The Dickinson press., 1908-05-30
RANCH AND FARM.

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For sale-Registered Hereford bull,
age 8 yrs. Address A. H. Pelton, OF
phone i77 ]. 5-73.75
For sale-I have IS head of native
belheld, N. D. 5.2-7t
Plan to attend the Farmers Institute
in Dickinson on June Is. On the Isth
an institute will be held at Hebron.
Being overstocked, l. will sell a few
fullblood Poland China bred sows and
several good dairy bull calves. THE
BROWN DAIRY, phone l2s-L, Dickin.
son. 2-1.tf
Reports to the contrary, E. E. Cook
saved a lamb crop of 50 to 20 per cent in
the band at the home ranch. There was
no loss of sheep in the band during the
storm.
You should breed your mares to the
best stations you can find. VIM. Gard.
ner has them. One French draft Perch.
eron and n Shire. Nine miles south
OF DICKINSON. 5-23-2p.
Geo. D. Upright is raising 20 acres of
oats at his farm on North Creek near
South Heart. He has his quarter fenced,
and, being an old Nebraska farmer, is
firm in belief that alfalfa can be success
fully grown.
James Little of Gladstone says that
horses are a little cheaper this year than
a year ago and yet they bring good
prices. He has 100 head, but owing to
the size of his pasture may decide to cut
the number down a half or so.
Joe Uchytil, who lives 3H miles north,
states that he has 80 acres of wheat and
20 acres of oats growing nicely. He has
weeks storm was the worst he ever saw
in May. His garden was partly destroyed
but wheat and oats were moi harmed at
all.
Montana sheepmen are talking that
their aeeces are going to average I ID.
more in weight this year than last and
that the man who received &c. last
season can sell at 2 or &C. per pound less
this year and realize just as much for his
clip.
At Miles City the fall of snow on the
10th is reported at 70 inches and the
total precipitation nearly q inches, or
about twice as much moisture as is
usually recorded for the whole month of
May. Losses in sheep are not as
serious as it was feared they would be.
Judge Amidon decided the case of
Smith & Wood against the Owens Land
& Live Stock Co. in favor of defendant.
1t was a case in which plaintiffs claimed
$1,000 or $1,000 due in commissions on
the sale of I4,6oo acres of land. The
land was not sold, and the court, after
hearing all the evidence, decided that in
point of law no commissions were due
anyone.
A letter from one of the N. P. files is
an example of the runs the company has
give the following concerning the ship
ment of IS cars Of cattle and sheep
handled for the Billing Sugar Co., en-
route from Billings to Chicago. left
Billings 6:3o p. M, May 9th, arrived at
jamestown 8:o5 p. m, May 10, making
run in "a hours and s. minutes. The
stock was unloaded, fed and watered at
Jamestown, where they remained for 81
hours and IS minutes; left jamestown at
$40 p. m., May nth, arrived in St. Paul
at I: 58 p. m, May 18th, consuming 20
hours and 18 minutes from Jamestown,
or for the entire run from Billings to St.
Paul, exclusive of feeding time at James,
town, a. hours and s. minutes, an
average of 20 miles per hour" These
are the kind of runs that have been
made by the Pioneer Line lately and
the officials believe they will be able to
give this kind of service throughout the
season.