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I would like to start this week by fixing a mistake on my last article. The wages for Bob were $40.00 per month while he was working for General Sweeney, not $4.00 per month. Forty is small enough! Bob wrote that a highlight of that year was when Mr. Sweeney asked him to ride along on a wild-horse roundup along with other area ranchers and cowboys. “Real excitement for a Honyocker who had been raised on an Oklahoma farm,” he stated. September ended his time working for Mr. Sweeney. He then returned to his homestead. But wha...
Hello, I hope you enjoyed Easter weekend. Our Grandkids love Easter, what with the Easter Bunny and such. So for years, I have tried to persuade them that there really is no Easter Bunny. It is, in fact, an Easter Pig. Evan was pretty disgusted with this. He was quite confident that it was a bunny. When I questioned how he knew that, when no one had ever seen the Easter Bunny, that it wasn’t a pig. He informed me that he had seen the bunny. Once. In a movie! So I guess it must be. Gracy, our oldest and wisest grandchild l... Full story
The first sign of Spring was the shining, tiny red face of the little crocus lining the brick perimeter of the southwest herb garden. I selected a red crocus years ago from the seed and bulb catalog. Most of them have survived. Then came the daffodils, then jonquils and a few flags, and finally a bi-color tulip: red and yellow. We formerly had many more flags, but thinning too vigorously and deer eating the tubers left us few. Our fence has begun — the fence around the garden that is tall enough to stop “Urban Deer” from...
I recently attended a continuing education class via tele-medicine on “Three things you can do right now for your own wellness.” The class was great! Usually, continuing education is a bit on the dry side, but this presenter was outstanding. Not only did he have a great personality, but he provided a great message! The three things he listed were basically what everyone else lists for improving health and wellness: manage stress, eat well, and move more! During this continuing education, the presenter gave an example of man...
The American dream has remained a tangible goal since James Truslow Adams popularized the idea in the 20th century. His ideal that “America is rich with opportunity for every person regardless of class and each person can fulfill their potential in accordance with their ability and work ethic” is alive and well. The United States of America has always been a home to innovative engineers and scientists. The resources available to the average American exceeds most of the world and preserves the river of innovation that flo...
Hello, If you get tired of reading about my problems during calving, this would be a good time to go to the sports page of the paper. Because once again I have to share my problems with you. You will often hear a rancher refer to a dark night as “being darker than the inside of a cow”. And only a rancher who has tried to straighten out a calf that is coming the wrong way knows how dark this is. Yesterday we had a heifer having problems. With Shirley’s help, I got her in and reached in her. No feet. No nose. And a calf is su...
By now all of you should know, I love baseball. I started watching pre-season Major League Baseball back in March, but the real games started on April 2, and I was right there to begin a season of watching. There aren’t many familiar names who stay with one team. The Cubs—Chicago Cubs—are my favorite, but Yadier Molino has stayed with the St. Louis Cardinals long enough for me to remember him. He’s their catcher and a talented hitter. When I got serious about following the Cubs, they had one player who stood out—Sam...
April is Montana Archaeology Month, and to celebrate, the Carter County Museum will be bringing you a series of articles about topics in the field. Pottery is a relatively rare artifact to find and is often preserved in pieces called "sherds" in archaeological parlance. The museum has a small collection of a variety of sherds that have been traced back to the Mandan/Hidatsa and Crow Tribes. By examining pottery and other ceramics, archaeologists can discover information about...
Hello, I’m here to talk about a problem I’ve had. No, not that one. My weight. I’ve always had a problem with my weight. It goes back to when I was a jockey. Really. I was a jockey. We used to racehorses at Kenmare. It was a little three-eights mile dirt track. I race our saddle horses and Dad or Grandpa would race chariots. I was pretty young so I was designated jockey for a neighbors horses and ours. But I was growing. It was a problem. My next problem was I was underweight. I was a lineman for the Bombers. At six-t...
I found it very interesting that Bill Lavell shared some thoughts and experiences about Dr. Sandy in the Eagle dated Friday, March 24 and I had another article about Dr. Sandy at the same time. I believe my article answered some of his questions about the “pioneer gentleman doctor.” I would now like to expand on Sherry Farwell’s letter to the editor in regard to Bob Smith. Bob and I played independent basketball together and, as a referee, I worked some of his games. Ken Pulse, who was a barber at the time, and Ted Hanbe...
My father was not bald, although he died at 52, so who knows what his future might have revealed. My step-dad is 87, and while his hair has thinned, he isn’t bald either. My mother was 80 when she died, and though her hair was cut very short and white, her scalp still sprouted thick hair. It was my paternal grandmother, Grandma Huff, who had very thin hair as had her mother, Great Grandma Debo. I seem to have inherited that gene, and my medications could effect that, too. I take lots of medicine, most recently pain m...
