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VOLUME XXVI, No. 42 PHEASANT SEASON OPEN NEXT SUNDAY MORNING Hungarian Partridges May Also Be Hunted—Chinks Are Most Numerous Ever. Frank Starina, deputy game warden for this district, states that the pheasant season, which opens next Sunday morning at 12:01 o’clock, will find plenty of Chinese pheasants throughout the greater part of Big Hom county, and in some sections there also will be found numerous Hungarian partridges. The Chinese pheasants are un usually numerous, some farmers reporting that hundreds are roam ing over their respective farms. One farmer told the writer, a few days ago, that he counted 200 of the birds one morning while he was feeding his domestic chickens. The open season on these birds in Big Horn county, and the five other counties immediately sur rounding, will continue fifteen days, the lohgest period the fish and game commission has ever permitted the shooting of these birds in Montana. The season in counties other than these six counties is considerably shorter. The reason for allowing this long er shooting season is because the birds are so numerous in this section and fanners complain that they are really doing them CATHOLIC LADIES WILL HOLD CARNIVAL-BAZAAR To Be Held at Becker Building in Hardin, on October 30-31 Hallowe'en Festival. The Catholic Ladies of St. Joseph’s church will hold their carnival-bazaar in the Becker building, Oct. 30 and 31, Hal lowe’en night. The ladies of St. Xavier and Crow Agency have joined with the Hardin ladies to make this bazaar a success. Rev. Father Daniel P. Meagher, S. J., has appointed the following com mittees to work on the bazaar: Bazaar—James J. Sullivan, gen eral chairman: Mrs. Jake Koebbe, chairman of the beano booth; Mesdames John C. Kopriva, Henry Kray, J. M Astle, Sam T. Meeke, John M. Burns, Kendall Wolcott, Misses Josephine Olenik and Re gina Yegge. Fruit sale and country store— Mrs. Tony Buzzetti, chairman; Mesdames Matt Larkin, Mike Pow ers, F. L. Domberger, S. N. Cun ningham. Variety and candy booth—Miss H. O'Day, chairman; Misses Betty Kopriva, Bernice Miller, Mary Luther, Mary Vandelsloot, Dorothy Kallen. Fancy work booth—Mrs. Frank J. Kopriva, chairman; Mesdames R. B. Peck, A. W. F. Koch, C. C. Guinn. Handkerchief booth—Mrs. C. B. Schneider, chairman; Mesdames Edna Miller, James Durkin. Fish pond—Miss Loretta Dom berger, chairman; Misses Ester Kopriva, Margaret Sullivan. Helen Jean Buzzetti, Clarice Koebbe. Boys’ booth—Robert Kopriva, Charles Buzzetti and Bernard Ov ergag. Two steers, one donated by John Luther of Mcßae, the other by Joe Olenik of Foster, will be given away at the bazaar. HOME DEMONSTRATION LEADER VISITS HARDIN The Big Hom County Home Demonstration council held its fall meeting on Thursday, Oct. 11, at the county court room. Miss Blanch Lee, Home Demonstration leader for Montana, met with the council to plan the Home Demon stration club programs. Miss Harriet O’Day, county case worker, spoke before the council on the "Rural Rehabilitation Pro gram” and Geo. W. Gustafson, county extension agent, gave a comprehensive review of the "Emergency Program.” Officers for the council were elected as follows: Mrs. Helen Carper, Community, chairman; Mrs. T. W. Humphrey, Halfway, vice-chairman; Mrs. O. E. Robert son, St. Xavier, secretary-treas. . The men’s dinner given at the Methodist church, Friday evening, was attended by about 25 men of the community. Dr. W. A. Ransier presided as toastmaster, and sev eral talks were made along the lines of a men’s Sunday school class. The supper, which was pre pared and served by the ladies of the church, brought forth a vote ct thanks to the ladies. THE HARDIN TRIBUNE-HERALD considerable damage. The daily bag limit is three Chinese pheasant cocks and five Hungarian partridges, and the possession limit at any one time is six Chink cocks and ten Huns. The deer shooting season opened Monday and will continue until Nov. 15. The limit is one buck deer with horns not less than four inches long. The open season on ducks and geese, also now on, is treated else where in this issue. ♦ The Hallowe’en basket social by the Hardin Neighbors of Wood craft at Court House hall, Wed nesday evening, was largely at tended and the baskets, auctioned off by Harry E. Cox, brought a neat sum to the treasury. Preced ing the auction, bridge was in dulged in. HARDIN WOMAN’S CLUB MEMBERS IN TRAINING Will Meet at Hardin High School Manual Training