainat Walter Reed Hospital. En-route home they stopped atPittsburgh, Iowa, and touredthe Badlands. They reportedonly one day of rain on theentire trip.

CLUB ELECTS OFFICERSThe Masumola 4-H Club

met at the clubhouse on Sat-urday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m.New officers were elected as

follows: Betty Vergerant, pres-ident; Charlene Platt, vice-president; Carol Coulter, sec-retary-treasurer; and YvettePronovost, reporter.Enrollment cards were com-

pleted for the coming yearand it was decided that thedues of 50c per year wouldremain the same.Plans were made to attend

Achievement Day on Nov. 2 atthe Cherry Valley School.