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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1931
Page
7
Ranger Frank Childs reports a fierce bear fight near Old Faithful between two males named Buster and a larger rival. Four park rangers intervened with rocks after a ten minute struggle then separated the exhausted animals and ended the confrontation.
Two prospectors are sinking test shafts in ancient river channels near Dilion and Armstead in Beaverhead County. Geologists note two large past rivers flowed south from Divide and Helena, with 200 miles of channels across the area. Gold colors found in some channels but not in paying quantities. test results will be announced.
A bolt of lightning struck a power line and, as far as could be learned, caused no other damage in the territory.
Notes left by an unnamed traveler recount experiences in the west. The writings were copied at Terry's Landing at the mouth and condensed by W. H. Banfill for publication.
W H Banfild recounts establishing a camp at the Yellowstone mouth as a supply hub for Fort Custer. Describe cargoes, mule trains, and the Cottonwood boat, plus life at Terry's Landing with visitors, mail delays, and a newborn daughter. highlights include Broadwater’s melon mishap and a Jew named Batzinski opening a store tent.
Montana officials project a normal apple harvest despite spring frost damage in Carbon County. The sour cherry crop is expected to be fair, strawberries good though acreage fell earlier. Flathead Valley may reach carload production this season.
A feature on Harvey Hayes portraying the parkによ horseman persona in a saddleback tour of Glacier Park. He joins 40 hearty riders bound for Bar-X ranch in Swiftcurrent valleys to winter 800 park horses, while anecdotes recount officer misadventures at Fort Keogh and Fort Custer, and a humorous tale of a fatigued mess at Terry's Landing.
Missoula hosts a weeklong writers conference directed by Harold Guy Merriam with guests John Mason Brown Frank Bird Linderman Grace Stome Coates Estelle Holbrook and others. Noted authors publishers and critics from Princeton Oxford Longmans Green and the New York scene share lectures on narrative drama and American West writing at the University of Montana summer program.
The report notes Tennessee leads the nation in oak growth, with larger timber yields than every other state, highlighting forestry scale and regional environmental impact.
The report notes that Ome cannot see across the mouth of the Amasoh due to an obstruction or visual barrier.
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