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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1917
Page
4
State figures show 1916 cattle shipments to eastern markets at 16 million dollars. In 1917 Montana expects 46 million dollars in cattle shipments with prices up over 30 percent, promising cash for restocking and potential purchase of better bulls amid high breeding stock costs and strong beef demand.
Montana shipped more western range cattle to eastern markets in 1917 than any year since 1909, with Chicago receiving 318 000 head by December 1 and top prices near 15.76 per hundredweight. A Clay Robinson & Co analysis notes rising prices, shifting breed trends, and a severe winter and dry summer impacting herds, while World War I sustains demand for beef, hides, and by products.
The article presents tables of weekly receipts and prices for western range cattle at Chicago compiled by Clay Robinson & Co. It lists top prices paid for western range cattle in the undermentioned years and suggests the material is of interest to western cattlemen for reference.
A report notes 53 million pennies minted in thirty days as a nickel substitute rises in Montana amid new revenue taxes. Copper coin shortages are seen elsewhere, while small silver pieces also increase with 1916 output at $18 million and 1917 projected at $30 million, spurring new dimes and quarters.
A E Barkemeyer warns of flax seed shortage next year unless all seed is saved by owners and elevators. Seed oats are scarce and must be imported from the east and Canada. Marquis wheat is plentiful if exports don’t drain the state. The alfalfa crop was short but should cover essentials.
State Game Warden DeHart reports elk moving into lower game country as hunters encamp along the river. He has set line riders to guard the preserve boundary after two infractions and a conviction. about 500 elk spotted near the park boundary while duckers face December 15 elk season and a January 1 migratory bird law.
State guards organize in Anaconda while Lewistown notes postwar growth with $700 000 building outlay and Fergus county census efforts. Roundup reports a coal and grain theft crackdown, a credit to the Glenn mine record, and army purchases. Butte, Helena, Bozeman, Conrad, Whitefish, Billings, Cascade cover politics, crime, education and bank news.
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