December 30, 1993

• Mary Hackett of Tarkio and her siblings recently donated their father’s library, known as the J.B. Milam Library, to the McFarlin Library located at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This library is a collection devoted to documenting the history of the Cherokee Indians and other Native American cultures. The J.B. Milam Library contains over 2,000 volumes.

December 26, 1968

• High temperature this past week was a chilly 36 degrees recorded on the 17th and the low was a frigid 12 degrees on the 23rd. The ice covering came from precipitation in the form of rain, sleet, and snow.

• Assigned to zone 7 of Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop H in Tarkio is Trooper Jack M. Hooker, age 23, who presently lives in Browning, Missouri. He will be supervised by Sgt. R.D. Matthews, Commander of Zone 7. 

• A feature article in the Fort Collins Coloradoan of October 25, 1968, told of many interesting facts gained from the research on owls being done by C.D. Marti, son of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Marti of Tarkio. Mr. Marti is a graduate student at Colorado State University and his research is financed by the National Science Foundation under direction of Dr. Ronald A. Ryder, professor of wildlife biology.

December 31, 1943

• Sgt. Marvin L. Thompson, U.S. Marines, is home on a 30-day leave. He tells of an unusual thing that happened while he was stationed on a little island down where it is very, very hot. One day, a huge flock of North American wild ducks flew in and landed among the Marines and Seabees stationed there. The birds were so exhausted and weak from hunger that they just lay there and let the boys pick them up. Many of the birds wore leg identification bands indicating that they had left the Utah state game preserve 32 days before. In that length of time they had flown quite a little more than 3,000 miles. The flight is said to be the first of its kind on record and has caused considerable comment. It is thought they flew over the mountains and were blown to sea at night, thus becoming lost and they just kept flying south until they found land. When Thompson left for the States the ducks were still on the island.