Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-07-30

men eowboys are made Of, and never
knew OF many instances where thev
ialled to do their duty
Tho enthusiastic Texan had now
warmed up TO his subject, and when ask.
ea Where are the COWBOYS recruit.
ed from ?" replied:
from all parts of the world, soma
from the plains, where their TOYS ia in.
fancy are the miniature lariat and a
shotgun. Some from aIeyico with
many Other half Indian characteristics,
ana many from the East. ] know a
dozen college graduates who are COW.
boys and have become 80 infatuated
with the life that / suppose they viii
never leave it until the final grand
roundup. '''''
there Is another interesting period
IN tho lite OF the cowboy, and that h
the spring roundup. In the fall the
cattle stray away, and la working away
from the storms they sometimes get
away 100 miles or so. Each cattlc-own-
az has his own particular brand ON his
cattle. Well, the raurhmcn in some
natural division Of the country will or.
game grand round up in the spring.
Inc cowboys will drive the cattle ali
IN together in one big drove. Then the
captain OF the roundup will direct the
owner OF ranch A to cut ont his cattle
One OF AS most experienced men will
then ride into the drive until no sigbts
an animal with his brand on. Deity he
Will drive the animal to tho out
er edge of the herd, and then
with quick dash runs the beast ont
away from the drove, and il is taken m
charge by Others Of As ranchmen, while
the cutter goes back after another After
some fifteen or twenty minutes AS cut
ter VIII be taken off and BIS man given
a chance. This will bc continued until
each ranch has its cattle cut out. IL any
cattle are found without a brand they
arc killed for the use Of the men on the
roundup. This cutting il work re-
curing great skill and experience and
frequently requires the use of the lariat
Often cattle with strange brand arc
FOUND. II any one recognizes tho
brand. ranchman living nearest the
owner takes charge of il and notifies the
owner. If no one recognizes the brand
the captain Of the roundup alyertises
1t, and if no owner is found, it is sold at
auction for the benefit of the Cattle
mems Association.
These things will go to show the 70.
possibilities resting upon these men.
lhey have to be mon Of integrity and re-
liability, and their lahors are such that
You can readily they caunot very
dlsslptaed. will tell YOU
how they get the reputation
for recklessness. We will sup
pose these men have been on Il drive for
six months and have finished and been
paid off. Then they are Just like any
other body OF men, they go in for some
fun and on their lark ride yelling through
the streets Of some little town, shoot
few street lamps out or get into a saloon
row. 1t is no more than Il band of col
lrgc boys at Harvard, or Cornell, OF
Princeton might do and frequently do,
bnt some imaginative correspondent
Immediately sends it to some
Eastern paper, where it comes
out headed another cowboy out
rage" and giving a wholly fictitious
account Of the battle between the out
laws and the citizens. Now / know Of
. hundreds OF cowboys who never carry "A
revolver, and il you should 20 among
them to-day your life and your pocket
book would be as safe rs it is in the
city. They have strict ideas of honor
and they stand upon their honor. They
are off duty n lot Of big hearted, rough
boys, but they are not outlaws or out
casts, They are not the class of men
who rob trains or hold up people cross
ing the plains, and l believe, that, tax
en- for in all, the American 2oyboy will
compare favorably in morals and man.
illness with any similar number Of citi-
| zens taken as q GLASS"