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Uoctyy LIIULtail gll-baU llmnIn, R. N. SUTHERLIN, Editor. THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1876. IN TRAVELING through the Territory we find that sheep-growers have more fear of scab than any other disease. It seems they have tried all sorts of remedies, and in many instances, have failed to effect a cure ; hence a few of them are becoming discouraged, and claim that it is incurable. But the ma jority are too well I1uformed to come to any 1 such irrational conclusiorf Upon inquiring of those who have treated the disease, we find that they have dipped their sheep and turned them back on the same range, and kept them in the same corrals, without al lowing any time for such of the parasites as t may be sticking around on the particles of of wool about the corrals or bushes where they feed, have had time to perish. Under t this.mode of treatment it is very natural that the disease should break out again after treatment, and of course is incurable. But we know of a numpber of flocks that have been cured easily, simply by dipping thor oughly and changing the range.. Unless the sheep are changed onto a new range and new corralsbuilt to, pat them in at night, a a cure is impossible. But where this is done, there is no reason why the disease may not be effectually cured in every in- c stance.. C The general complaint has been that the s dip used was not good, but it matters. not c what is used, a, cure will rarely ever be ef- t ~eted unless the sheep are moved to new, a grazing grounds and have new quarters for s, night.. We believe that nearly any one of c the remedies we have heard mentioned, will e Sapve.the desired effect if due diligence is ii used. t] Of the many remedies that have been to tried, we believe that tobacco is the cheap- ti set and best, and would recommend to.our h sheep men generally, that they try it. We c can cite instances of permanent' cure caused ti by the use of tobacco alone, and therefore b regard the use of other compounds with it 'I as entirely unnecessary. Tobacco for this > purpose can be laid down here for eight 1 cents pQr,pound, a We weuld,suggest, however, that some of nI wur wwowJpruwwe give us a correcs esumawe of the cost of; dipping, how often, etc.,, to cure up ,aflock that is seriously afflictedwith 1 the scab, The coming season promises to lIe brisk among, sheep men, and all the in- 1 formation that experience can furnish will 1 be of great benefit to beginners. 1 Although wool~growing is among the most prominent industries of the present 1 day; although we find from history, that the shepherd. and his flocks have played a prominent part in all ages of the world,, and eeabJs the most prevalent disease, we have up, accoupt how long .theh parasite which produg~s this disease will,live whenremov edfrom the sheep, and therefore, wa cannot tell what length of time is necessary to va- I cate a range, corrals, etc., for them to die. The experiment, of one of the prominent wo.ol-growers of Mfeagher county, of which we made mention last week, is liableto de- 1 valop.some important facts in connection with this branch of industry. WEJNESDAe April 19ath, was the time set t for the opening of the Centennial, but it has n been postponed until 1May 10th. On that eveuotfbl morning at precisely half-past ten n O'clock,. the invited; guests having taken c their places in regular order, the orchestra consisting: of 150 persons, conducted by t Theo. Thomas,.having played; the National o alrs f all nations of the earth, Governor BArt~~raft, acompanied by such a military n eoora may be deemed best fitted foi the Govp+ et,.wllm escort the President of the Uif.to to the grounds, entering at t the iorth door of the Memorial Hall, c will. pas. thtough to a platform where he l:be greeted by. sont stiring music.. The i g.aldmaroh, written by Richard Wagner e espelly for the oeoasln, will then be ren dared. The blessing of God will next be in voked upon the event, .epa the nation, and i '"on all thenatiolns of t~fis terestrial sphere. o .4 original bnymn by bhn G.. Whittier, original cantata, oeooying about S utes, t . words being by Sydney c u B "orgia,. nd m aua9 by Pudly t Z ft o . lent; ;bidef 1preatations by a the Centennial Commissioners reporting e 1 