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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-16


these ranges that the winter has been
unusually severe and the chances for
loss have been MANY.
Sheep have wintered well on the
whole, but it has been at a great cost
to the owner He has been obliged to
feed hay early and late and it has not
been safe to trust the bands far from
shelter at any time H. H. Nelson of
the Riverside farm, near Cascade, one
of the largest sheep owners in this
county. said this morning that his own
sheep had never wintered better, and
he believed that was the condition all
| through Cascade county. The only
owner who had had bad losses was r.
c. Power, and that was not the fault
of the season. There was one favorable
circumstance. and that was the mild
ness of the two preceding winters. This
allowed the woolmen to get a large
stock of hay some of it being two and
three years old, before it was fed. The
hay crop of last year was unusually
good and this was also a favorable cir
cumstance. 1t is safe to say that there
will be no heavy losses in sheep in this
county. Down in Fergus there have
been some bad losses through the feed
ing of hay containing poisonous weeds,
but the loss has been confined to two
or three bands and does not affect the
general situation. In Choteau the sheep
have done nicely and as yet no losses
have been reported. The lambing sea-
son is approaching, and that, of course,
will be trying time to the ewes and
their young and everything depends
on the weather. Should the country
experience a continuation of the cold,
disa greeable weather of the past month
then there would be large loss but
even the Chicago weather-sharp is I'M
able to predict anything. on this point
1t was reported two weeks ago from
Teton county that the sheep there, al
though carefully fed all through the
winter, had become so weak that losses
were safely predicted, and heavy ones
at that Now comes the tale that the
| last storm has accomplished much dam
| age. The sheepmen were ,beguiled by
| few days of warm weather to, send
| their bands of sheep to- the distant
| ranges in order that they might benefit
| by. the better feed at a distance from
| the home ranches. While the sheep
were thus far away from home the
storm came and a severe one at that,
and the sheep were scattered in MANY
instances and nothing but loss can ac-
crue under such circumstances IF the
sheep were already weak, then they
We're easy victims to the storm and eX-
| posture. Lambing season is at hand and
r weakness of the ewes would undoubt-
| eddy give great loss in both old and
young animals. Then with another at
| tack of severe weather the deaths
would be almost unprecedented In Te
ton county all reports tend at the pres
ent time toward losses and these are
under the circumstances likely to in
crease rather than diminish as lambing
season arrives,
One of the reports is the loss of /. 200
sheep by T. C. Power. from his ranch
three miles south of Steel station on
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in DAWSON COUNTY.
The FIockmasters Are Satisfied With
Conditions and Look for Good Times.

Glendive, April 15.-The stock outlook
for Dawson county is very promising
for the present season The winter
while longer and more trying than has
been experienced for number of years,
was not hard on cattle, horses or sheep
Stock of all kinds was in tip-top condi-
tion up to March 1. During that month
cattle lost flesh rapidly. but they are
now beginning to crop the new grass,
and already are looking equal to those
of former years after May I.
Horsemen are jubilant on the present
state of the market, coupled with the
splendid condition in which horses win
tered, and are confident that their
branch of the live stock industry has
fully recovered from the slump of the
past four or five years and that the
horse will again take his place in the
markets of the Northwest, increased in
price as well as in size and breeding.
The range outlook for an excellent
grass and hay crop was never more
promising. Many stockgrowers will re-
stock their ranges with the various
classes of stock.
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was also in town yesterday said that
the severe winter had not bothered
them at all. Mr.. Mcdonnell cuts about
1000 tons of hay every year, and had
practically three years supply on hand
when winter set in. AS he put it him
self; We could have fed our 1000
sheep all they would eat every day for
three months and had hay left"
In the Lake Basin country and on
Fish creek the winter has been hardest.
but the loss there will not average over
per cent.
Sheepmen generally are not expecting
hardly so good a price this year for
their wool as they received last. Ii
seems that those who sold for from II
to 10 cents last year were fortunate.
Those who consigned at an advance of
Il cents have not been able to get any
more, and in one or TWO instances there
has been Il draw back of several hum
dred dollars.
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IN PARK COUNTY.
A Full Summing Up for the Cattle and
Sheep Industry in That Section.


