The Dickinson press., 1902-06-21
Ranch Talk

Ranch Talk
Fred Cashlan of Spearfish, S. D.. has
bought the Moat ranch 6 miles north
west of Chalk buttes, where he will To-
cate with 400 cattle about the Ist Of July.
L. Connolly Of Mandan. solicitor for
Rosenbaum & Co. has been in the city
the past week.
Ewart Bros. & Parker, while COM
paratively a new firm in this locality, are
represented by n of the Oldest live
stock solicitors in this section, Geo. A.
Dunlap, who is making headquarters at
the St. Charles. His firm has an old es-
tablished business in Montana and ex-
pect to demonstrate to the Stark county
shippers that they can handle range
stock in Chicago as we'll as the best of
them.
Glendive Independent: Harding &
Caverly purchased the wool clip Of H
L. Chenoweth. amounting TO ahor: 3d..
900 pounds, for 5 cents. This is the
best price paid in Eastern Montana this
season that has been reported. Geo. and
E. S. Haskell sold their clip to another
Boston house at I3c.
Drovers Journal: Montana is 10 car
rying on her ranges $4,000 more cattle
than two years ago-the result of un-
usually good range conditions and high
prices occasioned by the increased de-
mand and shortage of the supply in the
corn-growing states. Montana range
men should not abuse a good thing by
overstocking their ranges.
At Glendive there has been difficulty
in getting men to operate shearing ma
chimes.
The large ranchmen of Texas are now
up against a decision of the Supreme
court which places more than 100000
acres of state lands upon the market for
immediate settlement by actual settlers.
The effect of the decision is to invalidate
consolidated leases of .tate lands. The
leases were held by large ranchmen who
secured the land by consolidating num-
bers Of smaller leases that were about to
expire. Large numbers of actual set
tiers have already entered upon the
ground, much of which is fine farming
land. The law is so plain and the courts
decision so broad that there is no
likelihood of further action on the part
of the large owners.
At Glendive the wool az fast as
weighed is stored in cars. Their ware
house burned last year and the new one
is not completed.
Glendive Review: Two sales of
horses were made by Dawson county
parties last week. c. L. Brown sold a
carload to Chas. Atkinson of Pembina,
N. D., and Jas. Cavanaugh sold 40 head
to MI. Carney, a buyer from jamestown,
ND.
R. f. Fuller arrived the first Of the
week with 4 trainload of 500 head Of
I and z-year old steers from the west,
The shipment belongs t Fuller & Trask
and is as fine a lot of stock as was evel
brought into Stark county.
The American Wool and Cotton Re.
porter says of the wool trade: "Thers
has been more inquiry for wool the las
week, but the bulk of the business done
has been in spots, and has not been a
all we'll distributed, most houses report
ing a very quiet condition of affairs. TIT
situation is believed, however, to be no
as bad as some would make it out, ane
it is quite possible that there is more 20
ing on than appears on the surface, which
may not be brought to light until later
Prices are as yet not quotably higher
except possibly on medium feeces, bu
the tone of the market is firm, and tn
tendency is believed to be toward stiffe
quotations. There is a very active de
mand for woods at all points in the in
terror at as high prices as have been pail
at any time. Two Of the largest Boston
houses, which have been holding bacl
from buying, are nov reported as pay
ing as high as lac in Oregon for wool.
which sold last year at 10 @ nc. Ii
Idaho three cups sold this week at AK
equivalent to IS @ 48c clean landed. Il
Texas the woods have been PRACTICAL
cleaned up. as high as 1915 having bee
paid.
The wool is coming in lively now an
the wool buyers are coming too. VIZ
Suddards, the Justice, Bateman & c.
representative, arrived Tuesday evenin
from the west and was preceded a fe,
hours by W. J. Meadows, of Dupe,
Nichols & Co. No one seems to kno
just what the price is going to be ihi
year, but it is expected that an advanc
of 2 or 3 cents per pound will be pal
over last seasons prices.
". H. and R. L. Meats have sold the
sheep ranch and equipments to a Sout
Dakota cattleman. They have the shee
at their summer camp, and r. L. is wi,
, o. B. Frankenberg again. v. H. wi
stay out until after skearing.
: H. S. Wilson OF Haley wa in last Sa
urday with 88 sacks of wool, the averal
weight of which was 3o7 pounds. M
5 Wilson had a long string of teams. ii
distance travelled being IS miles.
oil Harry Rowe got the wool press i
working order this week, and the pro
n poets are that there will be 10000,
pounds baled at Dickinson this year, a
il increase of IS per cent over last year.
q Broute Burgster is here looking aft,
the ota.Burgster wool interests and h;
been getting their clip in from the Frat
Brennan ranch this week.
Dan Harrington brought in 2 cars
:. cattle OF Wednesday. He sold 20 he;
# 10 N. B, Fisbie Of Bel6eld.