The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-13

Wild Horse lake east.
Jas. Townsend of Fort Benton viii
put IN two trains Of southern Utal
twos on the Marias. John Survan
OF Malta will turn about the SAM
number of southern Utahs on the Cir
Gle Diamond range. The Judith Mer
camille & Cattle Co. has 1900 or 1900
of them for the Missouri ''breaks'' il
the north end Of Fergus county. These
southern Utah cattle are poorly bred
starved and stunted, taking at least
a year longer to mature than eastern
Oregons, but can be turned out for
$25.oO to $26.
The Empire Cattle Co. (the A. J.
Davidson OUTFIT of Helena o owns
the fine T. G. Burns hay ranches near
! Chinook and has a big lease north Of
that town. They can, consequently,
afford to take chances on yearling
steers, being able to feed hay to the
weak ones and having a good winter
range fenced. They will put in 1000
south Idaho yearlings, costing about
$3.50 laid down.
Chas. Lepley of Fort Benton having
sold his stock cattle to Mcnamara &
NARROW, will put in about 600 good
east Oregon yearlings on the Shonkin
range. He has about 10000 acres un-
der fence, with lots of hay, sheds,
ETC., and can help them through the
first winter. The l. G.. Baker ranch
on Highwood will do the same kind
of business, also having got rid of
it's she-stock.
Mcnamara & NARROW have already
turned out 1000 good north Idaho
stock cattle on the south side Of the
Bear Paws. They were bought on pri-
vate terms from the estate of Phil
Shenon of Dillon. They will put their
recent purchase of the John. Ledley
cattle on the same range. This firm
has pastures fenced and hay put up to
winter their cows and calves. The
stronger stock has to winter on wind
and scenery, after the usual plan.
G. w. Price, who buys for the Con-
rad Investment Co., has not yet re-
turned to Fort Benton, SO his pur-
chases on their account cannot be stat
ed. They usually get J. train or two
OF t~wo-year-o1d east Oregon heifers
every year. They figure on establish
ing a breeding outfit.
Mr.. Price has bought 1000 heifers
in old Mexico for his South Saskatche-
wan range in Canada, as an expert
ment. They will be shipped from Ell
Paso, Texas, to Chinook in bond, and
trailed to Maple Creek, N. ". T., I'M
der an escort of customs officers. A
lot of Montana men will be on hand
to see what they are like, as no Mex
lean cattle have ever before come to
Montana. . "E=.
The Cresswel1 company, the largest
in the United States now, will put in
10000 twos from it's Puerta da Luna
ranch in New Mexico on the South
Saskatchewan.
Various Canadian parties have
bought a total of 10000 New Mexican
yealling heifers from the Cresswell
outfit and will turn out on White Mud
river, which is the name of French
creek where it runs in Canada.
just across the line north of Malta.
This stock will cost about $40 a head
plus the tariff of 20 per cent.
G. w. Price is said to have. bought
. lot of fine Nevada twos, for the low
er Milk river range, from Barley
Harell of Reno, but this is only ru-
NOR
The DIS, W-Bar and LU-Bar outfits,
which are the principal in
Dawson county, are being crippled by
the decision Of the supreme court pre-
venting the herding Of stock on un-
fenced leased or decided lands. This
decision works this way: Most of
county lies within the Northern
: OSAAN 6AoAI VI Oil Il1C dlIOIudL0 Sec
Sheepmen can buy the rail- |
road lands and leave them pen No
body can herd across this ground to
reach the inside government sections,
SO they virtually own the latter, with
out having paid anything for them.
OF course, range cattle are allowed to
stray on unfenced property without
being liable for trespass, but the lay
out is SO good that sheepmen can
afford to go into that country and buy
the railroad lands. They fence the
leaving their lower wires high
enough SO a sheep a get under it
while a COW cannot, and that knocks
out the cowmen. William Lindsay Of
Glendive has just bought 10000 acres