Livingston, April 12.-Since the snow
has begun to leave the russell hillsides
of Park county the stockmen of this
section are beginning to feel that the
worst is over and that their long and
hard struggle with the rigors of a
mountain winter has been we'll reward
ed. 1t is safe to say that not in 10
years has so much snow fallen on the
ranges here as fell during the frequent
storms of the past winter, and it is a
matter of current history among stock
men that more feeding has been done
this winter than at any time since the
first roundup, along the Yellowstone
In fact, stockmen say that more hay
mas been fed per head this winter on
the sheep ranches than in all the VIM
tiers of the past 10 years 1t is certainly
true that this is the case on some
ranches, for feeding sheep as late as
the 10th of April was never heard of in
Park county before. but that is what is
being done this year. During the last
few days several bands near town have
been turned out to rustic and it is
learned that the bands on the large
ranches to the north and south of town
have lately been released from their
winter confinement and allowed to go
abroad
Park county is gradually drifting To-
ward the sheep industry, and the cat
tie are being crowded off the ranges by
the bands of wool-bearing animals. Last
year considerable impetus was given
the sheep industry by the prevailing
high prices for mutton and wool and it
is predicted that this year will see new
accessions to the already large number
of f1ockmasters in the Yellowstone and
Shields river valleys. 1t is safe to say
that Park county will eventually be-
come a sheep county and the raising of
wool and mutton and the pursuit of
agriculture will vie with the mining
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STANDARD Pullman, first class. and Tourist
Sleeping Cars to Portland, st. Paul, Omaha St.
Joseph and ST. Louis without change. Trains
Nos. and run solid via Butte.
w. II. Merriman, A. q. A.,
Butte, Mont Chas. S. Fee. q. p. s T.A.,
St Paul Mimi.
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this wear than ever before and we have
had about "a ner cent more snow than
mas fallen in the last 10 Years The
snow has averaged abouf rs inches
deem ali winter. / think wool will be
worth about 121s to Il cents this wear.
Mutton win probably sell for about S3.
The outlook for cattle seems to he her
fer than for any other class of stock
Lots of SHEEN will be brought into this
county this summer from Washington.
Oregon and california and a number of
Park county sheepmon are in those
states now buying sheen TO enlarge
their norks Horses are selling for
a bout S15 on an average. Wearing cat
tie bring $40. 2-year-oIs about $50 and
dry cows about the same as the 2-vea~-
Odds. Sheen are littio lower this wear
than thev were last Some of the locks
on the head of Shields river have begun
lambine already They are feeding al
falfa during the lambng season. About
the 1st of Nav is thu time when .he
general Landing season begins here
We generally save about 50 per cen, Of
| the lambs
| From Mr.. Proffitt was gathered a
number of items of interest concer1lDg
| the sheen industry OF the county and
| the manner in which the yarinrs heavy
| owners of sheep had brought their
| bands through the winter Mr. lorottitt
said that reports from the vicnity of
| Red Lodge. in Carton county, where
some Park county men have sae,o WIZ
terine, gives the loss IF sheen there as
| something like 40 per cent One owner
| lost 500 sheep out of a band OF 3OOt
| Butler Bros. are thr largest owners
| of sheep on the Upper Yallowst one and
| the two brothers9oWn about 5000 sheep,
| which range along the river above ard
below their splendid ranch homes
| u i.t h,1fl fyn,, I'd
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THE BILLINGS COUNTRY.
Stockmen There Have No Reason to Feel
That the Situation Is Bad.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Billings. April 10.-Although the ac
tual losses in cattle during the winter
which has just ended will not be known
with any degree of certainty until the
calf roundup, yet enough is known to
assert that the losses will figure up to
a higher percentage than for any year
since the hard winter of 1867. The
reports current during the stormy days
of March are, however, conceded to
have been greatly exaggerated. That
the losses were not heavier than they
ware is partly due to the fact that many
ca tlemen had adopted the policy of
providing hay for just such an emer-
gency, but they have been to great eN-
pense in hauling it to points where it
could be fed to stock, and only a por-
ton of the cattle could be fed. The
coming of spring brings a feeling of
great relief to all engaged in the range
stock industry.
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HOW THE FL0CKS AND HERDS
WEATHERED THE HARD WINTER

weeks the
feeling Of widespread anxiety concerning Monanas industry
which this chief prosperity
rather early the
hocks and herds the
Standard valuable special
throughout the which, taken whole
flying showing The losses the large percentage
anticipated that
conditions good and the outlook is encouraging
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BIG TlMBER'S TESTIMONY.
The Same Story of Il Mighty Hard Winter,
Yet Losses Are Light.


