Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1906-06-26
Uneuaed pend of the Concernno Which
Large Majority OF Fergus County People Entirely Obou
Visit to the Red Barn.
FREE HANDED HOSPITALITY EXTENDED tn IHF WAyFARFp
free hOte Down in the Shadows Famous Black
Of the Democrat Rides Through Country Extending from
Mouth Of Maiden Canyon Around to Kendall.

tivated portions of the county Let
ting down a wire fence, we made
straight for Jonne Whites place
which is located at the mouth of the
canyon. 1t was not yet noon but Mr..
White was getting dinner preparatory
to going to town and his hearty invi-
tation to take Il meal with him was
just as heartily accepted. Mr.. White,
as stated In former letter, combines
| mining ana ranching. He has Il pret-
ty place and his grain looked as wen
| as any we saw i'm our percgrnations
over that part OF the county He had
about concluded his ranchng work
and was gathering a few tons Of tail
ines from the old Spotted Horse mine
70 work over in his little plant which
he has near the ranch house 10 the
writer, Mr. White stated that he has
about exhausted his crop Of tallings
and that he viii, after this season,
| exclusively.
just below the White place is the
very excellent ranch Of Fred Coos.
! This Is one Of the finest places on the
creek and Mr.. Coos has a large area in
a high state Of cultivation. He also
'rmlnes ON the side and has a very com
plete cyanding plant. He gathered a
| seasons run and was getting his plant
J shane fbr ha
owns big bunch of cattle and is one
of the substantial men of the communi-
| ity.
! We next rode across to the ranch of
II. ID. Fields who has a fine 4SO-acre
| ranch on Fords creek. A large portion
| of this ranch is under cultivation and
everything about the place bespeaks
thrift and industry. Mr. Field has
some cattle and is patiently waiting
for better market conditions Having
met Butch" Kies going to Gilt Edge,
we did not go to his place but swung
around and stopped next at the DAILY
ranch. Being somewhat rainy. Mr..
DAILY was taking a layoff He has
good place of 1G0 acres and the appear
ance of the place certainly does much
to refute the assertion frequently
! made. that man cannot make liv-
| ing in Fergus county on a quarter
I section. A stop was made at j. +.
Duffy, but Mr., Duffy had gone into
| town to do some week end trading.
The next stop was made at Rein
Anderson's very hospitable place. A
| more pleasant hour was not spent on
the entire trip than at this place Al
though getting along in years, Mr.. An
derson who is one of the sturdiest of
Fergus county pioneers, still keeps in
close touch with public affairs ard is
| a most interesting conyersationalist.
He has large ranch which is well
improved and upon which he runs
large number of cattle.
From the Anderson ranch, we cut
across to the Stoddard place, the home
ranch Of Oscar Stephens who died
last week in Denver. This is one of
the finest properties belonging to the
Stephens estate, there being several
hundred acres of rich tilable land and
a large assortment of sheds barns and
corrals. Mr.. Stephens was that day in
Denver and within a few days of his
last and the other boys, including
| Frank Stephens who has general su-
pervision of the place, were about Is
miles north with the roundup. Mrs
Calph, sister of the late Oscar Steph-
ems, graciousy invited the wanderer
to stop for the night but as there was
yet two hours of sun, we pushed on
toward the famous Red Barn. En-
route another invitation to put up for
the night was extended and reluctant
L. refused
We were now getting around to the
end of the Judith mountain range. On
the map, the Judiths appear as rather
small fry mountains but when one
| starts to ride half way around them in