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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27

Through the efforts of such men as
A. B. Cook, Charles Wright, Tice,
Lester H. Thompson and many others
equally prominent, the Hereford in
dustry has been able to thrive, in
deed it has been their untiring eff
forts in behalf of the breed hal has
put Herefords on the map in Montana
until today they are strongly in ia
vor and popularity with Montana
stockmen. Their adaptability to
range conditions, to rustic in all
kinds of weather, their early matur-
ing qualities and, when the final
test comes, their ability to top the
market are the factors that really
count in the cattle business today.
l have been raising cattle in Mon
tana for some time, and have noted
carefully the different breeds, and
what attracted me to the Herefords
was their rustling ability, and early
how they would leave the
sheds long before daylight in a
snowstorm to rustic, leaving other
breeds in the shed for 'sun up" I
determined Hereford cattle
we're the type for Montana and the
northwest.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27
THE STORY OF THE CATTLE INDUSTRY DM
MONTANA FROM DAYS OF THE l0MGH0RM
BY HAL B. IVES

The evolution in Montana of the
livestock herds from countless buff
falo to purebred and registered stock
is most interesting as only about 60
years have elapsed since the first do
nestle cattle were brought into Mon
tana for range purposes, these in turn
improved by the infusion of pure
bloods and an industry built up
which alone might support a small
empire. In talking to old "cow men"
it would seem that few realize the
change that has taken place in the
past few years as they relate anec-
dotes and "reminiscences of the early
days as though it were but yesterday.
Only the "old timers" have any
recollection of the original herds of
native livestock (~buffalo) that graz
ed on Montana's great ranges and
few of the younger generation have
ever seen any of the species except
ing perhaps in the menagerie of some
travelling circus, but the early set
tiers can tell tales of the immense
buffalo herds which roamed the
plains, until the listener is almost in
clined to consider it an imposition on
his credulity; tales of the stoppage
of boats on the Missouri river to per-
nit the buffalo herds to complete
their crossing and the mixing of the
buffalo and cattle herds on the
ranges.
Even in the early eighties the cat
tie outfits in the Judith Basin were
annoyed by the mixing of the buffalo
with their cattle herds, and although
it now seems almost incredible, yet
it was not an uncommon occurrence
the COW boys to cut out buffalo
the beef herds when rounding
up the beef cattle for shipment. The
Indians had neve been able to re-
duce the buffalo herds ~noticeably,
but the advent of the white man soon
effected a radical change, commenc-
ing with the hunter and prospector
who used these animals for food and
sport and because of their great
utilized only the humps
and the tongues, leaving the carcass
and hide for the coyotes and vul-
Then came the realization
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27

Shorthorns, or native type, and by
comparison were able to demonstrate
that the Hereford was the strain to
hold to for range purposes.
AS ear as can be learned some
of the first herds of registered Here
fords to be brought into Montana
were owned by Childs of Helena,
Wright of Red Lodge, Tice of Logan
and Head of Helena. At first the
sales were slow, bulls selling at from
SIS to $85 per head and some of the
owners were forced out of the pure
bred cattle business, but the Here
fords were gradually scattered about
the state, and, as could be expected,
firmly established themselves where
they were placed until they have de-
veloped the type that will produce a
greater amount of beef for the feed
consumed than any other type
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27

for shipment. About the same time
a bunch of beef was taken from the
Grant herd in Deer Lodge valley and
driven to the San Francisco market.
Along in the 70's cattle began to
crowd the buffalo from some of the
choicest feeding grounds and as fast
as the latter disappeared, cattle herds
succeeded them until in the early
eighties trail herds of thousands of
head came up from the Panhandle
country and Montana's ranges liter
ally swarmed with cattle and the
range cattle business was at its zen
it'll.
Texas cattle were brought Indy
Dan Flowerree in the early 70's when
and his partner, Cox, started the
IF" brand. This was the first herd
of Texans to come to Montana, be-
liev. These were truly the days OF
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27
Mrs. Thomas Loughridge Dead

