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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1972
Page
6
Three men siphoning gas at Nepstad ranch were reported by Ellis Faws. A Minnesota stolen car linked by NCIC was found and the suspects were detained near Park County. The vehicle was recovered. Multiple bicycles reported stolen. observers urged secure parking.
The program moved grizzly bears from the West Yellowstone area into remote parts of the Gallatin Forest starting July 2. Two bears have reached backcountry sites north of Yellowstone, airlifted by helicopter for the final leg. Transplants aim to reduce conflicts with humans at sites Crow Mountain Upper Slough Creek Buffalo Fork and north Hilgards, all within the Yellowstone grizzly country. Visitors are urged to store food away from sleeping areas to avoid bear encounters.
The Biglen family attended an antique show in Cody Wyoming over the weekend with Tom Shawneen Friday and Frank Gloria Saturday. The event was described as very successful.
Whitehall sisters Donna and Karen Hedegaard, daughters of the Ervin Hedegaards and granddaughters of the Roy Mahlums, earned high point team trophies for the Butte Tarpon at a recent meet in Butte. Donna, 10 and under, won high point with a first in diving and four ribbons. Karen, B division 10 and under, took a first in B diving and six ribbons.
The notice lists upcoming county events for July including a bicycle rodeo on July 25 at 1 30 p m a 4 H Leaders Council meeting at the court house at 8 p m and a plant identification and judging contest on July 27 at 2 p m at the dugout. It highlights National Farm Safety Week and advises on personal protective gear and safe handling of furniture polish packaging and gopher poison supply details.
Montana wildlife officials report grizzly harvest remains steady with 22 bears taken in 1971, slightly above the five year average of 20.8. Freeman notes licensed hunters accounted for about half the mortality, while most non hunter kills were nuisance bears.
LUio visitors included Mr. and Mrs. George Mahlum of Arlington and their son Stanley Mahlum with three children from Olympia as they headed to Sun Valley, Idaho and back. Roy Mahlum's cousins Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnson from Minneapolis stayed briefly. Ervin Hedegaard and Mike joined the B swimming meet in Butte and helped with hay work before Erv left to announcer duties. Norman Langseth and daughter Terry from Marysville also arrived moving toward Fargo North Dakota.
Thousands of applicants competed in the annual moose sheep and goat drawing held July 14 at the state data processing center. Final quotas and notices will follow. successful entrants receive letters and must send license fees promptly.
Fair View Ranch in Big Timber Montana hosted the Montana Junior Angus Field Day organized by the Montana Junior Angus Association with Miss Ann Boyd of Wilsall welcoming attendees. The program featured judging contests, public speaking, and the 1972 Showmanship contest with winners including Kathy Boyd Scott Fraser Rick Felton Marion Steverson Bob Hodgekiss Shelley Mercer Tony Trangmoe Kim Kannemann and Mike Patton. The top showmen advance to the 1972 National Junior Angus Show in Kentucky on August 7-8.
Early July sightings over Montana plains show a small plane conducting the annual antelope survey. Biologists record bucks does and fawns to assess population trends and fawn production and adjust tentative quotas before August drawing.
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