The Billings Gazette from Billings, Montana • 12

July 29, 1981 The Billings Gazette Huntley FROM DARED The lawsuits were filed by Rhieny Junkert, whose land surrounds second well. He claims that when the town starts pumping from the well, his own well dries up and starts pumping dirt into his water taps. A bitter rift between Junkert and members of the water association has developed since the second well was built and abandoned by court order, and feelings were running especially high Tuesday. Several townspeople blamed Junkert for their empty water pipes, and expressed anger that he would not let the association use the second well even in Tuesday's emergency situation. But Junkert has his side to the story too.

He told The Gazette that when the water association approached him about digging the second well, he was promised that if the new well interfered with his, it would be shut down immediately. He said the new well did interfere with his system but the association wouldn't believe him. "But once their foot was in the door, I couldn't stop them," he said. He took the association to court and won in 1979, but not before court-ordered testing of the wells to see if the town's well actually did interfere with his. Junkert said the tests were never completed, but the engineering firm that attempted to conduct the testing ruined his well in the process.

Junkert said he was forced to haul water for four months while a new well was drilled. He filed another lawsuit asking for $47,050 in actual damages and $15,000 in punitive damages. That suit was later consolidated with another suit claiming that his water right of more than 30 years was superior to the town's claim on the water. What it all boils down to, 'water Junkert said, is that there is not enough underground to support both wells. "I'm not saying they can't pump," he said, "I'm saying they can't have our Both Junkert and the townspeople are waiting for the lawsuits to be settled, and the townspeople aren't waiting very patiently.

Beverly Latta, who shares ownership of the Bluecat Inn with her husband, said she had even called the judge. George Latta, her husband, said the governor's office, Disaster and Emergency Services, the Farmers Home Administration (which loaned the money for the second well) and the Water Quality Board have all been contacted and invited to a meeting Thursday night in the REA building. The townspeople fear that even with the new pump, the city's one useable well may not meet the town's needs. Erb said it has not been determined if the pump was the problem or if it's the well itself. If it's the well, the town's water system is in serious jeopardy.

City residents fortunate enough to have their own water wells are hooking them into their showers and toilets. But they say they are not sure their well water is safe enough to use for cooking or drinking. Pipeline (FROM PAGE 1 from Canadian authorities to argue that Montana would be better off keeping the existing oil trades it has now. Rappe's arguments are bolstered by a Department of Natural Resources and Conservation impact statement that notes building Northern Tier will add $35 million to the cost of getting oil to Montana refineries. The pipeline's need for electricity will be enormous and the statement says the sma-4 could add over $20 million annually to electrical bills of other Montana customers because rates don't reflect the true cost of providing service.

However, Bill Opitz, staff director for the Public Service Commission says the agency would design rates to make sure Northern Tier paid its fair share if at all possible. "Whoever wrote that (the impact statement) didn't come down here and talk to us," Opitz said. At Northern Tier headquarters the message is that this project is needed more now than in 1975 when it was proposed after the Canadians announced they would shut off the export of crude oil. Northern Tier President Tom Kryzer says the pipeline will pump 933,000 barrels of oil daily and will connect with other pipelines giving access to 66 refineries in 22 states, including New York. One of those connections is with the Glacier Pipeline, which supplies Billings.

From that point on the size of the Northern Tier pipe shrinks by two inches. "Montana needs this pipeline, but could never afford to pay for it alone," Kryzer explains. His assistants say the state's analysis that the project will add to the cost of bringing petroleum to Montana is "naive" and a Cenex spokesman says the existing system of buying oil on the world market for trading the Canadians is so expensive that the company's Laurel refinery is in danger of closing. "We could secure an adequate supply at a reasonable price if Northern Tier is built," asserts Richard Hames of Cenex. For critics who argue there may not be large amounts of oil in Alaska much longer, Northern Tier has oil industry newsletters on hand that outline potential new finds there and add that Port Angeles (the pipeline starting point) can also receive crude from California and the Persian Gulf.

And Northern Tier argues that Alaska has a tax on reserves which is a disincen-1 tive for reporting new discoveries immedi- Layoffs Money drive for symphony is underway By CHRISTENE MEYERS Of The Gazette Staff The Billings Symphony Society is launching a major business money-raising campaign this week, with a goal of $25,000. "We are already $6,000 on the way," said Nancy Simmons, symphony business manager. The campaign begins July 28 and continues through Aug. 31. Mrs.

