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A paper written by W. L. Wilhite of San 

 Antonio, Texas was given to us and in this he 

 asks this question from the Scriptures: "Do 

 you believe the sins of the fathers are visited 

 upon th^ Children?" and then he answers it 

 this way: "Yes, when the Parents sin against 

 the Soil, that sin will be visited upon their 

 Chi Idren". 



I feel that Montana had a good representation 

 there this year, but it was small compared with 

 some of the other States. Even so, we wore our 

 large yellow and blue "I'm from Montana" buttons 

 proudly. They got us Into many conversations 

 concerning Montana and the West. 



I believe every member of the Montana delega- 

 tion was glad to return to the "Big Sky Country" 

 resolved to do a better Job of Soil & Water 

 Conservation. 



BILL 



GOVERNOR BABCOCK -APPOINTS OSCAR HIPPE TO SSCC 



Oscar Hippe, a long time Soil & Water Conser- 

 vation District Supervisor and NACD Official, 

 from Frold was appointed for a four year term 

 to the State Soil Conservation Committee. He 

 replaces Carl Hunter of Fa I rv lew. 



The State Soil Conservation Committee at Its 

 reof^anlzatlonal meeting held In Miles City 

 In January, re-elected John Schroeder, Lolo, 

 as Chairman, Bill D»Ewart, Wllsall, Vlce- 

 Chalrman. Ole Ueland of Butte was re-employed 

 as Executive Secretary. 



SHOW - ME TRIP SCHEDULED 



A "Show-Me trip to see Tree Plantings and 

 Shelterbelts In the state of North Dakota Is 

 planned for the week of June 6 and Is jointly 

 sponsored by the Montana Association of Soil and 

 Water Conservation Districts and the Montana 

 State Forester. 



North Dakota SWCDs have had outstanding succes: 

 with their tree planting program. This trip 

 will provide an opportunity for Montana Super- 

 visors to see first hand what can be done. Each 

 SWCD in Montana is hereby notified to write to 

 R. W. Arnold, Assistant State Forester, 2705 

 Spurgin Road, Missoula, Montana, giving him the 

 name or number of persons from their District 

 who desires to make this trip. 



The State Forester will provide bus transpor- 

 tation, and will arrange to pick up those going 

 along the way. This Information should be sub- 

 mitted by May I, 1966. Chouteau County District 

 have already Indicated they have a busload lined 

 up for this trip 



Pictured above Is Governor Tim Babcock who 

 spoke at the Lewis and Clark Soil and Water Con- 

 servation District's Annual Meetlna on January 

 28, 1966. 



Approximately 400 people were in attendance. 

 The Governor gave a brief talk and then showed 

 slides that were taken while he was on a tour 

 through the Orient last fall. 



STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE - WATER 



CONSERVATION BOARD MEETING 



The State Soil Conservation Committee and 

 Montana Water Conservation Board Members met 

 jointly In Helena, February 15. 



Members of the Joint University Water Research 

 Committee from Montana State University, 

 University of Montana, and Montana Tech gave a 

 report on water research underway. 



A delegation from Valley County presented an 

 application for a proposed Watershed Project 

 which would be primarily for irrigation benefits. 

 The Water Conservation Board is co-sponsor. TlSe 

 State Soil Conservation Committee accepted the 

 application for investigation and feasibility 

 study under P. L. 566. No priority was given 

 at this time because of a backlog of other pro- 

 jects in the works, and a shortage of planning 

 funds. 



The State Soil Conservation Committee and 

 Water Conservation Board Members discussed pro- 

 posed Conservancy District legislation and Soil 

 and Water Conservation Districts - Water Conser- 

 vation Board Memorandums of Understanding. 



At this meeting. Chairman John Schroeder 

 suffered a slight heart disturbance "and was hos- 

 pitalized. Vice-Chai rman D'Ewart had also 

 suffered a slight heart attack a couple days 

 before and was hospitalized. We wi'sh these 

 gentlemen a complete recovery. No doubt, service 

 on these publ ic boards can be very hard on a 

 person. 



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