The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-30
Ranch9R Range ;

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man of Rock Springs. Wyo., died at
Schuyler, Nebr., last Wednesday.
One has to travel a good ways
north these days to find a range that
is not clothed in green.
Ed Lennon Of the Fl.ying-V is in
Arizona looking after the shipment
of his stocker purchases made dur
ing the winter.
Good feed on the range. better
prices for beef this season and an
improvement in the grades of north
western range stock is what is ahead
for our cattlemen.
The Montana Stock Growers asso-
citation elected S. F. D. Biddle presi-
dent for the ensuing year. Secre-
tary-treasurer w. e. Prewitt was
reelected.
The wool boom of few weeks ago
seems to have collapsed. This in
dustry awaits the enactment of the
pending Dingley tariff bill, the fate
of which is in doubt.
Reports from Wyoming are to the
effect that shearing in the vicinity Of
Casper will be very late this year,
being delayed until after Landing
on account of the heavy snrino
storms.
J. F. Moran was in the city Satur-
day. He says that grass is just
jumping now and that his sheep is
doing much better, In fact he says
it wasn't grub" that took off all
his sheep.-Hot Springs Star.
Stayed-Black horse branded 2
six years old, white star in fore -
head; the 2 is blotched; five dol D
lars reward.-J. F. Allen, Buffalo
Gap, S. D.
BY all means Western cattlemen
ought to make reform in the mat
ter of branding cattle. The reck-
lessness of the branding iron makes
heavy losses for the cattlemen and
they ought to look into it.-Chicago
Drovers Journal.
The Belle Fourche Times says that
Stock Inspector w. E. Cathey has
been riding the range for several
weeks and has some idea of the loss
of cattle during the past winter.
He Says the loss will reach twenty
five per cent.
The West Texas Stockman, in
sympathizjng with stockmen in east.
ern Texas on account of the ravages
of the buffalo gnat which is killing
hundreds of head of cattle and horses
suggests that The legislature pass {
buffalo gnat scalp law similar to the
wolf scalp bounty laws Of the north
ern states.
The Chicago Drovers Journa
thinks that losses of cattle in Tho
Northwest will probably average
about Is per cent, there being place!
where there was scarcely any los!
and others where it was very heavy
Anthony Wilkinson, of Egbert
Wyo., reports that there was a yrea
many sheep persisted in the las
storm. He SAYS, Il lost $50 an,
consider myself lucky. The Warr,l
Live Stock Co. must have lost 6,OO(
at least'-Chicayo Drovers Journal
II. A. Dawson, a prominent Pin
Ridge, SO. Oak. merchant, was
visitor at the yards today. Mr.. D
is also largely interested and re
marked that. their losses had bee
very light but were heavier up il
J the Belle Fourche country although
reliable information from those mos
interested indicated that the report
circulated were somewhat exagger
ated.-Omaha Drovers Journal.
The Montana Stock association
held it's annual meeting at Mile
City last week. That section of tn
/ rnIe country was we'll represented
Among other things the meetin,
asked the United States senate fo
a duty of u cents per pound o
foreign hides, this to be included i