Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-11
A Trip to the "circie s" Ranch.

Trip to the "Circie s" Ranch.
On Monday morning last Mr.. Shissler
hitched up team and drove ms down
to inspect the "Circle s" horse ranch
on Cottonwood creek. The weather
was lovely, but the roads were demoral-
ised by the moisture from the rapidly
melting snow drifts which lie under the
lee of the fences. 1t is evident that the
public convenience would be greatly
served il wire were substituted for the
board and rail fences on the south side
Of the lanes which cause these drifts to
gather and blockade the roads for weeks
together in the winter aud spring.
The ranch lies directly north of town,
and the road passes through the lovely
Fairview and Sunnysde regions, past
the new Sunnyside school house, past
the long line Of John Coram's fence, and
thence descends by easy grades to Cot
tonwood creek, now running a large
volume of water. Crossing the creek
at the old Ad. Chapman ranch we climb
the grade to the houee and are soon
made welcome by our hospitable friends,
MIR. and Mrs. Kane B. Baldwin. Owing
to the bad state of the roads our stay
was necessarily short, and we had bare
ly time to do more than give q cursOry
inspection of the handsome lot of blood
ed colts which are being raised and
trained, and to take spin around the
half-mile race track up on the table
land where the stock are put through
their PAGES. There is a varied assort-
ment of well bred animals to select
from, representing such noted strains an
Happy Medium, Bellfounder, Suffolk
Punch and a variety of others. Men,
tion must not be omitted of the lovely
stallion, Orphan Boy, splendid animal
purchased in Nashville, Tennessee. last
year by Kane Baldwin. who has as good
an eye for good horse as any man in
America, and who claims that Orphan
Boy is without exception the finest
horse ever brought to Camas Prairie.
He will be taken the round of the Pa
cific northwest circuit this fall, embrace
ing Portland, Salem, Tacoma, Ellens-
burg. Spokane, Walla Walla, La Grande
and Baker City, and as he was race
horse among race horses back in the
states, he is expected to carry the flag
| Of Camas Prairie we'll to the fore on the
tracks named.
Messrs. Shissler & Baldwin are slowly
wedding out their inferior animals and
are now breeding none but blooded
stock. Tney have some promising colts
which are expected to make good re-
cords for speed when thoroughly train.
ed. Improvments are being made on
the ranch all the time, and new track
is being laid out near the house on
which to speed the younger colts.
There is much of interest in the neigh.
borhood we'll worthy of examination.
including mineral out-croppings and
building stone which we intend to look
into later in the season. Owing to the
difference in altitude and its sheltered
situation the climate is more mild and
the seasons more forward on this ranch
than they are on the prairie. Its adyan.
tages as stock ranch are very numer.
Gus. We cannot conclude this brief
record of a hurried trip without mention
of the superb dinner set before us by
Mrs. Bald win, who has the true instinct
of hospitable housekeeper, and whose
capabilities in that direction were pub
licly manifested by her excellent ad.
ministratiOn of the Jersey House in this
town some six years since.