Simmons said Monday that the symphony wants the businessman to "know where his donated dollar is going. We feel the symphony brings legacy to its home community. It adds one more attraction to the value of the city." symphony's proposed budget for the 81-82 season is $125,000, according to Bill Nicholson, president of the symphony board and administrator of the Billings Clinic. The $25,000 they hope to raise from the business community will match $100,000 to come from a private-sector money drive, public grants, box office and fund-raisers organized by the Women's Committee, the symphony's volunteer arm. Brochures were sent earlier to the city's businessmen, Mrs.

Simmons said, and beginning today, "they will all be paid a personal call." Volunteers are visiting the businessmen, she said, to explain the Fox Theaterbased symphony's endeavors and to seek pledges. "It is critical to our goals," she said, "that the business sector continue to support our work. We spend our money in the community and we reinvest about 90 percent of our budget in the community." For every dollar spent on tickets, she said, "two and one-half times that amount is returned to Billings much of it to the businesses within the community." Thirty board members, orchestra players, chorale singers and Women's Committee workers will be visiting the businessmen, she said, with the belief that the cultural life in community reinforces the economic structure of our city and produces the kind of growth we all The workers seek donations of $1,000 and above for the "Conductor's Club," $250 to $999 for "Opus 250," $140 to $249 for the "'Centennial Club" and $70 to $139 for "patron" membership. Already, the membership campaign is 86 percent at its goal, Mrs. Simmons said, "so we feel hopeful that the business contributions will come through as well." The symphony season this year will include two guest piano soloists, a violinist, an all-orchestra January concert to honor the city's 100th birthday, Bach's B-Minor Mass, the Nutcracker again at holiday time and a June concert.

The theme this year is "Come See the Magic," said Mrs. Simmons, in honor of Billings' nickname, The Magic City. Oilman Pauley dies in California The map of existing pipelines which fan out from the Gulf Coast to reach the rest of America is a major part of the propipeline argument. "There is going to be a surplus in the West fur sometime and we need a way to get it to the Midwest," says Etchart. In Texas, a spokesman for the Pace Company, which did the economic justification study for the project says the real advantage is that American crude shipped by Northern Tier could "back out" expensive imported crude that Midwest refiners are now forced to buy.

The theory doesn't explain how the country as a whole will benefit, however, since by law the Alaskan crude is already being used by Americans. Northern Tier will be a "common carrier" which means that technically it will move, but not own, oil. The company has no problem admitting that major backers such as U.S. Steel and Westinghouse are hoping their investment will net them huge contracts for supplying materials and services. And a 1979 General Accounting Office report indicates why Northern Tier is probably accurate in predicting at least one more major oil company will join Getty and Cenex (one, Amoco, has already abandoned ship) before construction begins.

According to the report, oil companies that own common carrier pipelines get a rebate in the form of investment dividends. The result is that while both investors and non-investors pay the same shipping fees the owners end up with a hidden profit that is often substantial. "During 1976, the latest year for which industry-wide data was available, the most profitable publicly held company, as measured by return or equity, would rank only 26th among oil pipeline companies," the investigators found. It is one more reason that Northern Tier spokesman John Etchart can conclude "there is no way Montana could be stuck with a white elephant because Wall Street will make the final decision and investors must be shown this is the best use of their money." Back in Missoula, Rappe is still not impressed. "We've always agreed that a pipeline is the cheapest and safest way to transport crude," he said.

"But since 1975 the basic assumptions have changed If the market is going to make the decision fine, but let's not let the government take special interest and let there be no electrical rate subsidy." FROM PAGE 1) Calif. (UPI) Edwin PauIn a June interview, Thompson said he record first-quarter earnings in 1981. ley, a millionaire oilman didn't "see any major cutbacks at Laurel Joplin said the maintenance layoffs who put together the naunless business takes another downturn." will be scattered throughout Montana, and tion's first comprehensive He blamed the cutbacks up to that time on the workers were notified last week. He petroleum policy and ada slumping wood industry and a decline in said 24 of the layoffs in the mechanical de- vised four presidents, died grain shipments, even though BN posted partment will be at Laurel and 12 at Havre. Tuesday at his home.

