Histrict Ibings, Continued 



HILL COUNTY SWCD - Ebyle Stocks reported that a 

 conservation display prepared by the John EBere 

 Company for National U-K Congress was available 

 for state soil and water conservation district 

 meeting. The secretary will request the exhibit 

 for the state conservation meeting which will be 

 held in Havre, November 17th through 19th, 

 A committee of U-H leaders will meet with the 

 district supervisors at their next meeting to 

 discuss a county youth conservation program. 



LIBERTY COUNTY SWCD - Fred Blaisdell, WUC, SCS, 

 suggested a thank you letter be written to those 

 politicians working in support of SCS appropria- 

 tions and read a letter from Jim Battin. Rose 

 Campbell is to write 8 original copies of this 

 letter for signing at next meeting. 

 Herman Kraus, SCS, asked if the SWCD would 

 support a publication to explain Conservation to 

 town and farm folks. The Board indicated they 

 would if the publication was a good one and if 

 it could be circulated in a large area, 



LINCOLN SWCD - Arrangements for Soil and Water 

 Conservation tour in Eureka on June 9, 1965 



Ledger Businessman - Tick Gemar 



Newspapers - Mrs. Hazel Bennett, Valier; Jerry 



Kavanaiigh, Conrad 

 Legislators - Senator Ullom and Representative 



Eg an 

 Banks - John Larsen, Valier; Earl Berthelson, 



Conrad 

 Chamber of Commerce - Vaughn Dutro, Chairman 

 Lions Club - William Corcoran, President 

 Valier Community Club - President 

 Junior Chamber of Commerce - Everett Snortland 

 U-H Return Camper - Rick Kronebusch 

 District Supervisors - Richard Kauk and LaVem 



Keil 



SWEET GRASS SWCD - One Teacher Scholarship has 

 been received from Mrs. Mabel Brenden. This 

 application for scholarship of $50.00 from the 

 District wae approved in lieu of any other 

 scholarships coming in before the 15th of May, 

 In case there is, they will look over the. 

 scholarships again at the next monthly meeting. 



TETON COUNTY SVJCD 

 the need fo 



After a brief discussion of 



conservation education materials-, 

 the group decided to order five copies of the 

 book, "Land, Water, and People" at $3,00 per 



from 10:00 A, M, to 3:00 P. M. have been completeda.copy. These five copies are to be distributed 



News articles on the June 9th tour have been 

 completed by Louis Rollman and Bill Shelley, 



LOWER MUSSELSHELL SVED - E&le Dunn of the Bureau 

 of Land Management gave a brief rundown on the 

 proposed reorganization of the BLM and how it 

 would affect this area. 



PARK SWCD - Bill ID'Ewart or Marvin Swandal will 

 contact rierb Bates for buses to be used on the 

 Range Tour to be held June 15, 1965. 

 The Secretary was instructed to write Earl 

 Walton regarding camping at Box Canyon Ranger 

 Station July 29 for the Conservation Tour. 



PONIERA COUNTY SWCD - Discussion was held on the 

 air conservation tour with it being schedviled for 

 June 22, 1965, beginning with a 7:00 A. M. no 

 host breakfast and the air tours to start around 

 8:30 A. M. A list of organizations, businesses, 

 and individuals to be invited on the tour are as 

 follows : 

 Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation - Chaii* 



man and Manager 

 County Commissioners - Preputin, Emrick, and 



Sheble 



Pondera County JCnisterial Association - Chairman 

 School Teachers - Jack Dunlap, Valier; Harold 



Tokerud, Brady; and Hayden Porter, Conrad 

 Mayors - James Fitzpatrick, Valier; and Robert 



Amot, Conrad 

 County Superintendent of Schools - Elmer Schwock 

 Production Credit Association - Manager 

 Brady Businessman - Gilbert Mundy 

 TXipuyer Businessman - Red Dumell 



over the county with one copy at each of the 

 four high schools and one copy in the Soil Con- 

 servation Service office. The book is to be 

 ordered by the secretary from the National Assoc- 

 iation of Soil Conservation Districts. 



GOODYEAR SOIL CONSERVATION AWARD WINNERS 



ANNOUNCED 



The Chouteau County Soil &; Water Conservation 

 Ustrict has been named the state's outstanding 

 li strict in the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's 

 ann\ial Soil Conservation Awards Program. 



Conn R. Forder, Walthara, selected as the out- 

 standing farmer-cooperator in the District, and 

 Fred Fishbaugh, Carter, a member of the lB.s- 

 trict's governing board, will be guests of the 

 rubber con^any in December on a four-day visit 

 to Goodyear Farms, located near Phoenix, Arizona. 

 The two men, along with 102 others representing 

 top districts throughout the country, will ob- 

 serve conservation practices on the lLi,000 acre 

 desert farm. 



Goodyear 's Soil Conservation Awards Program, 

 one of the oldest of its kind in the world, has 

 hosted 1,500 farmers from every state and Puerto 

 RLco, with the exception of Alaska, since its 

 beginning in 19U7« 



The Lewis & Clark Soil & Water Conservation 

 !K.strict was awarded second place in the Good- 

 year conservation program, with Wesley N. Johnson, 

 Helena, named the outstanding farmer-cooperator. 



