Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1922, Page 31

td INDUSTRIAL EDITION. THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE AND WYOMING WEEKLY REVIEW ' ‘ PAGE FIVE AOSTA TIO caren an ie vo wrownc WEEKLY REVEW Sig PROSPERITY. OF MANY SECTIONS 16 CREDITED 70 SHEEP INDUSTRY MANY OBSTACLES ARE OVERCOME INTHE SHEEP INDUSTRY |BASIN DRAWS UPON RICH VALLEY. § THE PRESENT DEPRESSION MOST SERIOUS IN ALL HISTORY| AND FUTURE 15 ESTABLISHED ivities Spanning Period oollies Grazing On Casper Mountain History Shows How Bi Of Fifty Years Are Big ii f Testovément to Basics _ Revelation Has Been Obtained a t Center of One of Best Agiiciltural Regions of State Makes Strong Bid as “City of Opportunities” ‘ for the Homeseeker 4 w Basin, the county seat of Big Horn|and grammar echool buildings, finery ci county, siation estimated at] @auipped in every department. ts “died ah gcompeped — Basin ts a “strong town finaneiaNy. mm BUG; an clevation of 3.800 feet, and 18)11.00, are, thres banks with total de 3, situated in almost the exact gecgraph-| ponits of $1,000,000 at the date of this ©) cal center of the Big Horn Basin, a| writing. The second largest flouring {t country extending 150 miles in each/ mill in the state ts here; a model p- irection, north and south. The town| creamery; three large ofl and gas well i0 4 in tha very heart of one of the rich-| supply houses, and there are large, u- st agricultural and horticultural seo-/ splendid stores carrying big lines of le tons of Wyoming. all kinds of merchandise. es ‘The natural resources of Basin and) Basin has many advantages to of- gamle cons lates ce thu} ontiguor= country are wonderful. On|fer for the location of manufacturing co 5 gece er they took five] "Sides sre to be seen mountain| institutions, with every conceivable 3: aiitrena: eo = ge ginc}"®2Ses with snow-capped peaks all/@mvironment for making homes for Leaunplon xed ys toon atyon ang} be Year ‘round, altough the sum-| Happy, contented workers. jon flock. In the state ot} Mer climate ts delight. v’ and the win-| The pull-together spirit of tte itl. | Shiai miranan,, tiosele faire ot} cors not severe. Regu? summer re-|"¢2s is reeponsible for the rapid x conin and Nebraska, Wyoming stood} Ft Weziuer trova early spring until/STowth of Basin. This spirit has been nn at the head of the list. On tho rang: $ *t® fall tm ono of the delights of citi-| brought about largely through the ef- “1 rT fort: f th embers of thi hamber the sheep tn Wyoming et this time.|dition ito the supply of meats, came|were worth $5.00 per head were sold/£Teat progress had been made in th: ¢ We oe me Nerecenthes be) betas. ae Ot commadetess alvrage alert and active ,| Most of the ewes were of an Cregon financial disaster. These conditions |the following week for around $1.00 receding of the sheep. By 1909 five] ONE SUD on cencunns wo Be .,|for the best interests of the commu- Merino type with some Mexican herds|were more prevalent with the running million sheep were pasturing in Wyo ' i im this state, As has been trus there have been hen depressing influences | t to $2.00 per head. Wool fell from nestling in = deep, rich valley and/nity. This fine organization is the have themselves felt and the running throughout the state, some/of citle than sheep, but to some|22 cents to 5 cents and lambs from ‘{n# Producing over forty million! pounded with beauty such a» only Chief asset in the business life of the J pull mostly uphill. But tak-| of which were being improved by |extent was common to both. But in| $2.00 to 75 cents. Free trade had Pounds of wuol valued at $8,655,000 | Votre can create, Great as are the\community which, working in har ing the years, shenp raising eastern Merino rams: Every kind of/the main the sheepmen was resident | one its work, as it has done tt in| The lamb crop was about (wo million! jatural advantages of the town, the|Mmony with the farmers’ organizetiong 4; has been the source of a very consid- ram was in vogue, many herds run-jof the state, and the great majority | subsequent times einos. Sheep in the ‘1 number and worth some eight mil | vor of development, of the