MORE DISTRICT DOINGS 



McCone SWCD discussed ways and means of getting 

 more people to put in grassed waterways at their 

 last meeting. 



Granite SWCD received a $50 check and a framed 

 certificate for being second place winner of NACD 

 Area V Newsletter Contest at the Convention in 

 Denver. The contest is sponsored by Farm Eq- 

 uipment Institute and is open to all Soil & Water 

 Conservation Districts in the U.S. 



Mile High District had a weed and sagebrush 

 spraying demonstration by helicopter at its an- 

 nual meeting near Butte March 25. 



Bob McClelland, NACD Program Advisor for 

 the western states was a speaker at annual meet- 

 ings of the Mile High, Sheridan County, Daniels 

 County, Roosevelt County, and Richland County 

 districts. While in Montana Bob took occasion 

 to visit and discuss programs with Frank Thom- 

 pson, Montana Association President; Fred San- 

 born, State Soil Conservation Committee Chair- 

 man; Oscar Hippe, National Area VicePresident; 

 and Mrs. Oscar Hippe, NACD Auxiliary Presi- 

 dent. 



The Intermountain Section of the Range Society of 

 American plan to have their annual tour in the 

 Ennis-Harrison area on June 20 and 21. 



Montana Conservation Council Annual meeting 

 will be April 26 and 27 at Billings. Also sched- 

 uled by Montana Conservation Council is a Mid 

 July tour of Western Montana districts and a 

 variety of conservation practices which are to 

 be seen. 



The Beaverhead SWCD supervisors held an out- 

 standing joint meeting with other agencies to pro- 

 mote better understanding of each other's pro- 

 grams and responsibilities. Each agency repre- 

 sentative explained the work they were conducting 

 to further the District Soil and Water Conserva- 

 tion Program. The district's long range work 

 program was revised and updated, with each 

 agency receiving a copy. Representatives besides 

 SWCD supervisors were from Bureau of Reclama- 

 tion, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Forest Ser- 

 vice, Bureau of Land Management, ASC, SCS, 

 Montana Fish & Game department, and Extension 

 Service. 



Housewife (to salesman at her door): "We're not 

 in the market for a vacuum cleaner, but try the people 

 who live next door. We borrow theirs, and its in a 

 terrible condition." 



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Saying it another way, a marriage certificate might 

 be said to be a "noose-paper." 



MRS. VIOLA HERAK NEW STATE ASC CHAIR- 

 MAN 



Mrs. Viola Herak of Charlo was appointed by 

 Secretary Freeman earlier this month to succeed 

 Bob McKenna as chairman of the State ASC Com- 

 mittee. Mrs. Herak is the first woman ever 

 appointed to head an ASC state committee. When 

 she was first named to the State committee two 

 years ago she missed being the first woman State 

 committee member by only a matter of days. 



Mrs. Herak and her husband, Nick, who is a 

 SWCD supervisor of the Lake County district, 

 have operated a diversified farm near Charlo 

 since 1943. They produce wheat, oats, hay 

 and pasture. Feeder cattle are also a part of 

 the farm operation. 



We are pleased that Mrs. Herak' s ability and 

 service have been recognized. We know she 

 will reflect credit on agriculture and Montana, 

 and on farm women whose importance in agri- 

 culture is too often overlooked. 



A new appointee to the State Committee is 

 James Wood, Jr. , of Loma. 



George Johnston of Cut Bank and Lee Schumacher 

 of Malta have resigned to devote more time to 

 their agricultural interests. We shall miss their 

 services very much, as well as those of Bob Mc- 

 Kenna, all good friends of Soil and Water Conser- 

 vation Districts. 



