Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-08-09

Smith Bros. Of the Musseishell sheare,
20, 900 head of sheep this year. They now
have five moving machines at work ttinl
hay.
| Olesen and Hansen, sheep men Of Buffalo
creek have moved to the reservation and
taken land near the Bear Paw mountains
| They have sold their ranchcs here { % Geor.,
jackson.
| George Wcstervelt is driving 1000 stock
sheep to the Manit oba road. lie will hin
in October. The ewes are intended ion
breeding and the lambs will he put upon
the vt. Paul market.
| We learn that Mr.. David IIilger has
orders to buy 5000 yearing wethcr- for
Benton parties and is offering So per head
delivered ut convenient points. 1t looks ~
though sheep were good property yet.
l.. W. Peek and Col. J. II. Rice of Benton
have purchased =, 900 wethers ON Dog creek,
mostly from Brooks Bros, which are being
driven to Sandy station for shipment.
They crossed the Judith ferry last Thurs
day.
and compressed wool, aggregatng about
1.5OO,OOO pounds, have already been
shipped from Benton. The shipment from
that point this yearwill exceed that Of last
year by 7Oo,OOo or soo,ooo pounds.
We learn that upwards of 5000 sacks
of wool have arrived at Big Sandy station
with more to follow, making this one Of the
important stations of the country. From
present Indications it would seem that next
year the shipments from that point will b.
doubled.
II. NJ. Martin the well known wool buyer
and commission merchant of Boston bought
1000 stock sheep from John l.. Weideman
and Milton Luther, which are now on the
way to Eagle creek, about twenty-five miles
north OF Judith. lie also bought out the
Star sheep Co. on that creek, and has pu,
The Keiser Bros. IN charge. Mr.. Martin Is
now one III the principal sheep men in the
territory, being heavily interested in Che
teau county.
We learn that considerable difficulty *
being experienced by woolgrowers who in
the past few years have consigned wool to
eastern commission houses. IL appears
that the agents Of these houses have made
all sorts Of verbal promises and in most
instances guaranteed the wool To bring GER
tain prices. which are OF course greater than
the advances made. When the accounts of
sales came around the net proceeds were
not sufficient to cover the advance made,
and the result was that bills were presented
to make up this deficit. Woolgrowers
should lie careful and recognize no guaran-
tract. The TALL term of court is liable to
have one or two such cases to dispose of.
David HiIger and q. W. Cook Of Dog
creek were in town Saturday having just
come from Fort Benton via Big Sandy.
These gentlemen examined the wool com
press ut Benton and witnessed the opera
tion of comprising wool, and speak in en-
thusiastic terms Of the scheme of compress
ing. They advocate the idea Of get ting a
compress to bale the wool of this sect ion
next season, or at least to have one located
at Big Sandy. Four men can compress
fifty to sixty thousand pounds in AN ord
nary days work, at "a cost not to exceed
ten cents per hundred pounds. The rate =
about forty cents less per hundred to Bos-
ton, making a direct saving Of thirty cents
per hundred on freight. There is no injury
to wool whatever, and the bulk is reduced
more than one-half. The cost of the Ben
ton compress was but S275, laid down.