"Big John," Rodeo's Bucking Horse O F the Year, Named After Montana's

"Big John," Rodeo's Bucking Horse O F the Year, Named After Montana's

if THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27,1962 THE DILLON, MONTANA, DAILY TRIBUNE-EXAMINER PAGE SEVEN the same repsect as a Derby win­ The Dillon Daily POLARIS NEWS "Big John," Rodeo's Bucking Horse ner. TRIBUNE-EXAMINER After selling the horse,. Bloxham 22 So. Montana St. * Mrs. Laura Judge Of The Year, Named attended both the 1961 National Finals Rodeo, in Dallas, and the E. C. Townsend, Publlsher-Mgr. 75 ATTEND PROGRAM championship title playoffs this E. S. Townsend, Editor After Montana's John Reynolds Charles Staulfer, News Editor The Millpoint - Polaris- school year in Los Angeles, just to watch Christmas program brought a large DENVER, December 20—A gen­ rodeo stock contractor at Fowler, Big John in action. Phone 683-2331 crowd last Thursday evening, with tle, easy to. handle ex-workhorse, Colo., Big John dethroned another While prestige attached to the 75 in attendance. Community get- that turns into a spine-rattling cy­ Colorado bronc, palomino Jesse bucking horse award is great in (Subscription Rates In Advance) clone under saddle, today won ro- Montana Bates: to-gethers happen so seldom that James, winner in 1961. The latter the cowboy world, only tangible Per Year ....................... $5.00 special enjoyment is derived when reo’s coveted Bucking Horse of the animal is owned by Hoss Inman, reward is an ornate silver-mounted 6-Months .................................... 2.75 good folks do meet. Special pleas­ Year Award. of Lamar. 3-Months .......... 1.50 halter to be presented during Den­ ure at being able to attend, and Ballot among the nation’s top Big John’s advent into bucking 1-MOnth .........................................75 a request thajt-your-reporter men­ ver’s National Western Rodeo and Out of Montana: twenty professional saddle bronc horse circles came only by chance. Livestock Show, during mid-Jan­ Per Year .................................$7.00 tion the fact, was expressed by 6-Months .............. 3.75 some oldtime neighbors, Mr. and riders named Big John, a 1400- He was half of a work team pur­ uary. 3-Months .......................... 2.00 Mrs. Ted Marchesseau, now lo­ pound gelding, three years off a chased in 1959 near Saskatoon, 1-Month ......... 1.25 Canadian farm as the horse they Sask., Can., and brought to Mon­ Entered as second class matter cated in Hamilton. Besides their The Daily Tribune has some June 12, 1881, at the post office at sincere enjoyment of the program, £pund hardest to ride in 1962. tana .for re-sale. When his team­ very nice magnifying glasses for Dillon, Montana, under the Act of seeing ‘and visiting their neighbors Now owned by Harry Knight, mate turned out to be a balker, reading and for carrying in the March 3, 1879. and friends of the valley made the Big John, left without a working National Advertising Representa­ evening a memorable one. pocket for field use. tive: Inland Newspaper Representa­ Calif. His family, Mrs. Judge and partner, wound up in the hands tives, Inc., 410 North Michigan Dale, were able to join him in time of Jack Bloxham, at Havre. See the typewriter stands at Avenue, Chicago 11, Illinois; 1 Further news concerns Miss Bloxham, who operates a live­ Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, Gale Hayes who will graduate this for Christmas. Their new home is Daily Tribune-Examiner. Good for New York; 4638 J. C. Nichols Park­ at 844 East Tunnell Street, Santa stock auction yard, also furnishes way, Kansas City, Missouri; 413 coming spring, 1963. She plans to sewing, TV, picnicking and all attend Washington State Univer­ Maria, Calif. bucking stock for Montana district Lafayette Building, Detroit 26, Miss Barbara Remely was feat­ around small table. Sturdy, folds Michigan; 915 Olive Street, St. sity and become a veterinarian. high school rodeos. As a last min­ easily. Louis, Missouri; 616 Washington Dan Harrison, stationed at* Fort ured in a solo over TV Channel 4 ute replacement in bareback bronc Street, Denver, Colorado. Sunday. Sill, Okla., and Stephen Johnson, riding, during such a contest at Member: Adv. Checking