St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-01
MONTANA STOCK RAISERS.
Important List of Round-Ups and Association
Meetings.
A Horsemen's Association Proposed-How
Stock Passed the Winter.
It. Keogh Correspondence.

Ft. Keogh Correspondence.
The backbone of winter is at last broken
in Montana and spring has come in dead
earnest. Cattlemen are in consequence re-
joicing, and altogether the outlook for the
coming season is the most promising since
the begin ming of the industry, some years
ago Meetings are called for the various
stock associations to arrange their sprin g
round-ups, and the following have been set
tied on as the dates:
Medora association, at Medora, Bad Lands
Of Dakota, April l.
Shonkin Stock association, at Fort Benton,
N. T, April l.
Montana Stock-growers' association, at
Miles City, NJ T., April 8.
Musselshell Stock association, at Billings,
VI. T., April 6.
Utah and Idaho Stock-growers' association,
at Ogden, U. T., April 13
One of the most important meetings will be
held at Miles City, when the subject of
consolidation of all the associations in the
territory will be discussed. 1t is probable
that the scheme will be effected, as nearly
every prominent stockman in the Northwest
is in favor of it.
LIVESTOCK LEGISLATION.
The following bills relating to livestock
interests were passed by the territorial legis-
lature at the session just concluded:
A bill to prevent the introduction of con-
tagious diseases among the cattle of the ter
ritory.
A bill to prevent the branding of cattle
during certain seasons.
a bill for the better protection of the live
stock interests of the territory.
A bill to provide for the payment Of dam
age to stock and from fires occasioned by
operating railroads.
a bill providing bounty for killing GER
tain animals fere nature.
a joint resolution against the appeal of
the desert-land act.
The governor also appointed, and the
council confirmed, the following gentlemen
to meet the requirements of the law for the
better protection of live stock:
For veterinary surgeon-Thomas Stuart.
For stock commissioners-Chou
county, Robert P. Walker; Custer county,
Frank Robertson; Dawson county, j. S.
Day; Lewis and Clark county, Robert s.
Hamilton; Meagher county, Granville Stuart;
Yellowstone county, Allison a. Ellis.
A EORsEMEN's ASSOCIATION.
call has also been issued for horsemen
and those interested in the industry TO meet
at Sun River Crossing, March u, for the
purpose of taking the necessary action for
formation OF Horsemens association. The
call is signed by the most prominent horse
breeders of the Northwest, and responses
have been received from all over, promising
a full attendance The outline Of the pro-
posed mcetingi is 10 organize as other stock
associations, having regular systematic round
ups in the different districts, and all 10 com
mence about the same time.
There are already a number Of horse and
mnle growers in Montana, notable among
which might be named Frewen and Barber
on Powder river, J. X. Hamilton near Boze-
man, Robert Vaughen, VIM. Tim, W. II.
Clarke, W. X. Floweree, VI. Oxarart o. G.
Cooper, Al Dupee, J. c. Adams, Wallace
TAYLOR, II. A. ALilot, Jack Harris and others.
1t is a noteworthy fact that most of the Eng
Hshmcu who come to the Northwest venture
into horse growing rather than embarrassing.
The ranches Of Frewen and Barber English
mem, on the Upper Powder, are models of
what horse ranches should be, and the estab-
lshmeut of Lynde Palmer and Edmund Sey-
mour, on the Big Timber range, are almost
perfect in their details for the breeding of
mule colts.