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STOCK MIATERS TO THE STOCK GROWEIS OF C110. 'IEAU COUNTY. The Montana Stock Growers' Asso elation elected me as Executive Com mittee for Choteau county. One of my duties is to solicit tncmlbership. I believe the times are ripe .,)r such an rgau RItona to prove successful and.eol lating benefit to every stock man. In unity of action much good will result. I earnestly hope that Ss tock man that thinks he will nseelI, his naighbor, or the stoak titeieate of Montana, will se'nd me the annual fee $15, and become a member of the Montana Stock Grow er' Asoeotation. R. S. FORD. Cop, Sobre outfit started his drive of Eis cattle this week from Hay lAki. for the railroad. They will ship.alBllings, on the Northern Pa ela _ _ R.9Piee quite an improvement in the eastern wool market, this will be good news to many of our woolgrow era who shipped their clip east tocom mis oues and have not, as yet re aeved any returns from it. The Colorado and Montana Live Stook company has moved its herd of cattle from the Lemhi valley, Idaho. to a range 75 miles west of Miles City, Montana. The Skinner Bros., of Denver, are leading owners in the stook of. the company. A rrespondent say that along the Iarlngton & Missouri railway, in Nebra-am, cattle are ina fine condition, but .piiesnt time very few uI~ -ave been shipped, al though many of the stock men are gatherinag to ship during the next two weeks.-N. W. Live Stook Jour nal. The cattle round-ups of the Mussel. shell, Smlth and 8Selds Biver valleys, aooreding to last accounts, are making good progress. Owners are hopeful of banding a much larger number of Salves than they found last spring, bu at zwriting enough of the ona .. qot yet been gone over to determine lio* the calf crop will turn o.t-Husbandman. The Scotch agents for the Prairie Cattle company' declare the alleged land grabbing in Colorado, as report e tob. United States land commis s--oner, utrue. The Dundee Adver tiser, organ of the Scotch ranch com panies, says the statements of Ameri can newspapers upon the quanties of l"ande e in by English and Scotch om- i preposterous, and such a.*iregments are only made for elect loneering purposes. A cattle man, known as "Texas," is in the city. He is down from Mon tana and states sp an gument in fa vor of Montana as a grazing country, that he recently drove a herd of 1,000 rcatt~ qjT"to that region, be in ii tt- t ibuand eighteen days on the drive. The change of olimate, grasses, water, etc.. caused a gain in each animal of 150 to 200 pounds. "Teas" says ~ e is no stock region in the world kequp to Montana and western Dakota.-Bismark Tribune. 0Oitheipellminnar examinanion of D;zoo, at Fort Collins, charged with killing cattle not his own in North Park, the man Miller, also arrested on the same eharge, turned states evi dece. As a result of this action DIxon weakened, and attempted but little defence. He was held to ans wer in the sum of one thousand dol lars, and from all appearences the of fiers have again got on to the right mao, aTf its so he will be made to suffer 4r hi high-handed crooked ness. -. W. L S. Journal. Mr. Downs, of the heavy stookgrow ing Wfl of Downs & Allen, informs the iviiiiston Enterpaise that his I -1rmla€ driven a large number of range~.ttle from Idaho to the Porcu- E plne in Custer county, and now have( 700 beef steers on the trail from Idaho, i which they wish to ship from Living- I stone, if stockyards are built in time. Mr. Downs thinks that no more than 175,000 head of cattle have beenll brou.ht' into Montana this year. Thu Northern Pacific has shipped in about i 100,000, and the trail cattle will am- < ount 4 Mnore than 75,000 and prohaps not more than 50,000. He thinks all estimates above the largest figure are I extravigant. Fence-oulting troubles are coinm menolg again in Texas, and a renew al of4,st winter's diflic.eates is antici pated. A dispatch Pfom Abilene, Arghst 24, says: "Last night one and one-half miles of the wire fence of Hugh Moors, a prominent stock man residing on the border of Tay lor and Callahan counties was out and manyl homie and cattle allowed to dpredatr' on the adjacent farms, Moore's fence was made of sharp pointed barbed wire. Much com plaint was made about his using this materipl and for some time past threb.t of cutting have boon made. Moo ee repaired the