One Nation, Under God
One Nation, Under God
The historic Malta-Zortman Stagecoach, which has lacked a permanent home for many years, is now temporarily in the custody of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Compton and displayed in their front yard adjacent to Central Avenue. The stagecoach was given to the City of Malta by Mrs. Emma Campbell in 1974. It was then stipulated that the vehicle should be kept under cover and put on display for the enjoyment and education of local citizens and tourists. 1967.
Junior High Division winners at the Big Sky Regional basketball games was the First Security Bank team. Pictured are (l to r) back: Coaches Howie Hammond and Renee Leader. Second row: Janel Simonson, Krystal Simonson, Ella Anderson, Mikki Nordlund, Sarah Pankratz; First row: Aimee Hammond and Wendy Hill. 1997.
100 years ago
June 21, 1917
There was mild local excitement as a shipment of 1,800 Texas cattle was unloaded here and started on its way to the Missouri country for fattening. The incident caused quite a stir as it had been some time since a cattle shipment of that size had been brought here.
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The newly organized Red Cross Chapter, first in county history, was about the business of raising $1,000 for its war program. Dr. G. W. Clay was in charge.
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The air was full of things martial. Dr. C. W. Blankenhorn, Dr. R. E. Devney, H. M. Kirton, Paul R. Flint, William O'Keefe, Irving Miller and H. A. Johnson all went to Helena to take examinations for commissions in the army. The Enterprise said Blankenhorn accepted the job in the medical corps, O'Keefe was offered one in the quartermaster corps and Kirton and John were offered captaincies in other branches.
75 years ago
June 18, 1942
Fort Peck use as Japanese center is advocated
President Roosevelt was given a memorandum on the suitability of Fort Peck and Fort Keogh as sites for Japanese evacuee centers by Senator James E. Murray. Senator Murray made a visit to the Whitehouse to place the need for the use of Japanese-American beet field labor in Montana before the President.
"I told M.S. Eisenhower, director of the war relocation authority, that Montana farmers must be provided with labor if our Food for Freedom program is to be a success," Senator Murray said. "I pointed out the splendid facilities at these two sites which meet all the requirements of the authority. It is my belief that one or both of the sites will be used."
More like this can be used around here
"Blackie," a Holstein cow owned by Leonard Shelstad of Malta, gave birth to her fourth pair of twin calves on June 1. The twins were her third set in 32 months.
Mr. Shelstad purchased the cow from George Durocher in 1938. At the time, she had a calf and had raised one pair of twins. In October 1939, she presented her new owner with twins. Again in March 1941, she had a pair of twins and again in June of this year.
Mr. Shelstad lives on an FSA unit, which was part of the old Tim Johnson Ranch, about four miles north of Malta.
Band directors warn musicians of coming shortage
Word has been received that the manufacture of practically all band instruments will be frozen by the WPB after June 30. Stocks of instruments in the hands of wholesalers and jobbers will be frozen after that date with the first choice given to armed forces in all classes and grades of instruments.
Robert Scriver, Malta and director, and Chas. L. A. Swatek of Dodson wishes to call this warning to the attention of patrons in order to forestall a shortage of instruments in their beginning band classes.
50 years ago
June 22, 1967
Mosquito District using a new form of control
The most recent development in mosquito control in Phillips County is the use of insecticide dispensers, more commonly called "drips," according to Jack Korsbeack, mosquito control supervisor.
The dispensers are used to drip insecticide into the irrigation water at the headgate before it reaches the field, thus poisoning the water before the mosquito eggs hatch. Two different kinds of insecticide will be used. One that can be used on hayland and the other will be used on irrigated pastures.
25 years ago
June 24, 1992
Author paints poetic scenes of fact, fiction
"Fact is only a springboard for the imagination," says Phillips County native Judy Blunt. "Everything is based on your past."
Readers will find a mixture of fact and imagination in Blunt's newly published book of Poetry entitled Not Quite Stone.
Her collection of free-verse written during her undergrad years at the University of Montana made her the winner of the Merriam-Frontier Award, a prize established by H. G. Merriam, a longtime professor and Professor Emeritus of English at the U of M until his death in 1980.
Her collection of 60 poems draws, at times, from her 30 years of growing up among the wheat fields and prairie of Phillips County, and a divorce, and the change of gears that sent her off to college as a non-traditional student.
10 years ago
June 20, 2007
Local author's mystery for sale at Packy's
The first book of a mystery series set in this part of Montana by local author B.J. Daniels (AKA Barb Heinlein) is for sale at Packy's.
The Secret of Deadman's Coulee is set in the fictional town of Whitehorse, Mont, which does somewhat resemble Malta. The new mystery received Romantic Times top 4 ½ star rating.
6th Annual Gospel Jamboree raises the roof
The Sixth Annual Milk River Gospel Jamboree (MRGJ) was blessed with beautiful weather, great music and an appreciative audience for the three-day weekend event.
"We had a couple from Florida who saw an announcement for the program on RFD-TV and drove 3,000 miles to attend," said John Koss, chairman of the MRGJ. "We also had visitors from Helena, Sidney, and Canada."
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