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The Emporia Gazette from Emporia, Kansas • Page 6

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Emporia, Kansas, Moncky, July 4, 1980 THE GAZETTE MOOSEBURGER Guide Gus Lindgren and a friendly moose share a sandwich. T-his picture was brought back to Emporia by Calvin H. Lambert, who has been in Canada on a fishing trip. Trapper Adopts a Baby Moose, Winds Up "With. Entire Herd (Calvin H.

Lambert, Emporia insurance and rea! eslate man. has relumed from a fishing trip to Cannda with this story of a tanje moose herd.) LAKE ISKWASUM, Manitoba This is the story of Gus Lindgren, an old trapper whose kindness to a dumb animal brought a herd of wild moose to his door. I am sitting at a table in Gus' cabin on the Grassy River, writing the story as Gus told it last night over cups of bitter, strong coffee. Gus was severly wounded in the United States Navy during World War I. With a game leg and a silver plate in his skull, he regained his health prospecting by canoe in summer and trapping by dog team in winter.

All went well with Gus until the episode of the moose. One spring morning as Gus was boating on the lake shore line, he spotted a tiny moose calf. It had been deserted by its mother, "as often is the case, because moose cows usually have twins and figure one offspring is enough to care for in this wilderness. Gu took the calf to his cabin for the night, then back the next 'morning to the place on the lake where he found it. The mother moose didn't show up, so Gus had a baby moose on his hands.

He named the calf Patsy. The calf would not eat until Gus' dog adopt-, ed it and became its wet nurse. The moose, the dog and Gus became pals. Patsy slept in the cabin until she "became so big and awkward she broke up the furniture. Gus then turned her loose, but she stayed around the camp all fall and winter.

The next spring, Patsy disappeared. During her absence she became a mother, and showed up at Gus' camp with a calf. By forest telegraph, the word reached Moosedom that Gus was a soft touch, and one by one, moose, big and small, began to amble into Gus' clearing. Gus fed them all oates, stale bread and dead fish. He could walk among them, even rub their ears, but he had diffi- Interest Rate The rate ot Interest on real estate mortgage even works while yon sleep, so It Is very important that you ascertain this item, as It can make a substantial difference In your c.os ot borrowing.

We suggest you check the rate. The Mutual BIdg. Loan Association Established 1907 culty keeping them out of his cabin. As often happens in this wild country, tragedy struck Gus' game preserve. A hunter came upon Patsy grazing in a clearing, with the faithful dog at her heels.

When the hunter took aim on Patsy, the dog growled. Trie hunter killed both animals. Gus and lost his friends. "Kindness and food will tame wild Gus said as he sipped his coffee. "Moose can be as gentle as cattle unless their calves.

are in danger. Then the moose is the fiercest animal of the North." The story of Gus the Moose Man is known all over the Arctic. Once a killer of fur-bearing animals and a hunter of game, Gus has retired to the easy life of a guide for fishing parties and caretaker at the forest ranger's station. "After Patsy was killed, I never shot another animal," Gus said. "My herd of 11 moose is a problem, especially in winter, but I will continue to care for them as long as I can." U.

N. Secretary to Stress Growth at Economic Meeting UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (AP) U.K. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold is going to Geneva late this week to make his own play in "growthmanship" at a high-level economic meeting.

He will present his argument for "balanced growth" of the world economy at a cabinet ministers' session within the U.N. Economic and Social Council July 11-14. U. S. Undersecretary of State Douglas Dilion will attend.

So will Foreign Ministers Aiichiro Fujiyama of Japan, Jens Otto Krag of Denmark, J. M.A.H. Luns of the Netherlands and British Minister of State David Ormsby-Gore. Vice President Richard M. Nixon recently derided "growthman- ship," on the U.S.

national scene, as a "fashionable political parlor game" of figuring out how to boost economic growth. In a St. Louis speech, he opposed government manipulation "to at an, arbitrary, fixed percentage rate of growth." He said the United States already could beat the Soviet Union in the 20th century production race "by any projection that can be applied" to the present rate, which he estimated at three to four per cent. Hammarskjold, meanwhile, was saying governments should turn their attention from the crises of the past to the "fundamental goals of growth." In a document on the world economic situation prepared for the ministers' meeting, he spoke of "balanced growth" rather than he was all for raising the rate of it. He said it is a healthy sign that such growth "is gradually emerging as a central concept permeating public policy thinking in almost all countries." 10.000.

