, 1908-01-20
COMES BACK
AT GILLESPIE
COLONEL BELL TAKES TURN AT
REPUBLICAN CORRESPOND
EMIT ON TARIFF MATTER.
Tells How He Secured Lands Which
He and Associates Are Now Col
o~nizing With Trained and Wealthy
Farmers From the East-Hopes to
See All Working in Harmony.
Laramie, wyo., Jan. 20, 1908.

To the Editor of The Republican:
Some time ago l read in your paper
an article criticising the government
on the 11-cent duty on wool and such
men as Haley, King, McGill and even
myself on the amount of land owned
by us. | speak only for myself as to
how l got this land. l bought it of
the Union Pacific Railroad company
on the ten-year plan, and while paying
for the same l deprived my little fam
lily OF every luxury and many Of the
necessities of life, and for as much as
twelve months at a time | eve
stayed in Laramie over night. We at
tended to our duties, worked hard,
almost night and day. In this WAY
We have paid for the most of this land.
The Poison of Jealousy.
1 cannot call the gentleman's name
to memory, but many of your readers
will know him in this way: While l
was ~discharging my duties doubtless
he was reading up on the tariff ques-
ton, quarreling with his %neighbors and
extracting bullets from the cantle of
iio ouuiS tAANSS
are only referred to through the re-
publican papers when there is range
strife. For the benefit of him and
others whose minds seem to be affect
ed with the little poison of jealousy, l
will state what has been lone with
these lands. In the last three years
we have sold and located twenty-three
diffnrant man Uhn p oil doing wnIl
and making good homes for them
selves and family, and unless | change
my mind, as | am accused of doing,
We will have, inside of three years,
more than seventy-ive more families
located on these lands, and l want to
make this assertion, associated as we
now are with Mr.. Augspurger and the
Messrs. Herrick, men of talent and
the best of morals, surrounded with
the best of finances, hat if the public
lands are kept out of federal control
and the Mondell homestead act passes,
inside of five years we will have res
ervoirs whereby 100, 900 acres of Liant
car be watered and which will support
10000 people.
VIII OOuple FOpuidtlOn.
1t is perfectly safe to state that in
side of fifteen years your population
in Laramie will be doubled and
trebled, thereby making this one of
the greatest counties on the American
continent. While l may be accused of
changing my mind on the and ques-
ton, you are all obliged to acknowl-
edge that l have destroyed every ele-
ment of doubt that V existed in the
minds of the people regarding our agri-
cultural possibilities. l am willing to
go on record that it is not only an
agricultural country, but it will be the
greatest cattle, hog and sheep finish
ing country between the two great
oceans. We have demonstrated this
to the satisfaction of every man who
has any knowledge of the business.
Should Work in Harmony.
Victory is yours if you will only
work in harmony and let well enough
alone. Love your neighbor as your
self, lean on the pommel of the saddle,
quences, and thereby destroy all the
germs of hatred hat you may come
in contact with. Read the constitution
of the United States and find what
gave man liberty and made this the
greatest nation. The headlight for
all other nations from a civilization
standpoint was free thought and ex-
change of opinion, thereby learning to
give and take. Yours with best
wishes, e. j. BELL.