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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18

roads we should cease to patrOnIze them
any longer. 1t will pay us to drive u
cattle and ship by the Chicago & North
western or the Canadian Pacific roads,
as they are much better prepared to
handle them and give a much better
rate than ever offered by the Northern
Pacific. [ hear that there are already
parties preparing to ship by the Cana
dian Pacific, and unless the Northern
Pacific takes some measures to secure
our trade all the cattle Of northern Mon
tana will go to market by the northern
route and all of southeastern Montana
will go by the Chicago & Northwestern.
which would leave the Northern Pacific
without the business that it might have
if the management would properly look
after it.
The Canadian Pacific is by measure
ment So miles nearer Fort Benton than
Billings and a better route to drive than
the Billings route, there being no cattle
after leaving the Marias, plenty of good
water and grass, and a No. 1 place to
hold your cattle near the railroad after
you get there, in case you choose to hold
them for a few days after arrival.
So far as the holding of cattle anywhere
near the Northern Pacific, you cannot
do it.. You cannot do SO within less
than fifty miles. Sometimes it makes a
difference Of $40 or $12 on a head by
holding cattle a few days convenient to
the railroad, and filling them up we'll
and you have also the advantage on the
market. Suppose cattle to be off a little
at Chicago when you arrive at the rail
road, all you have to do is to Craze, but
when you arrive at Billings it is quite a
different thing you have already had
your cattle on a trail where there is
neither water or grass of consequence
for al least eve or eight days, and your
cattle are pretty well alkalied by this
time and are losing flesh rapidly. You
cannot Craze and Of course you must
ship and take your chances on the cat
tie.
[ would not mind spending a few
days to show a stranger someg good cattle
ranges here in Montana that are not oc-
cupied-that is, if [ thought he meant
business and wanted to bring in cattle
or buy here. The more we have the
better. Cattle in Montana pay about
25 per cent. interest on investment COM
pounded yearly. STOCKMAN.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18
A New Montana Stock Route.

The Canadian Pacific, in connection
with the Manitoba, says the Pioneer
Press, has arranged a new route for the
shipment Of cattle from St. Paul to the
northern Montana boundary. The cat
tie are taken from st. Paul to Maple
Creek and Calgary, Northwest Terri
tory. BY this route it is claimed that
there is a saving Of 2O3 miles over the
present route to Helena, and the indica-
tons are that large quantities of cattle
will be taken to the Northwest Terri
tory, near the Montana line, where the
grazing is excellent. The Canadian
government is giving much encourage
ment to stock raising by making free
duty on settlers stock. A train Of q
cars was recently u from St. Paul to
Maple Creek, a distance of 1,O5O miles,
in fifty-one hours.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18
Some Stock Statements.
FORT BENTON, M. T., June l.

Fort BENTON, M. T., June 18th.
Editors River Press:
I see an article in one Of our local
papers stating that it has received in
Quiries from parties who desire to in
vest in cattle, and who wish to know
the advantages of the Judith Basin for
pasturing herds. I wish to say through
your valuable paper, that the Judith
Basin is not overstocked with cattle, as
stated by your contemporary, nor do we
propose to have it overstocked neither
is it a small pasture-it is probably as
large a cattle range as there is in Mon
tana. and as good as any, if not the best
in the territory.
1t is understood by the stock associa-
tons of Montana in general not to allow
outsiders to put in outside cattle or even
parties already belonging to the a~ssocia-
tons, as the cattle that are already on
the ranges are considered quite sufficient
with their yearly increase. It is only
a matter of a short time before there
will be no cattle ranges left anywhere
in the United States, that can produce
stock and beef cattle as cheaply is we
do here to-day. ~
I would say that parties having mon
ey of their own cannot find a better in
vestment than right here in this coun-
try. If you go south, you have to buy
paying from $3.50 to $12 per acre, and
Just as high, if not higher, for the stock
according to quality. Here, at presents
all you have to do is to buy your cattle,
That is the hardest part of it. There
are but few for sale. There are not sd
many cattle on the whole throughout
the United States, as the majority of
people try to make out there is. That id
why persons interested in cattle are not
SO anxious to sell as some people thinks
and what appears to make cattle buyers
scarce.
1t is a sure thing that cattle will COM
tinue to increase in value here SO long
as we can get free range and free grass.
The only drawback now to the business
is the want of railroad transportation
for beef cattle to the eastern markets.
Until the past two years we had to drive
our cattle several hundred miles to ship
them, and had to make the drive in the
best grazing season. Consequently when
our cattle did arrive and were put upon
the eastern market, they did not show
up as they should, and for that reason
were sold at ordinary figures. But since
we have had a short distance to drive,
our cattle are showing up better, and if
properly handled by the railroad when
in their care. bring fancy prices. That,
with other reasons already alluded to, is
partly the cause of the present rise.
There is one other thing to which [
wish to call the attention Of the cattle
men, and that is the e%xorbitant prices
they pay the Northern Pacific. If they
cannot carry our cattle as cheap as other
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18
- a NN - -
Blooded Sheep.

