, 1892-01-17

long the south side of Highlands and
cross the southeast corner. In the spring
ranch bitches will be run from this ditch
long both sides of every street In High
ands. This will enable owners of
property to grow trees and shrubbery.
wo blocks near the center of the addition
Ave been laid off for q
UTIFUL PARK
G which improvements will begin in the
sring. Beginning about the southwest
ctner of the park is a low rsvine which
wiens as the north side is reached. This
wi be damned. forming an artificial
lac OF three or four acres, to be used FOR
batting. etc. Trees will be planted in
tn park and it will be improved from
tine to time and will probably become
tn property of the city some day. This
pax will be about the size of the city
pax in cheyenne and with the added i'm
preements Of the lake will make a de-
ligitful place of resort. The main road
up the river to Swan, Collins. Pearl
Coz, Battle Lake, the Grand Encamp-
melt mines and North Park Colo runs
alotg the east line of Highlands. Lying
as it does on the main road, on high
grand above. and vet so very near the
BUSINESS center Of town. Highlands is sure
to boone a popular place of residence for
BUSINESS men, if it is not too much en-
oroa,hed Upon by the expansion of bust
ness Building has already begun on this
addition. @. G.. Poole has erected a
handome residence and others will build
in tn, spring. Mr.. Crawford resides near
the Epole house and walks home for his
meals from his law office, lust across the
streetfrom the post office. 1t Is about
five G, SIX minutes walk. The price OF
lots il Highlands now range from S25 to
BITS with q discount of so per cent to
parti,s who will build good residences. 1t
Is Mi Crawford's desire to have none but
good houses in the Highlands and he will
not sell a lot to parties if aware of any in
tenti,n to erect shabby buildings.
A PROSPEROUS OLD SOLDIER.
At the battle OF Kennesaw mountain
in June. 1864. a man who is now the head
OF one of the most prosperous and happy
families iu the Platte valley. was wounded.
Shot 10 the left hand. he afterward be-
came ncapacitated for work and nervous
prostration seemed affecting him to the
extent that his health must have been
eventually completely ruined. Thirteen
years ago the gentleman referred to came
to the Platte valley and took up a home
stead near Saratoga. His health i'm.
proved but the old wound becoming more
troublesome, he finally had to abandon
ranching entirely. why don't you study
law?" suggested a friend. The old SOL
dier grasped the idea at once, and from
that time on divided the time between
reading Blackstone and picking pieces of
bone from his wounded hand. His ma
tural adaptation, however, seemed more
in the way of the land business. His
locality bump. memory aud descriptive
facilities came more into play in this re-
spect and to him his neighbors came tor
aid In land matters. At his home a little
desk was erected with special convenience
for the wounded hand, and here the bust
ness. which has grown to large proper
lions. was begun. At first no charges
were made for small ~favors, but so much
time was finally occupied in the work that
it was made irregular business and an Office
down town had to be fitted up. That is
the way j. +. Crawford ,i(who. since he
WAS elected to the territorial legislature
OF Wyoming from Carbon county on the
Republican ticket In 1879, has had
Hon" prefxed to his name), began the
land business. To use a much worn
phraze he lone q
LAND OFFICE BUSINESS
ever since. That he served as clerk in
the last legislature is sufficient guarantee
of his clerical ability, and all who have
had occasion to require his services know
that Mr.. Crawford is authority on all
land matters. He is now United States
commissioner and through him land
filings, final proof and in fact any and all
land Office business can be transacted. In
Mr.. Crawford's Office all manner of nee.
essary blanks are kept and he has dupli
cate maps OF forty townships which show
everv acre OF land in the valley filed upon
and Just which has not been located. To
mark the filings from time to time upon
these maps is quite a Job, for as Register
LEROY Grant said there is more land
business lone here than in any part of
the Cheyenne district. However, the
maps are kept in shape, for like his Office,
they are not neglected by Mr.. Crawford.
U%NoCoUPIED LAND.
Since July |, Crawford's land business
shows f%orty-three final proofs. For con-
v~enience sake he keeps a deposit with the
Stock Crowns bank in Cheyenne and
his accounts show a business of nearly
$4,000 for the half year. This business
is not on the decline. but is increasing, TOR
the most conservative figures show that
there are at least rs, 600 acres of land in
the valley subject to entry which can be
brought under ditch and irrigated. Ons
ditch which is to be built in the spring
will bring water from Grand Encamp-
ment creek to irrigate 1000 acres of bench
land in the valley.
With that foresight with which few