Fergus County Democrat., 1912-07-09
News Of Our NeighbOrs
Items Of Interest to Our Readers
Clipped From Our Contemporaries
PHlLBRook.
Judith Basin Starr

1t was announced in the Star that
work would be started on the excava-
ton for the new mill and elevator last
Friday. Owing to the fact that the en-.
gineer for the Great Northern failed
to arrive as expected, the work has
been delayed. However, the site was
staked out on Tuesday, as well as the
spur, and Mr.. Murray expects to have
dirt flying on the excavation on Fri
day of this week.
While here last Thursday, Prof. A.
E. Chamberlain, with the development
department of the Great Northern rail
way, visited the experiment station
and was agreeably surprised and
pleased over the fine buildings and
crops at the station. Prof. Chamber
lain says that our experiment station
is one Of the best he has ever visited,
and expects to be back again for the
big farmers picnic on July %, and
will undoubtedly address our farmers
on that day.
While at Bozeman recently attend
ng the Shorthorn cattle sale, Thos.
Nicholson purchased the ShOrthOrn
bull, Mavwelton Monarch, to head his
fine herd of Shorthorns on the Spring.
dale ranch near this city. This animal
is the highest priced animal ever
brought into Fergus county and with
out doubt the finest ever brought in
to the Judith Basin, and will rank up
with the best to be found in the state
Maxwelton Monarch is a dark red
calved June 2, 1911, and is a well-de
veloped yearling with straight points
an ideal type of the Shorthorn breed
His sire, Avendale, 245144, is one OF
the most conspicuous show bulls ir
the United States today, and his gets
have been very much in evidence iT
show rings in the past two years, hav
ing sired Selection, the internationa
grand champion of 1909. Ayendale's
sire, White Hall Sultan, 1858, il
known wherever the Shorthorn breed
is known in the United Sattes. Max
welton Monarch comes from the ia
nous Butterfly family on his mothers
side, imported to this country from
the famous Crinchshaw herd. |
might be we'll to mention here, ii
order to show how Fergus count.
stands with the rest of the state il
: thoroughbred cattle, that the mex
highest priced bull to come to thi
l county was bought by Oscar Mitchell
of Forest Grove, who purchased Roya
! of Whitehall, 356259, by Whitehall
Rosdale. He is roam, with nice
smooth body, and is true type Q
the modern Shorthorn. 1t is needles
to say that both of these animals ar
bred in the purple, and if they kee
their health, Fergus county will hav
some cattle in a few years that wi
take international honors. In this sal
in the neighborhood of twenty bull
sold, which brought on an averae
5000 a head, several of them bein
only six months calves.
Last Monday the name of our pos
office was changed from Philbrook
Hobson, as per the notice sent OF
some time ago by the postoffice d.
partment at Washington. Ever sine
the town was started the town ha
been cursed with a hyphenated nam
the postoffice being known as Phi
brook and the railroad station as HO
son. The change to one name will b
appreciated by our citizens, as the
had grown weary of the strife owe
the two names. which caused consi
erable hard feeling at times and whic
has done much to retard the growt
OF our town. But now that 1t Is sc
tied for all time, it Is hoped that o,
citizens will unite in the work I
boosting Hobson and making 1t IL
best town in the Judith Basin.