Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-06-26
BUSY PEOPLE
In Our Tributary District Make
Good Showing in Wealth
and Improvements.
Record of a Warm Day-Point-
ers for the Masonic
Brethren.
Lively Items From the Western
Portion of Montana-Our
Latest Visitors.
On the Tongue.

tongue river valley presents a
greater diversity of business Interests
than any other portion of eastern
Montana. Aside from the vast herds
of cattle that live along its waters we
find large number of horses and
sheep ranging on the Tongue and the
best evidences of the agricultural re-
sources of this portion OF the territory
are TO be found in the farms which are
owned by the settlers ON that river
near Miles City at which point the
Tongue unites with the Yellowstone.
The most noticeable of the sheep
growing institutions Of Tongue river
is the Scotch Live Stock and Land
company, managed by p. Wyllie. 1t
has about $4,000 head Of sheep in vari-
Gus bands located respectively on Log
ging, Stebbins and Lame Deer creeks,
all tributaries Of the Tongue. The
sheep are all looking splendidly, have
no signs of scab and the sheep growers
are all rejoicing because of large
lamb crop. Barringer has fine flock
of sheep on GreeDleaf creek and
Cooper d Rowe also have nice flock
near Barringer. In the horse line
Mr.. Bourne's herd is in excellent con-
dition and a sight of his horses Is suf-
ficient TO convince anyone that Mon
tana equals the Blue Grass region of
Kentucky in the matter of keeping
horses in good condition and that the
blooded horses which are upon the
range will leave little lacking toward
making eastern Montana famous as a
horse growing district. One of the
finest lots of horses on the Tongue be-
longs TO Sidney Paget, who imported
two splendid shire stations last year
that have been added TO the noble
sires Of trotting, running aud draft
stock that are so numerous on Tongue
river. Paget's ranch is sixty miles
from Miles City.
As regards ranch improvements on
this river NJ. c. Connors Is evidently
making the best showing this season.
He has received good lot of Hereford
bulls and turned them upon the
range this summer together with a
recent arrival Of graded stock for his
range. part OF which Is from the east
and part from the west. The Tongue
river settlers who are building now
bring much of their lumber from the
mill of j. w. Twohey which is located
at the head Of Stebbins creek, on the
Cheyenne reservation. He has struck
"a lead in saving the logs cut by the
Diamond II" company, and, instead
of rotting, their boards will now be
found in many of the buildings in
that locality. Mr.. Twohey is doing
good trade at his stores at Birneyand is
building barn there that is 5Oxl50
feet In dimensions. A ferry is now
operated on the Tongue about sixty
miles from here by T.. III. Lay, and
among other Improvements on that
river it should not be forgotten that the
new county road from Miles City has
been Strengthened and put in good
shape for travel under the direction
Of Road Supervisor Fraser, and il re-
fleets great deal Of credit upon that
gentleman. Sixteen miles from here
here j. w. Pratt had great success in
raising millet, having secured crop
last season ofthree tons per acre and
this season the abundant moisture has
insured luxuriant growth OF grass
and vegetation Of all kinds presents
very gratifying appearance. The
fruit growers will have plenty Of
berries, and wild plums WILDE unusu-
ally plentiful.