March 5, 2014 by Tricia's Trader

March 5, 2014 Volume XII Issue 5

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MILK RIVER ANGUS BULL SALE -- April 16, Chinook, MT -- 90 Bulls Sell -- 945-0850-- Details page 2. Bull Fries, Sweetbreads, Sirloin tips, Potatoes, Beans

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Saturday, March 8th

Downstairs Lucky Bullet ‘Hole’ ,Malta, MT Dinner 6 p.m. - Live Music 9 p.m. MUSIC by ‘Trial by Fire’

Auction, Door Prizes, 50/50, Wagon Race Games, Live Music

44th Annual

For Sale: Two newly constructed Malta 3 bdrm 2 bath homes! One level living with an attached 2 car garage vaulted ceilings, oversized walk-in shower and an open floor plan. Call us to tour these homes! Each asking $173,000 (128MR & 129MR6) 3-I

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Selling Sons & Grandsons of:

GDAR Game Day 449 • SAV Final Answer 0035 • Connealy Lead On • SAF Powder River 0031 Sitz Dash 10277 • Ideal 4636 • Woodhill Foresight • Connealy Packer 547

Bulls Sell

For Complete Sale Information and Sale Book, Contact

Clayton Hofeldt • 406-945-0850 Download our Sale Book at www.BallyhooPrinting.com View Bulls at Hould Feedlot & Bull Center, Malta, MT

Milk River Angus Bull Test Consignors

Four Butte Cattle Co. (4B) C Bar Angus (C-) Kent & Judy Pike Artt & Ross Christofferson 406-357-2994 406-658-2216 or 658-2153 fourbuttes@hotmail.com rc516@mtintouch.net Bryan Pike (BP) Bar 9 Ranch (-9) 406-788-5952 Clayton Hofeldt • 406-945-0850 bpike4@hotmail.com bar_9_ranch@hotmail.com

North Fork Angus (NFA) Kade, Shane & Morgan Friede 406-357-2410 sfriede@hotmail.com DH Registered Angus (DH) Dale Hofeldt • 406-357-3785 dalehofeldt@yahoo.com

CONTENTS: Classifieds, Classifieds, EVERYWHERE!

Advertising Info............... 12 Bill’s Food Corner.next time Bull Sale Calendar.......... 25 Comic..............................11 Conservative Cow Dr........ 6 Dave Says...................... 22 “Laugh Lines”.................. 24 “Money Talks” Financial Column..............next time Realty Section.................. 8 Rodeo Roundup..............11 SPOTLIGHT:....................... Seed Show... 16-19 Subscriptions.................. 12 “Things to Know”.............. 4

For Sale: 3x3x8 bales of 1st & 2nd cutting alfalfa, Blue joint & straw for sale. Grain corn available. 406-785-2261 or 406-263-7022. 2-I:3-II

For Sale: '02 Dodge 1/2T 2WD, 360 V8 auto, new rear mud/snow tires, quad cab, silver, good shape, 99k mi. Call 406-357-2817. 3-I

Newer, Used Products: Tools, Firearms, Chain Saws, Jewelry, 18" & 20" Rims, Guitars, TVs, and Saddles. Leon's Buy & Sell, 720 First St., Havre, MT. 3-I

See pg 12 for deadlines, rates & to place an ad!

For Sale: Beery Land and Livestock Co. selling private treaty 80 Horned and polled Hereford yearling bulls. Call Matt 406-773-5721 or Eddy 406-773-5710. 3-I FILTER SERVICES: For all of your air filter and water filter cleaning services call FLAWLESS FILTERS. Servicing North Central Montana with a complete line of Baldwin Filters. 406-3763106, 406-799-4580 (cell) or email us at flawlessfilters@ mtintouch.net 3-I

ON SALE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! Mega Quilter, Blind Hem Commercial machine in commercial stand, one of a kind Singer Feather Weight, and many, many more. CHECK IT OUT AT JOE'S SEWING MACHINE CENTER, 813 9th Street South, Great Falls, 406727-8412 or 406-750-0797 2-II

