, 1907-04-04
RICH LANDS
DIVIDED UP
FLEMING RANCH NOW OWNED
BY TEN MEN, MOSTLY HEADS
OF FAMILIES, FOR HOMES
Sales Just Completed Mean Establish.
ment Of Perfect Colony on Laramie
Plain, With Good Irrigation System
and Intensive Farming-SmaII
Loss Of Cattle.

dUOuI ufe years ago lTOm Iowa dlu
bought the Fleming ranch, consisting
originally Of $500 acres, has Just com
pleted the sale of the last of that tract
which is now in the hands Of ten diff
ferent owners, nine Of them heads OF
families, and the major portion Of the
purchasers will devote the land TO
mixed farming, dairying and ranching
The land was considered when Mr..
Vance purchased it one of the finest
tracts of land in the county for general
ranch purposes, and its division and
sale produces what is considered one
of the best of the small self-sustaining
colonies in the southern part of the
state.
Sales Completed.
The following sales have just been
completed, the papers for one transfer
having been filed yesterday afternoon
and noted in the columns of this paper
for that date:
John Kisor, 240 acres, consisting OF
the northwest quarter Of section 80 and
the west half of the northeast quarter
of section 80, township IT, range rs.
James Mead, 800 acres, the east half
of the northeast quarter Of section 80
and the west half and the east half
Of the southwest quarter of section 29,
township IT, range rs.
Samuel Coen, 200 acres, one tract IN
section 20 and the other in section 80,
township II, range rs.
Warren Rogers, 200 acres, the south
west quarter Of section 80 and the
west half Of the west half Of the south
east quarter of section 30, township II,
range rs.
Lands to Be Cultivated.
The purchasers are to be given i'm
mediate possession, some Of them be-
ing already at work on the spring
plowing. Nearly 200 acres will be
brought under cultivation this year
and be sown to grain.
The tracts sold are SO situated that
they can be irrigated. There are al
ready three bitches available for q
good supply of water-the Snake, the
Swan and the Victoria. These will be
added to, the headgates being of con
crete and the system one of the most
perfect in the state.
Will Make Homes Here.
For two or three years Mr.. Vance has
been drifting to a cutting up OF the
ranch into small holdings, the begin
ming of e system of closer farming and
ranching than heretofore, and his
sales have been with that idea ever
in view. Some of the purchasers have
already been offered handsome profits
on their purchases, but generally they
have declined to sell and will devote
the land to their W uses. They are
young men, enthusiastic believers in
the fertility of the soil Of the Laramie
plain, and think the time is not far dis
tant when tilling the soil, under sufhc.
lent irrigation, will mean a greater
profit than could have been derived
from the land as range.
Good Hay Land Also.
Much of tho land is wild yet and is
producing a large amount Of hay an,
nually, but this is being turned under
by the pillow as rapidly as the work
can be done and will be made to pro,
duce crops Of grain producing greater
revenue.
MI. Vance during his stay in Albany
county las devoted considerable time
and money to real estate. Aside from
the Fleming ranch, which he has just
disposed of, he has bought and sold
not less than $4,000 or $4,000 acres
east and northeast of the city, still hav'
ing considerable holdings there. Mr..
Kelly, his son-in-law, has had much to
do with the negotiations and has done
it not entirely without profit, either.
Mr.. Vance's cattle are being gotten
ready for market. Since last October,
out of the 5O4 head carried through the
winter, there has been the loss OF but
one, and it is the belief hat 1t died
from over-eating and not from expos
ure. The cattle are cared for on the
ranch as horses are, and the loss OF
one steer out of a bunch of 500 shows
what care can do in the matter Of win
tering stock, even after as severe a win
ter as that just ended on the Laramie
plain.
Neither Mr.. Vance nor Mr.. Kelly In
Inmates that he is to leave Laramie
IThey will continue to make their home
here, MI. Kelly engaging in other bust
ness. Mr.. Vance will probably retire
from business entirely.
Bank without Real Estate.
The Albany County bank yesterday
disposed of the last tract OF land W
ed by that bank except its banking
building in this city, at the corner Of
Second and Grand avenue. The follow
ing sales were made:
s. F. Phillips, section 20, township
II, range Is.
Samuel Coen, the west half OF sec
ton 10, township II, range rs.
e. J. Bell, the west half of section
25. township IS. range rs.
Louis Coughlin, the north half OF sec
ton II and all Of section 10, township
IL, range 76.
This land adjoins or Is near to ths