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Show Montana Claims First & g Aerial Sheep Herder First the name of Ear' Vance g 5 was synonymous with avlution ft S in Montana; then It became In g S the last few years associated 6 2 with sheep raising, a highly re- g 5 munerative pursuit with pre- 5 S vailing wool prices. g 5 Now the erstwhile Miles City g 5 (Mont.) pioneer . pilot has 5 g brought his two loves tocether, g ft and he Is an aerial-sheep herder. 5 g Vance In his Idle moments K i 5 runs the principal air taxi serv- a g Ice there. He also owns several S 5 flocks of "woolles." But his 5 X sheep, as all other good sheep ? g do In the Rockies, have a huhlt fi of straying, so Earl hops In his ft g single-seater biplane and goes S 5 a-huntlng. To date be has re- 5 g captured three . recalcitrant g 5 bands of sheep that strayed a '. g from their grazing grounds. g S "They're the easiest things In p g the world to spot from the nlr," J? g remarks Vance. "1 don't know g S the especial ba-ba-ba of my 8 g bands, but If 1 see a bunch that g ft Is In a pocket of the mountains ft g alone, I know darned well they g ft are mine." ft JKKKHJ CHJHJDHHHtHKKJSKHft IJO |