Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-08-19
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about hls house from a hydrsutsc -
This ram operates from . sprsHG -
delivers sss, GALLONS aay On The -
At h.- door. Mrs Pro-ser has paia-
ted in oil a number Of IA,ytrslGs
sceacs which exhIbsi t...en, and -
ere indebted ~ Mr. frosSer ca..sss
tor having scene prsn.ed IN -
News Champion this ~eck
The MeAlllster ranch Of lt'o scsss
is practically all IN hay exceIH tAs
ward and earde. spot. and - -
improved Ii cuts Us tons - .
rule Part Is baled and part fed -
cattle. Mr. McAll,sser has lived -
the creek for n wears but texA
charge of the old DOYLE ranch ssoe
! III wears ago. Mrs McAlllster takss
care Of the comfort of many trsseiess
who stop at the station or are pass-
ing through the town She - inter
e-ted IN mining and owns elaine II
Bowerman near the lndependeUt
The isabelle within a mile OF Ih,yle
and stones throw Of the railroad
track has developed large 10 foot
lead of phoHolite and ASSAYS $500
in gold at the surface. ltappears "
he good milling proposition ~ it
stands, for water power Is unlimited
and the ore plentiful.
The genial postmaster at boyle
vile, Henry Mcdowell, has decided
to leave ON account of his wifes
health and viii spend the winter cost
Of the range at Jaqua, Kansas. The
people at DOYLE are sorry to loose
such excellent folks and are besides
at loss for a new postmaster
At the store. owned by H. c. Bart
Istt, your reporter interviewed tAs
proprietor who declared business
good The Doyleville community 10
large and Mr. Bartlett keeps all kinAs
of general merchandise. He owns ~
acres Of land of which five or six is
pasture. The rest lies over the hills
and cannot be put under water.
The +. d. Stephenson ranch in
cludes POO acres in a good state Of
cultivation. Forty acres are in pos
ture and 80 in hay from which Mr.
Stephenson believes he will cut 175
tons. He usually bales 80 tons. He
raises rod polled and black Galloway
cattle. This year Mr.. Stephenson
completed mile and half Of smooth
wire fence. He argues strongly for
the smooth wire as it does not mutt
late stock and will turn it iust as
well if plenty OF slaves are put in.
He is trying bronze grass a. an ex-
pertinent The Doyleville- Bowerman
stage, driven by c. j. Stahl, is
owned by Mr. Stephenson and makes
daily trips to Waunita and the gold
camp.
j. l.. Kemp is a new conner in the
valley from Iowa having purchased
the l6O acres owned by W. b. Mon
son. Eighty acres are in hay and
30 in pasture, with an acre or
so of barley. Mr. and Mrs. Kemp
like the country and are improving
their future home and getting it in
shape TO produce a good tonnage of
hay and diversified crops.
Their ranch is at the mouth of
Hot Springs creek which we did not
find time to visit. However the Nc
Donald ranches and W A. johnson $
place were mentioned in a special
article OF last summer. Mrs. c. H.
Rowser lives near the mouth of the
creek, but has sold her ranch to her
brother, Will Mcdonald.
We did not find J. B. Coats a,
home, but his new ranch has 800
acres which cuts 225 tons of hav
He usually bales 40 tons and feeds
the rest TO his herd of shorthorns
Mr.. and Mrs. Coats live in a hand
some new house. 1t is located well
above the bottom on a bench but a
hydraulic ram furnishes water for the
house and barn and garden.
A. b. Coats has I6O acres and Is
harvesting l25 tons of hay from the
100 acres of bottom. He has some
pasture and 10 acres of mesa land
which he plans to irrigate with a
wind mill. The pump is already A
success and as soon as he gets proper
tanks for water storage will do the
business without any question. He
will raise barley and potatoes on this
tract. Mr.. Coats feeds all his hav 10
shorthorn cattle, that range back of
his place toward Hot Springs park.