country|of the surrounding country, is bring} © oe iy tama tur te erage of ning Cots, Oxfords, Hamps and)were men who lived with taeir flocks | middle west were slaughtered by the /02 Goliarr. Thus in ene year the! os had much assistance from ita citi-/{ng about the rapid development prospert! lel @ state has en- ke tens, for Basin ts built up of fine busi-| town and county. st ness blocks and beautiful homes; wide,| There fs unlimited mineral wealth— evel and clean streets. Morally and| Col, ofl, gns, ¢/psum, glass sand, build- S ny th ng|ig stone, Lrick shale, etc. There is child in Wyoming. This period war | "7 ealy nadabele ahiste ier tee coe [ettintted agricultural, wealth yor to the high water mark of the nation |iry. ‘The commanding position occu.|b® developed; that which has been ‘ her range herds were more numerour} \ioa by the city, as regards location| developed ts proving to be the most ™ than those of any state in the union} ina transportation facilities, make {ts| Productive in the state, * And her sheep produced more pound=| ‘uture secure. Basin never was al There {s unlimited water power, very , ote ates mend than those of any! socom town, It exists in answer to a(little of which has yet been developed. other state and prosperity was un!-} jeman. not as the res t | Basin has not been gtven to flashy lit- Wyoming eheep in 1921|3!xiean ewes, and to them were add: es rg Pale nig Siew sya ‘owt . ; ; versal throughout Wyoming. Soon » ipccting ae sokepeientn Hagioen erature or glaring {llustrationa, but * in"round numbers, to ¢ 1,600 wethers that had bean trated | ‘ning referring, ta: Use | gjaes tron he: f ny EWS hi : threat of reduced protection and the] ins been steady and secure. It has|the appeal of the city is made upon ® in from Oregon. These were run on | USUAlly et SP a iam ‘ : OME, hh inert : question of free trade began to bel ‘requently been referred to as the the merits of the natural resources of the Muddy tn the fall and winter ana| Which the person ne originally | |BPaie i cases oe, nolee3 about througa the nation with| ‘Garden City," and the “City of Op-the communtty and the city and com + comne. "| But: with, the Leet a4 : aa epee ge Rea the inevitable result. By 1914 our] ortunity” and it well merits both/munity have many things te offer to Mscouraged by ‘weather, privations, SPOS bat Z \ sheep had shrunk tn numbers to three] tities, those desiring to make a change of ® pe Dard tector, ee Sones Deen : 2 and « half million. wool production] The ctty ts located on the west hank|Tesidence with a view of better their te to look at the bright side of Wyo- to twenty-eight million pounds andjof the Big Horn river, and on the|©énditions. i ming. Ge dacs oe uae bear f { the lamb crop a little over one and] nain line of the Burlington route, the| Basin extends a hearty welcome to 8- eH beget es hesapat Levey less, orsfourth million with a decreased | iate James J. Hill's through line rail. | those earnestly looking for new fields tn. added wealth to the state yielded by the sheep was sixteen and a ha'f dollars or one hundred and sixty-five dollars for every man, woman anc Merinos in the same herd, but from/either 6n the range or on the ranch] droves and fed to hogs as the best Joyed. this period many things occurred to|which was the headquarters of th: [Bs of realizing anything from them. According to the figures of the cause Wyoming to become a leader/outit. Through the acquisition of land} The western sheepman gritted his United States department of agricu!- in the production of the best bred/the control of water and range ail|tecth and sought by every means itn ture, in 1920 Wyoming produced more sheep in the west. ne poutide, produced frpmn 8424000 sheep. pa gates oom eciabeg saaee setias Snapshots of the Range is poutids, produced from 8,424,000 sheep. 