Agri-Kid 9-24-15

There’s not much the WAR editor likes better than gentle kid ponies! Thanks to Marilyn Murphy of Rapelje, Montana, for sharing this fun photo of Lydia Murphy doing handstands on her saddle while her pony Breezy Boy stands quietly. The WAR editor is pretty agile these days, but this looks impossible to her! Discretion being the better part of valor, […]

As I See It 9-24-15

I notice quite a few people out there with their sprayers working on morning glory, thistles, and other weeds just ahead of a proposed frost the next day. That’s the perfect time to spray so that, after a frost and when the sun comes out, the plant will suck that frost and the herbicide down into the root system… BOOM, […]

Beware Rascals good ideas!

Beware Rascal’s good ideas!The masked bandit hunkered down in the flowing grass next to the mailbox. He could hear the mail car rattling down the gravel road. As soon as he heard the mailbox door hinge squeak and the clip close, he skittered up the post to open it. “Ah-ha,” he snickered. The box he’d been waiting for was there. […]

Comments 9-24-15

It’s official… the Fall Season is upon us. Things are sure kicking in for me as I had three sales last week with many more to come from now through the middle portion of December. The first sales I have attended have been really, really good. Obviously the majority of sales I have here in the early part of the […]

Letters to the Editor 9-24-15

Bison relocation…My comment letter on bison relocation in Montana is mostly one of questions.- Why does FWP continually push bison relocation at a citizenry that is mostly unfavorable to such relocation? There is NO community in the state that wants them, but there are several communities vehemently opposed to such relocation. There have already been several meetings on this issue […]

Obituary – Gerald Mervin "Jerry" Kaufmann

Gerald Mervin “Jerry” KaufmannJune 12, 1938 to September 18, 2015Jerry Kaufmann, 77, died September 18, 2015, at his home north of Buffalo, Wyoming. Gerald Mervin Kaufmann was born on June 12, 1938, in Buffalo to Fred and Nellie Kaufmann. Jerry went to grade school in Ucross, Wyoming, and graduated from Johnson County High School in Buffalo with the class of […]

Obituary – John Charles "Bud" Paugh, Jr.

John Charles “Bud” Paugh, Jr. December 10, 1928 to September 8, 2015John C. Paugh, 86, of Bozeman, MT, died September 8, 2015. Bud was born December 10, 1928, at Fort Benton, MT, the third son of John Charles and Dorothy Marion (Reed) Paugh. His family moved to the Gallatin Valley when he was three months old and started a dairy […]

Obituary – Willard Alvin "Bill" Rehm

Willard Alvin “Bill” RehmJanuary 30, 1935 to September 16, 2015Willard Alvin “Bill” Rehm, known as Bill to everyone, died September 16, 2015, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.Bill was born January 30, 1935, in Hebron, ND, to Alvin and Gertrude Rehm. He was the sixth of nine children. He attended Hebron Public School and Dickinson State College. Bill competed […]

Sortin Pen 9-24-15

VS spreading in Nebraska…The Nebraska Department of Agriculture says four more western Nebraska farms are under quarantine due to a vesicular stomatitis (VS) outbreak. The four farms are in Scottsbluff and Sioux counties. State Veterinarian Dennis Hughes says that five more suspected cases have been identified and that further tests are being conducted to confirm the disease. Hughes says VS […]