The Dickinson press., 1903-08-01
RANCH lAlk.

r. ]. Craig shipped a car Of hers.s on
Thursday.
Philip Goodxle sold his cattle to a
rancher by tn. name of smith.
The Red .uoni- Zimm. rm.n she.r.
324o, we're sold in Chicago on Monday.
The price was S3!6s with q 20 per cent
of at SPAS.
Guy Griswold. andy Noble and Charles
Rafferty, recently bought i25 eastern
of cattle and are busy putting up hay.
A. L. Martin of Sentinel Butte WAS in
Dickinson on Wednesday and bailed
nearly 10000 pounds Of wool which he
had consigned to Justice. Ba,eman & Co.
A party from Melville, N. D., was In
of the Q bar horses at 500 per head.
VIM. Suddards returned to Dickinson
last Saturday night and did quite a bust.
ness here the first Of the week. He bought
the Grove & Son clip. $4,000 pounds. at
lac. The wool averaged about ~ lbs.
to the fleece. The Frank Stone clip, Co..
900 pounds. Mr.. Suddards took on
consignment.
R. w. Reid of indianapolis, as presi-
dent Of the Northwestern Ranching Co..
has been in the locality for aweek looking
| after the sale of wool and other business
matters. MIR. Reid came in from: the
ranch the first Of the week with the conf
pany's foreman, John Reiner.
W. b. Howe shipped cars of mutton
sheep. Thursday night, Gibbs and Girls.
void 3 cars and another party car
The other sheepman who were intending
to ship concluded that the market was
too low. Those who shipped figured
that there would be light run next week
and that the price would advance.
A Belle Fourche, S. D., dispatch Rays
Harris Franklin Il Co, the heavies
owners Of cattle on the northwest range
are going to close out and retire from
business, owing to the congested condi
ton of the range. Harris Franklin o
Deadwood, general manager, says every
thing fit for market will be shipped thi!
year for beef, and the she.stock will b.
sent down into Nebraska, where the com
pany is acquiring a large tract OF land
intending to conduct its business in TIL
future by p~asturing during the summe
/, and feeding during the severe white
storms. Next year will see the last o
the company's thousands OF cattle o.
: these ranges moved out. The rea
son for this is that the country i
filling up with small cattle owners, shee]
men and farmers. These men are fenc
ing their land, cutting of much OF tn
water, and it is claimed that much los
is suffered BY range cattle, owing to be
ing chased and driven by dogs and hire
men of the farmers and others, so tina
between them and the wolves, the prof
is greatly reduced. Under the existing
circumstances a hard winter would en-
tail frightful loss to heavy cattle mer
and Mr.. Franklin says his company ha
decided to get out as quickly as possible
1t began closing out last season by ship
ping very closely, and the shipping vii
be much closer this summer. The com
pany's herds will be greatly reduced,a an
its future business will be on a more lin;
ted scale, although more satisfactory an,
secure. Harris Franklin has been il
the range cattle business since 1881. H
first started in a small way at the mout
Of Alkali creek, on the Belle Fourch'
river with the rs" brand. Shortl,
afterwards he purchased the ks" herr
and then the "HU". Four years ago h
purchasd the Continental Land and Liv
Stock company, consisting of the Has
Knife and Mill Iron brands, about 1900
head, all told. Up to that time there ha'
never been so large a transaction i
cattle o. these ranges. Three years ag
he made the purchase of the Turke
| Tract herds of Day and Creswell. Their
were 10000 head in the herds, and tn
Franklins paid $50 a head the price pal
being in excess of 100000, or nearl
twice what had been paid for the Contin
7 entail holdings. Shipments of beel vii
be commenced be the company fror
t Belle Fourche about Aug. ! and will cor
tinue as rapidly as possible until col
weather.