The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-20

he raises sufficient hay to winter well,
and feed beef or two for market,
which fact accounts, for the very small
PERCENTAGE of loss of the past severe
winter among the cattle and sheep. IL
is stated, however, that quite NUMBER
of horses died owing to their pelhs
showed in in the mountains and thelr
owners not knowing of the fact.
1t is beginning to look as though the
farmers will be as late getting their
crops in this year as they were SIN
years ago, when it was the middle Oh
May before any work was done to
amount to anything. The ground had
begun to dry up last week, and in some
parts of the valley the pillow was at
work turning over the soil, but on Sun
day afternoon the snow fell to depth
of about three inches, and again on
Monday night it rained quite a little.
This stopped the agriculturist from
following his pillow and harrow for
about a week, unless exceptionally fine
weather is to follow the storm, which
the weather prophets do not predict.
In many places in the valley, close to
the mountains, there is enough snow
yet for a sled to run, if it was not for
the softness of the snow In spite of
the lateness of the season the farmers
do not appear to be disheartened, prob
ably on account of the fact that there
has never been a crop failure in the
history of the valley. Of course there
have been failures of crops in some
parts of the valley. but never univer-
sal one Some farmers have had their
crops destroyed by hail, others failed
because they had no water right, and
number lost by late frosts or early
ones, as the case might be. There is
but little reason to anticipate short
ness in the water supply for Irrigation
this year. Never before, as far as is
| known, has there been SO much snow
| in the mountains, the natural reser-
! voirs for the water supply and this is
| one reason why an abundant harvest is
expected again in 1899.
Who has not heard of that old nur-
| sery rhyme, 1.-THE first of May is NOV
ing day?' This may be true in other
places. but in Bozeman it might be
changed to something like the follow
ing: From the first of April to the
middle of May the Gallatin farmer is
moving away" According to the local
ity of the farm or the financial condi-
ton of the farmer the earlier or later
does he move his family and household
| goods to the country residence after
his winters sojourn in the town. IT
| the farm is so located that the grain
| can be put in early, or the farmer so
| situated as that he need only make a
trip to his land once in awhile, so much
! the longer do the children stay at
school, or move away for the summer
months. The moving has begun, and
from now on until school breaks up in
June it will continue. Happily nearly
every farmer who has children in school
| is able to let them remain until the
school year is completed.
The historic Sourdough creek has
| made it interesting for some of the
householders along the banks. Several
bridges went out and the outhouses
and cow sheds had to be roped to pre-
vent them going down stream to the
Missouri. 1t turned colder, however
and tine stream went down for tho time
| being. .... ,..
The West Gallatin Irrigation COM
pany's new canal is we'll under way
now. The contractors arrived last
week to begin work grading, and are
on the site of the proposed canal. The
| Indictment weather is somewhat of an
impeachment. but work is being pushed SC
as to have the canal in working order
by the time the irrigation season ar
| rives.
The Manhattan Paper and Pulp mil
is another enterprise which is to be put
up this year. Henry Altenbrand, the
president of the company, Mr. Kenne.
| dy, an expert in the paper mill indus
try, and others interested in the mill
have lately been at Manhattan. The
structural iron is on the ground, and il
is rumored that the contract for the
erection of the mill has been let. The
| foundations have been built for some
time past, so there is little doubt but
| that the structure will be completed by
the time the barley is threshed mex
| fall.
II was stated several weeks ago thai
an Eastern company were about tt
| erect a powder mill near BoZeman, bu
no active steps have been taken yet r
that direction, at least SO far as is
known.
The city was full of smoke last Sat.
| urday. 1t being a fine day and the
children at home, most of the gardens
were raked over and the leaves anG
rubbish of last fall and winter burnt
The odor was not very pleasant, bu
the days work added very materially
to the beauty of the town.