fence and up plied to the rnger force for prutoc tioa,--N. W. Live Stook Journul. A FIO('lRk-MASTI'EIr'M VIEWS. What I Have Learned About Sheep and Wool. Slheel hurlrandry wars extensively and profitablly carried on at the time when Abraham, Isanae and Jacolb were ranching in the East. When Columbus was looking around for help to enable him to cross the ocean, he fonund in Spain the finest sheep'in the world at that time, and thern the only person who had judg ment enough to give him aid, in the person of Queen Isabella, who plerlg ed her jewels to raise funds. " His ef -fort proved a success, by which much good country was found on which to graze sheep. Not long after the dis cove-y and settlement of America, some of the finest sheep in Spain were imported to America. The fleeces of the bucks at that time were twelve and that of the ewes at eight pounds. They have been improved in the Unti ted States until 80 and 40 pounds are not uncommon, and Mr. Isaac John son of Los Angeles, an honorable and reliable gentleman. tells me that Mr. Phillesha, of said county, sheared from a buck at one clip 6(3 pounds, and sent it to the Wool Growers' As sociation of Texas, which fact can be proved, it doubted, hy fifty goodl men in Los Angeles county. I have no doubt the American morino of New York and other east ern States is the finest sheep in the world, and that the thoroughbred merino yields the most and finest wool, the best flavored mutton, and commands the highest price all over oiviliantion. The flock masters in the Untted States and other countries for many years have been paying as high as $1,000, and in some cases much higher prices, for favorite merino bucks, and have thought that they were grading up and improving their locks. But I hear from dealers in wool that since the reduction in the tariff of 1868 the fine wool is from 75 to 84) per cent dirt, and the finer the staple and heavier the fleece, the more dirt and loss wool to weight. Heretofore the finer the wool the higher the price. But buyers in Utah actually pay more for what they call open wool than for line or medium fine. The reason given is that in coarse wools there is not so much shrinkage. Now, the wool buyers are mistaken, or we are, and have been working uh der a delusion in paying high prices for bucks pl higih .sw.n and fin wurul. by which on their theory we are in juring the sale of our wool. In ex amining my wool, and I suppose that of others also, they say '"your wool is very fine, of nice staple, but very dirty, it will shrink from 75 to 80 per cent." If that is so lot the wool growers of Utah post up and see what they have accomplished. If three-fourths of our wool is dirt, only one-fourth is wool. If our sheep average seven pounds ~l pounds is wool and 55 dirt. If they average eight pounds there are two pounds of wool and six of dirt. You may, but I never have yet seen a fleece assayed. I don't believo such state monts. Ought we not to send to Chi na for the flat tail sheep or to Mexico for the straight-haired sheep, so that like a dog they could in a few shakes get rid of any dirt that might happen to got on them? Then our wool would soon become open enough, coarse enough and in demand. I do not sup pose there is a flattail sheep in China or a hairy one in Mexico whose fleece would not weigh 1~` pounds annually. I have actually heoard men say, in talking about buying fine bucks, that they were afraid to buy them, because their wool would become too line and unsalable. And they calculated to get Cotswold or Mexican bucks. If the dirt theory, of uoventy-fivo per cent, is correct, would we not be sperkiing more correctly to say the wool was in the dirt, and rot that the dilt was in the wool'? If there is so much dirt and 50 little wool, is it niot a sile of reol estate we imake, instead of wool? Could not the wife of any manu selling .uch wool, if deo has not signedl, seal ed, acknowledged and delivered a dod rulinquishing her dlower interest thlre'e in, bring a suit for dower? If the buyers, or dirt theory is in correct, what then is our duty? In sIeadlot implortinrg blcks from China or Mrexrico, we should go on iillprov ing our shoep, r.ad eithlier import somno olher ,-v'i tbuiyeri or induce somnic |l rea;dy hero to engage in buying our line wool, and let the present buyers still trade in the' iorrso wool, of whrich they