Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-18
THE LlLYS CALIFORNIA RANCH.
1t Comprises $500 Acres, and is Stocked
with Three Hundred Head of Cattle.


Charles w. Ably, manager of Mrs.
Langtry's big Lake county ranch, ar
rived in the city last night and is at
the Baldwin, says the San Francisco
Examiner. He is on his way to Ken
lucky to buy a carload of thoroughbred
horses for the ranch, and will also go
on to New York. Mr.. Aby hopes to
get back to California earlyin January.
1--WE have five fine mares up there
already" said Manager Ably last night
to an Examiner representative, ''and /
want to get lot more. Besides l will
bring out st. Savior and Owas, who is
by Reformer, out of Maggie Beebe
Also three fine mares that were saved
from the Port Jarvis wreck with
St. Savior. In fact, l am going east to
get the best lot of horses that can be
found.
Mrs. Langtrys ranch consists of
4,500 acres, being originally three
ranches. 1t is situated in Coyote
valley, just at the mouth of Butts
canyon, and two miles from the Napa
county line, in Lake county.
Il have no adequate words to ex-
press the magniicence of the place,
nor its surroundings. The soil is very
fertile and the scenery is perfect, but
there are no roads, and taxes are very
high. Roads are needed exceedingly,
but the country is slow. 1t is forty
years behind the times.
1--WE are improving the place gradu-
ally-making new fences and using
the whitewash brush. There are
several good California barns, and Mrs.
Langtry has neat little eight-roomed
cottage. 1t is just eight miles from the
little village of Middletown, which is
Mrs. Langtry's postoffice.
'Mrs. Langtry will not be here till
June, if then. They are very anxious
to have her 60 to Europe this coming
summer, and she may 90. If so, she
will make a tour of England and Franco
and return to America for her regular
fall and winter tour. The summer of
go. certain, she will spend at the
ranch.
"Mrs. Langtry has about 800 good
graded cattle on her ranch. and 700
acres are devoted to wheat, barley, and
oats.
Fred Gebhardt's ranch consists of
5000 acres, lying also in the Coyote
valley, but separate from Mrs. Lang
try's.
''The two residences are about one
hundred yards apart. Mr.. Gebhardt
has about one hundred graded cattle
on his ranch. There is a fine lake on his
ranch, too, covering about $50 acres.
Both ranches will make magnificent
places when they are fixed up a little.
cit is popular delusion about Mrs.
Langtry's losing SO much money in
that wreck on the Erie. She lost but
one horse, which, with the trappings,
was valued at 81 800. The horse was
a present to her, and she thought a
great deal of him.
Erred Gebhardt lost ten horses,
and 100000 wouldn't begin to replace
them. He had repeatedly been offered
$4,000 for Eole, and he was but 10
years old, and was good for $4,000 a
year for fifteen years at least, which
alone is $4,000. Then Gebhardt also
lost several fine mares and two very
superior stations. But notwithstand-
ing this he is suing the Erie company
for but 800, probably the least
sum they would bring if the horses and
equipments had been put up and
knocked down under the hammer
Mr.. Ably said the suit was set for a
hearing in January. Matt Storms,
who was so seriously injured at the
same time in this wreck, and who lost
his horse Grover Cleveland, was
present as Mr.. Ably referred to the
Langtry-Gebhardt losses. He said that
his suit for $4,000 for injuries to him.
self would also be heard in January.
Mr.. Storms is badly crippled and is
constantly under the doctors care.