For Sale: 2-bed home in Havre, MT. No-maint. exterior. Garage w/metal roof. Large, spacious yard. Would make excellent rental. Needs paint, appliances, some floor coverings, $43,000. Call Kim Cripps, Havre Hi-Line Realty (406) 265-0905. 2-I

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THINGS TO KNOW: Mar. 5, Wed.: FOOT CLINIC, 9:00am-3:30pm for Gildford/Rudyard at Gildford Nutrition Site. Sponsored by NMH Senior Connection. Mar. 8, Sat.: 20TH ANNUAL WILDLIFE MUSEUM BANQUET AND AUCTION, St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church 6:00pm Art & Auction Preview, 7:00 pm Prime Rib Dinner, $30 per person. Tours of museum avail. to ticket holders from 5:00-6:00pm. Tickets available at Blaine County Library, First Bank of Montana, Wells Fargo, or from any board member or e-mailwildlifemuseum@ gmail.com. Mar. 10, Mon.: FOOT CLINIC, 9:00am-4:30pm Havre, NM Hospital 3rd Floor. Sponsored by NMH Senior Connection. Mar. 10, Mon.: AARP Drivers Safety Class, 10 - 12 and 1- 3pm. Chinook Senior Center, Call 406-357-2648 for more information. Mar. 13-15, Thurs.-Sat.: MONTANA SEED SHOW, Harlem High School, Harlem, MT. See page 14 for more details. Mar. 15, Sat.: VOLUNTEER SPRING LUNCHEON, A baked potato bar fundraiser, 12:30pm at 5th Ave. Church. by Northern Mt. Healthcare. Mar. 23, Sun.: TURNER-HOGELAND LIONS CLUB Breakfast, 8amNoon, Turner Legion Hall. Mar. 26, Wed.: DRIVER SAFETY CLASS, 1pm-5pm Harlem Senior Center, Call 406-353-2971 for more information and to register. Mar. 28, Fri.: 49TH ANNUAL SCHMECKFEST - German Festival of Tasting. At the Lustre Christian High School, Serving food from 5-7 with live and silent auctions and a program to follow. Call 392-5723 for more information. Thurs. nights.: CRIBBAGE! 7pm. Come and play OR learn to play. Sweet Grass Lodge, Chester, Montana.

Let us know what’s happening in your area. It’s free and it gets read! Call 379-2377 or email kimmelkreations@yahoo.com.

Looking for Help? Help Wanted classified ads are now FREE in Tricia’s Trader. Call today! x For Sale: '04 GMC 2500 White 4-dr 4x4 QuadraSteer. All options except sunroof. 190K mi. New Kelly Safari tires. Got 50K miles with last set on 40/60 gravel/hiway use. B&W 5thWhl Ball. Runs great. DOESN'T use oil. Replaced all worn tire rods/ball joints and rear steer rebuilt 3K miles ago. Ready to go down the road. New alternator (not rebuilt). $12,500 OBO. 406-390-1154. 3-I

For Sale: 1400 NH combine, 960 19' straight cut header, 960 13ft pickup header w/ 12' Victory pick-up. All nice shape, $2,500; JD 230 30' header w/ stainless steel bottom, batt real, good one $3,500; hay conditioner for 4000 or 5000 IH swather $250. 406353-2367. Harlem. 3-I:4-II Prayer to St. Jude: Precious St. Jude, precious Mother, and Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised, adored, and glorified throughout the world forever. Amen. Say three times a day for nine days and promise publication and your prayers will be answered, no matter how impossible, before the ninth day. Thank you, St. Jude, for prayers answered. 55 2-I:3-II

Ramblings of a Conservative Cow Doctor by Krayton Kerns, DVM, State Rep. HD 58

Swallow This

When I joined veterinary practice in the early 1980s, we commonly dispensed a dog deworming medication called Anaplex. The medication came in color coded gelatin capsules with their size based on the dog’s weight. As you might expect, little dogs swallowed little pills while big dogs swallowed big pills; a fact which seems so intuitive it wouldn’t merit a mention in a political column, but it does and here is why. The big pills were enormous; as big as a bratwurst. When clients skeptically fingered the biggies and gave me a puzzled look, I explained dogs have a specially designed pharynx enabling them to swallow large objects without choking. With multiple scavengers fighting and feeding on the same carcass in the wild, those who swallow their food whole live longer; bolting food is a survival mechanism. In spite of my amazing lecture about dog swallowing physiology, clients always asked, “You don’t expect Scooter to swallow this do you?” Yes, I did, and this brings me to my point. Even though the human pharynx is designed for speech rather than bolting food, big government activists expect voters to swallow whoppers ten times bigger