ulerncturd thie shrinkaige. We nreed somne planr by which we cran avoid fulling into tihe hnids of midlhhurinnei who ask from 10 to 15 lp.'r crout to hum dle wool. We nord ai tarif, nt onlyn3 to protect 1us ngainst the wool of A.uis tinralia, rainsed 1y English plaurlr o0 cheap labor-, but one that will Iotect every Amerioiu industry. We desire a modified tariff, not free triade. If by the prosont tariff any interest. is too highly prot,.ted, Iht it bo lower od. If not prtchtetd inlotgh, lot it I, raisedl. The wool intore.t inl the Uni-. tod rlatos lost last year $1(,)(,000, it is said by m11e who ought to knlow. If so, it will reach twenty millions thel present youre. If I lhad not spun this out so long I would like to givo my notions about somo Hort of an organ ization by which we ca(n ,or could cause wool buyers to come to see us and not have to run after them to get to sell a little wool and a great deal of dirt. It I will try to go to the next Wool Growers' Association convention, if not too far off.--Sample Orr, in Salt Lakt Tribune. The ('ittile (onmmfssier. The duties assigned to the commnis sion appointed under the Animal In dustry Law, are various and diversi fized z assigned by the Commissioner of Agriculture. They are: 1.--The number of cattle bred and fed for the market, and the breed most in use. 2- -The extent of territory devoted to pasturage. 8. The number of cattle devoted to the dairy. 4.-The most acceptable dairy breeds. 5.-- The annual increase of cattle. (.- The annual consumption of cattle. 7.- -The breeds best adapted tobeef production. 8.--The age at which they are sent to market. 9.- -The method of sending them to the centres of trade, such as Chicago and St. Louis in the west. 10.- The cost per head of transpor tation to these centres, and the cost of feeding until they are fit for beef. 1L- The co,adition of cattle on the farms and ranches at different seasons of the year, and the'mode of shelter ing and protecting them, and the per centage of loss in the different locali from want of shelter. 12.- -The present mode of transpor tation and the improvement that can be suggested. 18.-The various diseases, contag eons and otherwise, to which cattle I are liable in the western and north western States and Territories, and the actual loss from each of those diseases. 14.-The estimated value of the cat- r tle trade. t 15.--The number of Texas cattle i driven to ranches and the market r from that State, and the extent of disease created by them, and the best t methods of protection. 1 0----- A Cattle (~uecn. Miss Maude Reed has been located for lfive years on the Little Dolores. Coming from Sweeden a poor girl, she launched out into the. far west and started with a few head of cattle, and to-day she is one of the shre*d eat ablest cattlo-owners in Mesa county. Many is the gallant cowboy that has doffed his sombrero and be stowed his devoted attentions upon the fair Maude. She owns 140 head of good grade cattle, and an excellent ranch worth a snug fortune. All this she has accumulated by her own ex. ertions and good business manage ment. Being a line horsewoman, she superintends the round-up, cutting out and branding her own cattle each year, markets her beef, and attends to her bank account with as much shrewdness as any accomplished cat tlo-dealer. Iumor has it that the fair queen was to bestow her heart and hand on a neighboring stockman recently, but it must have been oldy rumor, as she still refuses to bow to Cupid's yoke. We warn all book agents, editors and sky-pilots who travel that way with the idea of pick ing up a fortune that the lady is credited with being a capital shot and an ardent admirer of woman's rights. -Montros Inquirer. A Living Curiolsty. Pat Ryan, one of the pioneer stock men of this section, who is located on the Mulberry, a small stream empty ing into the Arkensas river, eighteen miles southeast of Dodge, has what may truly be termol a living curiosi ty, in the shape of a calf that was born about two weeks ago, which hasn't a single hair on its head or body, and only a few scattering hairs on its legs. The skin of the beautiful animal seems to be considerably bronzed or hardened. It is fully do voloped, and appears as strong and vigorous as any calf in the herd. It is truly a curiosity to behold. Mr. Ryan proposes to take the best of care of the young animal and see what it will make.