The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-22
7. w. GORDON, Manager
Boston G. Boot and Shoe House.

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T. Martin is the weather prophet of
this country and justly SO as he has a
tri-daily report of the weather extending
back many years.. A comparison Of the
first half Of July with other periods
shows that there has never been known
such q warm spell as the first sixteen
days Of July. For all that time, the
weather averaged 1Q2 degrees in the
shade and ia in TN as6n between six
in the morning and six in the evening.
In view Of the approaching Legislative
convention. it especially behooves the
citizens Of Billings Co. to inquire who is
the best man to represent their interests
at Bismarck. With the right kind of an
effort it might be- possible to secure q
man from Stark county to represent the
west Missouri country, who appreciated
the needs Of legislation { for the Bad
Lands. Z, -
The present drought has brought out
a number Of experiences, encouraging to
:stockmen. There has only been one year
lin Montana that compared with this for
dryness and that was early in the '7O's.
There was almost no rain until the mid
die Of September. Then the ground re-
Z ceiyed several good soakings and there
!, has not been better grass, except in size
OF the blades. before or since.
The butchers of New York have decid-
ed to boycott the N. P. Ref. Car Co.'S. re-
tail shops there. It is supposed that the
first effect Of this was sasn in some bro
ken windows in one Of the shops, few
y days ago. Wacannot see how boycott
against the shops will be effective, as
/ the whole business, from beginning to
Il end is in the hands Of the Co., and 1t
would be . difficult thing to boycott the
customers of thirty or more different
stores. n ;{fs & a, 81
The members Of the Republican CEN
/ trail committee for this, the twenty-third
legislative district, will meet in Bis
4 marck, August 10, for the purpose Of
calling the convention to place in nollmi-
nation one member Of the council and
two members Of the house and to make
the pportionment Of delegates for the
. several counties to this convention. We
notice that Billings county's member Of
the central committee is printed as c.
w. sIuper, probably it means G. W.
L 6leepers
The Territorial Republican convention
for the purpose Of putting In nomination
]. q candidate for nBlegate To- congress, will
sbe: held In Yadktohi, Wedh esday, septem1-
ber %, 1897 Except for tile fact that
theirs are more carpet bag politicions to
tathe squire inchin Da kota than any other.
part oflthisi fair land and that eyery
i, mothers son Of them ii schsming for
office, Delegate Clifford stands the best
chance Of securing the plum. The out
come, in any event Il. wrapped in a more
impenetf abie obscufity than the result
Of tile elaboration q q coroner jury. 81
In spite Of the large numbers 81 horses
that have been brought to tie Little
Missouri ranges the last three years. tie
price holds up better than III almost any
other part of the range country. This Is
probably explained BY tho facts that
ID there y ~ a constantly growing demand
among the farmers east of us for work
horses and that the horse ranches, on tie
liver = have taken all the good mares that