Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume], June 22, 1876, Page 3, Image 3

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LOCAL NEWS.
WE. M. PIuCE & Co.-, No 14, South Commlrclhl
St., St. Louis, arc our authorized agents to transact
aul Ishdness, contract for udvertising and receive 4
subscriptions.
Tag sheep men on the east side are nearly
done shearing.
L. D. BnT, of the California ranch, hns
over fifty sacks of wool ready for shipment.
"' TWILIGHT MUSINGS,"' by'" Pandora," is
the most attractive feature of the HUSBANDY
.a.m this week.
OUR wool-growers have delayed dipping
their sheep on account of their tobacco not
haviing yet trrived.
PAn~tBn ur & STEVEWS' flock of sheep
:avrag5ed six pounds of wool per head. They
had one ewe that sheared thirteen pounds.
THERE is a larger head of water in Boul
der.gulch than was ever known before, and
our miners are nmaking good use of it.
THERE is more snc w in sight on the moun
tains at the present time than we ever saw
before at this se.tson of the year.
FnoM the best informnation we can gather
throughout the mining .camps, the supply
of water is abundant, and there is a good
prospect for its holding out well.
Thit Duck creek quartz mill is running
regularly. A force of twelve men are em
ployed on the Nancy lead taking out ore,
which continues to show remarkably rich.
THE TWO best sheep shearers in Meagher
county have $100 each that say they can,
both together, shear 200 head of sheep per
clay; catch their sheep and tie up the fleeces.
HIvTo Monnow is the champion sheep
shearer of Smith river valley. We under
stand that he will wager $100 that he can
clip the wool from 100 head of sheep in one
day.
Joux KEATON'S flock of sheep, on the
Missouri valley, averaged six pounds of
wool to the head. It is of good quality, his
sheep not being affected with the scab or
any other disease.
P. J. Wi.sroN is marketing a superior
article ot butter. His success in butter- t
making is to some extent attributable to the
fact that he has one of the best dair-y houses
in the county.
THE stock-growers of upper Smith river
valley propose to have a general round-up 1
immediately after the Fourth. They will
meet on the 30th inst., at,the place of sale of
the Orr cattle to arrange preliminaries.
ALBERT FILrsoN passed through town a
Friday en route to Smith river to assist Mr.
Crittenden in shearing his flock of sheep.
Mr. F. is an expert at the business. We
.learn that he sheared sixty-one head the
third day's trial, on the Missouri valley.
PERSONS who may wish to buy some good
milch cows, young steers, heifers or. other
stock cattle will do well to attend the Sher
itl's sale to come off at Harris' store, near
Ca;pp Baler, on June 30th. Judge Orr,
the owner of the stock, says as they must
be sold, he:hopes there will be a good attenid
mice.
Mn. DEsnIs LAWLER, of;White's gulch,
had his shoulder dislocated by.the caving of
a bank while working in a ground-sluice,
last week. Failing to getit set in thatgulch.
he walked over to this place Sunday, and
Dr. Parberry, our only medicals man, being
out of town, our firiend J. S. McClintock
turned too and in a few moments had the
dislocated joint all right agaih.
GRAII in many fields. which has been
eaten off the second time, still continues to
live and peeps up through the ground again
where the grasshoppers are not watching it.
Our farmers shQuld not give up the fight,
but turn on the water. There is still hope.
Do not abandon the fields until there isno
longer a possibility of saving even one-third
of a crop.
A xNTJMER one dairy raneb, consisting of
3A seres, on the Missouri "valley, known mp
the " old Mason ranch," was sold at. Sheriff's
sale last week, for $816 to our County Clerk,
Mr..'1. E. Collisns We takepleasure in wel
coming -Mr. Collins- to the ranks of the
grangers. .There is more enjoyment in a
few years of honest toil than in a lifetime of
labor In the tanks of the'legal profession.
THE cut-worms have' been playing havoc
with Mr. Cole Puett's cabbage. Out of six
hundred plants he has only about one hun
dred and fifty left.
IT His been suggested that the health of
thehorses of an up-town. stable would ,e
materially benefitted by the removal of the
manure from the street in front of it.
Mr. H. W. IITlrHIsoN has lost a bady thre -
year-old mare, witlh black mane and tal,
which has either strayed 6ff or been stole.
He will reward any person who will gi e
any information wlhich will lead to her i -
covery.
Mr. FREDERICK DEAXN2ER and family, f
New York City, arrived in Diamond la t
Friday. Mr. D. is a brother-in-law of of r
townsman, L.. J. Ramspeck, and comes
make his home in Montana. We welcon
him. *
LEQPOLD MARrs of the California stor,
has a lot of canned vegetables put up by i
A. Dixson. of Mlissoula county. It gives tI
pleasure to chronicle the success of MA.r
Dixson, and hope he may make fruit antd
vegetable panning a profitable business. We
have samplot some of 14s vegetables and
ronounce them an excellent quality.