--Kansas Ex. -- - --- A Bad Fix. Assistant secretary of the interior has refused the request of the. catle men on the Oldahomna lands, Indian T'orritory, to remain until they can re move their cattle without loss to them solves. 'T'hie order to the army to car ry out instructionls to removo all in irulrders from the Oklahoma lands will he (enforced, and they will have to go at; once. He further bays that the catitlemen wentt in there without per Inission, and must suffer the conse quences. To remove those cattle now would be an implossibility, ais they cannot enter Kansas on account of a quarlan li no law, and to take them to Texas would be almost certain destruction to the entire elrdl or to take them west and up the western Texas trail P would be equally destructive. The question now arises, whereI in thunder can they go without being subject to dortruction by fever or the - oloration of the Kansas quarantine law. t The Fence Problem. The Sun had a lengthy article last week in favor of fencing pastures as Sagainst open ranges. Some of his arguments were sound. and the whole was well written, but theories do not always pan out "according to theory." Success in the cattle business in our northern country in dependent on room and feed. And the former is just as essential as the latter. To en dure the intense cold of our winters, the animal must have a roll of fat on the inside, To supplement this there must be freedom of action. Animal instinct carries the beast before the storm, and if an impediment in the shape of a fence is found, freedom of action ceases because the animal re fuses to turn round and face the storm, and by this non.activity loses its life. Whenever the northern san ges are, as a rule, enclosed in pastures the cattle business of the country will be at an end. The expense of the round-ups would be overcome-there would be nothing left to round-up. Long and plausible articles can be written on both sides of this fence question, but the whole matter sifts down to this--Fence your ranges and you must feed in the winter. Until you are prepared to feed all of your cattle throughout the winter you had better give them liberty. A few live ones at the general round-up in the spring are worth all the dead ones in the pasture. Were it practicable to have the whole country cut up into thousand 1 acre pastures, with hay land and wa ter in each, that would be a consuma tion to be wished for. But that is not practicable, and the cattle are likely to still roam at will over our plains during the next double decade. -N. W. Live Stock Journal. Quarantine Regulationus. OrrAWA, Ont., Sept. 10.--The Gov ernor General yesterday signed the new quarantine regulations, affecting the transportation of Montana cattle in bond through the canadian territo ry, and they will go into effect imme diately. They do not interfere with the former order, allowing the trans- 1 portation of cattle in band from one t Canadian point to another, but pro vide for a strict inspection, and col lection of quarantine fees at Fort Walsh and Emmersoun. The duration of the detention will be subject to the order of the veterinary surgeon at these points, and they have been officially notified to that effect. The Ontum11u PaeiQOelarwil uv-. ts allaule to transport Canrdiah cattle on the same train, and they will be required to fumigate the cars used for the transportation of American cattle. An application made by representa tive Montana cattle dealers to the English government has been trans mitted to the Canadian authorities and sustained. They refuse to allow American cattle to be shipped through to Montreal, claiming it would oper ate to the detriment of Canadian cat tle interests. Over Production of Stock. There does not seem to be any im minent danger of over-production of live stock in this country, though we are told oftentimes nowadays that the country is full of hogs, cattle and sheep ready to eat the immense crop of growing corn, and that in a year or two we may look for oversupplies of all kinds of meats. On the contrary, however, our population is increasing by natural multiplication and immi gration, and at the present time our production of meat food seems hardly to be keeping pace with the growth of the demand. Prices for all kinds of products and live stock are -well maintained