The Dickinson press., 1902-09-27
Ranch Talk

Allenberg & Co. report sales the last
OF last week: II native I3~74-steers $500,
the top OF the market; native 2-vear.old
Observation-Disclosures and Polled An.
gus-S5.s5.
D.. b. Zimmerman sent a band Of 2soo
Montana sheep south the first of the
week.
{. w. Herstein of MassenaA Iowa, ar
rived the first of the week with two cars
of Iowa cattle, which have been taken to
the ranch of his son-in.law, E. ]. Strong,
on the head of Thirty-Mile creek.
On Tuesday A. ]. Allen weighed up
50 head of 2.year-old steers belonging to
A. F. Kelley. The steers averaged 1850
pounds and we're bought at s. per cwt.
The cattle will not be shipped to market
for a while.
Next week A. ]. Allen expects to ship
IL cars of cattle from Bismarck. He
shipped from Belfeld this week.
A. H. Arnett, who bought all OF the
COWS and calves belonging to the Con-
verse Cattle Co., is surprised to find the
great number of people wanting this
class Of stock He receives the cows
and calves at Dickinson as they come in
with the beef herds. He figures on 500
COWS, and recently sold - carloads to
VIM. Badger OF Mandan. The balance
of the stock will be taken by local par
ties.
The Converse Cattle Co., owners of
the A H A brand, are closing out every
thing this fall, Their horses were sold
early in the summer.
Geo. Harkins bought lao head of 2
year.old cattle of ID. B. Zimmerman.
VIM. B. Galligan, one of the well-to-do
Cedar creek ranchers, is building a cat
tie shed 100 feet long by. 81 feet wide.
Mark Sutherland recently found two
of his horses which had been away near
ly two years.
c. H. Pearl has sold 5000 ewes and
lambs to a Mr.. Bennett located on the
Little Missouri. Delivery is to be made
early next month.
G. w. Grove and son, Dennie, have
been trailing 5000 sheep in from Wibaux
the past week. The sheep, bought some
time ago, will be divided into two bands
and wintered by them on the Cedar.
About ten days ago there was a Sec
ond fire between the Cannon Ball river
and Cedar creek, but fortunately, like
former fire, comparatively little damage
was done. The fire started 80 or 40
miles southeast of New England.
c. M. Dinsdale has sold 500 choice a.
year-old ewes to a Richardson party at
s3.I5 per head.
Last week Geo. Ludolwh sold I27 of
his Kansas City steers at s4.65. They
averaged 1854 pounds. When put in
last tall, these steers-on a fll-weighed
$40 pounds. Mr.. Ludolph had expected
that they would average about 100, but
as it is he makes some So per head and
is feeling we'll satisfied.
Frank and Austin Meade have bought
40 head of COWS and calves of w. f.
King.
Cattle shipments booked for Oct. 3
are: E. S. Clough 3, Guy Griswold 3,
w. L. Richards 20, M. Sutherland 2, c.
r. Pendergast 3, Julius Hoist 1, and
sheep for same date: T. L. Beard 8, F.
E. Morgan 3, and on the 9th c. McDan-
iels 20 cars. For the 10th Mckenzie &
Jones have five cars of cattle booked,
Ed. Jones 6, Jackson & Hammond 2, and
J. E. Phelan will probably ship 10 cars
at this time. c. c. Mead is booked for
6 cars on the 18th and J. A. Farrah will
will probably ship I car at the same
time, w. B. Galligan 2, J.Siver 5 and
others from the south, enough to make
up a good trainload on Thursday. P. H.
Duff sent IN an order for 4 cars on the
SIN n MCPhee 2.
Twenty-one head of dehorned native
steers belonging to A. G. Elfstrom of
Fayette and ~ head of native steers
belonging to Eugene Johnson of Cave
Hills topped the Mondays Chicago
market for westerns at s6.25 per cwt.,
making a gross price of s78.43 per head
for the Elstrom cattle. The Johnson
Steers averaged 1885 pounds, making
S83.44 per head, or a net price of over
SIS. This means that MI. Johnson sold
his car of ~ 3-year-old steers in Chica-
60 for sI,835.65, and after paying all
shipping expenses had $3.50 to bring
home. Allenberg & Co. made the sales.
At the time Of closing this column
Shaw & Hamilton were on the way from
the south with IS cars of beet cattle. A.
H. Arnett rather expected the Rogers
Bros. would not get in from Duck creek
with his 6 cars. ALT White was south to
see if he could get 2 cars in, and from
the north Cuskelly Bros. were due with
3 cars and A. B. Curry with 3. Parker
Bros. were due with E cars, Jeferies 4
Higgins 3, James Converse with 50 and
A. J. Allen with 2. Johnson 4 Courtney
also expected a Scar shipment of sheep
in, VIM. Rieche z aud Zastowpil Bros. 2.
Richards & Howe did not expect to
make their Scar shipment this week.
Allenberg 4 Co. report the following
sales for Monday: A. G.. Elfstrom FL
I258-steers s6.25, % 1o8o-cows $40, Eu-
gene Johnson ~ I335-steers s6.25, IS
Io75-cows 81, Alex Connell u l3l8-steers
$3.50, E I2o6-cows s4.25, J. A. Clarkson
II 12I4-steers S5.25, Joe Bilyeu 81 1874
steers S4.85, % Ioo8-Texans $3.50, IL
Io3o-cows 81, Jefferies & Higgins 225
1l7l-feeders s4.75.
The Deep Creek Cattle Co. sold "A
133o.steers at $3.50 on Monday and H. c.
Miethe 81 I332-steers at $500.