than the largest Anaplex capsule. A frightening majority of citizens swallow away never realizing they are ingesting both sides of the same issue, so let’s slow down, chew and taste what they are feeding us. Public service announcements claim the biggest public health threat to America’s poverty class is both starvation and obesity. Regardless which mythical evil the left is battling, the solution is always the same; bigger government. If you swallow the starvation crisis, the solution is government funded school breakfast, lunch, dinner, and now weekend food backpack programs. If you can’t quite choke that down because you are a supporter of the First Lady’s War on Obesity, the answer is still more government through food police stationed in the schools so as to enforce food pyramid rules. I tear up when I think of the compassion the ruling class has for we helpless unwashed too irresponsible to care for ourselves. If the thought a person can starve while dying of obesity related diseases chokes you, then try swallowing this: Man’s carbon emissions are simultaneously causing the earth to get warmer, colder, wetter, drier, and windier.

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For example, both the drought in California and the record freezing of the Great Lakes are caused by global warming if you believe government sanctioned climatology. In October of 2013, Climate Prediction Center scientists, the self-proclaimed experts at predicting global warming over the next 100 years, released forecasts completely missing the severity of our weather for the next 100 days. Using their own Heidke Skill Score where 100 points equals perfection, while minus 50 equates to the accuracy of monkeys throwing darts, these scientists scored a whopping minus 22. A proper visual would be a government Climate Predictor battling snowy roads in a Chevy Volt emblazoned with a bumper sticker boasting, “At Least I Beat the Monkey!” Voters are expected to swallow the illusion all the world’s weather fluctuations would magically flatten with every day receiving the perfect amount of rain, warmth, breeze and sunshine if we would only institute the carbon tax. Perhaps it is time for a mea culpa. Over my eight year political career I have watched leftists portray voters as ignorant; a population too foolish to make life’s simplest decisions without the direction of the ruling class. I have penned over 400 liberty focused op-ed columns battling the left with logic while they fire back with raw emotional stories of fat people starving on ice bergs inhabited by drowning polar bears all caused by my driving a Ford pickup powered by a V-10 and lighting my house with 100 watt incandescent light bulbs. Perhaps I was wrong. If the voters keep swallowing progressive dogma, they just might be as ignorant as the left says they are.

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Trueblood x Major League

omeo 66 Ranch Red Angus S SSIX

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The Swap Shop in Wolf Point is a Pawn Broker and carries a great variety of things: kitchen tables, guns, games, hand and power tools, T.V.'s, too much to mention it all. Come check out our selection at 121 Anaconda Street, Wolf Point, Mt. 406-653-1410. 3-I For Sale: RARE KNIVES Large Selection RUANA CASE XX ~ SCHRADE Hard - to - find USA-made Old Timer & Uncle Henry Knife/Scissor Sharpening Big Sky Images & Collectibles Havre Holiday Village Mall ~~~~~(406)399-6522~~~~~ 11-I:2-II#2

Jeff & Christie Nissen 406-357-2643 Patty Nissen-Cross 406-357-3534

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15th Annual Sale April 2, 2014 f Featuring sons o

Yearling Bulls

Connealy Consensus 7229 BW +2.2 WW +64 YW+104 Milk +34 MB +.97 RE +.88 $W +43.80 $B +111.36

NBC BW -1.1 WW +76 YW YW+130 +130 Milk +29 MB +.58 RE +.06 $W +63.17 $B +43.33

A full listing and performance updates available at

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TC Aberdeen 759 BW +.8 WW +56 YW+102 Milk +37 MB +.48 RE +1.40 $W +49.74 $B +81.11

Other sires include Hoover Dam, , NA Charge On 902, GDAR CJD Alliance 0714, AAR Hilger 1110, KG Rainmaker 9208, Sitz Onward 9007 Sale Day Conference Call