exhibition to the President of the Un' d v States. The President will then declare e Exhibition opened. Simultaneously h l this, declaration flags unfurled will. t their silken foldout upon the wind; artil ryI will belch forth their deafning salute; he chimes in the tower, and other great Us b on the ground, will ring out the glad tid' gs wild and clear, while the chorus of 00 b voices will render Handels great " H le- '1 lujah." The foreign commissioners frill i; move to their respective assignments ihlie ti Main building. The President escorted by si tie commissioners and the board of finance, e and their chiefs of departments, arehiticts, k engineers, etc., invited guests will enterl the ci north doors of the Main building, and liove a first to the East and then to the West, along n the great avenue, passing in their wat by each national commission, while strails of o music from grand organs reverberate d throughout the magnificent structure.. The L procession will cross the machinery hall, pass down the main avenue to the celter; at a signal from the President of the UThited States, the enormous engine and its thirteen acres of machinery will be put in motion, r and the American Centennial, the grandest of the grand of human exhibitons will be open to all, the world. TIERE seems to have arisen a spirit of s oppositionto the farmers of Montana be cause they have, within the last few years, t( sought to transact their own business; be- d cause they have manifested a desire to free a' themselves from, remorseless speculators, c0 and obtain for their products a fair compen- fi sation. Yet in this,, every imaginable obsta- '1 cis is thrown in their way. Last season they e endeavored to better their condition by tak- re ing contracts for grain. In some instanrces, " they failed to fill them, but in others, the it terms. of the contract were complied with to e1 the letter. For some unexplainable reason,' however, no money was paid upon these tl contracts which, were filled as required, un- r til, a short time since. And then it was o0 brought about in the following, manner: The contractor for furnishing grain at Camp C ]baker, who is a farmer on the Missouri val ley, addressed. a letter to the Quartermaster at Fort Ellis,. stating that he had, that day written to Washington to kno Iisether he was required to furnish : grain to the in Government on six months' time, or whether tv It was understood to be a cash trqnsaction. C Three weeks ],ter he received a check from ti the Quartermaster, for the ainomnt due, tr bearing even date with.the lettersyrittenr to ist him and to washington;. Now, it is a little es singular that aletter would be three weeks at between. Bozeman and Centervi4e, a dis- .y annce of about sixty mites. It looks as ic, though there were some dark frauds being th perpetrated in these matters; or else the is )pposition,,fearing the farmers wduld;make icy v success of contracting, thereby dispensing fo with middle men, have been using their in-, in luence to prevent the Governmedt officials t paying the vouchers. Itbis undelood that ge :he Government pays cash, and it is a, hard- es ;hip fbr contractors to be compeldxto wait lo six months to have their vouchers. cashed. co [f there has been foul play in this business,. ric ie sooner it is known the better.. 234 THE CENTENNIL FOUERTH 0 ,ULY 461 The ceremonies at the onenins of the Cen- TI TIne ceremonies acmthe opening o the Cen tennial Exhibition are pretty nea. y deter- n mined upon. The President of t1 United i States attended by the heads. of depart- " ments, distinguished guests, repre ntntives t of foreigtn Governments, Judges the Slu- C preme Court, members: of the S ate aid 1 the House of Representatives, repr ntatives it ot' the several States: and Territ les,. the b Centennial Commissioners and fore Corn- ti missioners--all will.participateo. n But the most stupendous " time will be t( bad on the Fourth of July. Ac Ing to ti he written assurance of a gentl n con- o :erned in the preparations, the c ies n n that day "*will be of a granm r, more o mposing character than those whi attend- tJ 3d any event: of modern times, ther in " Europe or Ameriea." They will otsist In " part of a musical performance, e asem blage of the military and civic or ifation it of the country and