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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
7
A 90 year old Sioux elder recalls his youth and rite of passage while recounting a harsh mountain fast for medicine, snowbound blizzard, and a scarred hand from an arrow or spear. He describes aiding a companion, enduring extreme cold, and climbing a high, snowed summit where white men never tread.
J L DeHart state game warden reports a drop in fur permit requests with about 500 applications to trap beaver and 200 for martens so far in 1920 down from 1,000 last year. Beavers scarce due to lower prices. muskrat pelts also variable. Bear hunting remains common. otter population has nearly vanished from main rivers.
Compile budget figures by R. J. Lemert show Montana's two fiscal years ending 1919 and 1920 spent a combined 11.54 million dollars on state government. Major items include legislative, governor and court expenses, university funding, prisons and state aids with a mix of tax and non tax revenues.
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