The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-07-25

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good school house and will have
teacher here September lst.
Many applications lave been had
for town lots, but each one who
owns claim is holding off until the
neutral strip is opened by Congress.
when they can give titles to their
lands.
We have, in one mile Of town,
bunch of cotton wood trees. about
30 of them, which affords niee
shade. This is moro trees than you
can find for 30 miles, either way,
put all together, but every boby is
taking great interest in planting
trees ON their claims and in few
years will have good groves.
There is also adjoining town a
Gypsum Hill which is dug out like
clay and makes a splendid mortar
for plastering, very nearly equal to
lime. Our town SO far is composed
of only Il houses, which includes
dug outs and all, but Just have Con-
gress open up the strip for us and
then watch us expand Nothing
can hold US. Splendid building
stone is found in miles of this
place, which will be utilized in build
ing houses. Lumber is to high
priced to think about building a
whole house out of it. It's is as much
as the settlers can do to buy it for
fioaring and ceiling. 1t worth from
s35 to S45 per thousand here. Our
fuel is almost all together co,c-chips.
Coal costs from 30 to 40 cents per
bushcl and there is no timber, so
we are obliged to do the best we can;
the cou-clps make good hot fires
and is splendid substitute, but we
will, as soon as the strip is opened,
have two Railroads ut least right to
our doors. These are the Atcheson,
Topeka and Santa Fe and the
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska
Railroads and then we can get
everything as cheap as anybody up
in the States and can also ship our
cattle through to eastern markets,
after giving them plenty of fresh
water to start on, instead of driv-
ing 30 or 40 miles to Railroads and
then starting them off on trains
half famished.
Another redeeming feature of this
country is the cool, pleasant nights.
| have had to pull a blanket over
me every night since ] arrived here
and always wake up in the morn
ing feeling refreshed and rested. 1
am rooming with two young men
from Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Chas.
Gray and Henry Rodenburg, and
we have a jolly good time together.
No cares or vexations to annoy us.
or no taxes to pay. Each of us have
claims adjoining the other
We are situated ON the great cat
tie range between Texas, Colorado
and Wyoming. Since / arrived here
there b; 8 20 or % herds of cattle
passed through on their way north.
There is generally from 1900 to 5000
head of cattle in a herd and they
are controlled by from 6 to 20 cow
boys. 1t is beautiful sight. These
cowboys are generally a well be-
haved set of men instead of being
the desperadoes that they are pic
tured to US back east. / imagined
before l came here that cowboy
was very nearly an animal and was
ready at all times to eat man up
blood raw, but 1 find it is just the
opposite, they are very orderly and
hard working men. . 1t is true, after
they round up in the fail and get
their money. some of them make for
some town and ill up on Kansas
red eye, and then commence play
ing with each other, by seeing how
many holes they can shoot through
the others hats without hitting his
head. l think under the circum
stances this is very innocent amuse-
ment for them, as they are good
shots an do no harm except make
pepper-box lids out of their hats.
| am sure if was to take two drinks
of that Kansas bug juice would be
trying to see how many holes 1
could put through some ones head
without hitting their hats.
Only seven miles from us is the Har-
desty Bros. half circle cattle ranch,
which is managed by Capt. Hun
gate and his brother Tom, with the
aid of several cowboys. Most of
these men are from the East, and
are well-bred and Intelligent, and at
all times ready and willing to make
d person feel perfectly at home when
one calls uOon Them Tbesa eyautIa