Dedicated to the Progress
and Future of Baker and
Fallon County — 59313
VOLUME.NO. f i f t y - t h r e e
Fallon County Times
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Annual Crazy Day Promotion SOUNDING OFF
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BY M X nQ A R rjr’ LATHROP
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The retail committee, of the
Baker Chamber of Commerce an­
nounced' this week th at the an­
nual Crazy Days will be held
Saturday, July 27. Merchants
are asked to prepare their spe­
cial promotion for. th at date.
This year several special events
will be- featured during the day.
A watermelon eating contest, a
bicycle contest and' bingo, will
be part of the program. Details
of all events will be announced
later.
Snow “cones and cotton candy
will be provided for all who
these refreshments. Also a band
concert will be given in the af­
ternoon.
Mark that d ate' on your cal­
endar and remember Baker m er­
chants invite your participation
and will prepare the craziest
day of the year for all.
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N u rse s A id And
O rderly C la sse s
S ta rt J u ly 8th
Classes for nurses aides and
orderlies will be held at Fallon
Memorial Hospital
beginning
July 8, ending Ju ly 19. Classes
are open to students who have
completed their sophomore year
in ¡high school and adult men
and women. A registration fee
of $10 will be required.
Application for the class should
be made to Mrs. Alice Kay
Schweigert at 778-2348 who win
be teaching the class. Attendance
will be limited this year to 25.
Contact Mrs. Schweigert im­
mediately, please do not call the
hospital. Sessions will be from
8 a. m. to noon.
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J a c k B iffle
To V ietnam
Tech. Sgt. Jack Biffle left Sat­
urday from Miles City for Viet­
nam. Enroute he w ill spend two
days in San Francisco where he
will train in the M-16 rifle pro­
cedure. He y/ill be .associated
with a hospital 200 miles north
of Saigon. He has been in the
Air Force 18 years and has al­
ways served in the hospital corps.
Sgt. Biffle and; his family
have been dn .Baker since May
24. His wife and three children
Cheryle 12, Lydian 9, and. Wel­
ter 6 will remain here during
his tour of duty.
ETCN Richard Biffle, a bro­
ther who is in the Navy has re ­
turned to Mare, Oalif for an
eight week retainer course., His
family will remain in Japan dur­
ing his absence.
B itte n B y S n a k e
School Adopts
Cindy Brown, age 11, was bit­
ten by a rattlesnake last week as
she stepped off the back porch, at
Preliminary
the ranch home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brown, Jr.
Budget June 24 ■north of Marmarth. She was re­
The 1968-69 preliminary bud­
get was discussed and adopted at
a special meeting of the school
board Monday, June 24. The pro­
posed budget amounts to $314,397.78 for the high school and
$317,781.75 for the elementary.
O t h e r matters considered
included the installation of mo­
bile communication units in the
school buses which would keep
buses in contact with the school
at all times. To some this would
■be particularly comforting dur­
ing winter storms. No decision
was made at this time.
It was reported that 116 pu­
pils are registered In the music
program. Instructors are Roy
Wood and Shirley Hanson. Twen­
ty-five of this number are be­
ginners. This is the highest par­
ticipation of students ever reg­
istered1 for a summer session.
There are 64 who are taking
advantage of the ESEA summer
program. Teachers for these
classes are Mrs. Betty Stanhope,
Mrs. George Schettler, Mrs. Iva
Andolshek, Mrs. Evelyn Hoefm,
and Gordon Vanderpan. Assis­
tants are Brenda Olson, Juline
Newell and Sherri Ferrel. Clas­
ses are offered in reading, spell­
ing, language arts, drama, music,
arts and crafts, phonics, remed­
ial, math and study skills. for
grades two through eight.
The new boiler which was
used only a short time at the
Longfellow School will be in­
stalled in the Washington .school
this summer by Montana-Dako­
ta Utilities Co.
.
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The board adopted the "final
resolution to sell the Tonquin
School and ordered advertise­
ment of sale.
