Fall Trout Season Opens on Lake Superior Streams
The Wisconsin conservation department launches a fall trout season October 15 on Lake Superior tributaries north of US 2. Bag limit is five daily. The experiment aims to harvest migrating fall trout while easing pressure on Brule and nearby waters. Next year all streams in the Lake Superior area begin May 14, aligning with statewide openings.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Conservation Department
Brule
Lake Sumor
Eskimo Girl Travels From Baffin Land to England
A 15 year old Eskimo girl named Rebec, from Hebron Labrador, traveled to Felixstowe with Canon John Turner’s widow after Turner, a missionary, was killed in a Baffin Land accident. She found England wonderful but the weather stifling.
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Baffin Land
Rebecca
England
Hebron
Labrador
Felixstowe
John Turner
Wisconsin autumn splendor lures hunters near Bayfield county
The writer recalls a vibrant fall trip to a Bayfield county deer camp. vivid color and calm lakes drew artists, while ducks, grouse, and chicken were seen in the marshes. migratory waterfowl season opens next Friday noon with near record hunter turnout, and bands collected for banding studies are urged to be mailed.
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Wisconsin
Coulee
Bayfield County
Mississippi
Start Power Plant At Chalakudi To Cost Five Million
The Cochin state government in India begins work on a Chalakudi hydroelectric power plant costing 15 million rupees and aims for completion in 1951.
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Cochin
India
Chalakudi
September weather ends dry with warm days and cool nights
The monthly weather summary notes September 1948 as unusually dry with 1.29 inches of rain, far below the 3.99 inch normal. Mean temperatures ran six degrees above normal at the city office, with highs to 92 on Sept 17 and no frost recorded. Thunderstorms occurred on Sept 1 6 and 19. long dry spells from the 2nd to 18th and 22nd to month end hurt pasturage and late crops.
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A.ar
Public hearings set on interstate fishing rules
Three hearings will review de fishing regulations on dry waters along the Mississippi between Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Prairie du Chien hosts November 1, La Crosse November 3, and Hudson November 4 to discuss Wisconsin Iowa and Wisconsin Minnesota waters.
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Madison
Wis
Mississippi River
The
Conservation Department
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Court House
Prairie du Chien
la Crosse Court House
Hudson
Experts Help Pick Conservation Wardens
The conservation department uses expert law enforcement input to select new wardens. Examining boards include a conservation official, a state personnel rep, and public members. police officers of outstanding ability serve as representatives. Recent board members include R. J. Exner of Wisconsin Rapids, Hubert Dax of Milwaukee, and Otto Crounce of Green Bay.
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Madison
Wis
Conservation Department
State Bureau of Personnel
R. J. Exner
Wisconsin Rapids
Hubert Dax
Milwaukee
Otto Crounce
Green Bay
Hawk Captures Snake in Polk County Roadside
Onlooker T. F. Kouba saw a hawk engaged in a violent encounter with a snake about 30 inches long while conducting blister rust control work for the state department of agriculture. The hawk lifted into the air with the snake in its grip as the reptile continued to strike.
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Madison
Wis
T. F. Kouba
State Department of Agriculture
Polk County
Snakes Attract Bird In Woodland Encounter
Kouba reported the incident to the conservation department after the event, speculating whether the bird targeted snakes due to a possible mouse shortage in Wisconsin.
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Kouba
Conservation Department
Wisconsin
Summer Santa Delight After Ice Cream Wagon Crash
In Glasgow Scotland children cheer a summer Santa after a car collision toppled an ice cream wagon and cartons of ice flooded the road creating a festive scene despite the mishap.
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Glascow
Scotland
State Department clarifies deer hunting rules this season
The conservation department outlines the deer season from Nov 20 to 28 with rifle use banned in seven counties Grant Crawford La Crosse Trempeleau Buffalo Pepin and the Polk county south of highway 8. In those counties only forked horn bucks or any deer with shotgun slug ball or bows are allowed to hunt. Bucks with forked horns over an inch must be checked before leaving the county. The rest of the state permits forked horn bucks in 39 counties including Polk north of highway 18 with rifles allowed in counties where permitted. Hunters must wear blaze orange and display tally numbers on entry tags.
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Madison
Wis
Conservation Department
Grant
Crawford
la Crosse
Trempealeau
Buffalo
Pepin
Polk County
St. Croix
Dunn
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