The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-11

xn0blng Loosos Were Not So Heavy n
Was Feared.
Special Correspondents of the Standard.
Big Timber. June 6.-Reports from
all we the county hi that while the
weather was not all that could be de-
sired for lambing, the losses are not
nearly 40 heavy as has been feared.
The general average for the lamb crop
n probably about 10 per cent lower thar
last year. but the sheepmen feel that
they will . great deal more than re-
coup their losses on the lamb crop in
the profits which the unusually good
grass crop will yield to them. The
rainy weather IL retarding the shear
ing some. but there will be a great rush
a. soon a. the weather permits. The
proposition to establish a steam shear
ing plant At the corrals or Otter creek
hao fallen through. owing to the inabil-
tty of the manufacturers of the ma
chimes TO supply them In time for this
seasons work. The abundance of grass
Ter h q Il has been for wears. For
some years bar IL has been quite. a
problem to maintain the sheep within
easy distance OF shearing points. ow-
ing to the short grass. but this year
there promises to be no difficulty on
that score. In anticipation of an I'M
usually active wool season. the. North
&Iu IaSiuC mas a kohk va h' e"et
in putting in al extra sidetrack at the
wool house. The track has been badly
needed heretofore, but indications are
that II will be quite impossible to get
along without II this year. as Big Tim
her il beyond doubt going to be the
banner wool market of Inc state this
year. The track will be the full
length OF the yards ana will accommo-
date about 100 cars. The first transac-
ton of the season has been credited to
w. w. Beasley & Sons, who consigned
about 10000 pounds to chol Dupee
q Co. of Boston for Bother Bros. OF
Paradise valley.
The state arid land commission has
advertised for bids for the construction
Of a canal, ETC., for irrigating the lands
on Big Timber creek. segregated un-
der the provisions of the Carey act and
known as district No. 2, In Sweetgrass
county. The call for bid includes
propositions for the settlement OF the
lands as well as for their reclamation.
The land lies in a solid body on either
side of Big Timber creek. about seven
miles distant from Big Timber. and
embraces about 5000 acres OF as fine
. AGRICULTURAL land as there Is In the
state. Bids will be opened June 10 at
the once of the commission in Helena.
Big Timber Is going to turn the gle
loose In earnest this year on the Fourth
Of July. The bird is feeling unusually frs
Ky this time and the patriotic people OF
the burg are going to let him soar. The
programme includes horse races ana al
most every other Kind Of race. TO say
nothing OF the. bah games. fireworks y
dances that are In contemplation. The Big
Timber brass band. has been r~eorganized
and is practicing every night under the d.
rection of Colonel Bill Bennett. The band
will play 1.-THE Star spangled Banner.
yankee Doodle" and other patriotic airs
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A temple of the Rathbone Sisters has
been organized I'm Big Timber with a
charter membership OF Is. The installation
of the officers will take place on the I'd
inst, when "A delegation from the Boze-
man temple will be present. There Will
be a ball and banquet I'm the evening. the
new temple has been named the Zenobia,
after the famous queen of Palmyra. The
officers are: Mrs. A. q. Yule. Il. e; Mrs.
Walter Aitken. T.. s.; Mrs. Ben MJelde' p.
j.: Mrs. +. Bliss, M. of T.; Mrs. A. t.
Kellogg. NJ. of r. and g.: Mrs. IL. Bliss.
NJ. of e; Mrs. Harry Allen. Il. of s.; Mrs.
William Liddell. guard: Mesdames Rob-
ertson. Olmstead and Fisher. trustees.
The recent heavy rains have resulted
disastrously to a number of ranchers IN
this county and TO bridges on various
s{feams. The crops of several farmers in
the Holland settlement have been com
pletely washed out and the bridges on
Big Timber creek have been swept away.
A few days ago a man employed by ia
cob Hoyem attempted to drive across OF
ter creek and the team was swept way
and drowned. the driver barely escaping.
Scarcely any OF the snow In the mountains
has melted yet and there II promise OF
very high. water when the weather gets
warmer.
Memorial day services We're held I'm the
Congregational church Sunday evening.
the 18th ult. The address was by Attorney
Sydney Lanner. and IL was "A very able
and eloquent effort.
Big Timber has now one of the most
complete electric lighting plants In the