10} cite mdet meni in the running For 193i, estimates based on relidble|s.6, MT Hiner bought 000 ewes| from an outfit that had ti of Uvestock had looked upon it as a show a decrease, for that| in ang at the hace, 8 temporary money-making proposition the number of sheep in the state] stuaay Seen eise eee ee wang | and everyone engaged therein looked as 3, )f be Creek. Morse Creek and Bear Creek. In the March storms of 1878 Mr. Riner lost 3.000 of his sheep, and the value of over a $1.00 a head, making} rond from the gulf to the ccsst; on| 4 willing to take a hand tn the de other sheep men lost practically alt| Ot, Becoming one of the most ides! © revenue of $50.57 per head of popu:| he Yellowstone bighway, Black ani|Vclopment of « wonderful country. a their sheep. Diaces in -whioh; to reside, In Wy lation compared to $165.00 per capita} Yellow trafl, the famous tourists’ routo| Th® chamber of commerce will will- il pearl ester vapor of tne p In the tall! of 1879 G. W. Snow five years previously. rom the east to the Yellowstone na-| ingly answer all inquiries, sheep justry rough o : : ae state who attended the recent annual | owes, Nat sy dine Dig ated his power to live through this time) ea prthare 3! sacar ae the pk SAVER ae Sit Th ks ii bn convention of the Wyoming Wo0l-|ptorse Creck but in the fall. tak, of despair, and held his home and) One of tha results of this shrinkage| “"HUNC cio ecgen PACES IE pi ree weeks In S growers’ association at Casper. These! them to Bear Creek wh hse 4 Ras . Peet Saree eee nie cOUME c Rhett, Welveswes the. xealination; thatl.' 0" orcng wand: powee: ersten te Cold for Registration ‘> men rake it thelr business every duy|started’a ranch. since thee tesa , : tt ‘ labor ot maniwas bagsitis. tor a means some sheep must be found that. woult|’ ©. Soa sewer epstena cee mona e ‘ 3 with the ‘ iF 3 a * to exist and herders could hired be suitable for tho range, would pro = pes oe xe to keep in. touch 80 as to make it an up to date sheep for thelr board and eo by doing hia duce a better crop of lambs, an! capa aay ee x ang is an| Three weeks cf patiently sitting tn oR eee. "they. rin Pd big el ay Redhat Meow ax es herding himself and doing: with ttle theso lamby be of m better mutton | na” tranutueterine, vere ete the ign agen i dtmegs 6 Re nyranr) 2 * Alban: ley itton, ar qd : Pi ‘ a help he could get along with he quality.. It was known that New et pnppent Ya hekacg tained its place as the first sheep| was the qaritest man to bring in alieep aT, ‘ oy sa: Fi: | cnabied: ea umtrove his’ flocks, tne mesland ‘had’ been compelled to ae. {oWR deine. th the heart of what ts|lseckers who were determined to be producing state. as far as recards show. He had a 6 ~ bal " ‘ velop a cross* bred type of sheep on| S#i@ to be the largest natural gas pro-|the first. to register for the valuable ‘Wyoming wool 1s rated among the| ranch on the Big Laramie at the polnt Site Rte avers vata ttre ani meres aiien cla: solet the eoaetet’ we Guaing’ Seid tn the world. oll lands recently thrown open by the aes eae 1c e eae win theltne than Cee ee ee Henefited by this influence of good the National Wool Growors associa: | e199 Woo cacti noe eng® are al government. The usual custom of the commoddity. e river. Be ¥ $100,000 courthouse; one of the finest land office “tt blood. The flocks of John’ Seciy and ‘ion and agrecable to an act of con-| sauipped federal buildings in the state,| nerved,” fopon ene tats to nea on mires: ace: Sipeubees.. cb, tbe, Many ersee/ Ss 8 Hing “sid pT’ Marshall erected at @, cost: Of $80.000; a Carnegialions tine: eines ot rms bouillet Association record. Bob Tay- Went to New Zealand to investigate t fasion ‘oe this: Manat in’ & ts ane public brary that cost $25,000. There lor was admitted to the association (Continued On Pago 8.) are splendid, «up-to-date high school feiemegt gre ord ph atatiat cA RAN best in tho United. States and has} 17 the fat of 1870 he sold bunch the reputution af being the whitest | o¢ thege sheep to Robert H. Homer. ‘woo! in the world. Cool nights In sum) ‘rhese sheep were caught in storms mor and .dry, open wintera fe very | aiq ariftea down into Colorado and stimulating to the growth of fleece. | the flock dwindled away so that by Consumption of wool by American! Christmas there were six left. Thes> mills has been heavy and many of the/ nr Homer loaded into & wagon and a mills have been working long hours.