Spring Storm

 

Under a headline that read: "Winter Comes Again; Power Lines Broken" came this little article -

Our Livestock Trucker

 When I was a young lad the sight of one of Clark Douglas’s trucks rattling down the washboard gravel roads and raising a great cloud of dust was a common event. If memory serves he had a fleet of five trucks, four large straight jobs and one smaller one. Clark did the 4H members a big favor those years of Achievement Days in Lisbon and the Corn Show in Enderlin because he would haul our animals free of charge.

The news item from April 9, 1942 gives some idea of the size of business with area stockmen. The holstein heifer I’m holding was one of those Clark hauled for me. It was a nice heifer which the judge at Achievement Days commented highly about after placing it in first place, about 1954 (?).

To the Old Home Place

 The day before the Germans from Russia convention in Mandan convened we drove south to the St. Gertrude area and the land where her grandparents settled and raised their family, Mary’s mother among them.  

Mary points to the only remnant of foundation where her grandparents Frank and Catherine Fergel built their house and raised their family, Mary's mother among them.

Mary with her cousin Francis Fergel who now has the property.

A portion of the Dog Tooth Hills where with some imagination you can see the jawbone of a dog.

Sports Article, 1942

 When in Bis-Man this past week we spent time at the ND Heritage Center archives. I looked through papers from my year of birth and came across this gem. In it you will find your parents’ and grandparents’ names. The writer of the article knew how to spin straw into gold even though we read where the boys lost every game in football and basketball. Enjoy!

RANDOM THOUGHTS - Friday, July 11, 2025

 On this day in 1925, Babe Ruth made his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox as a pitcher beating the Cleveland Indians … Why is success usually measured in dollars? … Is baling wire still a thing? … Some day you will be one of those who lived long ago … Forgive your enemies; it annoys them … Waiting for the Ken Burns PBS program “The American Revolution” … It took fourteen days for news of the battle that inspired the poem ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ to reach England; now - instantaneous … It’s a good thing people can’t hear what I’m thinking … Is there another dimension out there where we run and cavort? … I like the first line in Conrad Richter’s The Sea of Grass: “That lusty pioneer blood is tamed now, broken and gelded like the wild horse…” … The picture shows two Sea of Grass books. I’ve read one and can’t wait to get into the other one …