The Dickinson press., 1903-04-18
Ranch Talk.

Ed. Current: Grass is starting and
sheep are doing splepdldly.
HubertD ehlinger was in from the ranch
this week, and reports their stoc k in good
condition. Their loss the past winter
was 4 steers killed by wolves.
L. F. and w. c. Crawford were out
north the past week looking after a bunch
of cattle they have with Schoenline Bros.
They report very little loss.
1t will be we'll for ranchmen to ma Ike
a note OF the fact that school lands will be
leased at Medora on Tuesday April %,
and in Dickinson on Wednesday April 20.
as per official notices published in this
issue.
Billy Whinn is busy looking after his
shipment of ISL 2ambouillet rams ship
ped in from Hay Creek, Oregon, this week
These rams, z years old, have heeces on
that are expected to average IS lbs. to
the head.
]. K. Dodge will build up a new sheep
ranch in the locality of Haley this season.
He was burned out in January and until
recently has been holding his sheep at
his brothers camp south of New Eng
land.
John Lewis, located south on Cedar
creek, got his sheep through the winter
in good shape. He bought old sheep OF
the Northwestern Ranching Co. and of
billiard & Merry last fall and naturally
had to look after the band a little more
carefully than if he had had
sheep OF prime age. His spring lambs
will be the foundation for a good strong
band, and he has decided to sell his cat
tie and SO give his entire attention to the
sheep business.
Commissioner Stoddard has some
splendid Aberdeen Angus bulls for sale
in Dickinson. These animals we're per.
sonally selected by the owner, from a
fine eastern herd, and were not shipped
into the country with a view to specula-
ton. Mr.. Stoddard needed several for
use on his Billings county ranch and
thought he might as we'll bring along a
carload. A fine 18-months old bull,
bought by Sam Lowery, tipped the beam
at 1o4o pounds.
E. F.. Cook takes 10 Rambouillets
from Billy Whinn.
W.. E. Martin of Mandan has bought
a bunch of the Converse horses.
Will Clark, owner of the E O and per
cent brands of horses, has come to be
one OF the large horse dealers of western
North Dakota. He buys and sells hun.
dreds of horses every year and is recog-
nlzed as one of the largest individual deal
ers in the country. Recently Mr.. Clark
bought the E O horses and ranch on the
north fork of Grand river, at an outlay
OF nearly $4,000. The E o horses are a
tine lot OF Percherons, the foundation OF
which bunch of horses was started X
years ago. Elsewhere will be found
MI. Clark's brand advertisement.
This week ]. D. Pierson sold IFS 2-year
steers to the Owens Cattle Co. The frs,
of next week MI. Pierson will have an.
other consignment of 300 steers from the
east.
o. P. liner: You can say to your read.
ers that have sold all of those fine
Hereford bulls | had at the Fuller stable
with the exception of one, but | have 8
number that l took up from Hebron tina,
are well bred, selected from the same
herd as the others, that are being sold a,
the Eacker barn.
JEFF Farrah was in to get : Shorthorr
bulls OF VIM. Wilson. Martin Andol
took a Hereford and c. K. Pendergas,
will probably take z Shorthorns.
The new wool tariff of the Northern
Pacific which went into effect on the 1ott
will interest woolgrowers, as it give!
them some advantage over the old tariff
The company will take shipments O
wool to baling points and charge at tn.
regular through rate, plus SC per hun
dred for stopping and handling. Tn
company will also place fire insuranc,
on the wool while in store, in warehous,
or cars, for the benefit of itself and tn,
owner and all parties interested, to al
amount equal to the specified valu,
thereof. the cost of such insurance to b,
charged against the wool and paid to tn,
Railway Co. when storage contemplate,
BY this arrangement terminates. Thi
will no doubt lessen the expense to tn,
wool grower and will facilitate matter
very much, for as soon as the owner O
agent has taken the company's "Woo
warehouse Receipt" showing the mum
Der OF packages or sacks, weights, mark.
etc., the wool Becomes insured. Agen
Geo. Kilmer will have a good man i
charge of the Dickincon v,ool ,v,roh1,..