Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-06-12
Editorial Correspou.snce.-
OGDEN TO CHEYENNE AND DEN.
YER,
How English Girls LOve.-A lively
Clty.-Old Mountaineering
"A Colorado Sheep Ranch as
Run by two Montana Boys"
Profits OF Sheep Illus.
bandry. ETC., etc.

III -FfO6fS OIL Snecp FL US.
ank bandry. etc., etc.
los: -
ater "That' 8 what call "a good thing throw
away.' II she had only bestowed her f
Nc yors on one of us, tliere'd have been SON
! of sense in it,"
wn The sneaker, like the writer, was ga bat
out ,,er bred and born - the blood of Englis
fif- ancestors coursed through his veins. an
rty no was also a native OF the same country
". were both Eastern-bound passenger
ult. from Ogden, and the train was almos
ont readv to depart The occasion of the re
,,n marx was one woman kissing anOthe
,st. ..goohbye.'' 1t is said that ''Englsl
me Girls love with their lips" but how kisse
his effect English men have never learned
would judge. however, from the remark
no of my travelling companion that they
a. would not be unappreciated.
= From Ogden. over the well eqnippeG
-, and nicely ballasted Union Pacific railroad
y, we proceed East through country but
IN very sparsely settled. A portion of the
country is mountainous. and the scenery
9 in some places is grand. The most of the
!, country. however, between Ogden, Utah.
and Rock Creek, Wyoming, is quite thinly
II erased. and places where water can be
> obtained are a long distance apart. Con-
q sequently. no settlements of any conse-
qncnce are found on this division. and but
few head of live stock are seen from the
, train. Between Rock Creek and Chcv-
enne. however. the grazing qualities of the
land are much better, water more abundant,
and large herds of cattle are kept on the
ranges here. especially in the winter.
At Cheyenne we leave the Union Pacific
road for jannt into Colorado. We take
the Denver Pacific train and arc whirlud
away at rapid gait over level and slightly
unhulating prairie lands to Denver. And
here we must remark that in all our West /
ern eXperience--oycr thirteen years-we
never before saw so lively Il city or one
seemingly so prosperous. All the leading
hotels are full or crowded almest if not I
every night, and it is no unusual thing for
persons to apply at several hotels before
obtaining accommodations Saloons. the
aires. and even no less than three hurdy
houses. was informed, were in full blast
and prospecting. The city certainly pre-
scented to us remarkable improvement
over its appearance three years ago. Then
Il large new hotel the Inter-Ocean-was
unoccupied. and there were many vacant
residences and business houses. Now ALL
or nearly all, are occupied, many more
have been built and others are in course of
erection. ,
of I So.l ,,1o If
meeting here was our former telow-towns- !,
man, joe Holman. ".Joe' is running
a wholesale and retail grocery store here |,
and is prospecting. lie says he is not max !;
ing as much, money as he made in Boze- |,
man, but he has settled down. has a nice .
home, and seems even more jolly-faced
contented and fatter than when in Boze-
man, which is easily accounted for in the
fact that he is now Il married man. JOe's
brother Sol, formerly of Helena, is also in {
the city, engaged in the crockery and h
glassware business. His store presents {, II
very attractive appearance. and he inform II
ed us that he is doing we'll Ii
From Denver we pr oceed south over the b
Denver and Rio Grande. a narrow-gauge N
~ IucUlO. uCNt ~ l1ic Idl HeSt 81
city in the State. And here we again have N
cause for surprise at the wonderful adj G
made. Two years ago business fc
houses and residences could easily be OBJ n,
tanned in any portion OF the city ut a nom
nal rent. Now all are full, and can only
De secured by engaging ahead of the pres
mt occupant. New buildings are being
erected in almost every section Of the city. :"
md prosperity is exhibited on every hand. 10
From Pueblo we proceed still farther
south distance of forty-two miles and Nj
and on one Of the largest sheep ranches rv
n Southern Colorado. Being the prop gu
rty of the Montana boys Carl. L. III
stanley. formerly proprietor Of the Half pa
Way House, on the BoZeman and Helena tai
tagc road, and the writer, and many to
uestions having been asked Of me in re- pa
ard to the place, l will attempt brief lie
escription of it.. fal
The Home ranch is situated on the III
luerfanO river, in the county of the same
anne, two miles from post-office and
bout six miles from railroad station.
he ranch fronts one mile on each side of -
he river. and, in addition to residence has ,ho
orse stable, a dipping vat, and corrals for ron
leep, some idea of the magnitude of II.
lich can be imagined from the fact that :.
lere are twenty-five gates to them, all 49,
ung with hinges and fastened with hooks ,;,
r clasps. 4 fine fence over mile and 49,
alf in length fences in for pasturage the ta '
'utll half of the place, entrance to which no.
obtained through a gate. Bars, the MI,
lisance of most Western farms, are al -,
ost discarded, there being but three pairs p''
l the place, and they in places seldom p..
ed. Several acres of meadow are or
e place, and some eighty acres of brok-
ground, twenty-five acres of which are c
is year sown with corn, and about MAJ
Ut acres win Deans. About twenty witt
res more will be seeded with mIlet. sub
The ranch was purchased by the firm to t
IS than two years ago, and nearly all the tens
provements have been made by the 1t is
Nor partner, under whose superintend- wor
ce alone the ranch has been for two will
ars past. Bill
NJ" DIS 10 the herds. a little over three who
a's ago the boys put their little alp year
o herd of POO sheep, about half Mex Their
Il anu the other half improved, and six ling
N MerinO bucks. Now their herd num- the
Is nearly oOOo head, and most of the pers
xican sheep have been sold or traded quar-
leaving sheep in the herd to-day worth gene
to $3.50 to replace those in the original divis
u worth at the most 81 to So. %. Their dor
N heru now numbers % head, worth Pres
'-fonrth as much rs the herd with which stage
"o!s commenced. In addition. other prov
FLOCK. SUCH as horses, cows and DON befOl
8 are owned, all of which have been
aimed from the profits of the ..sheen Cali
lness." At the present writing. the
ing crop of lambs number 1000. and Sar
boys" confidently expect to raise at men'
lSoO head of sheep this year. Hay- form
given the original and present size of anisn
herd, leave Others to figure out its in letter
se and the profits OF the business at dema