The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-13
SHIPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED THUS FAR.
DAWSON and VALLEY LEAD
Much Young Stock From Texas
Brought North to Be Finished
Seasons Prospects.

ena Independent figures that the bulk
of the cattle shipped into the state
this season will be ranged in Valley
and Dawson counties. It says all the
big transactions have been consum.
mated and arrangements perfected
for placing the large herds. While
the deals made SO far show that more
stock is coming into the state than
for two years past, the total will not
be very large. The falling off is said
to be entirely due to the shrinkage Of
the range and is accepted as indicat-
ing a diminishing output of beef for
1902, 1903 and 1904. The steers and
dry cows shipped N will nearly all be
raised in the state, and will probably
fall slightly below the figures for last
season-152, 900 head.
The same paper also says that con
trary to the accepted belief beef cat
tie are not as good now as they were
in the days of the open and unre-
stricted range. They do not weigh as
much, are thinner and rougher and
shrink more in transit. They are
said to walk the fat off themselves
rustling water, grass is not SO good
and they are herded and harassed
more and when loaded are often driv-
en- two days away from decent graz
ing and water, owing to the fencing
around shipping points.
The following are given by the In
dependent as correct figures showing
the principal imports for the season,
and by whom made:
D. A. Ringer anu Franf P1unkett of
Chinook will have 5000 Texas twos
on the south side of the Bear Paws
and along the Missouri from the
mouth of Birch creek east. These
steers belong to Johnson Bros. of
Amarillo, Texas, who have contracted
to put in 5000 a year for four years,
Ringer & Plunkett to run them from
delivery till marketed. They will be
unload at Billings and trailed to the
Sand Cliffs before being turned out.
This is a tough range and already
overstocked with sheep, besides Bear
Paw Pool and Mcnamara & NARROW
cattle.
The Pioneer Cattle Co. has bought
$4,000 Texas twos for it's range along
the Missouri, the Redwater and the
Big Dry in northern Dawson county.
They will cost about $22.50 f. o. b.
Texas. They secured 5000 Texas
threes at $3.50 on the cars. These
cattle will be unloaded at Billings and
turned loose on Elk Prairie creek,
near Wolf Point. This company has
a good range, and is well protected by
$4,000 acres of scrip in shoestrings
along the water courses. This land
is left open. They have a drift fence
40 miles long on the south end of their
range.
Pierre Wibaux, whose cattle ranged
on Beaver creek and the Little Mis-
souri, for 20 years, has moved the en-
tire outfit to a range along the Bull
mountains from the head of the Por-
cupine east TO the Yellowstone below
Glendive. He has contracted for 1000
Texas twos at private terms.
G. T. Herring of Vernon, Texas, will
put in 5000 Texas twos, with a few
threes, just west of the DIS range,
turning out around the Piney Buttes
on the south side of the Missouri, east
of the Musselshen so miles. He is
said to be a banker who has taken
this stock for money loaned, and has
got to place it somewhere, as he can't
sell.
P%oindexter & Orr of Dillon will turn
out about 1900 Utah yearlings on
Woody Island creek, north of Malta.
The Coburn Cattle Co. will put 1000
eastern Oregon twos on their range
south and east of the Little Rockies.
The Miner Live Stock Co. will put
1000 of the same on the same range.
The Bar Eleven Cattle Co. and Mrs.
D. A. Ford of Fort Benton have bought
l.2OO n 500, respectively, OF the
same stuff, to be turned out on the
Marias at Gallata.
Major T.. A. Cummings, also of Fort
Benton, has 500 east Oregons for the
Shonkin pool range below Malta, and
Malcolm Morrow, Sr, 200 for the or
iginal Shonkin range.
Henry SieDen has 500 of the same
for the lower Milk river range.
All these will cost about $3.50 turn
ed out. They are a very fine class of
stock.
The Bloom Cattle Co (the Circle
Diamond OUTFIT will as usual bring
north 5000 to 10000 head OF twos from
their range in the cedar breaks" in