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Show MONTANA BUFFALO INCREASING WELL1 MTSSOrLA. Mont.. June 17 The United States bison herd on the national na-tional bison range In the Flathead I national forest comprises 417 buffalo. I I Including 2" calves born this spring. I It Is announced by the biological sur-j sur-j ey brunch of the department of ag- ! rlculture. According to reports received hero, this Is the largest Im rea.se made this I season In any of the government's four herds There arc relatively few I large buffalo herds remaining In the United States, and the government has made particular efforts to pro-vide pro-vide suitable runges and protection for the bison, w hi. li a few years ago isgtl threatened lo become extinct, ,j ,', |