. Ik . SOOISTT MIS f OR*OM Qf MO ...10*cents a Copy | I - Hungry Horse News « y VOL. 6, NO. 41 COLUMBIA FALLS. MONTANA FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1952 * • -* < s» ^ **' 'là a# • ;c.s» I | 3i Dam at Top in Two Months ,fa* *¥V*. » & I “ Concrete blocks at Hungry é»- n m I Horse dam during the next two :*ÄV Columbia Falls High * I months will be nearing their ul- I timate height of 564 feet above ■; f »V i , J ■i School Graduation bedrock. l/v À V ■j I All of the 3,100,000 cubic yards M J 1% I of concrete needed to build the Dates Announced î»fe I world’s third highest, fourth lar- * 7* 4~ II gest concrete dam is to be in place Graduation exercises for 40 Co I ( late this fall. Concrete total in < lumbia Falls high school seniors j * Pr ? I place is now virtually 2,600,000 cu- will be Wednesday, May 21 at 8 | <- . ! bic yards. This week concrete p. m. in Columbia Falls high school j .s*. I placement was averaging 5,754 cu— 4 gymnasium, according to Princi- j II bic yards a day. pal Dulane Fulton. ■ £ FIRST BLOCK UP mm: ■83 ■id ■k Ben Frost, Montana State uni- j First concrete block to reach the 4 7*5 versity professor at Missoula, will ! j ultimate height of 564 feet above alk on “What Age Do We Live j [ bedrock will be No. 28 near the ^In.” The high school band and j Vista point. E. W. Simpson, Gen- glee club will present numbers, eral-Shea-Morrison’s general sup­ invocation will be by Rev. Leo > s w a r*m erintendent, expects block No. 28 within a mile of Logan pass, continental divide Hinton, Hungry Horse, father of I.will be completed in May. Snow plows on Glacier's Sun highway are now L i crossing for the 50-mile trans-park highway. Snow conditions and depths are considered average me of the graduates. > Other activities of graduation However the major part of the for this time of year. Ahead, however, just over the pass is the big 50-foot drift which should be Areek include baccalaureate Sun- j j dam will be reaching its top level cleared early in June, and the road opened by June 14. The Garden Wall road camp, three miles day, May 18 in the high school j u late in July and in August. from the pass, is to be opened Monday with Mrs. May O. Seelye, Kalispell, cook. This 1952 pic- gymnasium- with Father Hugh A. I Next stage of construction will by Mel Ruder. I ture was taken when the rotary was about five miles from the pass. Photos !_ Faley, Columbia Falls scheduled to j be slower as concrete for the ele­ give the talk. j vator towers, parapets, the road­ Class picnic is to be Monday, j way and sidewalks are placed. Schedule Large Canyon Creek Timber Sale May 19 at Flathead Lake lodges, J Crossing the top of the 2,100 foot Bigfork, and senior breakfast, I long dam which will be 39 feet Scheduled for a late June open- Wednesday, May 21 at Reeve’s I wide at the crest will be a 30-foot Road Issue Could p\ne Squirrel Takes ï ““I mil‘l0”>oard f“‘ cafe, Whitefish. i wide highway, and a two foot and 1 " 1 of 8forest!5 “ service'28 timber in the Valedictorian of the class is ] four foot wide sidewalk. This type John Allton, Columbia Falls rural, I of work will require a fot of man Block New School Offensive for Bread Canyon creek drainage of the Flat- ! I hours. with Don Patterson, Hungry Horse, I / Columbia Falls town council; ;; , „ _ . head river’s North Fork north of salutatorian. George Aubert is the I V At present the major part of discussed the pros and cons of 1m G/rfr/Pf / rClfK Columbia Falls. This is one of the class faculty sponsor. j Hungry Horse dam runs up to 454 closing the streets between the j ‘largest local sales in forest service Members of the class are as fol- I J feet above bedrock, and is 81 feet high school and present grade A pine squirrel that likes bread history. lows: (from Columbia Falls) John ■ J f thick and 1,680 feet across. At the school that is being built and en- —often part of a slice out of each bottom the concrete is 321 feet One of the reasons for the sale Allton, Delores Ball, Edward Ban- tirely equipped with a $326,400 loaf—is causing trouble at the Gla- pan, Lester Black, Joan Brew, Lois thick. federal grant. cier national park warehouse. j js to curb activities of the spruce Byrne, Wilbert DeFlyer, Sam Ell- LARGE PAYROLLS Mayor Herman Benzien express- Storekeepers Grant Anderson bark beetle that has recently kill­ man, Ted Hoerner, Bill Holt, Ros- * General-Shea-Morrison payrolls ed the sentiment of the town gov- and Jerry Cigliana are