Hay For Sale: Lrg round 2nd cutting alfalfa bales for sale. 110 bales. Call 406-357-3222 days, 357-2768 eve. 2-II

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For Sale: Whispering Winds: A History of the Big Flat 750 page hardcover book celebrating Turner, Montanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s centennial. Get your copy today for only $100. Visit www. turnermontana.us or call Edward Snider at 406-353-2934. x

A self-directed program puts the individual receiving the care in charge, allowing you to arrange and direct your own services and supports. You select, train and manage your caregiver. We take care of the program paperwork, so you can take care of...you! Services www.ConsumerDirectMT.com ServicesAvailable AvailableStatewide Statewide • Havre Office: 406-265-2393 • www.ConsumerDirectMT.com John Jones Estate Auction: April 12th, Malta City Hall, 10am. Some items are: Toro riding lawn mower, zero turn; Antiques; guns; silver coins; household furniture; exercise equipment; new Arctic Cat 4 wheeler w/ blade & sprayer tank attachment; tools; full mount mountain lion; kerosene lamps. Watch next issue of "Tricia's Trader" for a full listing. 3-I 3 Sisters at 101 S. 1st St. E. in Malta has something for everyone! Now selling doTerra oils. Come shop the little store on the corner with a big selection. 406-654-2529. 1-I:3-II For Sale: '78 El Dorado. Good shape, runs well, $1,000 OBO; '68 Cadillac 4 dr Sedan DeVille, $1,000 OBO. '68 Ford F-150 4 speed 4x4, $995 OBO. '70 Pontiac Bonneville, 57k mi., $7,000 OBO; '87 Lincoln 6dr. Limo, some body damage, 75k mi, $3,500 OBO. Call 406-654-7794. 2-I

Malta Tire Factory is ready to help you with all your automotive repairs and tractor tire repairs. Malta Tire, Hwy 2 West, Malta. 406-654-2120. 3-I

Gunderson Herefords: Dale Gunderson, Two year old Hereford Bulls Private Treaty at the Ranch at Rudyard, 406-355-4212. 3-I

The Glass Shop in Malta has Multi-Fuel Stoves for sale. They burn wheat, barley, wood pellets, shelled corn and other biomass fuels. Call 406-654-1720 or 406-654-2784 evenings. 2-II

Riverside Marine & Cycle Semi Annual Used ATV/UTV/ Motorcycle Auction, March 1, 2013 11AM, Richland Co Fairgrounds, Sidney, MT. See our ad on the back cover. 2-II

C&J Spraying, LLC is now booking 2014 crop acres. Call Chet at 406-390-3582 or Jess at 674-5223. 10-I:3-I

POSITION AVAILABLE: Part-time Barista needed for fast paced business. The right applicant must be a punctual team player with great customer service skills, communication skills, and multi-tasking skills. Apply in person at Coffee Hound, 4 1st Street, Havre. 2-II For Sale: INDIAN BLANKETS & ARTWORK Sweetgrass ~ Sage ~ Furs Buckskin ~ Saddles USA Old Timer Knives Knife/Scissor Sharpening, Custom Framing, Big Sky Images & Collectibles Havre Holiday Village Mall ~~~~~(406)399-6522~~~~~ 11-I:2-II#1

Coming Soon! Robin's Roost in Malta, located between the Lucky Bullet and Moore's Printing. Opening March 3rd. Fashions for the curvy girl! 2-II

DUNCAN RANCH CO. 35th Annual Production Sale March 8, Opening Day Silent Auction. 25 Reg. Hereford Bulls, 22 Reg. Black Horned & Polled Angus Bulls. Come Early To View The Bulls, Beef Lunch—Bids Due By 1:00. At The Ranch 25 Miles North Of Joplin. Contact Bruce Duncan at 406-292-3503 or btduncan@itstriangle.com 2-II

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For Sale: 2005 VW Jetta 2.5L 2nd owner. Very well maint. Pristine cond. Great first car! $7,900 OBO. Call Chris at Custom Collision Repair, Havre (406) 265-8492. 2-I

