The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-22
MONTANA CATTLE TRADE.
The Run This Year Will Exceed
That of Last by
10000.
Fully 100000 Represented in the
Increase in the Amount Of
Shipments.
And About "a, OOO, 900 Should be Realized
From the Entire Sales in This
State.

The Montana cattle run will exceed the
run of last year by 10000 head, says the st.
Paul Globe. That is to say, there will move
eastward from the ranges northwest of here
lO4. 600 head, instead of 81, 900 head, which
was the total number of last year. Twenty
Thousand head of cattle are worth fully
$500. coo on the range at the reasonable
prices now prevailing That number is
about as many as Nelse Morrii bought in
Montana last spring, and when the markets
and other things went against his judgment
he sent up into the new state which is the
abode OF cattle and gold and silver and
sheep and horses, paid about $G5,0C0 in a
straightforward manner, and annulled
most of his cattle contracts at the rate of
So to $3.50 per head for the annullment.
Cattle men are generally otf-hand in their
methods, and if their deal goes crosswise
they ante the margins and settle the ac-
count, especially in Montana, unless some
high-strung tenderfoot insists upon know
ing the exact difference between dry COW
and a dry heifer, in which case the courts
may be called upon to determine the mo-
mentous question.
The Montana cattle movement of 1889
would have been larger but for the winter
losses of 1867, when the calf crop was
ripe steers in 1889 about equal to that of.
1883. Dry weather early this year and low
prices in the eastern markets have kept the
shipments lower thus far than some ex-
pected. but the feeling all around now is
better. The steers are fatter and more
rounded up, and many thousands of steers
arc moving toward the shipping points.
About "a. 600, 600 should be realized at pres
ent prices from 104, GOO cattle. That ann
Der of head requires $500 cars for it's move
ment. Every cattle carrying railroad eager
for the traffic has electrified it's "drivers"
and tracks, and is sending forward the
palace cattle stables on wheels almost with
the swiftness of a ''vestibu!sd limited
The season besan, July 10.
been reached. Next week it will be at Its
height, and will last two months longer-un-
til about Nov Is. The number of carloads
moved since July Is to date has been l,222
Streets stable cars and 40l common STOCK
cars. Total, 1923 cars. Over $40 cars are
loading II 900 head of cattle at stations on
the Northern Pacific railroad. The Great
Northern will handle about 5000 head of
the above mentioned seasons run. About
GO per cent of the Montana cattle already
received went through the Minnesota
Transfer, their owners having waybilled
direct to points further east. The Union
stockyards have received a large number,
and the yards at New Brighton did fair
business during the early part of the sea-
son.
An interesting view of the livestock bust
ness now going on here was gained yester-
dav by visit to the Union stock yards at
South st. Paul. where upwards of 5000
Montana steers have been handled in the
ten days from Sept. 7 to II. The receipts
Montana catt'e) numbered 1,473 head,
while from Sept. to Il there arrived at
South st. Paul $40 head. an increase in
that brief period of lA per cent. The fol-
lowing shippers were represented Flow
etree d Lower cree, S5s: Never. n. Morris d
Co., LAB: Towers & Gudgell, 124; Berry d
Boice. 353; Holt Il Murphy. 3l1; Montana
Cattle company, S47; total number of head,
3.440. These. together wit. he other re-
ceipts mentioned above and 353 head
owned by Baritch d Weis, make the total
amount of recent arrivals G.!i66 head. If
they weighed only LOO pounds each and
brought but $3.50 per 100 pounds their
value would be somewhat more than a
quarter of a million dollars. This depart
ment OF tho live stock business is only in
its development this season.
Among other prominent Montana names
recently registered at South st. Paul were:
The Home Land u Cattle company, Miles
City; Conrad kohrs. Deer Lodge; II. Ash
worth. of Red Lodge, and T. G. Power Il
Co., Fort Benton. Mr.. Ashworth had two
IL
went east yesterday; 4,563 head of sheep,
nineteen double decks, went east Yesterday
for p. J. Moule IL &c of Amin gton, Mont.
and 2,7S6 head for George W. Wentworth,
who is fattening 10000 on his farms near
South st. Paul.
Many outside buyers have representatives
at South st. Paul and fill their needs there.
Nelson Morris l. Co. are buyers of bulls
and heavy feeders for the barns of the st.
Paul Distilling company. The shipment
I'd 80 A,., H.
kinds of stock mentioned! went to the fol
lowing parties: J. b. Sutphin. Duluth, hogs
Waller Bros, Butte, Mont, hogs: Twil
City. Packing Company and Mime
nPolis Provision COMPANY. hogs cat
80 9. land and , sheep; J: J.: 9Leary 4 Sons Sons
ney Keller, Minneapolis, cattle; Hanse,
Lund, Minneapolis, sheep: John Marty
st. Paul, cattle and sheep; Henry Raymond
Iowa, stock pigs: Uhlman Bros, Roberts
Wis, cattle, and so on through length,
list that includes the pineries and mining
camps as we'll as the ranges and corn fat
tening sections of this Northwest.
The demand from the butchers of tn
large cities and from dressed meat con
Germs, such as the Minnesota Packing ant
Provision company, is the backbone of tn
st. Paul live stock market, and it grow
with the great development that can b.
seen on every hand. These large concerns
OF course, market great deal of their porl
products IN the East and in Europe.
Wonder is often expressed as to where tn
live stock at the Union stockyards come
from. The business is in its infancy, vet i
compares very favorably with the growth o
older markets. and it attracts shipment
from Iowa, Wisconsin, South Dakota
North Dakota, Montana and Idaho. Yes
Idaho cattle and sheep have been sold a
South st. Paul, and a good many horses
taking various sales together. that cam
from Washington state. Minnesota cor
tributes great many hogs, cattle an
sheep, but the frequency with which low
and South Dakota shippers visit the 81
Paul market shows that their trips are al
tended with profit. Every lot OF stock tn,
comes into city brings its quota of stool
men. and, while they do not don the broa,
cloth to any great extent in the activities ,
their business, they generally have son
cash in their inside pockets. part of whic
finds its way to the tllls of the tradesme
and merchants, the banks, the manufactu
ing establishments, and occasionally tn,
scatter chicken feed around town VIII,
visiting the theaters and other entertain
ments that gild the pathway of city life.
Grand Lodge A. F. and A. NJ, of Montan
For the above meeting to be held at Ii
ingston, from Sept. I'D TO 9th, a rate
one and one-fifth fare. on certificate pla
will be made by the Union Pacific systel
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