| sent to Charley Hutton as a Christmas ming there was land in enormous|the leading sheepmen commuwnced the Present indications point to a short-| presers with thanks. dquantities, much of which by the use/buflding of a home and the improve- ago of the finer wools during the en-) rq. Balch started a flock of sheep -of our bountiful supply of water|ment of their flocks, and as the de- suing year, thus creating a hare running them above the Hutton ranch could be made to produce lurge crops.|mand for good pure bred sheep in- demand for the medium wools. West'| 4, the Laramte river tn 1876. John Our mountaias were covered with tim-| creased, many secured tho best rams |= ! LARAMIE, WYOMING ern woolgrowers are asking for @ wool | aroGiy also started in as a Wyoming, ber, and in the ground were coal, fron,|that could be obtained both in the E ‘ e 8 tacict.so the. bil Gost eg oeeren, (Sheepman in 1878 while Bili Reid and all minerals necessary for the|east and abroad. Many realized that which wil) permit them to reap j “of the profits from who had ed some 3,500 In the upbuilding of a great state. Grass Lae Hage in ma peg regions ‘ J sonable 6! faN of 1877 and taken them to Bates covered many sections of the country | would be better cdapted for the range d f b ] supplying the demands of the Amer!) roi country had the misfortune to like a carpet, and what had been|than those that were brought in. from Bree ers O fe) et an rriedaie heep can market as against the compett:/1,., every head before spring, Deep looked upon as a desert was found|lower altitudes and different climates tun of cheaply produced wools f70M| snow covered the eround and with no to be a great natural winter fecding| Thin led *o the founding of registered, i R E ° Australis and elsewhere. This, they /nay, the sheep starved to death. At ground, studded with salt eage, sage|herds andes our mén were satisfied ams or wes: Ing e or ar ts Assert, will give a stimulus to the 10-linis’ time California and Oregon. were brush and greasewood, ,all of which| with only the best, Wyoming regis: . ¥ dustry. Better conditions in Hurope, |i sneep atates of the west and. were naturally oured forage plants tered siete Taye mane @ name for| = large number of sheep were being capable of supporting eheep through| themselves the world over. Massey. Woo! that existed tn normal tmee.|ariven from the coast country, the winter in good condition even bet-|of Rawlins, can perhaps be given the would be # helpful development. through Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Mon: ter than hay and forage in the east-|credit for having the first registered A summary of conditions prevailing /tana and Wyoming to Nebraska and ern states. herd, then Bob Taylor began to be fm the sheep raising industry during] other midwest puints, where sper Achievements Marvelous. heard of as & pure bred breeder, as the last, year, presented to the con.|were either* fattened or else shipped! Glowing with the health bestowed | ‘is name as a Lene Rabe scene ‘vention of the Wyoming Woolgrow: direct to Chicago for slaughter. ‘py cloudless skies, and endowed with|224 coarse woo r becam: : association, showed progress of a f4-|Yndustry Firmly Established In 1880. | kpown not only tn the west, but over vorable and encouraging kind A) Naturally many eheep were sold to the cotntry- at Inrgs. By 1890 the. continuance of improving conditions | settlers along the trail, and by 1880 j sheep in Wyoming had increased to ig confidently expected during the/the running of sheep had become a A Wool Clip over half a million, with Carbon present year, firmly. established business. In fact \ county taking the place of Albany it boar TA ED Cpa the on Bea jem bapa 80's was o ae Tae a ; county ‘4 yea ey % period during many men came add - Carbon ving B | to settle in Wyoming who have stayed Ree Utes. 60,000. Uinta had 100,000 head and with the livestock business tn’ all its A % ‘. Fremont about 70,001 E branches, and whose sterling worth. ‘i ; |All Bections Ynvaded. Perseverance and grit have made Wyoming one of the foremost of the iy plaid ges roger wed g aces wie pac ies Gee at as ap Bea i! : eheepmen at