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In the foothills, the site of the house can usually be se- 

 lected, so as to take advantage of the shade and beauty of 

 well grown trees. It is much easier to pipe the water some 

 distance to the house in order that the house may be protected 

 and beautified by trees already full grown, than it is to place 

 the house near the water and wait for trees to grow. For the 

 ranch located in the foothills or mountains there is an ever 

 ready source of supply of trees and vines and shrubs to be 

 .found in the mountains near by, and the average stockman 

 has abundance of time in which to transplant them. 



There are, no doubt, good reasons why the tall, shallow- 

 rooted conifers should be removed from close about the ranch 

 house in the mountains, but the reasons which apply to the 

 large trees certainly do not govern the placing of smaller 

 trees like oaks and maples, and the use of vines and shrubs. 

 Shade may not be so desirable, but beauty and privacy both are, 

 and the care necessary to the production of a beautiful -little 

 mountain home has its effect upon the industry, taste and 

 neatness of the inhabitants. 



. It is hardly possible to say too much on the desirability 

 of permanence in the population of the State. The ranchman 

 who comes to stay is the desirable one. He works for the 

 welfare of his township, his county and his State; he is in- 

 terested in its schools, its churches, its laws, and whenever a 

 man is interested in a thing he does good work for it. He 

 may not do the best thing in every case, but the general result 

 of his energy makes for good in his region. The man who' 

 has invested muscle and- time and th night and taste in trying 

 to improve the conditions of his he ie will not be ready to 

 abandon his results for a new place : a id when once attached 

 to a place, it is doubtful if any othe nian would do better in 

 that place. 