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Hospital Notes
Admissions:
John Karch, Sr., Annette
Abrams, Curtis Blake, K urt
Lemp, James O’Connor, Esther
Huber, Lorelle Randall, Richard
Curry, Cindy Lee Brown, Earl
Sutton, Victoria Walker, ^Stella
Bobiney, Edgar Boucher.
Dismissals:
Patty Klien, William Bohla,
Curtis Blake, Belle Parks, An­
nette Abrams, John Kanch, Sr.,
Esther Huber, Lorelle Randall,
Victoria Walker, Kurt Lemp,
James O’Connor, Richary Curry.
Oil Doesn't Run O ff Duck's Back
leased from the Fallon Memor
ial hospital Tuesday morning.
1969 Wheat
Acreage Quota
riot be allowed to continue this
practice. The oil is getting into
the main waterways and ruining
thè water for use as well as the
land and grass in these areas.
The grand and|glorious Fourth
of July is just around-the corner
and with it the "‘wham bang of
the fire -.crackers: After being
somewhat? (disturbed by several
blasts of fireworks on the Main
street we received a call from
the chief of, police.-,
Chief Bill Ware states,- “it
is unlawful to shoot firecrack­
ers in the City of Baker.”
They will - tolerate shooting
them by the Kit K at Klub an d ,
that is the limifa ^he said. Fire
works are prohibited.
Not having been east of town
for some time I; was surprised
when taking a small trip to find
that the new overpass is now
being used. IJ. is a definite im­
provement over --the sudden cor­
ners of the old1.one and1 should
eliminate the1-.many accidents
which have beeni recorded at that
spot.
On driving . out that way
again this week, I was rather
surprised to- see that the old
overpass is being taken down.
This has' been a landmark of
32 years and undoubtedly when
it was built was considered a
mark of progress as well as a
big step toward public safety.
The highway '‘department has
filled / all the ditches which were
proving so dangerous along
Highway 12 just east of town.
While they are muddy at present
it looks like the solution for
these dangerous .’„and sunsanitary
spots is well under way. They
promised to take care of them
and the project is well under way.
Probably tnere will be no
r i b b o n cutting ceremonies
when ' this 12 miles of road is
finished but we in Baker feci
the construction makes the entry into our city from the east
very much more attractive and
accessible.
""We received some calls this
week telling us: the booster for
Channel 12 is not working. Fol­
lowing this inforjnation we made
a call and were told that the
booster had been hit by lightning.
Efforts were being made to re­
pair the booster but it is pos
.sible that .parts had' to be order­
ed.
With the talk of cable TV
in this community it was re­
vealed that if cable TV is de­
sired the entire matter should
be taken care of by creating a
tax district to pay for it rath­
er than assessing everyone a
monthly stipend. This might
equalize the bill to some extent
just as placing the present ser­
vice that we have on the tax
rolls.
Montana’s w heat allotment
for 1969 will be 3,555,612 acres,
Mrs. J. Viola Herak, chairman
of State ASC Committee announ­
ced.
This will be about 13 percent
Jess than the current allotment
of 4,084.955 acres.
The allocation represents Mon­
tana’s share of a national allot­
ment totaling 51,6 million acres.
This 3-ear’s national allotment is
59.3 million acres.
The reduced' national allot­
ment is in line with recommen­
dations Montana trade and grow­
er groups made at an informal
hearing in Billings •last May. It
also follows the recommenda­
tions of the national USDA Grain
Advisory Committee.
The reduced allotment is aimed
at strengthening farm prices
and reducing the carry over of
wheat stocks by about 100 mil­
lion bushels.
Montana’s allotment will be
apportioned among counties and
farms soon on the -basis of 1968
county and farm allotments. Far­
mers will receive notification of
their 1969 farm ' allotments well
in advance of fall planting time.
As in previous years, eligibil­
ity for price support loans and
wheat
m arketing
certificates
will be continued' on meeting
program- requirements.