this time. Many being state in many partiéulars and one [RN 4 ‘ men who had been in the em- ; whose ways paptesianly, Belper! te 5 - Ploy, oe men in the southern part and 5 (hed ye ate OA oD on le poms 3 ; who had been staked by having sheep given them on shares by former em- , Werrrand S¥08 tha’ Srbchic’ bod book Sonnted' i ; e o SNe ee or tie ART en ee ee alg : . greatly developed in the middle west, ann es 34 . oe * the American Merino, a wonderful ms “ ie eae “ here Thomas Bron, Bristol, and the Post isc : production in tts way, which had been s : rap : — company engaged © running of “ developed in Vermont, New York, Ohio Son of Pride—First Prize Ram, Wyoming and Texas State Fairs 1921. a Sena ante, Cae 12 in ae s" iy See Sth Peat x and oe as a great Phased 2 i First Prize Ram Chicago International 1921 Leet cs irrigation develop Pees ? . Guibes ee fk hase ele athe red First and Champion Ram of Rambouillet Show, Ogden Stock Show ment and practice, an Proper pr¢ * athe aa : 5 Spon | it unfit for range conditions, its small See Fr. 8 “Eine, Collins fe Bie : carcass rendered tt unfit for mutton We Haye Won In Competition All First Premiums But Two in All Shows for 1921 and its flesh was tough tnd woolly in : for Rambouillets and Corriedales, - (hake eee ———— Mr. Markam of Avon, N. ¥., in the east had fhnported some German Gy s ‘Was Pioneer of His Section.| Soading Wool at Shearing Woodratt t Mls Se Plant Ready to Market, [eapouite ay hed thomas Wrest Registered Berkshire Hogs Mammoth Bronze Turkeys the pioneer in the sheep. industry in ‘Lincoln and others in Ohio had been Spring Boars and Gilts from Iowana From Our Midwest Champion Weighing central Wyoming as he was in cattle. 3 with them, developed an American Farms tock for Sale Over 52 Pounds Building @ house tn 1878 he ran cattle|the energy and courage that ts char|rambouillet type of Merino with a “ COUNTY AGENT exclusively wntil 1883 when eked cadet ed e bee Ete iar in &lionger fleece, larger body and hardier B.| mount count stockmen . ; 1 gaged Lip Wits aeee — Phas bent Oe Pag ty obs constitution. HERD BULLS IN SERVICE HERD BULLS IN SERVICE Als FARKERS W, W. Dale and J. A. Deltelder ran|them, and marvelous have been thelt for these rams bred in the vaaaeny ROYAL BOBBIE 887700 MAPLES LAD 47th. aopgra cop in 1892 and in 1890 DeForest |@chicvements. The land grants to the é Son of the Mighty Beau Mischief i Richards and Dr. jp neyo dred wong espe brag eet oe = . BEAU CARLOS 11th____.._.459998 DOMINO'S HIR see Bene Si ‘Kink was lected = presiden' market, eods. W'yomt!: was u Gud cd Wun eiualpad coabond Har thw] thiby rota we tnt the alien Vostuens|ih9 ‘founding’ of Jerks ranobes took te anti ene ee BAA re ATEB0L DOMINO’S PRINCE ._.____ which they did by organizing the/Place by the purchase of these Innds,|rams a year, and at a cost of $35.00 {Platte Valley Sheep company ami/and the absorption under privete/ner head. This meant @ sum of-over ‘ hagpod thelr ranch MetGiniey.”” " /ownerehip of vent tacie cf govers-/n quarter of tiliom without th STERED HEREFORDS Say 184; thes siaiee ot ate ; oe-| ment St ate: toe soneael Me rel orketern market. ‘The breeders of : : ‘aessed in the state was e foreign mon: middle states would have been without be arket for pearl i = DAVIS & THOMAS, Props. ~)Slaughteted ‘The World's fair at Chicago saw managers of the g,epent|many momentous times for the west ete oe bie SALE TEN THOUSAND ACRES ore. spending rooney, ern sheepman. At were wo Hundred Registered Hereford Bulls ; Devoted to the Raisi f Chena pre yg: BYE Hb btedags 2 Tapeh gain Bed itor Traps Ls nanip aes stpeat sarees Be of Serviceable Age, Bred in Wyo- Acclimated Wyoming . ———'ment with the inevitable result, that|eyes of tho western sheepman, but ming for the Range Trado Herefords Total -—--------...--_..----827,270 with hard winters came great Josses|that summer came a financial depres- cluded in his use-| Albany’ county heying assessed and with depreciated market values,|sion that almost broke the heart of ~ — = ~y [value $574,562.00 about onethird cfjcaused by this sudden enormous ad-!the country, Wethers that one week RMR “ * Fs