OR YOUR MONEY BACK to your family if you die, or All your premiums back if you live to 65. Ask KEN SCOTT IN SUR AN Pro Slfee 1927 Next Door to the New Post Office R.F.D. News By Raymond Burenheide AWOM rani wto to id IB TIM may phooa UM ad to Mrt. and wUJ tan it lato The Duck' Creek Pals 4-H Club will sponsor an ice cream July 19th, at the Duck Creek Center. Mr.

and Mrs. W. L. Sherrfius, Rt. 2, attended a Parker family reunion last Sunday at Peter Pan Park.

On Monday, they entertained guests, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sampson and family, Calif. Wednesday guests of Mrs. Carl Lauderback, Emporia, were Mr.

and Mrs. Donald Miller and son, Doug, Sunnyvale, Mr. and Mrs. Lew Vesey, Waverly; and Mrs. Clarence Mercer and Mrs.

William T. 'Mercer, Hutchinson. Leslie Keys is spending this week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Whitaker, Rt.

2. A Fourth of July Day picnic dinner will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Willard and family, Rt. 1.

Guests will Messrs, and Mesdames Howard Cole, Fred Coursen, John Michaels and famiiy, Robert Mings, and William York, and Ad Linck, Burlingame; Mr. and Mrs. Glen Willard and family, Neosho Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mize, and Mrs.

Jerry Hartenbower and sons, Emporia. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bender and daughter, Rt. 5, returned home Wednesday evening from where they were guests of Mr.

and Mrs. James Danford. Tuesday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.

L. Jones and son, David, Rt. 4, were Miss Gladys Lauver, Nickerson; Miss Dorothy Lauver, Hutchinson; and Mr. and Mrs. D.

S. Lauver, Wichi- ila. In the evening, the group were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.

C. Crist, at Olpe. A family reunion picnic was held Sunday in Peter Pan Park to honor Lottie Allen, Ashland, and Mrs. George Cunningham, Oregon City, Ore. Others attending were Mr.

and Mrs. Ray Allen and Mrs. George Langley and their families, Olpe; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Diltz and family, LeLoup; Messrs, and Mesdames John Beyer, Chester Beyer, Virgil Thomas, and T.

M. Diltz and their families, Mesdames Philip Beyer and Catherine Miller and David, Emporia. E. H. Abraham, a former resi- of Rt.

2, will celebrate his 90th birthday anniversary July 3rd. His address is 5820 Clemens, Apt. 308, St. Louis 12, Mo. -tr -ft Drivers of County Vehicles Warned After 4 1 Accidents County Highway Department officials report steps have been taken in an effort to reduce the plague of accidents which recently have involved equipment of the Department.

Drivers of the county's fleet of 27 trucks have been instructed to keep at least a quarter-mile behind other vehicles when traveling over county roads on improvement projects to observe a maximum speed limit of 45 miles an hour. Four traffic accidents involving County Highway Department equipment occured on roads in Southern Lyon County during the past week. Part of equipment damaged were hauling rock for the new Olpe-Hartford road. One of the accidents involved a county- owned tractor, not a truck, as was reported earlier in The Gazette. A tire on the tractor was blown out when struck by a combine.

County commissioners reported today that investigations being made on responsibility for the accidents and to determine liability for cost of repairs. TUT Man Burns to Death SAINT JOHN, Kas. (API-Walter Herman Adams, 33, of Pittsburg, burned to death Sunday whan a semi-trailer truck loaded with milo ran off U.S. 281 eight miles north of Saint John, hit a culvert, overturned and burst into flames. Eugene Richard Bolen, 33, also of Pittsburg, a passenger in the truck, was in serious condition at a Saint John hospital burns and other injuries.

The truck was owned by Van Tassle, of Pittsburg. TUT Red Cross Meeting Set for Wednesday Lyon County's chapter of the Red Cross will hold its annual meeting at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Broadview Hotel. The Rev.

Sherman Frederick, Chairman, said new officers will be elected and chairmen will make their annual reports. All Lyon County residents who are members of the Red Cross by reason of contributions made during the past year are eligible to vole and are invited to attend the meeting, Mr. Frederick said. BUSHONG Mrs. Henry Lawton gave a "coffee" Thursday afternoon for her daughter, Mrs.

Wiluarn Walker, Long Beach, Calif. Guests were: Mesdames George McKinley, Ocie Noli, Adolph Burri, Max Davis, and Virgil Weeks, Miss Lcttlc Swarn- cr, and Miss Snlly Lou Davis, and Scolty Davis. Bonnie Do War's buck ogam with exa" i ing news obovf extra savings for you! Beet Sugar Fine Granulated 10 89 Allen's Can. Foods Select from Red Kidney Beans, Red Beans, Limas, Early June or Blackeyed Peas, or Spaghetti! 12 300 Cans I 'M popular brand Pic filling. Choice of Apple, Cherry, Peach.

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