Time Capsule: From the Archives
The Ronan Pioneer, Dec. 27, 1973
Vietnam Vets meet Jan. 3 in Polson
“A meeting to discuss the bills currently before the Montana Legislature dealing with the NAM Veteran Bonuses has been called for Thursday, Jan. 3, at 8 p.m. at the VFW Hall,” stated Leland Schoonover, Chairman of the American Legion Legislative committee.
“Presently, there are four or five different bills before the Montana Legislature, which deal with the subject, to be considered at the upcoming session,” he added, emphasizing, “It is important that veterans decided which one would be the most important, and then for them to urge Lake County’s legislators to support that particular measure.”
All Veterans, both NAM and otherwise, are urged to attend this meeting, because other matters of importance will also be discussed, he said.
Lake County’s three legislators have been invited to attend and listen to the opinions of the veteran’s group.
Treasurer Urges Buying License Tabs Via Mail
Mail service can go a long way towards easing the wait in line for 1974 motor vehicle license tabs, which will go on sale in the office of Lake County Treasurer Marjorie D. Knaud on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
No new plates will be issued this year. Tabs for 1974 are to be affixed on the 1973 green and ivory plates
George White Writes about Windshield Geography
By Christina Harrison
George White of Ronan has just published another book. It is called “Wind-Shield Geography of the Flathead.”
The book is illustrated with photos taken by George White and also maps drawn by him. His wife, Beverly White, drew the charcoal sketch of Round Mountain, east of Ronan, for the attractive front cover.
The book is not fictional; it is to point out some of the geological features that can be seen while taking a scenic drive through the Flathead Valley. It has some early geological history and tells about the Glacial Age. Maps and photographs describe the geological sites from Kalispell, Whitefish area to Evaro, Dixon and Hot Springs areas.
The Flathead Courier, Dec. 27, 1923
Montana Heifer World’s Champ
College Elvira, a junior four-year-old Holstein heifer owned by Montana State College in Bozeman, has broken the world’s record for milk and butter production among cows of her age owned by state institutions and also established a new junior four-year-old butter record for Montana, according to a report issued by college officials.
The test was made under the supervision of local officials of the Holstein-Fresian association of America and the results have been verified by the superintendent of advanced registry of that association. College Elvira produced 21.970.8 pounds of milk and 1,098.6 pounds of butter in the year’s test.
Buck goes wild, attacks keeper
The six-year-old whitetail buck deer in the west deer paddock at Gibson Park in Great Falls has gone loco, and made a desperate attempt to kill the park superintendent, Frank Reimer, recently, the latter’s life being saved only by desperate work on the part of former Alderman Sleevy with a large hardwood club.
The male deer generally go loco for a time during rutting season and the whitetail was raging up and down the fence to such an extent that Mr. Reimer concluded to put him in the house and entered the paddock for that purpose. He and Mr. Sleevy were driving the animal in.
As Mr. Reimer turned the door to close it, the deer sprang and knocked him to the ground and began goring and trampling him. Reimer, though a powerful man, was helpless. Mr. Sleevy had a hardwood club and rushed in beating the deer over the head and stunning him with several blows, which gave Mr. reimer a chance to crawl away; the infuriated animal charged Mr. Sleevy several times, but the club proved effective, and both men got out of the paddock.
Besides having his clothing almost tom from him and suffering many bruises and small cuts, Mr. Reimer was gored in the right leg above the knee, suffering a cut four inches long and four inches deep.
The whitetail buck is still raging in the paddock and the public is warned to keep away from him. Should his rage continue he will be tied, or placed in the paddock house for a time until he becomes his normal and gentle self again.
Sheriff closes pool hall
Sheriff Kelly got up early Christas morning, about the time Santa Claus was making his rounds, and drove down to Arlee where he placed under arrest Felix Barnaby, pool hall proprietor of that place. The sheriff locked up the pool hall and brought Barnaby to Polson where he was arraigned the morning before Judge Asa L. Duncan in district court on a charge of operating without a license.