The Dickinson press., 1902-03-08

fer to hold their mutton sheep over until
another season.
To the foregoing should be added the
item of wool, 100000 pounds. shipped
from Dickinson the past year, which,
figured at IlH cents, gives another
handsome income of SI72,5oo. Also 26,-
900 tons Of coal mined BY the Console
dated Coal Co. at Lehigh, 4 miles east OF
Dickinson, which, at the selling price Of
SI.65 per ton, figures $4,000 for the years
product. Thus the tabulated statement
Of live stock and coal income tor Stark
county for 100 is as follows:
Iattle. .......................$ 7l4,o6o
Horses. ..... ...........s... 1920
.s3,7o7
I72,5oo
$4,000
..SI.o2a267
An interesting deduction TO oe made
from the cattle shipments is the fact that
Stark county shipped ne-sixth as many
beet cattle in 1901 as the entire state of
Montana, Dickinson alone shipping one
seventh as many as our sister state on
the west.
1t should be noted here that ten years
ago all the wool producedin allthe coun-
try tributary to Dickinson was shipped
out in one car-less than 10000 pounds.
Dickinson enjoys the distinction Of
furnishing the cattle that have topped
the Chicago market for westerns during
the past two seasons. Geo. Harkins' 81
head on Oct. 10, 1901, averaging 1876
pounds. brought S5.75, making a net
price OF over $50 per head above trans
portation and all other charges. These
were all well bred Angus and Hereford
th%ree-year-old steers, that had been fed
only on the native grasses Of these fertile
plains. 1t was also Mr.. Harkins' cattle
that topped the market the previous sea-
son.
A similar item recently appeared in
the Dickinson Press: 1.-THE Short Horn
breeders smiled this week when they
read the report of {. c. Mead's sale of s.
native steers at S$5.35, average weight
1924. This is a net price of $40 per
head, or a little over $4,000 for three car
loads of cattle. Mr.. Mead had cows. on
the market at the same time that netted
him a little ove $50 per head"
These are also net prices after having
deducted all transportation and other
charges, and were like Mr.. Harkins' cat
tie, we'll bred, and had been raised and
ted on the ranges.
Interviews with a large number of
stock men reveals the fact that during
the average winter there are but few
days when it is necessary to feed at all,
and during the most severe winters-the
kind that come only. once or twice in a
dozen years-one load of hay per head
of cattle is sufficient to carry them
through in a thrifty condition. What
will do for one head of cattle will be suf-
fcient for ten head of sheep, while horses
never require any feed.
In q country where such condi-
tions Of climate exist etlst. stock gan
be allowed to Craze winter and sum.
mer, upon grasses that .keepsthem in
condition for the butchers block at
all times; with m abundance, Of pure
running waller; when three-year-old
steers bring as much money as those
that are fed - to 100, bushels of corn
elsewhere where twenty acres can
be bought for the price of an acre
of ordinary farm, land IN the states
further east, is it any wonder, that
such lands are finding Il ready mark.
ct and that values are rising higher
and higher, by leaps and boundsl
Whenteadded tothisl the great re-
sources ! n raw material and. cheap
fuel for manufacturing. industries is
considered il requires no straining
of Imagination to picture for this
magnificent empire agreat and glo-
rious future.
While but little, attention has rs
yet been given to the production of
farm cereals, sufficient experiments
have been made to demonstrate that
the soil is we'll adapted to the pro-
duction Of all small grains aid corn.
The banking interests Of Dickin-
son have kept pace with the rapid
, development Of the city IN other
lines, and at present consist Of one
national and one state bank, with
total resources closely approximat-
ing a million dollars, carrying de-
posts of about one-half that sum,
showing an increase in this item
over last year Of $45, 343.53; with All
increase in surplus and undivided
profits during the past year of $44,
988.62. Not at all a bad showing
for young city that has had it,
. chief growth with the past dozen
years. with the development Of the
country barely passing beyond the
experimental stage.
:, Aside from these varied interests
of farm, ranch and manufacture,
Dickinson is the Northern Pacific
division headquarters for freight
traffic, with round houses, shops,
storage yards, etc., all employing a
large number Of man whose homes
arc: here, which in itself adds nc
small item to the growth and pros.
!. perity Of the city.
Owing in large measure to it.
high altitude Dickinson ranks
among the first in the healthfulnes>
Of its climate, and it is. remarkable
{ that during its whole history, mi
asmatic and pulmonary disease,
, v Deen unknown.
In the matter Of educational adj
I vantages few cities of its preten-
t lions In any country afford better
facilities than are found in its com
f plete system of graded schools. It
, is supplied with two good school
. buildings, one used for primary de-
5 partments, and Z substantial three
story brick High school building. "A
school census recently taken shows
5 the number OF pupils Of school age
at very closely approximating 1000.
The schools are divided into ten
. grades, including q special course in.
music and drawing. That amount
| appropriated for teachers salaries
during the current year is $6,550..