Mrs. Thomas Loughridge, one OF
the early pioneer women of Montana.
who came to the territory in 1863.
died at her home in Bozeman after
a lingering illness, having been an
invalid for the past ten years. Soon
after her marriage in the spring of
1868 to Isaac Roe, they started across
the plains from Grinnell, Iowa in
August with OK teams, locating in
Bannack. Isaac Roe died in 1873
and his widow moved from Bannack
soon after her marriage to Thomas
Loughridge, which took place in
1880. They located in the Beaver
head valley, near where the city of
Dillon now stands, and resided there
until a few years ago, when they
moved to Bozeman, where they have
since made their home.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27

that there was a market for the hides
and the hide hunters commenced the
slaughter which completely annihil-
ated the vast buffalo herds, leaving
only immense piles of bones and
horns to mark the feeding grounds,
so that now there are but few sur
vivors, one of which is the herd in
the Yellowstone national park. This
herd vas established to preserve the
species from utter extinction. An
attempt has also been made to cross
domestic cattle with buffalo, at one
time there being quite a large herd
of this class in Missoula county. AS
late as 1888 buffalo were quite III
merous in Montana and then the re-
naming herds seemed to disappear
all at once, leaving herds of cattle,
horses and sheep on the ranges for
merly occupied by the buffalo.
There is some difference of opin-
ion as to just when and by whom the
first cattle were brought into Mon
tana and various old time stockmen
hold to many theories, but careful
investigation leads to the conclusion
that, beyond doubt, this occurred in
the early SOS, although the first herd
of any magnitude came to the state
about 1860.
There can be no question that the
first cattle brought into the state
were the property of Catholic priests
who came from California and Ore
gon between 1854 and 1857, bring
ing some small cattle of Spanish orr
gin into what is now known as the
Jocko valley. At about the same
time, owing to Mormon trouble, a
number of settlers from the Green
country came into Montana
bringing with them some cattle they
had evidently secured through trad
ing with emigrants en- route to Cali
fornia, as these cattle were largely of
.horthorn stock from the farms of
the Mississippi valley. Shortly after
time, a man representing the
Bay company brought a
small herd of Spanish cattle into the
Jocko valley, and along in the late
'fifties" a small herd of cattle was
brought up the Missouri river on the
American Fur company's boats.
In 1860 John Grant brought in
.wo herds of about 1000 head each.
closely after Grant came
John O.. Shirley with about 1000
head, which was considered a very
herd in those days. These
we're all cattle of Spanish type, a
much smaller and inferior breed than
)ur present native cattle, quite SINH
ar to the Mexican cattle of a few
vears back. These cattle had all been
purchased in the San Joaquin valley
ind driven to Montana.
1t is probable that the old freight
ng outfits were the first to discover
md recognize the value of Montana Z
punch grass as a food supply for live
took, as their mules and work oxen
which were used during the freight
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27
BORROWED As.
YEARS AGO RETURNED.

More than two score years ago, or
to be exact, As, dad" Stout, then
located in Deadwood, S. D., loaned a
man, a friend, two blue blankets, the
latter stating that when he got
through with them he would return
them. Recently Stout received two
good blue blankets from Deadwood
and while not the original blankets
he loaned As years ago he considers
them as good.
Dad" is now a resident of Miles
City. Recalling the circumstances of
the loan so many years ago, he stated
that the receipt of the blankets tes-
titled to the character and rugged
honesty of the man who lived with
him as a neighbor in the Black Hills
a half century ago.
He was simply astounded by the
sight of the blankets when they ar
rived. He recognized at a glance that
they were not the originals, for the
latter were of a pattern which are
not now seen on the markets, but
even though the new ones were of a
later manufacture they were accept
able in reassuring him of the integ-
rity of his old-time friend.
Searching his thoughts back to the
early days, he finally centered upon
a happening in Deadwood in 1871
which recalled a fellow prospector to
whom on his departure to Montana
he loaned a pair of blue blankets.
Profuse with thanks and saying he
would surely return them when he
was through with them, he babe
goodbye to the prospector and came
on to the land of the ~sagebrush, leav-
ing behind the man to continue his
work of prospecting. Now, after a
lapse of years, he finds the promise
fulfilled, with the exception that it
is not the same pair which are re-
turned.
dad" feels that the fact that it
has taken nearly half a century to
make good on his promise speaks
volumes for the native honesty Of the
.rospector of those early days in the
famous Black Hills, the home of Wild
Bill and Calamity Jane.
O-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27

profits in the cattle business were
like "money from home," there came
the memorable winter of 1S86-87 and
the joy was taken out of life. In
some instances entire herds of She
stock and calves literally disappear
ed and it is said the losses were from
20 to 95 per cent.
While Texas cattle had been very
strongly introduced, as the years
went by many pioneers in the cattle
industry chung to the Herefords and
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27

