Time Capsule: From the weekly archives

Mission Valley News, Dec. 14, 1983

Grade Schoolers begin dribbling

The fourth and fifth graders at Pablo School have just started their annual basketball program. There are 39 boys and girls participating this year.

Bob Bristol, fifth grade teacher in Pablo, is in charge of the program. Bob has 13 coed teams that play during the lunch hour each school day. There are three players per team. They have two games each day. 

At the end of their season in February or March, each player receives  a t-shirt with the school name and mascot on it. The Pablo P.T.A. purchases the shirts for the students participating in the basketball program each year.

Calf brings $106,000; a sale record in valley

Figures recently released by Roger and Kay Bowers for their Kadence Ranch Annual Production Sale on Nov. 30 showed a six-figure price, the highest price ever known to have been paid for a bull from the Mission Valley. 

A bull calf named Kadence Rifleman brought $106,000 from a consortium of 16 buyers. And that wasn’t even for the whole bull. The purchasers got a one-half interest to split but no possession. 

When he is not munching grass on the Kadence Ranch and when he is older, the Feb. 24, 1983, animal will be lodged at a bull stud for his sperm to be collected for artificial insemination by his now numerous owners. 

Kadence Rifleman was sold jointly by the Bowers and Roy Tufly of Dixon. Tufly had sold the dam to the Bowers, retaining an interest in her calf if it should be a bull. The purchasers hail from North Dakota, Montana, Alberta, Nebraska, Iowa Washington and Indiana. 

The Flathead Courier, Dec. 8, 1948

“Woodman, Spare that Christmas Tree”

While it is not intended that folks should not cut Christmas trees, a few simple rules have been offered by forest rangers for the benefit of local citizens who plan on cutting their own trees.

These rules would hold tree cutting on a sustained yield basis:

• Avoid cutting trees near a prominent road, which, if done, will mutilate roadside beauty. 

• Avoid cutting a lone tree growing out in the open. 

• Avoid cutting down a tree and only taking the top; at least 50 percent of a 25-foot tree should be utilized. 

• Avoid cutting high stumps as trees should be cut at ground level and all branches trimmed off.

The public should bear in mind that it isn’t always necessary to have a perfectly shaped tree since one with a side a little flat can be set in a corner where it will make an ideal Christmas tree.