Bulls For Sale: Funk Angus Ranch has for Sale Private Treaty yearling Angus bulls. Call Gary or Roxann. 406-392-5777. 3-I

Seed Wheat For Sale: Certified Vida and Duclair (New MSU Sawfly Resistant Variety). Great yields, exc. protein. Call Maloney Bros. Ptshp. 406379-2399, 399-2157 or 3792235. Turner, Montana. 3-I Open House, Apr. 3rd: Farmer's Union Oil Co. in Rudyard, MT. Free Hot Dogs & Chili, 11:30am-1:00pm. Spring Oil Sale starts March 17; runs thru April 3. Call today, 406-355-4543. 3-I Now Buying: All Kinds of Raw Fur, skinned or unskinned. Coyotes--Red Fox--Badgers--Raccoons-Muskrats--Bobcats. Thunder Mountain Fur Co., Larry DiLulo. 12610 Paradise Valley Rd., Chinook, MT. (406) 357-2894. 12-II:3-I

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3 Sisters at 101 S. 1st St. E in Malta has something for everyone. Now selling doTerra oils. Come shop the little store on the corner with a big selection! 406-654-2529. 2-II

For Sale: Butcher hogs available year-round. Call 406895-2226 or 895-7019. 2-I:7-II NEW APPLIANCES CLEARANCE! Check our Clearance Section at Sears in the Holiday Village Mall, Havre. Get New appliances for the price you'd expect to pay for used appliances. 1753 Hwy 2, Havre, MT (406) 265-4720. 2-II Searching for something? Find it in the search window at www.TriciasTrader.com. x Riverside Marine & Cycle, Your Montana/Dakota Superstore. Open 7 Days a week. Honda, Yamaha, Polaris, Kawasaki, Suzuki. Kingfisher & G3 Boats. 406-232-3300 or 800-3227817, rmcmilescity.com. 2-II

Open Air Flea Market & Consignment Auction, 2nd Saturday each month, AprilOctober, Flea Market 8 a.m., Auction starts at 12 p.m. 6400 S. Frontage Rd Billings, Vendor space available, Call 406-652-5202 www.I90AntiqueMall.com. 3-I

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DEAR DAVE, I’m trying to pay off my credit card and get out of debt. Do you think I should transfer the balance to one with a lower interest rate while I do this? ~Kelsey Dear Kelsey, I’m not against this idea, as long as you understand that you’re not really accomplishing much. All you’re doing is moving money around, and maybe saving a tiny bit on interest. If you were planning on keeping the debt around for 30 years it would become a big deal. But if you’re talking about a few months, just until you get it paid off, it’s not that much money. The problem with balance transfers is that you feel like you took a big step forward when you really didn’t. Lots of times this causes people to lose focus on other things they can do to get out of debt, like picking up an extra job or selling a bunch a crap they don’t want or need. That kind of stuff, along with living on rice and beans and a strict written budget, is 98 percent of the battle when it comes to getting out of debt! ~Dave DEAR DAVE, How can I get credit card companies to stop sending us preapproved offers? My wife continues to sign up for these, and now we have $40,000 in credit card debt. ~Dan

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Dear Dan, Chances are you’ll never get credit card companies to stop sending stuff, but there a few things you can do that might help slow things down. Access your credit bureau report, and opt out of marketing offers. You can also freeze your credit report, and send direct requests to the credit card companies to take you off their mailing lists. I’ve been telling people not to use credit cards for 20 years and, believe it or not, even I get offers in the mail. The more mailing lists you get on, the more your mailbox will fill up with junk mail. If you have magazine subscriptions and things like that, your contact information is circulating all over the place. The next thing I’m going to say may sound cruel, but I really don’t mean it that way. You don’t have a junk mail problem, Dan. You have a relationship problem. You two are not on the same page about money. Either she doesn’t feel like you two have enough money, and she’s resorting to credit cards for this reason, or she does this because she’s a spoiled brat who thinks she should always have what she wants when she wants it. Her behavior is destroying your financial lives and driving a wedge between you. My advice would be to sit down and have a gentle, loving talk with her about all this. Try to find out why she feels the need to have all these credit cards, and explain that you’re worried about what it’s doing to your marriage and your finances. That may mean having to spend some time with a marriage counselor, but that’s okay, too. There’s no reason to be ashamed of something like that. The truth is, most of us who have been married more than 20 minutes could use a little help in that area of our lives! ~Dave For Sale: Available now are three residential building lots sold together or separately in the Sleeping Buffalo Acres of Saco. All lots have electricity nearby and a proposed rural water district is being formed. Lots 24-26 Asking $18,000 to $20,000 (102KG6) 3-I

