Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-21
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w. T.. Hassier. Representative Inter
Mountain. Branch Office Gazette Bldg.
BIG CATTLE DEAL
5000 HEAD OF THE MURPHY CO.
SOLD TO HYsHAM BROS.
AWARDED GRADING CONTRACT.
John McShane Co. Will Commence
Work on the Burlington Exten-s
sion-Mormon's Labor.
5 1000 HEAD OF THE MURPHY co.
SOLD TO HYsHAM BROS.
AWARDED GRADING CONTRACT.
Billings, June 10.

Billings, June 10.
A big cattle deal has taken place in this
vicinity during the last few days. The
Murphy Cattle company whose range Is on
the Crow reservation, has sold all it's brand
to c. J: Hysham of the firm Of Hysham
Bros. of Red Oak, IaWo; and e. b. McPher-
son, cashier of the South Omaha national
bank. The roundup will show about 1900
, read ID Of cattle; The terms OF tn the b SAFE ns are
divulged SO that 1t is safe to say that the
price received was from $30 to $25 per head.
Along with this deal is the reported sale
Of the Custer Cattle c%ompany's brand to
the same people. The company also ranges
on the Crow reservation and has between
1900 and $1,000 head. Paul Mccormick OF
this city and 7. c.. Power of Helena are
the largest stockholders in this company.
John Mcshane 4 Co. Of Omaha, was in the
city yesterday in company with John Dun
lay, another member Of the firm, buying
eaepi'e rese epr tne,r mr. Srao Mesha eSen SAID Sh th hat
his grim had lately been awarded a small
GRADING Of contract '3he R',r,, on the " Tel1 Ssye ID.
most nine miles of grading to do down
there, starting about six miles from Tolu-
ca. Last Friday night our outfit Of 1870 men
work. The work. being done by the Bur
lington is such that could not be done in
the winter time, although, in my opinion,
the branch this year. The work which
can best be accomplished In summer is now
being pushed, while the rock work will be
left until winter time; 4 present work IS
in progress in four different places along
the proosed line, including our v~ontract.
G. 9. Sharp, an Old grader, who has lone
a great deal of work for the Burlington,
has a similar contract to ours and just
| west-o us, there is another small contract
Crow Indians are working and a larger
i contract out near Cody, which is in the
hands Of the Industrious Mormons. TIKI
Indians wanted a contract and it was given
them, and up to this time they have done
good work. The contract was given the
Mormon people for two reasons. One Is
to do until they get more settled in their
new location, and the other is that every
dollar paid out to them will be used in
building up the Big Horn basin country
and none Of the money will be taken out
Of the country. I think one reason for Civ
ing short contracts is to keep the contract
ofs busy. Tn final location party is now
going over the line and setting the final
stakes and making ready for the grades all
length and viii run from Toluca via Pryor
to Cody and probably beyond, reaching
the edge Of the Yellowstone park and af-
fording tourists. an entrance to the great
national wonderland from a new point. The
line will also pass through a country now
being developed by irrigation and rich In
sub-letting any of this contract said Mr..
McShane in concluding, "as we have all
our outfit onsthe ground to do the work.
Charles Samson was convicted of murder
in the second degree in the district court
in Carbon county yesterday and his SEN
tence fixed at 20 years Imprisonment. This
was the third trial. The first resulted in a
disagreement by the jury and the second
in a mistriai. Samson was accused of hav-
ing murdered a friend who came to visit
him at G. M. BARS sheep ranch on Five
Mile over four years age. On August a
last a human skull and bones were found
On Five Mile creek, about OF miles from
Gebo, and on September | last Samson was
arrested for the murder, and following the
case up has resulted in Samson's convic-
ton. Sheriff John Dunn came down with
his prisoner last night en- route to Deer
Lodge.
! NJ. William Stockwell and Miss Mary F..
Clark, two highly respected young people
of this city. We're united in marriage at the
home of Mayor Yegen Sunday noon in the
presence of a number Of friends and rela-
tives. The groom is In the employ of Yegen
Bros. Mr.. and Mrs. Stockwell have gone
to housekeeping in a brick dwelling on
South Twenty-ninth street, where they will
soon be at home to friends.
Anthony Kitzberger leaves tomorrow for
Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he will soon be