Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout ... . doning the Judith Basin country Mr. Dooleycame into Eastern Montana, bringing a bunch offorty head of cattle which he had swam them across the Missouri River and trailedthem into the Plentywood locality of what was thenValley County. Accompanying him was Irvin Ship-pee of Plentywood, and both were among the pio-neers of this region. Mr. Dooleys ranching efforts for nine years wereextended with headquarters just east
Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout ... . doning the Judith Basin country Mr. Dooleycame into Eastern Montana, bringing a bunch offorty head of cattle which he had swam them across the Missouri River and trailedthem into the Plentywood locality of what was thenValley County. Accompanying him was Irvin Ship-pee of Plentywood, and both were among the pio-neers of this region. Mr. Dooleys ranching efforts for nine years wereextended with headquarters just east of was one of the parties to sign the petition en-couraging Government survey of the public satisfied with his first location, after the set-tlement of the public lands began in earnest he camefurther northeast and located the south half of sec-tion 17, township 36, range 56- There he built hispioneer shelter, the nucleus of his present seven-room home. Gradually his efforts in the cattleand horse business expanded. His stock was rununder the brand 4-4 on the left rib. Annually foreighteen years he has been a stock shipper, his first. HISTORY OF MONTANA 1137 shipment going out the year after his settlementas a squatter near Plentywood. His ranch has developed to include 1,500 acres,and 400 acres are in cuhivation for the growing ofgrain and forage. He had some harvest every yearuntil 1919, in which year of drought he threshedonly forty-two bushels of wheat, and mowed the restof his crop for hay. The Soo railway was built through the Dooleyranch in 1913, and from the beginning he has beenone of the most liberal and enterprising in promot-ing the commercial prosperity of the town of is one of the partners in the Hunter LumberCompany, was one of the promoters of the FarmersElevator, also of the Citizens State Bank of Dooley,and has served that bank as president from the be-ginning. The political influences of his early lifewere those of the democ
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