Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-12-25
IS BUYING STOCK
FOR HAY RANCH
CHARLES MILLER. STATES LARG-
EST HAY RANCHER, GOES
SOUTH FOR CATTLE

by Our Helena Correspondent
Charles Miller. who probably puts
no more hay annually than any man
in Montana and who owns a large
range, as well as several big hay
ranches in the Rig Hole basin. was
in Helena recently en- route to New
Mexico where he went to buy cattle.
Recently through Max Legge. Mon
ANA field representative of the In
~termountain Livestock Marketing as
ISOLATION. Mr.. Miller purchased and
shipped in 500 cattle to his ranches.
Cattle which have been on the range
and are being finished of on succulent
blue-joint Big Hole basin hay. will be
lady for the market within 80 days,
Mr.. Miller said.
The rancher was formerly a black
smith in Butte many years ago. He
vent to the Big Hole country when
q young mamie is by no means old
n0w-and his three ranches are con-
sidered as well improved and equipped
as can be found in the state. In hay
ing time he employs probably $50 men
and he has horses and machinery al
ways in the best of shape. This year
he had over 1000 tons of hay ready
for the cold weather, some of it carried
over from 1929. Hay is hay and at
81 a ton on the ranch, it is worth
around 100000, which is a fairly good
cleanup for the year. These 1000 tons
are for sale and does not include the
feed he uses for his own cattle.
Montana received &C, 1916 barrels of
petroleum as royalty from three of the
leading oil fields of the state during
the year ended Oct. /. I. M. Brand
jord, state commissioner of lands and
Investments, reported the Kevin-Sun-
burst field contributed 39,637 barrels,
The Pondera, &c, 703, and the Cat Creek,
rs.
Bert Hogan. 81, a Helena youth, was
brought from Augusta recently in GUS
tody of Deputy Sheriff Joe Bergerson
and is held in the county jail awaiting
action of authorities on a burglary
charge.
Hogan, who had been employed as a
member of the highway crew which is
surveying the proposed new road be-
tween Augusta and Wolf Greek, is
charged with having entered the Quinn
garage on Thanksgiving night and
stealing a rifle and a pair of field
glasses from cars in the building.
The theft weighed heavily on the
young mans mind and several days
later he went to friends of the own
ers of the stolen articles and offered
to return them if he would not be
prosecuted. His arrest followed.
Among nationally known authorities
on livestock who will address the Mon
tana Woolgrowers association at the
annual convention in Missoula, Jan.
II to 10, are Walter Netsch of Armour
a. Co., Chicago, who will discuss "Mer-
chandising of Dressed Lamb; Roger
ellis, Del Rio, Tex, president of the
National Wool Marketing corporation;
w. w. Wood, Chicago, president of
the Institute of Meat Packers; A. john
son of Boston of the Botany Wool
company; c. r. Arnett of Denver,
president of the International Live
stock Marketing association, and Ed
win Wilson, manager of Wilson broth
ers, packers of Chicago.
M. L. Wilson of the faculty of Mon
tana State college, Bozeman, will speak
on the results of experiments to de-
termine cost of livestock production
According to Murray E.. Stebbins, Sec
rotary of the Montana association, the
federal department of agriculture will
send the exhibit now appearing at
the International Livestock show in
Chicago, which was specially arranged
by four departments to present both
production and utilization of sheep and
sheep products.
Among entertainment features, Arch
lie Gilflllan of Buffalo, S.. D., sheep
herder and author, will appear in mon
ologue.
According to information from Su-
pervisor John B. Taylor of the Deer
Lodge national forest, $4,000 will be
spent during the coming year for the
improvement Of the grazing range in
the forest area. The proposed ex-
penditure has been approved at dis
trict headquarters in Missoula. I'M
provements will include development
Of water sources and construction OF
drift fences to prevent cattle from,
straying. The expenditures represent
about 10 per cent of receipts from
grazing fees during the last year.
The state board of osteopathic ex-
aminers recently granted six applicants
permanent certificates to practice ir
Montana.
They were Drs. r. A. Woodruff
Bozeman; Judson H. Hustled and Wilds
Faunce Hustled, Livingston; William
X. Taylor, Poison; v. w. Sundeluis
Kalispell, and B. r. Kinter, Lewistown
Members of the board are DR.
Charles w. Mahaffay, Helena; DR.. w
C. Dawes, Bozeman, and DR.. Asa Will
torI MiccO,11o