the unveiling appro- ti priate statues. The morning will be announce from the tc old State lHouso by the great Bell f Peace, iF the gifof a ctizea of Phladelp for the pý coasnton.. The bel1, nnw casting weigh ti 3,000 pounds, and is inscribed with the n ords: tc "Proclaim Liberty. throughout all the tl mnd, and to the inhabitants thereof." u; " Glory to God in the Highest t Peace on , ;arth, and Good Will to Men." a` The musical performanee will be directed , y Theodore Thomas. w The military display will be superintended in y high oflicers of the General Government. le ae Philadelphia Park Commission has furn- b: bed free camping ground for a portion of oi ie volunteers to be assembled from different ar actions of the Union. Barracks will be A ýectcd, furnishing cheap and comfortable 1)1 mdgement for the soldiers. Already offi- $ al notification has been received of the 2[ tendance of more than 18,000 equipped OC men. tu Williamn M. Evarts will deliver the Fourth u. FJuly oration, and the Declaration of In- ca eprndence will be read by lichard henry pý The statues to be unveiled at various-parts t f the grounds will, some of them, be of con- 1u derable interest. Trhe organizations which at ave them and other memorial works in pro- m iess are the Ilumbtoldt (German) Associa- l ons, Catholic Total Abstinence Union of ec .merican the B'nai B:rith (Hebrew) Or- 10 er, the Presbyterian Dcenominatiou, the ational Commemoration Monument As )ciation, etc. te The Centennial Fountain is the most pre ýntious work of this series, and from the U scription 1 have received of it, it must he n extraordinary affair. It will consist of a ntral figure, dominating four surrounding gures, and wilt be thirty-five feet high. fm. he central, topmost figure represents Mos as having stricken the rock. The staff 13 'sting in his hand touches below a fissure, tli hence issues a stream of water, whtich flow mg into channels of the strat. of the rock, itirely encircles it and falls into the basin th glow. The figures grouped beneath are th lose of ArchbishO,) Carrol, who was Comn- o issioner nlm Franklin to Canada at tile i Bening of the Revolut ion; Commodore Gi ;hp Berry, the father of the Americau Navy, th harles Carroll, of Carrollton, and, Father st 'hlobald Mathew. 'ACTS ABOUT THE FOBESTS OF THE' B WOI)tL. is The forests of Europe are estimated as be- de: ag 500,000,000 acres il extent, or about tli wenty per cent. of the whole 'ea of the rol 'ontinent. In North America it is reckoned ab hat 1,460,000,000 acres are covered with rees, ot which area 900,000,000 are in Brit- Ga ;h North America. In South America for- Mr sts occupy 700,000,000 acres. The total ani mount for the two continents of the New tlhi Vorld and;Europegives 3,600,000 geograph- nel al miles. The proportion of forest land to pr( he whole area of Europe, as above stated, fliu computed at twenty per cent..; in Amer- sor. a twenty-one per cent. Supposing; there re, twenty per cent. to be the proportion cal r Asia, Africa, and Australia, the grand to l of. the world covers a space of 7,734,000 fan eographical miles. The areas of State for- dis] sts and woodlands are estimated at the fol- sire wing figures in the following European lien umtries: Prusia, 6,2000,000 acres; Bava a 3.264,000; France, 2,700;000; Austria, 2, 10,000;: IHanover, 600i0 ,0; Wurtemburg,. 19,999; Saxony, 394,000; England, 112,376.. of he range in height of trees varies from the Miniature alpine willow of a few inches in will sight to the stupendous Welingtona,the hich grows to a height of 350 feet, al, h iouglr'indeed it is stated that one of the eu-ha lypti often, reaches a height of 420 feet, in ictoria. In Selavonia.a tree called the sap-. wee attains a height of 274 feet, and the um- flui ella pines,.of Italy 200 feet.. The destruo- Uwit n of woods and forests, however, is enor ous and in the majority ofinstances no at- f mpts are being made for their reproduc n.. In South Africa, we are told, millions won acres are destroyed andtmade waste an ally. In New Zealand the-thirty per cent. i forest existing in 1830 had. sunk to twen- Niel reight in 1868, and to eighteen in 1873, has hich rate of diminution, if. continued, F onad result it the total destruction of the will iw Zealand forests by 1869. In America, vicli the United