The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-18

l recently made a trip over consider
able of the newly opened reservation
in Corson, Dewey and a small 70 ton
of Schnasse counties. Considering
there were only 1880 fled on out OF
the 5000 numbers drawn, those who
filed are in evidence in the vicinity
of the new towns now being built
along Puget Sound railroad, and in
my opinion the cream of the who'll
reservation is practically untouched
l went by rail to Timber Lake and
Isabel, the latter being the present
terminus of the MOreau Divide line.
Timber Lake, the first town west of
Cheyenne Junction lies IN the shores
of a lake of that name. this body OF
water covering several thousand acres
and lying along the crest Of the Dr.
vide. Why this lake should bear that
name | cannot divine. There are not
more than a dozen scrub cottonwosds
and ash trees around the entire saor"
line. Owing to the length and depth
of it's waters there is splendid OPP
%portunity for boating and | would not
be surprised to see it the scene or an
nual boat races before many years.
There is some very good farming and
grazing land in this vicinity, and
while much of 1t Is Indian allotment
there is ample opportunity for pur-
chasing in the usual form from the
Indians. The soil is a sandy loan n
I believe will be particularly adapted
to small grains, vegetables and alfalfa,
and may in the course of time give b
fair WELD of some varieties OF corn.
The town itself is building up very
fast and all lines of business are weu
represented though the indications are
that some lines will be overdone as
the country is not sufficiently settled
TO warrant so many investments. To
h north and south there is an i'm
mense cattle range, and 1t will, no
doubt develop into a fine shipping
point.
The town Of Isabel lies, on the crest
of the Great Divide between the
Moreau and Grand rivers and over
looks q vast stretch Of country many
miles In extant. At the present time
It Is the great stock shipping point
for this region and many car loads
leave it's stock yards every week. This
place has three banks, eight lumber
Yards and many other business enter
prises. Most of the building now be-
ing done is for business purposes,
there being but few residences un-
der construction. At present the rail-
way and mail service is very irregu-
lar but it is expected that a post
Office will soon he established there
and a railway mail service put on.
The soil around Isabel Is such that
might be expected in this high alti-
tude and is much similar to that
around Timber Lake. Under the loan
lies a clay subsoil and under this a
sort of "hard-pan" which is much un-
like the generally rejected hardpan,
because when this is dug up and ex-
posed to the air and moisture 1t be-
comes as mellow as the loan. This
leads one to the belief that cultiya-
ton will, in a great measure, reduce
the so-called "hard-pan" to a pro-
ductive soil for small grains and vege-
tables. Taking things all in all
am inclined to think that Isabel by
reason of the easy access to the sur
rounding country will be the principal
distributing point between the Moreau
and the Grand rivers.
From Isabel | went southwark for
SO miles to Dupree which is on the