Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1886-12-16
MONTANA NEWS.

Fine sweet potatoes are said to he raised
in the Bitter Root country.
Wheat il now selling at 74s at Missoula.
This time last year the price was 9iA.
The annual meeting Of the Montana Bar
association will be held at the court house
in Helena, ON Wednesday evening, January
), 1887, at Z o'clock.
The Helena Typographical union, at
meeting held last week, advanced the rate
Of composition to I5 cents per 1000 ems
ON day journals, and 80 cents ON morning
newspapers.
On Monday Judge McIeary decided the
celebrated Cooke City mill-site ease, In which
George smith has been the defendant Tor
several years; in favor Of the defendant,
who was the original locator oi these mill
sites when the Cooke City mining district
was part Of the Crow reserve.
Theever rustling J. II. Conrad has formed
"a new company styled theJ B. Barnaby
Land and Cattle company, with paid up
capital stock Of $3OO. 900. The company
consists Of two men, J. u. Barnaby and
J. IL. Conrad. The cattle will range III
Montana and the Northwest territories
River Press.
A syndicate composed of T. +. OakeH
j. NJ. Buckley, F.W. Gilbert, W. +. Sander
and other. all associated with the North
crn Pacific has lately purchased Of Franl
=. Tallabras u group Of mines IN the Dunk
elburg district, in Deer Lodge county. Th'
purchase price was about $1O0,OOO. Th'
mines are well developed and give promis
Of being rich in silver with "a fairproportioi
81 gold
The Ncihart Improvement company hav
completed their eoncentrator and ar
doubtless concentrating ores by this time
The capacity OF the concern is 20 ton
daily. Many of the mine owners are bus.
taking out ores and will be paid hand
somcly by the product and at the sam
time they will be developing their leads
Everyone in the camp is busy aud genera
confidence prevails. The eoncentrator D
course OF erection by the Hudson compan
will have Il capacity of one hundred ton
but will not be completed for some tim
yct.-liiver Press.
From Sheriff elect Black who has jus
arrived from Chotcau we learn that tt
losses oi sheep mcn in that section durif
the recent storm were quite heavy, an
, almost as bad as the first reports III;
reached. The storm was the most seNcl
ever known in that section From the d
scription given il is evident that Bentd
and surrounding country got oil easily,
"A renuine blizzard ragged in the upper cou
try, continuing for fortyeisht hours, du
ing which the wind blew IA perfect gale. NJ
Black estimates that at least 1000 she'
belonging to wool growers ON the Tet'
and Muddy persisted. som" bands driit'
away for miles but were fortunately reeo
! cred by the owners with slight LOSSES. r.
lowing are some of the heaviest losers II
mum Bros, 700 head; q. q. Cooper, ''o
W. II. Black, 100; Clark Bros. X TO-, "a
q. W. Gray, 100; Hans Mieal'on, IL
Other small LOSSES will bring the number
tn fully 1000 head, and tine wool grow,
think they were lucky it was not great
Bynum Bros. we regret To learn, are l
hea West losers. When the storm came
the her,ler deserted the sheep early IN
siege and they became bahiy seatter'
Some oi the sheep from the Tetondriited
70 far as sun River. Raphael Morgan Ia
his camp near Priests Butte and when
storm was over lie found part of his ba
on the last named stream. IL was "a sto
,t,t will long he remembered by the W,
growers Of the upper rcountry.-iiiver Ere