Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1905-06-30
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acreage of tae agricultural hand
much vt wk,ch has been taken up
bv j. j Carpenter or his SONS
Their original ranch IL locaiea on
the cas-, sloEe Of Red Greek vbere
leo acres IL nearly all unier culti-
vatioa, mostly ~ alfalfa and timo-
thy Mr.. Carpenter raises consider
able hsv oats aud similar gram
crops On Little Elk creek. two
miles this side OF the station. Harry
Carpenter hss taken up POO acres
and has almost half Of IT under cul-
tivatioa. Last wear $50 tons of hay
was put up here. Across the river,
ON the big hxt, Howard Carpenter
has leo acres, and j j. Carpenter
has leo extending on both sides of
the river where the hotel stands.
Across the Cebolla, Palus Car
penter hss taken up a leo acre
homestead. Lloyd Carpenter has leo
acses running 10 the Gunnlson ON
the east Soil ON this mesa land is
from nine 10 l6 feet deep aud very
feftsIe wkea water is secured
At the bend Of the Gunnlson q
mile north Of Cebolla. the original
Wisemsn ranch is noe owned by
Denver man named f'lebbie. lie is
making no improvements and pro-
badly has IN eye on summer resort
of his own.
The old Aady Mack place on the
hill between lola and Cebolls is
wssered by long ditch from Elk
creek. OF the ltO acres over 100
ere under cultivation by the present
owner, Joe Ehret. 1t is all ander
water and being rapidly improved.
The whole is mesa land of fine
quality, although last year being
Mr. Ehrets first season in charge
he cut about 80 tons Of bay. He
also raised three acres of potatoes,
which returned six tons to the acre.
On the Desa east OF Mr.. Ehret's
- large tract of level land well
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hold by reservoirs in the West Ell
mountains.
The pretty home of Valentine
Ehret, built close to the banks of
the tumbling Gunmson. is sur
rounded by grassy bottom lands and
well titled mesa fields of grain,
timothy and alfalfa of his 2s0
acres, l05 Of the bottom land is
under cultivation and about GO of
the upland He estimates the crop
for 1905 at Us tons of which 80
will be timothy with several tons of
alfalfa. Seven acres are in oats, two
in wheat, two in barley and four in
potatoes Last year Mr.. Ehret
thrashed over POO bushels of grain
and will beat that considerably this
season. In the cattle line he makes
a specially of shorthorns and buys
nothing but high priced thorough
bred bulls. Indeed your corresp1n-
dent has found few ranchmen in
Gunnison county vino are not awake
to the wisdom of raising the best
stock. As a result our cattle are
becoming famous and command a
higher price in the market
just below the Ehret ranch
Messrs Potter and Hewitt of Denver
have l60 acres of desert land, which
they are proving up ON, probably
intending it as summer resort.
The 'Sunnvside Ranch owned
by Cyprien Rouviere is appropri-
ately named from its location on the
south slope of the lola mesa. He
has recently built very handsome
new house, two stories, with three
large rooms below and five bedrooms
up stairs. Mr. Rouviere's boys drew
the plans and did large part of
the work. Hardwood floors extend
over the lower story and the roomy
porch. The house is to be painted
white with green trimmings.
Sunnyside Ranch contains 800
acres, about 20 on the river bottom
and the rest mesa land. tie has in
fiva acres of wheat, ten Of oats, three
of barley, six of potatoes, 20 of
native hay land and 250 of alfalfa
and timothy. The timothy yields
on an average of two and a half tons
to the acre. Forty acres OF alfalfa
cuts two crops to the season and %
acres freshly seeded will cut a small
cron this wear Mrs. ROuvIere makes
20 pounds OF butter week and
raises a great many chickens
Speaking Of reservoirs, Mr.
Rouviere has done practical work
in this line. Until June he gets
water from North Willow creek,
then from Rainbow lake, ID miles
in the mountains. 4 ditch starts at
timber line and runs into the lake
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