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Wednesday, 20 August 2008 |
By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
Members of the teen library board were at the monthly meeting of the Conrad Area Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday to tell the business community what they were all about.
Shannalee Finlayson and Claire Nelson loosely moderated the teens speaking segment, introducing teens. They touched on a variety of books available at the library and ideas to make their special room at the library more appealing by decorating it.
Micah Carpenter and Seth Moerkerke write library articles for the I-O, and are working on a teen board website and review new books.
Roberta Kronebusch touched on a play the teen board had brought to the high school and about fund-raising they will be doing.
Other speakers included Jenniver and Jamie Deloy, Jasmine Hilyard, Mardi Elings and Allison and Meghan Bruner.
In reports given, Mayor John Shevlin handed out copies of a meeting from a Teton County commissioners meeting in Sept. 1909.
It noted that in a special meeting of Aug. 10, 1909, votes had been canvassed on the proposition to incorporate the town of Conrad in Teton County. The vote had passed 14-3.
The purpose was to let everyone know that Conrad will celebrate its 100th birthday in September 2009 and he wanted businesses to begin thinking about ways to celebrate.
He said the city is struggling with their budget and that on Sept. 6, at 6 p.m. there will be a public hearing in Norley Hall on a proposed sewer rate increase and urged the public to attend. |
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
Several Pondera 4-H members chose to extend their 4-H Fair experience by participating in the State Fair Youth shows in Great Falls recently.
Eli Knobel, and Jade and Jenna Rodriguez participated in the State 4-H Horse Show Aug. 2-3.
Knobel earned the following awards at the show: Jr. Showmanship: blue; Trail Level 1: blue; and Western Horsemanship Level 1: Grand Champion.
Jenna Rodriguez earned the following awards: Intermediate Showmanship: Reserve Champion; Age 13 and under Trail Class: Blue; English Equitation Age 13 and under: Grand Champion; English Horsemanship Level II: Blue; Bareback Equitation Age 11-13: Reserve; Western Equitation Age 11-13: Reserve; Western Horsemanship Level II: Blue; and Reserve High Point Youth Exhibitor Age 11-13.
Jade Rodriguez earned the following awards: Intermediate Showmanship: Grand Champion; Age 13 and under Trail Class: Reserve; English Horsemanship III: Grand; Bareback Equitation Age 11-13: Grand; Western Equitation Age 11-13: Grand; Western Horsemanship III: Blue; and Grand Champion High Point Youth Exhibitor Age 11-13.
Juanita Rodriguez is one of the 4-H leaders for the horse project in Pondera County, and her goal for next year is to see a lot more Pondera 4-Hers at the show in Great Falls. She said the show is a great experience because it’s scored on the same Danish system that 4-H utilizes, and it’s not high pressure. The kids have already been working with their horses all summer in preparation for the Marias Fair, so they and their horses are well prepared to participate in the State Fair show, which is one day of western and one day of English riding competition. They may choose to participate in either or both days.
In the youth market livestock shows, several Pondera youth competed. These shows are run differently from the Marias Fair, in that ribbons are only awarded to the top places. If they show well in the first round, youth are invited back for the showmanship and/or market contest at this show.
Krisha McKinley took her lamb and was called back to compete in Market, and in showmanship earned Grand Champion Junior Division Lamb Showman.
Tia Robinson took a lamb and a swine to the fair. She was called back for showmanship in market lamb and market swine.
Jessica Robinson took a swine to the Fair also, and was called back for showmanship. Jessica also showed for another 4-H member who had two market lambs, and that lamb earned a third in Market Lamb.
Jayleen Harris showed her market swine in the show, and was called back for showmanship.
Hannah Knobel is a Teton County 4-Her from Conrad, and she showed her lamb, earning third in Senior Division of Sheep Showmanship and Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb.
Youth also have the opportunity to enter exhibits at the State Fair. Krystal and William McDougall entered fleece from sheep they had raised. Krystal earned a fourth on her Purebred Wool Fleece; and two third places on her Commercial Wool Fleeces. William earned second on his two Commercial Wool Fleeces.
Not all of the State Fair 4-H shows were held during the Fair itself. Olivia Knobel showed in the State Fair Dog Show in May. She won Reserve Champion Intermediate Showmanship with her Maltese dog, Oscar. |
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
 Ruth Cook, curator of The Conrad Transportation and Historical Museum, announced this past week that the museum has received a gift of an original Charlie M. Russell letter.
The letter was written to Marlea (Molly) Russell, no relation to the famed artist, in December of 1921 and was presented as a gift to the museum by her daughter Jane Valentine.
In 1921, Molly was on a yearbook staff and wrote to A. J. Fowler and Russell asking for some information about the Whoop-Up Trail for an article to be printed in the yearbook.
Both men answered her request. Russell wrote to her that the Whoop-Up Trail went from Fort Benton to Fort Whoop-Up, a trading post on the Belly River near the mouth of St. Marys River.
He wasn’t sure when the post was closed down, but he knew the builders traded whiskey to the Blackfeet for buffalo robes.
He also mentioned that a man from another fort, up the river came to Fort Benton and told of a big camp of Blackfeet were all drunk and whooping-it-up. After that it was called Fort Whoop-Up.
An expert at the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls has authenticated the original letter. The museum offered to purchase the original, however, Cook, said, “The letter is not for sale.”
While many of Russell’s letters have doodles and/or a cattle skull on them, this correspondence is plain.
The curator of the museum in Great Falls told Cook that many of Russell’s personal letters did not contain the marginal scribbles.
Russell was born in 1864 in St. Louis and first came to Montana as a boy of 16.
He had a dream then of becoming a real cowboy.
In 1882, he landed a job as a wrangler on a cattle drive and went on to be a wrangler for 11 years.
He was not known to be a good roper or rider, but gained a reputation as the friendly cowboy who liked to draw and could spin a great story.
Russell was a self-taught artist and while his work was considered crude, it nevertheless reflected an observant eye for animal and human anatomy, a sense of humor and a flair for portraying action.
In 1896 he married Nancy Cooper and it was she who ultimately provided the business sense that made C.M. Russell one of America’s most popular artists.
Her drive eventually landed a one man show at a New York gallery in 1911 and three years later an exhibition in London made him famous world-wide.
He passed away in 1926.
The museum’s original letter has an insurance value of approximately $10,000 and for now is being kept in a safe. There is a copy of the original for museum visitors to see.
Cook noted, “We are extremely fortunate to have this original document. It’s a great piece of history.” |
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