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THE SUMPTER MINER.
Wednesday. August 29. icco
LARGEST RANCHES
IN THE WORLD.
They are Found in Harney Co.,
Single and Combination.
A correspondent .it Rums writes In
terestlugly of the Immense ranches In
Harney county. He says: Harney
munty contains the largest jind greatest
ranches in the worlJ. She has the larg
est single and the largest combination of
1. indies in the world. This Is a broad
M.iieincnl, hut it is true. The Pacific
Livestock Company's combination of
ranches is the greatest in the world, and
the French-' ilenn ranch Is the largest
single ranch In the world. 'I hen there
.-ire the SIsvm, Divine, Riley, Shirk,
Island and a doen others that are as
.is large as some of the largest counties hi
eastern states. Miller & l.ux are the
owners of the P.uilic Livestock system nl
undies. 'I heir White Horse ranch Is the
central point lor gathering stock, and
sorting them out and shipping, and Is
probably the largest of their system. It
Is 1 to miles from Hums in the southeast
ern corner of Harney county. It contains
jo.ooo acres. Twenty-live hundred acres
df this is in a rich valley, a natural
meadow, irrigated by natural streams.
'I his meadow is fenced to itself and the
hay is cut from it annually. About 200
.'i res of it produces alfalfa and trom this
ranch alone 40a to 500 Uns of hay is cut
annually. This umipany employs a large
number of men on its various ranches
and it lias a system governing its work
as stringent and pcrlect as that of a f II-
legulatcd railroad company, there art
general managrrs and assistant general
manageis, and local managers and as
sislauls, and torcmrn of difterent depart
ments, and subs and so on, down to the
(.(million hay-piuher and dish-washer.
All of the Improvements on these randies
are the costliest and the best, and every
Individual lauch is a little government
within itself. The possessions ot lords
of olden times with their manors ueie not
more carefully managed thin are these
i.inches, and tile foremen and workmen
re not less obedient to their duty. When
the head superintendent comes there Is
awe among the underlings for fear that
everything will not please, and when the
oh ner comes it is like the coming of a
King, indeed.
On the White Horse ranch the superin
tendents and foremen ride and drive white
horses, the typicai horses of the ranch.
The principal grasses grown on these
ranches are wild ledtop and clover, as is
g'uwn all over the natural meadows ot
the county, but there are other varieties
just ns good intermingled ullh them.
On these ranches, two of them in par
ticular, the White Hoise and French-
ilenn, deer that were formerly wild and
r.W on the l:rench-( ilenn ranch hive be
anir lame and roam at will among the
stock, and among the hay-makets In I1.1v
mowing season. I hey come up like cattle
among the men. As the long listot mow-1
crs drawn by teams nit the hay down hi j
rows, these deer and elk caper b.uU and
forth and smell tne new-mowed hay and I
tollow the men for a caress. Ibis has j
been brought about by a rule ol the
ranches that prohibits the discharge ot ,
Meat ins on the grounds and makes It a
heavy penalty to kill or maim any of the
wild 01 domesticated animals on the lands. '
The French! il-en company's ranch,
known as the "I"' ranch, the largest sin
gle ranch in the woild, contains morei
than 1 20,000 acres under fence. It is 70
miles south from hums at the base of
Steins' mountain In I Ranch valley.
One string of fence alone Is 80 miles long,
baring a gap of six or eight miles. The
Dunderand Blitzen river runs through
this ranch. There are 25,000 to jo,ooo
head of cattle on this ranch, and about
2000 horses and mules. Bight thousand
to to,ooo tons of hay are cut annually on
this ranch. It is an empire within itself
fine buildings, fish streams, broad
meadows, groves of timber, fruit trees,
natural parks, deer and elk and every
thing that is wild and grand. Probably
So men are employed on this ranch. The
shipping points are Ontario, Huntington
and Winuemucca.
The Divine ranch, another of the great
ranches of the county, was recently cov
ered in the Oregouiau by an interview
with John S. Divine, the owner. This
ranch Is situated at the southeast base)
of Steins' mountain, fit a point known as ,
I Alvord. It was the temporary camp of
j soldiers in early days. There are 17 elk
' on this ranch kept to themselves on a
1 so-acre tract of ground enclosed with
I smooth-wire fence. Large herds of deer
also roam this ranch unmolested.
The Kilty ranch, 30 miles southwest
from Hums, contains 12,000 to 15,000'
acres, and stock and Improvements in
proportion.
The Shirk ranch in Catlow valley con
tains 5000 to 6000 acres and is noted for
being one of the prettiest ranches in the
county. It Is 100 miles from Hums.
The Sissoii ranch lies along the south
ern boundary line of the county and state ,
and contains about 12,000 acres of deeded !
lauds. It Is in Trout Creek valley.
There are 4000 to 5000 head of high-grade t
cattle on this ranch. ;
I here are hundreds of other ranches on
a smaller scale in this county that would I
be regarded as wonderful outside of liar-1
ney county and eastern Oregon, but
when they get below the thousands of
acres here they are regarded as lacking
in interest.
Van Anda Sold Under Execution.
Attorney P. J. Haunon, formerly of
Portland, now has practical control of the
Van Anda pioperty, on Olive creek. At
the execution sale, held in Canyon City
Saturday, he bid In the property ror 7oo,
in the interest of the judgment creditors.
As only four of the six claims constitut
ing the Van Anda group were levied
upon, however, the deficit judgment,
amounting to some 400 more, will have
to be met by the sale of the remaining
two claims. William Turner, one of the
original owners of the Van Anda, has
hopes of raising the money necessary to
redeem the property before the time of
redemption expires. It Is understood that
he will also take up the building improve
ments, which were some time ago sold as
personal property on execution issued
out of Justice Brown's court. The Van
Anda was at one time ranked ns a valu
able property, and this It may be yet. j
Mismanagement is the cause of Its pres-,
eut unenviable predicament. About ,
51200 wortli of development work has
been done on the property, and about ,
J 1 000 has been spent on buildings. It is i
located on Quebec mountain, on Olive j
creek, and is surrounded bv a number of I
promising properties. Press dispatch
trom (irauite. I
W"
Statistics on Silver.
The total value of silver exported dur
ing the calendar year was 5j4.i52.d56, of
which 5jH,oii),7i.S was the value of do
mestic, and 55,877,036 the value of for
eign material. The value of domestic
silver bars manufactured In the United
States government Institutions was $21 1,
000, otwh'ch 5176,711 went to Mexico
5i8,joo to England, and 516,071) to On
tario and (Juebec. Other silver pars of
domestic oligin, amounting to f47.)6.,
804, were exported, ot which 542,419."
1 50 went to Great Britain, 5i,go$,ioo to
Hong Kong, 51,208,122 to Prance, 5gj2,
66 to Mexico, 5419,400 to British India,
and 5300,758 to China. Director of the
Mint's report of October 24, '99.
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