Dept, on Saturday. A. M. Tomorrow, Saturday, October 20, is the day selected by the club and announced for three weeks, for the first meeting under the “Home Arts” department. The instruction will be given by Mrs. Pierce of Billings in making a foot stool, which will really be a lesson in repairing or re-upholstering furni ture. Each member who comes may bring all the required ma terials, or she may merely observe the work done. Some materials will be available at the meeting, but each person desiring to make a foot stool should have the frame ready. The meeting will be held in the manual training room of the Hardin high school at 10 a. m. and continuing until the work is complete. Each lady is asked to bring her own sandwiches and a cup; coffee will be served at noon with the lunches. It is also recommended that house dresses be worn to be ready for more or less soiling in using tools, etc. Members, and others interested in an unusual opportunity to learn a new art among housewives are Invited to be present at this meet ing. (The unusual day for the club meeting was voted in order to secure the use of the work room at the high school.) three REPUBLICAN RALLIES COMING UP Republican rallies will be held at three points in Big Hom county, within the next few days. This Friday evening a rally will be held in Foley’s cabin at Kirby, with Hon. Horace Davis of Billings as the principal speaker. Saturday night a rally will be held at Bum baca’s hall at Decker, with Hon. Lawrence E. Gaughan, president of the Young Men’s Republican club of Billings, as the principal speaker. At each of these places a free dance will follow the speaking. Next Tuesday evening a rally will be held in the Warren hall, Hardin, with Hon. Horace Davis of Billings as the principal speaker. A free dance will follow the speaking. See the adv. else where in this issue. LOCAL BRIEFS Mrs. Ray C. Thompson, Robert Strand and Mrs. George Goering left Tuesday by auto for Missoula. From there Mrs. Thompson pro ceeded to Hamilton to visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Camp bell and Mrs. O. E. Mellotte were in town yesterday from Wyola. The ladies were soliciting funds with which to complete the in terior of the new Baptist church at Wyola, and met with flatterin’ success. According to the NRA News, issued weekly by the national Re covery Administration, Washing cash dividend payments by the Standard Oil Co. for the first nine months of 1934 are es timated at $101,537,187, an increase of 18 percent over 1933. The Big Horn County Relief administrator advises that they will pay $4 per ton for coal, de livered to the clients’ homes in Hardin. All dealers wishing to participate in this business leave their names at the relief office. Coal wUI be deUvered to the re lief people who are in need as requested by them from the deal ers participating. CONTINUING THE HARDIN TRIBUNE AND THE HARDIN HERALD HARDIN, BIG HORN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1934. LIONS DIST. GOVERNOR COMING NEXT FRIDAY Lion District Governor Hal Ost lund, of Lethbridge. Alberta, Can ada, accompanied by Mrs. Ostlund, will arrive in Hardin Friday noon, Oct. 26, on his official annual visit to the Hardin Lions club, which will have a luncheon in his honor at the Savoy case, at 12:30 p. m., at which the Hardin Lionesses will also be guests. ♦ Born—At the Hardin General hospital, Hardin, Mont., on Sun day, Oct. 14, to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Zelka, an 8-pound son. SUGAR BEET CONTRACTS To Beet Growers of Big Horn Co. and the Set-up Explained By County Agent. Beet contracts will soon be of fered to beet growers of Big Horn county, according to Geo. W. Gus tafson, county agent, who attend ed a meeting of beet growers and extension workers at Billings, last Monday. B. K. Benidt, representative of the Sugar Beet Section from Washington, explained the set-up of the Sugar Beet Association and the terms of the contract. As soon as the contracts arrive from Washington, meetings will be held in the county to set up the local organization and to ex plain the contracts. Nothing will be done, however, until the pres ent crop of beets is harvested. Officers of the local beet growers association also attended the Bill ings meeting. LUCY BERRY, FORMER HARDINTTE. DIESIN KANSAS Word has been received in Har din of the death, a few days ago, at Garden City, Kas., of Mrs. Lucy Berry, ten days prior to her 80th birthday. Mrs. Berry and