, 1886-04-11

Special Correspondence OF THE LEADER
Our mail service from Rawlins is a con-
stantly increasing aggravation. The driv-
ers are reported drunk on the Rawlins
end of the line. It is said that they re-
fuse to do prompt and efficient work until
overdue wages are paid.
Mr.. Jules Lamenux, a Lander stock
man and butcher, killed n 2 y%ear-old steer
yesterday. fresh from the range, that
weighed 450 pounds dressed. An old work
steer was butchered the same day by
Crowley & Hanks, butchers, that dressed
over 1000 pounds.
A day or two ago some trappers came
in here with fifty seven beaver pelts, ia
ken on the Bsdwater. fifty miles north Of
here. Beaver are said by trappers to be
on the increase in the streams Of the
Wind and Rattlesnake and Big Horn
mountains.
Our horsemen are making great i'm
provements in their stock. Within the last
year a great many fine stations have been
brought in. Mr.. z. r. Hank, of Ogden.
Utah, has two thoroughbreds on his Viii
low creek horse ranch near here. Prince
is a glossy black half. blood Hambleton-
ian and Belmont. He is 3 years old and
weighs l ,260 pounds Banker is S years
old, is Clydesdale and Morgan, weighs
l.400 pounds and is a bright bay. Mr..
R. H.. Hall has imported from Canada
the fine thoroughbred stations Glencoe,
Monitor, Young Splendor and Captain
Walker. He has also for sale. for Cana
dian parties, the thoroughbred stations
John Rysdek Jr., Sorrell Cloud and Bet
ter Times. Mr.. F. J. Burnett has pur-
chased the Canadian thoroughbred horse
| Charlie Ross, a fine stallion. Mr.. Jules
Lameraux and Mr.. John Worden have
each just received a 3-year-old Morgan
Black Hawk stallion. and James Thomas,
acting for J. X. Moore and Capt. r. A.
Torrey, has just purchased eight head of
fine Missouri stations. They will be here
in about two weeks.
The sun is shining here to-day with
June strength. On the southern expos
ures the green grass is three inches high.
In these valleys the average Temperature
during the past winter has been several
degrees below zero. Our greatest snow
depth was fifteen inches, and that fell a
week ago and is all gone ow. Three
short. cold snaps visited US, in which the
mercury sank to the twenties, one day
scoring 27e below. High winds are rare
here, as the valleys are completely belted
by mountain ranges, making a shield on
all sides. Wild grasses are abundant and
succulent, including the Gramma, Buffalo,
Mountain bunch grass and Wild Rye.
This latter grows very high, and is good
winter food for stock. Wild %currants,
gooseberries, strawberries and bullberies
abound. These latter are peculiar to the
western mountains and make a delicious
preserve. No fruit larger than berries
are Indigenous. The harder varieties Of
tame fruits, however, flourish. Last fall
large quantities Of apple. peach, pear,
plum and grape cuttings were purchased
by our farmers. Satisfactory experiments
have been made in the culture of hard
woods along the water margins. Tame
grasses take hold of the rich creek bot
toms as though native. Large acreagei
Of timothy and clover have been seeded,
while alfalfa gives a very prolific yield.
Bear, elk and deer. both black anC
white tail abound in the adjacent Wine
mountains, while the adventurous ANA
teur can always find a mountain lion. On
the lower grounds are plenty Of antelope
while the sage brush fats are full Of sag
hens, prairie chickens and mule eare'
rabbits. In the mountain pines is found
VARIETY Of the grouse, delicious for the Ia
bic. The streams are full Of trout an
whitefsh, and in their season wild duck