The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-30

ander back and forth, as the tall
houses on either side have the appear
ance, if not the reality, of conveying
warmth. The weather in the CITY
must be at least ten or fifteen degrees
warmer than out on the prairies, and
no doubt the cattle feel the difference,
and will hang around until it moder-
ates sufficient to allow q return to the
regular grazing grounds. But there is
a great deal of suffering among them
for food, for there is not enough in the
town nor in the valley surrounding it
to make even n square meal for the
immense crowd of animals now con-
gregated hereabouts.
A number of cattle, among which
were some pilgrims, went out on the
ice Of the Yellowstone river opposite
town yesterday afternoon to drink at
one of the w%ater-holes cut in the ice
for the purpose of supplying the town.
The old rustlers went at the thing in
the right way, and quenched their
thirst without any difficulty; but
the newcomers, the Texans, to
whom it was a new experience, were
not so fortunate on their side, and
forty-ive of them fell into the apcr-
ture, Il after another, and were
swept under the ice and drowned.
Scores Of others that fell in but man
aged to get out in some way, were so
badly moistened with the cold water,
thai they froze to death shortly after
ward. Numberless bodies are living
along the river bank, farther up stream,
frozen stiff, having evidently come to
their deaths in this way. Cattle men
are taking the matter in hand, and
cowboys have been detailed to patrol
along the river opposite these danger
GUS places, in order to prevent like ac-
cidents.
The cold weather appears to have
brought myriads of coyotes and prai-
RE wolves from somewhere, as the
whole territory is literally alive with
them. These scavengcrs formerly fol-
lowed in the wake of the mighty buffalo
herds that once filled the plains of
Montana, but now that they have re-
turned it must be that no more buffalo
are to be found, and the cattle are to
supply their place. These miserable
brnf"S are committing great ravages
on nestle cattle, particularly the
calves. The latter are weak, tender,
and stunted with cold, and can not
keep up with their stronger parents.
The coyotes watch these calves, and if
one becomes tired and lays down in
the snow to rest he is sure to be set
upon by n score of ravenous wolves
and torn to pieces. Some cattlemer
from the Judith basin report great
havoc among the calves and yearlings
of that section, and that the wolves
are unusually ferocious and daring
since the advent of the cold snap. A
number of like casualties are reported
from the Powder river ranges. The
county authorities find they arc COM
PEELED at last to give their attention to
the growing evil, and they are there
fore offering free strychnine to all who
will use it in the determination of
these pests. AS there is q bounty Of
fered for every wolf killed, also a
ready market within the territory for
the skins, many of the cowboys are en-
tering into the business of wolf-poison-
ing, which yields them a handsome
largess in addition to their regular
pay as herders. Unless something is
done to rid the country of coyotes and
wolves, or at least to reduce them in
number, next seasons profits in the
cattle business in Montana will not be
nearly SO large as heretofore.