The Dickinson press., 1906-03-10
RANCH AND FARM.

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The best a,tainable facts seem to
point to the good demand for good
cattle il tthe next few years.
Myself and Sons have a fine bunch OF
native cattle for sale. d. Colson,
beIheId. 2-'7-6p
The Wahpeton Globe notes the sale
OF 300 horses in one week at Dickin-
o and thinks that is some.
The Montana stock meeting will be
held on April II, and following the
meeting A. B. Clark will have his first
1906 horse sale at Miles City.
T. F. Roberts has sold a two and one
half years old Shire colt which he
raised on his Sand Greek ranch to f.
B. Crawford of Medora. for 5000.
il G. Carroll has purchased 100 acres
OF land of C.. +. Trask at $40 per acre.
This makes him $40 acres. Mr.. Carroll
will crop about IS acres this season,
and plans to set several hundred trees.
This week Mrs. Kate Edgar sold 800
acres Of land just this side of Eland
to Mark Sutherland tor $1,000. The
place. which is quite ear Dickinson, is
we'll watered by the Heart river and
contains a farm house. barn etc. The
Sutherlands will hold the property for
an advance in price.
Asa Gardner went to St. Paul Tues.
day night to buy a car load of horses.
c. E. Trask has added to his land
holdings Of 5000 acres by the purchase
Of 40 acres of Guy Dickinson at So per
acre. The recent purchase includes
the old r. E. Fuller place on Ash
coulie, so we'll known to Dickinson
picnic goers. This gives Mr.. Trask an
ideal creek ranch, of very large area.
Bismarck Tribune: A. l.. Martin
was in the city today and in speaking
of the fine winter said he had wintered
5000 sheep with a loss of but l per cent
since last October and now only had
seven in the hospital. He has mo- fed
them a mouthful of hay, as the prairie
grass has been prime feed all winter,
and the animals are in excellent con.
ditien. He also said three parties were
coming to Sentinel Butte this spring
with steam breaking outfits, which was
an indication OF the passing of the range
cattle industry.
The stockmen of Billings county are
called TO meet in Medora the afternoon
of the 10Th for the purpose of organic
ing a Live Stock Protective association
as provided for in chapter 80. laws of
1905, the first section of which reads as
follow: 1. County Commissioners Au.
thorized to Levy Tax for County Live
Stock Protective Fund. upon Petition.
That in any county in this state having
a regular organized live stock protective
association composed Of residents OF
the county, the county commissioners
OF such county, may, upon being pc
titioned by at least five per cen of the
personal property tax payers of said
county, appropriate and set aside an
amount annually not exceeding $4,000
out of the general fund of the county
into a special fund, to be known as the
county live stock protective fund, to be
expended and used for the protection
of live stock from theft.
from our purchase of nearly half a
million acres Of western North Dakota
land three years ago. We have sold all
we owned in Hettinger, Stark and GER.
trial eastern Billings counties (about three
hundred thousand acres.) W. own
over one-hundred and fifty thousand
acres in northeastern Billings. south
east Mckenzie and Dunn counties
north west of Fayette FIVE to twenty-five
miles. These lands may be bought on
FIVE years time at a low price in either
large or small tracts. Hundreds OF
fine homesteads may be had among
these lands. Fayette has long distance
telephone service, a good large stock
general merchandise store, and mail
tri-weekly from Dickinson. Dakota
Manitoba Land Co., Western Office in
Senour & Langley Building. Dickinson,
N. D. 3-3-ti