The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-10-04
ON THE TRAIL
THRU WYOMING
(By c. B. MarshalD

Lander is the western terminus
of the Chicago and Northwestern
railway. where rails end and
trails begin" and may be known
as the southern gateway to yell
lowstone park, midway on the new
Rocky Mountain highway running
from Denver, via Fort Collins
Laramie and Rawlins to the yell
,owstone Park. The south en-
trance to the park is 1873 miles
from Lander.
%Sagebrush and Honey
1t is the county seat of Fremont
county. second in size among the
Wyoming counties. 1t IS thlro
county in the state for the number
of horses raised, fourth in the
number of sheep, but stands flrst
in the amount of honey produced
and such biscuits and honey as
we had at the various towns.
speaking of honey, it was a novel
sight to be travelling along over a
winding sandy trail, apparently
miles from any habitation, anu
suddenly to see before us, parked
in the sand and sagebrush a num-
her of white beehives. At first l
thought them headstones in some
isolated cemetery, but soon got 10
recognize them at a distance. l
wondered of they made honey
from the sagebrush, but was told
that probably in a nearby coulee,
or behind a low range of hills
would be a field of alfalfa. 1t
seems that beemen farm out their
hives and colonies of bees, a few
on this mans land, a few hives
on that. At the end of the season
in payment for the privilege the
rancher is given part of the on-
ev produced. The entire state pro-
duces 5000, 900 pounds of honey
annually.
Fremont county stands fourth in
the amount of coal mined and
fifth among the counties in the
size of tourist crop attractive to
its highways. Ranching, both cat
tie and dude, coal and gold mining
and oil wells are some of the
sources of it's wealth. 1t is a par
adise for big game hunters and
Fishermen. Small grains and fruits,
potatoes and alfalfa hay, sweer
clover, seed peas, etc, are raised
in abundance. There are 5,S61,12C
acres in the county and 6S,919 are
under irrigation. Only 4,671 are
dry farmed. So much for stats
tics.
Lander Attractive Town
We found Lander an attractive
town with lots of trees, up anc
coming business places. nice chur
ches and schools. In the lobby O.
the large three-story modern hote
where we were entertained fol
the night there was a large glass
tank in which were swimming 6
number of varieties of game fist
to be found in the nearby streams
One of the best weekly news
papers in the state, the Wyoming
State Journal, is published at Ian
der by l.. l.. Newton. He is also
executive manager of the depart
ment of agriculture and industry
and spends much of his time at
cheyenne He was general man
ager of the N. e. A. tour through
the state, a position more oner
Gus than honorary, for he had the
job of organizing the details OF
the tour, seeing that none OF the
$50 members -of the party Jagged
behind and lost their trains, lug
gage or tempers. He saw to 1t
that there were plenty of cars to
transport the party and kept
things moving on schedule time.
He answered Vulnerable questions
over and over again and did 1t
with a smile. He was the most
popular man in the party and we
found when we came to his home
town of Lander that he was equal
ly we'll liked there.
Now a bit about the town be-
fore we go on to tell about the
delightful home products banquets
which was served us in the high
school gymnasium.
At an elevation of 1912 feet,
Lander basks in wonderful sun
shine and bracing atmosphere the
greater part of the year. Here the
velocity of wind is at a minimum
through protection afforded by
high peaks and snow-capped rug
ged mountains. In Lander you get
the true spirit of the west without
losing the modernisms of enjoy
able comforts. Whether you arrive