There's some talk of your ranch lands being graded in value this winter.

I suppose you will all buy ?" In an instant the editor's words had riveted upon him the attention of every man in the room.

Annixter broke the moment's silence that followed with the remark: "Well, it's about time they graded these lands of theirs." The question in issue in Genslinger's remark was of the most vital interest to the ranchers around Bonneville and Guadalajara.

Neither Magnus Derrick, Broderson, Annixter, nor Osterman actually owned all the ranches which they worked.

As yet, the vast majority of these wheat lands were the property of the P.and S.W.The explanation of this condition of affairs went back to the early history of the Pacific and Southwestern, when, as a bonus for the construction of the road, the national government had granted to the company the odd numbered sections of land on either side of the proposed line of route for a distance of twenty miles.