Big Timber, April 12.-The general
verdict of the stockmen of this section
is that the winter just past has been
the most severe since 1867. Up to
January the weather was all that could
be wished, but the heavy snowfall dur
ing that month and the subsequent par
tial thaw made the situation very ser
ious for those who had not an abund-
ance of feed. Fortunately however,
there We're very few who We're unpre-
pared. Last winter having been so mild
there was practically a double supply
of feed on hand for the winter just past
and, although it has taken just about
all there was to tide over since Janu-
airy, there are but one or two instances
where the loss has been any more than
normal.
William Canane. who owns quite
bunch of cattle on Swamp creek was
in town yesterday and he said that it
was yet a little early to estimate the
cattle loss. 1T is likely" he said. that
the principal loss is yet to come, and
will fall on the young heifers and old
cows. l do not think. though, that it
will be very serious. for there are few
cattlemen in this county who have not
had plenty of feed
Asked about the prospects for the
cattle business, Mr.. Canane said Ihay
could not we'll be brighter. He antici-
pated that prices this year would if
anything, be higher than last.
Charles Mcdonnell of Neasey & Nc
Donnell of the American Fork, one of
the largest sheep firms in the state, who
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Montana Central Ry.

New fast time between ST. Paul. Min
neapols. Helena, Butte. Anaconda. Spo-
kane, Seattle and Portland. Close con-
nections for kootenai country, Oregon
and California points, Alaska, Japan and
China. Connections at Twin Cities for all
points East and South.
Leaves Butte-Great Northern
Flyer. daily Observation-Disclosures. $50 p m
Leaves Butte-Local for Great
Falls. daily NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s:45 m
Arrives Butte-Great Northern
Flyer, daily ...-...... ........... 1888 m
Arrives Butte-Local from Great
Falls. daily ,........... ........... 40 p m
Through sleepers going East.
City Ticket Ottce. No. IL North Main
Ct, Butte. J. E. Dawson. General Agent,
Iron County register., 1899-11-09
Arcadia.

Mrs. Hatten, Mrs. S. j. Tual and Miss
Kate Tierney were in Bismarck last
week.
Mrs. Clarkson was in town a few
hours Thursday.
Grandma Medley has been on the
sick list.
Mr.. Folsome and wife were in Gran
itevllle Sunday.
Mr.. Paul Meyers of Ironton was in
town Sunday evening.
Mrs. Chas. Eldrecher and little Ed
win are visiting relatives in st. Louis.
Drummers Perry, Moore, King,
Stiner, Hoffman, Jopling and Coffman
were in town last week.
Mr.. Taylor and wife came up from
Williamsville Thursday.
Mr.. Mangold spent Sunday with his
family here.
Mr.. Edwin Jacobs and Miss Kate
Jacobs went up to Pilot Knob Monday.
Mrs. Gosney is quite sick at this
writing.
Sam Jones and family spent Sunday
afternoon in Graniteville.
OLIYETTE.
Iron County register., 1899-11-09
Mann.

Ed. Register-We are again having
beautiful weather after the severe
snow storm Thursday.
Quite number of our good people
attended church at Belleyiew Sunday
it being the Quarterly meeting time.
j. G. Hartman attended the Direc.
tors and Teachers meeting at Irontor
Friday, and the small boy enjoyed q
good old fashioned rabbit hunt before
the snow melted.
VIM. Thompson went to Ironton
Friday.
The people in this vicinity are get.
ting up a petition and subscribing
quite literally to have the road gray
eled. This is move in the right di-
rection as the roads in places get al
most impossible during the winter
months. The upper road west from
Belleview is being graveied.
The third month of Cedar Grove
school ended very satisfactory to
teacher and patrons: Enrolment, 81;
average daily attendance, 80; number
pupils present every day, 10. The in
terest is increasing daily.
ing barn, and will soon have frame
completed, ready for the roof.
Geo. Hartman is having the chills.
Mr.. Samuel Bond and others return
ed from a weeks hunt in Reynolds
county, near Black. It's reported all
have venison to eat.
Some half dozen of the fair sex in
this. vicinity went to Caledonia Satur-
day and had number of teeth ex-
tracted.
There is some talk of Xmas tree at
Cedar Grove.
Mr.. H. Latham stayed all night at
Mann last week. Mr.. l.. hopes to get
moved by Christmas.
Mr.. c. G. Farmer and family attend
ed church at Belleview Sunday.
Mr.. Editor. who is John Turner's
advance agent in this big suito
Mrs. Burton and sister returned to
their home at Piedmont Saturday,
after visit of two or three weeks
with relatives on Cedar Creek.
Nov. 6, 1899. REPORTER.
Iron County register., 1899-11-09
Concord Grapes at Barnhouse's.
Goodland.

