Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-17

more NIL. lie comes back with a
thousand times more reverence for
the Author of Nature, with far more
respect for the globe we inhabit. for
North America and Colorado in par
'icular, than he ever felt before
There is more of the world than we
underground badgers of Wisconsin
have any idea of. It's very bowels
seem to have gushed out to form those
lofty, gigantic mountain ranges that
succeed each other in endless per-
spective. Here are oceans of snow.
eternal, immovable, unless when some
avalanche that has slept thousand
years, makes sudden plunge into
chasms a thousand feet below, sweep
ing forests, rocks and boulders into
the dark canyon that yawns to re-
ceive them like "the mouth of HE'LL
And are these mountains useless
deformities To preserve ice and
snow We have to bury it or conceal it
in caverns. Nature preserves the ele.
ments by providing these lofty sum.
mlts where seas and oceans are con-
gealed and kept in reserve. Every
year the sun dissolves some of this de.
posit.
On the Uncomphage the tourist has
in one vie@ the region where our
great rivers take their rise. The Mis-
souri, receives its contribution through
the branches of the Platte that wind
their way through these defles. The
Mississippi sends the Arkansas here
to collect its revenue. The Gulf of
Mexico is represented by the Rio
Grande, and the Gulf of California by
the Colorado river. We become bet
ter reconciled to these barren upheay.
els of granite when we see the offices
they perform in the distribution of
that fluid on which both ANNA, and
vegetable life depend. Rich as they
are in mineral, Mr.. Ury says that Col
orado is the paradise of all ANIMALS
that feed on grass. Old Nebuchad.
nezzar would never have left the pas
ture to occupy a throne, could he
have had taste of Colorado bunch
grass sown and cured by nature her.
self.
Mr.. Try and his brother. in-law,
Graham, once resident of Grant
county, got on board a wagon, where
the railroad terminates at Pueblo.
They fell into the broad valley
up the Arkansas and followed it for
nearly 200 miles. They reached Lake
City and here they found Bushnell
and Mills, Woodhouse, Pollock, Car
mody and others who had ventured to
mount the Pegasus of speculation and
and ride the flying steed in to these
distant regions.
The valley of the Arkansas is so or
Is miles in width with lateral branches
extending in all directions. Here the
great cattle lords establish their
ranches and their corrals and build
their block hous es, the fiat roof being
covered with foot of earth to shield
the family from the intense heat of the
sun in the summer months. The in
terror is airy, neat and supplied with
the richest models of furniture. From.
tier lite has been banished by the rail.
road. Pianos and melodeons, sofas
and velvet bottomed chairs have
found their way into these wilds and
the ladies display their fine and
healthy forms on the croquet ground
1t is a pleasure to exist where the
open air is SO celebrating. Charles
Dixie, the Engine tourist, was struck
with the robust figure and the hues
that distinguished the young man of
Colorado. The young ladies that 90
there agree with Charles Dixie in this
statement. Some of the same ranch
men will have in corral and on the
range above hundred head of horses
and more than a thousand head of
cattle. A "round up" is one of the
most exciting scenes in Colorado life.
1t requires five hundred men to exc.
cute "round up" II beats General
Sherman's march to the sea. These
herdsmen are mounted on horseback.
They travel up and down the side val
leys; sometimes into New Mexico,
aud Arizona and Northern Texas.
The scattered herds are driven into
one vast body and such moving for
est of horns, heads and hides was
never seen since the days of Abraham
and Lot. The living mass is hurried
towards the ranches of the owners.
the herdsmen pursuing with goads,
yells, whips and lassoes. The caval-
cade is heard for miles. As a ranch
is approached, the herdsmen enter in
20 the ranks and "cut out" the own
er's cattle. His brand is known and
the record is in the hand of "the cap.
tain" This detachment is separated
from the general mass and driven into
the ranch, and the rest are hurried on
to the next ranch. The purpose of
this "round up" in the spring is to
brand the calves, and after this ope-
ration the cattle are turned loose
again. They enjoyth immense range
till the ensuing fall when they become
too fat to roll oyer--the latest cattle
ever driven to market. In the fall
some great dealer comes into the VAL
ley from Kansas City or some other
shipping point on the railroad-ad.
vertises for 10000 hesd. will give
from s25. to $50. per head-and then
the "round up" begins. A round up
sometimes continues for three months
before it is completed. The beef of
Colorado is taken to the Eastern oit-
les in Refrigerator Cars and finds its
way to Europe. The cattle lords are
hostile to sheep growing, and sheep
are not allowed to range in the valleys
but are kept high up on the mountain
sides. And before we were aware of
the fact, the young State of Colorado
threatens to monopolize the cattle