The Dickinson press., 1907-03-09
RAtCn AND r

Us. Bilyeu of Wibaux, who has large
cattle interests in Billings and Bowman
counties, was in Dickinson last Saturday.
He was accompanied by a cousin,
Thomas J. Bilyeu. late of Illinois, who is
learning the range cattle business az 1t
is conducted in the Bad Lands.
Beach Chronicle: o. M. Olson states
that he has been shipping cream to the
Missouri River Produce Co. at Bismarck
and is very much pleased with the test
and price. The cream has netted him
Is cents per gallon +. o. b. Beach, and
he says that beats making butter and
peddling it out to the stores for whatever
price they wish to pay. He advises.
that anyone having cream, should ship
it to the above named company. He
receives his returns and checks on re-
turn mail after each shipment. Mr..
Olson contemplates engaging extern
sively in dairying this spring. we
would like to see more. OF the farmers
do so as we believe there is no certainty
as to the success of grain every year
here.
Medora Herald: A deal was consul
mated the first of the week in which
Nichols 4 Britt bought all the. horses
that is, the dry stock) from &. w.
Myers. This will add 100 head o their
already large number of horses.
Geo. Thompson OF Kensal. N. D.. was
in Dickinson on Tuesday returning from
the Cannon Ball country where he had
completed arrangements with /. I.
Nelson, L. M. Mortesen and Marinus
Rome for breaking 100 acres each early
in the spring. Mr.. Thompson has a
steam pillow outfit and proposes to take
land in the vicinity OF New England and
do blowing for the people ofthat locality.
J.. w. Stimsou has been feeding at his
ranch north since November. He cut
his herd down to about 800 head and has
plenty Of hay to feed until grass grows.
MI. Stimson says that he had rather iced
all that is necessary and have his, cattle
come out in good order in the spring
than to push them out to Craze in bad
weather and have poor cattle and some
losses as some stockmen do.
The Brown Dairy recently purchased
some fine sows from South Dakota.
On March 18th bids will be received
by the government for the leasing of the
Standing Rock reservation for a period
of five years from the 1st Of June.
These Indian lands, comprising four
fenced pastures, a total estimated acre
age of 1,o77,76o acres, were leased five
years ago by the Lake-Tomb Co. al a
fraction less than &C. per acre, the COM
pany fencing the lands in addition.
Few ranchmen of North Dakota are
watching the extension of the Milwau-
kee railroad with more interest than
Wallis Huidekoper. His township of
land, 1900 acres in the southwest part
of this state, is within a few miles OF the
new line and his newly acquired possess
sions IS miles north OF Big Timber,
Montana, on the American fork of the
Musselshell river, are also within about
IS miles of the new line. The distance
between the two ranches is $50 miles,
an easy days railroad run for stock.
The Montana ranch comprises 1860
acres of decided land and 4,2oo acres OF
leased land, all under fence, and mostly
choice agricultural lands. 1t is in a
valley we'll sheltered by mountains and
produces large quantities of native blue
stem and timothy hay. Mr.. Huidekoper
can care for 1000 yearlings and his plan
is to buy young stock in Oregon and
Washington and place on the Montana
ranch. Here they will be dehorned and
kept until two years OF age and shipped