Axmen Feeds to Host Grand Opening of New Warehouse in Dillon

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Axmen Feeds will be hosting a grand opening for their newly opened warehouse in Dillon, Montana on Thursday, August 18, with discounts on everything in the warehouse and door prizes. A grand prize giveaway of mineral, protein tubs, and a Purina cooler – you don’t have to be present to win – will be given away on Friday, August 19. […]

Reader Opinion: A Healthy Work Ethic in Get ‘Er Done Country

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Despite the reverence in which it is held by us denizens of that “Get ‘er done!” neck of the woods, Montana’s eastern third, an individual’s “healthy work ethic” (construed less delicately in these parts as a willingness to “work your butt off”) is really not all it’s cracked up to be. Necessary often, this quality, but not always, as they […]

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Banjo: Catch Me if you Can!

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The livestock loaded trailers rolled down the gravel drive. “They’re off to the Fair,” Banjo said smiling. “Those kids have worked hard on their projects from animals to indoors.” Ben nodded. “It hasn’t been easy this year, but whoever buys those animals will get a quality ranch-raised product,” Ben added. “While they’re gone, we have a laundry list of tasks […]

Obituary – Lynn Henry Householder

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Lynn Henry Householder September 24, 1928 – July 21, 2022 Lynn Henry Householder passed away on July 21, 2022, at the Friendship Villa in Miles City, Montana following a brief illness. He was 93 years young. He was born to Park and Augusta (Bluske) Householder on September 24, 1928, at Mrs. Ryan’s home in Ismay, Montana. He was raised on […]

Readers Opinion: Our “Fuel Challenge” has a Solution: South Dakota

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President Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia to beg for more oil seems unnecessary to us — he could have saved himself a long trip by coming to see what is being done right here in South Dakota.  Sky high gas prices are inflicting pain on our budgets, and our psyche in part, because we feel helpless. However, we can do […]

It’s the Pitts: The Duke and I

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At the tender age of 22, I left a cowboy job paying $650 a month to take a job as a field editor with a major livestock newspaper. I was hired in October to work ring at purebred auctions, take photos, write sale reports, and sell advertising, which I hated and was not good at. I couldn’t sell tofu lasagna […]