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Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-13
Supply of American Bison Wiped Out;
Few Surviving Herds Throughout u. S.

Our buffalo, the American bison,
is forever gone in its old abundance.
The laundering herds of millions,
sweeping from the Canadian
prairies to the Gulf of Mexico and
back in their search for fat grazing
lands, could not now be tolerated in
a country of railroads, towns, fences
and farms, writes Ding Darling in
the Washington Star.
There are many men now living
who can recall the last of the vast
herds. Bison vanished east Of the
Mississippi about 1900. but the last
wild specimens were killed in the
West less than so years ago. Sixty
years ago, at Kearney, Neb., there
was q factory for canning buffalo
tongues. Buffalo robes were the
standard equipment for every one
who owned q horse and buggy.
Bales Of raw buffalo hides sold at
4 cents q pound.
From the buffalo the Indians got
food, clothing and shelter, the hides
being used in making tepees. Hunt
ed with arrows and lances, the enor-
nous herds were never seriously
affected before the coming Of the
white man. Great lobo wolves
followed the buffalo ~ they moved
up and down the country and de-
struyed The Weak and old.
Tbs white man mada abort work
g mib Gnsqe natural en6oWnons.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-13

basque blouse hugs in (by means
Of darts), to make the waist look
small. The skirt has such a pref
ty fare. Both can be worn with
other things. Choose wool crepe,
nat crepe, silk print or MORE. Il
will be pretty, this summer, in
crisp cottons, too.
Three Pretty Aprons.
Make this dainty, useful set Of
aprons now, and have it ready
when spring weather arrives and
people begin to drive up unex-
pectedly for meals. You'll enjoy
having the aprons right now, too,
when you serve refreshments to
your club. This set is a nice party
prize, and a gift idea for your
friends who are brides-to-be. It in
cludes two practical pinafore
styles, both made so that they cam
not slip off your shoulders when
you have your hands in the dish
water. Also, sweet little frilly tie
around. Choose dinity, linen, per-
Gale OF dotted Swiss.
The Patterns.
No. 1857 is designed for sizes 10,
IL, IA, and 16 years. Size IL re-
quires 17s yards of 80 inch mate
rial for long-sleeved blouse; rs
yards for short-sleeved blouse; ~
yard for contrasting collar and 17s
yards for skirt.
No 1889 is designed for sizes 80,
"a, SO, 38, 40, AZ, A and 46. Size
"a requires, for apron No. l. 2
yards of IS inch material and IL
yards of braid. For apron No. 2,
IA yards of IS inch material and
9yards of braid. For apron No. 3,
IN yards of IS inch material and
yards of pleating.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920,
211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, III.
Price of patterns, IS cents Tin
coins) each.
Bell Syndicate.-wNU Service.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-13
shadowIess Groundhoa

Grounding day, February 2. is
Q perennial calendar joke on peo-
pie who persist in belief in the
Sign Of the Shadow. For their
little rodent prophet never fails to
deceive them by sleeping while
they watch. The grounding is
one Of the soundest of all winter
sleepers, and has never been
known to emerge from his coy
winter quarters until long after
his shadow could be a matter of
public concern. He appears about
the end Of February in the more
southerly part of his range. as
late as May up in the mountainous
northwest.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-13
rs Time to Sew
ForNow and Spring

IT'S fun to sew during the long
: winter evenings. when you use
these simple patterns, each in
Guiding q detailed sew chart, so
that you can follow them with no
trouble, and listen to the radio at
the same time. Right now, the
stores have grand bargains in fab
RIGS. too, so it's certainly the time
to get some sewing done. You
can make such pretty things, and
save so much money. by doing it.
Two-Piecef for Girls.
Here's a charming dress that
girls in the 10-to-16 size range will
love for school, and it's so easy
to do that those who like sewing
can make it themselves. The
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-13

he he Way Thsusands Knew b
Ease Disesmfst 4 Cslds ani Ssee
Threat Aeesmpaayag Cslds
The simple way pictured above
often brings amazingly fast relief
from discomfort and sore throat
accompanying colds.
Try it. Then see pour docsof.
He probably will tell you to com
tinue with the Bayer Aspirin be-
cause it acts so fast to relieve dis
comforts Of a cold. And to reduce
fever.
This simple way. backed by
scientific authority. has largely sup
planted the use Of strong medicines
in easing cold symptoms. Perhaps
the easiest, most effective way yet
discovered. But make sure you get
BAYER Aspirin.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-13

