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Forage crops can accumulate toxic amounts of nitrate (NO3). High nitrate has been reported in cereal grains (oats, rye, wheat, barley, triticale, etc.), bromegrass, orchardgrass, fescue, sorghum, sudangrass, millet, corn, sweetclover and alfalfa. Several weeds, such as kochia, lambs-quarter, pigweed, quackgrass and Russian thistle, can also have high nitrate levels, especially when growing under adverse conditions. Nitrogen from the soil is taken up by plant roots in the form of nitrate. Plants convert nitrate (NO3) to...
If you spend a lot of time at the museum, it's easy to forget just how incredibly old some of our specimens are. Many of us get distracted by the impressive size and anatomy of our prehistoric beasts or get sidetracked by ever-important "who would win in a fight?" questions. But when I walk through our collections and ponder the items in front of me, I'm struck by the vast stretch of time these fossils represent. "Deep Time," as it's frequently referred to in earth science,...
Even though school has been out for almost a month now, summer vacation hasn't quite started for the Carter County FFA chapter. On May 18th, Grafton Bonsell, Mick O'Connor, Seth Kennedy, Hannah & Heather Labree, Jordan King, and Jaelee Strangford, with the help of Sarah Strangford, Cam Labree, and Mr. Whitney, cleaned a stretch of Hwy 323 to fulfill the chapter's part in the Adopt-A-Highway Project. Then, on June 15th-18th, Strangford and the Labree twins attended the Alumni...
Hello, Remember the scene in the great “Indiana Jones” movie, when Harrison Ford says, “Snakes, why’d it have to be snakes. I hate snakes.” Shirley is a lot that way. I’ve mentioned it to you before. About the time she wanted me to fix the screen door, and I put it off. Until one morning there was a horse in the living room and a rattlesnake in the office. I tell you what, there was no procrastinating after that. I fixed that door! This time of the year is great for snakes. Or bad for snakes. I guess you could define it a...
Roy and Judy Obermeier of Vale, Oregon will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary July 22nd. Reverend Obermeier will be remembered by many as the pastor of the Congregational Church (now Ekalaka Bible) from December of 1973 to May of 1978. Reverend Obermeier made many friends in Ekalaka as he walked around town greeting those with whom he came in touch. Reverend Obermeier has now pastored at the Willowcreek Community Church for many years. An anniversary celebration...
In this article I will share some Renshaw family history along with weather, crops, individuals, schools, and business information. Renshaw reports that their son, Morris, somehow had a broken hip. Guess who was there to take care of it? That’s right, Dr. B. B. Sandy who lived only about four miles northeast. It was a bad break and Dr. Sandy said there was a one in one hundred chance that Morris wouldn’t be a cripple. The first bone setting did not work and Dr. Sandy was called back to reset the hip. He made a splint, a san...
A Funeral Mass for Alice Mackay, 90, of Baker, MT, took place on June 20, 2017 at St. John's Catholic Church, Baker, MT with Father Phillip Chinnappan celebrating. Burial followed at Lame Jones Cemetery. Alice Marie (Cunningham) Mackay was born August 25th, 1926, in Miles City, MT, to Joseph Cunningham and Mary (Doran) Cunningham, immigrants from Kilkeel, Northern Ireland. Her father died when she was 9 months old, but she was very close to her Uncle Pat Doran, who treated...
I don’t usually write articles about recent deaths, but I hope you don’t object to my words. The first recent death was Gary Brower. He was welcomed to the Beaver Lodge Cemetery Board about the time I resigned. He quickly became president and made important changes to the cemetery, and at the same time or soon after began cleaning, removing and remodeling one old home in our neighborhood. With help from his wife, Birgit, the couple changed their old home and worked together on the finishing touches in our neighborhood. Oth...
A funeral service for Owen Stieg, 83, of Ekalaka, MT was held June 19, 2017 at American Lutheran Church, Baker, with Pastors Bruce and Reba Kolasch officiating. Family received friends on June 18 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Baker. Owen passed away unexpectedly walking on the place he loved, his ranch, near Ekalaka, Montana, where he lived most of his life. Owen Murray Stieg was born September 6, 1933, during the Great Depression, to Robert H. and Isabel (Murray) Stieg at the...