CATTLE WITH SUBSTANCE AND QUALITY, BACKED BY PEOPLE WITH INTEGRITY

Sweet Pro For Sale: premium supplement profit blocks for livestock producers. Available by single item or truck load. Call 406-301-2731 or 654-4693. 2-I:3-II Help Wanted: General Ranch Hand position. Livestock and machinery experience helpful. Willing to train. Good equipment, housing, and benefits. References required. 406-357-3572. 2-II

J5 A.V.G.I. JOE 31A THIS BULL COVERS ALL THE BASES! HE IS DESTINED FOR GREATNESS!

Quality & Integrity

APRIL 3, 2014 AT 1:00 P.M. at Glasgow Stockyards, Glasgow Montana

50 Yearling Bulls 20 Yearling Heifers For a catalog or more information call us at 406-357-3125 or Jim 406-539-3100 or Brady 406-539-2102 e-mail: bbowlesj5@yahoo.com facebook.com/BowlesJ5Reds 12995 Paradise Valley Rd, Chinook, MT 59523

Krogmann: Looking for that durable long-lasting balebed, flatbed, bale handler, carry all? Call Smith's Repair 9542564 your local Krogmann dealer, located in Roy and Malta. Manufacturing the best quality since 1989. 3-I

TWO MISCHIEVOUS BROTHERS Two little boys, ages 8 and 10, were excessively mischievous. They were always getting into trouble, and their parents knew if any mischief occurred in their town, the two boys were probably involved. The boys’ mother heard that a preacher in town had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The preacher agreed, but he asked to see them individually. The mother sent the 8-year-old in the morning, and the older boy was to see the preacher in the afternoon. The preacher, a huge man with a deep booming voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly, “Do you know where God is, son?” The boy made no response, sitting there wide-eyed with his mouth hanging open. So the preacher repeated the question in an even sterner tone, “Where is God?” Again, the boy made no attempt to answer. The preacher then shook his finger in the boy’s face and bellowed, “WHERE is GOD?” The boy screamed, bolted from the room, ran directly home, and dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him. When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked, “What happened?” The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, “We are in BIG trouble this time! GOD is missing, and they think WE did it!”

Date

Sale info.

Mon. CLEAR CREEK ANGUS Mar. 3 at Bear Paw Livestock 1pm Chinook, MT. Teddy & Sara Crowley 406-395-4962 www.clearcreekangus.com

REAL ESTATE: Check out this weeks ad on page 3 to see our latest listings. You can also see up to date information at fbrealty.com or stop by our office FORT BENTON REALTY, 1426 Front Street, Fort Benton, MT. 800-406-0946. 2-II For Sale: 22" Yard Machine Snow Blower. $350. Call 406-403-1804. 3-I For Sale: 31 Ac. along Milk River w/county-maint road. 5 bed (1 non-conf) 2 bath, handicapped accessible. 35x40 heated shop + 35x40 extension/3 car garage. Many updates. 345 Whitetail Ln, Chinook MT. $275,000 Call Ken Nelson @ 406-4390595. Flynn Realty. 2-II

Kirkwood Funeral Home 654-1132

Serving Northern MT from Malta

Sat. DUNCAN RANCH CO. Mar. 8 Silent Auction at the Ranch 25 mi no. of 1pm-bids due Joplin, MT. Come early to view bulls. Bruce Duncan 406-292-3503 btduncan@itstriangle.com Wed. MASTER ANGUS Mar. 26 at Bear Paw Livestock 1pm Chinook, MT 406-357-2265 or 680-7483 www.masterangus.com Mon. Mar. 31 1pm

