Duck hunting season opens October 22 in Montana
Federal rules set a 45 day season from October 22 to December 5 under the migratory bird treaty with Canada and Mexico. Daily duck bag is 10 with a 20 possession. geese four per day and eight possession. coots 25. certain duck species capped at six in a group. Restrictions include 7 am to 4 pm hunting hours and a three-shell shotgun limit.
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Montana
Ickes
Canada
Mexico
Biological Survey
Montana Sees 4225 Tourists Daily At Entries
Weekly report shows 1,319 cars daily from outside states carrying about 3.2 persons each. About 2,500 Canadian cars enter weekly. Second week in August totals 9,230 at ports, year to date 70,375, up 11.8 percent from last year.
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Montana
R. N. Fletcher
State Highway Commission
Canada
Federal Customs Service
Highway Department
Fletcher
Indians Mourn Death of James F. Beckett
Great Falls passenger agent James F. Beckett died at Glacier Park hotel. Blackfeet Indians who had worked with him in entertaining park visitors for seven seasons led a funeral procession in Kalispell. Dick Sanderville spoke and presented a ritual staff with seven feathered rings.
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James F. Beckett
Great Falls
Great Northern
Glacier Park Hotel
Beckett
Kalispell Mortuary
Ward F. Boyd
North Dakota
Dick Sanderville
Montana
Sanderville
An Beckett
Jelly Making Tips From A Historic Recipe
A wide shallow pan is advised for jelly when making it. Do not cook more than six or seven cups at a time. Measure the juice and boil five minutes, then add sugar per fruit juice and boil until the jelly is done. Rapid cooking yields clear color in the finished product.
Women of Cuba Increase Cosmetics Use
A terse note reports women in Cuba increasing use of cosmetics and beauty products amid economic and social shifts.
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Cuba
Pioneer Couple Principals Golden Wedding Ceremony
A Montana pioneer couple, Henry Clay Byam and his wife Ida, staged a golden wedding ceremony during the Midland Empire fair in Billings. Byam, 84, and Mrs. Byam, 70, have deep ties to early Treasure State history, with Byam arriving in 1863 and the couple married in 1886 at Bozeman. Their family linked to Butte mining pioneers, including the Humphrey brothers, underscores their long-state influence and a Byam schoolhouse now sits on land they once farmed near Laurel.
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Montana
Treasure State
Billings
Henry Clay Byam
Byam
Bannack City
Butte
Bozeman
W. W. Spain
Fair
Don L. Byam
Miner’s Court
George Ives
Henry Plummer
Montana Territory
Judge Byam
Territory
Virginia
Pike’s Peak
Bannack
Alder Gulch
Nevada City
Emigrant Gulch
Emigrant
Humphrey Brothers
Olie
Christian
Humphreys
Ear
Butte Business District
Alice
Ida M. Brown
Ers
Brown
Olie Humphrey
Trail Creek
Livingston
W. A. Clark
Yellowstone County
Clark Fork
Laurel
Byams
P. B. Moss
Butte Dog Causes Daily Breakfast Disturbance
Police report a Gordon setter named Jack owned by Alma Dugdale has disturbed the peace daily for 12 years. Officer Bart Riley notes the dog walks Park Street each morning to a restaurant in the East Park 200 block, arrives at 7, makes a scene, and then receives breakfast before returning home.
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Jack
Gordon
Alma
al) Dugdale
Fast Park Street
Bart Riley
Park Street
East Park
Weather and civic notes from Montana brief list
Whitefish plans road oiling and repair if weather allows this fall. Scobey hosts third annual soap box derby September 23 sponsored by the Lions club. Northern Pacific roundhouse remodel in Laurel costs about 125000, expected completion September 15.
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Scobey
The
Scobey Lions Club
Laurel
Northern Pacific Railroad
A Globe Trotter Observes Athens Royal Guard Style
The narrator warns travelers to keep a straight face when the Royal Guard of Athens passes. He notes the Eyzones are hand-picked, brave, and stylish in skirts called Fastanella, part of an ancient uniform from a regiment older than trousers. The skirts persist mainly in rural districts.
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Athens
Greece
Royal Guard
Selecting Turkeys by Appearance and Fat Under Skin
To select turkeys, choose birds with few pin feathers and no blemishes. A young bird should have well rounded contours, clear color, and a flexible breast bone. A blue tint indicates insufficient fat under the skin.
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By Scheel
Arreo Tennyson
Grey
Marey Monge
England
Imo
Nashua
Yan
J. Catelle
George Laumeyer
Warlowton
Jeanette Dean
Settle Ranch
Here
Ie. Henry Dean
Helena
Montana Woolgrowers Association
Pau Etchepare
Missoula
Guy G. Stucky
Yellowstone Park
George Herbert
Bozeman Auto Supply
Mammoth Hot Springs
Ryegate
Anton Barta
A. W. Schaubel and Son
A. E. Schaubel
Wyola
Moss Agate Dome
Hwarlowton
Ed Hanley
Twodot
Hanley
Billy Rhoades
Havre
Clara Kijerstad
Canton
S. D
Northern Montana College
Devlin School
John D. Shively
Win Fredlund
Chinook
Grand Lodge of Montana Masons
Oscar A. Johnson
Anaconda
I. S. McQuitty
Montana School of Mines
McQuitty
Whitefish Rod and Gun Club
Somers
Smith Lake
Whitefish Lake
Harlowton
Montana Hardware Co
W. N. Bichler
Armstead
Gilmore & Pittsburgh Railroad
Seattle
Evaro
Libby
Royal Rounds
Hebron
N. D
Helen Robertson
Jennie Lee
Gladys Wilson
Chester
Viola Marburger
Kenmar
May Lang
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
Victor Thompson
James Morrison
David Lewis Sr
Wolf Creek
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Baker
Ore
Spokane
Globe Trotter
S A
Shepherd
Francis Noonan
Junior Patrol
By Quin Hall
Mary
Eco
Pho
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