As soon as slight profit was dis
covered in the mass slaughter the
leather markets of the world were
glutted with the cheap hides from
the American bison and every farm
er who wanted one could afford a
buffalo overcoat.
There was little enough sport in
buffalo hunting, and at times the
plains were strewn with the rotting
carcasses Of splendid animals, killed
for their hides alone.
The American Bison society has
made close study Of the history
Of the buffalo. It is estimated that
IN 1870 the surviving herds num-
bered about $4,000, 900. The last CEN
sus Of bison, in 1879, gave 3,38s
animals at large in the United
States-living within the protection
Of national parks and United States
Biological survey refugees. II Is es-
timated there are 1880 in Canada.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-13

very far away, as unsubstantial as
a dream, that morning when he
held Heather's arms and watched
her shining eyes grow dark.
The realization of her appeal con-
fused him. He must get away, get
away into the barrens, have a
chance to think. She was hardly a
woman; it seemed unfair.
The following morning Alan and
Noel took the Peterboro on their
shoulders and carried past the gorge
while Napayo, to avoid the wrath Of
the spirits, made wide circle and
met them above. Before they start
ed, Heather drew Alan to one side.
Father is mad about the gold
he's getting. Those nuggets he got
on that sand bar almost drove him
crazy. He refuses to think of the
food supply. / do! I know you're
worried, Alan," she said.
1T is serious, Heather. The mi
grafton may pass fifty miles beyond
us. Then everything will depend on
the salmon. Don't touch the emer-
gency flour and other stuff. We've
got to save it for the trip home"
Il won't! Take care of yourself,
Alan" she almost whispered. Good
luck!"
With the dogs running the shore,
the canoe made good time up
stream. They camped far above
the gorge and, in the morning, went
back on the tundra. The white moss
hills were etched and lined with the
old paths Of caribou. but although
they Travelled all day, they saw no
deer. Patches Of cloud berries, blue
berries, and moss berries were be-
ginning to ripen, and the excited
dogs soon found where barren
ground bear had already tested
them. From small clumps of deer
bush and dwarf spruce, Lapland
longspur rose before their approach
with their merry "Chee-chups!" Gu
rious ravens followed them deep into
the barrens from the river. Far
into the tundra travelled the hunt
ers, with the dogs on leashes, for
they hoped to see and stop bear,
but no game except the ever-present
ptarmigan, an occasional looping
hare, or curious fox. met the
sweep of Alan's binoculars.
On up the river pushed the canoe
for three days, while Napayo kept
abreast Of them on the high shore,
watching for game. At the third
camp, when again the search Of the
! karra0a fnr daap had b~>r S-,,sxi
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-13