Mn. C. W. COOK arrived last Tuesday
from the East with one hundred head of
thoroughbred sheep. Five of the bucks are
imported and cost $200 each in gold coin]
in Canada, and are by far the finest Cots'
ivolds ever brought to Montana. Mr. C. has
also four thoroughbred Spanish Merino
bucks. One of the imported Cotswolds and
a portion of the' flock are the property of
Messrs. Goodell & Bennett.
THE Gold hill giant has been the chief
attraction for the past week. Numbers have
been seen daily climbing the hill to witness
his marvelous performances. He tosses the
boulders about as a child would so many
pebbles, and banks of cement crumble away:
like sand in an ordinary stream. The great
" little" fellow got naughty a few evenings
since, while a number of ladies were wit
nessing his feats of strength, and literally
baptised the whole party with mud, water
ai; gravel. And now they think it is hard
to fascinate.him.
' "L for vrntl' anct t e - dt.itoionpmpaigies,
on Eldorado bar, have combined the water.
of the two ditches and are,; clearing off the
gravel at a brisk rate. Withl the water of
both ditches, they have about twelve hun
dred inches, with which they, clainm they
can accomplish 'more in twelve hours than
can be done with six hund'ed incbhes in
t~venty-four hours. The two companies are
working twelve hours alternately.
Butterfield & Bro.,.on the same bar, have
a good head of water and are using it to
.good advantage.
MR. P. McKNIGHT, Of Missouri valley, has.
recently become the successor of Samuel
Ickis. having purchased the blacksmith shop
of Mr. Ramspeck. Mr. M. is carrying on a
pretty extensive business. He lihas a shop
near Canton. and a large firm besides his
shop in this pl'ce. We welcome him to our
town, and trust that his success in the busi
ness in which he is skilled' may prove as
profitable to him as it hits tf his p·edecessor,
who at two different times eartied':away-a
handsome "home stake~' from the old shop.
WE CALT especial attention of farmers to
the advertisement of T. C. Power & Co., of
Helena, in another colu9an. This is the
only firm in Montana who deal exclusively
in farm implements and; machinery.. Sev
eral of the hardware firms who have here
totorekept small stocks in this line have
discontinued this branch of trade altogether.
Power & Co. have a large capital employed,
and are prepared to do business on ai small
margin. Their stock of mowing apd, reap
ing machines and extras is complete, We
bespeak for them a. liberal share of patron
age.
W: \E ARE glad to learn tflat Daniels & Estis'
ferry-boat is not lost as was reported last
week. It seems .that the river raised sud
denly, causing the guy-ropes to break loose
from the boat. -The boat being chained to: a
strong stake, was forced under water, and
now lies at the bottom covered with sedi
ment. We learn that the proprietors. had.
e taken down their cable and were about to
a abandon the premises when they discovered,
f that their boat was lying safely at the bot
tom. of the stream.
WE acknowledge a call yesterday trorn
Mr. E. M. Davidson, of- Gallatin ,county.
Mr. D. is making a canvassing tour ot the
Territory in the interest of Gray's' eiv
Atlas, which, by the way, is a valuable book,
and shottld be in every household. It eon
tains statistical tables showing the popuila
tion of the principal cities of the, United
States at different periods, and other valua
ble statistical matter, the pist-otieies in the
United States, railroads, etc. It contains one
of the most eorie.t maps of Montana we
have seeni.
E.TonR IT-usBA\.pAx: As the weather
continues so wet that but little work can be
done, I concluded to drop you a few lilies in
regard to crop prospects, etc.,in this section.
The grasshoppers are still on the *lwar
path." They have made a clan seep 'of
all the wheat in this part of the valley, but
I think we have 'a "goon prospect for: an oat
and barley crop. The farmers are still sow
ing dats, some dt them on, ground which
has been eaten off by the grasshoppers.' ·N·t
*ithstanding the'grasshoppers ardestill ;Wry
thick, the farme, s have not " lost their grip,"
and some of them tre going ahead as though
there was every indication of a heavy crop.
Mi. Jeff. Sharp is pushing things quite lively.
Mr. Thos. Thorpe has a fine looking, erop,
'and so has Mr. Riley Deadman. 8o far, the
'hoppers have dealt lightly with the two'
last named gentlemen.
'Mr. Jacob:Titman is " rauhtngthingfHis l
ously," buying raiches au imaproVing'thhm.
