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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1916)
BEAUTY OF THE N. P. VALLEY MANY THOUSAND SHEEP BEING FED tootle Attractions of the North Hat to Valley Second Only to Its He mark able Fertility WAUTIKlli SCKNFJIV AIMWNDS 'A thing of beauty it a Joy foreT r." The poet may not haye had the North Tlatte Valley In mind when he vrote the foregoing sentence, in fact at the time it was written not much ni known about this wonderful eon try, but what he said fits this part of the world to a T. When the new arriral lands here he Invariably lathi Into ecstasies over the pictur esque valley of the North Platte riv er. Immediately to the south of Mit chell a range of fantastic-shaped Miffs (which, by a queer caprice of aature in some seismic upheaval has been fashioned into grotesque domes, pyramids and minarets) form a strlk ! background to the broad and fer tile Mitchell aVlley. Outlined sharp lr against a clear sky they appear to be but & half hour's walk In distance, Vtalle In reality they are a doren miles away. The North Platte riv er, which even In an Intense emotion al mood one could scarcely praise from a scenic viewpoint, has no banks worth mentioning after emerging ftrom Its upper reaches in the Wyom ing hills. The alluvial deposits In tta muddy waters add much fertility to the already rich soil which they ir ritate In the Valley. But the most attractive scenery In the North Platte Valley to one who Is interested in gaining a livelihood and fortune Is contributed by its waving rids of alfalfa, grain and sugar beets with their Intervening dwell ings, barns, stacks and growing orch ardsa panoramic view five hundred Miles In length that speaks of peace, jrosperlty and plenty every mile of the distance. The rarefied atmos phere of this altitude (4.000 feet) admits of seeing long distances. From fee city of Mitchell one can see the utllnes of Laramie Peak in Wyom ing, nearly 100 hundred miles to the west, and from a point northeast of North llatte Vallt llerom the (Jreatont Slieeft Feetl ing Hertlon of Wel tJHKAT IN IlKAHK IN MMItlJt Irrigated Ranch of B. L. Kay, in Mitchell Valley town while looking at Laramie Peak to the west one may turn his eyes to Chimney Rock near Bayard, and oth er distinguishing features of the landscape near Bridgeport, fifty miles to the east. Many points of scenic interest are found along the great Irrigation ca nals and their supply reservoirs. Among these are Lake Alice, the Tri State headgate, Pathfinder Dam. Whalen Diversion Dam, and a lake and grove near Henry, In this coun ty, where, I am told, a Denver com pany 1h arranging to build an exten sive amusement resort next season. Hunting and fishing in the Valley are both excellent, and during the open season large numbers of ducks, geese and other waterfowl fall to the hunters' guns, but grouse and quail are protected now. JackrabbitB and cottontail, both of which are plenti ful, may be killed at all times. A few antelope, deer and elk may be found Just over the Wyoming border, but these animals, which a few years ago were so plentiful here, are now protected by the game laws. Wiid cats, porcupine, coyotes and a few prairie wolves are still found In the hills and the lid is off on these var mints ail the year round, night and day. Beavers, muskrats, and an oc casional otter are found along the North Platte, and now and then a man may be seen following the prim itive occupation of fur trapper. At the headgates, dams and reservoirs of the irrigating canals, great quan tities of wall-eyed pike and a few cnannei cat, Dunalo ana carp are caught, and while the season is open fishermen always reach the game law limit of twenty-five fish each per day if they are adepts in the art of cast ing and understand the game. In the strip of country between Torrlngton, Wyo.. which Is a few miles west