50 YEARS AGO • JANUARY 23, 1969

STATE ISSUES CALL FOR

PERMA CURVES PROJECTS

The Montana Highway Commission will open bids for reconstruction of three sections of Montana 200, including the Perma Curves.

Scheduled for grading, paving, fencing and related work are .4 miles at Gould’s corner located 4.5 west of Dixon, .7 of a mile at McDonald Siding located 6.4 miles southeast of Perma and 3.5 miles of the Perma Curves located southwest of Perma.

This section of highway was built by the CCCs in the 1930s and except for surfacing, little construction has been done since.

As you drive through the Perma curves, it is hard to believe that it has been improved. It used to be narrower and had a gravel road bed.

25 MOUNTAIN SHEEP PLANTED IN NOXON AREA

Berray Mountain in the Bull River drainage north of here was the scene of a plant of 25 Rocky Mountain sheep last week, according to Faye Couey, the district game manager of Kalispell for the Montana Fish and Game Dept.

Couey said this area historically has been the home of sheep and it is thought that they “should do very well in this country.”

The sheep were trapped in the Sun River about 75 miles northeast of Great Falls. In the group were seven young rams with about one-half curl to their horns. Couey said it is expected that a number of the ewes will drop lambs this spring. Several of the sheep had colored collars on them that will help F&G Dept. personnel in identification and sightings over the next several months.

STREET PARKING COSTLY FOR COACH

Coach Jim Anderson has reached the conclusion that the most dangerous place for his family auto is to park it in front of his home.

Friday afternoon, he parked it on the street in front of his home while he shoveled his driveway. A passing motorist crashed into the rear of the Anderson vehicle, damaging the bumper.

Sunday, he parked the car on the street temporarily again while he shoveled his driveway after another snowfall.

Once again, the auto was struck by a passing motorist. This time the passerby crashed into the front of the Anderson vehicle and damaged the front bumper and front fender.

LEDGER LINES by K.A.E.

Sportsmen, like Doc Rosdahl, who claim hunting isn’t what it used to be, can call on Vic Stobie to support their claim. A clipping taken from the Feb. 7, 1917 issue of the Helena Record-Herald tells about Stobie and Albert Sales bagging 14 mountain lions in a few hours.

The clipping reads: “Killing 14 mountain lions within a few hours was the thrilling experience that Victor Stobie and A. Sales had a few days ago. They have just returned from a trip to the head of Little Thompson River, where they shot one animal that measured seven feet in length. A little later they killed seven more, one of them a large male, and still later a mother and five young lions about a year old.”

RIDIN’ SHOTGUN

When a new door was installed on the vault at the First State Bank last week during the current remodeling program, Special Deputy Sheriff Garvin Taylor protected the bank’s money with a shotgun during the period when the vault was most vulnerable.

Cash is stored in a large safe located within the vault. The new door weighed 3,500 pounds. It is built of 1½ inch thick hardened steel, to withstand high temperatures.