The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-29
RUSSIAN GOLDEN
EAGLE KILLED BY
ANTELOPE HUNTERS

Proudly displaying the corpus
deficit of a Russian Golden eagle,
Erling Brekke and liver Brekke,
TWO stalwart farmers, made the
rounds of Plentywood cafes this
week in search of a proprietor who
might like to point with pride to
a mounted specimen of the aquila
chrysaitus species, spreading his
petrified wings over the hash eat
erS.
ooh, for the day of the Old
Saloon" mournd the elder Brekke,
he found speakeasy proprietors
deaf to his sales talk. 1t appears
that the modern scofflaw comes
to drink and does not remain to
feast his eyes on the works of
art, bathing beauties, ancestral
bartenders and mounted spoils of
the chase or of the fish store that
used to adorn drinking emporiums
when booze was king.
Rare In These Parts.
Getting down TO the bird, the
Brekke who appeared to be the
official spokesman for the sales
Grew, stated for publication that
the Russian or Bolshevik Golden
eagle is rarely seen in this coun-
try, not we assume because Hoov-
er has not yet recognized the So
Wet regime but because the eli
mate of the state of Montana is
too sultry.
The eagle in his possession, he
stated, weighed 101a pounds and
his wing spread from tip to tip
was over seven feet. He fell to
his doom four miles west of An
telope from joint discharge of
rifle and shot gun. He was en-
gagged at his breakfast over the
remains of rabbit when the far
mers spied him. The date of his
demise was fixed at sometime on
Saturday, November %.
Has Many Gifts
Mr.. Brekke informed his audi
ence that his rare specimen of
Aquila chrysaitus, kills foxes and
coyotes and is used to hunt Ante
lopes. He inhabits the near arc
tic and palarctic regions. Unless
he was tracing a consignment of
Canadian Scotch, we rae at a loss
/ to know what he was doing around
here.
Our inquiring reporter became
! interested in the Russian Golden
eagles habits and dropped into the
public library to get the goods on
him. He found nothing incrimin-
ating. The noble bird uses the
same nest year after year which
cannot be said for many a human.
His eyrie is built on a high cliff
and made of sticks. His plumage
is dark brown with neck feathers
light tawny and the tail marbled
with grey and light brown. The
female eagle lays two to four
white eggs notified with red and
purple. The young are clad in
light down.
Student Advised Caution
Somebody advised the huntsmen
to offer the eagle to the public
school faculty but young student
present suggested that the ladies
who are engaged in guiding the
feet of the local youth along the
path of culture and erudition are
! so accustomed to receiving gifts
from their appreciative students
that Messrs. Brekke should take
the precaution of approaching the
! institution of learning with a
good-sized poster inscribed with
the words: FOR SALE. Other
wise the teachers might receive
the bird with a deadly "thank
you" which would leave the sales
men in an embarrassing position.
1t would be rather awkward for
them to face the smiling enemy
with a Ladies how much are you
giving for mine eagle?" after hav-
ing created the impression that
the rare bird was a free-will of
fering.