Leaping In and out, lodging the
slashes Of the knife-edged claws, the
four dogs held the bear at bay until
Alan reached his gun. Before he
could use It, rife, behind him,
crashed. crashed again. The bear
swayed. Two long clawed forefeet
paved the air as the dogs closed
in. With grunt the beast lunged
into the berry heath. q black dog
upon him.
Like the surf over a rock, the
four Ungavas swarmed over their
enemy. Behind Alan stood Noel
pumping an exploded shell from his
rifle.
by gar, Alan," cried the excited
Noel, dat Rough ees smart! De 3D.
der dog stop at de first bear, but
Rough, he see de bear chase you
and he stop heem wild de bite on
hees tail. run, but I was scare
to shoot wen you were SO close to
dat bear. By gar, dat ees YER
smart dog, for sure!"
YES" said Alan, watching the
angered huskies milling over the
carcass of their dead enemy. Hes
a great dog, Noel-one in a thou
sandl He'd die for me, and I'd die
for him!"
While the dogs had their first full
meal in days, the men cut up the
bear meat and back fat and, LASH
ing their tump-lines to the heavy
loads packed them down to the riv-
er. Their caribou hunt was q fail.
ure, but they now had food to tide
them over until the salmon run
without touching their emergency
rations. So they started for camp
for Alan was worried.
That night in their camp down the
river Napayo talked Of the life Of
his people-the northern Naskapi
who traded at Fort Chino. From
his boyhood. life had been very
hard. When they met the caribou
migration in the summer and could
dry quantities Of meat, there were
no terrors in the whitening winds
that swept the interior in the moons
OF the long SHOWS. But often the
deer changed their route in the late
summer and the hunters watched in
vain at the old trails at lake and
river crossings. Then there was
wailing in the tips before the long
winters end, for, unless they had
cached a huge supply of salmon,
they were sure to starve. No one
ever knew where the deer were.
They were like the wind, now here,
now there. When they found the
migration, the deer were like the
leaves Of the forest and the Naskapi
were happy.
The spring before, Napayo said,
his family had been in a starving
condition. That was why they as
cended the Koksoak beyond the Nj
piw, the dead line. The night be-
fore, an owl had hooted in a tree
northeast of their camp on the Kok-
soak. And Death, in the Naskapi
legends, always comes from the
northeast. It came that night.
Alan asked him what he thought
they had better do. II the deer did
not soon appear on the River of
Skulls.
The Naskapi shook his head.
"They may be moving now far in
the land where the sun sleeps" He
pointed into the west. but II they
cross the Big River as many as
the stars, and 60 into the country
Of the rising sun, only Gitchi Mani
tou will know. You cannot follow
and find them. They must come to
you. If they do not come, you will
freeze and starve."
Alan glanced at the disconsolate
Noel who sat, chin cupped in hands.
Were not going to starve, Ma
payo," he said, with finality. "We're
going to dry enough salmon to see
us through, deer or no deer"
ITO BE CONTINUED)
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-13
Critain Leads in Liners

Great Britain owns more than
half of all the great ocean liners
in the world today. Out Of total
of 1877 steam and motor vessels Of
over 5000 tons which are listed
in Lloyd's Register of Shipping,
England owns 80, the United
States 10, Italy and Germany II
each, France IL, Holland 9,
Sweden 4, Japan 8, and Norway q
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-13

L 70 ease paia ~
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D4ru IablolD-6hk
Q Glsss Of wslse. ~
Doat h Z he9a.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-13

~
In fishing for compliments
you must use live bait.
Never put on till tomorrow
what you can do today. There
may be q law against II to
morrow.
One thing that can't be pre-.
served in alcohol is dignity.
A man has left an estate con.
sisting c: hundreds Of old
clocks. 1t will take some wind.
ing up.
Philatelists are easy to rec
ognize, I'm told. Men after the
same stamp?
Even II the government
doesn't raise our income tax,
we'll have TO.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-13
But Why Suier7 Here's
hosO you can s.Alkalize"
anyfine-anytDhere-fhe
easy '.PhiHips'" soayl

WHY SUFFER from headaches,
s.Ras," ''upsets" and ''biliousness'
due to Acid Indigestioa-when now
there ID q way that relieves excess
stomach acid with incredible speed.
Nmply take two Phillips Milk Of
Magnesia Tablets At first sign Of
distress. Garry them with you
take them unnoticed by Others.
Results are amazing. There's no
nausea or ''bloated's feeling. Il
produces no "Ras" to embarras you
and offend others. '.Acid indiees-
ton disappearh You feel great.
Get q bottle Il liquid ''phlllips'"
ipe home use. And q box of Phfllipe'
MIX IL Maene6ia Tablas to carry
With you. But -be sure any bcttJe
q bo1 yuu accept = c3eaFiy marked
~RRidipf" NH q Maonslia.
pmlleg III e mAo1lEsla
= n tsouuo q SAsl1 eoaA
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-01-13