Bureau on location at Moses Lake, Wash., Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Marches- and Montana State Press Associ seault, Robert and James attended Chinook, in 1960, he used the big are home on vacation to spend sleepy brown. Christmas with home folks. the nice Birch Creek school pro­ ROBERTA THEATRE gram Thursday. The Marchesseault Big John awoke, catapulting into Don Scramstad arrived Satur­ TONIGHT — SATURDAY CLASSIFIED ADS day by car from Edmonton, Al­ grandchildren, t h e Blomquists, the arena, and almost threw his berta, Canada, to spend vacation were the fine entertainers. young rider over the grandstand. "Bon Voyage!" LOST 1 with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. He remained unridden at eight oth­ Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman Parnell Scramstad at Elkhom MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED er high school rodeos that season. Walt Disney Technicolor LOST: Small white purse. Glasses and Springs. A news items of special interest Bloxham happily named his find braces. Glasses badly needed. $10 reward. Leave at Tribune. came from Mr. and Mrs. Milton after Montana’s great all-around SPECIAL MATINEE HELICOPTER SEARCH E. Hayes of Seattle, former neigh­ cowboy, John Reynolds, of Alder. Saturday at 2:00 George Shaffner, prominent cat­ bors of Polaris and Bannack. They Big John’s jekyll and hyde de­ WANTED TO RENT 3 announced the marriage of their tleman of the Grasshopper Valley, meanor won him a host of fans in Times: Mon. to Thursday. 7:30 WANTED TO RENT: 2 bedroom apart­ was on a search last Thursday for daughter, Carol, to Dereld Borth ment or house. Leslie Chalmers, call of Seattle. The wedding was solem- Montana ranching country where Fri. — Sat. — Sun. 7:00 A 9:00 Choteau 466-2139. cattle missing in the summer an honest bucking horse earns frazing area of' the herding asso­ ized December 1. WANTED TO BUY 4 ciation. Flying in a helicopter with the pilot, he discovered, after cir­ WANTED TO BUY: In Montana and cling over the vast territory sev­ Wyoming. Unprotected Hawks and eral times, cattle marooned on owls and golden eagles frozen and Oh Say, Can You See - ? By Reg Manning In good condition. Write me for Warm Springs Creek. Friday, Mr. prices. Jens Tvedt, Roosevelt, Minn. Shaffner and two cowboys, Walt Melcher and Eugene Holloway, WANTED: Jack Rabbits, white tailed 40c. Black tailed 10c. Will pick up in made a trip by way of Wisdom, Dillon Saturday, starting Saturday, to get the snowbound cattle. They Dec. 22, Edward Rltterbush, Lima. went by truck taking three saddle horses and one pack horse. They, WORK WANTED 8 also, were fortified with baled hay, should there be need to strengthen FOR Hay Hauling and Horse Shoeing call 6884129. the cattle for the return trip. The snow was found to be two feet in WORK WANTED: All types of car­ depth. They found four K6 steers. penter work done. By contract or day work. Bud McAlpin, Phone 683- All that was available for the 4071. steers to live on was buck brush and pine needles. Their condition FOR RENT 10 was not as bad as expected, due no doubt to the previous long spell FOR RENT: 2-bedroom house, ideal of mild weather. The cowboys for couple with one child. Call 2110 until five. 2646 after five. reached home Saturday evening with the steers after a long hard FOR RENT: 3-room furnished, apart­ day of rescue work. There still ment. Phone 683-5721 between 9 and 5 or 683-2240. are some missing cattle reported by other members of the herding/ FOR SALE, MISCELLANEOUS 11 association. FOR SALE: Quality 4-drawer steel let­ News of another Seattle family ter file with suspension frame draw­ ers on ball bearings. One drawer is the new location of the George \ has hang-file system, frost tan color, Judge family. George,'son of John $79.50. Tribune-Examiner. Judge, was transferred from Boe­ PRESTO LOGS: clean and easy to ings to an Air Base in Santa Maria, handle. 10 for $1.00. Get them at the Beaverhead Lumber, phone 6832731. See It, drive It! College Motor Sales FOR SALE: Party dresses, sizes 5 pe­ & Service, 1001 So. Atlantic. tite’ to 24%. Latest styles and fabrics. Priced from $8.95. 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