Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-11-06

Rocky MOUNIAlN
DON'T forget the races at White Sulphur
Springs, Saturday next. re
THOMAS Johnson will commence work :
on his new residence at White Sulphur i.
Springs next week. =, ~
The weather continues fine and the farm
er who allows cold weather to catch him
unprepared will have no one to blame but a
himself. a
THOSE who wish to purchase supplies OF
vegetables. flour, wheat, bran and shorts, v
ETC., will find our Duck creek produce mar s
ket corrected to date and prices much re-
duced from last week.
The school at White Sulphur Springs will q
close this week and will not open again un- r
Til the new school building is completed,
which is under contract and to be in readi-
ness by December first.
MR. CRAIG DOUGHTY, Of the Gallatin,
threshed, a few weeks ago, with a Richmond
steam thresher, 1926 bushels of oats in ten
hours. which is about the best days work
on record in Montona.
THOSE who nave ordered fruit trees,
shrubs, etc., of Van Dorm, Lashus q Co.,
of the Ogden nursery, may prepare to re-
ceive them, as they are to be delivered about
the tenth OF this month.
A LARGE extent of country on the north
side of the Judith basin is said to have been
swept by fire, and the hungry element is
still raging. The fire either caught through
the carelessness of prospectors or was put
out by the Indians.
MACHINERY and material. for the new
, HUsBANDMAN Office, to the amount OF nearly
nine thousand pounds, is by this time en-
route from the terminus of the railroad.
Our friends who are in arrears are reminded
: that the item of freight alone on this ship
;. ment will amount to upwards of 500.
N. Swaziland, of Sun river valley, paid
Smith river a visit last week. lie took back
It with him six fine yearling Cotswold bucks
5 which he purchased of Goodale q Bennett,
= paying $780, 90 each for them. Mr.. Sweat
lands flock is pretty we'll mixed with Me-
d rino. and he has decided to breed TOR longer
J. wool; a very good move.
n ANTHONY SHARPE assured us a few days
q since that he would contribute $50 towards
the construction of the Deep creek and
White Sulphur Springs road, besides woulc
ii do several days work. Who is the mex
t. man that is willing to aid this much-neede6
r. project? Let him speak up. Every one in
v. ~terested can afford to give something.
ne WE had a chat with MIR. Ballard q few
days since, in regard to a new road acros
II, the mountains at the head of Deep creek
,r- He assures us that it is entirely practical
We He, in company with Rev. Craven and se1
cd eral others, were hunting in that vicinit
some weeks ago and took notice OF tn
country. He says the road may be cor
structed all the way up the creek that tn
:. grade is easy and but few crossings.
- will require some grading in places, an
=. where the mountain rises steep there Wi
"a have to be some grading and timber cut, b'
=. that it will make a road that will rema
"A open all winter. The descent of the mou
tain on the east side can be made witho
sed difficulty. Tn people of the Springs al
for the upper Missouri valley are vitality int
400 ested in the opening Of a road in this yicil
at ty and should cooperate with each other
SEQ getting the work under way.
MR.. STEINsTRoPE, late of the firm
lus- Stelnstrope & Ward, farmers of Flint cree
has who has been on a trip to the new min
the was in Diamond this week. He saws tn