He was 78. Glasgow seen as modern Ellis Island Federal officials have come up with an alternative to their highly controversial proposal to bring 450 Cuban refugees to the abandoned Glasgow Air Force Base. The Office of Refugee Resettlement in Washington, D.C., told Gov. Ted Schwinden Monday that it wants to make the northeastern Montana air base a sort of clearing house for refugees coming into this country, with none of the refugees staying more than eight weeks. According to Paula Walker, press secretery to Schwinden, Washington officials are selling this second plan as a more permanent, lucrative one for the Glasgow area.

In the original proposal, made public early this month, 450 Cuban refugees would be moved from Fort Chaffee, to the Glasgow base for detention lasting a year to 18 months. Glasgow citizens and state offi- Local and area deaths and funerals LOCAL DEATHS Sheldon L. Coakley, 72, of 1415 Yellowstone River Blvd. Cecil R. Dowell, 75, of 711 N.

32nd St. Daisy Vine Oldridge, 101 of 1807 24th St. formerly Rockvale and Shepherd Martin Anderson, 66, of 533 Highland Park Dr. Mrs. Thelma L.

Leibinger, 74, of 2902 Glacier Dr. Raymond P. Moline, 68, of 616 Yellowstone Ave. Kevin Roger Stein, 23, of 939 Caroline St. AREA DEATHS Walton C.

Hoops, 62, Livingston Mae Seger, 81, Roundup Dorothy Wiel, 79, Miles City Alma Olson, 86, Glasgow James E. O'Daniel, 47, Pompeys Pillar Neoma Rieder, 43, Bozeman Raymond P. Moline Raymond P. Moline, 68, of 616 Yellowstone was engaged in rock crushing and road construction work and operated the Moline Construction Co. in Billings for many years, retiring in 1975.

He died Tuesday afternoon in Billings Deaconess Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Carlyle, he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. August W. Moline.

He attended schools in Baker and married Leone E. Peterson in 1935. Survivors include his wife; a son, Raymond Jr. of Orange, a daughter, Marcia D. Jefferies of Mountain View, two brothers, Virgil and LeRoy both of Baker; a sister, Mrs.

Jack Dempsey of 230 Parkhill and two grandchildren. Services will be 3 p.m. Thursday in Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary with burial in Mountview Cemetery. Martin O. Anderson Martin 0.

Anderson, 66, of 533 Highland Park sold insurance for the last 20 years, 15 of which he was the Billings Blue Cross Agent. He died Tuesday afternoon in Columbus Convalescent Home. Born in Whitman, N.D., he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Olaves T.

Anderson. His family moved to Devils Lake, N.D. when he was a child and following his education, he entered the Air Force. Following his discharge, he moved to Billings where he was employed by Robinson, Kaiser and Fraser Dealership selling cars and began work for Mulvaney Motor Company in 1955 as sales manager. In 1948 he married R.

Allene Tatum. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Ronald C. of Gillette, Wyo. and Mark A. of Sidney; a brother, Obern of Citrus Heights, and three sisters, Mrs.

Adam Eizenzimmer of Portland, Mrs. Charles Gibson of Sparks, Nev. and Mrs. Bill (Donna) Todd of 1327 Crawford Dr. Memorial services are pending at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary.

Mrs. Thelma L. Leibinger Mrs. Thelma L. Leibinger, 74, of 2902 Glacier died Monday night in St.

Vincent Hospital. She had moved to Billings in 1972 following her husband's retirement. Born in Miles City, she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C.

Rice. She attended schools in Miles City and college in Minneapolis, Minn. In 1928 she married L. H. Herm Leibinger and they moved to Miles City.

Mr. Leibinger was employed by Northern Pacific Railway Co. Survivors include her husband and a daughter, Shirley Lahr both of 2902 Glacier a son, Gilbert of Sheridan, a sister, Mrs. L. E.

Wall Elmhurst of Illinois; and five grandchildren. Memorial services are pending at Michelotti-Saywers Mortuary. Mae Seger ROUNDUP Mae Seger, a ranch wife who enjoyed working with cattle and horses, died Tuesday at age 81, a week after entering the Roundup Memorial Hospital. She and her husband, Arthur Seger, retired from ranching a homestead in the 1960s in the Fattig Creek area, and moved to Roundup. They were married in 1920 in Musselshell.

He died in 1979. She was born in Murdo, S.D., a daughter of Dan and Sadie Shanley, and came to Musselshell as a young girl. Survivors include a daughter, Hazel Padham of Olympia, two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Wier Chapel.

