President Sez, Continued 



URBAN VOTES FAVORABLE 



ectors and Executive Committee at Lewistoxm 

 on June 3rd where the work was completely 

 gone over and studied again. 



I can assure you all that no word went 

 unheeded at this meeting. Our Directors 

 should be praised for their serious business- 

 like manner in which they considered the 

 changes needed in our law. 



You can feel secure that this legisla- 

 tion contains no hidden clauses or devious 

 wording. I'Hien the work is done and ready 

 for presentation to our legislators, we 

 can be proud tb discuss these needs with any- 

 one. For it will reflect only the basic 

 needs of an agressive, sensible grassroots 

 organization which has been charged with 

 doing the big job of Natural Resource Con- 

 servation and has every intention of facing 

 up to their responsibilities and getting the 

 job done. 



Your Association was well represented 

 at the Area V Meeting in Bismarck, North 

 Dakota. In spite of the worst time of the 

 year, a delegation of fourteen came from 

 Montana. I would like to take this time to 

 thank you all for the hard work you did at 

 Bismarck. This work will always pay off, 

 if nothing more than in cemenfng good sin- 

 cere relationships with our fellow states. 



I have watched a major change that has 

 slowly taken place in our Districts. Today 

 supervisors are now looking at the entire 

 scope of the problems they are trying to 

 solve. Whether the problems are rural or 

 urban has no longer any effect, only to 

 remedy the true cause of the trouble Is 

 what Is important. 



I personally believe this is a wonder- 

 ful sign of maturity and proof positive 

 that Soil and Water Conservation Districts 

 are truly the responsible people to handle 

 resource development and especially from 

 the local level and up. "^ 



The Great Society — that 

 strange society under wtiich 

 wives as well as their hus- 

 bands must work to pay their 

 taxes so the government can 

 spend billions to support 

 families in which the wives and 

 husbands don't work at all. 



Six towns voted favorably at a refer- 

 endum held in conjunction with the June 4 

 primary for addition to their respective 

 Soil and Water Conservation Districts. They 

 were Broadus 116 to 11, Fort Benton 35A to 

 66, Geraldine 74 to 8, Harlowton 441 to 33, 

 Hysham 131 to 9, and Wibaux 191 to 13. 



Big Sandy 517 to 21, and Drummond 92 

 to 6 voted earlier this spring. Havre and 

 Hingham have had hearings and will be vot- 

 ing in conjunction with the general elec- 

 tion in November. Jordan has submitted a 

 petition for addition. It is estimated 

 that perhaps 20 more petitions will be 

 received by September. 



WATERSHED BOND ISSUES FAVORABLE 



On June 4 property owners of Lewlstown 

 voted 1,328 to 746 in favor of a $250,000 

 bond issue to finance their share of the 

 $1,500,000 Lewlstown Flood Control Project. 

 The stage is now set for the building of 

 five dams, one of which will be for recre- 

 ation, on Big Spring Creek and its trib| 

 taries. The project will be built unde». 

 the P. L. 566 Watershed Program. 



Also voting on a bond issue of $65,000 

 June 4 were property owners of Columbia 

 Falls for the Cedar Creek Flood Project. 

 Their vote was 419 to 82 in favor. The 

 estimated cost of this watershed project 

 is $412,656. Benefits are flood control 

 and municipal water. 



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Genetics was labeled the "most neglected area 

 in the beef business" at the Production In- 

 dexing Center Field Day and Beef Cattle Forum 

 at Stanford, Montana. But Banker James 

 Wempner, Billings, selected management of 

 grass as the most neglected area. A study of 

 15 ranches showed a difference in net returns 

 of $15,000 per year (the best made $9,000.^ 

 the poorest lost $6,000); the difference was 

 largely in the way the range was managed. 

 About 1,000 cattlemen from Montana, Alberta, 

 and elsewhere in the northern plains took in 

 the field day and sale. * 



Sublety is the art of saying 

 wliiit you think, and getting out 

 of range before it is under- 

 stood. 