'Under the 1969 wheat pro­
gram, price support .loans will
continue to be available at a na­
tional average of $1.25 per bush­
el. .Total price support equal to
100 percent of parity (also of
July 1, 1969, wil be available
on 43 percent of the cooperating
farm’s projected production on its
allotted acreage.
------------------------------ ® -----------------------------------In 1969, a farm er may divert
up to one-half of his acreage Emergency
allotment. Farm ers with ’69 al­
lotments of 21.7 acres or less Haying Will
will be able to divert the entire
allotment for pasmient.
Be Permitted
The excess w heat provision
The Fallon ASGS office dn
will be in effect as in previous
Baker has received authorization
3-ears. *
permit haying and grazing on
•Barley will again be excluded to
land
such as soil bank, crop­
from the feed' grain program. A land adjustment,
and feed grain
farmer will be able to substi­ diverted acres.
tute wheat fo r barley, oats and
The farmers who have soil
rye if he so requests and has a bank,
cropland' adjustment or
history of production of .these feed grain
acres and who
crops in 1959-60. Required diver­ want to cutdiverted
from it or graze
sion from barley, oats and rye these lands, hay
up to July 30, 1968,
will be 15 percent of the base.
must get permission from the
Farmers c a n become 1969 Fallon ASC county committee
wheat program cooperators by: before any hay is cut or stock is
( 1 ) signing upin the program; put in to graze.
( 2) remaining w ithin their al­
More information is available
lotment; (3) devoting to conserv­ at the Fallon ASC office in
ing use the acreage designated as Baker.
their regular . conserving base,
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o—------------plus the acreage represented by E. L. SAMSELS HOME
the approximate difference be
Mr. and Mrs. E. „L., Samesl re
tween the 1968 and 1969 allot­ turned home Saturday f r o m
ment, as well as acreage diverted Ozark,_Mo, w h ere’they, attended
for paymienir'arid' '(1 ) rernStnlrig m e funeral of his father who was
within the. r.vrheat jallotmenta*>pn rMC-iyeare-old1..They;#«** accoma n y ’other farin' in
f;they 'prinled -;by their s o n .J a c k from
hold- aii'tinterest.',, /."./irv
„" ri^ o ri’.,City, Col
Diaritónds,
Wildlife in »this .area is *having
a tough tiirxe when seeking Shel­
ter, .o r-refu g e on dams located
nfeaf * breaks in Fallon- county.
Oil "slough has been dumped in
some of these areas and birds and
docks 'particularly are mistak­
ing the oil for w ater and become
laden w ith oil th u s .. preventing
them from reaching the w ater
they are seeking. Several such in ­
cidents have been reported re ­
cently.
Tom McGonigal found the
above duck in such a situation
last Friday when he was on a
routine trip for the Little Beaver
Soil Conservation Service. The
'duck was practically immobile
and trying to waddle up the
break. I t was bathed lnumerable
times during the afternoon in a
detergent solution without too
much success in riding his feath-'
ers of the oil. .
The story“ has a sadder ending
The oil got into the nostrils and
lungs of the bird an d it died,'
Myron Saylor of the LBSCD
reports that oil companies-should
10 CENTS A COPY
„-THURSDAY,, JTJNE 27, 1968
BAKER, MONTANA
“Diamonds, Dames and Dest­
iny” was chosen lo r th e theme of
the fourth annual woman’s week,
to help carry o u t the observance
of th e 75th o r diamond anniver­
sary of Montana. State University
at Bozeman. ’I t is sponsored by
the Montana Extension Home­
makers Council an d ’ is an out­
growth of th e ir annual meeting
which was also, held on the MSU
campus. This year there was a
special memorial service for the
late ¡Mrs. . M arietta Zook, Miles
City, and form er state president.
