The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-02-02

and Montana Central TO have the sam,
rates as are quoted the smelters at Great
Falls and Helena. In all probability tht
rates will be granted.
Stock Growers Journal: Corpora
Pruden of B Co., 22d Infantry, lost his
way among the bad lands. He was
mounted on mule and without proper
clothing for this season. He was with
another soldier on deer hunt. We are
sorry to hear that he is dead, his body
being reported found, he having been
frozen to death. If the soldier had
known that the law forbids killing deer
at this season of the year. he would now
be alive and safe at the post. The cor
poral was an excellent young man and a
good soldier.
The West Jay Gould mine has passed
into the hands of the Jay Hawk Mining
company, London, Eng, under lease for
an indefinite term of years. The consid-
Grafton was f7O,0O0. The property is
the west extension of the famous Jay
Gould mine, A large amount Of develop
ment work has been done in the mine, in
Guiding several hundred feet of drifts on
vein and scouting tunnel of over
$500 feet long. The company has ten
stamp mill on the ground which will be
erected in the spring. In the meantime
development will be continued.
Charles Gibson, one of the largest sheep
owners IN Montana, was interviewed on
the sheep outlook and said: "In all my
experience never knew sheep to be in
better condition than at present. They
are as fat as seals. The Montana wool
crop in the coming season will not fall
short of 100000 pounds, and as Mon
tana wool leads all other woods on the
continent in point of quality and desira-
bility, it is safe to estimate the net pro-
duct to the wool growers at not less than
$2,000,O00. In addition to this the sale
of surplus sheep by the flock owners of
Montana will amount this year to 81, ,00O,-
900 more. The sheep interests Of the
territory are in very sound and prosper
GUS condition and no branch of the live
stock business is more prosperous"
Articles incorporating the Big Horn &
Southern railway have been filed in Hell
ena. The road will pass through the
counties of Yellowstone and Custer, IN
Montana, and Sheridan and Johnson, in
The Northern terminus will
be Yellowstone county, Montana, on the
Northern Pacific railroad, and the road IS
to be constructed southerly to point on
the line between Montana and Wyoming,
near the head of Five Mile creek, which
is to be the terminus of the main line
The capital stock is $500,000, and the in
are Eli D. Bannister, Paul
Nc Cormlck, WILDER F. Sanders, Thomas
G. Power and Albert J. Seligman. One
of the lncorporators says it is designed to
tap the coal and oil fields near Sheridan,
The Billings Gazette thus mentions two
enterprises that arc now about to materi-
alive in their neighborhood: The Touring
mill for Billings has about been decided
upon. P. Yegen & Co., the Minnesota
avenue grocers, have taken the matter in
hand and with the aid of some eastern
capital they will begin with the opening
of spring to construct a steam Touring
mill at Billings with capacity to turn
out 100 barrels of flour daily. The struct-
ure with the machinery complete, which
will be Of the very latest and improved
pattern, will cost from $4,000 to
$4,000 j. T. Sanford one of the most
successful ranchmen of the valley, is in
terestlng himself and eastern capital in
the erection of $4,000 securing mill in
the vicinity of Billings, which shall make
by the process Of cleansing the wool CLIP
a difference of so per cent in the weight,
saving thereby at least one-half the cost
of transportation, which will be divided
between the wool growers and the mill
owners.