Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-04-11

ready for the seasons work. Henry Wal y
Mountain Spring gulc,. The ground is ;
shallow, but he thinks it will pay, with a ,
good head of water, about S. per day. +
Fox & Tucker have good diggings and !
plenty of them. They expect to take out,
if the water season is good, about $4,000
ummer.
A. Parker has a contract for the delivery
of wood to YIN. Gaddis, Camp Baker, at
81 per cord.
Thos. johnson and other farmers Of the
valley are pretty we'll through with their
planting. w. w.
Camp Baker, April 9th.
EDITOR HUsBANDMAN'
The farmers in this vicinity are unusually
busy blowing and sowing. The motto
here is, " he that would by tilling the soil
thrive, must SOW the seeds early" They
have a force of seven men employed on the
spring ditch putting it in good repair for a
summers contest with the hoppers. The
Houston, Hickman s. Harter river ditch is
already in good repair and water is expected
through it at an early day.
VIM. Leonhardi has decided to do but lit
tie farming this season. He will do con-
siderable fencing, and some rushing around
among his fine horses, in which he is as
spry as a boy of sixteen.
The Beckney farm is represented by j..
w. R'Neil, who at all times may be found
turning the sell or sowing the seeds.
Jacob Titnan is farming his lower place
and has the most of his spring work done.
The Sharp Bros. have moved to their
former residence. They have purchased
the we'll known young stallion Bolivia, .lr.
MI. Houston's fam is represented by
Harvey and Deadmond, who are very busy
and will soon be through seeding.
A. Hartman is preparing to summer fall
low.
j. r. Deadmond & Bro. have 40 acres
seed and most all of their land plowed.
Thos. Toston, the enterprising farmer and
miner. who is always up before sunrise,
with the aid of his two sons George and
Thomas, is busy turning and seeding the
soil. They have their new terry boat we'll
under way. most Of the lumber and timbers
! for building being on the ground. The'gun-
5 wales are of yellow pine sawed by hand, and
are the best | have ever seen. They have
: nearly completed the bridge over the big
: slough. Their wire cable is en- route and
: will arrive by the first boat.
y While returning from their quartz mines
\ recently, George and Thomas Toston met
with an accident, and but for the timely aid
/ of ). r. Deadmond could hardly have es-
capped losing a valuable horse. Fortunately
e however, they got out, saving the horse,
but the harness was badly cut up.
r The last residence on Paradise fiat is tha1
of Messrs. Russell s. Ames, situated on the
bank of the stream where golden castles are
V built and quarlz kings dream OF grea
wealth. These gentlemen have, the pas
e winter, been engaged in sinking on then
lode, Gen. G.. B. Mcclellan. This lead is
n situated in the low hills near Six Mile creek
If 1t is we'll defined and can be traced on thu
O. surface 1000 feet. 1t assays well in copper
and contains gold and silver. The last as
saws made from the main shaft, | will leay'
for the boys themselves to inform you, bu
re | assure you they are fiattering. The goot
ii prospects they have had tc work on TIL
past winter has caused them to exert them
III selves. They were at last driven out b,
~ water. Being interested in placer mines Il
III other places, they have postponed work o
the lode until next winter, when they Wi
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