As We Know Happiness
Happiness lies in the conscious
ness we have Of it, and by no
means in the way the future keeps
its promises.-George Sand.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-30

went to another Iowa strapling, FL
lott Brown. Next year Elliott came
back and won the grand champion
ship with an Angus steer, Lucky
Strike" This steer brought even
better price-$8.25 a pound, which
is still a record. Today young Brown
has a purebred Aberdeen-Angus
herd.
Not until 1885 did another youth
come through. At that years show
19-year-old Cleo E. Yoder, also from
Iowa, took the grand championship
with ''Pat's Blue Ribbon" Yoder
is now farming in partnership with
his brother, and they're building
up herd of purebred beef cattle
from the head start they had in
All projects.
Just to prove that beef cattle
raising is becoming sissy business,
the 1888 championship went to-of
all things-a 14year-old grill Men
and boys alike hung their heads in
shame when Irene Brown, an Illi-
nois lassie, paraded her !, 130-pound
Angus steer around the ring. Later
he was sold for $3,785.50.
Break Record This Year.
This year, according to the expo
sition's management, young Amer
lea is coming back stronger than
ever. Boys and girls from Is states
have listed entries for 48O baby
beeves which they will exhibit in
the junior contest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-30
SEEDS
Strange Facts
Buddha Statues Lead
] Printers Passion
. Bullets Penetration .

Throughout the world, statues of
Buddha far outnumber those of
Christ. In China and Japan, par
ticularly, millions of them, vary
ing greatly in size and shape, fill
temples, courtyards, caverns and
public and private gardens. 1t is
not unusual to find 10000 small
Buddhas carved in the walls of a
remote and abandoned cave.
Found unconscious in the street,
a young Hungarian printer stated
that, Tilted by his girl, he had set
her full name and address in large
type and swallowed the lot.
A clock which, it is claimed, will
go forever, has been produced by
a Swiss firm. 1t depends on at
moSpheric variations to wind its
main-springs. A change of a few
degrees in temperature keeps it
going for two or three days.
The penetrating power of bull
let sometimes depends more on
its type and target than on its
velocity. During tests in which
pointed bullets were fired into
moist sand, the penetration was 10
inches at so feet, IA inches at 300
feet and 16 inches at 1900 feet
Golfers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-30

where we will elect the Chief
Crouch. We hope to keep on rem
dering great and grouchy service
to the public"
Mr.. Rogers, no mean crouch him.
self, is a prominent Hartford hotel
man, director of the New England
council, and the Hartford Chamber
OF Commerce, and a member of the
Connecticut development commits
sion.
The Crouch Club of America
founded on a non-profit basis, lists
its reasons for Incorporation as fol.
lows:
/. To provide an organized outlet for the
grouches carried by all human beings.
2. To promote a National Crouch dav
upon which the people of America NAV
give harmless vent to their grouches.
3. To preserve the greatest of all Amer.
can institutions. the home, by combating
the devastating trend towards divorce.
4. To select the leading American Crouch
and the leading international crouch.
5. To survey and analyze the most ex.
asperating national grouches. and through
this analysis. to help alleviate them.
g. To preserve the national sense of
humor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-30
Our Cotton Exports Are
Continuing to Decline

We have witnessed the spectacle
OF our secretary of agriculture seek
ing to get our cotton or some other
farm product into foreign markets
by use of various forms of cash paw
ments to the producers. While he
has been passing out checks. our
exports have declined and are con-
tinuing to decline, and there is moth
ing that can be done about it. Other
folks have learned to grow cotton
and they are not going to stop. We
cannot control them by law saying
a farmer must plant only so much.
or that there must be six million
little pigs killed off.
I was asked recently for nv own
opinion on the outlook for business.
My reply was that disliked making
gloomy predictions. Pollyanna stuff
is much more pleasant. On the
other hand, President Hoover tried
hard to get prosperity to come
around the corner, and he looked
rather ridiculous when she stayed
just around the corner through more
than nine years up to the present
time. Secretary Hopkins, of the de-
partment of commerce, is irving
now to induce the coy young woman
to come around the same corner.
His department has been issuing
statements about bulges in produc-
ton and in sales and in shipments.
But could not read the figures the
same way the secretary read them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-30
Solons Find New Interest - the Motorist
10000 Bills Introduced This
Year, but Only 1000
Are Passed.

