The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-10-30

down most OF, Inc ulhc anu io' 'ho
bite his back. IA party went out TO the
scene of the fight and found the three
bears dead and the Indians knife stick
ING in one of them. He must have been
Z 'S game to the backbone -" and deserves
th6title of the, ..bess bear hunter, ~
Plumus (CM.) National. 49,,
Stock.raisfng IN Colorado.
ss3tflstyi 4lif ti0----- lS-ftcsiS
GaIt is carried on, as must must be genrteelriaily
known. from TEE as to a region consld-
erablv north of the Union Pacific Rail
way, and gteats- herds pass from tne
FLone>S Star State through Kans.s' ana u9
to. the great iron roads running e. 81 anu
west In New Mexico, In South. tn
Colorado, OH the Arkansas and its tf1bu-
taries-the Fountaite-the ST. Chsrles,
the Muddy, the Cucharas the Huerfano
aud others-.in the. great parks over
across the range, and over the plains IN
Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, the
herds roam, aid The rancberos ride.
Between Denver and Julesburg, on the
Union Pacific Railroad, lay the immense
range eli the late, Mr. Ayliffe, one side
Of which was. fifty miles in length. He
is said to have begun fifteen years ago
with capital of& f0e,-nnd his estate is
valued at 81 100000. 1t WAS Interest
ing and instructive to- hear how one OF
his friends accounted for this unusual
success =, ft Some people tryto attend
to several things, or to do more than one
kind of business, but he only thought OF
one thing for those fifteen years, and
that one thing was' cattlei And attend
ing only to that, and working at 1t and
thinking about it all the time, he CAME
to understand it wonderfully well, and
to have perfect Judgment about making
the most of stock. p ubs Gpi
A dissertation on the cattle herds of
the Great West would occupy a large
volume, and those who have chosen 9th
er parts of this domain than Southern
Colorado are doubtless competent to
give reason for the faith which Is in
thern;' and amply support the wisdom
of their ,cheice OF location. To us this
same Southern Colorado seems to pre-
sent, ON The whole, the greatest advan-
tages. 1t is traversed by railroads, and
accessible from all sides and the eli
mate is most salubrious, and SO mild in
winter that the stock can remain on the
range throughout theyear. Other things
being equal, there are many men who
highly prize the grand ever-present
spectacle and genuine companionship OF
the everlasting hills" No doubt in
other regions. land can be. had more
cheaply, and sometimes occupied with
out feeior reward, but there are sure ito
be counterbalapcing. disadvantages,
Above a certain latitude, and notably
in Wyoming, great losses have occurred
from severe wiaterseaad not very far to
the north the +. Lo family Gas. the no
BILE red man" Lo! the poor Indian "
y is called ON the plains come in to
disturb and modest. All admirers and
advocates of these hyperborean regions
have ample opportunities to rise and ex-
plain; be ours~the~pfeasant task, re-
clining under the spreading cottonwood,
and in the shadow of the Sierra Mojada,
| of Singing the ecloglies Of the valleys of
the San Carlos and the Huerfano, for it
is mot that we loye. Cesar sf less, but
Rome more. - -
We have said that water was the
prime requisite, saad the banks of
streams are, consequently first sought.
Government land is divided into Sec
tons Of $40 acres. 4 What more simple
and easy,n we hear some one ask, than
to take up four quarter sections in a line
talong the stream, and iiwhile we only
own,e strictly speaking,, a, quarter of a
mile in width, to occupy, without let or
hindrance, away back to the divide
| fridge between that valley and the next),
being sure that no one viii have either
the motive or the will to dispute with us
the possession Of this arid area? Moth
| ing, certainly, except that a number of
able-bodied citizens, besides yourself
have not only conceived this same idea,
tbut acted promptly on it, and that, in
consequence, the supply of water 'front.'
age may be found inadequate to meet
sequently and proportionately increases.
There are always, however, ranchmen
| willing to sell, for one reason or anoth-
Ier, and nosbne need despair of obtain
ingia good location at a fair rate, with
I the improvements ready made. Then
| he can buy his stock, mainly, if he be
wise, on the spot and in the peighbor-
hood for, with the great improvement
now taking place IN breeds, it. is no
longer desirable to buy largely in Tex
las.3y Then come his, 'Scow-boys,,,,g or
herders, not Mexicans, as.in olden times,
but generally stalwart Americans, quick
ofhand and deliberate ofspeech. = They
are provided with swift and sure-footed
horses, generally, in these days, Of the
dapncho typer-a mixture of the Ameri-
can horse and the mustang.
y It may now fairly be 2 asked; where
| else in the world, and in, what other
known way. can q man sit down and see,
his possessions increased before his eyes
with SO little exertion involved on his
tparta. With the. dawn the cattleears all
grazing, Thin and gray enough the
grass looks to the Inexperienced eye.
butthe ranchero well knows the tufts of
buffalo and gramma growth, gauges the
value Of this feed as compared, in the
matter of .nutriment,1 with the richest
gTeenswaEd of apparently more. fertile
regions, and remembers that it grows
afreshntHioeo Hyear. Then; with the