The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07
(Fr0m Our Helena Correspondentl

(FrOm Our Helena Correspondent
Montana grown beef is considered
Cne best of anything in the west, ac-
cOrdlng to telephone call from Wallis
HuldekOpher at Chicago to DIR. w. j.
Butler, state veterinarian Mr.. Hufde-
kOpher received $I3.4O for 81 of his 3
and 4-yearrOid steers, the highest price
ever paid for western cattle. The Ship
ment of 37I head by Mr.. HuidekOpher
Co the Chicago market average SASS
hundred. The steers which tODped
the market average 1880 pounds each.
Fifty-four steers, weighing 1 500 pounds
each, brought $3.50; 1OS steers WEIGHING
l,l8O pounds brought S12, and spayed
he1rers averaging 1,150 pounds brought
S11:50. In all, MIR. Huidekopher had ap-
proxlmately 10 carloads in the 1927 ship
ment.
While the Montana Public Service com
mission dismissed a complaint of J. Fl.
stevens, an attorney of Shelby, attacking
the rates charged for natural gas in
that city, the commission served notice
on the Great Northern Utilities company
that 1t will, of it's own motion, under
take an investigation of these rates as
we'll as the relation of the company's ex-
penseS and revenue to its investment
Stevens complaint was dismissed be-
cause 1t failed to state sufficient cause
for action.
Elk may be shot in a portion of San
ders county between Nov. IL and Nov
10, 1t has been announced by T. N. Mar
lowe OF Missoula, chairman Of the state
fish and game commission. The action
taken by the board at it's meeting re-
Gently, was in answer TO an application
made by spOrtsmen in the vicinity OF
Thompson Falls, asking that certain
areas be opened, NGr. Marlowe said. One
all DF .F%
territory within the specified time, II
was announced
The following territory in Sanders
county was opened by the commission
Beginning at the mouth of the Thomp-
son river where it flows into the Clark's
FORK OF the Columbia, thence following
up this stream to the mouth of the Wesi
Fork and thence up the West Fork tc
Mount Headley; thence along the Yer
million rtver-Graves creek-Deep creek
divide to Slide Rock mountain, which
is at the head of Deep creek; thence dowr
| Deep creek to the Clark's Fork river
Jhence following up the north bank Of
the Clark's Fork river to the Thompson
river.
| Because OF apparent misunderstanding
| by the state purchasing agent of the Iega
power OF the state fish and game com.
mission to purchase required article.
!
the commission in special session, to ar.
range a conference with the state boarC
OF examiners for an understanding.
According to the Interpretation Of th,
law in an opinion by Attorney Genera
Foot, the board of examiners has no au
thority to interfere In any way with ac
tions of the fish and game commission
except as an auditing committee to ascer
tain the correctness Of figures containeC
in acquisitions.
Complaints made to the game com
mission were to the effect that th
purchasing agent has interrupted tht
progress of purchase orders and causeC
revision of plans of the board In sucl
matters as the purchase of Hungarian
pheasants, liver for fish food at th,
hatcheries, duck food, and similar mat
ters. Tt was said that while hatchery sI
perintendents were pleading for addi
tional fish food the purchase orders wer
held up because Of a fractional differ
ence in price and difficulties resulted.