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Rough Cut Lumber
Harvested as part of thinning to reduce fire danger.
$0.75 per board foot.
Call Mike (406-882-4835) or Sam (406-882-4597)

“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin

  • Thinking Karl Marx

    I suspect that today’s average leftist or socialist has left a bunch of Karl Marx’ writings unread.  The big thing to remember is that Karl spent a lot of years studying capitalism, identified a lot of systemic inequities, then proposed communism as an alternative.  Since the closest thing to his proposed communism at the time Read more

  • Following the Freedom Convoy

    Following the Freedom Convoy

    Following events as they are happening takes a bit of work, and this more so than most. It has the advantage of being stretched out in time, so the reader isn’t overwhelmed by a bunch of things happening all at once, but finding what, and why and when proved more difficult. Here’s what I have Read more

  • Blockades at the Border

    Slow Roll Protests have emerged at several crossings over the past month, as well as full and partial blockades. Protests are against the new vaccine mandates for crossing the border, and in support of the Freedom Convoy in Ottowa protesting the same. A Slow Roll Protest began at 3 in the morning, Monday January 17th Read more

  • Snow fleas have been out and about.

    Snow fleas have been out and about.

    Snow fleas have been out and about this past week. Despite their name, snow fleas bear no relation to the parasitic insects. Truth be told, snow fleas aren’t even insects! They have six legs, but aren’t divided into three body regions like insects, so instead belong to a larger grouping, the hexapods. Snow fleas are Read more

  • Pinkham Creek- The Old Days

    Sam Billings wrote of his experience as a Forest Service guard on Pinkham Creek.  We do need to remember that the Pinkham Creek residents of the time did not have the same access to the historical record that the Forest Service did – the stories I heard as a youngster suggest there was only one Read more

  • The Petit Bourgeoisie Role in Irish Democracy

    Karl Marx thought the petit bourgeoisie would have a decisive role in the revolution – and I can’t think of better, more salt of the earth, examples of petit bourgeoisie than owner-operator truckers, farmers, and ranchers.  To Karl, the petit bourgeoisie were the small merchants, the self-employed artisans . . . folks who owned at Read more