Flathead Courier, Sept. 1, 1949

Neil McAlpin wins Grand Champion honors at fair 

Neil McAlpin, junior member of McAlpin & Sons, breeders of Belted Shorthorns, showed the Grand Champion baby beef at the Lake County Junior Fair in Ronan last week. 

During the three-day show he took five Grand Championships , 12 firsts, two seconds, and four thirds.

He also won a trip to the state 4-H Club Congress with his agricultural demonstration called “Green Manure Cropping to Conserve  Our Soil and Water Resources.”

Neil had 26 entries in seven different classes at the fair. He has been in 4-H work for five years and is a member of the Blue Ribbon Producers 4-H Club.

Hospital Items from Hotel Dieu Hospital

Births: Mr. and Mrs. Leland Burchard, Polson, Baby Girl, Aug. 31

Surgical: Herb Toelke, Ronan; Miss Joyce Benson, Polson; Mrs. Chauncey P. Biffle, Polson; Mrs. Eugene Hertz, St. Ignatius; andMrs. Charles Boyd, Ronan

Tonsillectomy: Ada Connell, Polson

Medical: Mrs. Charles Kissack, Polson; Fred Fredrickson, Polson; Eugene E. Dickerson, Bigfork; John W. Clodius, Big Arm

Discharges: Mrs. Allen Smith and baby boy, Polson; Mrs. Lacock and baby boy, Polson; Mrs. Melton  Montgomery, Jr., and baby girl, Polson; Mrs. James Rother, Jr., and baby girl, Polson

Beebout sentenced

Omer Cleo Beebout, alias Daniel Williams, a parolee from San Quentin Prison, was sentenced to five years imprisonment at hard labor in the state penitentiary on Tuesday by Judge C. E. Comer on a charge of second degree assault.

Beebout pleaded guilty to the charge of assault against Marlow Miller, Ronan, who was attacked by the man Aug. 15 in Sacajawea Park. The penalty is the maximum that can be given for a second degree charge. It is presumed that upon release, Beeout will be returned to California for violation of parole. 

Capacity crowd watches amateur rodeo hands

A capacity crowd attended the second annual Ranch Hand Rodeo here last Saturday which determined which cowboys and cowgirls would compete in the national Ranch Hand Rodeo in San Francisco.

The amateur competition drew participants from all over the state and Canada. Stock furnished by ranchers in this area was said to be rougher than bucking strings used in professional shows. 

A horse owned by Dick Vinson of Big Arm won the title of “Best Bucking Horse.”  

Gordon Earle, Fernie, B.C., won the title of best all-around cowboy and was awarded boots and spurs given by Dempsey Emerson of the Mint Cigar Store. The three silver-mounted buckles went to Vern Smith, Browning, for saddle bronc riding; Spic Matthews, Browning, bareback bronc riding; and Ed Ivins, calf roping, Cardston, Alberta.

A $20 Stetson was given to Hank Brown, Darby, who was dubbed the hard luck cowboy of the day. He suffered two broken ribs and a punctured lung when he was thrown.