Mr. Titnman is the right kind of a man for a
new. country. ': He has bought, two farms in
the last two years, and through his energy
and perseverance, has both under a 'high
state of cultivation. On his utpper farm he
has th& best eorral h' Montana; i fine hodse
and excellent V li; and'ii good, substantial
barn, granairy, etc`i and the Garli~g oollabe I
is one of the best in tlC Territoryv Mr. T.i
'is still pushing things right along. He. al
ways did say, if he had but One raneh, 'and
could not do it'in any other way, he would
sell one-half of it to put good, substiratial
improvements on the other half.'
Yours truly,
SA~xoHO.
Poverty Flat, Mo. Valley, June 7.
--Bishop D. SI Tuttle, of the .Episeopa
church, will hold sbrvics in Montladf.it the.
followtiig 'imes antc places "
Stevensvill&.-2d S. after triliity,June 25, t11
a. m. Corvahlis, 4 p. mn., samie day.
Missoiila.:-3d %. after Trtnity, J.~iy 2d.
Butte.-Thiursday, July 6ti, 8 p. m.
Deer Lodge .-4th S. after Tripity, July 9th.
Blackfdot.-Thursday, July 13th, 8 'p: m.
Helena.-5th S. after Tidnity, July 16th;
Diamiond.-Monday, July 17th, 8 p. m.
HIelena.-6th S. after Trliftty,: Jily 23d;
Unioniivlle.-July 23d, 4 p. Iti.
Jeettrson.-July 25th, 8 p. m.
Bo'dler.--July 26th, 8 p. m.
Fort Shaw.-7th S. after Triiilty, .fuly'itliq.
Sun Ritve:.-Juily 30th, 4 p. m'.'
Foit Benton.--August 1st, $p. m.
TIelena.--8th S. after Trinity; August 6th.
]Radersiurg.-Aiigust 11th, 8 p. m.
Bozematn.-tli S. ,after Trinlty, Aughst 13,
Fort Ellis.:-August 13th, 4 p. i:.
Hamilton.-August 16th, 8 p. in.
13zeman.-1t.h S. it'Ier' Trinity, August Wo0.
i llatii.-August 2it, S p. ni.
Ir,.riso',Q.-August2..2d, ' t. i.
Sterlig.-: August 23c, 8 p.m: ;
Vi ginia.11th S. after Trinity, August 27.
Sheridan:.-Auctist 30thi, 8. p. m.
Viriini't.-l th S. after Trlhity, Sept. 9.1.
Polnde'tefr's.-Septeinbdr 7th, 8 p. ni.
Argenta.-Frlda3, Septeinber 8th, 8 p. in..
Baknac.l-13th S. after Trinity, Sept. '0.
?'otrx Dia.it.Last Stiday Jhii T obin6,
better ktik wn hi: "Mextlca Jack," 'in olil
re4let.d 6f iMontana, was found ilasped in
the cold embrace of death. He hall been
Sunwvell for several days, and, though able to
berip and about, at times seemed to §uffer
so1ntensefy as to appear partially deratigled.
Saturday eventing 'last, becoming tired df
the noise and bustle of the town, he 'wanti
dered airay tip reen Horn gulch, perhaps
Shoping to find a more retired spot wh re''ie"
could catch a breath"of fresh ýmo'titainatli.
SAiriving at a'shady grove of gieen 'pinu,
he~laid down to rest and was waft.i d aift,'
into that sweet see p that khnoWs no waklng:
J:.ck was amibng the frst 'lWfi~'hts "to
Colorado mn its early days of'.io. .xcte
ment, fromr w hich TO eritory lie came to
Montana, atids1toe thJe fall. of 1.66 he was
a resident 4 this ouhbty.
STHE Boule itchl Iotppay is adding
sixty feet of pipe to their Litftl Glant, giv
ing about on odrtht r orr pressut/:
MILLS-In Deer Lodge, June 9th, 1876, to dir.
and'Mrs.Jas.. H. Mills, a daughter.
HAR.RIS.-At Skalkaho, JJmu 4th, 186,, Cla.a
Itar.il aged about 10 ~enrs.
GIR ' 'N.,-In Bitte, June 10 1.f6, o Ipneuou6
nia, Mg.; Lydia Gi.tou, wife of Uobert, (iton. In
the 38th year of her age.
SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice tq9 $tokmiea.
Having beert solicited by a number of admirers of
John 3organ, I have determined to visit . J. Har
ris' place, near Carpp Baker4 once a week .du#ng
the season, aind give the Smith river fanrmeis and
breeders an opportunilty to bi ee their &lareg tbi the
best wdfllloto hi.the e0diity. JbhnlnMbr'ga whlli'b at
E. J. Harris' atable oa Wsedn.dap j Thadaymad
Frlday of oest wepk. <r ; J,. -a XY *
George P. a Res'W r "
WA' ;i~~k:iY?,· , CHM4I4E.·
nLloved to Nopi4fy, iorxe Bu Idd4}g, oppotaat.: )rrphy,
Nced 4& Co.. Helte', 1 fontana.
