The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-28

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then by the Sierra Madre & Pacific
railway which has lately come into the
possession Of Colonel w, g. Greene
and his associates, and which runs fer
miles on "a right of way through the
ranch itself Away over on the south
west are the properties OF the Greene
Consolidated Copper company. and IN
some places within few miles Of the
borders are q number OF prosperous
Mormon settlements. The people are
raising wheat, fruit and cattle. and
also doing a little mining, and are
meeting with good success. I'm this
connection Nh Hagerharth- saws.
Just prior To our purchase the land
was Offer ed 10 the Morrnou church, Dui
the heads of that institution probably
considered it too large a proposition TO
handle successfully, and turned Ii
down. The matter was brought 10 our
attention through Governor Wells. with
the result that ] made n personal trip
over the property. which occupied thir-
~ days, practically all of which time
was in the saddle. The land looked
SO good TO me that I made payment
OF 100000 upon arriving at III PaSo on
Tire way out.
History of Property.
The history of the great ranch reads
like a page from fiction. Here for
years vas the favorite stamping
ground of the famous Apache chiefs
Geronimo and Victoria, when hard
pressed by the American -roops and
forced 20 take refuge on he Mexican
side Of the line 10 escape the vengeance
of the authorities for some act of cat
tie raiding or other lawlessness. Nor
did such a move always mean safety.
and many q bloody battle between the
soldiers and the reds was pulled off on
tho land nov given over TO the pea ce-
ful pursuits of stock raising For
many years the entire section lay UNI
occupied and unknown 10 al but the
Indians and their foes. the troops
White men would rot venture upon it,
and settlers on the lookout for homes
listened 10 the tales Of horror told
them and began anew their march
across the country. For years these
conditions prevailed, but gradually the
Indians grew less bold and fewer IN
number Only two years ago. however,
six of the Mexican soldiery were killed
in a hand to hand fight with ADaches
not over six miles from one Of the
ranch centers.
Originally the land was held BY the
Mexican government. and was granted
by il TO q party OF Spanish surveyors
on contract calling for the turning
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land surveyed by them in payment for
the work. Then came the Northwestern
Land q Improvement company. an
English corporation, with which John
w. Young of Salt Lake. son Of Brig
nam Young, was prominently identi-
fed. This company went under during
the panic of 1928. defaulting in the
payment of the interest on its bond
issue OF S600.000. The land then lay
idle until the formation Of the Palomas
Land Cattle company. a Mexican
corporation organized by AIessrs Wood
and Hagenbarth. in which the title to
the property is now vested. and the
stock of which is held bv the Wood
Hagenbartf Cattle company At the
time of the organization OF tie Mex
lean corporation the old bonds were
also taken over alonS with the title
The transfer of the pTODerty viii con-
sist in the transfer 10 Nh Greene and
associates of the stock OF he I'aiomaS
Land & Water company.