786 SHEEP INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES 



wildcat, twenty-five cents; for each lynx, twenty-five cents; for each bear, five 

 dollars; for each mountain lion, five dollars. The person or persons so engaged, 

 who may desire the compensation above named, shall present to the clerk of the 

 county in which the animals were killed the entire skin or pelt of such animals, 

 together with all the paws attached, accompanied by an affidavit stating that the 

 animal from which such skin or pelt was taken was killed in this Territory and in 

 the county where the claim is made by the persons so presenting, and that the said 

 animal was not killed before March 3, 1884. It shall thereupon be the duty of the 

 county clerk to give the person or persons who shall produce the evidence herein- 

 before required a certificate stating the number of animals of each kind killed, and 

 to what sum the person or persons are entitled under this section, which certificate 

 may be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners as a claim against 

 said county, to be by him presented to the board of county commissioners at their 

 next meeting thereafter, at Avhich time the board of county commissioners may 

 order a warrant draAvn upon the county treasurer, as in other cases. It shall be 

 the duty of the county clerk to cause any person presenting the skin or pelt to 

 attach all the four paws and punch a hole in each ear one-fourth of an inch in 

 diameter, in the presence of said clerk at the time of the presentation of the skin 

 or pelt of every animal hereinbefore specified, and at once to destroy the same. 

 (S. L., 1848, ch. 100, sec. 1.) 



COLORADO. 



Colorado, the Centennial State, was made up of some parts of the 

 original States and Territories of Kansas, Nebraska, and New Mexico. 

 It has an east and west length of 380 miles, and is 280 miles from north 

 to south, forming an almost perfect parallelogram. There are fifty-five 

 counties. They are very large, and comprise an area of 104,500 square 

 miles, or 66,880,000 acres. 



There may be said to be three natural divisions of the State the 

 mountain ranges, occupying the central portion from north to south ; 

 the foothills, and the plains. The mountains consist of three generally 

 parallel ranges, with intervening plateaus or vast valleys, known as 

 " parks/' which are distinguishing physical features of the State. These 

 parks are numerous, but there are four of chief importance South 

 Park, with an area of 12,000 square miles; San Luis Park, somewhat 

 larger; then Middle Park; and, lastly, North Park. All these parks 

 are walled in by high mountains, are well timbered, and exceedingly 

 fertile. 



The plains occupy one-third of the area of eastern Colorado, and 

 extend from the eastern mountain range by a gentle fall down into the 

 fertile plains of Kansas. The western part of the Colorado plains be- 

 comes steeper and rougher until the foothills appear. These arid plains 

 and eastward mountain slopes have an elevation of from 5,000 to 8,000 

 feet, and nearly one-half of the State lies on the eastward slope of the 

 Rocky Mountains. 



The animal industry of Colorado is mainly confined to the plains, 

 although a considerable number of live stock are raised in the moun- 

 tain parks and the many forks and valleys of the mountain ranges. 

 The mountain ranges of Colorado, owing to their abrupt and prccip- 