,Watcht un j t huoaonoeter m d, g , end. xepai4ti* in'
d t ieLctpart, a s eo sity.
'':hrigrvii igce ftled gig0 et ie.
J.1o e &t e dndý blPvei'bikbtir l etocade:'`,,
·.tiinue1,.E1Stom m 'I€'týf:.i ·!' Cl : A. REEVES.~l
Are'ofrhig'M dMr or hidtt inbeits to baA muj.
erwU` 'They, e*]Itiit'the' 1&t a took k f of"Y
GOhODE is MoIntaka, t thle;kneewtepraoot.
1,yd.,wide Peroales and nr1lrieeat 15 ct .
Best Org ndles Iard Prengp; ý.awvIt s at 15 9tJr
Best Standard Prints, }0 ots.
'yd.'ide bYest soft flat ohntdrii 1e Shiin Cigfi 1ota.
° n' " "ti upý?ior Býk MetVltzslh ', $bji 1O'to Thetis.
With e brtespondlng rednuotiei in Rfll, COttbAstoQdds.
B ; :' arinir In hi'Coi+ 0,ibhi· t1#!oater'
Serier 'two-buttoned Rid Gleos at f*i pe" dir.
'd'ttiiativti~ t1ýlfy' of"Llait'tai'ýjsji aila X Preiirs
1.adles' tinder Ve~;'con ist4t of 'Chiieise,
tbrawets, Nigiit" '0ei A ' W1t, Whfte fSli;ktb i., at
COblnE 16 does out sttocbitt r NiBFw Iundietyiiehl U tI'*88ols3
sn4F ancy Dress Gqies 4tnprices A? RnºIS 4 wit adY
gale, and render ostisct n e e } r fi)ty
n29.1y. J un`yai , Hel~trlp 1º l~lotlt; oikna;n Vaontana.
hit'uni~Te1 r4b)iooip poBle ood dla, 1 i -1de,
at 121-2 i +ln ' nand uid i ;!t E1e Pop
linat 2, 80 'and 855. c ndpe
French Percale, yard-wide, at 16 2-s cent,7 pteees
Embroidered Edgings at 10, 121-2, and 15 cents per
yard. A Aii lineo 'Silk, hiXrlahf r iuis, Etc.
.The CELEui.ATZD Mouo r .Vai oN" l drnulic
Ditck and Hose in 0.0, 8-0, 10-00 and 1s:o. '
Helena, March 7, -1876.
.W. G. Balley, :..~
JEW tL1'1tý' fEtE* A, 31Ot1`1A WA,' `
, nwont ~pnt9 ýinr } I ;s1# np d44 of tO,1 dacrip
tbona. 1I . -! A goqd ao ilotmfe t
Gold aliat'livr e Ware, tid 'Cmi cks. 6d sent to
seled1 frd~iOi to r68ponsfbie p~iriott .
(coneidaeralg. e ductioi in 4.rica' a cs.
Particular a ttentionu gven to the ,l a#qzg and
regulatlig of..s atohsa .
Vo tei. PeatrOns Of `igatha.
Wd are lprepFred to deliver tit syouti, In addition to
ourrwagbttsB andlbuggie advortlsed uatiaotb* col
umn, cavrr3"artit p¢ #rm machl5inex% ,.omiprlslng
CSlimax resvjurs .nd A ,e hbI3 ie niversal
tqtf ct wherever trIed , Sulkrfti"J, riding
(iiapg aiuB teak tIo V4 "rbeat ninautfhture,
Gritdktirlll, `"i aa, 'i5'tfhin ln ·aMit~teiaib, and
in fact, GueryitaplPitt, piec, .of' machinery nor
tha'l 6i'pl ASi y ;altle d1 piwloa :;t il lowest pos
sible ut,, a t+itlin ;iaut3 c~uJl pwub its them f.
you were here. For reference,, tnrtre ,of any of
our patrons in Montana, Missoiuri; of Other States,
whohavueibdoeed theirb nelneM to our esa. Send
for eijs;at,. or vnd 4long your ortders. - &atislc
Upnp ran;eed. MWe a1s keep th W)tb sewinig
ntoo the rib d icalt te.?s, 'atil reduced
lee t.at naaclinMiim. ai °1 havin
2. 1. H. TXAIN, PbetogIrplI*,i C if ethres, near
theiheedaof &lesbm ,i3. Maim *a i llA kinds
ot ,worRA, the ,n"ei t t+i;i t ee ed to
go . ~a~ about t ei$1ilk a ý wishing
tto av ole t % 'meliii o ` do well to
dall, g-.