Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-11-10
RAN FROM COLORADO COYOTES,
Former Audrain Man Relates First
Experience With the Western
Pest-Intsrssting Letter
to Ledger Readers.

FeRT COLLINS, CoLoa Oct H.-
Well boys here / am again. l feel
though as II | am obliged TO finish my
last letter TO the newsy old LEpoER
which / promised TO do.
hafsiiy know how to begin and how
to end, but l will be sure am right
and go ahead.
First | will correct the small error
in my last letter. Where II read 4oc
and 1870 1t should have been l0c a
hundred. but there has been a slight
advance since then, they are selling
for sos a hundred now. But very few
selling for that.
The mist OF the potatoes are being
stored away forbetter market 10 the
spring.
Greeley and Eton which is known
as the potato section Of Colorado are
hording up thousands u bushels for
future market.
BY the way did you eyef learn the
whereabouts Of VIM. Stroemberee
Why he is out here and | tell You be
is a pntato picker from Missouri too.
He told me yesterday that he and bis
brother, Geo. Burkamp, made over
$50 within the last twelve days and
have about a weeks work ahead and
then spud picking will be through.
'By TO- said Bill, "I,ll be glad
when 1t is over so | can get a Job that
/ can stand on the other end 8 while,
Spud picking isn't what it's cracked
up TO be. I've been standing on my
head the last twelve days"
Well as the Did saying is, Love t.
tell about others, what about my
self.n am working on a ranch foul
miles southwest Of Collins for a mar
who has 1900 acres, part Of his land
extends over In the mountains l hay,
been doing a little OF everything
blowing out beets with a beet puller
and doing chores about the farm
This man has 1900 head Of sheel
which he is fatening on Alfalfa hay 70
spring market.
There are thousands and thousand
head Of sheep fed throughout thi
valley through the winter they sa
this is the way they market their hay
or course they feed small rations 0
grain also There are also quite
number Of cattle near the sugar fac
tory which are being fattened on bee
pulp aud alfalfa hay. The feeders ge
t the pulp for zoe a ton.
; One feeder told me with a ton 9
: pulp and plenty Of hay n can feed
car load OF cattle a day.
Il / will tell you about my experienc
had in herding my boss band Q
sheep over along the foot hills OF tn
. mountains. Ny gracious, this is on
t Of the most tiresome and homesick 10
, | eyer got a hold OF.
Well everything went along a
i right until one evening about ha'
5 past four O'Clock. / heard the mos
s awful bowling and barking 10 the rea
OF me over in the mountains | eve
heard in my life.
HI / was just about half way back I
, Mexico tin my mind)but when | bear
{ that noise / forgot where / had |
change cars so | begun to gather U
|, my sheep and started them home K
the corral as fast as l could. ! "a
you | wasn't feeling very good abol
that time.
That night | told one OF the hire
hands about what / had heard. Ca
you guess what kind Of animals
told me they wereg Coyotes. BIZ
upon myself | couldn't imagine viii
IL was.
a They have plenty Of them here
u the mountains. One morning aft
3 that / saw six come up out OF a ORA
E about three or four hundred yarl
le from me. They look a good deal III
a fox and are very bad after shee
But do not interrupt man, so | a
told. But / didn't know it at Il
thine.
Well il will soon be time to holl'
hurrah for Parker, hurrah for Roos
yelt. / can't vote this time but ne
ertheless i think my man will g
there Just the same.
q Out here women has just as NUT
! TO say at the polls as men. Why car
Missouri do this?
e Well l win close for this time, wis
= ing you all well and best wishes TO Il
: LEDGER / am yours truly,
" THO. H. SELF.