St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-13
CATTLE RAISING IN MONTANA.
Investments that Pay Big PrOfits---one-sixtn
Of the Business in English Hands.

Now that the winter is over and our STOCK
men are able to take an account OF their cat
tie ard sheep, they seem very much pleaseu
with the condition of their herds. The WIN
ter has been very mild, and the losses Will
not exceed two ner cent. Last fall, and I'M
til far into the winter, raisers kept shipping
out eastern cattle and turning them loose on
the Montana ranges. Some OF these cattle
were very Door, and not a few were yearlng
calves. thought they would surely die OF
cold and lungar. But they seem 10 nave
wintered very well. Afew herds lost ten per
cent. but this was the grratest loss sustained,
and it is really marvellous that 1t Is
so small. | don't think the native
cattle lost one per cent, and it has now been
demonstrated that cattle bred on the ranges
can take the place of the buffaloes. Nature,
by wise dispensation, seems to defend them
against the cold. The hair of the native cat
tie is no longer and heavier and the hide
thicker than that of easter cattle 1t will be
wonderful sight when these plains are
covered with American cattle as they used to
be with buffaloes.
A few years ago, when I first came to Mon
tana, there were not 5000 head of cattle on
the Yellowstone, and now should
think there are fully 100000 head,
worth $50 her head, or S12,0OO,OOO
in all More than S6,0OO,000 of this
enormous body Of wealth has been made
within the past six years. Cattle kings are
becoming very common in this far-off
country, and the business may be said to
have hardly yet begun. There is room Tor
fullvone million head of cattle on the Yellow
stone and its tributaries, and we have not
half that number yet. In the whole territory
there are only about one million cattle, and
we can easily take care of double or treble
the number. At the last general roundup
600 cattle were returned for taxation,
and, as only about two-thirds of the cattle
arc ever returned, we must have nearly if
not quite million. The following table Of
of the present condition Of the cattle inter
csts Of Montana is made by an experienced
and conservative cattle raiser, and is rather
under the mark:
Losses in cattle during the WINTER. $1,000
Number on Dec. 1, 1888 taxed. ..... 695,OOO
Value, at $50 each. S29, o5O,OOO
Natural increase of cattle in 1851. $4,000
Increase by importation. ........... l5O,OOO
The increase from natural sources is put
too low by 10000 head, but the import is
about right. Our sheep interests keep pace
with the cattle developments. Ten years ago
there was not a sheep in the Yellowstone val
lev, and there were but few in the territory.
Now we have O million head and upward.
The sheep may be set down as follows:
in territory Dec. 1, 1888. o95,OOO
Increase
Total in territory at the end Of this
year. ...........-......... l'39o'OOO
Worth at 50 head. ....S4, 1o5,OOO
Total value of sheep and cattle in ter
ritory at the end of 1884. ....... S34, O35,OOO
This is very fair showing for new terri
tory have taken no account of the horses,
fine stock, Of which there is a great deal,
and which is annually increasing. One
man, Nelson Story, has on the Yellowstonea
horse herd of 200 head, and there are many
herds of 200 and 800 head. 1t may be inter
esting to learn who are some of The large cat
tie and sheep owners in Montana. Daniel
Flowree has 10000 head, Nelson Story 12,-
600, Thomas Power 5000, Samuel T. Hauser
10000, and many other gentlemen 5000,
5000 and 5000. OF the cattle on the Vel
the following is tolerably correct list;
Names OF owners and location. No. Head.
Movers ~ Bro, Powder river. $500
E. c. Dugg g Bros, Powder river........ 5000
Brown, Hallett IL Co., Powder river. 10000
Pratt, Ferris 81 Co., Powder river. $4,000
II. A. Blair, Powder river. 5000
n. Y. Cattle company, Powderssr!ver.. $4,000
II. w. Davis, Powder river. ............. 1000
Peters 81 Aston, Powder river. .......... 1000
Hackney 81 Co., Clear Fork of Power... 5000
Stoddard 81 Co., Clear Fork of Power. &C, 900
Holland s. Pfeifer Clear Fork of Power..- 1900
Plunkett, Roach 81 Co., Clear Fork of
Powder. 5000
Hauk u Scott, Power and Tongue river. 90, 900
Miles s. Strevell, Tongue river. 1000
Hardin, Campbell 81 Co., Tongue river. 1000
j. ii. Conrad, Tongue river. ............. 1000
Frewen Cattle company, Tongue river. $4,000
Concord, N. H., Cattle company, Tongue
river. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
Foster Home Cattle company, Tongue
river ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000
Carpenter 81 Robinson, Rosebud. ........ II 600
Hubbard Thompson Cattle company,
Rosebud. ................ 5000
L. DeIIart, Rosebud. Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Charles Lesseur, Rosebud. .............. 500
Charles Whitman, Rosebud. ............. 500
Capt. Harmon, O'Falleu Creek. ........ $500
B. L. Ferris, O'Fallen Creek. ........... 1900
Yellowstone Cattle Company, Buffalo
Rapids. Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Fish y Stewart, SWeeny Creek. 1000
Ryan " Levy, Little Porcupine. .......... II 900
John Parker Little Porcupine. ....... 10000
Zeal q Andersen, Lame Deer Creek w zoo
Cross " Dundick Goose Creek. ...... 600
Grinnell Live Stock Co., of Iowa, Goose
Creek. Observation-Disclosures. 900
Carpenter s. Robinson, Running Water. 500
&. p. Ferguson, Soldier Greek. roo
NJ II. Is W. A. Murphy, Piney Creek. 5000
Barrett s. Clark Crazy Womans Fork go. 600
7. j. Bryan u Van Gaskin, Otter Creek. 5000
Loud & Sanborn, Pumpkin Creek. 1000
?. B. Ware Of Chicago, Tongue River. -. 10000
Marshall, Field u Co., Powder River..... 5000
All these cattle, nearly 100000 head, are
tributary to Miles City, a town on the North
ern Pacific railroad at the mouth of Tongue
river and 100 miles west of ST. Paul. The
sheep interests in the Yellowstone valley are
not so large, of course. The following per-
sons are the herd owners:
Names of owners and location No, of Head.
Geo. Meyers s. Bro, Powder river 10000
Perkins Russell, Mizpah creek. ......... 200
S. r. Douglas, Mizpah. Observation-Disclosures 900
Newman Bros, O'Fallen creek. ...... $500
j. Goodfellow, OFalen creek ... 500
Lloyd SelWay, Pumpkin creek............ 1890
Z. Daily, Pumpkin creek. 1900
C. Br0cken, Yellowstone. ........... 1000
Guy y Son, Yellowstone. Observation-Disclosures. 1900
S. Nichols, Yellowstone. Observation-Disclosures. 1900
PoindeXter & Orr, Pumpkin Greek. 1000
Talbot, Pumpkin Creek. ............. 500
Conover Il Edwards, Powder River. $500
j. NJ. Sharpe, Tongue River. 5000
Bay City Sheep Company, Tongue RIVER 1000
John Clarke, Sand Creek. 800
Miles Strevell, Tongue River. 400
Crane, Headley " Co., Tongue River. ..... 5000
N r. Miller, Tongue River. ......... 500
Whitney s. Grmwelt, Tongue River. 700
W. Wolfe Tongue River. Observation-Disclosures. 300
o. Johnson, Tongue River ............... 1000
j. j. Graham, (dcceased), Tongue River. 1000
j. d. Howard, Tongue River. 1000
Oscar Bracket, Terry Observation-Disclosures. 400
George NJ. Miles, Tongue River. 900
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