The Columbus journal., 1883-07-04
A Little Descriptive Gcosra.
DhI.

with Col. N. B. Bisbee, the local sur
veyor, roaming over the vast water.
shed that is the source of the main
the south fork and the big
Cedar, the Beaver, Cache, etc. as
Swan, Willow, Cotton wood and other
small lakes are virtually the reservoir
from which these copious streams de-
rive their supplies, although the Bes-
yer might be said to head in the
buffalo fats in Wheeler, but by close
l find that this chain of
lakes which divides the waters run
ming northwest from those running
southeast to be the real head of the
above mentioned streams. Grass aud
water are here in abundance which
gives it the name of the stockmsn's 3
paradise, and I want to say from the
way stock is pouring in here the
believes in the name ss he
is decidedly taking advantage of the
opportunity now laid before him by q
generous government. just imagine
how delightful it must be to the
grazier ss he looks over the vast OK
psnse till the dropping horizon shuts
out the view, to behold this great
tract OF meadow waving before the
wind like an ocean under q light
breeze. which goes far to show that
this region will in the near future
become conspicuous for its celebrated
beef, ss its juicy steak is mssticsted
by the hungry millions of Europe aud
our eastern thoroughfsres.
When I was here last March I went
home by the way of Cache creek and
the Clearwater, and on the head 0i
the former stresm there were only
four claims entered, and now there
are forty families in that neighbor.
hood, and in the township | am in,
houses are going up 80 fast that a
person tainted with the least supersti-
ton might think that the magic wand
was brought into requisition, build
ings 90 up with such despatch; here
you may throw yourself down on
your lair at night, aud imagine you
are an isolated being aud wake up in
the morning and behold three or four
shsnties in sight, the result Of only q
nights work. Don't talk any longer
of the industrious ant or the busy bee
that improves each shining hour, for
here we have characters that improve
the hours that don't shine when the
sluggish ant is dreaming of his mound
building on the morrow.
John NJ. Anderson of Humphrey,
Platte Co., was the first settler in this
township, and that was only one year
ago on the 10th of May last, and now
he eau look around him and see his
neighborhood dotted with dwellings,
some Of them frames of no ordinary
character; as to our africans in this
immediate locality we have three sons
of Vulcan, two of them in full blast,
the green prairie the shop, and day.
light the chimney but small begin.
nings have had great endings, and so
l hope it will be with these hardy
sons of toll; one shoemaker, three
carpenters, one bricklsyer and plas
terer, two wig makers and hair dress.
ers, both young ladies from Wiscon.
sin, each of whom has entered three
hundred and twenty acres of choice
land, and have had erected thereon g
neat house; they intend starting 9
store there in October. They seem
to be women of great nerve and
pluck, as one of them stood by
all the time during the erection
of their house and superintended
the whole affair until it received thu
last stroke of the brush. Frank Hsr,
was the architect and builder through
out. Mr.. Fry is building and intends
stocking the same with q genera
assortment such as will supply the
demands of bis many customers il
this locality.
As l wae persmbulating over the
prairie last Sabbath, 1 was not little
surprised in this region of hides and
horns to meet two of my old vel
wishers from Platte in the persons o
j. F. Dineen and H. G. Carrig o.
Lower Shell creek, two sterling young
men of promise who arrived il
O'Neill the day before they came ou,
here in the nope of taking up q cattle
ranch, and they succeeded, as each o.
them located 32O acres of No. hay
land near Cottonwood lake, sixteen
miles south of Atkinson. There sre
plenty of antelope and deer in this
country; had the pleasure while
here in company with my Lower
Shell creek friends to witness chase
between an antelope and Ben Woods
greyhounds "Wsrrior" and "Jowler >
the dogs started their game in the
sand-hil!s snd ran him towards the
plsins where we had a full view for
miles; the noble CANNES did their
level best and in about four miles
from the starting point they over.
hauled "anty" as he was running
across Spring branch, when his seem.
ingly victorious 'speed was some " hat
retarded l presume by the softness OF
the ground where "Wsrrior," who
was in the advance few PAGES, sprsng
upon bis defence.ess victim and seized
him by the hsunch when "Jowler''