Burial will be in the Billings Sunset Memorial Gardens. James E. O'Daniel POMPEYS PILLAR James E. O'Daniel, 47, who was a diesel mechanic and operated a garage in Pompeys Pillar, died Saturday as a result of a gunshot wound. He was born in Lexington, Mo.

and served in the Marine Corp as a drill sergeant in the Korean War. He lived in Missouri and the Florida Keys before moving to Montana about 12 years ago. He lived in the Ringling and White Sulphur area before coming to the Billings area in 1971. On July 10, 1981, he married Liza Martinez. Survivors include his wife; two sons in Florida; a daughter of Louisiana; and two sisters.

Services are pending at Dahl Funeral Chapel. Cecil R. Dowell Cecil R. Dowell, the engineer at McKinley School, retired in 1971. He had earlier worked at St.

Vincent Hospital. His hobbies were fishing, camping, and attending sporting events. Mr. Dowell died Monday at age 75 upon arrival at the Billings Deaconess Hospital. An Army veteran of World War II, he was a member of Legion, the Eagles Lodge, and the First United Methodist Church.

He was born in Machs Creek, Mo. His parents George and Carrie Dowell settled in Edgar, where he attended school and worked on ranches. He married Edna Boss in 1947 in Billings. Survivors include his wife; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Patricia) Foust of Boise, Idaho, and Mrs.

Richard Georgia) Crack of Casselberry, three brothers, Tom Murrell Dowell of Red Lodge, Virgil Dowell of Joliet and Oral Dowell of 10 Ave. B. Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Thursday in the Rockvale Cemetery. 80 Card Of Thanks The family of DONALD WARE wishes to take this means of thanking the many wonderful friends whose thoughtfulness and kind deeds helped us so much during the loss of our loved one.

We wish to thank all our friends, relatives neighbors who helped at the time of the death of our husband father, P.M. Lile. Especially the ambulance drivers, doctors nurses at Deaconess Hospital, minister all those who sent food, cards, flowers, memorials prayers. Mrs. P.M.

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and Sun. by Appointment Daisy Vine Oldridge Daisy Vine Oldridge died at the age of 101. She and her husband Ernest James Oldridge were the owners of the cabins and swimming pool of the Mont Aqua resort west of Rockvale during the 1940s and 1950s. When an earthquake in Yellowstone National Park sealed off the natural hot water pool, they retired and moved into Billings. Mrs.

Oldridge, a resident of the Valley Nursing Home, died Tuesday morning at the home. She came to Montana in 1909. She was a member of the St. Lukes Episcopal Church, and Zelda Rebekah Lodge 14. A native of Maiden Newton Dorset, England, she was born May 25, 1880, a daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. John Vine. She came to Red Bluff, in 1905, and was married there in 1909. The couple lived in Shepherd, and then Billings. Her husband, an accountant, worked with the Indian Service, and as a deputy sheriff.

He died in April 1969. Survivors include a niece, Mrs. Freda Redford of Spokane, Wash. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Friday in the Sunset Memorial Gardens with the Smiths Downtown Chapel in charge, Kevin Roger Stein Kevin Roger Stein, 23, who was employed as a carpenter in building construction, was found dead Monday evening in his residence at 939 Caroline St.

He died of self-inflicted injuries, according to County Coroner Dick Taylor. Born in Long Beach, he was a son of Jack and Stein. He lived in Long Beach and Garden Grove, Calif. before coming to Billings in 1972. He attended Billings schools and enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Survivors include his mother of 939 Caroline; a sister, Darcy Stein of Pompano, a brother, Scott of 939 Caroline; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Braaten of Shepherd. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday in Dahl Funeral Chapel.

Sheldon L. Coakley Sheldon L. med. He retired Mr. Coakley County Nursing 1976.

He was born 'Coakley. Survivors a Ridge, and Services will town Chapel. Coakley moved in 1917 to Action and far-' in 1963, and moved into Billings. died Monday at age 72 in the Yellowstone Home. He entered the home in October, in Oreana, a son of Lewis and Mollie include a son, Tony Sheldon Coakley of: daughter Mrs.

Ralph (Wanda) Hall of Oak five grandchildren. be 2 p.m. Thursday in the Smiths Down- Burial will be in WIER Funeral Home Roundup, Montana SEGER Mae, age 81. Funeral services are to be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday from the Weir Chapel.