her daughter Nita, left Hardin several years ago for Pendleton, Ore., where they resided until Miss Nita was married to Ed Clifton. For some years Mrs. Berry has resided with her daughter and husband at 1709 Sixth street. Garden City, Kas. She had been in her usual good health until about 5 o’clock the morning of her death she called her daughter to her bedside and died a short time later, death being caused by a hemorrhage. Word of her death will be re ceived with regret by the old timers in Hardin, where she and her daughter lived many years. Besides the daughter, she is sur vived by two brothers, W. R. (Uncle Dick) Craig, Torrence, Cal., and W. W. Craig of Pendleton, Oregon. MISS VADA PERRY WINS SECOND PLACE AT HAVRE Miss Hannah L. Batty, repre senting the County Farmers’ Union; Anton Person, representing the Farmers’ Union Association, and Misses Vada Perry and Eliz abeth Koebbe, representing the Junior Farmers’ union branch, returned Sunday from Havre, where they attended the annual Farmers' Union state convention, held there last week. In the four minute speaking contest for the junior members. Misses Perry and Koebbe were among the five con testants, Miss Perry taking second prize. Her speech will be pub lished in next week’s issue of the Tribune-Herald. The Republican county central committee has named Robert A. Vickers as a candidate for justice of the peace in Hardin township to fill the vacancy created by the failure of E. H. Wendland. nomi nated at the primary election, to qualify, and his name will appear on the ballot on the Republican ticket with that of Chas A. Cork ins, each township being entitled to two justices of the peace. E. F, Shaw, editor of the Cody Enterprise, and Bill Rich, with the Cody Trading Co., and their wives, enroute to Rapid City, S. D., with a good will caravan of 25, stopped off at Hardin, yester day afternoon, long enough to say “howdy” to the Tribune-Herald staff. William E. Corkins, who is en gaged in federal rural rehabilita tion work with headquarters at Ismay, motored to Hardin Satur day evening, and Sunday returned to Ismay with Mrs. Corkins and two Uttle ««». Billy and Clifford Kenneth. OMAR BEARSS ENTERS BILLINGS BROKERAGE FIRM Omar E. Bearss, for many years engaged in the cattle and horse raising business at Sarpy, the first of the week purchased the interest of Ray Phebus in the Billings brokerage firm, known as Ray Phebus Investments. W. G. Edwards, who was associated with Mr. Phebus, retains his interest and the firm will henceforth be known as Bearss-Edwards & Co. * W. M. Blackford, pioneer Lewis town attorney, was in Hardin, Monday, on legal business. LECTURE ON TRAVELING At the Little Brown Church at Lodge Grass at 7:30 Next Sunday Evening The Rev. Earle D. Sims will de liver a lecture on “Travels Thru Europe,” next Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock, at the Little Brown church in Lodge Grass. He will take his hearers across the At lantic ocean, up the Kiel canal of Germany, into the Baltic sea to Danzig, through Latonia, Po land, Russia, down through the heart of Norway, up through Sweden, Finland, Lapland and the Land of the Midnight Sun, to Denmark. Holland, Germany, Czecho-Slovakia, France, England, and back to the United States. Over 200 beautiful colored pic tures will be thrown on the screen while Rev. Sims tells the story of travel. The lecture is free. An offering will be taken. Everybody cordially invited. BILL CAMPBELL, A SHEEP HERDER.FOUND DEAD Bill Campbell, aged 49 years, who for several years had been employed as a sheepherder by the Antler Sheep. Co. near Wyola, was found dead in bed at a local hotel, Saturday afternoon, when an at tendant went to his room to see why he had not gotten up. An occupant of the room next to him recalled that he had heard Camp bell several times during the night making a peculiar noise, the last time about 5 a. m., but thought nothing of it until he heard he was dead. A heart attack was the immediate cause of death. Little is known of his relatives. He was said to be a native of Wyoming and was believed to have a brother and sister and an uncle, some where in that state. His body was prepared for burial by the Bullis-Crilly Co. and interment was made in the Hardin cemetary, Tuesday, Rev. N. E. Hannant of ficiating, the expenses being borne by a group of his fellow workers. EXPLAINING THE DAILY DUCK SHOOTING LIMIT There is some misunderstand ing among sportsmen as to how many ducks