Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-02-03
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L., .i4g t....; a.i.c;Llug al Interest
r..cl.l ~ written concerning repre-
sentative cattle rarch IN tlo Arkansas
VALLEY. youl corrsspoudca; accepted an
i,.1it:tiuI. extended him Ev TIE ialg,st
individual cattle owner rev living II
Bent county = viii ais thoroughbred
breeding ranch, :; Pfowers' Station,
twc3fy Sven miles east Of West Las
.inim4s. TIE san hal not yet risen and
The moon still! saope. when | left X c
train All found my self n Proves. 4
large stone b4rD, coreais, q Windmill, u
reat stone house, = newer house of the
sane mate.i.l net .at finished, ho:i.
surrounded Ly IL recularly-plantc,l
grove Of ycuag cotton woods these
wer" tha hon" Improvements on one e
the largest cattle ranches il tho Statt
A. early morning ride had given enc
keen aYlrti'e, ana Il 8ool r&no'
breakfast. Wit. It's r@il tcLiollaiu stcahs
ani ,ieIicious old fashioned gravy HGe
r. kttlly e.joI>j. Tie morning neal
finished, il r2.a2aY: with tue o3Ier
visited Ne IA l.-Lrr- herd, Which
si!I stco! IL TIE corral In this there
a.e forty thoroughbred sAort-hoFn
cattle bulls, heifega and cow. These
are brod with the greatest Of care, ard
from them elch year mum Der OF dior
oughbrcd bulls arc tUrnui out hat sell
before they are one yo4r Old, at all tl!e
way from 500 to $500 each. Beside
this herd OF thoroughbred cattle. which
Is kept 1T home, the same gentleman
has on the range III the main boiy OF
his cattle large number Of thorough
bred and hi8L-grado iulls. A few
miles farther NJ the river he Ia
another fiue stock ranch devoted 10 tn,
breeding OF pure Herefor;!s, His herd
OF thrroaghLraG7 in this variety hum
bets thI-'ytour head. Theso tive
ranches, ara several Ctlcls owned by
Tbs same gentleman, IL! making up ,
river frontage =! eighteen miles, a."
inclrling a uumber Of very producli',
meadow, Ere sttuat ii on thc south sld,
Of the Arkansas, auA are All uudar fence
Directly OPP site those, hegin&ing "a
Toit Lyon and reaching down the riyol
/. distance of twenty-five miles. AID TX
trading jacl. far enua3h t. include al
expause Of - 0JU acres, is another
pasture under fence, the titles fer which
are in the same name. iIcle then aye
forty miles Of water front and hGu-
dred thousand acres Of pasture under
fence, all owned by ono man. Tic
fencing on those ranches will sum III
over 100 miles. Norihward 10 and even
beyond the X .nsu5 Pacific, and south
ward to the C!marron AMI beyond into
the Pan Hladle IF Texas, graza his
cattle, moro than 1000 in NM
bcr Already this autumn lie Ia,
shipped | 100 fat steers. whose average
weight has not been less than 2Do
pounds. ana he will yet ship from 500
to 100 more quite as good. His sales
of cattle this year will reach 500 600,
perhaps $4,000.
This is but one ranch. There are
"a number Of others On the Arkansas be
tween Pueblo aad the State line thai
are but little iess III ext mt. TAis shows
how rapidly The best lands in the A.
kansas Valley are passing into tie
hands Of Il very few men. AS il is nov
ta'f y dcz9n mn own tbs bulk If the
bottom lands, AID through these con
troll most of the grazing lands Ger miles
on either side Of tho river, from Pueblo
to X .nsas.- Denver Republican.