The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-11-04
TIE DUpUXER HCHNTHa
November 4, 1891.
LOCAL LAYOUT.

severe cold:
w. D. Jones is putting up ar
addition to his residence on the
ranch.
Geo. McGill is prlding himself
upon having the first sleigh ride of
the season.
A letter from George Terrain
announces that he will be home on
or about the 10th Of this month.
Building operations in town have
been almost suspended this week
owing to the inclement weather.
Ed. Rose, of Pondera, was in
this section of country this week
looking after business interests.
Mr.. Steele, the father of r. M.
Steele, who has teen visiting here
for some time, returned to Choteau
yesterday.
M Quail, Of Sun River, is gather
ing the cattle recently bought from
Pete Burgland, preparatory to
driving them home.
A meeting of the m~ysteriarchs
will be held on Saturday night, all
members r required to be pres
ent, as important business is to be
transacted.
Stockmen say that the range has
not been better in this section any
fall for years than this year. Tie
grass is remarkably thick and from
present appearances there is little
danger of stock suffering this
winter.
T M. Rawson yesterday received
a letter from E. E. Cox, who went
to Waitsburg, Wash, to G his
father who was sick, saying that
his father was much better and
that he expected to be back here in
a few days.
The latter part of last week Tranb
Cooper brought 3 big band of sheer
from Cascade and turned them
loose on his winter range on Birct
creek. He left Henry Radcliffe
and Il. L, Stonehouse in charge O
the winter camps.
The f roundup spent two OF
three days this week gathering uI
the aogies that have teen running
in this section this m The,
had considerable trouble getting
them all as they were mixed W
with rancher's cattle tn at they die
not want to drive off.
A few Dupuyerites went up t.
Fish lake on Monday to attend
bali in celebration of the nuptial
of George Mcmillan and Helen, tn
adopted daughter of Charles Phem
lister. They were married the day
before and their friends wer'
invited for the next night, 4
most enjoyable time was spent, tn
dance lasting until morning.
H. w. Yeager got througl
threshing in this section and ha'
moved the outfit back onto tn
Teton, where he has some nor
work to do. He says that Their
are some ranchers here who do no
bind up their grain. This, h
says, is a bad mistake and it woul
well pay these men to harvest thei
grain, however little they ma
have, with a binder, owing to tn
saving in Smelling in saving AM
. ~threshing the grain.
The snow storm this week ha
in all probability stopped work o
John Halls ditch out of Bifc
! creek. 1t may not be general
known that this ditch is of, vas
Importance further than that {
watering the ranches for which
was first intended. When, the SUI
vey of the ditch was first made a
important discovery was made.
was found that the water from III
point where the ditch was fir;
. intended to end would almost natl
rally fall into Cartwright coule'
This discovery Immediately altere
1t the plans of the promoters, as the
saw before them a scheme of muc
greater magnitude thar they he
at first conceived. 1t has been tt
dream of ditch builders and specl
lators fer years to throw waite
into this coulee near its head an