Paris Gibson & Sons importation Of
800 fine Vermont Merinos have reached
the vicinity of Fort Benton at last, after
an overland drive Of three weeks from
Helena. Near the Lakes a lot of cattle
stampeded through the eve band, and
the frightened animals got scattered in
all directions. It took quite a while to
collect them again. when it was found
that ten had been lost. We understand
they will be driven to Belt creek, and
the ram band to the ranch seven miles
up thesMissouri at Pueblo's Island.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18
N@% ~
Fine Fleeces.

Paris Gibson & Son exhibit in Cans
& Klein's show windows four fine feeces
Of wool, shorn from thoroughbreds
recently received by this firm from Yer
mont. One of the feeces, from a two
year old ram, weighs 26 pounds; one
from a yearling ram, AZ pounds; while
the others, eve feeces, weigh IA and IS
pounds. The inequality Of the wool,
as we'll as the remarkable size and
weight of the %1eeces, attract attention,
and the exhibit has been the observed
of all observers since it was put into
place.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18
Stockmen and Ranchers Jub1lant.


The numerous thunder showers Of the
last two weeks, ~interspersed with warm
sunshiny weather has made the grain
and grass to fairly shoot up in their
growth. A fortnight ago some of
the stockmen were ominously shaking
their heads, and croaking that there
was no grass and no range for the cattle
during the next winter, and the sturdy
ranchmen were signing, mo rain-noI
grains.n But now this is all changed,
and the fields and bench lands with
their brilliant green makes us think
that Gods country is a little nearer
home than we sometimes imagine. ]
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18
STOCK DEPARTMENT..
Contributions for this page respectfully solicited
from stockmen and others.l


