The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14
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sold them straight for 81. 20 at Oma
ha, and the sheep averaged II:
pounds, bringing 1927 per mead.
Jay Sheldon, of Alzada, finished
hauling his wool to Belle Fourcht
last week. He disposed of over ;
car load to the local buyer there
Mr. Sheldon markets about the
largest amount Of wool of any one
man III the sheep business near Belle
Fourche.
The Western Sales Stables Co., OF
National Stock Yards Ills, state
that there is a brisk eastern and for.
eign demand for range horses weigh.
ing from 1900 to 400 pounds.
Lighter stock does not meet with
such ready sale except for use in the
southern states.
G. E. Badget, who was largely in.
terested In Gattl e and who sold out
his interests and bought sheep, was
in town this week. He is running
10000 and intends to purchase some
4 1000 or 5000 more this fall. # the
warehouse is arranged for, he will
pfing his wool here next year.
;%idgeaont Express.
The sheep industry is adding
largely to the wealth of the great
scope of country lying between this
city and Pierre this year. The wool
clip this spring from the section re-
ferred to will foot up to fully 700, O0O
pounds, to say nothing of the sheep
to be marketed from the samcusec-
ton. The industry is in a prosper
GUS condition.
The Fort Pierre Journal says that
Jim Bulls, one of the best known
cattlemen in tho country, narrowly
escaped being killed Friday.
While with the roundup his horse
fell ana rolled oven him a few times.
He was brought to Leslie and was
given the best of care and he is now
recovering as rapidly as a be eX-
pected.
The Chicago proyers Journal
takes up an old frontier remedy and
advocates its ~re-adoption as a cure
for the mania some people have for
appropriating other peoples live
stock. 1t says: THE high price of
cattle seems to have stimulated the
operation of r~ustlers. The high po-
Gition of some of these rustlers
dangling from a scrub oak limb NAV
stimulate their friends to seek
healthier business"
Three hundred thousand head OF
cattle have been shipped through
Denver on contract from the south
10 Montana and the pakotas since
the summer season opened. 1t is
very noticeable that the cattle now
being shipped through from the
Panhandle country and New Mexico
show the effect of the drouth. AS
a rule they are distressingiy thin,
and some are so weak that they are
hardly able to stand. The grazing
lands ir. Montana and the Dakotas
are in fine condition.
That the Texas cattle TRUST is a
reality is noted from the following
taken from the Denver Stockman:
"Possibly the largest cattle trade
eyer made in Texas was consum-
mated at San Antonio, last week,
when J. NJ. Chittim sold 10000
steers to the new syndicate repre-
sented by George B. Loving at
1893. 50.per head, the aggregate price
being 81, 1O5, 900. The cattle are To-
Gated in various counties in the
western part OF the state. The sum
of $75, 600 cash has been pct up on
the DEAL"
The Denver Stockman has the fol-
lowing good words to say for this
section as a range stock country,
and while the words Of our Denver
friend may sound like an exaggera-
ton to some, they are true In every
respect and not one whit over-
drawn; "For the past twenty years
in the Black Hills large fortunes
have been the almost invariable re-
suit of well managed cattle compa-
MES, operating as they do in a coun-
try by reason of whose climate,
range facilities and sheltered water
ways, the loss with ordinary care is
not larger than it is anywhere in
the east. Cattlemen in this country
have been the only class that have
never been affected by drouth or bust
ness depression, and that through it
all have made and are making large
profits. It is safe to say that no
other legitimate business could pay
from II to IS per cent interest an
nually on hundreds of thousands of
dollars, as is being done in the Black
Hills country among cattlemen, and