The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-04-01
DENVER. Coz. March 1911. 1886.

DENVER, Col, March 18th, 1885.
EDIToRs News To begin where I lefl
of, must 90 back to the praries Of Kan.
sas. But will be very brief, as all the
space available will be required for me to
tell you about glorious Colorado
Winfield, Kan, is a growing city Of c, ,OOC
people, with wide streets and rich farming
districts round about It boasts Of thirty.
6vo miles of stone sidewalks and hes az
hne water works as ever saw. It is just
thirteen years since the frst house was
built upon the present site Of Winfield.
Newton and Mcpherson are thriving places,
the former being quite a railroad center.
Ten years ago the best lot in the latter
place could have been purchased for S5.
Marion Centre, q nice little town, is now
the home Of Mr.. Geo. Stanforth, formerly
Of Highland county. Mr.. s. is the propri.
etor Of the Square Hotel, which is a we'll
conducted hostlerie with big patronage,
and he is evidently raking in shekels. He
tells me to invite overcrowded Highlandern
tc come to Kansas and get rich. Wichita
is very lively place Of $4,000 inhabitants
and lots of business. But the Kansau town
that most interested me was
CALDWELL, THE COWBOY CITY,
Which is situated within two miles Of the
Indian Nation border. This is one of the
meeting points Of the Oklahoma boomers, II
the Oklahoma districts lying directly to the
southwark about fifty or sixty miles. On
the outskirts Of the place were numerous
prairie schooners," belonging to the re.
Gently elected colonists, waiting to make
another break. This may be Justly termed
a cowboy CENTER" as it is one of th,
greatest places for "bull-puncheru" in the
State. These leather lsggin-ed, big-hatteJ
gentry were very numerous here, wher,
they loom up in all their tabled glory.
Nickerson, Sterling, Hutchison, Lyonr
and Halstead are growing towns. passed
through Hillsboro, a diminutive city with
a good name and splendid situation. I'll
bet my extra lead pencil that in Eve years
it will be bigger than an Ohio town of the
same name.
Great Bend aud Larned both on the
Arkansas river are pretty far west, and
both have been made prominent in the his,
tory of the Indian wars. At the latter place
I enjoyed
JACK RABBIT CHASE.
Six Of us, two Of whom were ladies, hired
ponies and rode out on the plains about two
miles. The method is this: spread oui
about twenty or thirty feet apart and move
forward You are sure to soon start a
Jack" The hounds give chase and your
pony, # he is a genuine broncho who has
been there before, will do likewise with a
suddenness and determination that is very
oommondable, but rather exciting if you
are not used to it. But enjoyed it very
much indeed. The jack rabbit is a funny
looking concern when going away from
you. His ears look ever so much bigger
than his body, and they have the appear
ance Of sails. ] imagine that when he gets
good start with the wind he can't stop
until be drops his ears. OF course that ia
only theory. Certain it is that very few
hounds can out strip him in low grass. He
hops along gently, just keeping in front Of
the hounds until pressed, and theu-whisht
and you don't see him, He is probably
over in the next county. The funniest
part Of the hunt was the broncho ridden by
a dude, which (the broncho, not the dude
only went when he felt like it. Several
times one Of us would have to ride back to
him and offer extra inducements to get him
TO 60. Once started he was harder to stop
than he was to get started, and the angry
dude and his eccentric animal furnished NO
end Of amusement. The jack rabbit chase
is eXhilirating and fascinating and I like it.
Il am a sportD
As you probably are aware the "Oklaho-
ma boomer" is a parsonage who believes
be has a right to settle on the Oklahoma
land in Indian Territory. The Government
thinks differently, but the boomer fails to
be convinced that no shan't settle there,
and is giving the latter great deal Of
trouble. Troop L, 9th U. S. Cavalry, ia
stationed at Caldwell to prevent the boom
ars going into the forbidden territory.
Too good a chance to be missed 1 walked
out to the camp, ON the fair grounds,
through foot of snow. The troops have
warm tents each Of which is supplied with
a stove, and they live very comfortably. ]
passed several sable soldiers shoveling
snow out Of the pathway, and stopped to
talk with an intelligent looking colored
man who touched his cap politely and
seemed willing to chat. Passing few
words he invited me to step into his tent,
which was the hospital The soldier wa,
VIM. H. Nance, acting Hospital steward
He informed me that he was nearing th,
completion Of his second term Of enlist
ment. 4 expressed surprise at his long
service.
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