Ed. Register-I will give you few
items from the West End of Iron county.
Health is generally good.
Our school is still moving right
along.
There is considerable excitement
over late developments of zinc near
Goodland.
Mr.. Thompson of Hopewell, Mo-, a
practical miner, was here last month
and pronounced it one of the best in
the State, and Professor Gallagher,
State Mineralogist was here two
weeks after Mr.. Thompson was here,
and though he was very silent as to
what was here, but made close obser-
vations and photographs of the coun-
try. His actions showed considerable
interest. John Thompson, superin-
tendent of the st. Louis company, will
be here in the near future to look over
the country again. and will probably
take options on a couple thousand
acres.
OLD SILVER CAP.
Iron County register., 1899-11-09
Ironton School Board Proceedings.

IRONTON, Mo-, Nov. 1st. 1899.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved
The following bills were allowed
and warrants ordered drawn:
Whitworth Sons, for supplies, $13. 80.
Chas. A. Byers, $40.
John Anthony, 55c.
j. N Bishop, balance on bill Octo-
Der 4, '99, $3.50.
The teachers report for October re.
ceived, accepted and warrants ordered
drawn: r. E. Wilkinson, $75; M. w.
Daugherty, $45; Fanny Markham, $40;
Alice Gay, $40; Luther Henderson, $40.
Warrants also ordered drawn to pay
Mrs. Reed, janitor of white school,
$12, and Mrs. Brannum, janitor OF
colored school, $3, each for October,
1899.
Moved and carried that the supply
committee dispose of old seats and
furniture to best advantages.
Moved that the Manual be re-adopt-
ed as whole for a guide for our ac-
following amendments were then
offered and carried:
That Article l.. Section l, be chang
ed from 1st Wednesday to the last
Saturday in each month.
That in Article l.. Section 2. strike
out the word s'ballot" and insert ''roll-
CALL"
That in Article H., Section 5. strike
out all after advertisements; also strike
hn nd
premises. !"
That in Article VI, Section 2, to
strike out $3.50" and insert s'$3."
Moved and carried that the change
in Article VI, Section 2, take effect
Jannary 1st, 1900.
Tie original motion with amend
ments was then voted on and adopted.
No further business, Board adjourn
ed to last Saturday in November, P.
II. w. Fl. DELANo, Secretary.
Iron County register., 1899-11-09

A. M, and after the ceremony Dear
Davis preached an eloquent and inter
ssting sermon. The other clergy who
were present at the institution were
Rev. j. d. Ritchey of Old Orchard and
Rev. S. Mills of Crystal City. The
evening services were conducted by
Rev. j. d. Ritchey of Old Orchard,
and immediaty at the close of the
service, reception was held at the
residence of Mrs. F. B. DeGarnno.
Both morning and evening services
were well attended and all feel that
with Rev. Brittain's coming a new era
dawns for Trinity church. The pro-
ceedings of last Wednesday show a
spirit of good feeling and earnestness
that can but result in good works.
Rev. Britain is most highly spoken of
as an eloquent orator and an earnest,
Christ-like man. The people of Iron
ton join in praising the work that he
has accomplished during his labors
there and the people of De Soto must
unite with the members of Trinity
church in rejoicing over Rev. Brit
taiu's coming"
The following from last Saturdays
Globe Democrat tells of the experiences
in Union Station of recent arrival in
Ironton: Ferdinand Sebaij, the Lap
lander who has been spending the past
two or three days at the Union station
because he could not make known his
destination, left St. Louis last night
for Ironton, Mo. He would have been
in the station yet if a fellow-country-
man had not read of his predicament
IN the newspapers and gone to his res
cue. The tired, homesick youth was
transformed in an instant, for he talked
with his eyes, hands, arms and mouth
at one and the same time when he
heard his native language last evening.
Then he told his trouble, of how he
had lost card bearing the name of his |
destination, and of his inability to make |
the employees at the station understand |
that he wanted to purchase a ticket. |
1n his limited travelling experience he
learned that in European cities the |
telegraph and ticket offices were in the |
same building, and when he asked for
a telegram he had been referred to the
Bureau of Information, where the sta
tion telegraph Office is located There
Barney Frauenthal, who has had some
portions of almost every language on
the map, save Tagal, hurled at his in
offensive head, did the best he could
with the foreigner. but without avail
Sebaij arrived in St. Louis three days
ago, and since that time had made life
a burden for the station attaches. He
carried a grip which bore label show
ing that he had arrived in New York 1
0n the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm, from
Bremen, and that his baggage had
been examined by the custom inspect
ors on October 20. He seemed to have
plenty of money, and was possessed of
IN inordinate appetite, which he graf
fed at the lunch counter. He smoked
scores of cigarettes, which he rolled I
himself, and, despite his strange sur
'oundings and his natural anxiety, he
vas usually in a good humor. But !
when he was escorted to his train by
'atrolman Dickson, the inevitable ci- {
,arette in his fingers, every employe
bout the station heaved a sigh of sat-
sfaction." L
Iron County register., 1899-11-09
BeIIevlew Briefs.


