The Greeley tribune., 1905-06-08

grown on rwenty-seven acres, Tlth-
out irrigation. Mr. Root has great
reputation for hay and probab'y - rs
more than any other farmer IN THIS
section.
Gordy Mcmillan, a son q. The
pioneer ranchman. A. McMillan has
an extra good eighty acre ranch in
the Big Bend country and expects to
make his profit this year from oeets
and potatoes.
c. Callahan has lived for about
thirty years in this part OF Weld
county. He has a good farm ana
his main crop this season will be
alfalfa, beets and potatoes.
L. r. Noel is remodelin- his
dwelling and building an addition
TO it.
Ernest Rudd is farming lt1 acres
in the Big Bend country and will
have ninety acres of grain this year,
He has lived in Weld counJy for
some time and finds his health bet
ter here.
J. NJ. Bainbridge has farm OF
24o acres al in good state OF cu!ti-
vation. Beets, potatoes and grain
will be his principal crop. Mr..
Bainbridge is one Of the directors Of
the Big Bend school and came here
from Illinois ten years ago. His
estimable wife was postmistress Of
LaSalle for five years and still owns
the post Office building.
A. McMillen native OF Ver-
mont, is prosperous ranchman and
has nearly 800 acres under cultiya
tion in the Big Bend country, a
great deal of it being in alfalfa.
Fall wheat, potatoes and beets are
doing we'll. Mr.. McMillen came to
Colorado in 1870, bought his land
from the railway company, has 800
head of cattle on the range and is
raising some fine mules from well
bred jack. Mr.. McMillen is a nep-
hew of John and James McMillen
who were prominent in matters poll
tical some years ago.
Geo. Mickey who came from Min
nesota six years ago has charge of
the Wilson place in Big Bend. His
principal crop this season will be
beets.
The Big Bend school consists of
three departments and has been sue
cessfully taught the past season with
G. W. Alps as principal, Miss
Blanch Tillyou having charge of the
intermediate and Miss Fannie Day
the primary department. The
fschool board consists Of NJ. Ferris,
president; K. NJ. Barr, secretary: j.
NJ. cambridge, treasurer. Eight
grades are taught and nine months
school is maintained. There are l3O
children of school age in the district,
III of which were enrolled in the
school the past year. The school
closed with play Who is Who,"
by the eighth grade.
In the lower Box Elder valley is
the little town of Hardin. C. Carl
son is station agent, postmaster, has
the coziest little home one ever saw
in station house, keeps a weary
traveller over night when necessary
and raises few head of stock. He
always wears his official cap when he
goes to milk, otherwise old bossy
don't know him and is likely to
make kick.
F. w. Hunter of Hardin runs a
500 acre ranch, raises beets and wild
hay and with the help of his better
half conducts the biggest store in
town. His trade is growing and he
is always happy. Why not, since he
always reads the Tribune and thinks
every one ought to take it:-and
they mostly do.
Geo. Wolverton is the section
foreman at Hardin and is keeping
the road in good shape.
G. E. Harris, ranchman living
near Hardin, while not as young as
he used to be is not old in his view
of the affairs of the present. He
has always been in the west and has
had an extensive experience in
stock. bought large numbers of cattle
in the southwest for the northern
ranchers. He was handling stock
in the southwest when they had to
drive them away up into Kansas be-
fore they could load them on trains,
He has 500 acres in his home ranch
$50 of which is under ditch. He
has 400 acre farm in Kansas and a
stock ranch in Yuma county, Colo.
rado, in charge of his SONS, Walter
and Charles. He is cultiyatinp
beets and potatoes on his home
ranch