Under the head of "a Doubtful Elk.
pertinent" the Stock and Mining Jour.
nal of Helena, a new publication, has
the following, and much more in the
same strain, by way of comment upon
the statement in the RIVER PRESS that
the Benton & st. Louis Cattle company
will ship their steers east via the
Canadian Pacific railroad:
The shipment of cattle via the Cana.
dian Pacific may do as an experiment,
and but one trial will be necessary to
convince stockmen of the impractica-
bility of sending their property around
x X X When the Canadian Pacific can
offer such inducements referring to
those of the Northern Pacific) it will be
time enough to talk of sending Montana
cattle to market via Hudson's Bay and
the North Pole.
Judging by this display of ignorance
it is evident that the Journal man has
not studied the geography of the north
west to any advantage. For his infor-
Pacific is about 100 miles the shorter
route to the eastern markets for the
stockmen of northern Montana, and it
is when they drive their stock to the
Northern Pacific that they "send their
property around Robin Hoods barn to
eastern markets" 1t is estimated by
the Pioneer Press of st. Paul that the
distance from that city, via the Manito-
ba and Canadian Pacific roads, to Maple
creek is 1O2 miles less than from st.
Paul, via Northern Pacific, to Helena.
From Fort Benton, the stock center of
northern Montana, to Maple creek and
to Helena, the distances are about the
same. The saving of distance, there
fore, by the northern route, is in the
n%eighborhood of 100 miles. I. G.. Baker
recently shipped a train load of young
cattle from st. Paul to Maple creek in
fifty-one hours, and they came through
In fine condition. Considering that
they went ''around by Hudson's Bay
ana the North Pole" this is pretty good
time.
But the saving of distance is not the
only advantage. The Canadian Pacific
offers better rates. They are not allow
ed by the terms of their charter to
charge exorbitant passenger or freight
rates, the maximum being much less
than the regular rates on the Northern
Pacific or any other road. Mr.. Baker
got terms from both the Northern and
Canadian Pacific roads, and found that
he could do much better by the latter
route. Another great advantage is that
the drive to the Canadian Pacific is
shorter and through a better grass
country, and this is a consideration of
much Importance to stockmen, as our
correspondent in another column shows.
From every point of view the natural
and best shipping route for the stock
men of northern Montana is the Canad-
ian Pacific, and our cattle men under
stand the situation. Negotiations are
now under way that will probably turn
the tide of beef cattle northward this
fall.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18
TO WOOL GROWERS.

Parties. intending to buy Merino Rams this fall are
invited to examine our stock of pure bred Campbell
Merinos. brought out from Vermont early this season.
We claim that they are the most hardy race of pure
bred Merinos ever brought to Montana, and we are
prepared to show that as regards Quality the wool of
the Campbell flock has never been surpassed In the
United States by any Spanish American sheep.
We refer to the following gentlemen or to any 9TH
ers who have bought our rams: Geo. D. Patterson,
Peck & Lacy, Hay Bros, Fort Benton; ". B. Edgar,
Utica; Dent & Iutlock, Wolf Creek; Brooks d Hill
ger, Andersonvil1e; Poole Bros, Stanford; William
Williams, Deer Lodge.
Correspondence solicited.
PARIS GIBSON g. SON,
Fort Benton. Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18

The stockmen of the Judith are after
the obnoxious wild animals with a veu-
geance. The lower Judith Wool Grow
ers' association will pay a bounty of Us
a head for all mountain lions killed on
their ranges. The Black Butte and
Moccasin roundup have offered the
same bounty for all bears killed within
their Jurisdiction.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18

Montana woods are quoted by Walter
Brown & Co, in their June circular, at
Is to Is cents, according to grade.
From the upper Marias Kyle Price
reports the cattle as all looking well.
The sheep men have a remarkably
large per centage of lambs owing to the
absence of the usual hard April storm
in the Landing season. All have conn
menced shearing.
John Lepley, who is just in from the
Shonkin roundup, reports that the out
fit moved on Monday to Flat creek
from Soldier creek, where they will
probably stay for a couple of weeks, as
the bulk Of the cattle to be handled are
in that vicinity. Mr. Lepley reports a
good average branding of calves SO far
this season, as we have had al unusually
good spring. The severe winter killed
some cattle and all the winter calves,
thus reducing what would have been an
unusually good crop Of calves.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18
G O SALE.

These bucks consist of thoroughbred Merino and
a cross between the thoroughbred Merino and the
thoroughbred S ~hropshire Down. We invite all per
sons who are DESTROYS OF purchasing bucks to look at
our band before purchasing elsewhere For partlc-
ulars address or call on SMITH BROS,
Martinsdale. M. T
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18

From the ranch of the undersigned, in the Big Sag,
a black mare. branded SE and lib on the left shout
der. A reward of $40 will he paid for any Information
leading to the recovery of the animal.
j. F. PATTERSON & Co. Fort Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18

A six legged calf was found by the
Judith roundup recently.
The Marias, Teton and Sun river
roundup was at Dug-out coulee last
Friday. ma
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18
Taken Up.

