Yesterdays: Griz drinks motor oil, eats a box of sugar cubes

70 years ago

Oct. 6, 1950

The big road project was the North Fork Road, where logging projects were set to take place. The road would be straightened more, slumps would be fixed. It was a slow start to hunting season. At Schafer there was 4 to 8 inches of snow and temperatures were down to 6 degrees.

60 years ago

Oct. 7, 1960

The Anaconda Aluminum Co. was negotiating a new contract with employees. Base wage at the time was $2.26 an hour, working six, 10-hour days. Six bottles of Catsup could be had for $1.15 at the B& B.

50 years ago

Oct. 9, 1970

Glacier National Park ended its “bear season” without an injury to a human. It was believed at the time to be the fewest bear incidents in its history. Still, the park killed three black bears that got into trouble and a grizzly bear was hit and killed by a car on the Sun Road.

40 years ago

Oct. 9, 1980

Glacier Park rangers were still searching for a grizzly that killed Laurence Gordon of Texas in the Belly River. Gordon was camping at Elizabeth Lake when the bear got him. His remains were found in the brush. Park rangers had shot a grizzly, but it turned out to be the wrong one.

30 years ago Oct. 4, 1980

Media mogul Ted Turner was the top buyer at the annual bison sale and roundup at the National Bison Range. Turner paid $1,150 for 21 yearling cows.

20 years ago Oct. 5, 2000

Stahr, a North Fork grizzly, ransacked the Home Ranch Bottoms Store, tearing a hole into the side of the building.

She ate and drank everything from three quarts of oil to several boxes of candy bars and a box of sugar cubes.

10 years ago Oct. 7, 2010

Montana’s congressional delegation had lined up with bills to remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act.

Wolves had been put back on the list after a federal court ruling.

Wolves were eventually removed from the ESA in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho under rider that was placed on bill concerning credit cards. They’ve been off the ESA ever since.