The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-10-19
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from reports In darQln,
many hunters came home empty
handed on the first day of deer
hunting season. s@ - I
Traffic was heavy on roads
leading to deer country, eS-
pecially No. 8 to Lame Deer and
the Sarpy road, but deer were
reported scarce and a small
percentage of the nimrods re-
turned home with meat for the
table.
One Hardin hunter we heard
of got his deer all right but
spent a chilly evening on the
Wolf mountains when darkness
closed in on him after he had
temporarily lost his bearings.
Elmer EaSton, proprietor of
the West End service station,
split company with his hunt
ing companions about z a.. m.
Sunday morning and after bag
gfng his game, became tempor-
rarily confused in direction and
took down the wrong coulee to
return to camp.
After discovering his error he
retraced his trail to the top of
the mountain and got the pro-
per bearings, but darkness
hampered his return to camp.
Other members of the hunt
ing party began a search and
contacted EaSton via his lonely
campfire on the mountain at
about II o'clock midnight.
The story had a sad ending,
however, when Easton returned
the following day for the four
point buck he had killed and
found it missing. It appeared
that some other hunter had
been in the vicinity later and
went home with the game.
Highway Patrolman Bob Bragg
didn't get a deer, but was &C
cuSed of prevaricating when he
reported to Sheriff Roy Riley
and his force that he saw a
bull moose beside the highway
near Dunmore.
To Stymie the ridicule handed
out by the Sheriff'S officers,
Bragg planned to go back and
shoot the animal and pay the
fine, but his story was authent-
icated later when Rancher Larry
Dawes bagged the critter.
If Bragg had reported seeing a
flying saucer, it wouldn't have
been more unbelievable than a
moose this far from its usual
habitat.
Voters of Big Horn county
who reside within the bounda-
ries of school districts. Nos. 17-H
and s16 will receive ballots at the
coming general election to vote
upon the question of the for
nation of Cemetery District No.
l in Big Horn county.
If the proposition is favored
it would in effect take the Har-
din cemetery from, under the
Jurisdiction of the city of Har-
din, as it is at present, and
place it under the Jurisdiction
of the county.
The cemetery last year was
supported by a two-mill levy on
the taxpayers within the city of
Hardin. The cemetery is used
by residents of the surrounding
territory as well as the people
of Hardin and should be sup
ported by all those who bene-
fit from it.
If the proposition is carried
at the election, the county COM
missioners would have authori-
ty to levy in the district effec-
ted a tax not in excess of one
mill.
It is believed that with the
creation of such a district many
improvements could be made at
the cemetery, the condition of
which now is diSgraceful to the
residents of this area. The GEM
etery is located in an area
which is not under irrigation
and the necessary water for
landscaping can be obtained
only by installation of a pump
ing and sprinkling system.
Creation of the district, we
think. would make possible i'm
proyements at the cemetery
which would make it one of
which the entire community
could be proud.