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Show ;0 I'da And Bonanza ' Enters Claim i $353.00 Jackpot Stephen Malnar, Neola, and James E. Lenartz of Bonanza, were 'j perhaps the two most joyful hunters hunt-ers in the Basin this week when S it was announced they had split the $330.00 Big Deer Jackpot, sponsored spon-sored by Roosevelt merchants. NJ ! Because he brought in the heav-; heav-; iest deer, Steve Malnar was able I to lay claim to $165, and because 1 his hack Aad the widest spread, j Mr. Lenartz .will receive a check for the widest horn spread. Steve's buck weighed 240 lbs., minus its legs, heart and liver. The wide spread measured 40 inches from tip to tip. According to the committee sponsoring the Giant Jackpot con- ;! test, there were a few infractions of the rules this year, which will be watched a bit more carefully in 1956. The committee was en- waged at the response of the fat year, and hopes more hunters in 1956 will enter the contest. Mr. Malnar, who had been con- j fined to his home for several days with the mumps, persuaded his i doctor to give him a shot so, he could go hunting. He shot his prize ;: winner at the head of - Hobble Crtsk by 8 a.m. the first morning. ? And incidentiy, a party of 14 had ;j their bucks by that early hour the fat day. i Checks to Mr. Malnar and Mr. ;; Unartz will be awarded this ' afternoon af-ternoon by members of the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce Merchants' committee. com-mittee. Time of this ceremony has en set at 4 o'clock at the office the Roosevelt Standard. |