ot the Nebraska-Wyoming state line, and Bridgeport, Nebr., a distance of about sixty-five miles, 450,000 head of sheep were being fed this winter, two months bro, before shipping them out began. This num ber Ih more than double the number that were fed two years aeo. and probably less than half the number thnt will be fed each winter within the next few years. With an immense arrange of irri gable land coming under cultivation within the next year or two, on which will soon be grown great crops of al falfa and sugar beets, with another large sugar factory now being con structed and others assured when needed, with the facilities for hand ling and feeding shoep and cattle be ing greatly Increased and improved each year, It is probable that the feeding Industry in the North Platte Valley, great as It Is already. Is only In Its infancy. In another part of this paper are reprinted from Clay, Robinson ft Company's Live Stock Record for February 11th, some Items relative to the shipping of sheep from the North Platte Valley to the St Jos eph and Kansas City markets. The statement, contained In one of these Items, from B. F. Hobblck of Mina tare, a practical cattle and sheep feeder. Is of particular interest as showing the magnitude of the feed ing already being done and the possi bilities and probability of a large In crease In the nrar future. These items will be found under the head, "Fed for the Market." Skinner's Macaroni Products, made in Nebraska. Ask your grocer. The Nebraska Stockman repre sents the ranch country of Nebraska and features the Irrigated section of the state. You will like the next number, too. Subscribe now. Mitchell Business Directory A Few Leading Firms Live Wires of a Progressive Town mil in i r i m it"? iii'nitminiiiiiiiiiiHtmmm Martin Bristol REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE Dry and Irrigated Lands for Sale Twenty-nine years' residence in the Valley urreuvT t. : NEBRASKA 1. ttmiiiniiHH iiiiiiiiiiuuuiiumtw:uuxntuuwir:: ALFALFA MEAL BALED ALFALFA HAY Mitchell Alfalfa Milling & Light Co. W. D. LINDEN, Ger ral Manager MITCHELL : : : : NEBRASKA A Banking JHome The man without a home and the ship without a harbor are exam plfs of misguided calculations. MAKE YOUR BANKING HOME with the MITCHELL STATE BANK now while you are earning money and in your old age you can live comfortably on the in come from it. ; UNDKK TUK DEPOSITOR'S GUARANTEE FUND OK THE STATE OF NKHWASK A Mitchell State Bank MITCHELL, NEBRASKA E. A. Currle, Pres. W. O. Wieland, V. Pres. J. T. Whitehead, Cash. O. It. Lovelace, Ass't Cash. H. (Jonipert. Director ... '." ; . i uui i I H ii m ii i rr -j-- . t "'' ' ' k ' - . i' " M i -.,...11 .t.rw rt.i-.-v - LfM i vYl' -i - i.M'vi Of .''Vv. p. .r ..1 v i . f "J - V t - Br ST ' J Mitchell Business Directory A Few Leading Firms Live Wires of a Progressive Town f;:.t -r r.n'. v;.V '.C- - I B. E. SPENCER H. A. McCAFFREE "We Sell Farms in the Rich Irrigated Section of the North Platte Valley" Spencer & McCaffree Re al Estate, Insurance and Ranches FARM LOANS CITY LOANS Mitchell, Nebraska tfflfflttfflitiHiiiiii'ittiiHtttiiiiittattttffltiitiiititiiuiiiiiiiwiiitiittn uiiitiiiiiiiii!!iiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiHHnnit)iiiiiiniiiiiiiii8i)iiiiiiimrrm7TrT Sheep Feeding, a Growing Industry in the North Platte Valley t:tftiitiini nimmMMiniiiinimnmiiiimntnmmmtt: r;1 jfirst IMatkmal Bank of Mitchell II. S. CLARKE, Jr., Prost. .11. M. Sl'UINGEK, Vice Front. UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY H. S. CLARKE, Jr., Prest. H. M. SPRINGER, Vice-Prest. H. 0. EASTMAN, Cashier Solicits Your Banking Business LARGEST DEPARTMENT STORE In Western Half of Nebraska t ,, 'if-- I if ft ft y'y.v vw: Q - U s n j O'Shea and Family Looking 0 er His Patch of Irish Potatoes MITCHELL MERCANTILE COMPANY Entire Building Occupied for Display and Sale of Merchandise..