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Greetings and Welcome to The 405 Coffee Break with O.K. Solberg
New episodes tend to air over the local KMMR radio station @ 5 minutes past 4PM each M-F. And have been doing so, nearly every week since Sept 2018.
I'm D.J. Rasmussen, O.K.s friend since junior high, possibly your neighbor & this websites maintainer, whom strives to get each episode's show notes written, the transcript proofed and the audio posted to the internet within a few hours of that days KMMR air time. NOTE: recently been publishing most new releases by 4:30PM.
Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy the time we can spend together.
I wanna again welcome you to The 405 Coffee Break. Guys, how are doing? Get your cup of coffee, glass iced tea, or bottle of water. Let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat Uh-oh, no more $6, $5.69 a bushel, it fell out of bed. 550lb steer calf still quoting at $5.05, although not many are moving at this point in time, new baby calves are being born. Butcher Hog in Iowa 67ยข a pound. And a 100lb fat lamb in Billings above the $3 mark, $3.04 a pound. But, guys, there's more, much more.
OK Solberg:I'm in a quagmire. I don't know whether to be frustrated or joyful. I'm in a predicament. I don't know whether to be discontented or elated. I've noticed a certain peculiar situation. With this wind blowing and me striving to put my coat on, the wind either hampers me or helps me depending on which way I rotate.
OK Solberg:I've come to a conclusion, I'm gonna be jubilant. Notice, if you rotate 90 degrees, the wind actually assists you in your endeavor. With that being said, do you think we can find a bible verse that deals with the wind?
OK Solberg:Do you? Do you remember Jonah in the Old Testament? He was called by God to preach to Nineveh, and he tried to run away.
OK Solberg:Jonah 1:3-4 But Jonah rose to flee the Tarshish, from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.
OK Solberg:But but the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea and there was a mighty tempest on the sea so that the ship threatened to break up. Jonah chapter one verses three and four.
OK Solberg:Well, it would appear God uses the wind. Okay. I'll look for the good in it. Now today, my main theme is not gonna be the wind. You hear about that often enough. Today, we're gonna be looking closely into a true story about a young gal that rode her horse all across America and her intended destination was what?
OK Solberg:Los Angeles? Nevada? Las Vegas? No, sir. Her intended destiny was Malta, Montana. You heard me mention Mary Silvis and Catherine Elliott, and they had a taxi service right here in Malta, Montana back in the day. Well, lo and behold, it's a relative of Dave Rummel, who you might well know better as Smoke.
OK Solberg:Well, Smoke, he loaned me an article from a newspaper that has Catherine Elliott's story told. It dates back to 1956, the year before I was even born, the year someone who shall remain nameless, the year he was born. Listen as I quote from the article. The heading reads, they did it. Girl and horse reach Montana.
OK Solberg:She made it 2,300 miles on horseback. Miss Catherine Elliott and her beloved thoroughbred Brenda, a one eyed chestnut mare too stubborn to board a horse transport at Fort Lee, Virginia in May 1954 finally trotted into Malta, Montana, Miss Elliott's hometown last 07/23/1956.
OK Solberg:Miss Elliott was delayed a year and a half in Rylander Wisconsin when Brenda got hung up in a barbed wire fence one night. She suffered severe and painful lacerations which caused lameness So while Brenda, the horse, recuperated, miss Elliot was forced to drive a taxi for her livelihood.
OK Solberg:Miss Elliot tried to make shipping arrangements, but railway officials refused to allow Catherine to ride in the same car with her mare.
OK Solberg:Brenda, by sheer army mule stubbornness, would not board a horse trailer for the long trip. While cabbing in Rhinelander, Miss Elliot was joined by Miss Mary Silvis and her 3 small dogs. Catherine and Mary had served together in the WAC Women's Army Corps.
OK Solberg:And of course, the story continues. Yet, I don't have time to read it all, but near the end it reads, the Marys, Mary in a Model A with the dogs and Catherine horse back, the girls, were met 6 miles out of Malta at the Strater Schoolhouse by 11 mounted riders of the Phillips County Saddle Club, of which Catherine is a charter member and were escorted into town on the afternoon of July 23.
OK Solberg:The girls are now operating a taxi service of their own in Malta. End of quote, what about that then? I hear about a taxi service from the time when I was a toddler, and I check around and find out more details.
OK Solberg:Only in a small town like Malta where we can ask people, And you notice that Mary and Catherine were WACs, W A C, which stands for the Women's Army Corps, which was established in 1942 to fill urgent personnel shortages in the US army during World War II. And now you know the best of the story.
OK Solberg:So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.