Great Falls Tribune from Great Falls, Montana • Page 14

1 14 Great Falls Tribune Wednesday, August 3, 1966 Bitterroot Valley's Worst Drought in 25 Years By Chick Young to Sell Water to Irrigation firms a i Ol iaa itfiU additional water from the state 'f BOV, TUAT'S TM6 MOST YOU LOOK MAYBE HE l1 soaeEOus-LOOKiNJfl nice.too, shouldsoto) "Os- POT ROAST I'VE f' 1 DEAR TPS PARTY V-V Wy- POT ROAST $VfjL V-X- V'r s. 7 lir) T8'8 S100.000 OF MY MONEY ORBITING THIS EARTH, AND I'M GOING TO GET IT BACK." SHOUTS BRIBERY. BLONDIE DICK TRACY I UAn A PAPPFMTEB MAKE THIS REPLICA OF THE SPACE COUPES FRONT, tue dct ic i id rn I k. BEETLE BAILEY LI'L ABNER MOOSE I GUESS ITS THIS TERRIBLE I'llHI llh I I "XL PORTME Vf party so fcTttp p- look AT yy rd CANE POLES, FISHING NET, SAWS. DRILLS-WHAT, OH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BERY? BRING HIM WE'VE wcw i always thought He SENT Yl s' By Chester Gould BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE YOU RE GOING PISHING.

By Mort Walker By Al Capp CHARITY, I By Bob Weber By King Justin McCarthy Len Reno Al 0T1 FISHING IT IS-FOR I 1 mm Forces State By BOB GILLULY Tribune Correspondent HAMILTON The Bitterroot Valley's worst drought of the past 25 years has prompted the Montana State Water Board to agree to sell some 2,500 acre-feet of water to seven valley irrigation firms. Negotiations were completed Monday by ditch company of ficials with William Morton of Helena, official of the state agency who visited the valley late last week and again on Monday. The action came after a personal appeal by Ravalli County's two members of the state legislature, Sen. W. A.

Groff of Vic tor and Rep. Norris Nichols of Stevensville, to state officials who control most of the outflow from Painted Rocks Reservoir in the upper West Fork area. Release of water came over the weekend and will continue for 20-25 days, officials said. The irrigation supply was sold to the Hedge, Republican, Sup- Anaconda Employs 950 Students BUTTE Approximately 950 students are employed in sum mer jobs with The Anaconda Co. in Montana this year, according to Martin K.

Hannifan', general manager of Montana operations. In addition, 43 students are employed by other firms who are contractors on construction projects for The Anaconda Co. The various company employment offices report that 225 stu dents have been hired in Butte, 278 in Anaconda, 30 are with the Butte, Anaconda Pacific Railway, 275 are at the Great Falls location with more yet to be hired, 75 are at the Forest Products Division in Bonner, and 59 have been hired at the Columbia Falls aluminum plant. Divorces Gain On Marriages In Flathead KALISPELL(AP)July just isn what it used to be Flathead County. County Clerk of Court Iola Weller released statistics Monday showing that for the month of July, marriage licenses issued by her office exceeded divorce suits filed by just one.

Office workers had been pre dicting a tie, but one late wedding license issued Friday de cided the issue in favor of matrimony. Twenty-two marriage licenses were issued compared with 21 divorce complaints. Mrs. Weller said this is most unusual for July. Ordinarily wedding licenses outnumber divorce complaints three to one, she said.

Conrad Girls Will Attend Convention CONRAD Sheena Graham, dauhgter of Mr. and Mrs. Ali-stair Graham and Roberta Zel-enka, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Zelenka, leave this week from Bozeman for Bowling Green, to attend the 13th annual convention of the Junior Classical League at Western Kentucky State.

Some 1,500 Latin students from throughout the United States will participate in work-shops, discussions, Olympic games and other activities during the four-day event. Mrs. Maxine Bensinion, Bozeman will chaperone the girls. Sidney Youth On Tour Band By Tribune Correspondent SIDNEY Tim Frandsen, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Niels Fransen, has been chosen a member of the International Peace Gardens Tour Band, which will tour Canada, England, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the U.S. and will participate in the Fifth World Music Contest in Holland. The band began training July 24, and gave its first concert July 28, in Bottineau, N.D. It will give its final concert in Bismarck, N.D., Aug. 21.

Band members are chosen by a taped audition, from students attending the International Music Camp at International Peace Gardens near Bottineau. was .27 of an inch, about half the normal amount. Hot and drv weather for the past month, with daytime high temperatures averaging 87 de grees, has prevailed throughout the valley. The high reading of 95 last Saturday was the hottest day in Hamilton during the past five years. The drought also nas sirucs adiappnt areas to the Bitter root, with low water reported critical on the Lemhi River south of Salmon, Idaho, and in the Beaverhead, Big Hole and Jefferson Rivers to the east.

