Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1917 — EAGLE IN 3,700 MILE FLIGHT Due to Drink. [ARTICLE]

EAGLE IN 3,700 MILE FLIGHT

Due to Drink.

Carried Bottle From Montana to South America In Nine Weeks’ Journey. Anaconda, Mont. —Flight of an eagle caught and released at Choteau, Mont., covered more than 3,700 miles in nine weeks, according to word received from Luis Felipe Rulda in the republic of Colombia. P. B. Christian, route 1, box 62, El Centro, QL, while in Choteau on August 19 caught a golden eagle in ibis wheat field. He released the bird, with a small bottle containing his name and address the next day. Mr. Christian a few days ago received a message from Luis Felipe Rulda, in the republic of Colombia, .stating that Rulda killed the eagle_on October 29. The eagle flew 3,700 imiles from Montana to the plains north <of Bogota. ~= When the bird was captured Mr. Christian planned to keep it as a pet; Ibut it evinced such a desire to get >away that he decided to mark it so as !to determine its habits. Mr. Christian said that the bird was on its way i south when it landed in his field.

Chicago.—Ninety-five per cent of the eases in the court of domestic relations during 1916 were due to drink. The court’s annual report lists the causes as follows: Drink, 95 per cent; other women. 3 per eent; interference of mother-in-law 1 per cent; other causes, 1 per cent.