Shown above are Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Hippe of Froid, 

 Montana. Mrs. Hippe as National President of the 

 Ladies Auxiliary is giving her annual report to the 

 NACD Convention held recently in Kansas City. 

 Husband Oscar, who is a National Vice-President 

 of NACD, happened to be presiding at this time. Our 

 congratulations to this fine couple from Montana. 



The NACD Convention at Kansas City , Missouri was 

 probably one of the best. The attendance was good, 

 approximately 1700 registered. It was nice to see 

 so many from Montana in attendance. 



With fifteen committees meeting at the same time it 

 is impossible to attend all but we split up so Montana 

 was represented at quite a few of the committee 

 meetings. Some controversial ideas were brought 

 up but was settled by majority vote. More than one 

 himdred resolutions were presented for the council 

 members to work on. 



Since 1957 the appropriations for the Soil Conserva- 

 tion Service have not varied too much. New Districts 

 have been added, wages have increased, supplies etc. 

 have gone up. We have lost technicians and will lose 

 more unless more money is appropriated. We need 

 more technicians if we are to get the jobs done. To 

 do this more money will need to be appropriated. 

 This request for an increase in appropriations will 

 be discussed with members of the Department of 

 Agriculture when the NACD Officers meet in Wash- 

 ington, D.C. Larger appropriations for the Water- 

 shed and Great Plains Programs will also be re- 

 quested. 



We were privileged to hear some very good speakers 

 including Ex-President Harry Truman who also made 

 some humorous remarks. . . 



LITTLE DROPS OF WATER, 

 RUNNING DOWN HILL, 

 CARRY AWAY THE SOIL, 

 LEFT IN GRANDPA'S WILL. 



MONTANA CONSERVATION COUNCIL DIRECTORS 

 MEET. 



The directors of the .Montana Conservaiion Council 

 together with a number of guests met in Helena 

 Februai'y 8 to discuss the status of water use in the 

 state and to explore current problems and future 

 needs. 



Several special committees were set up, among 

 them: 



1. Soil and Water conservation districts. 



Can they be expanded to a broader base? Wliat 

 authority is necessary? 



2. Conservancy Districts. How are these handled 

 in adjacent states, from both legal and operat- 

 ional points of view? Benefits and drawbacks. 

 Guides for extablishing such a system in Mont- 

 ana. 



3. Federal program. Investigate the Bureau of 

 Reclamation's Small Projects Program and the 

 Department of Agriculture's Small Watershed 

 Program to see how they can be made more 

 effective in Montana. How might the state 

 assist in these programs? 



4. Interstate implications. Investigate the poten- 

 tial for federal legislation that would regulate 

 downstream acquisition of water rights to pro- 

 vide for an equitable protection of the future 

 rights of upstream states. 



The Montana Conservation Council is a citizens 

 group organized to provide a forum on various con- 

 servation topics. The annual meeting of the Conser- 

 vation Council will be April 18 and 19 at Lewistown. 

 The theme will be Range Resources. All interested 

 are invited to attend. 



GRASS SEED FOR SALE 

 Phil Yeckel, Ennis, Montana has Bluebunch, 

 Western, and Intermediate Wheatgrass 

 For sale. 



Don Shearer, Townsend, Montana has 



Intermediate, Nordan Crested Wheatgrs 

 and Russian Wildrye for sale. 



A little ranch boy sat in a Sunday School class. His 

 teacher jokingly asked him if his parents were going 

 to heaven after a discussion on that subject. He 

 hesitated a moment, thinking quite seriously, then 

 said, "Oh, I'm sure daddy will, but mother probably 

 will have to stay home and milk the cows. " 



"SAVING OUR WATERSHEDS" 



This is the title of an interesting and well written 

 article appearing in a recent issue of the Monthly 

 Letter of the Royal Bank of Canada (Head Office: 

 Montreal). It begins by saying, "No single factor 

 has a more decisive influence on human oeings than 

 water, and every drop we use comes from our water- 

 sheds. 



"Limited comprehension about this has wasted 

 millions of acres of land, caused sharp drops in crop 

 yields, raised the crests of floods, starved cattle, 

 spread deserts over the face of the earth, destroyed 

 recreation beaches, lowered the quality of the water 

 we drink and polluted it, to the menace of our health. 



