Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-08-12
&aeA 0svkxiik RAnehn
ssarana-ss sro~ ssr-s ssR.

over all she h.lls bessnnsHg usssAiy
al $50 fect. If the manut~s.sssy
now beng erected ii Bseaa N,sta
proVes q -scce-s. fherc u = futnss
ahead fBr ear barren hills IN rssss.G
rubber. The machinery rcqssr~d y
inexpensive and a manutscsHry =
some ceHtFal point can Ead unl.n-
ned acres oi the plant i. Gunasss,a
county
:. CaShInaker Les hled ga ltat
acres above this. but has not had tsae
b. make improvements The expsSAs
b. bald soon. Mrs Cashmaker telis
" that half the lti0 will he proisc-
tive land They VIII spend th<
winter ia Pueblo The resi- Of the val
by b. >argents three miles above ~e
leave tiil another time.
} Returning b. Crooksion We crossed
on the new road over Prank lbanne
ranch. This has been built largely
BY ranchmen Interested and proves
great accommodation. The l.a-
cine Mining company operating in
the guich toward Maunita Springs
haul their supplies froIa the railroad
station here Mr.. Dsnne has leo
acres, practically every foot of IL hay
land He cuts l30 tons this wear.
and will bale considerable of II. He
has an acre Of POTATOES and has lately
taken cut two mile II new ditch with
Steve W alters
The new road runs across the
ranch Mel Walker has Just bought
and is rapidly improving. He has
l20 acres. 80 Of it in hay Never
having cut over the ground Mr. Wal
ker cannot estimate the crop closer
than between 100 and 40 tons. Be
sides hay he has a good patch of bar
ley and with Rob Mcdonnell has
just bought "a heads of shorthorn
cattle If Ed. Adams and II. NJ Cow
aus. Mr. Walker and Mr.. Waters
both hold butchers licenses for this
region and sell meat at White Pine,
Bowerman and Waunita. besides
7hi lNhA W tthAh anu Isdkt 1ltN.
Mr. Walker is postmaster at Crooks
ton. He is bull ing a new six room
house with nine foot walls. and in
tends this for his permanent home.
On Needle creek Walter Adams
has l6o acres. lie cuts l5O tens as
a general thing and bales nearly all
Tie leeds 30 head of shorthorn cattle
and has this year built GO feet of
new sheds and outbuildings.
Higher up Needle creek DIR. Il. NJ.
Harmon has a new Homestead of l6O
acres which he is putting in grain
as improved. This year he has 80
acres of wheat, barley and oats
which he will thresh He is putting
up complete buildings.
OF the POO acres owned bv r. Me
Connell, ls0 is under water and 100
in hay. He cuts from $50 to lS0
tons and regards this years crop
as looking good -Four acres are in
barley. He has lately taken a ditch
from Barrett creek to irrigate Is
acres of land and has built a mile
of new fencing. This is the former
viii Mcconnell place and is all up
land.
Three hundred and twenty acres,
all upland, cemposes the ranch of
IL. b. Hlrdman This is largely
new land, but well located and be
ing rapidly improved Sixty acres
are in hay, mostly timothy, and will
cut ton to the acre. There are Ia
acres of barley and oats and half
acre of potatoes.
Charley Chipman has 16O acres,
partly in hay, and will cut 30 or so
tons His land is partly upland and
under ditch.
j. Y. Monroe now owns the II. {.
Bartlett ranch and has $40 acres ON
the Tomichi. Two hundred acres are
upland, mostly pasture, and the rest
bottom land from which Mr.. Monroe
expects to cut 200 tons Of hav. He
will feed practically all of this to
his herd of shorthorns. Mr.. Monroe
does not raise grain, but devotes his
attention TO hay and cattle. In Hot
Spring park he now owns the Lu-
pold ranch of 800 acres. which cuts
% tons of hay. This is fed on the
ground as Mr. Monroe's cattle range
over the dome and through the park.
One of the largest ranches in the
valley is owned by A. H. Mcconnell.
Altogether he has 900 acres. OF
this, APO acres are in hay and inca
dow and will cut from 500 to 600
tons of mixed timothy and native
hay. Some $50 acres are under the
big ditch and yet unimproved. Mr..
Mcdonnell is conducting careful eS-