Rev. Glenn Woodson, First United Methodist Church, Roundup, officiating. Interment in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Billings. For those who wish, memorials may be made to the Roundup Memorial Hospital. Dahl Funeral Chapels Billings 248-8807 10 Yellowstone (Parking area at Division Wyoming) STEIN Kevin 23, of 939 Caroline.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday in Dahl Funeral Chapel. O'DANIEL James 47, of Pompeys Pillar. Funeral arrangements are pending at Dahl Funeral Chapel. Red Lodge 446-1800 Bozeman 586-5298 300 Switzler the Mountview Cemetery.

ME Sewing oft faiths with dignity. Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary 1001 ALDERSON AVE. 252-3417 Parking lot Adjacent BARSTAD Fern, age 69, of 3 Carrie Lynn Estates, widow of Ed Barstad. Funeral services 1 p.m. Thursday, July 30, in MichelottiSawyers Mortuary.

Interment in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 2411, Great Falls, Mont. 59403, and the Rescue Mission, 15 N. 26th Billings 59101.

MOLINE Raymond P. Moline, 68, of 616 Yellowstone Ave. Funeral services 3 p.m. Thursday, July 30, at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary. Interment in Mountview Cemetery.

LEIBINGER Thelma L. Leibinger, wife of L. H. Herm Liebinger, 2902 Glacier Dr. Memorial services pending at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary.

ANDERSON Martin 0. Anderson, 66, of 533 Highland Park Dr. Memorial services pending at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary. By PATRICIA ELICH Of The Gazette Staff cials alike raised eyebrows at the proposal. Schwinden complained that the federal government was "ignoring" Montana's questions and doubts al about the project.

Meanwhile, some Glasgow citizens anonymously circulated a blackly humorous flier inviting residents to tote their guns to the base for a "'Cuban shoot." Instead of a confinement facility, the federal officials now seem to be proposing a processing center for all kinds of refugees. Walker stressed that the governor has made no decision on new proposal. "We've been given nothing on paper yet," she said. "The governor's reaction is the same as before. He wants the people of eastern Montana to decide if it's something they want." But, Walker added, "'The governor did say that we have been looking for a use for Glasgow Air Force Base for 20 years now.

Having an Ellis Island sort of program there might have benefits for Ellis Island, in New York harbor, was the processing center for immigrants to the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s the period of greatest migration from Europe to the U.S. Walker said ORR Director Philip Hawkes gave no reason for the switch in proposals, although "he started out the phone call by saying they regretted there had been so much concern about the project." Peyton Terry, newly elected chairman of the board of Valley Industrial Park (the name the converted air base), said his board is aware of the new proposal, but has not discussed it. "We still haven't heard about the old plan," he said Tuesday night. "We're waiting for complete information." Terry said the board, which met Tuesday night, voted to appoint. a citizens committee to study the possible impacts of whatever proposal is ultimately put forth.

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Smith stone COAKLEY 72, of River 1415 Blvd. Sheldon Yellow- Fu2 LOCATIONS neral services 2 p.m. Thursday, July 30, at IN BILLINGS Smith's Downtown Chapel. Interment in Smith Mountview Terrace Gardens Chapel Between Central Avenues on Ruland Cummins, 51, Broadwater CUMMINS Shirley 34th Street West of Ballantine. Memo245-6427 rial services 10 a.m.

Wednesday, July 29, in Smith Ballantine United Downtown Chapel Church of 120 N. 26th St. Memorials: Huntley 245-6427 Project Art Club Parking Lot Adjacent Scholarship Fund, DOWELL Cecil P.O. Box 1, Worden, 75, of 711 N. 32nd St.

Mont. 59088. Graveside services 3 p.m. Thursday, July LAUREL 30, at Rockvale Ceme- Smith-Cashmore tery. Visitations may Memorial Chapel be made until 1 p.m.

628-4821 Thursday at Smith's Downtown Chapel. Columbus OLDRIDGE Daisy Smith-Cashmore Vine, 101 of Memorial Chapel 1807 24th St. W. years, Grave- 628-4821 (Laurel) side services 11 a.m. GUSE Clara 76, of Friday, July 31, at Columbus.

Funeral Sunset Memorial Gardens. services 2 p.m. Wednesday in ColumPEZAN Frank 91, bus Evangelical of 727 Anchor St. Fu- Church. Burial in neral services 10 a.m.

Mountainview CemeThursday, July 30, in tery. the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day RED LODGE Saints, 1000 Wicks Lane. Interment in Olcott Sunset Memorial Gar- Funeral Chapel dens. 446-1121.