The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-06
STOCK NOTES..

STOCK NOTES.
Mr.. Belcher, the representative of the
Canadian Pacific railroad, was in at
tendance at the stock meeting at Helena
this week.
Sands & Co. and J. f. Taylor, Of the
upper Teton, have made arrangements
to ship their beeves via the Canadian
Pacific railroad.
r. S. Ford is the member of the exec
utive committee of the stockmen's asso-
citation for Choteau county, and he was
also appointed a delegate to the national
convention to be held at st. Louis
We understand that Nelson Story in
tends to remove his cattle from the Vel
lowstone range to Wyoming, in conse-
quence of the over-crowding OF the
range.-Billings Post.
It should not be forgotten that the
wool growers Of the territory are to hold
a general convention at Helena fair
week for the purpose of organizing a
territorial association.
Capt. Joe Todd says there are about
thirty head of cattle on the Missouri, be-
low the mouth Of He'll river, branded
j.. He saw them when he went down
and also when he returned.
VIM. Courtenay yesterday sold 900
head of range cattle at $50 for threes, S29
for twos and S22 for ones. The sale also
included a bunch of horses at equally
fair prices.-Miles City Journal.
Messrs. Richter & Hunt are in from
their sheep ranch on the Teton. Mr..
Richter informed our reporter that the
5000 sheep purchased by Senator Coch-
rane left Sunday for their new II III
Bow river, in charge of Mr.. Kerfoot,
! superintendent of the company.
a car load of cattle passed through
here this morning bound from Spokane
| Falls to Rosebud. They are the first
installment of a herd of 5000 three-year-
olds belonging to Wyatt & Co., and were
bred in Idaho. Next year they will be
shipped to an eastern market.-Llving-
ston Enterprise, Both ult.
R. P. Walker, superintendent of the
Montana Cattle company, informs us
that an increase of ninety per. cent Of
colts was secured at the colnpany's horse
ranch this season-the largest increase
of this stock we have heard of in the
territory. Can anybody beat it?
There were 100 car loads of three
year-old stock shipped yesterday over
the Northern Pacific from Spokane
Falls to Miles City, consigned to Wyatt
& Ross. The stock will be shipped next
season to market. There will be ship
ped to-day from Fergus Falls, 1850 head
of young stock cattle, consigned to Fer
ris & Observation-Disclosures Press, 25th.
Mr.. Barter, of Sheep creek, who went
to Montana this spring to purchase a
band of cattle, has returned. He re-
ports having secured upwards of six
hundred head. They are now on the
road in charge of Tom Lynch, who has,
besides, a band for General Strange, and
smaller ones for other parties. The
drive in all numbers about 1000 head
Calgary Herald.
Mr.. 81. D.. HASTE, one of the Teton
stockmen, who sold his herd to J.. r.
Craig, informs us that the purchase was
approved by Lord Hill, of England, as
500 as the facts in the case were pre-
sented to him, and that the sale is "a go''
as at first agreed upon. No fault what
ever is found with Mr.. Craig's part in
the transaction, as he acted in good
faith the delay being simply the result
VI u 80 AI1S wen
that ends WE'LL" and we are pleased to
state that the several parties to the trans
action are now entirely satisfied.
The following from the Fort Macleod
Gazette will be of interest to those who
contemplate shipping cattle by the
Canadian Pacific route; Messrs. D.
Allison and N. Gallangher have return
ed home from Minnesota where they
have been purchasing cattle. They
brought in 327 head between them,
coming to Medicine Hat where they
took the trail to Macleod. The trip
from Minnesota was a wonderfully
quick They left Fergus Falls,
Mimi, on the 7th or June and arrived
at Winnipeg at 2 o'clock the same after
loon. Left Winnipeg on the 18th at
two o'clock, and arrived at Medicine
Hat the next evening at s, thirty hours
from Winnipeg as compared with Al
hours which is passenger time.
Wanted-Sheep on Shares.