States especially, the consump- witt a of timber, is enormous, and although cor 'blic attention has been called to the mat- nan r, and the UnitedStates Statute of March, M 75, imposes a fine:of $500, ora year's im- Mini isonment, for wanton injury or destrue penc iu.of trees, and.also a. One.of $200,,or. six. Zemw onth's imprisonment, for allowing cattle injure trees "on National grounds," e yearly consumption and improvident ;e of timber is almost incredible. Although ys the Scientific American, there are no railable statistics to show the exact rate of peed with which they are using, up the ood supply, it is easy to see that it is be g done with great rapidity.. 'Tlaking the gitimate use of lumber alone, industries Lsed on its manufacture constitute the sec id in point of magnitude in America, and 'e only exceeded by the iron interest. bout 130,000 persons are stated to be em oyed in producing sawed lumber alone; 43,500,000 are invested' therein, "and 1, 5,000 laths, 265,000,000. shingles,. 19,756, 0,060 ict of timber are yearly manufac red." (In the secondaries based on the e of lumnber as a raw material, carpentry, bit-making, shipbuilding etc., millions of ýople are employed. According to Prof. rewer's assertion, wood forms the fuel of. To-thirds the population, and the partial el of nine-tenths of the remaining third; Id this to the former estimate and, some ýneral idea will be obtained of the enor ous drain upon American forests that is Instantly in progress. As a fact, it is well sown that in 1571 as many as 10,000 acres forest were stripped of their timber, to pply Chicago with fuel, and yet no at npt is made to reproducce.--Land and Wa TER RITOR;IAL NEWS. Wie condense the following news items trom the IIelena Herald. The store of Mr. Silverman was entered y a robber on the night of the 2Sth ult., and ;hree or four hundred dollars. worth of vatches and other merchandise,. was stolen. Well-grounded reports are rife at Buford hat four companies of the 7th Infantry here stationed will go up the Yellowstone )n the first boats. They will gu.ard supplies ntended for the conumands, of Custer and gibbon. Itis. thought that they will form he nucleus of a large force of troops to be tationed in the Yellowstone country. The )arty of Indians sent out from Peck to find titting Bull had not returned.. This chief 5 supposed be-tp in,.the mountains on Pow ler river. The Yaneton camp left the'Lit,. le Rockies and are now at Fort Peck. Car oil is quiet. The river is fifteen inches hove low water mark. W. A. Chessman's flume in Lash Chance lulch, is being. put in readines for work. ir. C. is the owner of :two water ditches, nd expects to turn in the water sometime lis week. He has purchased Mr. O'Don eli's ranch for dumping purposes, andk will robably add 3,000 feet to the head of this ume, and 1,000 to the lower end this sea )n. .E summarise the following county lo us, from the Bozeman Times. Nolson Story contemplates moving his Emily to one of the Eastern States. He has isposed of a largo lot of property, and de res to sell the rest,, among which are 2,500 a(l oflstock.. The Eastern, Montana Mining Company is been organized.. J. D, MCammorr, resident, J'. G. Dow treasurer, and A. J. :alin scretary. The capital stock consists 300 shares at $25.00 each. The work ill commence immediately. The mines to worked are located on Clark's Fork, of e Yellowstone. Some of these mines that eve been tested, assay, very rich. Water has been coming down most of the eek with a head big enugh to do ground' dicing to some advantage. A. few of the imesin Alder Gulch are in operation, and' Ithin a' week, most of them. will be rune ng day and' night shifts. The prospect r a large or long supply of water this sea n is not very good at present, and miners 11 employ every inch while it lasts.-Mad nian. From the New North-West, we see that ck Berry, an old time miner of this gulch, a built a bridge across Rrock (reek. From the first to the fifteenthof May there 11 be fiftyreight companies athwork in the ;inity of Blackfoot for the mining season, th a total of 219 men and fourteen Chine. rnpanies with a total of seventy-seven Chi men. _[r. H. T. Brown, Foreman of. the Butt' ne r, came in last evening for a brief stay,. ndinc the detention of type in transit..- n.o North- West..