The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-11-23
UPPER MADISON
NEWS ROUNDUP
Abe Newland and His
Nickname.
VIM. Ennis and Pat Mccoy rs Law.
yers-A Talented sheep Herder-A
sOnal and General.

UPPER MADISON, Nov. 15.-[Special
]-Rrlph Wynne and
''Crazy" Abe Newland passed through
the valley last week with a band Of
horses en- route for the Baker ranch.
To Judge from the racket made by Abe
when after horses do not wonder at
his title.
John Conway, as ad dministratOr, has
sold the horses belonging to the Frank
Clark estate, to O. B. Varney. There
are about 80 head of them and the price
paid was $50 dozen.
J. =. Perrin, who has had the Kiser
ranch rented for the past summer, left
during the storm last week to avoid
paying some of his debts. He left Yes
Wiles in the lurch for $51 and Maurice
Wiles for about five, besides some
others.
Mrs. Libbie kiser and family moved
out on her ranch on last Wednesday to
take up her residence. evidently hay.
ing got tired OF leasing it on shares.
w. G. Pfouts, of Butte, was over 4
few days last week visiting Jim Woods
of Ruby Creek, who has been very sick
for nearly month.
J. H. Baker, of the Granite Noun.
tain ranch, received nine head of horses
from Philipsburg last week. Among
the bunch was the mare Garland, by
Commodore Belmont, dam Sue Preston
by Forrest King. She is q full sister
to Defiance, sire of-but if | go any
further people will think John Done
gan has moved on the Madison.
T. L. Wilkins and Ed Hayes drove
bunce Of beef cattle to Virginia City
recently. They were sold to George
Gohn.
Charley Buford, Mike Maitland and
Henry Steffens spent week hunting
in Wall Creek park since the storm.
They report finding two bull grouse an
old bucks track and more snow than
they cared to wade through.
Elias and Will Gilmer tried their
luck hunting in Bear Creek and got S
elk in one day.
The recent storm played havoc with
the roads in the upper valley. l saw
an Englishman, who is not used to go
r ing around snow drifts, ride up to where
the road crosses Morgan gulch and
start across. After the first lunge the
1 only thing in sight was cap. He got
out all right but he says our roads are
'hearthly."
The Ruby Creek Fluming Co., have
/ put in 80 boxes IL feet long, and reach
@ ed depth of Is feet. They expect to
y strike bed rock at about IS feet.
There was much racing and chasing
3 after scattered sheep during and after
q the storm. Every once in while you
o can find where coyote has made .
meal off prime mutton.
An ex-sheep herder, who lives on
e Cherry Creek, tried to get up a quartz
:. pie recently. He loaded his pockets
with Berth quartz and showed it, claim.
. ed he picked it up in the Basin, but he
e forgot that these fish that have little
e mouth do not bite when the river is
!. gorging.
There was quite an interesting case
~ tried in Judge Smiths court on last
y Saturday-Pat Mccoy vs. VIM. Ennis
d was the title. The suit was over some
h. logs belonfing to Mccoy, which were
used by Ennis, who agreed to replace
le them. The case was tried by a jury
in which, after being out all night
n brought in verdict for Mccoy. Eacl
?. mon was his own lawyer and the cas-
-, will probably be appealed.
u Wallace Green returned from SAP
it pington Sunday, Where he had take
his mother on her way to spend tn
~. winter in California. She goes for tn
"a. benefit of her health which has bee
hs very poor for sometime past.
r.. John V. Hughes, the boss organist {
Cherry Creek, left last Saturday for
h. months visit to Butte.
"a During the late storm the band {
he sheep belonging to NJ. D. Jeffriel
#. which were being herded on Corrs
az Creek, piled up in the roundup cabin
as q result about 80 head were smothel
=. ed.
IN Nearly all the cattle mon are out at
mt er their stock, putting them into the
ia winter pastures and weaving the
~ calves. Stock cattle are looking poo
d. or than they have for . long time Z
es the east eide, the range being ve,
,cs poor and sheep too plenty.
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