The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-23
FINE FARMS
SOME TO BE FOUND WEST OF
PLATTEvILLE
Trip Over Rural Route Into the
Mead and Highlandlake
Country Is One of In
terest

The rural route out Of Platteville
into the Mead neighborhood shows a
country that Is developing fast and
some fine farms now under cultiva.
tion.
j. f. Vosmera, four miles north
west of Platteville, who has been
improving the 360-acre ranch pur-
chased short time ago, will have
his new set of buildings ready for use
in few days. He has been improv-
ing his property by fencing. Mr..
Vosmera reports an extra fine stand
of beets on his place this spring.
Mrs. II. B. Jones, near the school
house. has good eighty-acre place
without tenant. There Is good
two.room house and fine chance
for some one out of work to put In
late crops. The Beaman ditch com.
pany furnishes water for the place.
ANY one interested address Mrs
Jones at Platteville. This Is very
pretty home place.
The Elliott place down In the hol-
low is picturesque by reason of the
old log house, still In use as the
home on the ranch. This ranch has
a reputation all over the country for
cattle feeding. Mr.. Elliott has an
interest in big ranch up In the
Chalk Bluffs and ranges his cattle up
north, bringing them down here to
feed. A Fort Collins ditching con-
Germ is at work making lake from
seepage In the Draw to the south
aud from this the hay land will be
irrigated.
VIM. Montgomery is the tenant Of
the Thomas Hewitt quarter-section
on west. The water from this Is
brought from the Highland ditch.
Wheat, oats and hay are the crops
on this place this season. The
people of this neighborhood, the
Pearl school district, take good
deal of pride in their school. J. +.
Redman has been the teacher for the
past two years but 1t Is probable that
Mr.. Redman will be the principal OF
the Platteville schools next year.
He seems to have done good work
here from all reports.
W. M. Warner is the energetic
tenant of the G. A. Hewitt quarter
just across the road from Mr.. Mont.
gomery's home. The crops here
consist of luxuriant fields Of wheat.
Mr.. Warner has been at work build.
ing dixie over south Of the house te
get level Of water SUFFICIENT to rur
water upon small ridge on the
place which has been Eve fest above
the ditch. Mr.. Hewitt. the ownel
of the place, has been interested IL
sheep feeding the past season.
G. ]. Clennon is one of the heavy
real estate owners and ranch oper.
ators along the route. He has sO(
acres altogether, farmed by himself,
Chas. Surbaugh and Relihan broth.
: ers. Mr. Clennon lives on the old
home place and very pretty place
1t Is. Mr.. Surbaugh Is the tenant
occupying the new house on the east
part of the Clenuon ranch. Mr..
Clennon has been a resident here fol
twenty-eight years and is deserving
of the possessions he has accumu.
lated. On quarter to the north q
reservoir is located. Among the
crops on this big ranch are PTS acres
of wheat, forty Of barley, fifty OF
oats and forty-fv of spuds. Alfalfa
is grown also in considerable uuan.
tity. The Clennon ranh has eight
or ten highbred Hambletonian horses
and a thoroughbred Coach horse is
also owned by the Oldenburg Coach
company of which L. T. Parks is
secretary and c. J. Clennon presi-
dent.
The l60-acre farm owned by Griffin
brothers Is managed this year by ] /.
j. Vinson. He has crops of wheat,
barley, five acres of beets and seven
of potatoes.
u. w. Helms Is in his second year
as tenant of the T. S. Delehant
ranch. This place grows this year
sixty acres of wheat and barley,
twenty Of alfalfa, seven of beets and
four of potatoes. Mr.. Delehant is
improving the house on the place by
the application of a coat of paint.
He owns another quarter of valuable
land over in the Longmont neighbor-
hood, eight miles southeast. Mr..
Delehant is following the Mover.
Haywood case with keen interest.
having some experimental knowledge
of the Federation, and some personal
acquaintance with the Interested
|parties In the case.
| Over towards Mead is the Chas.