The Dickinson press., 1903-12-12
RANCH lAlk.

Anton Burd, had 81 HEAD OF cattle
around rs sh 1t and sta! ~ STAGES last
week during tie >lO ~ ,ia.s he,
seemed con Ell t'h Il! iu,."v \, ii did n,l
offer to go Out to craze nl tile L,ai,i-.
Fisher Bros. have taken their cattle III
from the Bad Lands. They will feed
them at their farms on Green river dur.
ing the winter.
c. Scott, on the old Blackley place,
says the storm last week was severe and
the Cattle did not do any grazing while
it lasted.
Robert Muecke and Nels Cuisine
shipped a car Of cattle last week, and
Henry Muecke and Fred Schlapman
also shipped a car. They sold in South
st. Paul and like all our stockmen who
made late shipments were disappointed
in the price they received.
During the storm last week, Wednes.
/ day and Thursday, w. w. Phipps.I living
on the prairie and had a pretty hard
time of it. The sheep were sent west
| Wednesday morning to Craze but they
naturally worked a little to the south as
the wind was blowing from the north
west and when the storm came up about
noon little was thought OF it at first, but
It grew worse toward evening and an
| attempt was made by MIR. Phipps and his
herder to get the band home they com.
menced to realize the seriousness of the
situation. They had 3 good sheep dogs
but in the face of the strong wind they
found it impossible to mov the band
over the ridge within half a mile of the
sheds. . MIR. Phipps tried to trail the
sheep with a load of hay but they had
had good grazing during the day and
would o pay any attention to the hay,
and the owner saw that there was moth.
ing left for him to do but to drift the
band on the prairie until the storm abat-
ed. He tried to keep the band away
from Green river but in spite of all that
could be done they drifted with the
wind to the stream before morning and
then the danger was great. There we're
deep open places in tho river and other
places frozen over where the ice was not
very thick. Mr.. Phipps has s75o sheep
and lost only 7 in the storm. He was
within ? miles of home all the time.
A. l.. Martin went St. Paul this week
to get a 2-year old Percheron stallion.
The colt weighed 1900 pounds in the fall
and is a splendid animal.
w. E. Elliott returned from Arizona
recently with I62 cattle for his ranch 70
southwest of Dickinson. He CARED the
cattle as far as Rapid City with other
parties who were also shipping in south.
ern cattle.
c. c. Mead: think we have moro
snow on the Cannon Ball. Cattle seem
to be doing we'll. During the storm a
few cattle drifted in from the edge oil
the Bad Lands.
The I. p. Baker cattle on the Cannon
Ball country were recently dipped. A
dipping vat was constructed at an ex
pense of some 5000 to $500 and a good
thorough job was done. The stockmer
are just getting awake to the need o
dipping their cattle and it is understood
that several of the large outfits are get
ting ready to construct vats and as sool
!, !, as possible will dip their cattle. Unit
l this time a great many ranchmen have
not been willing to admit that it was ne
E cessary to dip cattle, but they realiz
now that farther delay in this matter j
certain to cause serious trouble for al
cattlemen.
w. P. Owens says that their cattle
with the exception OF the calves, ar
E grazing nicely.
e f. Paulson of Tayloy is feeding 2 car
:: OF young sheep which he will ship t
Chicago for the Christmas market.