The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-30

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cnmnlated = fortune In cnttls. When no del
chll,iloss. Tow years ago. his willow. u woman
CHARGE Of tho ranch and. tho neisSSors say say.
proved to be- even hett.r manager than her
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iicd. and not remarkable Tor personaI attrac-
sons she S w%s oS rasns xaHsT ns %sa
a aSea 20 rho twavo miles on broncho every
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drsS; Tho widow widow M,Sb TOOK pisS On Tho
hand TO the DomIn. but she kent the late
Rabbs proDorty IN her own name. aud told
and took To- politics. in which he hss been quite
D sna an ssp %ss'f for 81
0GM9 rs. Rogers has about $4,000 c.,tl. On n r..-
turase q aepSs and Is said ' 70 4 Se worth
round million. She lie devoted to. her bust
1 ass ssss o Es S S.
SsssroIsoi soss fof rian. has.. shs t H
State Senator Collins OF Duval county is an
poitica He came to Texas after the war with
only $500 capital, but now has 80 600 cattle and
Henry Seeligson. merchant Of Galveston, is
| one OF the largest cattle owners In the south
ern part q the state. having ranch in Bee.
| ana another IN SueceS county with about
Es-senator Lane Q, Ontario Is conspicuous
as well as hrs wealth and intellectual abilities.
as u rail; dark as an Indian. and Gan talk like
q tornado He began lie rs cowboy but Is
10000 cattle and employing sixty cowboys, He
,r great temperance advocate I and moral r.,
his empioy shall drink wGiskey play cards. use SC
proiane ians suI, or carry revolver; Any
| charged without notice.
=, Another noted character in this country is
nSHs the norh az Wss
educated to the sadd!ery trade Emigratlng
and was the inventor Of the saddIetree which
is used by all the cowboys ia Texas Thirty
saddletress 81 his own manu- facture were laden:
1t in cattle. and after the war be gave up the
saddlery trade. He is now banker In San
ssG anS 81 the Il %
be worth t3.UOO.OnO. Ie lives in tho panest
sort Of q Way. and is said to spend no more
Shanghai Pierce, so called from his enormous
stature. il Yankee from Nashua. N. H., who
| driftcd down hero after the war as sailor on
sowboy ss wage wages s q Hs"n MONTH nor e
COWS. which no drove out upon the free range:
He now owns over JOG, 900 acres OF land, 10000
East every summer to see the folks and tell
Thorn what great man he Is in Texas.
e ars the p and ,6 H
trated and the smaller owners are being frozen
nn hn lama ~ a. n i'm - nFv 81
Protest nsainst monopo lies Which are SECURING l
enormous tracts Of land and fencing them in.
few eate There are We" few ro"ds in TsHas
A man who owns one. two or three counties
those who wish to cross it have 70 20 100 miles
or 80 around. or cut the fences. They lind the
hence the trouble that has bsen psrpIs9ins the
State Highways will have to be established at
certain eonxspiens Intervals o. distances but
wise enough to determine.
Until recently the, entire northwestern part
range and hundreds OF thousands. Of cattls
have been pastured upon It by men who 90 not
herds. carrying their homestsais along with
Ct By d
new owners have boon compelled to fence their
Of fences hundreds OF miles long looks like a
pig expense. but It isn't so very large: and the
By the s.d"esd o, oss By
The purchase OF a couple OF car loads OF barbed
wire isn't q great item when man Is investing
The loss Of the free range however, teeps
men who have no capital out OF the cattle bust
country store cannot now buy few cows and
lot them drift. az he could with great profit a
few years ago. and 1t was in this way that the
For example, there is John n Simpson. a
al
When the fighting was over he came to Texas
waa as @@ mex ne
As fast ~ he saved a few dollars he bought a
cow and when ne got lew cows together r he
monsyed men, h., on.residents placed their i, n,
ration, Of which no is now the President and
About seven yesrs ago, tive b SSS named
ssoeS Yards: Tlsy boiafbs eatsis and laa sas
sa and rss a sss # ssS s'. .S
mer they sold their ranch and stock to Charles
YORK. Tor ST. sou. 900. and bought a cheaper
, piece Of property further NEST o
who came to this country few years ago with
ont dollar. Now he owns immense herds Il
S srh bn %nrs than Ts1iGyE t Il Tssss ssa
,, that Senator Plumb Of Kansas. and John D
Miles. the Indian agent. arc Interested will
him.
1t requires capital now to engage in tho stool
business. aud to be successful man must owl
his pastures and i'm prove his cattle. The viii,
.. Texas steer will soon be thing Of memor;
go to market in u refrigerator car. The sys
,, temS OF slaughter and packing houses that ar
, being estabishod along tho, railroad lines vii
! cheaper transportation and increase profits
: The lack OF leo Ia the only obstacle that stand
In the way Of complete success and that will
soon be renewed. as tho cars that take the bes
to the Eastern markets will bring back ice as
, return cargo.
A WoRRa OF business.