Sheridan, Richland, and Roosevelt County SWCDs 

 are engaging Robert S. McClelland, Western 

 Area NACD Program Leader, as speaker for 

 their annual meetings. 



Pete Jackson, supervisor of Madison District, 

 and an outstanding range manager, agreed to 

 put on a TV program on Range Conservation for 

 his district. 



Lower Musselshell annual meeting date is set 

 for the week of February 11-15 with Dr. John 

 Fischer as speaker 



Lewis & Clark district are sponsoring a Con- 

 servation Day for February 2 , Members of the 

 l^slature will be invited to attend. Also planned 

 is a News Feature issue in "The Independent 

 Record" for January 27 in which each supervisor 

 will contribute an article on various Conservation 

 Practices. 



North Powell district presented its Outstanding 

 Conservationist Award to Howard Price at their 

 December meeting. 



Toole County will have a supper meeting after 

 the Supervisors Workshop, February 12. 



Ralph Patrick, representative and supervisor for 

 the Phillips County Mosquito Control District 

 requested the Soil district for assistance and in- 

 formation the control district might use as relates 

 to drainage problems. 



Rex Campbell is being considered for speaker at 

 annual meeting of the Upper Musselshell Annual 

 Meeting March 13. 



GOVERNOR TIM B ABC OCK APPOINTS JIM SCHROEDER 

 TO FOUR TERM TO STATE SOIL CONSERVATION 



COMMITTEE ^ 



Governor Tim Babcock reappointed John Schroeder, 

 farmer -rancher of Lolo, Montana to another four year 

 term on the State Soil Conservation Committee, which 

 begins January 1 of this year. John represents the 

 western area of Montana and is a supervisor of the 

 Missoula Coimty Soil and Water Conservation district. 

 John is also active in Association affairs having been 

 chairman of the Puljlic Lands & Watersheds Conmiittee, 

 and presently chairman of the Association Legislative 

 committee. Congratulations, John, you are going a 

 good job. Regards to your wife who we know watches very 

 very carefully after your health 



JOHN 

 SCHROEDER 



ASCS-ACP DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS 



A business man, who entered a hospital with a nerv- 

 ous condition, refused to eat a gelatin desert when it 

 was served to him. 



When pressed for an explanation, the hospital pa- 

 aent replied, "I'll be doggonned if I'll eat anything 

 that's more nervous than I am." 



STATE AND NATIONAL DUES FOR 1963 



MASWCD treasurer Gene Coombs of BUlings 

 has mailed out statements to each district for 

 the 1963 Association dues. It is important that 

 districts pay their dues at the earliest possible 

 time. A review of the minutes show that many 

 have passed motions to pay their dues, a few 

 have considered, but are taking action to raise 

 funds' by contributions from contractors, co- 

 operators, sale of affiliate memberships, 

 etc. 



Modern girls adore spinning wheels 

 — four of them, and a spare. 



Montana Agricultural Stabilization and Conser- 

 vation Service have conducted development 

 meetings thruout Montana the past month for 

 each coimty to develop Agriculture Conserva- 

 tion Cost-sharing practices. It is reported 

 that supervisors have been lax in attending 

 these meetings. This is an important program 

 and contributes greatly to Conservation efforts 

 of districts. Close relation should be kept 

 with ASC to help develop the kind of ACP pro- 

 gram you want in keeping with districts annual 

 work plans. 



A college student pestered his "old man" to buy him 

 a new convertible, and when "Dad" finally made a 

 trip to the college to talk it over with his son, he 

 noticed that most of the cars on the campus parking 

 lot were virtually junkers. 



"What about this," the father asked. 'Why do you 

 want a new car when most of the cars around here are 

 old models?" 



"But, Dad," the boy protested, "those cars belong 

 to just faculty members." 



