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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1931
Page
7
A W Wilson, an old buffalo hunter, recalls how thundering herds dominated the plains and fierce battles with wild range animals. He notes white traders bartered for trinkets, tribes limited slaughter, and brutal winters and heavy hunting decimated Yellowstone buffalo numbers, reshaping Montana and Wyoming prairies.
State and private Montana banks report deposits of 57.9 million at March 25, with loans 31.68 million, investments 23.76 million, and cash 13.12 million. A Yellowstone tale recounts the “Yellowstone Giant” hunter riding a wounded buffalo during a dramatic chase, ending with a quick plunge down a bluff and the hunter unhurt but shaken.
The article recalls close encounters with buffalo and wolves on the plains, a hunter’s narrow escape, and a boyish pursuit of a baby buffalo. It reflects on buffalo behavior, winter hardships, and the transition from frontier life to Montana’s developing industries and settlements.
A Crow Indian in Great Falls offered $10 to trade for a subpoena. The incident involved Crow delegates brought from the agency south of Billings to testify in federal court, with one man presenting an official document at a hotel desk to tempt a purchase of the paper.
The skeletal remains of Ernest R. Vater, 74, of Livingston Montana, were found in a shallow grave three miles south of Thedford Nebraska. A skull bullet hole indicates murder likely robbery as motive. Identification was by personal effects found with the body. he vanished en route to Missouri for cancer treatment after alighting from a train at Thedford in 1926.
Oswego artist William Standing, a young Indian painter, reports approval from Henry Rush Brown of the Washington Arts club after his Washington exhibit. He has met President Hoover and others, received a New York invitation, and plans to return west to paint western subjects.
The British Ministry of Health estimated pensions for wives of old pensioners at 15 million dollars in the first year rising to over 20 million in 18 years. The discussion touched on fiscal feasibility and social implications in a period of reform. A subpoena was noted in the paper. An Indian returnee commented on sightseeing in Great Falls, mentioning funds. The Richter Sonata referenced as part of Blackfeet and Crow history appeared in context.
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