The meeting gives , homemak­
ers of Montana an. opportunity
to go to college for a week,
where they m ay choose. from a
variety of subjects such as phil­
osophy, religion, raiusic, poetry,
consumer education,, home fu r­
nishings or physical fitness. Each
woman may choose two subjects
one for morning and one for af­
ternoon. The safety class varied
from the others in that it had a
different instructor .each day
ranging from an agronomist who
taught the dangers and misuse
.of pesticides, to an FBI agent
who pointed out the citizen’s
responsibility fo r law enforce­
and
m ent
Special necognitlSri was given
to the 33. women who had-atten­
ded' all four years. , Mrs.. Lois
Beach, vice president of the state
council and president of the
Fallon-Carter Council / was one
of this group. She also presid­
ed a t the first mfaming general
session, when Mrs.-; Marjorie Keiser, head of the hdme economics
department of MSU talked to the
250 women. She -Urged them to
“aim high, praise others, and to
be bold'. To accept ■challenges,
never be afarid to; ask‘ for help,
and to face the future with cour­
age. Find new. ideals; use them
and never be a Me-tooer.”
Others who attended’ from this
area were Hazel Padden, vice
president of the Fallon-Carter
council, Mrs. Robert .¡Morrison,
historian for the state council and
Mrs. Betty Helgeson; . *
Mrs. Beach would urge home­
makers in Fallon or Carter
county to consider this week for
la stimulating and challenging
vacation in 1969. It is open' to
all women re g a rd le sso f their
affiliation with an extension club.
Teen agers are also welcoirie.
OFFICIAL PAPER
for Fallon County and
City of Baker
NUMBER TWENTY-SIX
Jim Schouboe Drowned
Tragedy struck last Thursday
aveninsr June 20 when Jim
I S S e dX Sned in
dam on his parent’s ranch 20
of Baker.
miles northwest ot
rsaxer. He.
ne.
slipped, causing the raft on whic.
he and his father were riding,
to capsize. His body was recovered after- a three hour search.
The funeral .-service was held
Tuesday afternoon from the First Wayne Stark,
" ° ral" s:
B a p tis J c h u r o W th H«v. Dave
“ ld
Peterson' officiating. B e r t h a Gerald Spriggs,
Bill
Schouboe,
oldest
Karch,',
xvaruu,,atoi the
urc organ,
«*6«**. played the
j-“'- ,Jimmy
t. , --, - j,
■ , M
Ronald
prelude,, and postlude Mrs. Lee
- o f M r. and Mrs. Ro aid
Stevenson, accompanied by her f? h°ub°e>
H ^attendld HUJ-daughter, Connie, wasthe solo-^ B e a d i.N . W a t t e n d M f f i U
side
School,
for
h is' elementary
ist.
education and graduated' from
Baker High School'-in 1962. He
lived on his parent’s, ranch* until
L igh tn in g
September-22, 1962 when he en­
listed in the air corps; H e earned
C au se s Fire
the rank of sergeant.
v - ’ >
In the storm Wednesday eve­
Sgt. Schouboe had recently; re ­
ning, lightning struck in the pas­
turned from a two arid' bne-half
ture belonging to Herbert Straub,
year tour of duty; in Korea *and!
the former Loutzenhiser place,
the Philippines and a t ..the (tim e
across the road' from the Ferdy
of h is ‘death was on leave.before
Carlson farm. The fire was sight­
Members from Prairie, Powder reporting to McCord1*-Air. 'Force
ed by Delane Beach, who was
Washington. ' *• .
breaking on land leased from River, Dawson, Custer, Wibaux, Base,
Burial was inV.-Bonnievale
Bob Morton. Neighbors and the Garfield, Carter and Fallon coun­ Cemetery
with . graveride .^servic­
rural fire truck from Baker were ties gathered Monday of last es conducted
by Falldri .L.Fi>§£' No.
week
a
t
.
