, 1904-04-14
THURSDAY. APRIL IA, 1904
MUST BUILD UP At HOME

to connect Denver with Salt Lab" CITY.
are making contracts with residents
of North park for the shipment ul their
cattle this fall. The park people will
be compelled to drive about forty
miles across the range into Middle
park. Hitherto the park cattle ha'"
come to the Union Pacific at l.arami"
II is a matter of regret to IN" p"ppl"
of the Union Pacific towns that nh" ad-
vance Of the great Civilizcr is cutting
into its field and directly hurting tn"
trade OF the business men located
therein. but there is probably no rem
edy that will reach this particular
phase OF the railroad problem. II In"
cattlemen of North park can maxi" II
profitable to drive their stock To the
Moffat line. they can OF course make 1t
profitable to ship their supplies in over
the same line. thus diverting a large
portion of the North park trade from
the merchants of this city.
The Republican believes. however,
that the loss OF trade sustained
through this diversion can be compcn-
stated for ten times oyc by til" build
ing up of the local trade OF the Lara
ME plains and contiguous territory.
With the assistance of the corporation
upon which the people have SO largely
depended for wages, the rolling mill
can be reopened, slassworks establish
ed. farming interests developed to such
an extent that the Touring mill will be
a profitable enterprise, and the stock
interests of the valley quadrupled.
In the running of the rolling mill the
company would not only aid the pco-
pie of Laramie to maintain the pres
ent high standard of a Union Pacific
city, but it would furnish a large mar.
ket for a vast amount OF produce rails
ed in the surrounding country.
All that is necessary to the re
establishment of the glass industry
here is for the railroad to take hold Of
the proposition in an earnest sort of a
way. 1t is in touch with men who have
the money and the experience to make
a success OF the business and by turn
ing their attention this way and giving
them the same liberal treatment ac-
corded the plaster mill, there would ap-
pear to be no reason why Laramie
consumed in all this great inter-moun-
tain region, thus adding to the traffic
of the company by building up the bus
mess interests of an important point.
However. at the present time the roll
ing mtll is the business project of par
mount importance and the one which
We all hope will be taken up at an ear
ly date and pushed to the anne high
plane it has occupied in days gone by.
In the matter of developing our agri-
cultural resources, the Union Pacific
can aid us in many ways. but chiefly
through the operation OF its land
agents. Colonies are being planted at
a greater elevation than Laramie. Al
falfa. wheat. oats. barley and rye grow
on the Laramie plains very success
fully. The road still OWNS Il vast
amount Of land and would appear to
an outsider that a union could be made
with ranchmen owning large tracts Of
land and permanent water rights, in
order that the present unsatisfactory
checkerboard arrangement may be
abolished and the big tracts divided
up into small holdings OF perhaps 160
acres each. To the landowner this
would be the most profitable thing that
could be done. 1t would bring up the
value of irrigable lands from the trifle
they are now selling at to thirty or
forty dollars an acre. 1t will not do
to say that they are not productive.
The farmers along the pioneer canal
and the Little Laramie have demon
strated time and again that there is
other business on the ranch and the
farm than riding a cow-pony. With an
increased acreage of alfalfa, corn could
be shipped here from Nebraska and
lamb feeding made a profitable indus
try for the people and the company.
There is no reason why the lambs of
Wyoming should be shipped TO Colora-
do or Nebraska to be fed during the
winter. Wheatland has been demon
gtrating this and it can be lone right
here on the Laramie plains just as sue
cessfully as it can be done anywhere.
More than this. 1t has been demon
strated at the university experiment
station that lambs can be successfully
fattened on the field pea. Lambs have
been turned right in the field without
the peas being harvested and have
come on ready for market. The field