Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-11


This is certainly sufficient amount for
all contingencies, with enough TO carry the
ranchman and his family
Back ON EartII.''
20 see old friends. have made this calcu-
lation for the satisfaction of some people
who consider the prospects of ranching to
be all q myth. Land costs nothing aud
taxes are unknown in a rauching section.
In this latitude-33 North-clttle
grsze all winter. Hay is unknown, except
to feed trains in the mines, and even then
OK teams get no feed except as they Craze,
while resting. The reason more people
are not ranchtng is because they are too
closely tied to the apron strings of their
mother State, or do not have the grit and
endurance to face the priystion OF new
| country. They love too we'll the green
apples and feather beds Uf the old home.
s,ead, and ! have no fault TO find with
them for this-but they must not come
out here, get home-sick, 90 home, and run
down the country, where men OF vim and
determination are making fortunes every
year.
In taking up ranching property, water
and piece Of good farmihg land will en-
able ranChman To raise enough to sup.
port his family, who can live pleasantly
and safely in some Deighboring city or
town, with a daily mat, aud nearly every
comfort Of life. The calCulators, as anyone
can see are not made any too favorable,
and $4,000 will come nearer the net re-
turns from au outlay OF $500 than $li,-
500. / have calculated the interest at 10
per cent, but Murphy the recently deceas-
ed cattle king Of this section used to say
u at his herd increased so per cent. II e
climate ard surroundings being
so favorable for cattle aud sheep
that many of them had twin sheep bred
twice year. One thing is certain. chick.
ems lay the year round, thinking it is al.
wsys spring.
But have given enough Of the ranch in
this letter.
Fercha Pass is one OF the crossings of the
Black Range, going from the Rio Grande
and the mining settlements on the eastern
side, to Silver City, Georgetown aud settle.
ments on lhe Upper Gila. 1t is also one OF
ViCtoria's, the Apache Chiefs, old routes
when out on his maraudiOg expeditions,
and is 5000 feet higher, aud
at this season of the year the
mountains around are covered with flowers
and an abundance of grasses, wherever
grass can grow, and is not crowded out by
rocks and timber. The air is laden wit
the
Perfumes OF Wild Flowers.
Pinks and China asters OF all cOlors aud
hues, yerbenas, morning glories, blue bells,
indeed, it seems TO me there are under my
sight more different kinds than there are
letters on this psge. The music of the
birds fill the air, and the view up and down
the valley of the Rio Graude and over to
the Organ Mountains on the East, and to
the mountains reaching toward Arizona on
the west is unsurpassed.
On the road up here we ate wild cherries
and grapes, and here on the mountain are
patches of raspberries, too delicious for a
rugged ranchman to eat In the Percha
Valley below We find q veritab.e wild po-
tato, and the potato bug feeding on his,
our native plant. This probably is his
name, and from this point he passed
through Colorado and got his name as he
jCurneyed east
The rainy season seems over, and the
nights delicious to sleep, though We
have had no sweltering weather as
you have had in the Est,
and while you may be living among fruits
and vegetables-we could nave the same il
we chose: to cultivate them, and besides
we have a climate which you cannot en-
joy-your brightest, loTeliest days do not
compare with the worst here, lin poin: Of
irvigCrstiDg dry, healthy and cool, re
fTeshing atmosphere, The insect pests,
which make life disagreeble In many parts
of the South, are scarce here Mosquitoes
are URknown. Rattlesnakes, tsrantulaS.
c, nj edes and such poisonous reptiles are
few and far between.
IN some sections society is still
''In the ROuGh,"
but the past two years has i'm proved it very
much. The civil authorities both Sllte
snd county, sre doing their utmost TO drive
out ell rough and murderous characters.
end the sheriff of Grant county says that
he is going 10 make this county as psace-
able and safe to live in rs any county in
the United States. The Indians, here, give
it up. and the spasmodic outbreaks Of feE
Apaches do not extend to this section.
which few years ago, WAS one of their
fayorite bsunts. Tee Indians that have
not gone 10 the happy hunting grounds.
have either gone TO farming or ranohinc,
or are treated rs other cut-lhroats aad mar
dersrs. Mining camps, which jn pet ys-rs
we're synonyms nf rough lste. are often ~
peses-bls aDd quiet ssa Western 1as-l
vania viii: &c. SY.