Camp
Needmore
near
able to bring it under control.
of the, American;Legion;_■
About an aore was burned over. Ekalaka for the annual 4-H 35Survivors
his'; parents,
Straub also reports that in the camp. The enrollment was di­ two brothers include
AE2; Dqnny rli," on
storm the night before, light­ vided into groups." Each group board
carrier in the Pacific
ning came down the TV tower was given .a wildlife name and and ¿v t.a Clarence
P., F t Huachu^
was
assigned
camp
responsibili­
and burned out their television
ca, Ariz.; a sister, Peggy .Rose
set, the telephone and several ties, activities and classes accor­ Ann
at home; his paternal grand­
ding to this grouping.
lights.
Junior leaders from the coun­ mother, Mrs. Claude Schouboe
----------- »-------------ties involved assisted the staff and his maternal 'grandparents,
in
the camp - operation. LalRita Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rose, all of
V oters A sk e d
Veroye and Sandi Herbst were Baker.
Stevenson Funeral Home was
in charge of leathercraft and
To Approve
camp ceremonials. John Sherrod, in charge of arrangements.
— _—^-----------®---------------Referendum
Camp Crook, S. D. of the U. S.
Montana voters in the Novem­ Forest Service was in charge ■of
R ig h ts
ber general election will be ask­ trail blazing while Tony Westcoat C ivil
ed to approve Referendum 65, a of Miles City wiith the State Dem o Topic
10-year extension of the Mon­ Fish and Game Dept., took care
“Civil Rights” will.be the topic
tana University System’s six-mill of the wildlife program.
The campers returned to then- at the monthly meeting of the
levy which was previously passed
In both 1948 and 1958. Our com- homes. after the .final assembly Falllon County Democratic Club
in the' court house room at 8:00
mittee, made up of t^ie system’s following lunch ’ Thursday.
Fallon County members at.tend- p. m. July 1.
alumni and friends, ¡has institut­
Attorney Gene Huntley, who
ed a campaign in support of this., ing were John Beach, Merri Kim
measure which we feel is of Burns, Beth Chester, Tracy Far- is a member of the American
critical concern to every Treasure stveet, Lindri Griffith, Billy Han Civil Liberties Union will discuss
ley, Kathy Hanley, Susan Hep- this subject followed by a ques­
State resident.
Referendum 65 incorporates oerle, Linda^Herbst, Fred Hoff, tion and answer period..
These discussions are timely
neither an increase nor addition Howard Hoff,.Mark jloke, Jeanne
to present-taxes;, i t seeks only the Huntley, Timothy. Jensen,- Robyn and:alLinterested. persons, .Includ­
continuance of a levy which is Keirle, Kelly . Moore, Sharon ing students, are invited to at­
the cornerstone on which higher, Moore, Dan Murphy, Dawn Phe- tend.
education is anchored'. If other bus, Sherry Phebus, Ruth Slcott,
tax revenues—such as the much- Patrick Sikorski, Sandra Sik'ordiscussed1 sales tax—should be­ ski, Wade Sikorski, Susan Town­ S t a t e M a b s
come available during the next send and Vivian Zupanik.
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decade, the six-mill levy under
Transportation
its permissive status could be
reduced or eliminated1 as the
Reimbursement
state legislature sees fit.
HELENA — Superintendent of
------- >-------- ®— -- -------Undersheriff Emil Hoem re­ Public Instruction Harriet Miller
ports the following items from has notified County Treasurer
S ta tistic s On
the sheriff’s office this week:
Mrs. Em a Wenz and County
Myron J. (Jimmie) Varner is Superintendent of Schools Mrs.
W e lls Published
in the county jail as a result of Lucillè Riley that Fallon county
The Montana Bureau of Mines failure to drive in a careful and will receive $5,111.14 as -the fin­
and Geology 'has published the pfudent manner in Plevna June al transportation reimbursement,
measurements, to Sept. 1967, of 24.' Hie complaint was signed by from, the state for elementary
water levels and artesion pres­ W. C. Geving, Plevna policeman and secondary schools. -This pay­
sures in observation wells in Varner appeared before Ed ment is-based on claims submit­
Montana. The data were compiled Herbst in JP court Tuesday ted to the Department of P ub- .
by R, G. McMurtre^ a n d . T. E. morning where he pled guilty lie Instruction for transportation
Reed of the U. S. Geological Sur­ and was fined $100 and’ given 30 provided by the districts. The
vey, Water Resources Division, days in jail.
total amount school districts in
under a cooperative agreement
An accident occured west of the county received from this
with the bureau.
