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...Cody, Wyo., Earl Durand, 26, the huge, hairy "true woodsman" who broke jail in Cody last fortnight and shot down two pursuing peace officers (TIME, March 27), lay waiting and watching one day last week. They had sentenced him to six months in jail for shooting a bull elk out of season, threatened him with ten years more for killing a beef cow. Now they wanted him for double murder. A posse of peace officers under Sheriff Frank Blackburn was down below, coming up to get him. Well, they never would. Not for nothing had he sat through two showings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Beloved Enemy | 4/3/1939 | See Source »

Game wardens went out and arrested Earl Durand last week for killing a bull elk out of season. When they found him he was devouring a slab of raw meat from another creature he had just shot illegally, a beef...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: True Woodsman | 3/27/1939 | See Source »

Sparked to its sixteenth victory in 18 starts by Elk Club boy Bud Finegan, the Freshman hoopsters swamped Dean Academy last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dean Academy Succumbs to Yardling Hoopsters, 45-13 | 3/9/1939 | See Source »

...seven cunningly designed rooms: fine basketry and feather-weaving by the Pomos and Paiutes of California and Nevada; weaving and silver work by the Hopis, Navahos, Apaches of the Southwest; bone and tusk carving by the Chinook and other fishermen of the Northwest; magnificent work with buffalo and elk skins by the Sioux, Blackfoot and Crow tribes of the plains; beautifully carved wooden ware of the Eastern Iroquois...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Nuggets | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

When we come to the guard positions, there are a couple of lads who rate second to none on the squad as far as natural ability is concerned. Ed Buckley from the iron range country of Minnesota and All-American Elk Club boy Bud Finnegan are a pretty good answer to any coach's prayer. They have had little relief in the backcourt positions mainly because they have not needed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/23/1939 | See Source »

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