The first beef cattle taken out of
Montana for the market were prob
ably a small herd which was fattened
on bunch grass of the Prickly Pear
valley and before being started for
the railroad we're on exhibition near
Helena. The grass was almost waist
deep all over the valley at that time
and these beeves were rolling fat"
AS the railroad terminus was then
in the neighborhood of Cheyenne,
this bunch of steers was driven there
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27

Already flowing oil at an esti-
mated rate of between $50 and 800
barrels a day, Montana's second COM
mercial oil well in the Cat Greek
field, which has already proved it
self to be far greater than the Frantz
discovery we'll, was brought in a few
days ago at the west camp of the
Frantz corporation in section IA,
township Is north, range 20 east,
just about four miles northwest of
the discovery we'll on the Mosby
dome.
At a depth of 1900 feet, one foot
of the sand underlying a thin hard
shell was penetrated and oil began
filling the casing. In two hours it
pipe and in a period of 10 hours had
risen to with 100 feet of the top.
At 9 o'clock Wednesday morning,
oil was still rising at the rate of 100
feet an hour and 500 after over
flowed the casing.
Adds Thousands of Acres
Coming with a strong flow and fill
ing rapidly the large casing that had
been set in the hole, the well is be-
lieyed to be a strike so much better
that it will bear no comparison with
the first discovery. Thousands of adj
ditional acres have been brought
within the proved productive area.
While full accounts of the strike
are still wanting, the hour of the
discovery and the likelihood of 1t
proving more momentous than the
one before are definitely known. BY
touch, the driller knew that the oil
sand had been penetrated and imme-
diately stopped operations to watch
the results. In an hour the oil had
risen more than 100 feet and was
flowing in rapidly.
Fine Grade Green Oil
The baler was let down and tests
of the flow were made at frequent
intervals. The oil was light green
and apparently of the same high
grade as that obtained in the discov-
cry we'll and was free of any trace
of water.
Cave-ins below the casing failed to
obstruct the flow from the one foot
Of sand that had been penetrated.
The oil, it is reported, is in the top
sand in which water was found in the
discovery and indicated much better
production.
Building Dixie to Hold
From ESQ to 800 barrels of oil
every "a hours is flowing from the
we'll, it is estimated by Superinten-
dent L. S. Lantz. Efforts to check
the flow have failed, and teams, as
many of them as could be got, have
been put to work in building a dixie
a coulee into which the oil is
streaming.
Tanks Rushed to Scene
Tanks have been rushed to the To-
cation, and tankies worked all night
putting up a storage for the oil. In
he meantime at least 1000 barrels
,an be stored in the reservoir being
by the dam thrown across the
Despite these preparations to
AXE care of the oil, it is not unlikely
hat tanks cannot be put up fast
or the dam built high enough
o take care of all the oil.
Indicating high production, the oil
S coming in heads and gushes in a
.0-inch stream from six inches to a
DOT over the casing. In the intervals
'etween heads gas, frothing on top
# the settled oil, escapes from the
veil. The flow of gas and oil is con-
i~nuous, indicating water pressure in
he syncline that is likely in the opin-
on of many to bring the total produc-
ion easily to four figures.
-O-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27
cuticura soothes Baby Rashes.

That itch and burn with hot baths
of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe-
cially if a little of the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum is busted on at the fin
ish. 25c each everywhere.-Adv.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27

ing season, and had become veritable
living skeletons, were turned loose or
left behind as worthless to become
the prey to wolves or die from sheer
weakness, but in the spring these ami
mails would turn up as fat and sleek
could be desired and so frisky as
to necessitate breaking again to yoke
or harness.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27

range cattle. Theodore Roosevelt,
Marquis de Mores, Messrs. Boice, Wi
baux, Ryan, Rosenbaum, Neidring-
haus, John Clay, Matt Murphy, Con
Kohrs, John Beilenburg and others
of equal prominence, were all cattle
men of that time, but just as the in
dustry reached it's highest point, and
when the ranges were crowded and
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27
BIG OIL STRIKE
In M0SBY FIELD
FRANTZ CORPORATION BRINGS
IN SECOND WELL; EXPANDS
FIELD CONSIDERABLY

