Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-10-24

ling circus III: JamestO own in 1914 ant
well remenrber their experience iii
not being able to find a nouse or. hote
to put I'M at for the nigat,s asa thu
town wla full Of strangers. They
knew how q stranger@feelsr in the hill|
who has mo. place to "hang up" fol
the nigat: A new. house on tle French
farm ~ 4 IL ameng the improve nents con
Another peighbor in this locality
is Ge0rgA ir and. family, who have
q fine near the Pingree- Wilton
tracks and 4, good location for a:stoch
rancsl. NIL Dir is kept 'busy day and
night sfaaaii6 sin grain at the Ramona
elevator. he school teacher at Ra
mona board with the faimily.
IN the same locality Is the Peter
KOnskOnsh farm. x The lady Of the
aousenold has four little girls. two
OF them attending school I about "a
mile distant, where the teacher pre-
sides over small assembl II Of chill
dren and-boards at a neighbors the
Chris zoos ranch. Coyotes and
wolves nave played havoc with Mrs.
KonskonslS's turkeys this summer,
and only one gdbbier with a little bell
tied around his i neck has escaped.
The 'bolJnt son wolves is now only
$3.50, paall asey III tie state: SFormeriy
the count ded 81, but that has not
been .don43A several years. AT one
time a wolf hide was wort1 about -
and the capture of a. wolf brought 81
into the Srancher's treasury. There sia
not as much induc cement to kill OF the
coyotes and they are therefore in.
creasintAin numbers and the raising
lot sheer III the hills is practically, pro
hibited. AIy. Konskonski has q good
stock ranch. 80 head Of cattle. q mum,
ber. OF hoIAei and plenty Of land. /, A
wind stofr 41At year blew. down a
new barn ahS whipped q portion ,of
the building up against the windmill,
damaging that also; bNt with all the
disadvantages and sdrsWbacks, .tae
ranchmen in the hills are hopeful and
have faith in their future prospects,
which are founded upon good grounds.
5E mo Free Range. ;i.-;. y, u.
There is no longer, any free range
in the ;lills, which, was the original
.inducement fof the early day rancher
to locate there 8 ;.s3s ssl
a Outside owners ask as high as so
q quarter section for the privilege Of
cutting hay and the settlers claim It
is not worth It, many times. The
sslougsls are too full Of water and the
prairie hay IS largely inferior on &C.
count Of other worthless grass. The
raising Of chtckens,s ducks and geese
is an easy matter, however, and the
ranchers find that jachabbits, killed
and hung UP in the len house, will be
eaten 'by the poultry and furnish q
good food for laying hens. sti:nulat.
ing their efforts in that line. s.s t
in this same locality Is the Chris
Joos ranch, stlrrcunded' by q grove OF
fine willoTs, and is also q general
roundup for netglbors and the center
of sociability. Last summer q BIG
picnic, attended by over 300, was held
at the Joos ranch. a .Ane farm~ho house
a large barn, chicken house, cook
house used as a summer kitchen,
garage for the altomobile, sleeping
quarters for the farm help are among
the buildings. MI. Joos located his
claim 20fyears ago, has now over 400
acres Of land: and has q good crop this
year and will finish t1reshing IN
week with good weather. An unfatl
ling spring near, the barn led to the
location for the ranch buildings.
Typical Trait.
"The road from the Joos farm leads
northeast to the main road into Pin
gree and Is q typical prairie trail
well travelled, however, although ii
all these years there are no buildings
of consequence to be seen until the
Pingree road Is reached. Al vast ex
panse Of rolling prairie, covered Will
rich grasses, going TO waste because
not nltiized ~ stock, greets the eyt
on every side; only a telephone lint
indicates civilization.
1.-THE location Of Ramona makes {