Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1900-07-27

look AZ the Great Fails wool market and
partly To look into the actions of one
Frank Rossal. who has been figuring
with MIR. Smith upon the purchase OF
4 his interests in Teton county for several
days past. Rossall OF Rossatti or what
ever his name may be seems to have been
the same man who was about to buy the
4 belongings OF Philip L. Moulc IN Fergus
icounty last fall for $4,000. but who at
the last moment forgot his check book
and left between two days. At that time
ne had a longer name than the present
ono and claimed to be a Chlian, owning
large interests ia Chill, which he pro
posed transferring to this county owing
" the unsettled condition OF affairs IN
the South American republic. For some
time past Rossall who is Il man about
90, bald, With bristly gray moustuchc
and very swarthy. has been working for
". Is. Flowcree hcrding sheep in order,
as ne explained, to gain experience III
the climate and range conditions Of this
section. n short time ago he concluded
that he wished to buy a few sections Of
country with an unlimited number Of
sheep on the side, and applied to Cowcl
Y Webb, q Chotcau commission firm for
a seller. William Bruce was the first
man interviewed but his terms were un-
satisfactory to the gentleman who wished
IN, n, N
introduced to Smith, aud as George is
always willing to sell when offered his
price negotiations were entered into
Ros>illl claimed to have sold 5000 sheep
at Casper Wyo.. ON the Goth of last April
for 5000 per head, and this story he held
to without variation throughout, giving
names of parties in that section as refer
ences regarding his stability.
Before entering into the serious bl,Si-
ness OF a deal involving over S5O,0OO, Mr..
Rossall thought it right and proper that
he should give evidence Of his financial
standing, and to George and the com
mission firm he exhibited a certificate of
bank of which Burt Vail is cashier.
Besides the $4,000, Mr. Rossall also OK
hlbitcd evidence OF having a consider
able amount on deposit IN the same
bank on open account and against which
nc drew a small check occasionally. Az
ter having exhibited evidence Of his Fl
n al bn J,,,l
look over tho Smith property. taking d
lawyer with him to attend To Tic draw
ing up of the papers incident to the
transfer, for hc was a careful business
mar, was Mr. Kossall Before any offer
would bc made upon the land belonging
to the Smith property, it was necessary
that the abstract Of title be looked into.
and the lawyer and the man from WY
oming spent day in poring over the
musty records of land titles in the office
of the county clerk and recorder of
Teton county, for he was painstaking,
mcthodical business man. was Mr..
Rossall
After the titles had all been satisfac5
tory, the man from Wyoming informed
Mr.. Smith that he would 90 into the
matter further, and he and the lawyer
to the Smith ranch. and for
four days did Mr.. Smith and the man
from Wyoming ride every portion of the
range in top buggy, and from three to
five hours was spent in careful, system
attic examination of each band of sheep.
and each individual sheep, belonging to
the house of Smith, for he was a thor
ough, conservative man of business, was
Mr. Rossall. After four days of cxami
nation into the most minute details of
the transaction, the man from Wyom
ing. who, by the way, speaks but indin
ercn1 English and the lawyer of the man
from Wyoming repaired behind the
and after several hours the
man handed Mr.. Smith a carefully drawn
paper, containing a clear, conservative,
fair and business like offer for the land
and sheep examined in few words and to
the point; for he was an up to date busy
business man, was Mr.. RoSsall, and had
no time to handy words on business
matters. Smith looked the offer over
and decided to accept it. with
the provision that today he and Rossall
would come to Great Falls, and $4,000
was To be paid on the bargain through |
the First National bank, and the bal
ancc Of the purchase price to be paid
August !, when the property was to be
turned over.
Mr.. Rossall was Il careful painstaking
man who looked after details, and each
herdcr Of the bands visited was given
as to how things should be
done in the future, and in the town of
Choteau he cut considerable ice con
sidering the condition of the weather.
He was a man of few words and badly