Limited Closure Limited closure of the Salmon National Forest was ordered last week south of here in Idaho and the city of Salmon has asked its residents to voluntarily restrict their use of city water. Walter (Mick) DeZell, dispatcher for the Bitterroot National Forest, said some fine restrictions may be ordered this week. This could involve asking logging crews to work morning shifts, with shutdown ordered during the hot afternoons, as well as limiting access by the general public to forest recreation areas. Fire danger reached the "critical" stage on all five districts of the Bitterroot Forest late last week, DeZell said. Treasurer State Deaths By Tribune Correspondent SACO COOK, Kari Li, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Al Cook, died in Saco. She was born Sept. 1, 1964. Funeral services were at the Methodist Church with Rev.

Robert Lam- phere officiating. Bell Funeral Home of Malta was in charge of arrangements. Burial was in Grandview Cemetery. Survivors include the parents; two sisters, Karen and Karla, two brothers, Kenneth and Kevin; the maternal and paternal grandparents. By Tribune Correspondent SCOBEY McGovern, Mrs.

Ruth Fern, 70, died at the home of a friend in Scobey. She had been in poor health for several years. She was born June 7, 1896. She came to the Scobey area in 1920 with her husband, Tom Olsen. He died in 1934 and she later married Tom McGovern.

He died in 1956. She is survived by a foster son, Harry Olsen, of San Jose, and one brother. Funeral services were at St. Philip's Catholic Church in Scobey. Burial was in the Scobey Cemetery.

By Tribune Correspondent KALISPELL SMITH. Ar- thus 68, Bigfork, died in Kalispell. The body was forwarded to Independence. by the Waggener and Campbell uneral Home for services and burial. He was born in Independence and was an electrical engineer.

After retiring several years ago he moved to Big-fork. Survivors include his widow, Elizabeth; two sons, Jack, Kalispell, and Bob, San Gabriel, three daughters, Mrs. Virginia Dean' Great Falls; Mrs. Sara Wharton, San Mateo, and Mrs. Mary Bonham, Lynchburg, Va.

By Tribune Correspondent KALISPELL FAUCETTE, Rev. William, 85. Funeral services will be in the First Bible Presbyterian Church Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Karl Stendal officiating.

Burial will be in Glacier Memorial Gardens Cemetery. FORT BENTON THOMPSON, Mrs. Rose ML, 79, Fort Benton, died Monday at a Fort Benton Hospital following a long illness. Requiem Mass Friday at 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church here.

Rosary will be said Thursday at 7 p.m, at Benton Funeral Home. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Born May 5, 1887, at Kiel. mar ried to James W. Thompson on June 19, 1906, at Nez Perce, Idaho.

Resided at Moscow, Idaho, until 1913 when they came to Montana and home-steaded north of Fort Benton. Operated farm and interests in Fort Benton until retiring from farming in 1938. Survived by widower and two nieces, Mrs. Evangalene Ireland, Great Falls, and Mrs. Elaine Davison, Granger, Wash.

ply, Union, Wood Parkhurst, Woodside and Corvallis ditch companies whose water in takes are on the main Bitterroot River from south of Hamilton to the Victor vicinity. The additional water should insure sufficient irrigation water through Sept. 1, Nichols commented, although there is no assurance potato and sugar beet growers will have enough water after that date. May Be Dry Painted Rocks Reservoir holds about 28,000 acre-feet of water. No figures were given on how much water will be released to deliver the 2,500 acre-feet of wa ter to the ditch companies, but there was speculation the reservoir may be nearly dry before the irrigation season is completed in late September.

Being held back until late August or early September is a 5,000 acre-foot allotment owned by the Montana Fish and Game Department to insure enough streamflow in the Bitterroot River to sustain fish. A small portion of this allot ment was released about two weeks ago, but game depart ment officials said the remain der "will be held off" until the additional irrigation water is released. The action early this week will ease, considerably, prob lems experienced by farmers whose ditch water comes from the main river. Still "hurting," however, are farmers who depend on water supply from creeks and tribu taries particularly on the val ley's west side and in the Burnt Fork area east of Stevensville Lowest in 45 Years Prior to the release of water, the main river "was lower than I've seen it in 45 years," ac cording to Supply Ditch Com missioner Ray Murphy of Cor vallis, who was instrumental in starting the action to purchase Biologist Is Promoted By Tribune Correspondent HAMILTON Promotion and transfer of Tom Mussehl, resi dent biologist for the Montana Fish and Game was an nounced here Tuesday. Mussehl will become research coordinator for the game divi sion of the state agency, with headquarters in Bozeman, on Sept.

1. The Hamilton man will be in charge of supervising game research activities throughout the state. He succeeds Dr. Richard Mackie, who is joining the staff of the University of Minnesota. Mussehl has been with the fish and game department since 1957, stationed at Lewistown and Hamilton.

Melcher Picks Campaign Staff FORSYTH State Sen'. John Melcher has announced the major officials on his campaign staff in his race for the Eastern Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. H. R.

