Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-16
CAUGHT IN HOTEL LOBBlES
Travellers Tell Of Observations in Various
Parts of the Country,
ONE TALKS RANGE CATTLE AND HORSES
Another Discusses Preparations Beins
Made ut st. Louis for the Dedi-
cation of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition.

Lee H. Devine, one Of the superintend-
ents OF the Cary Bros ranch on the Lit
tie Missouri. in the northwest corner of
South Dakota, is in the city, stopping at
the Merchants. He says: The range cat
tie and horses in that section have WIN
tered finely. There has been very little
snow there. We have had to feed only
the younger calves. We have had album
dant hay for the purpose. We catch our
worst storms there from about now until
April Is. As soon as return we will be-
gin the spring roundup of the horses. The
sheep men are beginning TO drift into that
section from Wyoming. The sheep bother
the little cattlemen mostly. There has
been some little trouble. The sheep men
and a few cattlemen owning small herds
came together, and the sheep we're fired
into and twelve killed, and the sheep herd
ers were ordered out Of the country. Some
settlers are coming in, and they are
fencing up the springs, which is making
1t hard for the cattle to get water. l guess
the free range is doomed, and there will
be little of It left a few years from now"
Speaking of range horses, Mr.. Devine
said: There Is a great demand for them
for polo ponies. A man came out to our
ranch to buy forty or fifty. He was from
New York. He was sure stuck on our cat
tie ponies that were broken. He offered us
any price for them. But when a cowboy
has got his little old buckskin pony trained,
no money could buy him. This New Yorker
offered me $500 for my old skate that /
have ridden for twelve years"
Charles L. Fritsch Of st. Louis is in the
city, and is enthusiastic over the approach
ing dedication of the Louisiana Purchase
exposition. He says: 1.-THE city of st.
Louis is already crowded with visitors
looking at the exposition grounds in the
preparatory stages. There are hosts of
people brought there, too, by the expec-
fancy of securing employment at the
grounds. The Industrial building is already
under roof, and it covers about ten acres.
The Agricultural building will be finished
by September 1. The dedication ceremo-
MES will take place April 30, and big
preparations are being made for the event.
About 5000 regular troops and 10000 Ma
tional guards will participate in the pa
rade. President Roosevelt and other nota-
bles will be there. On May 1 will occur
international day, which will also be a big
affair. In June will come the National
Saengerfest; that is to be another big
event. A 2,0OO-room hotel is being built
near the exposition grounds, and local cap
~itallsts are putting up a $1,000, 900 hotel in
the city that will be finished in time for
the exposition next year"
]. p. Owens Of Wayne, Neb., is an Omaha
visitor. OF affairs up about Wayne, he
says: THE winter has been very good to
us. There has been no loss OF cattle, and
much feeding is being done this winter.
Approximately, 200 cars of cattle will be
shfDpad from yVavna alma before tho shin
ping season closes. The elevator men are
Offering but "a and % cents for corn, but
the farmers are holding for 80 cents. We
have been suffering some from car short
age, but not as much as other localities.
Some excitement prevails up about Wayne
and Winside over recent encouraging de-
velopments in some gold mines in which
Wayne county people are interested. The
stock recently sold for IL, 20 and rs cents,
but is now quoted at par. The mine is To-
Gated somewhere near Deadwood, S. d.
Some of the officials of the company were
here a few days ago to meet Omaha and
eastern investors holding stock in the
mine"
R.. l.. Applebee of Virginia, Neb., was in
Omaha yesterday, and said: 1.-THE sleepy
old town of Virginia has Weakened up won
d~erfully during the past few days over the
certainty Of the building of the Kansas
City, Beatrice and Western railway from
Virginia to Beatrice. The survey is al
ready completed, and work will begin on
grading and track laying as soon as the
season opens enough to permit the work.
The road will later be projected from Beat
rice in the direction Of Grand Island, and
will pass through the richest part OF Gage
county, some OF which has no railway IA
~cilities at present. The new road will con-
meet with the Missouri Pacific, which has
its present terminus at Virginia, and ex-
tends to Kansas City. Virginia is but If
teen miles from Beatrice"