The Glenwood post., 1903-12-26
on THE WING.
The "POst" Representative
Mixes with a Prosper
Gus People.

l have seen the lone miner and read
Of the lone highwayman and the lone
widow; but never saw lone ranch
man; that is, one away from all
neighbors and civilization, until met
c. M Rulison on the north side of the
Grand east of Parachute. He and his
wife are the only souls for 12 miles
He has a rich little ranch nesting in
the cove. and has his water right all
to himself His sugar beets ON anal
ysis showed the highest percentage of
sugar of any crop in the state. He
has hourishjng orchard and is we'll
6Aed.
]. G. Acklin who has lovely home
and lovely family lives on the mesa
east of Rife. He and his son Jesse
have $50 fruit trees, 400 of which bore
500 boxes Of apples. They are sue
cessful growers of garden truck, "
having sold 800 worth Of vegetables
this year They have put ina gasoline
engine and syphon 9, 900 feet long to
water their vegetables. Jesse has built
a two room residence this year and is
ready to install housekeeper.
]. T .McCary has spud called the
Mortgage LITTER One and half
acres among his fruit trees yielded 12
tons. They are very early potato
and brought him three cents a pound,
OF $72O He has so acre ranch and
it is known as the Evergreen Fruit
Farm He will build next summer,
four rooms 90 90 to the residence he
now occupies His apple orchard is
better than an orange grove.
W. H. Wilkinson has beautiful
new home with water works and bath;
a new barn 38 40, with COW sheds;
1870 fruit trees-apple, peach. apricot,
Dectarine and plum. He gathered 500
boxes of fruit. There are 12 acres in
cleared. Mr.. Wilkinson will leave
about Christmas and join relatives
from Nebraska and Illinois and go to
Florida for the winter.
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cultivation. Twenty acres in wheat
gave 100 bushels, and 100 boxes of ap-
pies were picked frum 25 trees. Her
cattle have all been sold. strayed or
stolen.
EAGLE COUNTY.
/ have many friends and readers of
the Post who have done we'll with their
ranches in Garfield county of whom l
shall write later. They are students
Of agriculture and are Industrious, and
are bringing up the productions of the
soil to be as important and profitable
as our mines.
But the hearty welcome given the
Post in Eagle county. and the almost
unanimous subscription given it moves
me to publish few facts about that
country.
The Dotsero. Deep creek, and Sweet
water sections are just budding into
prosperity. The soil is as rich as the
Cattle creek country; but does not
drink down water as thirstily. More
water is needed, and bitches are being
constructed now to cover all the land
suitable for cultivation. J. A. Hous
err II. Stevens and others took ditch
out of Sweetwater and extended it
four miles to cover all the desert land
along the route. Mr Houser made a
hit with fruit this year receiving four
cents pound for his apples and six
cents for his pears.
The last ranch in Garfield county,
just as you emerge from the chill,
shadow and splendor of the Grand can
on, is that of F. W. Allen. He is
ours to claim. but his stamping ground
is in Eagle On 40 acres Of dirt he
cut 1888 tons of alfalfa by D. & R. G..
measurement. He hasn't sold hoof
of his 1856 head of cattle He has 80
acres of new land ready for spring oats.
Charlie Rood. from Leadville. has
fled on the last acre of public land to
be had. He picked up 80 acres, and
is going right along improving it
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Swanson moved
here from Red Cliff, and bought one
acre and built a home. Mr.. Swanson
was miner and lost his health.
Geo. 8. Yost has two new ranches.
he seeded Is acres of fresh land in al
falfa this year and will get in 90 more
next spring. He has built new fence
around his entire ranch. On two
acres he pulled 10 tons of carrots.
Mrs. Langston has large ranch
that is a wealth producer. She has a
span Of fine goers for her carriage, and
knows how to handle them.
d. J. Van Horn is not blowing
horn. but "horp Of plenty For
three and one half years he has cleared
and planted. Beginning with seven
acres, he. had seeded this year 81, and
I'LL have IL more for spring, He went