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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1971
Page
6
Nineteen glass beads likely from a hunter's moccasin or jacket, found near Challis, Idaho, show bison still roamed the area into the mid-19th century. Excavations led by B Robert Butler of Idaho State University uncovered beads, bison bones, projectile points and other Indian artifacts at a cliff foot, following tips from archaeologist John Ivie.
United Presbyterian Women met June 17 at 1 30 p m in the Presbyterian Annex. Mrs John Maxwell thanked helpers for the Delta Kappa Gamma dinner. July funeral committees were announced and correspondence from Mrs Helen Mac Alister noted her care duties in Colorado. Kathy Porter and Jill Shuler returned from Girls State in Nampa.
Dr. Roderick Sprague analyzes beads from Challis site dating 1860 to 1880, challenging belief that bison vanished from Idaho by 1840 and that Indians stopped cliff drives. Butler notes Tukudeka may have hunted bison similarly. site could be a late bison jump found in Idaho. Also lists 1971 American Motors Conservation Award to Robert L. Salter of Boise for conservation work.
Beaver trend counts were carried out last fall and early winter by conservation officers and game biologists statewide to estimate beaver colonies. About one third of the state, spanning 27 counties, had closures on trapping with some areas limiting beaver catches and others detailing trapping numbers in complaint zones.
Trappers harvest the annual surplus and relocate beaver to streams lacking stocked populations. The plan aims to balance wildlife resources by reducing oversupply and restoring beaver presence in suitable habitats.
Mr and Mrs Reid J Gunnell and family visited Evan P Gunnell at his home over Memorial Day weekend then toured through the Teton and Yellowstone parks. Gunnell, on sabbatical, teaches at Brigham Young University and is a California State College professor. eldest son Reid Wayne left June 11 for the North Argentine Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A brief item from Soda Springs Idaho dated Thursday June 24 1971 appears on page three of the Caribou County edition. The readable text notes a local news brief or notice with organizational names and a dated reference. Further specifics are not available in the OCR fragment.
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