Gunnison news-champion., 1903-07-17
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eiaaicc arauEd he ha- ls5 aare-
anIlsr ctiflgats9u and the cr,sy,s th.-
-.ss-sn wih h. ltss ten~ ~ saussssny
and oats. and =, % "a toa~ e p.,sa-
taes. B.-idsz this Mr. Miller l.
milking tweive cosSs and Isss.king ~
- 90 pounds II butter F-cr weed.
Which he -.slls At Crested Bassse.
Robert lur,berssee. postmaster al
osersscg IL the oldest Resident IN
the valley He saws osiy lack Howe
was ahead 81 hsm tF a nasai,ar II
wears. The has so acres of tine
ranch land liu acres q winch l.
under cultivation. The principal
crop this season Will be ! ~ tons ea
hav aud . tons 81 hrsi class mar
ketable posaioes he has Va -
acres Il oats which are dung hne.
Mr. lmaberstee i experimenting in
cheese making and expects - saou
furnish his patrons with ciloice
haHe product
N T.. Bocker has bat reoeutly
-etfled 1n 80 acres uf land winch
he u improving az RAPIDLY a. passi-
bile He has in considerable timothy
and bronze grass. The latter l.
DOING exceptionally well and some
il nov nearly three feet high II Is
an excellent grass fnr stock growers
with little irrigation When II has
grown for a lew sea-ons Mr. Becker
expects to cut two crops per year
Mrs. Booker is making b pounds Of
butter per week from her dairy
John Pogna has lGo acres. 80
acres Of which l. cultivated. He
viii cut this season about % tons of
hav
Jos. Sokacst has lho acres near
the mouth of Cement creek which is
being placed under cultivation. lie
will have 20 tons Of timothy hay
!. ]. Genright Is placing under
cultivation his ranch Of 100 acres.
He now has but p acres productive
and will cut ~ tons of bay. and
have some garden truck. Mr. Gen
right recently proved up on his
homestead which is splendid mesa
land north Of East river.
W J. Minn has just moved ON
his ranch which consists of 100
acres lie is busily improving it in
the way of new buildings and
fences. Next season he will have %
fair crop. This ranch lies directly
ON the county road.
;. j. Bottenield has 100 acres
upon which he is constructing
buildings and putting up fences.
Martin Roziman Is improving his
ranch Of 100 acres. lie is making
bitches and breaking ground pre-
paratory TO raising crops. lie will
have some hay and garden truck.
c. l.. Dilworth and mother, Mary
\. Dilw0rth control 72O acres of
excellent land FIVE miles below
Crested Butte They have recently
moved upon their ranches. -Four
teen acres Of timothy j. doing nicely
and will furnish a fair crop Of hay
The land Is being enclosed by fenc-
ing and other Improvements are
being rapidly made. One water
canal two miles long has beeu com
pleted 10 water this and Steve
klllian ranch. Mr. Dilworh Is
new at ranch business bat he I'm
tends 10 succeed lie is principal
OF the Crested Butte public schools.
Jas Young has a ranch Of l6D
acres which he is improving and
putting under cultivation. lie will
cut thi, year about go tons Of hay.
Steve killian has a fine 100 acre
tract Of ranch land which De ],
fencing and putting under water
lie Will soon put up a new home by
the county road.
Henry Benton has a splendid
ranch of 600 acres below Crested
Butte which he has well under cul-
tivation. He viii cut loo tons of
hay this fall which viii be fed to his
large herd Of cattle. Mr. Benton
has - acres Of cat hay and is plan
ming a ditch from Coal creek thar
will put nearly all the GEO acres
under water.
Baxter a Davis own 200 acres 0f
good land near Crested Butte which
they are improving and putting u
shape TO produce heavily This
firm i also in business in town.
John Rosich, who has place or
business in Crested Butte. owns l3u
acres Of Of land which he is impr1v-
ing. He has - acres in timothy
Phillip Snyder owns a fine ranch
Of 32o acres which is nearly all in
hay. He cuts about 40 tons Of tame
hay and has a large acreage of sue
culent native grass. Nm Runn,s