Plevna June 18 when Lloyd How­ source this school year as $10,Small-soale maps .show— the ard- Smith,—Broadus,- formerly- of 163.94.--------------------------general location of the observa Pleyna-,hit a 1968 Ford1 driven .The state payments aid in the
tion wells. Graphs of water lev­ by.vHarpld Karlsgodt of Poison. support of the schools’ transpor­
els in several individual wells Smith,' .driving on the wrong side tation costs. The state reim ­
illustrate such factors as season­ of the "road In a 1966 Oldsmp: burses one-third of the basic
al fluctuation, long-term trends, bile, ,hit,.the left hand side of costs of transportation in. accord*and effect of interfering wells. theVFOTdi, pushed it off-the road ance .with a schedule set by law.
Each observation well is describ­ where^lt turned over anl landed T h è-rest of the money to p a y ’
ed, and the date of each measure­ on-Its .wheels. No one was injur­ for, school' transportation conies
ment is listed opposite1 the ed.-.Damage to the Ford wastes-, from a county-wide tax levy and .
measurement on-that date.
timated at $1600 arid $900 to the from school district taxes,. Miss
This report includes all mea­ Oldsmoblle. Don Brooks of the Miller said.
surements. reported in Bulletin Montana Highway Patrol in
57, plus subsequent measure­ Glendive assisted ' with th e . in­
ments. Furthermore, 38 addition­ vestigation. .'‘Smith posted, and WEEKS WEATHER
Prec.
H- 'L
al wells are included. A copy of forfeited a $200 bond and .was Date
8 8 . 65J;
the new report, Bulletin 65, changed _with „ recklessdriving.. Ju n e- 1 9 _______ _
.03 *“ 82 '62
Water Levels and^lAïtesiSa -Près- "Karlsgodt -was“ enroute to Eka,. June?20 '- I - I —
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78 66sure« in . Observation Wells faJ<laka¿«Ythe time, oí taè'. .accident. Jucne 21
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obtained for.,
cents.kby.
o£j'vifelth>g the?Montana Biireau ’riterK jin-Minneapolis,' Minn'. *for June 24 - — - ------ .11. ' 56'“Att;
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'of'Mines and Geology; Room 203- the'wéekencL'
B' Main Building, Montana Col­
lege of ¡Mineral Science and Tech­
N f O Members Ship Cattle
nology, Butte 69701.
4-H Members
Camp Week
Sheriff Reports
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Deadline For
Antelope Permits
Is July 1st*
A last minute reminder comes
from the Montana Fish and: Game
Dept. The deadline for applying
for - antelope, sheep, goat and
moose permits is midnight July
1. Application forms are avail­
able a t all license dealers and at
Fish and Game headquarters.
The application deadline has
been changed to July 1 this year
In order to give the successful
applicants more time to plan
their hunt. The computer draw­
ing for these licenses will be
held in Helena August 9 and
hunters will be notified as to
their success shortly thereafter.
Those hunters wishing to se­
cure a permit for a moose, sheep,
goat or antelope are urged to
mail in their applications as soon
as possible since applications
will not be accepted if they bear
a postmark later than midnight,
July 1 .
Pictured above are members of tho National F^rni Organ­
ization as they ship cattle to a packing plant in WMlston, N. D.
They are Bob Irvine, Fay Beach, Maurice Mylire, F..E. Plum­
mer, Don Beach and Gordon Steen. Another eonslrnor, not
pictured, is John Medearis.
‘