At my ranch on the Shot kin a gray horse ~ : 'ssbou-
weigh zoe pounds, branded as follows on = lin ey
der, III. Owner can secure the animal oy pa5T9y
penses. JACK CoNNo
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18
Horse Stolen.

The property of Godfrey Bros, TIBET, one roam
horse, seven years old, Is hands high, branded M on
left thigh. Was stolen June 7th, 1884.
Any person giving information leading to his re-
covery will be amply rewarded.
GODFREY BROS,
Ubet, Meagher county, M. T.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18
$50 Reward.

Strayed or ~stolen-From the ranch of the under
signed. last fall, ten head of horses and a sucking
mule. But one mare among the ten head. They are
branded % and cross p on left thigh. A reward OF
$50 will be given for information that will lead to
their recovery. ., SAMPLES.
Fort Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18

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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-10-02
A Healthy, Beautiful Woman.

Here is a paragraph descriptive OF
Theodosia and her wholesomeness.
Theodosia makes her appearance of
morning:
perhaps there is no better test of
woman's health and beauty than her
appearance when she presents herself
ut an early breakfast. She is then
more as nature made her than at any
other period of the dav, when art has
been brought in with a view of height
ening her charms. If she has slept
well, it argues to some extent sound
nervous system, and the effect is seen
in the brightness of her eyes and the
tone possessed by the muscles of the
face and neck. > Her intelli-
gence is then at its maximum, and she
feels the mental recklessness that is so
generally the result of sound, healthy
sleep, and that is only natural elation
OF the emotions, pleasant, doubtless,
for her to exhibit, butfar more pleasant
to those to whom it is manifested
The unhealthy woman at breakfast
DR.. Hammond dismisses as follows:
'tHer expression is indicative of the dis
comforts she has undergone during the
night, her movements are either pain
fully slow or aggravatingly brusque,
her intellect shows stupidity, her emo
tons are torpid, her perceptions dull.
There is no better test of a
woman's health than her ability to eat
hearty breakfast. and it migt almost
be said that her physical beauty is in
direct proportions to the amount of
beefsteak or mutton chops she can put
into herself at this meal Certainly,
pretty women can always eat hearty
breakfast There can be no doubt
but that DIR. Hammond is an expert
N. I. Times ReUiet0 of Or. Ham.
nt0nd'S ssLdt. y
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-10-02
French Farmers and Salt.

Salt is commodity next to neces-
sity for French farmers; yet it is so
heavily taxed, surrounded with so many
irritating conditions, as to limit its en-
ploy. You cannot.cart barrel of sea
water to your home without permission
of the authorities. You would be sus-
pected of wanting to cheat the revenue
perhaps by manufacturing your own
salt. The tax brings in over 5000, 200
francs annually to the exchequer; bet
ter reduce that and make up the de-
ficiency on drink licenses. Mixed with
lime, salt is beneficial for all crops. 1t
is generally applied at the rate of three
to four hundred weights per acre, and
is most efficacious, according to Bous-
singault, when mixed with two-thirds
of its weight of lime or mari. Salt
exercises most favorable influence on
the formation of the ear of wheat, bar
ley and oats, and adds to the weight
of the grain itself. In the case of po-
tatoes, the action is marked, the soda
replacing The potash in that plant but
it is in COLA that salt tells with most
benefit. For feeding mangels, salt is
excellent, but it is detrimental when
beet is cultivated for sugar II was
Davy first directed attention to the
value of salt in the agricultural point
of view. 1t augments the appetite of
stock, and enables the latter to consume
acid or inferior heritage. The famous
pres sales sheep, that command the
highest price with the butcher, are fed
on the salt marshes of Lower Normandy,
and the coast of Charente -Inferieure.
Mixed with guano and urine. salt pre-
vents the escape of ammoniacal fumes.
M. Velter concluded the ultimate action
of salt was to convert organic matter
into nitrate of soda. In any case, be-
fore employing salt, the nature of the
soil ought to be carefully studied. =
Chicago Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-10-02
Artificial Flowers.

