| Show n 0 RANCHING IN TilE BRINY DEEP Story LOry of 01 a 0 Trip to Antelope in Salt Lake Of all the spots on this greel earth there thra its all none aone more morl lovely lr that the Ireen of Utah au aubr by br the great grim Im mountains by the stream amIlea bj the genial sun aUD thy they I blocs and aad flouri and aad are beautiful beyond dreams Buch such luch clur such II en II b found here bere lop 9 when Iles aN tile the tree so ao green be fields eld 10 0 painted with greens purpled pu tei browns all speaking Iy ol of harvests to come Then thea the t great mountains mountain what hadel ot of rich c carry y a a richness a that my mt poor pen of In Ing to cove convey 1 never did like tb descriptions of 01 this other people fO le wrote so 10 I will nut not Indict an any myself it If you want to and feel a ane anew new ne tenderness riling up wIthin ou and a feeling that after all there may maybe be a heaven and that It I must be euy to lo b be rood good where alII all Is eo 0 i beautiful why come out and see lilt Utah In June JUDe October will do nearly nearl u ai well however I I h kid d not Dot ml meant to atop In Utah but a day dar tn in Salt lt Lake led to a trip to tb the beach bearb with friends and won lOon w we were wert floating In that water with the soft ott touch as aa velvet and the buoyancy that makes makel you feel aa a though you had suddenly lot lost all your weight and Were a spirit We lay la there inthe In the water watching the sun lun godoWn 0 d wn end seeing the crimson glory spreading wider and wider and higher 1 and hi until It really reali seemed u re tb though ugh t lb tastes Oate mutt mar t be und the glut flooding awl flut Against this glory lor lorr of r color projected a rugged 1 skyline a mIL mass of rock seemingly I a t 1 lund Ilund What Is I that island Illand I asked That Thal Why that le II the Antelope Island There I is a ranch on ft that hat you ought to go land and see lilt It How do alQ you IO go It boat It I is rather a dangerous trip sometimes hut but on the lar large boat safe at The deed was done donI I reo re resolved solved 1 then and there to visit Antelope Antelo t Island I I 1 found Mr lr John H Whit tb the I manager and one oae ot of the owners of tile the island We wont wall lIlt tor Cor the cattle bout hOLit We will hire R a yacht and pall 11 over VII tomorrow AntI And on nn the morrow monowI I w went ent In the tbt party Were Mr I Whit Mr H J Nr Mr s little sun IOn and myself The They y ehl proved to be a tidy triM Utne foot sail II boat Across a P SS as smooth u as glass w we sailed and andin I In due time landed on the point of the I blend Thence a or of alx 11 miles I led d W to the ranch f j is 18 sloping land along the shore some IOme sometimes times It is II II a halt half mile or more mort back to where the hill hili starts to rise This land is II all covered sags broils and the brush there is II gees ral ot of several varieties and aDd coin altai The Th great rat rid ridge that divide the Island rl rises up some 2000 1000 feel from the water enough these are springs of pare sweet water here and at tune one of these springs I b the There G I a strip or of farming land lanol alon along here and Ind alfalfa thrives fairly well without irrigation also 1110 wheat what is iM crown and fruit trees It U a lovely spot at tile the old house hoult set let letdown down among the tree treet looking out I across the lake lak here fifteen mil muse to mainland I We found th the men bull engaged d In I their alfalfa harvest but next day one ot of them took us I In tile the wagon along I I the coast quit qUill a number of mil mile to I see the Herefords Hereford are the I main stack of the rang They are largely ure bred and aad come of the bulls buill I In service a ar I admirable specimens among amon the Ibe b bast t that I hive bave seen In Mr MI man manage them so soto soU U to hive most ot of the calves dropped quIte February or March so 10 that that thI will not hot he be much of their thir too milk th udder and th therefore being their udder as aa they s do when calving on on gran I 1 wu was lb the rn range surprised B at I 1 ii II condition ot of the theattle cattle attle The tangs a n I I evidently tar far better than It II toke look sad the cattle lire are In tar far belt better than they would tal be on th the ute plain country at this time r I the hI year air White will 11 pt get year ur nearly M II per tnt ant of calves cale al y dropped It seems to be the I hI rut that better calf t trope are at low I altitudes Nothing U II branded on the Mt island for there I le no tear of mixing With the exception of one lone home bome there II no other