The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-16
IN SWEET GRASS COUNTY
Shearing Will Be Over in Three
More Weeks.
WOOL Is NOW COMING IN
Mr.. Beasley of Libel Suit Fame Will Not
Represent His Old Boston Firm This
Year, the Wool Growers Not
Having Forgiven Him.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.


Big Timber. June 15.-The wool sea-
son is now well on and business in this
town is rapidly improving. Shearing
has commenced all over the county
and, unless delayed by rainy weather,
will be over in three weeks. The wool
has commenced coming to the ware
house here and there are now about
100000 pounds in storage. Most of this
belongs to the Briggs-Ellis Co. Several
buyers are on the ground, but. no offers
have yet been made. The report of
sale at Billings for Is cents encourages
the growers to hope for as good or bet
ter prices than they received last year.
"Pomp' Mcclellan, one of the local
"secretaries'' who was but recently &C.
quilted of a charge of burglary at
Miles City got into fresh trouble here
a day or two ago by severely 'disci-
plining" his mistress. The young wo-
man was very badly bruised about the
head and face as result of McClellan's
attack upon her. "Pomp'' was arrested
and fined $3.50 by Justice Lee, with the
alternative of leaving town within six
hours. He left and will probably not be
back in hurry.
James Kershaw, who represents the
wool commission firm of Nicholas Dupee
& Co. of Boston, is among the wool
buyers in Big Timber. Mr.. Kershaw
says that his firm will not be repre-
sented this summer by w. w. Beasley
of libel suit fame Beasley has been
the principal buyer for the firm in this
town for number of years past, but,
as most of the woolgrowers in this coun-
ty are strong republicans, Beasley is
no longer popular with them and would
not be likely to get much of their bust
ness.
A. 7. Anderson has been appointed
night Waterman for Big Timber for the
period of four months, while the wool
season is on and the town crowded. The
county pays part of Mr.. Anderson's
salary and the business men of Big
Timber the balance.
The people Of Big Timber do not seem
to fully realize what an interesting
sight there is right at their door these
days, for few of them have been to the
gravel pit about mile east of town,
where the Northern Pacific steam
shovel is at work. The shovel is an
unusually large one and of the latest
design and does it's work with marvel
Gus dexterity and rapidity. Four SHOW
elfuls are enough to load a car and the
work is done in half as many minutes.
1t takes just about an hour to load the
80 cars which constitute the gravel
trains. The gravel is hauled east and
west from the pit and the manner of
unloading is almost as wonderful as the
mode of loading. On the car next the
caboose is a wedge-shaped pillow loaded
down with rocks When the train
reaches the place of unloading wire
cable which reaches from the pillow to
the engine is attached and the pillow is
hauled from the rear to the forward
end of the train, showing the gravel off
on either side of the cars as it goes. A
contrivance on a car in the rear of the
caboose is then brought into operation,
leveling down the high places and
clearing the gravel away from the rails.
Where the unloading took about six or
eight men to each car a few years ago
the entire train is now unloaded inside
of 10 minutes with the help of only four
men and a foreman. The trains will
continue work near here while the
gravel lasts which will be for three or
four months yet.
E. J. Mckinstry, who is one of the
men who are developing the copper
properties on the head of the Boulder
river, was in town yesterday on his way
to Butte. Mr.. McKinstry has 16 ex-
perienced miners from Butte at work
and while he is very reticent concern
ing his progress and prospects he init
of something to its decided advantage
as a result of the development work
now going on in the Independence cop
per district.
Sheriff Kellogg, in common with
other sheriffs throughout the state. has
received notice of the large reward Of
fered for the capture, dead or alive, of
the Union Pacific train robbers, and has
been requested to be on the watch for
them in case they should come this
way. 1t is said that Former Sheriff,
now Deputy United States Marshal,
Sam Jackson, one of the most expert
enced and successful bad man" nunt-
ers in this state, will organize a posse
to go after the Hole-in- the Wall gang.
Mr.. jackson is familiar with every foot
Of the country Whereabouts and would
be likely to make it extremely warm for
the robbers.
The contract for the erection of the
new school house has been let to Ander-
son & Liddell of this town. Work has
been commenced and will be completed
by September.