The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-11-14
Another Letter From Mr.. Sibley'

DEAR JoURNAL: After coming out of
the Yellowstone Park, went to Big
Timber, short distance from Livingston,
and spent a few days at the beautiful
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Adelbert Whitney.
Mr.. Whitney was former Waldo boy
and went West about 1882, and Mrs.
Whitney was Belfast girl, the daughter
of the late Charles w. Haney. She mar
ried MIR. Whitney in 1891, and they have
been very prosperous, and like many
ranchers who have started on sheep
and cattle ranch and have endured the
Inconvenience of such life, and have
prospered; changed their way OF living,
and built for themselves and their family,
nice homes in the city where they take
life more easily. was also pleased to
meet there Mrs. Whitney's mother and
also Mrs. Eugene Patterson, who is now
widow, and went West with her hus-
band about the time the Whitney's went.
From there went to Laurel, Montana,
to visit for few days at the homes OF
John and Elmer Coombs. think men
toned, in the letters wrote last year, of
my visit to the Coombs families, and in
going back there again this year, they
did everything to make my stay pleasant.
They have again been prospered this year
by bountiful crops and high prices for
their wheat and sugar beets, and they
will continue to prosper as long as the
Yellowstone river gives them water for
irrigation. From Laurel 1 came to Curtis,
Nebraska, via Cheyenne and Sterling,
Colorado, where I rested for six weeks.
| left Curtis October LIST, for Denver,
Colo, to visit my son Harold T. Sibley
and his family. Their baby girl is now
year old, weighs 27 pounds, and is strong
and healthy My son was very busy as
manager of the bond department of the
International Trust Co. Through his de-
partment he has sold the City of Denver
41-2 per cent bonds to the amount of
$40, 300, 600 which money was used to pay
the Union Water Company for their
water works, and he was also very busy
as one of the committee of seven to sell
the City of Denver's proportion of the
Fourth Liberty Loan, which was S18,-
600, 900. While was there an airplane
visited the city in the interest of the
Liberty Loan drive and landed in Chees-
mans park, only short distance from
where my son lives. 1t was estimated
there were 10000 people in the park to
witness the landing.
Twas in Fort Collins one day, to call on
my old friend Jesse E. Wilson and found
him and his family very well. He had
Just moved into nice new house, which
he has purchased. In his business, he
was experiencing the same trouble that
other business men have, shortage OF
help on account of the war. Fort Collins
is growing, and it is destined to be good
sized city, as it is agriculture and the
raising of cattle and sheep and the large
sugar refinery located there that gives it
prosperity. The factory had just COM
menced on this years crop of beets, and
it will take until January LIST to manu-
facture the crop into sugar; grinding 5O.-
600 tons per month. The beet tops and
pulp are valuable feed for cattle and
sheep. Fort Collins mutton has big
reputation in the Omaha and Chicago
markets. From Fort Collins I start for
my journey to the Pacific coast, the &C
count of which I leave to my next letter.
Truly Yours,
EDWARD SIBLEY
Oct. 26, 1918.