occupant and he be has hili no tock stock An Interesting experiment le II made here also 10 iii II growing buffalo At present there are bout about twenty live Ave good i of th these survivor of the Ant and greatest cattle industry In and II as thy they are well It would seem eem that In a fw few years this herd will wll be ot of considerable Im Importance Th These buffalo are re the remnant of the Buffalo Jon Jones herd that he moved to Salt Bait take Lake some ome years yean ago 0 The buffalo are thriving first rate far bItter better In fae fact than some IOme ot of the crops are thy they despise a fence fuce and andl l spend considerable of et belt time wallo wallowing ln among mon tb the potatoes or browsing on the f spring wheal I 1 was interested Inte ted to 11 seer one une old bull an out ca Bet t he be was 1181 miles from the herd and sullen lullen morose over his hll Injuries and evidently to take revenge upon whatever was weaker than he be Ht He walked with some ome difficulty and had bad evidently fought stubbornly before being driven out It is the buffalo bulls bull that generally lead Iad the herd herel on this island An a attempt is II bela belay made to cross croll the buffalo and aad some Galloway cattle no result has bu as yet t beta beep secured and It Is III not known whether I It will result In the death of f the rows row pregnant with male mal young olin as is II often otten the ease OllIe In other mens experiences seems m a superabundance of let In the herd hOlt It would be beit beI it to 10 th the cause ot of birth of an excess of males malee A As to the thee e use Ule of th the buffalo I cont confess that Until the taste ot of the people cn can be educated an away from good I juicy ulcy send bd Into liking cheap bollin bollia bolliaS S It dOf does not seem eem to me that the the will wIn In with a good Gera of Improved cattle However How ever U It Ia cheering to know that the ee II not fist to become extinct There hl 11 doubt that these the animals animal are et at home In their present environs mint ment and will In time It if permitted d the island liland to lie It utmost It t I la latrue true that t the buffalo appear appers to he be ans animal that will wll not ot dress l a vel very great percent ot of edible meat meRt yet et the fact fat is II that Ibl one I Is killed end bu hung un on tb the hooks h ks ot of the th city market as al much u pounds or of the bet beet cuts cut are generally sold old before he be la entirely consumed Thus I le most mOlt gratifying to tb the fortunate butcher butcherI I wish that I might portray portra In my pictures the wonderful shades of green reen and opal and blue that hIde a about out la in inthe the ma magic c distances of the lake lak but yoU wAll leave a 1 JJr r jw hr d da a cowman Tbt skipper met u us at the point ot of the island U as appointed but the wind had freshened and wu was blow lItow tog 1111 exactly from whence It Ih should uld not nIJI so that tbt we were Upon a lee chore However We tot got board aboard and Ind In some IOme Mysterious fashion he be mid mad her ber bear aw out Into the briny deep and we all became Inte interested ted In lq two peat great dust storm that sweeping out from the shore Tilt They blotted out the shore Ibo line they came eam toward us II slowly It seemed emed yet et reali really quite rapidly and soon lon th the wInd 1 was w about us and threatened to take out our meat mut and the waves wavel were wert piling one on toll lop of the other and s1 fl hing ominously over our guns un Jile n that I b th the word ord Well some ot of till see would have liked to have b been ashore liven the skipper had bad n never er adli such a squall equall In thirty We e put aboUt and nd ran before Ih the wind lad bark back toward the island Not satin dating to land on the rocky rork lee shore we A rounded fd the point and tried to all allback II back to the e house hoult Boon we were In b breakers aken and stranded on a sand nc bar barThen Then the danger oVer the fun tun began beran Imagine no now two old cow m stem their faces streaked with qU alt their bah air matted stripped of their wading In water seeking a channel then I leading the tiny yacht with sail this I wa way and lid that like sonic gentle cow We finally rot got her oft off And then not knowing the channel sailed six Ix miles In shallow water your our humble servant on tb the ships bows bow his hla feet dangling In the water sounding the lead with a while the little wave wavea rushed by ud and the gulls soared tad and swooped and nd the wind blew a ral ralI gals I i have hINe not had such fun In y years Yet et We Were glad Iad indeed to land at last lut |