in this country, and have for some time been at rates so high that the margin between American and European prices has been so nar row as to make the shippers margins rather problematical. It is not be cause prices have been particularly low on the other side, that our exports have not boon large, but because our supplies have been so closely consum ed at home as to make our prices rel atively higher than rates current be yond the Atlantic. Prices for what we might send to Great Brittain are not particularly tempting; in fact, are rather low; but our independence as yet of that market is evidenced by the comparatively high prices which American producers are receiving. The following figures show the de crease in our exports of various pro ducts during the first half of this year, as compared with last. The total values of the exports of domestic cattle, hogs and sheep, pork and dairy products, for six months ending Juno 30, $43,837,419, against $54,357,904 in the same period last year. The beef and pork during the oight months ending Juno 30, were $57,670,538, against $67,670,841 in the corresponding time in 1883.-Drovers' I Journal. The Cowboy's Lament. "Times are not like they used to was," said an old time cowboy the 1 other day. "Thur aint no soft snap in punching cows now days. The boys don't hole up now in some log cabin and play stud all winter, like o we used to. No, sir; it is work all e the year around. First thing in the spring comes the general round-up, then the local round-up, then gather ing beef steers, and then baying, and I tell you that last is what just breaks a cowboy's heart, and it something that no end of practice and familiari ty will make him handy at It is out of our line, you see. Never had any use for hay, years ago, and now, to have to make it, and worse yet, round up poor stock and feed them all win ter, it is awful rough; most makes a man want to quit the business and go to herding sheep. Thar is almost as much style about that work now, as cow punching. Then thar is the arly spring when every mud hole in crea tion has its regular number of mired cattle, and we have to pull and haul in mud and water, week in and week out, till the green grass comes, to give them strength to pull themselves out of soft places. "Yas, the pay is pretty much the same, but thar is a dogorned sight more work for the money all the same. A cow camp aint mueh ahead of a ranch now days, when you come to size up the toil, and don't you al low the fact to slip your memory young fellow, when you apply for a job on the round-up. I think I will quit the business and go to keeping saloon." Cattle Disease in Kansas. Osaoo CITr, Han., Sept. 10.-Dis ease appeared among the cattle in the northwestern part of this county, and several fatal cases are reported. Cat tle owners do not know what disease it is, but a quarantine has been estab lished to prevent its spread, after being affected eattle only live a day or two. Drowsiness, costiveness, and bloody discharges are the main symptoms. The State veterinary surgeon has been sent for. It is not known wheth er the disease is contagious but seve ral different herds are affected. That Colorado is one of the great grazing states there is no longer room to doubt, says the first annual report of the Denver Chamber of Commerce. On Jan. 1, 1884, the grass feeding animals within its boundaries aggregate in value some thing over $10,000,000; $80,000,000 was in horned cattle, $10,000,000 was in horses and mules and the remain der in sheep and goats. ADVERTISEMENTS. F]OR SALE 275 THOROISIBRED DELAWllEllINO RAIS, (From the elebrst flocks of Gto. Campbell's Bone, Wesetmlnter, Vt,) As these ramui(wsre brouasht to Moctans the let of Mday, theZ are now well aolimated and in sa. oallant condition. Wl e also ha for sale some pure bred Shrop. shire lams from Imported stock. We Invite examinatlon of our sheep and will sell at prioes to suit h ON t & SONs, PARIS GIBSON & SON, Ft. Boenton or Great Fulls, M.T. Chotea ouse. THE Old Reliable. Best Kept House in Benton. Jere T ullivan Pron. SalicylicA The only radical intornal remedy, N.e, known to fail in a single case wute or chronIc. It expel thopolsonous Uric Aacid from the blood, wEchl is the prime cause of rhoumAtlam, gout and neu. ralgIa. As a blood purifier t ham no equa, Act The Old Reliable 81eeiflc Endorsed by