)ISTRICT DOINGS 



}IG HORN SWCD - Myron Saylor reported on the 

 blans of a Conservation Field Day to be held 

 for school children on the Hayden Porter 

 3lace east of Decker. The purpose of the 

 field day is to teach conservation to the 

 children and interested adults. 



CARBON SWCD - Merle Brunsvold discussed the 

 library situation with Bee Hansen, County 

 Superintendent. Later on, possibly the 

 middle of July, she will come down to the 

 Soil Conservation Service office to help 

 line up some reference material, etc. for 

 the schools in the county. 



EASTERN SANDERS SWCD - Fertilizer plots will 

 be ready to clip for study by June 19, de- 

 pending en the weather. Haying will start 

 about the 25th of June. There will be an 

 Extension Economist in the District this 

 summer who will be making a cost and return 

 analysis on range and range deferment. 



GLACIER COUNTY SWCD - Chairman Newhouse 

 contacted Frank Whetstone, publisher of the 

 Cut Bank Pioneer Press, about obtaining 

 space to be sponsored by the District and 

 written by the Work Unit Conservationist. 

 The Press has offered space for a column 

 twice each month. They have asked for 

 pictures as well as names to be prominent 

 in the column, 



JUDITH BASIN SWCD - Ed Morgan showed the 

 Board the new resource development maps 

 on range, soils, irrigation, and owner- 

 ship, which recently were made by the TAP 

 Committee. He explained that it is hoped 

 these maps will be used in the future by 

 some action group in the county for further 

 resource development. 



LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY SWCD - Paul Kleffner 

 made a motion to have the Secretary con- 

 tact Mr. W. M. Buescher of the Allis- 

 Chalmers Company to see if he would be the 

 main speaker for the annual conservation 

 program, January 26, 1968. 



WIBAUX SWCD - Supervisor Stanley Nelson expresses 

 great concern of some grain farmers who have 

 plowed out established waterways and ccntour 

 strips claiming that they don't pay out. Nelson 

 questioned results from stubble mulch fanjdQg. 



NORTH POWELL SWCD - The Businessmen Conservation 

 Tour is to be conducted as part of the Outstanding 

 Conservationist Tour. The Outstanding Conserva- 

 tionist is selected on the basis of nomination 

 forms which may be submitted by the Board mem- 

 bers., WUC, or individuals. The top three are 

 selected by the Board of Supervisors and their 

 ranches are toured to check on their accomplish- 

 ments. Businessmen will be invited along on 

 this tour. 



Pictured above are members of the Cascade SWCD 

 which has been named the state's outstanding 

 district in The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's 

 annual Soil Conservation Awards Program. They 

 are Herman Uhlrich, WUC, Dale Marxer, Chairman, 

 Ted Fosse, County Agent, Ralph Briggs, John 

 Zeller, Sharon Barton, Clerk, Richard Golie, 

 and Joe Hepp. 



Reed C. Christensen of Christensen Ranch Co., 

 Vaughn, selected as the outstanding farmer- 

 cooperator in the district, and Dale Marxer, Great 

 Falls, chairman of the district's governing 

 body, will be guests of the rubber company in 

 December on a four-day visit to Goodyear Farms, 

 located near Phoenix, Ariz. The two men, along 

 with 104 others representing top districts 

 throughout the country, will observe conservation 

 practices on the 14,000 acre desert farm. 



VALLEY COUNTY SWCD - Dave Finnicum discussed 

 with the Board their annual contractor's 

 meeting. Plans were made to invite all 

 interested operators and suppliers to the 

 meeting as well as the contractors. Ted 

 Mclntyre reported that the Agriculture 

 Committee of the Chamber of Commerce were 

 very impressed with last year's tour of 

 conservation work and would like another 

 such tour this year. 



A fisherman was telling his 

 friends about the one that got away. 



"It was at least that long," he 

 said, gesticulating with his hands. 

 "I never saw such a fish." 



And one of his listeners re- 

 marked : 



"That I believe." 