(Ike) Nees, Rosebud, is campaign coordinator; Dave Manning, Hysham, finance chairman, and Everett Redeen, Forsyth, treasurer. Melcher, Forsyth veterinarian and cattle feedlot operator, named as other principals in his campaign organization John J. MacDonald, Jordan; Francis Bardanouve, Harlem; Randall Swanberg, Great Falls, and E. F. English, Havre.

Melcher, who has been a three-term mayor of Forsyth and served in both the House and the Senate of the Montana State Legislature, is unopposed the Democratic primary nominating election on Aug. 16. Burglars Hit Suffolk Home By Tribune Correspondent LEWISTOWN More than $300 in cash, an unsigned $2,500 check and five watches were stolen sometime over the week end from the Ervin Smith home at Suffolk, the Fergus County sheriff office reported. Burglars peeled a safe in the home while the family was gone. Stolen were the $2,500 ASCS check, $80 in cash, $250 in half dollars, $29 in silver dollars, four gold railroad watches, a wrist watch and revolver.

board. The largest ditch company in the Bitterroot. the Bitter Root Irrigation District, reported sufficient water in its Lake Como storage reservoir to handle user needs through SepL 1. Manaeer Russell Unrue in Hamilton said storage in Como is about 22,000 acre-feet. This isn't as bad as we anti- cioated two months ago," he commented.

Drawdown in Lake Como an improved natural lake about 12 miles southwest of Hamilton amounted to 15,500 acre-feet in July. Present inflow into Como from Rock Creek, above the lake is slight, how ever. Lack of hieh mountain snow- nack this oast winter has been the big factor in the drought- although relatively-lignt raintaii in May ana Juiy aiso con tributed. Hamilton recorded only .39 of an of rain in May. much lower than normal.

June total was 1.89 inches, about average for the month. The July total Forestry Appoints Falls Native MISSOULA Robert W. Mil ler. Great Falls native, has been named multiple-use coordinator for the 16 National Forests of northern Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, eastern Washington and Western South Dakota. Miller, presently a forester in the Northern Region headquar ters division of multiple use, soils and watershed manage ment, will assume his new posi tion this week, announced Neal M.

Rahm, regional forester. Miller is a graduate of Great Falls High School and has a de-eree in forestry from the Uni versity of Montana. He is a World War II veteran. He did seasonal work in the Lewis Clark National Forest and with the North Carolina State Division of Forestry prior to accepting an appointment with the Forest Service in 1951 in the Sun River Ranger District. California Crash Kills Butte Girl BUTTE Betty Jane Panick, 17, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Jack Panick, Butte, died Monday in Bishop, from injuries received in an automobile accident. She left Butte two weeks ago. She was born in Wallace, Idaho, and came to Butte with her par ents as an infant. She attended local schools.

Survivors include parents; a brother, John, Butte; half-broth er, Ronald Panick, Great Falls; grandmother, Mrs. Janet Campbell, Butte. Funeral services are pending here. App arent Low Lihby Bidder HELENA (AP) Fifth West Seattle, was the apparent low of four bidders Tuesday, offering to build an engineering office and visitors center at the Libby Dam site for $1,044,500, Bids were opened at the Corps of Engineers office in Seattle. A contract is to be awarded soon.

McPhail and Tacoma, bid $1,171,941. Hazen and Clark Spo kane, bid $1,269,593, Sletten Construction Great Falls, bid $1,388,050, The government estimate was $1,082,463. Logger Queen Is Kay Ramlo LIBBY (AP) Kay Ramlo of Libby was crowned queen of the seventh annual Libby Log ger Days An earlier report carried by The Associated Press incorrect ly identified Linda Madison of Libby as the queen. Glendive Soldier Dies in Viet Nam WASHINGTON (AP) The pentagon Monday said Pfc. Joe D.

Kegley of Glendive, previously classified as missing in the Viet Nam war, is dead. Kegley, husband of Mrs. Flossie H. Kegley, Box 1162, Glen dive, died of nonhostile causes, HOW DOES A SUV LIKE THAT GET SUChI A HIS MOTHER SOT IT FOE BEAUTlPUL DATE? SORRY, OLD CHAP- WE CONTRi BUTE ONLY TO BROTHER JUNIPER By Fr. ORGANIZED Hello, Mrs.

Bobble! iV want to apologize for ABOIJTVnll WEATHER. HE'S BEEN CRANKY I 0 J-2 H-n I aA153: legs: 7 a 'AS THE DICKENS ALL DAY. I GUESS I'LL GIVEHIM HIS SUPPER AND GET HIM RIGHT OFF TO BED GASOLINE ALLEY DENNIS THE MENACE 1'Wanna hear a crazy RULE hMaube Wilmer didn't Maube hear what you 6aid snakes Maybe he qot was mad about By Hank Ketcham they got al this beach? 'Am I my brother's groundskeeper? the Pentagon said.