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*T*I*P* The oil-rig count in neighboring North Dakota has risen from 27 in September 2021 to 29 in October and up to 34 in mid-November. — mike *T*I*P* Backroads of Montana, produced by the Montana Public Broadcast System, aired its first show in 1991, with Wibaux, Montana native Willi...

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*T*I*P* Gas prices are up about 60% from a year ago and the two largest gas companies appear to be on track to nearly doubling their profits over 2019. All this is happening while the cost of unfinished gas heading to the blending terminals to become the finished re tail products of gasoline...

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*T*I*P* We’ve a bout of illness among us at the Leader this past week or so. After I tested positive with COVID I have a better perspective of the disease. My symptoms were not horrible but miserable. I jumped on it early getting tested, got the infusion of the monoclonal antibodies and a ...

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It was great walking-the-dog weather on a very recent Thursday while heading south on Scobey’s Timmons Street. There’s still more in store... it just be a bit cooler these days. — Leader Photo, mike *T*I*P* The Federal Reserve Note, the $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 dollar bills we...

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*T*I*P* “Gold is a currency. It is still by all evidences the premier currency where no fiat currency including the [U.S.] dollar can match it.” — Alan Greenspan, American economist who served five terms as the 13th chairman of the Federal Reserve in the U.S. from 1987-2006 ...

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*T*I*P* If you are one of those people who have a wood stove and burn throughout the winter months to supplement your other form(s) of heating, what can you do with the ashes? Here are a few helpful hints: • ashes work well for filling in holes in roadways; • mix a small amount of wate...

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While looking over the September 2021 issue of the Montana NewspaperAssociation’s (MNA) monthly newsletter appropriately titled the Press Pass, spotted on page 4 was an interesting piece of information. It was in the “milestones” section and featured Frank Datta, the publisher/editor of ...