A well-known dealer in artificial
flowers speaks of the finer varieties of
articles made in his line being manu-
featured in Paris, though a few
are now made in New York. "Those
plants you see in the Japanese flower
pots, are made by men, at least the
leaves of this begonia are. They are
cut out in muslin and then dipped in
wax, being then painted by hand This
part OF the work is generally performed
by women. They are not at all brittle.
See! / crush them in my hand, and
they Immediately take their shape when
/ let go. They don't require to be kept
under q glass cover. If proper care is
taken of them the flowers are good to
last five years and the leaves lifetime.
All these foliage and towering plants,
begonias, coladiums, chrysanthemums,
roses, geraniums and SO on are copied
from models of the plant itself. Of the
leaves and stems dies are made which
are very expensive, costing anywhere
from SO to $3.50 set. The colors are
laid on with a soft camel'S hair brush.
The hanging baskets cost from S5 to
800, and these long ornamental jar
dinieres are even more expensive, as
high as 5000 having been paid for
them. Bouquets of artificial flowers
are sometimes carried by ladies at
balls, since natural flowers are so dread
fully expensive. The other day we
made wreath of artificial flowers to
go around lady's dress who intends to
visit Saratoga. 1t was of pinks and
dropping grasses, and cost S90.-PbalG-
deIphid Press
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-10-02
Amount Of Grass Seed Per Acre.

see in some of the papers lately a
writer claiming that farmers do not SOW
enough grass seed per acre, and says
in substance that this fact accounts for
their failure in raising good crop of
grass. He claims that two bushels of
timothy seed per acre is not too much,
and that peck or half bushel is not
enough Now, what has led this writer
to such ideas or conclusions / do not
know, but I do not hesitate to pro-
nounce them unsound When | was a
young man, and just beginning farm
ing for myself, one of my neighbors,
an older man than myself, told me he
used half bushel of timothy seed per
acre, and thought that about right. |
sowed this amount one year and OBJ
served that my grass crop was not as
heavy as had grown before from less
seed to the acre. The grass grew too
thick to attain a proper height. In
other words it was too thick to thrive.
The next year / sowed only peck per
acre, and had better results; but was
satisfied | had sowed too much still to
secure the best returns. reduced the
quantity till | came down to two quarts
per acre. / am now satisfied that three
to four quarts per acre is enough, if
put in so it can grow. do not throw
it on the ground and leave it to cover
itself, or wait for the rain to do that. I
cover it as would any other seed that
| wish to grow. Now, farmers, let US
look at this matter a little. How
many seeds to the square foot would
you wish to have grow so that each
stalk may have room to grow and
thrive? Could more than one seed to
the square inch do well9 / think IA
seeds to one square foot is as heavy
seeding as is desirable for the best re-
suits. | have seen timothy seed come
so thick that none of it ever grew six
inches high; it just choked one another
out. Now, how much seed must be
used to furnish one seed to the square
inchP A little calculation will answer
this better than | can answerit in any
other way. By actual count the scru-
pie weight of timothy seed contains
5000 seeds; one ounce, 76,800 seeds;
one pound, /, 228, 800 seeds; one bushels.
50, 2y6, 900 seeds. One acre contains
160 square rods, or 43, $50 square feet,
or 6,272,6 $40 inches. From the above
YOU see that one bushel of seed to the
acre would be eight and eight-tenths
seeds to the inch; of course two bushels
would furnish twice as many, or 17.6
seeds to the inch. Who wants seven
teen or eighteen seeds to one square
inch? What folly! What waste OF
seed! This is, in my opinion, profit
| eacy. From the above we see that one
quart of seed has 1,728,00 seeds, three
quarts, 1874, 900 seeds. So that 81
| quarts of timothy seed win make just
seed enough for one acre, sowing
one seed to the square inch.-0hia
t'qTTger.