NEW YORK. - The hard
l y pressed American motor
list has supplanted the equally
as hard-pressed farmer as the
favorite topic of the nations
lawmakers, it is revealed in a
survey of motor vehicle laws
considered by state legislatures
which have been in session this
year.
More than 10000 bills af-
fecting motorists in one way
or another were introduced in
the A state legislatures which
convened this year. Of these,
more than 1000 were written
into law, placing the automobile
owner far ahead of the farmer and
even the relief client as the ''most
legislatively discussed single class
of persons in the United States.
From the standpoint of motorists
who have campaigned for reduced
taxation and more sinplified and
uniform regulations, most of the
new laws are good but large num-
Der are of doubtful benefit.
Speed Laws Changed.
With solons largely indisrssed to
lift any considerable amount of the
81, $40, 900, 900 tax burden carried by
motor vehicles, automobile owners
can derive a modicum of satisfac-
ton from the liberalization of speed
laws in a number of states. Limits
which were ridiculously low against
the background of automotive devel-
opment have been stepped up to as
high as legal so and even 60 miles
an hour for daylight driving in sew
eral states.
Dozens of bills reinforced and re-
defined existing legislation. A not
able example was set by Pennsyl-
vania which gained national praise
several years ago by enacting a So
mile speed limit and conducting a
statewide personal pledge campaign
among drivers to insure better OBJ
servance. Recognizing that more
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-30

BLOW FOR DRUNKEN DRIV-
ers-Conring into popularity is the
balloon test" for allegedIy into1i-
Gated drivers. As demonstrated
aboue, the drunk" bloros into the
balloon, and by analysing his
breath in the portable machine the
officer gets q positive analysis of
the amount of liquor behind it.
liberal speed limits and continued
running at high speeds require that
cars and equipment be in good con-
dition, the Keystone state solons
made it unlawful for any person to
drive motor vehicles with tire worn
down to the fabric or showing break
er strip or cushion gum. The new
law, which went into effect Septem-
Der l, is expected to bring about a
marked increase in highway safety
as it eliminates one of the principal
causes of skids and blowouts-the
use of smooth tires-a hazard which
menaces not only those riding in We
hicles equipped with WORKOUT cas-
ings but also occupants of other cars
which might be sideswiped or struck
when such tire failure occurs.
Campaigns Underway.
This bill, which comedies with
safety and non-skid campaigns con-
Quoted over a period of years by
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-30
What's Your Pet Crouch? This Pioneer Hopes Cure 1t
By Studying Cop Versus Robber and Husband Versus Wife

HARTFORD, CONN. = The
L L grouches of America will
be homeless no longer! There's
a safe refuge for your crouch
and your neighbours crouch in
the newly formed Crouch Club
of America, which has just been
incorporated on a non-profit
basis in Hartford.
The Crouch club was init
ated by Willard B. Rogers, its
president, prominent New Eng
land hotel man and civic leader.
Mr.. Rogers formed his organiza-
ton because he felt that too many
people accumulate grouches and do
nothing about them. He believes a
definite outlet for grouches would
improve the temper of the country.
and eventually result in abolishing
grouches altogether!
Seek International Crouch
The first task of the Crouch club
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-11-30

will be the collection and tabulation
of specific grouches held by one
section of the public against another
section, and the selection of lead
ing American and international
grouches.
Whats the chief crouch hus-
bands have against wives, and wives
against husbands?" asks Mr.. Rog-
ers. "We want to find out. We're
sending out thousands of letters to
assorted husbands and wives, and
will make the results known.
by making these known, we are
clearing the air for happier rela-
tionships. Well do the same thing
for other groups that have grouches
against members of the same group,
for instance: employers and employ
ees, hotel keepers and guests; taxi
drivers and patrons; cops and rob-
bers, etc. The field, as one can
see, is unlimited
Plan Meeting of Grouches.
"We hope to hold a national
crouch convention in Hartford soon,