, 1900-01-12

u ' 80 AS"4s IL uAIAAAhA u Il
springs, there is another inducemcn
10 the f. E. 4 NJ. V. in the shape 0
good steam coal. in unlimited quaint
ties, of which that Dad is very mucl
in need. The coal beds are ten mile!
north of town. Two mines have beer
opened. The mine on the east side o.
the Big Horn river is owned by Chas
w. Anderson & Co. and "A fairly good
steam coal. On the west side of the
river John Jones has opened an i'm,
mense coal bed. The vein where Mr.
Jones is now working is over eight
feet thick of solid beautiful coal. Re
garding this coal no expert opinion is at
hand, but the housewives of Thermopo-
lis unite in saying that it is the best
domestic coal they have ever used.
With the building of railroads to the
section there will be large coal camps
established. Indeed. it is freely pre-
dicted. that the largest coal mining
mines. Even now the mining of this
coal and hauling to town gives III
plONment to quite a number Of men
" 0'a"S' ine P'i'e VI coal ueIlNeI-
~ !" " "''Pol'S 10 90 'on'
A city mar who contemplated COM
ing to ThermopOlis recently wrote, ask
ing: What are the agricultural pos
stn'''''eS' "n"' are 'He INDUSTRIES !
NITI.N --. "a
Il. '"' '"U"'euA'"'' ioi d "ah
u ""Ne MS io"'e III ne'
'V' easy ~ p"l'i''l! answer
Il INST queSt'o"' o"I DIS 70 me II"iI
y 'ne 'cu''"'ai poSSiolIit'es' II Is
h"iu u HhaN' an esIlhd'e' III TACT I'LL
posSiD'e' "heh Tue h~dJoil'S Oh rahch-
men III TINS sec'ioh nave raised Il crop
VI "'u nay "nu "'la'ld 'hey are SdIls-
i'"' OeO"u9e '"'i p'ln''Pul Ih'eI'9IS
"Ie dlons Inc me ol sIoCh RAISING
MAN.! Vi 'heh' "o"eNeI' ave FaiSeu
i"'s g crops Vi po'"'o'9 anu nave cul'i-
'aVeu saruehS ana ha'e Oeeh eh'lreiy
successful fo'"'oeS 30 from ooo 10
ooo pusneIS ~ the acre 1t Is no uh-
from '"''e Is" lour pouh"S ea'h' IN
ionS' "'""H' peas Sl""Shts
al" 'or" "o eAceeu'"siF well oWeet
p~o'a'"eS' peanuts anu "a'eFmelohS
may We E'o""' anu eAP'''"'en'S Suo"
'ha' io 'o"S VI Oeels can oe pro-
uuCe" iIo'h III ana the percent
"se VI sugar pul oh"-'ehIh Vi one per
cent Tess Lhah any oIhers heafu OF.
l"@ Sl"T Vi '"e crop depphuS on the
care sI>e"' Sd'u an o'u set'leF' ana
no" mu'h II Is posSlOI" 10 raise on an
acre mere Is not hno"h'
oats average ABOUT 40 OusheIS to the
ucre' out ~ nave Deeh raised A well
known fahchmah living near lhermop-
olls IoSt d sailoh OF WHISKY THIS year
on d Det Una MS oats would average
~ ouShelS 10 the acre-'hey went only
% Ids year nc WON 'he saiIoh vi
WHISKY on the same pct MS oats av-
elas'hs oo oushels' Inc average yleld
u wheat Is aoouI 20 DuShels' tnoush
oo oushels lave Deeh raised.
AS TO HORTICULTURAL possibilities it is
har" 10 make an estliha'e. 10 the
hho"ieuse OIL your correspondent
1here Is one orchard IN the Big Horn
oaSln' II Is ABOUT 10 miles northeast
u ine hopolis' Delhs especially hhe'
"ADouI 90 nliieS southwest, on Little
fapoas'e' MI. Eu 1ouns mas an apple
oi'n'iu 'hat mas prouuceu Immense
crops Vi aPpies every season LOT the
past seven years. "A Detter apple Or
charu would De Simply an lmpossiDlll-
w. NJ experiments III the line nave
oeeh maue Ill this community out
"oulu Undoubtedly Ut successiul.
'oou "a'el 10 ohe ihuuceLnent lor ID
inuA " MANI "is hoihe III iher"opollS'
De'hs out iour mics from the south
cru rlh Vi the big horn oasln' spieh-
ulu "alet' very nearly II not quite sou
as sho" water Is secured IN ample
supply oS digging ~ leet' four miles
lar'her horlh on o"l creek the sur
lace water Is somewhat aikail' nut
eAceileht SOU water Is procured by drll-
ing % i'et'
me climate Oh lhermopoIis ana VI
clhi'y Is Immensely IN its FAVOR Whlle
the people mere read IN the Repubil-
can Vi railway trains SUCK IN the
Sho"drliLS south OF Denver, n OF the
~trouDies or pedestrians, they have less
man an men or snow to contend with,