The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-01-27

dikers from this county left today
for the north. The party consisted
of Frank Dean, Joe Brown, Pete
Berglund and 7. J. Bailey. They
drove to Blackfoot where they will
take the Great Northern to Seattle,
There they will purchasd their
outfits and take the steamer, Just
what route they will take will be
decided when they reach the coast.
Three Of the party are old pros
pectors and they should stand as
good show as any of securing abe
precious metal,
The Hon. r. Lewis, editor of the
Valley County Gazette, expresses
his approval of HeleEa's new bank
and incidently instructs It's
cashier on the value of real
estate in the following characteris-
tic letter: Dear Sir--Your favor
soliciting a part of our business
for the Union Trust company Of
which you are cashier, received,
and in reply will say that it is the
first favor of the kind ever received
by US. While it is novel yet it is
pleasant. Capitalists, as rule,
do not relish a man hcundlng them
for their patronage, but it is
different with US. We like to
encourage young men and boost
them along financially and if for no
other reason will take pleasure in
giving you our business. Most
banks that we have dealt with have
made mistake by promptly
notifying US that a draft awaits
our attention. This is a private
trouble that we are sensitive about
and if our relations are to be har-
monious don't men ton drafts while
you have storage room left. We
will pay the rent rather than the
drafts. Send US occasional checks
and a check book with a red cover
on it. 1t looks business like and
gives one the appearance of ready
money. AIRY time there are gov
ernment bonds to be marketed
notify US as we needa fresh block.
Don't lend our money to man who
wants TO secure you with a mine
near Helena. Real estate there is
over estimated by the Independent.
Hoping your institution stable
enough to outlive Governor Smith s
oemo-popic administration, we are,
Yous without malice.
II. W. Kraus. formerly of Cas-
cade but now Of Collins, is IN the
city making preparations for the
building OF mammoth shearicg 9
sheds at Poldera on the Great
Falls and Canada railroad, saws
the Leader. The road has agreed
to furnish water and every thing i Il
order to make this a favorable
shearing place and Mr.. Kraus will
break ground in "a few days for the
necessary build ing. He will fur
nish the shearers and see that the
sheep are we'll cared for while they
are in his charge. This plan of
having a central place where all
the community drive their sheep to
be sheared instead of having the
shearers move from ranch to ranch
is becoming more and more popu>
lar every year as it relieves the
f1ockmaster from the wear and
tear of caring for the shearers, and
tis cheaper and easier to make
the sheep carry the wool to the
shipping point than il is to freight
it there. In an interview with
kraus he stated that he would
either put in machines or shear by
hand, whichever was satisfactory
to his patrons, but he further stat
ed that the sheepmen in his por-
tion of the country were very much
dissatisfied with the work of ma
chimes, and have found that while
tLey secure half pound more wool
to the owner they also leave the
sheep in a poorer condition to
stand the wintry blasts and the
cold rains usually current about
shearing time. He stated also that
one prominent sheepman of this
county, who used the machines
last year, had found the death rate
among his sheep much larger this
winter than usual and attributes it
entirely to the use of the machines