The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-28
OVER PLAINS AND MOUNTAINS.
Farming Seventy Miles From a Rail-
 'read..the Beauties of Nature.

TemblOr ranch Is named iron Temblor mountain. "Temblor" i Ia Spanish word signifying earth quake. And here we are fifty-iv, miles west of Bakerfeld. Thi, ranch is tho halfway house be- tween civilization on the east and civilization on the west. It is the only stopping point for 65 or 7C miles across plains and over noun tains, That's why ws are here. A tten-roor house, Q blaoksmith-shop, large barn, storenouse and big sheep corral comprise the improve ments in sight-and that's about all-chinked in here at the base of this stupendous mountain. To the east lies the great valley we have crossed, and westward nothing is to be seen but the jagged peaks of the Coast Range. This is a typical sheep ranch. All the land hereabouts isn't owned by Miller and Lux, the millfo2aire cattle kings, bat they may use 1t to graze over the same as if they could read their titles clear. There's nobody here to object.
 At 2 o'clock the herders came dropping in with 'focks of sheep. Nobody knows how much noise five thousand able-bodied sheep will make until he listens to their gab- ble. These sheep are driven out at daybreak each day, and the shep- herd in charge doesn't return them until evening. A sheep will go twelve hours without water and not suffer. That is why cattle cannot be ranged .here-too far to water. The only water hereabouts Is at this ranch.
 An eastern man would say there wasn't enough grass on Q thousand acres in the vicinity of this ranch to keep a dozen sheep a week, and yet these white-heeced animals lick up the brown, chippy grass which lies like chaff on the ground, and are actually fattening.
 How natural it is for Mexicans to handle sheep! Nearly all the help at this ranch are Mexicans. They came in just at dusk, swarthy fellows that they are, chattering and jabbe1ng jOviaily. At 7:3O o'cl.ck big triangle sounded, and break was made'for supper.
 As there was "companY"in camp, Billy, the cook, not he who played so prominent part in "Trilby," i" but quite as interesting and unique 6 parsonage, requested his guests in advance to take the head of the table, and so we were there seated when the swarthy natives from our sister republic to the south of us took their seats. There were ten of them.
 "You see," said Billy. sometimes 1 have fifteen or twenty boarders, and then, again, I don't have five. The help comes and goes. To-day there may be 5000 head of sheer on this ranch, and tomorrow there may not be 1000 head. Sheer must be constantly changed from one pasture to another. They'll die ifnot changed; and with these changes go the men,"
 Eggs, mutton stew, boiled beef beans, bread and butter, coffee and apple sauce constitute the bill O. fare. The food was appetizing we'll served, and we ate with 2 relish.
 For an hour after supper the mer chatted and "yarned," and ther rolled up in their blankets for thu night. Half 8 dozen of them tool possession of the porch, while some went out and laid on the ground None of them slept indoors. No sound during the night to disturl
 us in that far-away campI But ol
 the morning the first gleam of da.
 brought them out, and they .wer
 not two minutes.in making thei ; toilets and;rolling up their blanket: After looking these fellows over, al of whom seemed to be we'll nig physical perfection. I decided the
 and there that dowpy coucheI broadcIoth garments and rich pastr ;. isn't essential to the rounding ou
 of the physical man.
 !. Our stay was really pleasant her