Strike Is Made on Section IA, Town
ship Is North, Range 20 East,
About Four Miles Northwest of
Discovery Dome; May Prove to be
800 Barrel Well.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27

The It. G. Power Company, Helena,
will be in the market, after your crop
is harvested, for grain and grass
seed. Write us.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-27

Peace in Russia is beginning to
have all the ominous appearance of
war.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-01-18
in rebeide capturado va a
decIarar en- contra del con-
sui Jenkins acusando-
10 de complicidad

LAREDO. TEN, e 17.--un
teleerama de Puebla recib!do hoy en-
la frontera, via Ciudad de Mexico, IN
forna CUE Casiano Mendez, un in
dividuo cue dice haber ~pertenecido a
las fuerzas de Federico Cordoba
mas aun al grupo de hombres que
cen 81 citado iefe rebelde plagio al
agcnte consular americana, jenkins,
.fua arrestado en- Ia capital pOblana
ell dia de aver por Ia policia.
Ell mensaje agrega cue Mendez pro-
porcionC a las autoridades poblanas
anplja information acerca del plaglo
del acente consular de los Estados U
nidos. information que Sc dice viene
= confirmar los informes p~roporclona-
dos por varios testigos que han de-
clarado ante el iuez de 10 penal en-
Puebla, sobre que Jenkins estaba en-
contacto con C6rdova antes de que
fuese plagiado.
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A{ortunada Combination.

ira clientele escl afoVcuaada y 'ahosa
combination lie pCivos. ~pe-tuusss y II
bones De cocaGor. ae as MAS cNgJst,o> =
sfa-nad0s. Conaists Ce una ho@gtS ca-a
9c carton fi1-g14o rua-en.rndn ONCE d.
ferentes arrieglos. de. taaa11o lsc7l e.
rodas las d-r=uerias. So pr",i0 c-il-a-
no - de- SES5. psru E1~'-ros- 81. -7r.pn
d 70 -srtaros - e2
10 mandamos c 0. T. po- SOLO $3.50.
DlE1 - ap - L-- cr .2- .as-- .-a@ ..s,-.-
ruriGadeS. PiG:.!S Eog m.s=l9, a-= GIG
cue sea dcu-asiaao tagie.
WHIT < co. p. o. Boz go.
Dep Z. san ADtcu.C. TsSas.
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EN- Ell PASO TODOS CONTRI.
BUYEN PARA AYUDAR A
LAS VICTMAS DE YER.

Ell PAS0, Texas, La campana EN-.
prendida para colectar fondos desti.
nados a auxiliar a las victimas de
los temblores de Veracruz sigue lie.
vandose a cabo con eXito y entusias-
mo entire todas las classes al CORES.
ponsal de LA Prensa" de San An
tonic, Texas, Ia cantidad de veinte
dolares cincuenta centavos que reu-
MO entire sus companeros y el refe-
rido corresponsal hara la remission
de dichos fondos, asI como de la lis
ia de los contrbuyentes, por correo,
al citado ~peri6dico, para que les do
natives Y los nombres de los que los
hicieron Sc sumen 4 la lista general
que publica diariamente "La Prensa".
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lengo c~onocinic7to &c cue aigu1os indi-
vidpos que nj sIqulcra han estado en- IA
ciudaG de Los Angeles. CALIFORNIA;, andan re-
corriendo alGunns Estados de Ia Union Anne.
ricana, robando ) ensaraado descaracameS'
&c u publIcO, d4ildole. q cambio de gu d.
nero, uras cuantas pitdoras que de nadG
les siryen. y para cuyo fin, Ucman lnde-
bidarnente mi nonhrc y abusan &c liz Goa
f!anZa que 20 he sabido inSpirsr al pub-co
con mi trabaio serio y honraco.
Como esge aCto, apaFte &c corStItuir par
81 solo ia gave infracci6n q las Leyes
de este Pals, p5tr!a GespresugIarme ante .Os
oios dc las Pcrsonas que pUdieran crees
cue aquelios Inclvicaos soa realnenCe el Prof..
NJ. c. MARTINEZ, ne aPresuro 4 Duoac-r ss-
Il adveryencia para evlLaE que 81 engaao 81
cio y procGZ. siEa aceianLe.
Por erta parte. COMO estos CHARLAIA-
MES Z IMFOST0RES TOMAN Ill NUN
BRE PARA RO5AR AL va tehEe
pruebas evidenIes 81 li pocer para pFocscsf
egalmente en- contra dc e5JoS InciVlcuoS st
:onciencia.
No debe o!viaar el pGbii-o que padece en-
fernedades, que mis- metoaos &C Gutar scr
absoIutamente sin mec!cilas. areraas. 81
20 lego a salir en- gira Por los Estados, cosa
que no he pensado aGn. DARE POR La
PRENSa Ell. AVISO CORRESPONDENCE
A ToDOS MIS- PkCIENTES.
Yea listed en- ID eG:sion senanaria de
IN Prensa" I-z fatoGrau- 5timonios
d. perssnas que. despues ser utilizEGo
rfis s.rvic;as. han sido beaeficiads y eura.
das. Tcncu eli N. poder centenares de es.
! tbs testimonics-Ios cUa4cs mostEare 4 qUirn
bs so.iclte, sin ninEuIa obligation de 81
parte.-
PROF. 81. C. MATINEE.
Poceroso Sa.cd0r,
2o2-4-e American Bank Building.
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DE EXPERTOS
Al PTO. DE TAMPIC0