A funeral service for Charlie Davis was held June 19, 2017 at Gillette Memorial Chapel with Pastor Tom Herzog officiating; interment followed at 3:30 p.m. at Capital Cemetery in Capital, MT. A visitation took place two hours prior to service at Gillette Memorial Chapel. Charles Oliver Davis was born April 2, 1938, in Buffalo, SD, to James and Charlotte (Grey) Davis. Charles grew up on the Davis family ranch south of Camp Crook, SD, and attended the Dryfield Grade School in...
Funeral services for Dorothy Johnstone, 91, of Ekalaka, MT, will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 23, 2017 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Ekalaka, MT, with Pastor Steve DeFord officiating. Burial will follow at the Beaver Lodge Cemetery. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at Stevenson Funeral Home, Ekalaka. Dorothy Ellen Johnstone went home on June 16, 2017. Dorothy was born to Arthur and Alta Burdick in Miles City, MT. Her early years of schooling were at a countr...
Funeral Services for David J. Gross, 86, of Gillette, WY, formerly of Ekalaka, MT, will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 24, 2017 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Ekalaka, MT. Burial will follow at the Beaver Lodge Cemetery. Visitation will take place from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday, June 23, 2017 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Ekalaka, MT. David passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at his home in Gillette. David J. Gross was born on September 24, 1930 to Mike and Etta (Wickham) Gross on...
Prior to the filing deadline on June 19, 2017 for the upcoming town election, seven individuals filed for four positions. Hoping to succeed Mayor Steve DeFord are Patrick W. Strickland and Jed Larson; for the two-year term on the town council, Andrew L. Wright and Raquel S. Williams each filed; and candidates for the two four-year terms are Jimmy W. MacKay, Clayton J. Stieg and Cynthia Quade. Phil Cook and Ella Voise chose not to seek re-election to those positions. One of the factors that can trigger a primary election is...
Mid-Rivers Communications started preparing to put fiber optic cable in Ekalaka this week. Residents may have noticed crews working in the area. Plans call to have all the lines done in town this summer. Reportedly, the crews in Ekalaka will be able to run fiber optic cable to between about three and seven homes or businesses per day once the main lines have been laid. That number, of course, depends on how many obstacles are in their way. Surface areas will not be affected by the installation of new line and current...
Reports have been circulating that scammers are calling residents, or in certain cases, stopping by homes in the immediate area. These scammers are telling their victims that they can give them huge discounts on their satellite television service. Callers ask for a name and account number before trying to get a credit card number over the phone. Please be weary of these scammers and make sure of the party you are speaking with before giving out any information....
The Carter County Chamber of Commerce plans to print their calendar early this year, to catch Labor Day visitors and early hunters. If local photographers have pictures from this year and more from last year, they need them. This summer’s branding season must have been photographed by someone. Those horizontal pictures capture one early summer job. What about haying, for those who have something to cut? Then they need late summer jobs or local landscape. Old pictures through January 2017 that weren’t used this year would wor...
Southeast Montana 4-H Camp was held at Camp Needmore June 13-15. One hundred twenty-four youngsters attended from Fallon, Carter, Custer, Powder River, Prairie, Rosebud-Treasurer, Wibaux, McCone, Garfield, and Dawson Counties in Montana, Harding County in South Dakota, and Golden Valley County in North Dakota. Youth participated in repelling, a nature hike, a dance, a visit to the Carter County Museum, fishing, shooting sports, and craft and woodworking wor...
One of the first residences in Ekalaka was torn down recently. The old log house was once home to Jack Charters, and later to Amos and Romaine Lambert. At one time, the house stood on Main Street but was moved-log by log-to Munro Avenue sometime around the turn of the century. The following was written by Sharon Barrere, a descendant of Amos and Romaine Lambert. I stand vacant, damaged, and worn by the ravages of time, looking through dirty windows. The years have taken their...
