The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-07-16
STOCK NOTES.

The branding of the Musselshell
roundup falls about one-third short.
Geo. A. Wells has sold a half interest
in his band Of sheep on Cora creek to
the man who is running them for him.
The attention Of flock masters is call
ed to the notice "Sheep on shares want
ed" 1t is a good opportunity to place a
band of wool producers.
MI. w. B. Elliott, one of the success
full wool growers of the upper Teton, is
in the city, and has his wool on hand
ready for shipment to Boston.
Subscriptions to the Montana Wool
Grower are coming in rapidly. The
fockmasters manifest u disposition to
give this journal a hearty support.
The Musselshell Stock association has
delegated J. t. Murphy and J. w. Free
ser as delegates to attend the general
stock meeting in Helena ontAe- 18th.
Geo. w. Samples, a wool grower of
the lower Judith valley, is in the city.
Mr.. S. drove his sheep to Clagett to be
sheared, and will ship bis wool from
that point.
The WOOL growers journal will be
called "The Montana Wool Grower"
the first number Of Which will be issued
next month. The subscription price will
be two dollars per annum.
Thos. Friendship, of Aberdeen, Scot
land, arrived on Tuesday with thirteen
head of one and two year old black
Polled Angus bulls for Messrs. Poin-
dexter & Orr. They are thoroughbred
bulls, hornless, and remarkably hardy.
Dillon Tribune.
Senator Cochrane left on Monday for
Montana. He will spend a week in the
vicinity of Macleod, where he will Join
Mr.. Kerfoot. They will then proceed
band of six thousand sheep, to be placed
on their range at Big Hill.-Calgary
Herald, June %.
The cattle shipped to Maple Creek on
the Canadian Pacific, by [. 6. Baker &
Co., were taken through from Winnipeg
to the above named place, a distance Of
600 miles, in 20 hours, or at the rate of 80
miles an hour. The lightning express
on the Northern Pacific does not do bet
ter than that.
Five Montana cowboys were arrested
by the collector of customs, Brandon,
on the 22nd ult. They are supposed to
have stolen mules and cattle in Montana
and Struggled them through to Mani
toba.-Calgary Herald.
They are not Montana cowboys. Our
cowboys are not of that stripe, but on
the contrary an orderly, ~law-abiding
class.
Senator Cochrane, of the Cochrane
Rancho company, is expected in this
city any day now. He intends to buy a
large number of sheep here, to be placed
on Bow river in the Northwest Terri
tory. He is accompanied by Mr.. Ker-
foot, who is to be the manager of his
sheep interests. Mr.. X. was formerly
in the business in this territory on the
Musselshell.,
Mr.. E. Beach, the we'll known wool
grower Of the Sun river country, has
sold his sheep, or all but a portion of his
thoroughbred band, including or
two Of his ranches, to a stock company,
styled we believe, the North Fork Sun
River Sheep company. The Rev. Mr..
Flint and sons, the former of whom
visited Fort Benton last winter, are the
principal stock holders.
We learn from John Harris that the
Marias, Teton and Sun river round-ups
have separated and each party is
now preparing to brand. MI. Harris
thinks there will be some decrease in
the branding this year, but not nearly
so much as reported from other ranges.
Wolves, among other causes, have oper-
ated to lessen the calf crop on this range,
as many a calf has been killed by these
animals.
Grannis & Son Of Shields river, OBJ
tanned from J. M. Hol $4,000 in cash
for their herd of cattle. A year ago the
| herd amounted to 2.1OO head including