49TH PARALLEL BLACK ANGUS Mankota Stockmen’s Weigh Co. Makota, Sask., CAN 306-625-3676. Sale Day = 306-478-2229 Sale broadcast on DVAuction.com

Wed. NISSEN ANGUS Apr. 2 at Bear Paw Livestock 1pm Chinook, MT Lunch at Noon 406-357-3534 or 357-2643 www.nissenangus.com Thu. BOWLES J5 REDS Apr. 3 at Glasgow Stockyards 1pm Glasgow, MT 406-357-3125 or 539-3100 or 539-2102 www.facebook.com/BowlesJ5Reds Mon. Apr. 7 1pm

R. MATH FARMS ANGUS SALE At the ranch, Whitewater MT. Bob Math 406-674-5562

Thu. EAYRS ANGUS Apr. 10 at Glasgow Stockyards 1pm Glasgow, MT Monte 406-486-5684, or Dorothy 406-367-5327 Thu. NORTHERN PREMIER ANGUS Apr. 10 at Bear Paw Livestock Chinook, MT 406-262-2347

Date Wed. Apr. 16 1pm

Sale info.

MILK RIVER ANGUS at Bear Paw Livestock Chinook, MT Clayton Hofeldt 406-945-0850

Thu. NELSON RANCH May 1 RED/BLK SIMMENTAL,SIMM-ANGUS at Glasgow Stockyards Glasgow, MT Floyd 406-228-2024 or Don 406-367-5251 Private Treaty

BEERY’S LAND & LIVESTOCK at the ranch, Vida, MT Matt Beery 406-773-5721 Eddy Berry 406-773-5710

Private BIM & JANAS STRAUSER RED ANGUS Treaty 66 Ranch Havre, MT 406-394-3519 www.66ranch.com Private BAR STAR CATTLE Treaty Polled/Horned Hereford Bulls Loma, MT Chad Murnin 406-399-7811 or 739-4303 wwwfacebook.com/barstarcattle Private Treaty

FUNK ANGUS RANCH at the Ranch, Loma, MT Gary & Roxann Funk 406-392-5777

Private Treaty

GUNDERSON HEREFORDS 2 Year old Hereford Bulls at the Ranch, Rudyard, MT Dale Gunderson 406-355-4212

SHIPWHEEL CATTLE Dec. 2014 at the Clear Creek Ranch Chinook, MT 406-357-2492 www.ShipwheelCattle.com WITTKOPP ANGUS Feb. 2015 at Glasgow Stockyards Glasgow, MT Home 406-485-3552, Cell 974-3552 BULLS OF THE BIG SKY Feb. 2015 at Billings Livestock Commision Billings, MT. Simmental, Angus and SimAngus www.bullsofthebigsky.com

For Sale: Snow rotary plow, 8ft cut, 130 hp engine; 1985 Ford LTD, Crown Victoria, 4 dr; 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd, all options, very nice cond; 1998 Arctic Cat Powder Extreme snowmobile, 3 cyl 600, good shape $1,500. 873-4780 or 450-4760. 3-I

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Unreserved Public Auction

Lethbridge, AB

7 Half Diamon Cattle Co. Ltd. Glen Weich Collden Farms Ltd. & Gary Collins Farms Ltd. Merlinds Farms Ray Grisnich

March 27, 2014 | 9 am Real estate selling at this auction

7 half diamond cattle co. ltd. farmland & GrazinG lease 12 qtrs in iron sprinGs & 18 qtrs in coronation

Glen Weich – hanna, aB 1 home quarter, 4 parcels of farmland & 480± acres crazinG lease

dale hosack – claresholm, aB 2 parcels of vacant commercial property

2– 2005 John deere 9760 sts

1996 case ih 9380

2006 neW holland tG285

1998 premier 2930 25 ft

2000 doepker

1996 international 8100

Lethbridge, AB March 27 | 9am South of Lethbridge on Hwy 4 & 508. Yard on West side. Phone 403.327.4933

Call Today to Consign! 2011 seedhaWk 8412 84 ft

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2006 BourGault 5710

For Sale: .257 Weatherby Mag Vanguard, muzzle brake, scope rings, shells. $639.99 - 406-403-1804. 3-I

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