Ed. Regtster-Corn gathering is tn,
order of the day.
Misses Rosa and May Bond returned
home from Arkansas last week.
w. ID. Bay attended teachers' meet
Ing at Ironton Friday.
Miss Jennie Logan is visiting al
Pennington this week.
| HI. L. Bell had business in Irondale
| last.week.
Rev. Doherty. of York Chapel, vlsi.
ted friends here Saturday ana Sunday.
Joseph Cox. of Kansas is visiting his
parents this week.
DR.. Adams was called to Black River
Saturday.
w. r. Read and wife visited relatives
at Potosi Saturday and Sunday.
Robt. johnson, of Monterey, had
business in town Monday.
Edward Koken, of St. Louis, was in
town Monday.
Miss Letha Meyer, of Hogan, visited
her parents Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Laura Watt returned home
from Kansas Saturday.
Mrs. Bergman, of Cedar Creek, at
tended Quarterly meeting here Satur-
day and Sunday.
Rev. Calvert is holding a protracted
meeting at Lesterville. We learn the
interest is good and that (36) thirty-six
have professed religion.
Miss Mamie Hill and brother visited
relatives in this community Sunday.
Mr.. Hanson and daughter, of Gale
donia, attended church here Sunday.
Geo. Hartzel has purchased Robert
Johnson's saw mill at Monterey.
Fred Kitchel and Miss Hedgescoth
were united in marriage by d. H. Hart
man, justice of the peace, Thursday
Nov. 3, 1899.
Mr.. Sol. Mccall, Misses Lulu Muse
and nellie Mccall visited friends and
relatives on Black River last week.
Mr.. Loomis. of Montana, was in town
Tuesday on his way to Ironton.
L. Bunyard, grocery drummer, was
IN town Tuesday.
Messrs. r. j. Hill, M. F. Lowe
and Frank Fitzpatrick had business in
Ironton Tuesday.
Nov. z. 1899.
Iron County register., 1899-11-09
Personal.
VIM. Gross is at home.

VIM. Gross is at home.
6. A. Buckley is in De Soto.
A. Roehry was in St. Louis this week.
Chas. Dalton spent Sunday at Patter-
son.
w. r. Edgar went to St. Louis Tues
day.
Jas. Newman spent last week in St.
Louis.
r. j. Hill of Belleview was here Sat-
urday.
M. F. Lowe of Belleview was in town
Tuesday.
E. c. Clark paid a visit to the city
last week.
Samuel Mitts was in Piedmont Mon
day night.
Ed. Inner is now employed as night
operator here.
Uncle Ben Kidd of Graniteville was
in town Monday.
j. L. Cox and wife of Belleview were
in town Tuesday.
w. H. Hipollte of Poplar Bluff was
in town Tuesday.
Maurice McKeag of St. Louis was in
town Wednesday.
w. H. Thomson and party of friends
were in the Valley Sunday.
Chas. Hodges and wife of Lesterville
were pleasant callers Monday.
w. ID. Bay of Belleview attended the
teachers meeting here Friday.
Miss Minnie Thomas of Pine Grove
visited this place Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Langdon and Mrs. H. L. Jones
and boys removed to St. Louis Saturday.
Mrs. M. A. BELLS spent a few days
in Des Arc this week, the guest of her
sister, Mrs. E. G.. Weast.
Misses Anna Burks, Bertha Bollin-
ger and Virgie Parrish were guests of
the Misses O'Neal Friday and Saturday.
Iron County register., 1899-11-09

NoTE-Precipitatio includes rain,
hail, sleet and melted snow and is re-
corded in inches and hundredths. len
inches of snow equal one inch of rain.
s.T'' indicates trace of precipitation.
w. II. DELANo. Observer.
Iron County register., 1899-11-09
Card of Thanks.

| wish to express my thanks to the
Ironton School Board for the use of
Ironton Public School Building as a
place of meeting for the convention oil
Iron County Teachers and School Di-
rectors, Friday, November 8. 1899.
The citizens of Ironton are also deserv-
ing of praise for courtesies extended to
teachers and school officers.
Very respectfully,
j. NJ. HAWKINS,
County School Com'r.
Iron County register., 1899-11-09
Boys Club.

The Committee hereby announce
that the meetings are to be given up
for the present, but will be resumed
when new arrangements are made.
Due notice will be given.
j. T. BALDWIN, JR., Secretary.