The Dickinson press., 1903-05-30
Ranch Talk.

says tndt ne IS SatlSEeQ that TINS lS q III.
tie more than the average loss among
cattle in this part of the state.
Woolgrowers will read with interest in
this issue of the PRESS the adv. of Z.
Shillard Smith Il Co., successors to
Philip Jagode 4 Co., wool commission
merchants of Philadelphia. The old
firm, to whom a number of local growers
have shipped wool on comission in past
years, was dissolved on the FIRST Of last
January, owing to the death ofthe senior
partner, Philip Jagode. c. Shillard
Smith and c. L. M~cIlnenney, who COM
pose the present firm, were the junior
partners in the old firm and the details
Of grading and selling woods consigned
to their firm last year and in previous
years was looked after by these men.
Mr.. Smith, it will be remembered, visited
this section last year, and it is safe to
say that his firm is familiar with the diff
ferent clips and is in a position to handle
the woods here in such a way as to OBJ.
tain the full value for each individual
shipment.
Canada proposes to make a large live
stock exhibit for the St. Louis exposi-
tion. The government has been asked
10 appropriate $4,000.
. Wallis Huidekoper and Earl c. Huide.
koper left Manday afternoon for Ontario,
Oregon, where they are to receive 1900
head of very fine stock cattle. The cat
tie will be shipped here and placed on
their ranches southwest of Dickinson.
T. l.. Beard returned this week from
an inspection of his sheep out south. He
found that owing to poor management
and poorly constructed sheds a number
of sheepmen had quite a loss of lambs
during the heavy rain last week.
Wyoming sheep men are said to be
much interested in the scheme of Thom-
as Jones of Ontario, Idaho. who erected
tents at his Landing ground and placed
newborn lambs therein during the nights
following their birth. The tents we're
heated by means of stoves, and so eff
Gent was the plan that the increase OF
Jones focks has been us per cent, al
though the neighboring sheepmen lost
heavily on account of cold nights. The
scheme will be tried on an extensive
scale in Wyoming next year.
]. M. Watson of New Salem has
traded his trotting mare and Percheron
stallion to c. S. Langdon for some 80
head of his horses.
Colburn Bros, Jim Mathews and n
or two others compose a shearing crew
which commenced at A. B. Berry's place
this week.
The Lake-Tomb Co. are receiving a
trainload of cattle at this point from On
tario, Oregon, which are to be driven
southeast to their pasture on the Stand.
ing Rock reservation. A company OF
7 L riders have been camped neal the
city all the week. Foreman Rose went
west about'a week ago to receive the
cattle.
The letter published this week from
Speari6sh regarding the Lake-Tomb Co.
recalls the fact that two prominent Dick
inson cattlemen originally had an in
terest in this reservation lease. Messrs.
Arnett and Jefferies say that there was to
be more or less litigation over the matter
and they withdrew.
Bill Mccarthy is in fromthe south with
$50 Mexican horses which he intends to
Craze here some months before shipping
to market.
c. c Mead has sold his cows and year.
lings at his old Cannon Ball ranch to the
Rainy Butte Cattle Co. He gets $40 for
COWS and s27 for yearlings.
The Rainy Buttes precinct, in Billings
county, went solid for the wolf bounty
tax levy on Tuesday. The vote was very
small, however.
Chambers is a terrible disease and may
be communicated from horses to human
beings with fatal effect as was the case
in Grand Forks county last week, where
the man of the house was found
dead and the wife just at the point
of death. A large number of horses on
/ the farm were ordered killed.
Geo. Beasley of Nichols, Dupee & Co.,
was en- route Wednesday to eastern
Montana to buy wool. Regarding prices
Mr.. Beasley would not commit himself,
but he did venture the assertion that If
the labor unions continued OF the war
path the woolgrowers would probably
suffer thereby, for, he said, the manufac-
turers would not buy to any extent as
long as their business was at the mercy
Of strikers.
f. E. Cook does not consider that it
has been a very good spring for lambs
in his locality. He lost very few during
the rains, however, and figures that he
has an s. per cent crop.
Henry Edgar has 1000 fine yearling
sheep that he purchased in Montana.
The Anton Tanberg shearing crew has
been at F. E. Morgan's this week. Lace
Tier, VIM. Dolby, Harry Englehartson
and one of the Morse boys are shearing
in the crew. They will 60 to E. E.
Cooks place the first of mex week.
T. c. Power. president of the Montana
sheep commission, estimates the loss OF
sheep. to say nothing of lambs, in the
state from the recent storm at 100000
and the loss during the winter 100000,
making a total loss of 100000.
1t is reported that A. L. Martin lost
from 200 to 900 sheep at Sentinel Butte
from shearing just befor the rains,
John Flynn has bought two registered
Hereford bulls of J. Crowley & Son Of
Broncho.
w. A. Shaw was in from the south this
week and bought 200 steers of c. F. Hig-
gins and A, N. Jefferies. w. c. Mcken.
zie of New England bought 50 head Of
the same parties.
Mrs. Eva Young and son have bought
100 head of cattle of J. D. Pierson.
The Oyhus Bros. of Belfeld have
bought 81 steers of A. J. Allen.