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

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will be greatly missed.
On March 2lst JAS. Mauldin, of the Will
loWburn ranch, sold to j. A. Woodland, of
Lemhi, Idaho, three.ine Percheron-Norman
horses which will be two years old the COM
ing summer, and to Mr.. Eli Mlneit, of the
same place, a match span Of colts, sired by
the celebrated Lewis Philippe.
MAT: FoRDEN, our good-natured water
man, is preparing the llydrants in order to
furnish our town with the necessary supply
of natures beverage. This is a very COM
mendable enterprise. Aside from being a
great convenience to our people, it will be
Of great value should a fire occur.
M1LT. WALKER was over from his sheep
ranch last Monday after a load of oats, a
portion of which he will sow. He says
there is plenty of green grass about his
place. His flock is doing finely. Four
hundred lambs have dropped within the
past two weeks, which sWells his lamb band
to 600.
WE learn that Messrs. Andrews & Hitch
ms, who are working the extension Of the
Nancy lode at Duck creek, and are taking
out good ore, are endeavoring to negotiate
terms for for crushing it in Higgins mill.
Should they not succeed in getting the mill,
they propose to build new arastras at an
early date.
SUTTON e MARSHALL are cleaning out and
repairing their water ditch, preparatory to
turning in the water for the seasons opera
tons. The water in Trout creek is ample
in the dryest seasons. This ditch, which is
about IA miles long and covers a large tract
of bar mines. will furnish employment for a
number of laborers.
r MEssRs. Davenport, Ray & Kingsbury,
pioneer wool growers of Lewis and Clarke
county, have let out their entire lock on
shares for a term of years, and are now Civ
ing their entire attention to cattle raising.
"A. w. kingsbury, of that firm, is now in the
southern part of the Territory purchasing
young stock cattle. ..1a
WE understand that John Hiluerbrand &
j. A. Harding, formerly of Radersburg,
have disposed OF their mining and mercan-
tile interests in the Black Hills, and will re-
turn to Montana to make their home. Mr..
Harding and wife are expected to come by
the first boat. Mr.. Hildebrand will prob
ably make a tour East before returning.
The shipment of bullion by the First Ma
tional Bank of Helena of the past three
months has been three times as great as the
corresponding months OF any previous year.
We have no information Us to the precise
amount, but it is estimated by those that
are posted, that at the present rate of ship
ments this bank alone will ship considera-
bly, more this year than the entire estimated
yield of bullion in the Territory last year.
ONLY a few months ago the Chicago
Scale Company discontinued the expensive
way of selling their scales through travel
ing agents, reducing their prices one-half,
and in some cases more. As a consequence
their low prices have been advertised from
one end Of the country to the other, which,
with their well-known superiority, is fast
making them the most popular scale in use.
Business men can not afford to use their old
rusty scales when they can buy bright new
ones so cheaply. Nor can any farmer afford
to be without a scale to weigh his stock and
crops when he can now get one at about
one-third former prices, by sending direct to
the manufacturers. t.i