The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-30
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Marshall Writes an Interesting
Letter.
(BANNER. WYo..
august Is. 1900.

BANNER. WYO..
August Is. 1900.
Editor THE TINES:
| promised TO write you few let
tiers while wandering around here.
This is an arid region, hence, before
a crop is set We must know it is I'M
der the ditch and there is water for
the ditch. Then when the crop needs
moisture, instead of praying for rain
and anxiously watching every little
cloud that comes up, we open the
chutes or head gates and flood the
land with mountain water better
than the Butler water works on the
Miami. Bates county is we'll repre-
scented here Young Harrison from
near Ballard, was getting $40 per
four Power Boys are among the big
freighters Rufus Ross, near Rich
Hill. has married daughter here.
John Bosnia has Il son. a ranchman
here. Then there is Hite. VIM Crab
am. the Valley boys from Amster-
dam. Mr. Graham. Mrs. Hite's
father is here. Geo Brundridge and
boys Dick Reed, near New Home
George is state senator Then there
is Davis Foster. who sat on the first
grand jury in Bates county after the
war and also witnessed Squire Alb
Woods and one CLANCY, fight to a
finish at the voting precinct in Wal
nut township. He says the Judge
made a good fight against a giant
Those were reconstruction days.
The fact is Wyoming is getting
like | heard a Missouri settler in
Montana tell neighbor in an angry
discussion when he was called Il
Puke: Take Missouri ont of Mon
tana, sir, and there is not a d-n
thing left.
There are two beaver dams on my
place. 1t is wonderful to see what
trees they can cut down and the skill
they display i'll telling them. They
cut trees over foot through. | am
told that in constructing their dams
some will mix mortar, others will
place their broad, fiat tails to others
that will put the mud on them, they
will then go and put it where needed.
Much of this country away from the
mountains look like a waste or des-
ert, miles and miles of thorny cactus,
sage brush and gOrse wood, pools OF
red alkali water and no water at all
Horses, cattle and sheep live on the
range all the year-graze near the
waters edge in summer and away
from it in winter and eat snow for
drink.
Wolves and coyotes destroy great |
deal OF stock and the state as well as
stockmen spend large sums annually
in getting rid OF them.
1t is said Il new country is heaven
for men but hi for women: not SO
here for they have the ballot which
evens up things.
| have spent the greater portion of
this summer like James Henry Sisson.
''On the Wing only did not find as
many good, grand men like he did
that, when they die will go straight
10 Heaven and sit with jeff Davis.
or they cut wheat, oats, hay.
cattle, horses and anything
Else, same on Sunday as on a week
lay. Another difference was while |
vas drinking pure mountain water,
eating rainbow trout, venison and
grouse, being neither too hot nor too
odd, James Henry was hopping his
brow with bandana, drinking poor
water andeating cornbread and ba-
on.
After being here a while we forget
about that picture in the almanac.
II a man with a cythe Time seems
o roll back on a fellow instead of
Onward and he thinks himself a bov
again.
The Indians claimed that in the
and where their gods dwell snow
.ould be gathered in, one hand and
lowers in the other This must
nave been the place. Wild flowers
ire plenty here as in all virgin soils.
have seen it so in Bates county.
1hen my hair was not gray. Here ,
n this bright sunshine. bright sky,
'ure air, beautiful mountain scenery.
Ovely flowers, the fragrant ordor E
rom the virgin soil. vegetation and
zines. wild fruit. wild meat. wild !