Tclepramd Especial 1Grc Ia PRENSA.
LAREDO, TEN. enero TT.-Ha lie
Gado a Tampico, segdn dice I'm tele,
grama recibido esEa tarde, n co,
mission de expertos en- cuestiones pc
troleras. que ei gobierno ervio con el
objeto de que rinda IN informe de-
tallado acerca de los danos que los
temblores hayan causado en- los Cleo
ductos en- Ia IONA petrolifera del nor
ta de Veracruz.
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FUE E~NCONTRADO MUERTO

Entire l1.30 q. m. Y 1.30 .. NJ. del
dia de aver fue encontrado, en- e.
cuarto Que ocupaba en- IN hotel de
Ia Gale de W. Commerce, el cada,
yer de Geo. S. Colgin.
Colgin, ciudadano americana de 70
amos de edad, procedente de New
Orleans hacfa aigunos dias que Sc
hospedaba en- csc hotel; aver por Ia
manana salio nluy temprano, a des-
ayunarse tai vez, regresando, una
media bora despues a su cuaro, de
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-01-18

200 docenas de calcetines para hombre,
negros, amarillos Y blancos, que 4 O.
valen 25c., ahora ell par a -. ~
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-01-18

2o2-4-e American Bank Building.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-01-18
NOTABLE PIANISTA
MEXICANA EN- N. YORK

NUEVA YORK, enero 17.-Gloria
Sevilla, pianista mexicana de veinte
amos de edad, Sc presensara el proEi-
mo lunes ante Ell pdblico neoyorkino,
ofreciendo I'm recital en- Ia sala de
mdsica de Carnegie.
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donde nc volvi6 4 salir o vida

donde no volvi6 4 salir con vida
En- compailia de un medico, acu-
dieron al hotel'de W. Commerce, dos
agentes de policia y despnes de ha-
Der levantado I'm acta en- la que Ell
medicc declara que la muerts re-
pentina de M Colgin fue ocasiona-
da pcr una affection cardiaca que es-
re senor padec5a, el cadavers fue
trasladado Z Ia ASA de inumaciones
Rich.
Gracias a las averiguaciones que
hasta ahora Sc han hecho respecto a
Ia vida del difunto senior Colgin, sa-
bese que deja a dos hijos, n Ell la
ciudad de Houston, Texas, Y Ell otro
no Sc sabe en- que punto del Estado
de louisiana
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-01-18

Gran Reduction a Ia mitad de pre-
clio, en- generos para vestldos, en- reta-
EOS de 2H a 5 yardas.
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RUMORASE QUE DOS MILL VA,
QUIS Sc DIRIGEN AL ES-
TADO DE CHIHUAHUA

Ell PASO, Texas, enece 1T.--Han
estado circulando, sin que haya sido
possible confirmarlos, rumores re!atl-
vos a que una fuerte. partida de va
quis, integrada por unos dos mil, Sc
gun Sc asegura, Sc ha ~internadc en-
Ell Estado de Chinuahua a cuyo CEN
tro Sc dirige Y que al pasar por un
punto llamado Carreteras derro;aron
Y aniquilaron a la guarnicion ca
rrancista L en- el habia.