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8 WEDNESDAY MORNING THE BUTTE MINER MARCH 7, 1923. nntnnn tmnmo nnn hi oh I mi Passed by Last Legislq tire VISIT OUR BOOTH AT THE AUTO SHOW) Many Big Changes Closed Season on Game Fish, Si Auto tt Auto Cnnm- 1 I ZJ- li-on r.l one deer at any age or sex may be killed during the open season. Prairie county was added to the list of counties closed during all of the year and the southern part of Gallatin county was thrown open. The duck season has been made open from September 15 to December 15 of each year, and there is an edded pro Smaller Catch Is Allowed, Bears Given Some Protection, and There Are Others. SHiES Helena, March 5 (Special) For the first time In the history of Montana there will be a closed season on game fish as the result of the passage by the eighteenth legislative assembly of Senate bill fto.

41, which is known as the game and fish bill. A number of important changes are made in the law relating to game and fish in addition to the provision for the closed season on fish. The closed fishing season is mixed as between the 15th day of March and the 28th day vision that it shall be unlawful to have possession of migratory birds after January 10, following the closing of the season. The killing of Hungarian partidge or the ring necked pheasant has been made unlawful at any time, and the penalty as fixed by the new law is a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $250 and imprisonment of not more than 60 days in pail. CommUsIon'a Powfr Limited The powers of the fish and game commission have been curtailed to the extent that the commission is limited in power to the closing of certain districts and the opening of only such district as the commission itself- has closed.

The commission cannot open a district closed by law unless special provision of the law is so made. Musk rats shall not be trapped until after November of 1925, and all fur bearing animal are protected from the trapper between April 1 and November of May, inclusive. Chinook, salmon, silver salmon, cockeye salmon, yellow perch, black bass, sun fish, pike, linng to? i-T- Day ana cat nsn are piacea on tee game fish list by the provisions of the new law and white fish is that those having a seining license for the seining of carp, buffalo and suckers may do so. The game commission is given power to change the closed season In certain parts of the state. Another feature of the new bill is I For everyone, ladies, men, children, boys, This Week misses 1 of each year.

Dealers will receive -n cents for each hunting and fishing license sold, according to the provisions of the new law. The ten cent fee is deducted from the amount of the license, and is not an additional charge to the purchaser of the license. The trapping of beaver is permitted S3 I the provision putting bear in the list of game animals. The bear has not been placed on the protection list, however, but in the future it will be unlawful, to kill bear unless such person possesses a hunting license, the bear being no longer a predatory animal. Trappers are forbidden to trap him also.

Cascade county is the lone county in Montana which is closed for grouse, sage hen or prairie chicken The season for these birds is from September IS to 24. Representative Pilgeram of Cascade county secured an amendment to the bill making a closed season in his county on chickens. for Anything ih lhe Wori wnere tne owner of the land upon II I II El I I IWIINN Mil Mlllll IVII AlllUV UIV 1AUIV UIIV1T 1 h3 "uuiji uiiu6 is ueing aone Dy oeaver secures a license costing $10 for such trapping. The game warden is required to investigate the matter of whether That's What Everyone Will Tell You That Has Been in Attendance At real bargain sale prices il There is no chance in the amount Of the owners land is being damaged and may in his discretion send a state trap- per to the property. All skins secured in such trapping must be aent to the.

state game warden's office properly' cured, to be tagged. A fee of 60 cents is to be charged for the tagging and licenses, but a new license, one for trappers, has been added to the license list and the fee is $10 yearly. No gun larger than a ten gage is permitted to shoot game animals or game birds. Elk and Deer Season The open season on elk is left as previously by the bill, the season being from October 15 to November 15, The Attendance Grows! Crowds Display Enthusiasm Over Cars and Our Auto -Necessity Displays As each exhibit is passed in review it reveals a personality all its own. From the great market places of the country new, dependable and desirable auto necessities have come and are on display at the Auto Show and in our store in the heart of the shopping district, main floor Pennsylvania block.

The prestige and purchasing power of the MONTANA HARDWARE CO. have made ppssible startling opportunities for If you are unable to attend the Auto Show shop at our store you're welcome whether you wish to buy or not. wun a limit or one elk of either six. The same counties remain closed as formerly. The only exception are that elk may be killed in season north ot the Blackfoot river in Powell and Lewis and Clark counties, and the sea A shoe sale worth the owner then receives the skins afteV paying transportation charges both ways.

This mustvall be done within 60 days of the trapping. Flab. Limit la Cut The limit of fish to be caught in one day is cut from 25 pounds to 20 pounds, and provision is made that one fish' may be caught in addition to the pound limit. Not more than five game fish that are less than seven inches long may be caught by one person in one day with the exception of yellow perch, sun fish and bass. Four new game preserves were created by the -eighteenth assembly.

