Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1880-04-29

THE business Ol LllC IIttl A1iioNtliC VA P!CS9 n
is such that it requires II tour-horse team
now regularly - c
ar1. the horses in the Judith were driven !
os,ast week, leaving the settlers and num- ,
bpr of teamsters afoot.
An inexperienced man has but little con- :,
o0nt;on of the amount of provisions that are -,
consumed annually upon sheep ranch. :
JONAS HIGGINS has been doing flourish
mo business the past week, both with Iogo
stampeders and the Musselshell country. !
OuT of five hundred lambs dropped by
nr parbcrry's flock but two hundred are
now living.
THE Newkirk Bros, who have located a
dairy ranch on Eight Mile, have dwelling
IN and are now engaged in putting up a
dairy house.
p. B. SCHUCKMAN, who came up from
he Swettgrass q few weeks since severely
afflicted with rheumatism, is recovering rap
lly, and will soon be well.
SOME of our flock masters are skinning
their dead lambs. 1t is said to pay we'll as
there is good demand for ssthem East at a
fair price.
EVERY new conner to the country needs
the HusBANDMAN, since it is the best means
existing for acquainting them with the
modes of husbandry peculiar to the Rocky
Mountains.
A SECOND raiding party visited the Sweet
grass and Yellowstone last week, and rot |
away with band of about 200 head of stock. |
D. A. G. Flowerree's herders were all set on |
foot.
We have 1t from reliable source thss |
three feet Of gravel, prospecting from three
cents to twenty y-five cents to the pan has been
developed at Yogo, which is a sufficient
guarantee that it will be big camp.
Col. LEON, of Canyon Ferry, has deter
mined to put small steamer on the Mis-
souri, river above the Falls, for the purpose
Of accommodating tourists and sightseers. /
The boat is to be capable of carrying lIi,leS
passengers.
IHE CroN]ey Bres., of Canton, Missouri
valley, taving determined 70 build,a home
IN u.e Judith basin, passed this week with a
foNr-hose load of seed and ranch supplies.
They will locate in the vicinity 'ef Reed &
Bowls ranch.
NOTWITHSTANDING the loss of horsefesh
on the Judith, Musselsheh and tributaries,
people continue to hock there, determined
to establish themselves i'm this beautiful and
fertile region in spitecf the most determined
opposition the Indians can offer.
ALARGE representation from Cave gulch
Joseph Woodward, Henry Descombe,
Dick Norris, Joseph Sperlock, Harry Lund
and Claib Gatewood--came in on Sunday
last en- route for Yogo gulch. They had
letters from friends there which warranted
themin the belief that a good camp would
De developed. They also had prospect OF
"otaihing ground
KS CARTER, of Champaign, Illinois, an
Uncle of j. 0 Hussey of this valley, arrived
" Saturdays coach. He is a gentleman
alVered over with gray, but expresses him
SELF well pleased with our uncouth Montana
A'd and appetite which ''roughing it,"
produces. He comes to Montana to exanl-
,ie into the several stock industries, and
ofngs the necessary ducats to invest.
iHE Indians who committed the depreda-
uohs on the Sweetgrass and Yellowstone
aoout two weeks since, we are creditably
informed, went into the country with the
,ieeean camp now there. They were nc
uouot Sioux and Nez Perces, but were on
soou terms with the Piegans, as they stole
nurses from the Crows and Flatheads, bu1
sa not nelest the Piegan stock. Much O
.ie subsequent stealing is believed TO have
peeh committed by the Piegans. A squat
w. u soldiers is now guarding the Piegan camp
ou' IT Is composed only of old men ane
s4uaWs' the warriors, it is thought, beins
0u' IN search of horses.