Agri-Kid 12-3-15

Mounted on a good saddlehorse and wearing all his cowboy gear, including Grandpa Jack’s hat, seven-year-old Kaydin Dawson helped gather on shipping day near Boulder, Montana. Thanks to Trudy Dawson for sharing yet another good photo of rural kids in the process of building their work ethic!

As I See It 12-3-15

According to the reports coming through the office, auctions across the country are mixed in prices, but the demand factor seems to be quite large. These old cows have been selling, in certain parts of the country, pretty well, and the numbers appear to be slacking off as indicated by some of these reports. I don’t know what’s up, whether […]

Comments 12-3-15

Hope all of you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I know all of the families involved in our operations certainly enjoyed this holiday and truly valued the time that we got to spend together.It just seems amazing to me that we are already into the month of December. We are right in the middle of one of the biggest […]

Letters to the Editor 12-3-15

Attention, Leesa!Linda, just a very small aside regarding the excellent biography by Leesa Zalesky of the author and journalist Martha Gellhorn in the November 19 edition of WAR. The attached photo is of her ranch house nestled under Mount Longnot and overlooking Lake Naivasha in Kenya, which is open as a bread and breakfast. Besides the stunning view, they offer […]

Night Patrol

Night PatrolI don’t feel that this story belongs in the WAR newspaper. However, this incident has returned lately to my daytime remembrances, and now it has invaded my night dreams so I’m writing it down, sending if off to an unknown fate, hopefully to be forgotten by me. Twice in the last month in my dream, I have banged my […]

Obituary – Charles Herbert Chandler

Charles Herbert ChandlerSeptember 4, 1919 to November 18, 2015Charles Herbert Chandler, 96, a life-long resident of Baker Valley died November 18, 2015, in Baker City, Oregon.Charles was born September 4, 1919, at the Chandler home on Valley and Clark Street in Baker City to Linda (Bodmer) and Herbert Chandler. He married Maribeth Gragg in 1941, and they had two sons, […]

Obituary – Donna Jean Rose Scriffiny Sitz Arthun

Donna Jean Rose Scriffiny Sitz ArthunJanuary 24, 1937 to November 19, 2015Donna Sitz Arthun, 78, died at home on November 19, 2015, in Billings, Montana.Donna Scriffiny was born January 24, 1937, to Italian-born parents, Anthony and Linda Zioni Scriffiny. The family lived on a small farm in Monarch, Colorado, where Anthony worked in the coal mines to make ends meet. […]

Rascal's up to no good… again!

Rascal’s up to no good… again!”Bwa-ha-ha!” snickered Rascal. “This will throw off that mangy dog.” He stamped the paw prints into the snow, making a pattern up the side of the trail. Rascal made sure to go first to cover his tracks, but he wanted to make the paw prints look fresh. He heard Ben nicker. “Good,” muttered the masked […]

Sortin Pen 12-3-15

PRCA has been sued for anti-competitive conduct before… and lost…Earlier this month, the Elite Rodeo Association (ERA) filed an antitrust class action lawsuit against the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) to prevent the PRCA from enforcement of bylaws enacted in October 2015, which would prevent ERA shareholders from holding a membership in the PRCA. This isn’t the first time the […]