The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-21
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IACu AAolSohlO 10 Ia "llCOA, AL
IONA, looking after a shipment of
stock cattle to this point, which will
arrive about the 25th,
John Beach and D. V. Dafenbaugh
departed Monday evening for Mexi-
co where they went to buy cattle.
They will be gone about three weeks
-Hermosa Pilot.
Amarillo (Texas) Champion: Kill
patrick Bros. of Wyoming, last Sat
urday purchased of J. H. Nations
twelve hundred Old Mexico two
year-old steers. Price about ST..
Scotty Phillips came in from his
Bad river ranch Monday and took
the train for New Mexico where he
will superintend the shipment of a
bunch of cattle to this rarge.
A. P. Long, stock detective, came
in from the Cheyenne river last Sun
day. He says that in riding the
lower ranges not SO many dead cat
tie are found as was at first expected.
Ed Barthold came in from Texas
and New Mexico last week with sew
eral cars of southern stockers for the
Sheidley Cattle Co. The shipment
a. unloaded at Belle Fourche and
placed on the range there.
The Paul Mccormick Company, of
Billings, Mont, use a team of elk
weighing LOO pounds each to draw
their city delivery wagon. The Ga
zette says it is the most unique and
novel turnout ever seen in the west.
The Sturgis Advertiser says that
Sam Sheffield came in from the
northern ranges last Saturday after
noon. He reports grass starting in
good shape and says cattle are not
looking as bad as one would'imagine.
1t is reported that F. A. Brown,
who has a ranch on Pumpkin Buttes
on the head of the Belle Fourche
river, lost 40 head Of cattle during
the past winter-25 from the ravages
Of wolves and Is on account of bad
weather. Sundance Monitor.
Tony Dav returned home several
days ago from a trip to New Mexico,
where he has been buying cattle.
On one bunch Of a thousand head he
was offered an advance Itof Sc per
head, but refused to take les, than
$7.-Spearfish Mail.
J. G.. Jost and II. Hansen, Raw
Inns, Wyo.: sold their clips to E. w.
Brigham, representing II. C. Judd e
Root. of Hartford, Conn. Mr.. Jost
resolved 10 cents, but the price paid
Mr.. Hansen was not made public.
Mr.. Jost's WOO averaged IS cents "a
head for the entire band.
According to news from San An
tonic, Texas. the sheep men will
make quite d showing this spring.
the last three seasons having been
successful ones for grass. The i'll
crease has been IN usually large and
several t1ocks have been purchased
and added to the usual list.
A. j. Day, the big catt!eman Of
the northern Hills. is back from a
Texas cattle purchasing tour. He
bought 5000 head and was offered a
$50, 900 advance on the lot Over aud
above what he paid. He refused the
offer, however. and will fatten his
S Ock on the South Dakota range.
Morris Keliher of Rapid City is in
New Mexico experimenting the
shipment of 5000 head OF southern
cattle to this country. He will load
at Clayton, New Mexico and Water
vile, Colorado. The lot is made up
of twos and threes and will arrive IN
the country about June 9Th or 9Th.
The constitution and by laws of
Carbon County (Wyo.) Wool Grow
ers' Association have u.s. been print
ed. Besides the constitution of the
association, the book contains copy
Of the new sheep inspection law and
the live stock inspection law, passed
by the last legislature, making al
together some forty pages.