There were Spotted 'Bear game reserve on the upper South ForlCf the Flathead; "Wolf Creek game reserves in Lincoln county; Little Joe game reserve in Mineral county, and a bird reserve in Teton county. All shipments of game, furs, fish or game birds going out of the state must be labelled in plain letters on the address side of the package. Governor Dixon has announced that he will sign the bill. while son is extended in Park county to December 20, with the provision that the game commission may close the season there before December 20 by giving five days notice if, In the judgment of the commission this should be dne. The open deer season Is the same as the open season on elk, with a closed reason iin.

the same counties as was formerly provided. The bill makes it unlawful to kill any deer except one male deer with horns not less than four inches long above the top of the skull, in any county except Lincoln, Flathead, Sanders, Ravalli and Mineral, where A Special Invitation to Out-of-Town Visitors A special invitation is extended to all auto enthusiasts, garage and auto owners, their families and friends, to visit our store whether they wish to purchase or not. The Montana Hardware Co. is wholesale and retail dealers in auto accessories, and ours is probably the greatest auto supply house west of St. Paul.

9 FIBS Id DPI MTMBUtK No wartime merchandise; no shelf worn shoes HEW rat SAL 3 HOOD TIRES THE BEST TIRE the world has ever I Monogram OH Carried in stock in cans, drums and barrels produced all sizf in stock. I Those in Vicinity of Billings Registered Stock Will Be Dis posed of at Dillon by Auction on Thursday. Have Purchased Property for That Purpose. Billings. March 6 (Special) The Kamp in Kunifort on Your Auto Trips Dillon, March 6.

(Special.) Cattle- property of the Jersey Creamery company of Billings has been purchased and a campaign is now being carried The shoe sale that Campville, our newly enlarged department, offers greater varieties and greater values this season than ever before and this will without doubt be the greatest outing and camping season Montana has ever knowni DISTRIBUTORS StOLL CAMP AND TOURING COMFORTS is talked about men from every part of the northwest are expected here on Thursday, March 8, for the annual sale of registered cattle conducted by the Montana Hereford Breeders association. Thirty-five head selected from the herds of five breeders will be offered. The consign-mnts include 25 bulls and 10 cows, the majority of them young, just arrived at a serviceable age. A. B.

Cook of Townaend is one of the largest consignors, with 15 head. The Montana State college at Bozeman offers three cows and a bull. Lester Thompson of Bozeman consigns nine head and E. H. Damercll of Bozeman, two head.

George B. Franks of Card- Our Auto Department is in charge of experts and the benefit of their advice is free to you. Only Good Auto Supplies Can merit lasting appreciation throughout years of daily service. Buy the best. on to launch a farmers co-operative creamery in which virtually the entire membership of the Montana Farmers' Educational and Co-operative union will hold stock.

R. J. Healow of the Farmers' Union exchange in Billings said it is expected there will be between 2,000 and 3,000 farmers in the body oi stockholders. The plant will begin operations about April 1, it is said, and on will expand, enlarge the butter plant, and add a cheese factory and storage facilities to handle eggs, poultry, and kindred products. There will also be an Ice cream factory in connection with the creamery.

The Farmers' Union organizations of nearby counties are active in the cooperative creamery, and the entire state organization is' back of the project, officers declare. The company lias been incorporated for $100,000. V. J. Hooper of Edgar, president of the Farmers' union, is also chairman of the creamery il mmmmmm ililiiliiffilllSilffi mmtmm Real reduction on every pair well will have five head in the auction.

The Montana Hereford Breeders association is devoted to the furthering of Hereford interests in the state, and to the assistance and encouragement of Hereford breeders. Shirley S. Ford of Great Falls is president, William McDonald of Mellville is vice-president and George B. Franks of Cardwell is secretary-treasurer. The directors are of the Order of the Eastern Star chapter at Mr.

and Mrs. Ie Crignis were formerly residents of Manhattan, where they have many friends. Mr. DeCrignis was at one time manager of the Manhattan malting plant and later ran the Manhattan hotel. A brisk wind was blowing and the eight bills had been blown from his hand while walking on the streets.

He had no intimation of. his loss until lie arrived at the local business house, Mr. Hawkins is a pioneer in this part of the state and says this is the first time he was ever a victim of the tricks of the wind. Lester Thompson of Bozeman. C.

N. Ar- ROUNDUP Baker-Glendive field and adds some wet gas encountered at 595 which is the first real indication of tends to show there is hardly any ju tion but what oil will be found in ing quantities. He says turther that the Absar and Floremw oil companies plan spudding in a test well as a joint pr osition in section 24-4-61. which be a thorough test, and if oil is foi it will mean much to eastern Monta as the structure is a large one tremendous possibilities. nett of Bozeman and L.

Chatterton of Spion Kop. FOLLOWS THE TRAIL OF SCATTERED BILLS AND FINDS THEM ALL Miles City, March 6 (Special) Leaving the city hall here with nine ten-dollars bills in his hand, Jack Hawkins arrived at a business house with only one oi the bills. Looking over the lone bill and searching through his pockets he could not locate any others. Stepping outside of the building he found one near the door. Another was located a block away.