of various species may be killed during the open season on ducks, now on. The dally bag limit is a total of 12 ducks of all kinds. If Mallard ducks, only, are killed, the hunt er is entitled to kill 12, daily, provided that not more than 24 ducks all told may be in posses sion at any one time. As an example—if a hunter kills five teal ducks, he may kill seven Mallards, making a total of 12 ducks altogether. v Mrs. Jack Padjan of Hollywood, Calif., and Mrs. Chas. H. Hayes and little daughter Charlene, of Lander, Wyo., are here for a sev eral weeks’ visit at the Savoy hotel with their brother-in-law and sis ter, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jones. They will shortly have a family reunion at the home of their mother, Mrs. Tena Anderson, in Billings, when the mother and six sisters will be present. Mr. and Mrs. James Hall of Forsyth are guests of Dr. and Mrs. Vernon W. Wolf for a few days. Mr. Hall was for years a resident of Hardin, having been employed in the Bob Rhinehart tonsorial parlor. He has for some years been engaged in business for him self at Forsyth. He and his better half are being cordially greeted by his old-time friends. Contractor John Graf is build ing a brick enclosure around the Court House filling station, on the Chevrolet garage lot, for the Hardin Oil Co. When the work is completed it will be an at traction to that part of the town. REX BRYAN SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG ILLNESS Had Been a Resident of Hardin About 15 Years—Saddler and Harnessmaker. t After a lingering illness of about four years’ duration Rex Bryan passed away at a local hospital, early Wednesday morning. He was bom in Wisconsin, 47 years ago last August, and was a harness maker by trade, working at this occupation in North Dakota, sev eral years before coming to Mon tana about 15 years ago and lo cating at Hardin, where he con ducted a harness and saddlery shop up till about four years ago, when he was forced bv illness to go to a local hospital, where he remained in a semi-helpless con dition until death put an end to his sufferings. He is survived by one daughter, Cleo Rexine Newell, wife of Jack HOME DEMONSTRATION COUNCIL FOR BIG HORN Mrs. Helen Carper, Pres.; Mrs. T. W. Humphrey, Vice-Pres.; Mrs. O. E. Robertson, Sec. A Home Demonstration Council was formed by the representatives of the Big Hom County Home Demonstration clubs at a meeting held at Hardin, Thursday of last week. Miss Blanche Lee. State Home Demonstration leader, of Bozeman, attended and assisted in the or ganization. The officers elected consist of the following members: Mrs. Helen Carper, president; Mrs. T. W. Humphrey, yice-president; Mrs. O. E. Robertson, secretary. Some of the projects and demonstrations taken up by the various clubs include a home cheese making demonstration giv en by Mrs. Uriel King at her home on Thursday. October 18th; meat cutting and canning, to come in November; winter cook book, in February, and the year round Food Supply, in April. Other suggestions and subjects covered by bulletins for other meetings to add to the club pro gram are: First-aid work, Prep aration of School Lunches, Menus for Holiday Dinners, and Meals for Harvest Time, Women Writers Out-standing American Women. Six communities are now or ganized to carry on this work in co-operation with the State Ex tension Service. IMPORTANT MEETING AT HELENA ON FRIDAY, OCT. 26 Montanans, Inc., will hold a meeting of its district advisors and county chairmen at Helena on Friday, Oct. 26, when a pro gram for the advancement of Montana, prepared by this orga nization, which functions as a state chamber of commerce, will be announced and discussed by those in attendance. Montanans, Inc., wishes to work at all times in close co-operation with cham bers of commerce and service clubs of the various cities and towns of Montana, each of which is urged by Manager L. A. Camp bell to send at least one delegate to this meeting, which will open at ten o’clock Friday morning of next week. The Congregational Ladies’ Cir cle will hold its regular meeting Thursday afternoon, Oct. 25. Mis. N. E. Hannant will resume the study of “God’s Candlelights,” re viewing the chapter on “Education in the Tribe.” The business ses sion will convene at 3 o’clock to make time for the study period before lunch. Members and friends are invited and urged to come early. Hostesses will be Mrs. Dan Maddox, Mrs. John Swindle and Miss Gracia Dillon. Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Kelly have been enjoying a visit from the former’s brother, Olis Kelly, wife and son, Bert Kelly, of Riverton, Wyo., who motored here Sunday and remained until Tuesday. Bert Kelly is county agent at Lander, Wyo., and on Monday attended a meeting of county agents at Billings, on the beet sugar pro gram. Mrs. O. E. Thomas leaves to-day by auto for Tampa, Fla., where she will make an Indefinite visit at the home of her son, R. W. Magruder, an electrical engineer. During her short residence in Hardin Mrs. Thomas has made many friends who will wish her “God speed." VOLUME XVI, No. 21 Newell of Hardin, and a little grandchild, and one sister, Mrs. Willis Pellasir of Sheridan, Wyo., wife of an implement dealer of that city, who made occasional visits to his bedside during his long illness. The body was prepared for burial by the Bullis-Crilly Co. of Hardin. Services were held Thurs day morning at nine o’clock, at St. Joseph’s Catholic church, Rev. Father Daniel Meagher, officiating. The pallbearers were Tony Buz zetti, Joe Henman, Chas. B. Schneider, George Braig, Frank Kopriva and Jens Neilson. The remains were shipped on Thursday evening’s Burlington train No. 44 to Sheridan, Wyo., where interment was made to-day (Friday). Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Yergey of Hardin and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Trandum of Billings returned on Sunday from a two weeks auto trip to Long Beach. Calif., where they visited Mrs. Yergey’s broth er-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. Van Houten, the former of whom has been critically 111 । some time of a heart affection. I Dr. Paul Greene of Livingston, a.nd brother, Dr. Lee Greene of Edgley. N. D.. were in town, Thursday enroute from North Dakota to Livingston and stooped over an hour to visit their boyhood friend. Dr. L. H. Dabbitt. NO MORE GOVT MONEY TO PURCHASE CATTLE Although there’s Ample Funds To Purchas All Sheep Offered. No additional funds have been alloted to Big Hom county for purchase of cattle. This makes it impossible to make any more pur chases under the Emergency Cat tle Purchasing Program under the Agricultural Adjustment Aminis tration. There are still a few cattle offered in this county which can not be received, due to the short age of funds. All sheep, however, which have been listed have been purchased and apparently plenty of funds are available in this department to care for all possible listings. The total number of cattle which have been purchased in Big Hom county are 20,362 and the total number of sheep are 19,559, including those shipped, fit for use and those not fit for use, from which pelts must be de livered. HARDIN LIONS CLUB HAVE ENJOYABLE “LADIES’ NITE” The Ladies’ Night social session of the Hardin Lions club at Pine Lodge, last Monday night, was a very enjoyable affair. In the neighborhood of 60 Lions and Lionesses were in attendance and enjoyed the entertaining program, presided over by Roy O. Cham bers. chairman of the entertain ment committee, the two other members being Bert W. Kron miller and Jens Kalberg. Dave H. Brewer of the Hardin high school faculty, sang two old-time songs, “In Deep River,” and “I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen;” Miss Jean Starr, also of the high school faculty, gave a humorous reading, impersonating a back woods preacher. Under the direc tion of Mrs. G. A. Baker and Mrs. Paul Schaller, 15 ladies put on a stunt which created much mer riment. Those taking part in this number were Mesdames L. P. Ken yon, L. R. Cool, E. C. Kuehn, R. P. Ross, R. B. Saunders, Jens Kal berg, L. E. Haverfield, F. S. Mor rison, M. A. Thompson, James Durkin, Dell M. Kelly, R. O. Chambers, Mrs. G. A. Baker, L. J. Tintinger and Paul Schaller. President Frank S. Morrison wel comed the Lionesses in a few well chosen words. LOCAL BRIEFS At last Tuesday’s city council meeting permits to drill for gas were granted John W. Goering, S. A. Yergey and the Big Horn County Bank. Mrs. Chas. A. Corkins left on Tuesday evening’s train for Butte, where on Wednesday and Thurs day of this week she represented the Hardin Rebekahs at the grand state assembly. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Quest and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Quest returned Thursday evening from a three weeks auto trip to Kearney, Grand Junction, Shelton and Omaha, visiting relatives on the old stamping grounds.