Pictured above is John Schroeder, newly 

 elected Chairman of the State Soil Conservation 

 Committee. John was first appointed to the Coram. 

 ittee by Governor Aronson in 1955. 



John has served for 18 years on the Missoula 

 County Soil and Water Conservation District Board 

 of Supervisors. 



He is active in the Rotary Club, the Farm 

 Bureau, the Weed Committee in MLssoula and is a 

 member of the Ga.deon'e. 



John was bom in Milbank, South Dakota. He 

 attended high school in Livingston, Montana and 

 graduated from the University of Montana. 



John resides with his wife near Lolo, Montana, 

 where he and his son TEbvid have extensive ranch- 

 ing operation. 



160 ACRE LIMITATION 



Senator Lee Metcalf writes that he plans to 

 re-introduce a bill soon to modify Reclamation 

 Law as it affects water development in the area 

 above Canyon Ferry Dam in Montana. This is in 

 response to several meetings which have been held 

 on this matter the last of which was held in 

 Dillon last September 20 with the State Soil 

 Conservation Committee, local people. Senator 

 Metcalf and Congressman Olsen and agency people. 



The objective of the bill will be to set the 

 acreage limitation for a supply of water at that 

 of 160 acres Class I equivalent per single owner- 

 ship. 



Trees are best planted in the 3 to U weeks of 

 early spring after the frost is out of the ground 

 but before the tree buds begin to swell. 



Trees should be planted in the field at approx 

 imately the same depth as they grew in the nurs- 

 ery. A frequent mistake in present-day planting 

 practice is setting trees too deep. 



Trees roots should never be allowed to dry, 

 even slightly. 



What a life! Things that once brought 

 disgrace, now bring a movie, a book, or 

 a TV contract. 



Pictured above is Dean A, Hanson of QLldford, 

 Montana. Dean was recently appointed by Governor 

 Babcock to the State Soil Conservation Committee 

 to fill the vacancy left by the death of Fred 

 Sanborn. 



Bean was elected to the Hill County SMCB 

 Board of Supervisors in March, 1959, In recent 

 years, he has been awarded the distinction of 

 being the outstanding young farmer of the area 

 by the Havre Jaycees, 



Dean has resided in the QLldford area since 

 1929 and is active in varLoua organizations. At 

 the present time he is President of the First 

 Lutheran Church of Hingham, President of the 

 Gildford PTA, Chairman of the Hill County Soil & 

 Water Conservation District, County appointee to 

 the Hi-Llne Water Users Association and a member 

 of the Caidford Special Improvement Water DLs- 

 trLct, the Hill County Planning Board, the Board 

 of Directors of the Farmers Union Oil Company of 

 Kremlin, the Gildford Post No. 61 of the American 

 Legion, and a member of the Havre KLks Lodge No, 

 1201, 



Dean was bom in Big Stone County, Minnesota, 

 June 23, 1925. He is married to the former 

 Jeanette Eblezal and has four boys. 



HAROLD COOPER TRANSFERRED 



Harold Cooper, the Assistant State Conserva- 

 tionist for the State of Montana has been trans- 

 ferred as of May 15 to Alaska as State Conser- 

 vationist. 



Harold has done an outstanding Job here in 

 Mdntana and he shall be missed. We hope some- 

 day he will return to Montana. 



We wish him every success in his new job. 



Ave Lindford of Iowa is replacing Harold 

 Cooper as Assistant State Consearvationist in 

 Montana . 



We wish him much success also. 



The main trouble with the future is that 

 it keeps getting shorter and shorter. 



