The Dickinson press., 1903-01-31
Ranch Talk

Ranch Talk
Geo. NJ. Frye left for the east on Thur
day 10 buy a carload of Hereford bull.
f.. D.ffc5ncAwen, ives, on Monday tor
another lot of western cattle which he
expects to have in Dickinson within two
or three weeks.
!. r. Edick: There is about four inch
es of snow at the Indian Springs ranch,
but the cattle ind good grazing on the
tops Of the hills.
A trainload of mutton sheep belonging
to Rea Bros, loaded at Big Timber,
passed through Dickinson on Thursday
en- route to Chicago.
Albert Koesel of Gladstone has sold
two cars OF eastern cattle to people Of
his locality and sent to St. Paul this week
to get two more cars.
Billy Colgrove was in Dickinson the
past week and bought IS 2-year old
heifers of E. Deffebach. Geo. Harkins
also made a purchase of the same party
80 head Of 2-year old heifers, all west
ern stock.
C. F. Luessen of Valley City was in
TAYLOR this week and bought a car Of
lambs and ewes OF A. B. Berry. The
same buyer was looking Tor three cars
more to take to his feed lots near Valley
City.
A. L. Esse of Gladstone recently sold
a car of eastern cattle to r. w. Neal and
another to Moor Bros, all Gladstone
people. Mr.. Esse was in St. Paul this
week to get another shipment Of cattle.
H. O. Baker of Yule recently sold a
small bunch of cattle to c. c. Creswell
also of that locality. Mr.. Baker has a
large band of sheep and decided that it
would be best to give his entire attention
to the sheep.
Worms have been bothering the lambs
at the Crosthwaite & Metcalf sheep
ranch. Mr.. Crosthwaite was out a short
time ago and helped to administer tox'
inc, and thinks there will be no more
trouble from worms.
Some one from Yule has written the
PRESS about the killing of a big gre,
wolf within two miles of the Little Mis-
!, souri, Horse Co. ranch. The Huidekopel
pack of hounds killed the animal after {
furious fight in which four of the dog
were severely cnt up. 1t is very seldom
! that grey hounds will fight a grey vol
:, Recently Galloway Bros. of Gladstone
l Canada, shipped 50 head OF horses fror
Taylor. They bought IS head of un
broken horses of J. H. Caldwell at 81
each and the balance were picked up a
= different places within the county. The
! paid as high as SIPS each for a few heae
{ and offered X. S. Brookings s275 for on
) pair and $3.50 for another, but Mr.. Brook
! ings' price was 5000 a span for thes
horses.
Charles Hartinger, foreman of the l
q B. Zimmerman cattle ranch on the Llttl
4 Missouri, was in Dickinson on Monda'
d Charley says that the range out his wa
is in fine condition except that som
ranchmen are short of water for the
J, stock. At the Zimmerman ranch the
h have a gasoline engine which pump
water from a large spring and supple
the cattle with all the water they wan
The gasoline engine is a great col
venience for the ranch, and Charley sa!
# that he never saw a piece Of machinel
work better than theirs.
D. 1t is reported that the stockmen livir
of along the Little Missouri river count
e are having some difficulty in gettir
water for stock. They cut through II
ID ice and find that the gravel and sand b
IS low is also frozen. A reader of the PRE-
"a informs US that during the winter
II 1867 he experienced the same Difficult
on the Little Missouri, but he discover'
to that by taking a crowbar he could east
le punch a hole through the frozen crust
gravel and sand and that the wat
"Oulu tuCu OoOOiC up SsOu ! IA -
OF of the ice. So long as the weather he
cool it was necessary to repeat the pl
cess each day. There is undoubtedly
tie abundance of water in the bed of the L
tie Missouri river, and the foregoing
he formation may be of value to some
ca our readers.
Senator Dietrich's bill providing
the leasing of the public lands of \
Il. braska to cattle interests for a 10
~, period of years has raised such a flame
nc opposition, not only from the country
large, but from the people of Nebras
81 themselves, as to make its chances of
l. actment into a law very slight. The
pressed idea was to "try it on" in I
braska and thus extend it to other or
ing states. Any leasing bill which e
gets through Congress will have to
drawn on different lines from the !
ice braska bill, and will have to not o.
&C. protect both large and small stockm
ny but provide, if that is possible, full
Nv portunity for every settler who wants
led come into the state and develop a hor
no stead. or for every irrigation enterprl
an to proceed unrestricted and unhamper
ed William Rea, the sheep buyer {
ny feeder, is in Billings making arran
or. ments for shipping something like 75J
ted head OF sheep from this valley belong
will to Rea brothers, says the Butte Mir
ag; The shipments will begin January
from Billings and Foster siding, and t
Of will comprise fifty cars. There will
a grand total shipped from this valley
about 900 cars. Rea brothers have II
a new experiment this winter, that
:,ct feeding sheep on alfalfa. Heretot