Continuing the FLORENCE OIL COMPANY MANHATTAN Roundup, March 6. (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fuqua and their son arrived last Sunday from Three Forks. Mr.

Fuqua is the manager of the Mountain States Telephone company of Roundup, succeeding W. W. Hibbard, who has been transferred to Bed Lodge. The Fuquas are located in the C. C.

TTT5" I Manhattan, ftlarcn t. Increased interest in Herefords is noted, along with signs of returning prosperity for cattlemen. Gradual increases in the value of registered Herefords are expected. "Now is a good time to buy," says Secretary Franks. "The man who establishes a herd of Herefords at.

present prices, or who buys herd-improving material while prices are at their present level, is sure to profit in the years to come." I VERY FINE SHOWING Miles City, March 6. (Special.) That the Florence Oil company, drilling near Baker, has a good showing of oil in its well in section 18-4-61, is the information brought to Miles City by J. J. Foley, in charge of the oil de Manhattan' held a splendid poultry meeting Tuesday afternoon in the school building under the supervision i TOE scarcn ne iouna anotner not rar away and continued until he was fortunate A SMALL CHASiGE BURGLAR. Billings, March" 6.

(Special.) Si day night a burglar entered the ho of A Marion here and ravaged a tre, ure trove containing 30 pennies 1 then purloined a pistol which presumably to protect the cc Hopkins house on First street West. Charles Benjamin, tailor, died suddenly last Monday, age 47 years. Burial was made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Old Roundup. He Is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. in having found the remaining eight, amounting to a total of eighty dollars.

partment of the Milwaukee railroad for Montana. Mr. Foley made a special trip to the cf Leo Drewiske. one of the high school teachers, in order to put poultry on a more paying basis through the proper feeding, care, management and market-j ing of it and its products. The problem of a local poultry organization was taken up.

Emmet Douglas of Whitehall bought i Mrs. Volney Haln returned Friday from Olympla, where she was WE called 'on account of the death of her 25? brother. James Steller. lUUlllllllUlllllllllllllllllLUIII'IMIIIIII II I II II 1 11 1 i il Hill The Masonic club held its third an Children's nual meeting In the club rooms Satur day night and elected officers for the 90 head of blooded ewes from tlyae Curtice the past week and shipped them to his ranclr near Whitehall, where he now ranges 18,000 sheep. Elizabeth Collins, a senior in the next year as follows: X.

K. McDonald, president: Frank Brychta, vice presi dent: W. R. Evans secretary and treas Manhattan high school, wins high i urer. The board of directors consists HICKOflYB of O.

C. Leach. W. W. Mercer.

G. A. honors in the shorthand and typewriting contest held in Bozeman the past week. There were also a number of Lewis and G. W.

Mallough. Miss Elsie Sleber. a nurse, arrived re nEALLYKhoke tea makes the Xfhemsmg. In your cup is as refreshing as A whispering breezes that once rustled its leaves; it is ascheay as tfio1 'it released rays of hidden sunshine; it is as mysterious fragrance, flavor and as uken choice tea served the wise men before the dawn of history. THE FINEST TEA cently from Billings and is employed as night nurse at the Roundup hospital.

Garters The only children's garters made with the patented rubber cushion clasp which holds stockings firmly between rubber and rubber. Saves wear and tear on stockings and means less darning. A dance was given Saturday evening BOOT c. at Union hall in No. 3 camp for the benefit of Benko Perakovich, a miner.

who has been ill for the past three years and Is now without funds. Special Trial TIN 104 The fire department was called out THE VORU) PRODUCES" other Manhattan students in other con-testa at the same place, and they made splendid showings for the Manhattan schools and the progress in the different branches of their work. 'Word "has been received in Manhattan of the death of J. 6. of Spokane, the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. O'Dell moved to Spokane a few months The climate did not agre with Mr. O'Dell. but liis condition was not thought serious until the news of his death was received in Manhattan.

He leaves, besides a wife, five daughters and three The O'Dell family made their home in Manhattan for a number of years. Word was received In Manhattan of Ask for the genuine HICKORY byname. A STEIN COMPANY Chicago New York Orange Label Saturday morning to extinguish a blare at the Paris Cleaners, caused by a tub of gasoline igniting while some woolen goods were being cleaned. Very little damage was done. John II.

Hingeveld left Friday for Spring Valley, called there on account of the illness of his aged father and mother. Mies Kathleen Thurston will leave Wednesday for Chicago, where she has been taking training as a public urse, coming home shout 10 days ago to at- hickory" 26 N. MAIN the death of Mrs. Louis DeCrignis Fri- i day at the hospital in Forsyth. I from cancer of the stomach." She leaves Vm rifichnrl and i'kt 41.