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This reminds me of a story from North Dakota., probably apocryphal, but 
who knows.   Sometimes stupidity knows no bounds

Seems a senator back east got wind of "Cattle Guards", and that there 
was a request for more of them in North Dakota.   He decided, in his 
infinite wisdom, that there was no longer a need for anyone to guard 
cattle, because of all the technical advances in identification, so he 
introduced a bill eliminating governmental sponsored cattle guard.   
The Senator from North Dakota, with a smile on his face, offerred to 
take him to north dakota on his next break, to meet some of these 
guards, and see how important the job was that the cattle guards did.   
The Senator agreed, and after the visit, very sheepishly withdrew his 
bill.

For those of you who know what a cattleguard does, this is a very 
amusing story.   For those who don't, well, you now have a new topic 
for research.

Ray


-----Original Message-----
From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
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Sent: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 9:10 am
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Simplified life ?



Wow, Don; I 'm going to have to read your journal more frequently.  We 
had
beavers when/where I grew up, I don't remember "beaver guards"? 
This is the first I've read your journal since August, I think you were 
working
on the big yellow tractor then.  I'm going to have to go back and see 
0Awhat I
missed ....bobford



----- Original Message ----
From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
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Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 8:01:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Simplified life ?

> My brother, Don and I recently visited the log cabin built for Starker
> Leopold, son of Aldo Leopold, author of A Sand County Almanac and
> considered by many the father of natural resources conservation. The
> cabin is in Caney Mountain Refuge, about six miles from Heartwood. The
> cabin site is magnificent, atop huge rock formations and looking out
> over heavy woods and creek bottom. Starker was hired to be the first
> manager of the refuge, which is nearly eight thousand acres and where
> most notably the Missouri deer and turkey population was built up from
> very few animals in the forties.

For pictures of the cabin, go to the journal entry for Wednesday of this
week.
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html


Don Bowen  KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html

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