Physiclane and ThIugsands ri Pa.,l.ts., on oommonnea principlles It qradlcates from the blmet aie neonous matter which causes dia. eac--it hr been in use for man yeas andeaur. ed a larger poroentage of ease than any other POSITIVELY CURES. romdey. Bend fo'ttstlmonialr from'the cured- BIlIoyHll strikes dhetly at the cause of the dis ases, while so ..many o called speelcae only RheumatisM treat locally the effet. When you have tried In vain all the "oils," "ointments," and "pain cures," and wl)en your doctors cannot help you, GOUT, NEURALGIA, do not 4tapalr hut take ICplioIlIca at once and he oured-No oape can afforn to lihe In pin an Inti. Gravel. Diabetes, ) wheon IalieylIr will relieve him mid put him In condition to attend to his dolly avoontlons. 8I a Box, 6 Boxes $5. B!ood Poinoning. wlth full directions in ten languages Bold b, d(LrUll.tA ev.rywlhere, or sent by mail prepaid, Son receipt of prlce. WASHAURN & 00. 2$7 Brondway, New Ynuo CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAYA Notice to Stockmen, The CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY (COMI'NY are now preiared to offer fa. cilities for the transportation of CATTLE from MAPLE CREEK, N. W. T., to ChicIgo, St. LOaUs & Other EASTERN Pltjl OUR INDUCEMENTS: Low rates, fast time and good attention to stockl. Good feedin, stations at regular intervals along the road. No duties to pay,. stock can be sent through in bond without extra cost. It will pay the Stockmen of Montans to inquire into the advalntlges of this route. Aderess ROBT. KERR, Gen. Freight and I'ass. Agent. wr"NNZIP"CF, mcnsttoo --------- ------·- --****, FORT SHAW LIVE STOCK COMPNY. F GEO. HELDT, Vent on left .houlder Beerotery. P. O. Address-Ft. Shaw, M.T. m t b eluar eot RANOGE-South side of San marks } twoundtlr oto o River. lHores brandet F r left shoulder, Horone brande'l onlhttlttai Alsa s r of cattle brnaded A. Pembri le. er do eln ricer. Ear marks P. O. Addra Ft. slaw. Horse brand sameeas The Cochrane Ranche Co. [(LMTzD.] Underbit out of left cer of calves branded up to 18.8. Doubl dew branded after Vent-r tvort ed on aleft hipb RedRWn hrft jwi gent-Inverted Ron left hip. lol a ange-eltwren Koosteaanc Biely ive AddresM-Hlburdt, Frt oraclu- W...• l W l H c tla w k d ewlap and James W. Armstrong. RAlo-oa-Tcton, Marias, Dteptver and Dry (,,u!lee P. O. Address, Choteuu, M.''. Al"e owner of Heart brand on left thigh. Alex. Werk. RAtnOm-Weet Fork Smithamvar PotOlice Addresa--Uldl, M T Will H Clarke NANQGNJ. A DNoa-fiun River Also owner of M brand on left shoulder Wellbrokon e addle horses, draugh end bngy teams always onhanj and for sale .heap, tor. tes~poence solicit e. Address A. G. CLAtl ol W ILL I. CLARKE, Helena. F lorence, ADVERTISEMENTS. MurrayHall We have spared no oxeonsce in the fittin ut uof the above named hall, which i situated di rectly over our mammoth store room We have eomplete new Scenery, made expressly to order. Stage a4 x '7. D eaeting Oapaoity, n00 Withoutl question the finest public hail in thu Territory. Currespontdeneo eolieited fromt Managers, Lee tutors and all pnrties illtreut. ('Ilmrgas reron. abld Addrss, DYAL & MURRAY. FirstNat.Bank FORT BENTON, MONTANA. Capiptal, - * 100 000 Surplus, $70,000,. WM. G. CONRA, Pros. JOInS Vi. PowEll, Vice-Pros. ED. .ACLAY, Cashier. B. A. LUKE, Ass't Do a General Banking Business Corresponds.en Bolloited, Post Olce. Sun River r1llorse brand;on left shoulder F 8 Goss, IRASo -,South Po 0 Address Florence Owner ol·ffl. o n let nd d same as cut. John Laird Rns.-W.I.. low Creek P' 0 Address Florence, M e...s... .....4.a senu as above on ts law ! Owner of L band on lift bhip, Ellis & Berkenbule. Post Oflce ad. dress, Sun River Montana. Itange-Sue Dliver. Eoar mark half under crop on left ear. Also owners the f'uloowis g brands: DUN on I-ft rib. N on left hip. Thomas Clary. n.rao-S so River Poet ,'fir - rf On left ribs. Ed. Mathews. oT Vent Same as brend ist s r--ontk of oars Butte itp L.. O. A ddress-r W. P. Turner& Sons. THOROUGHBRED SHORT-HORN Yearling Bulls For Sale, PRIOR 60,.00 Also owners of the following brands: Ton lift ribs. WT on lehft shoulder. W on left shoulder Ton left thihll. R.AN(I N-Marius 'allolr. P. O. Address-Fot C('onrad, via Ft. Banto,. David Churchill, Aleo of 0--0 on left shoulder ItANOr--thl. River. 1'. 0. Address, Sun River. Al Dupee I IA N(,;F: Souith F'eehk u. 11c'r,