trying to ed trees in a section containing alie Kessinger, William Opalka, are considered virtually at their eminent and council with a state- find the hole that the squirrel uses about 1 million board feet. Log- Howard Role, Dave Sanders, May­ 1952 peak with 1,834 which repre­ ment to the effect that a lot of to enter the warehouse. Once in, Sing plan according to John Cas- nard Saurey, Fairelyn Staaleson, sents about 150 more jobs than money was being received for a the report is the little animals go ties, assistant supervisor, Flathead Jack Tillman, Ray Stanley, Ellis While lower elevations of Glacie r are now completely clear of snow, last year’s peak. Total project new school in this community, and straight to the bread supply. ( national forest, in charge of tim- Vail, Eva Jean Walker, Jean Wor- there is still a white blanket higher up. This is late April, 1952 view employment now is at 2,300, and that actually it was no great prob- | Additional information tells of ber management is to cut the this summer it is expected to equal lem to open up new streets north ! the squirrel putting on a hazing beetle killed or effected trees and rail; (from Martin City) Dale An- of Morrison-Knudsen camp at Logan creek just coming out of winter, person, Phyllis Ingraham, Avis In background, Mt. Cannon. M-K will complete contract this summer >r pass the last August high of and south of the schools. This campaign by running and chatter- then log in 40 acre units leaving LietZ, Connie LietZ and Arlis Sa- to improve 10-mile section of highway, Logan creek to Logan pass, 2,450. Another 150 to 200 men are tould be done ing up and down the porch of the about half the timber standing. ther; (Creston) Dan Anderson; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ to return to work in the reservoir This writer feels, and he believ- warehouse with worried store- The sales contract will provide (Coram) Don Lee; (Essex) CaroL a ■ # _ . area. es it is the sentiment of Columbia keepers wondering what to do for logging during a five year per- Payrolls are now about $2,400,- Falls, that many other communi- next. No guns allowed, it’s a na- 10c*. BÛSu'TTedSonr'S Aluminum Picture Favorable J00 a month. ties have blocked streets to ac- tional park. Also slated for this year are Bucholz, Don Dunwell, Leo Hin­ Employment pattern at Hungry commodate schools. Others have------------------------------ ♦ Flathead national forest timber of- ton, Marietta Lee, Carolyn Mitch-! , Recent developments concerning Horse actually calls for a large rivers, railroad tracks and other nîc*i*îrt PrpcpntPfJ flings of 11 million boardfeet on the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. crew working through September features through the town that UISItICT rreSenTea the Flathead river’s South Fork SÂÂSîieÂS'Pa'* v,sltors T,,IS aluminum plant for the Flathead and October into November. GSM take out streets. n* tave been encouraging commented employment during December—in On the otherhand access must 3CllOOI UT n.H n.H Deep0ve creek; H“ngry another block of near-near sÄSÄhbL,J Summer to Recelue cleanup—will likely be larger than be provided to the rear of the' «Title of the eight room Hungry ly 6 million board feet is to be sold Frank O. Case, ACM vice presi­ it was last year at the time. school buildings anr’ to property Horse school that houses 243 stud- between Harris and Canyon creeks idelit; Lois Byrne, secretary; Ray Free Bags for Trash dent in charge of aluminum. Cement car shipments to Coram development that may come in the ents and was built by General- on South Fork, and also 15 Stanley, treasurer; Charles Storm,' Mr. Case in New York City was for Hungry Horse dam are cur­ r future in order to safeguard such Shea-Morrison, Hungry Horse million board feet near Trout lake student council representative. Each car stopping at Glacier na­ contacted Thursday morning by rently 72 bulk cars a week. Poz- matters as fighting fire. Also ac-} prime contractor, is to be transfer- op the same river. These will be (Please see picture on page 4). tional phrk entrances this summer telephone by the Hungry Horse i^°^an shipments are averaging 2S cess to the town should be pro- ! red to school district 6 for $1. llve year contracts, will receive one stout paper bag Hews. He had returned from I bulk cars with about 30 a week vided for residents directly west Agreement for the transfer was A Tally lake sale of about 8Vz from the National Park service.