New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-30

curved horns of his, things that only bold
hand and quick mind can escape.
The roundup is q moving tournament 1t pro-
ceeds day by day. through the country, collecting
the cattle from mountain and guloh from canon
and valley, from plain and plateau into given
retreat. The cattle country is divided into dis
tricts, and the roundup goes ON simultaneously
in each district Each Of the cattle establishments
or outfits has q representative at the roundup
to look after it's interests, TO see that its calves
are properly hranded, and 70 sort ont its fat
s1crs for the market The cowboys start upon
their hunt at about 3 o'clock in the morning,
parcellng among themselves the country TO be
searched, and by or 10 o'clock they have com
pletcd their travels, and have come together
in the spot appointed for the roundup driving
before them all the cattle they have found. The
percentage that escapes them is very small Their
eyes arc trained to sweep mountains and explore
gulches They know just where the cattle 60
When all have come in and the cattle are punched,
the cutting OUT begins. Riders go into the
herd and chase out the COWS and calves belonging
to their outfit. These are hcrdcd in small groups
here and there on the prairie, closely guarded
by cowboys. When none hut steers remain IN
the big bunch, those ready 70 be sold for beer
are cut out, and the rest turned loose into the
hills again. Then the branding process is begun
upon the calves, and that accomplished the
roundup is over The same routine Is repeated
until the entire range has been thoroughly searched
and each outfit has dealt with its cattle according
TO its own plans and purposes
1t must be said for the cattle men that they
use country we'll They have brought much
wealth into Montana and Wyoming and II seems
hard to see them slowly driven from the land
they have made great and prosperous. Bat every
day contracts their domain. and II the business
is to be continued NJ all there must sOou be
complete pooling Of interests on the part OF tho
principal outfits. In no other way can they profit
ably avail themselves even OF tho comparatively
limited range they have left.
We shall soon have another new State in Wy
oming The people now number 5000, and they
think their chance lies with Republican Admin
istration The President has acted with great
wisdom in the appointments ho has made. Gov
ernor Warren is an old resident man Of high
character, some wealth and great popularity. He
is taking hold OF the Statehood movement with
vigor, and as he knows the country thoroughly, he
is sure 70 make progress in that ambition There
are g. 500, 900 acres in the Territory. Timber
covers 1000 900, and probably 100000 may
be profitably cultivated. Tho rest is the range
though abundant sources Of mineral aud other
wealth have occn found all over the State, and
will in time be developed. At least fftT millions
Of money are invested in stock. The sheep in
dustry is steadily moving forward. You cannot
imagine how quickly and widely stimulating WAS
the effect OF the last National election upon this
great business The result had not been known
O day before tho sheep growers began 20 expand
all their relations So long as the Mills bill
hung over them, like cloud on the mounteinS
they drew in their investments and prepared in
the event Of ClcvclnHds reelection. 10 quit busl-
ness Now they are spending money literally.
Their herds are growing, and theirs Is becoming
foremost among the stock interests OF the North
west.
From the country Of which this city Is the
centre 10000 beeves were shipped 10 tho East
IN 1888. Whatever may he the changes that VIII
take place in the cattlcman's methods OF business
this will be their favored region for all time
When the range is improved and properly irri-
gated, from $4,000 20 100, 900 cattle can BE-
sustained upon It. Farming on the river bottoms,
which include nearly q million acres Of frs,-cllNS
land, has been prosecuted with Just such nch
returns as have so often described in these let
ters This is becoming an old story, and yet
love TO dwell upon it, for no single SUCCESS 10
which the American people have attained is more
significant than their magic reclamation Of these
arid wastes They may well no proud Of the
way they have compelled the very clements thht
rendered this whole country useless 10 turn around
again and make IL sweet and green with growing
crops.
There arc about 1900 people in Buffalo.
Wrapped In the giant arms of the Big Horn
Rockies, far away from the locomotives route,
they are nevertheless full Of activity They hnvc
a city Of strong men and fine women. Electricity
lights their houses and stTrcts and connects them
with the world. Unfe Sum frtchcs them two
mails day. They make their own -four, cut
their ow-l timber bake their own bricks. and dix
out their own fuel. They ask you 4 yop hay"
seen the latest Century Magazine AMI "l,'tXou
think Of Mr. Giadstorcs last tu,slc with Pro
fcssor Huxley. Their children study CHEMISTRY
and botany and physiology, and grow warm over
logarithms just as the children iH Boston do Ana
their mountains! You har' never seen heights
and depths, prectpiccs and surSiug brooks, hlr
sky, bright sum- green grHss white snow, ana,
more than all you have never sea wild flowers
tinted and shaped nature can tint them AMI
shape them when she really tries, unless you have
rambled In the Rocky Mountains l. L. Y.