Courtesy Caterpillar Dealers 

 of Montana, Central Machin- 

 ery Co., Havre, Great Falls. 

 Lewistown; Tractor & Equip- 

 ment Co... Billings, Sidney, 

 Glasgow ; Westmont Tractor 

 Co., Kalispell, Missoula. 



6J80 P.M. - Banquet - Yogo Inn 



Master of Ceremonies - Jerry 

 Kolar, Supervisor, Judith Ba- 

 sin SWCD. 



Invocation - Rev. Robert J. 

 Armstrong, United Presbyter- 

 ian Church, Lewistown 

 Entertainment - Musical Sel- 

 lections 



Addre.ss - Dr. Leon John.son, 

 President of Montana State 

 College "Value of ('onserva- 

 tion to Montana." 



GOVERNOR BABCOCK RECOMMENDS 



Governor Tim Babcock told a Columbia Basin 

 Interagency Committee meeting in Missoula that 

 he would recommend to the state legislature that 

 the state provide funds so that a full planning 

 party can be put in the field to plan P. L. 566 

 Watershed projects to build dams in which the 

 federal government cost shares for Agriculture 

 Water, Recreation, and Flood Control. Also 

 recommended by the Governor was that the var- 

 ious state agencies participate in the program 

 especially where recreation and fish production 

 are concerned. 



Planning has been a bottleneck. Also gettii^ funds 

 to match the federal for recreation. If legislature 

 follows thru on this, much more water develop- 

 ment should take place in Montana. 



FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 1.3 



7:00 A.M. - Directors Breakfast - Court- 

 esy of Northwestern Bank, 

 Lewistown 



8:45 A.M. - Movie 



9:05 A.M. - Business Session 



Frank Thompson pre.siding 



Ladies Auxiliary Report - Mrs. 



Frank Thompson 



Old Business 



Committee Reports 



New Business 



Introduction of New Officers 



10:20 A.M. - Coffee Break - Courtesy of 

 First National Bank, Lewi.s- 

 town 



10:.30 A.M. - Goodyear Conservation Pro- 

 gram Slides 



10:45 A.M. Business Session - continued 



1965 State Convention Site 

 and Date 



12:80 P.M. - Luncheon - Yogo Inn 



Master of Ceremonies - O. 

 Leon Anderson 



Invocation - Rev. Albert K. 

 Rutan, St. Victors Parish, Ilil- 

 ger 



Address - Frank Dunkle - "Soil 

 Conservation Districts and the 

 Montana Fish and Game De- 

 partment." 

 Goodyear Awards 

 Newsletter Awards 

 Supervisor Awards 

 Other Awards 



160 ACRE LIMITATION 



Senator Metcalf and Congressman Olson and 

 others met with the State Soil Conservation Com- 

 mittee in Dillon September 20 to discuss legislation 

 for modification of the 160 acre limitation above 

 Canyon Ferry Reservoir. 



Present feeling of the Department of Interior is 

 that an agreement might be possible to get a bill 

 thru Congress permitting a full water supply for 

 160 acres of Class one equivalent per individual. 

 Also that family type corporations for this pur- 

 pose would be considered differently than com- 

 mercial type corporations. 



TAXATION PROBLEM IN GRANITE 



The result of the hearing in District Court at 

 Philipsburg September 22 was that each side will 

 have a total of sixty days to file briefs with the 

 Court after which a decision will be made. 



The controversy involves the taxation by Granite 

 County of irrigation structures and facilities 

 owned by the Lower Willow Creek Drainage 

 District. If this is upheld, all irrigation facilities 

 not state or federally owned would be liable to 

 taxation. This includes Irrigation District facili- 

 ties. 



