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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1950
Page
26
Minnesota duck hunters urged to report metal leg bands found on ducks to the U S Fish and Wildlife Service. Banding has totaled over 500 young ducks this fall with many adults also marked in Minnesota and nearby states. Reports help track movements and guide management plans.
The readable fragments indicate hunting or season dates for Prairie Chicken and Sherp-tailed Grouse. Specific windows appear as Sept 23 and Oct 16 at 2 p.m., extending through various late fall dates.
The notice lists opening dates in Cocke and Fent counties starting October 14 at 1 p.m. through various close dates. Partridge season begins October 14 at 1 p.m. with final close on October 2.
Outdoor Life reports Wisconsin duck hunters will scout marshes and river bottoms in preparation for the 1 p m opening. Wardens will enforce hours and prosecute violators while researchers track migratory waterfowl as 1,248 mallards released by Badger State Sportsmen’s Club are banded for study.
Federal state and private cooperation backs a reforestation drive to restore 20 million acres of sparse land in the Lake States between 1933 and 1942. The study notes need for planting 12 to 12.5 million acres to boost timber production and reduce dependence on distant wood supplies.
Wisconsin's migratory waterfowl season opens next Saturday with 1 p m shooting for the first day and hours from half an hour before sunrise to one hour before sunset otherwise. The state sets bag limits for ducks geese mergansers coot sora rail and woodcock with rules on decoys blinds and prohibited actions including no shooting from boats and limits on decoy use in listed counties.
West Virginia conservation commission reports a hunter was killed by another hunter who mistook him for a ground hog. The incident mirrors a prior Ohio case where a man was fatally shot after being mistaken for a squirrel.
Reports say more than 450 people died in a massive earthquake and resulting fire in the southern city on April date. Emergency crews battle aftershocks and widespread destruction as rescuers search rubble for survivors.
In Eldred Illinois Mr and Mrs Paul Fullerton and their son Pauly consider a third attempt at building a home after two prior fires, one that destroyed their first house and a second blaze that wiped out the rebuilt residence forcing months of tent living.
Prices for September milk in the Chicago marketing area are set as follows: class one 3.769 dollars per hundredweight, class two 3.369, class three 2.960, and class four 2.940. All classes rise from August by 6.2 to 93 cents. Class one and two supply fluid drinks and cream products. class three serves food products and evaporated or condensed milk. class four covers butter and cheese.
In San Bernardino California Elaine Hunter reported a thief took a day’s wash from her clothesline leaving only a torn sheet behind.
The note advocates fire elimination as a method to improve game habitat in the upper Mississippi river fish and wildlife refuge. It emphasizes responsible practices without elaborating on broader policy.
In the 1880s the Lone Rock to Ironton mail service ran twice weekly covering about 30 miles. The line carried passengers and freight and when loads were light the carrier took on pig iron from Iron ace to be shipped from Lone Rock. Passengers picked up along the route left iron by the roadside to await future shipment.
Abram D. Smith of Milwaukee defied Congress by declaring unconstitutional the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law. Sherman Booth led a mob to liberate a fugitive. Smith issued a habeas corpus release, later reversed by the U S Supreme Court in 1859.
The Wisconsin conservation commission fixed trapping seasons for muskrat mink and otter across regions. Muskrat seasons run Nov 1 to 10 in most areas and Oct 25 to Nov 3 in north central counties, with Fox River Valley Dec 1 to 21 and Mississippi counties set separately. Mink seasons run Nov 1 to Dec 10 in most counties and Jan 2 to March 15 in Fox River Valley. Mississippi counties have Oct 25 to Nov 3 for wet sets and Dec 1 to 21 for dry sets. Otter season is Nov 1 to 10 in 25 counties with no bag limit for muskrats mink or otter.
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