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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 wanta again welcome you to The 405 Coffee Break. Guys, weekends coming. Get you cup of coffee, glass iced tea, bottled water. Let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $6.39, 550lb steer calf, top end, $5.15 a pound, fall delivery, and $3.30 a pound is what a fat lamb weighing 100lbs will fetch you in Billing. But guys there's more much more.
OK Solberg:Okay. Other than Motor Monday, all week long we've been hearing from a book loaned to me by Dick Dale telling about B.D. Phillips. I'm gonna have a bible verse and the bible reminds us that names matter. God preserved family histories because people matter, and every generation leaves a legacy for the next, just like B.D. Phillips did.
OK Solberg:Genesis 9:18 The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. Again, Genesis 9:18
OK Solberg:Well, just like Noah fathered Shem, B.D. Phillips fathered Walter, and Walter wrote a book. Let's read more from Walter's book. In his early years before B.D got married, he ranched and ran races and was an expert marksman.
OK Solberg:But it sounds like he was good at more than just those tasks. At one of the times out on the vast and rugged landscape of Montana, there was an accident, which we understand accidents are bound to happen. Listen as I quote, Harry Smiley rode with B.D. Phillips as they trailed cattle and went out hunting.
OK Solberg:Harry Smiley had the misfortune of having a horse fall on him and breaking a leg. There were only two alternatives.
OK Solberg:1st, haul Smiley to the doctor at Fort Benton in a lumber wagon to have the bone set, which would be a long and agonizing 40 mile trip.
OK Solberg:2nd, my father offered his services to set the bone and splint the leg. Offered his choice, Smiley, chose having my father do the job.
OK Solberg:The broken leg was badly displaced and very hard to set because of the contractions of the leg muscles. My father solved the problem as follows. He tied a rope around Smiley's chest and tied the other end to a tree.
OK Solberg:He then moved a wagon into position and tied a different rope from the ankle of the broken leg to a spoke of a rear wagon wheel. The wagon wheel was then rotated until the bone fell into place and splints were applied.
OK Solberg:This procedure was accompanied by cries of pain from the patient as could well be expected. Several months later when Smiley was in Fort Benton on other business, he called on the doctor to have his leg checked. The doctor asked Smiley, who set his leg? He replied, doctor Phillips.
OK Solberg:The doctor said, I never heard of doctor Phillips, but anyway, he did a very good job. End of quote. Can you guys imagine living on the range in early Montana days? But you gotta do what you gotta do.
OK Solberg:So we know that B.D Phillips was a fast sprinter, won money in many races. We know he was a master marksman, he was fun loving and jovial, and even had the skill of a doctor. He played the fiddle, shot grizzly bears, I never read that portion to you but take my word.
OK Solberg:Now, if you're anything like me, you kinda wanna know sequential order. So here's the flat bottom line. B.D Phillips was born 1857. He ran the race in Butte and won $10,000 in 1878 at the age of 21.
OK Solberg:We will learn that he married his 1st wife, Anne H. Evans from Anaconda in early 1881 and a son was born to them in December of that year, Benjamin Morgan Phillips. Anne or Mrs. B. D. Phillips died shortly after Benjamin Morgan was born. B. D. Remarried some few years later and he married Emma Mayer of Oakland California in 1884.
OK Solberg:As we read on we'll find that the author of the book Walter Phillips was born son of B.D. And Emma Phillips. He was born in 1893. Therefore, let's have a recap. B.D born 1857, raced in Butte 1878, 1st wife 1881, 2nd wife 1884, and finally, Walter, the author of this book, was born in 1893.
OK Solberg:It's good to know about the man for whom this Phillips County was named. Again, I thank Dick Dale for loaning me the book. I will be able to make many more episodes, many more episodes from my reading. The weekend's near. Go Buckshot.
OK Solberg:So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.