The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-13
STIRRING HISTORY
or A RANCH RELATED IN iivElY
KILOGRAMS.
The Fun Of Running q Cattle Ranch by
Wire Plenty Of Fighting and
Lively Demand for
Whisky.
Denver Cor. New York sun.l


te mans private office today q large batch
of telegrams from his bos, all dated at
Tin dad, near which the ranch Is located.
| The proprietor is man of great wealth
and leisure, and, aside from these kilograms,
there was nothing but receipted bills f,r
! household AMI personal expelses to indi-
cate that any bus;uess was ever done In his
very eiaborately fnrnisnel Office In the or
der o. their receipt, and emitting many OK
minor importance, these dispatches, GOV.
ering period of six weeks, read as follows:
| Hired three tn tiers from Tin Cup at SIS
and grub. SEMI arms ani ammunition.
! Three heiters fell ov bluff ast night,
ard broks neck and legs Killed one and
| skinned others.
Had a seventean-mile chase after the four
! Texans Run down one horse and got Jim
laid up with a sprainei ankle. Send down
some grease and whisky, particulariy
ahky aaaifs Ds ysf whRy hRaRa Il {to5gSs sxhsy Sr
| Splendid weather for cattle, but men In
bad shape Whisky mighty poor. Can't
| you get some from Jones's for q changef
Herd of about sixty miles to south on
Perkins's range, guess. Heard firing this
morning.
If you think you can run this ranch better
than can, suppose you come on aud try 1t.
Send ney ~ first train Pm sick OF this
tault-tlnding.
I'll stay until the end of the season.
Didn't mean anything In particular. Have
you been down to Jones' yets
Am gong out TO day to hunt up herl
Don't know where they are, and am little
worried. VIII be gone some time.
The bos ha been gone two days now, and
nobody amt seen him. Do you want me
for boss4
Herd all right, but boss skipped. Pm
keeping things straight How much am
to get tor being boss!
Eos. LIT ont with n vO,1nu yyiddar from
Trinidad, and things all going t. the dogs
here. l 10 sol a ranch in Texas and two
in Nebraska, and think can give you satis-
faction. Hoping to hear from you soon, etc.
Reported here that the boss had sold four
teen carloads of lest stock and skipped to
Mexico with another mans family. 1t amt
necessary for you to como cut. I'm hore,
and will run things just as IL always had.
Sorry TO i,form you your boss killed .
man lat night, and had TO jump the conn-
try. Terrible excitement here. I'm In
charge, and would like to bs bosi.
1t is limited around that your head man
has been lynchel up in the mountains, AMI
thought as you might be needing chief
that would Apply. I'm from Panhandle.
Got hack here to-day after the almight-
lest ride you ever heard Of. Missed the
herd somehow, and while l was away they
came back here. Understand that the boys
! have been telegraphing. You that l had
place. just keep them kilograms Herd
all right One of the boys lied to me about
where il was, and came mighty near nyt
getting back at all. Am on dock agail..
Don't come out unless you wantto.
Licked four cowboys this morning, AMI
got IL in for some more Don't como out
just yet.
Mauei Jim. Jerry, Felix. and Bill lCot-
tonwood), and got mauled by Bill tBraz d,
Tom Gilnn, Hank. Simon, and three rus
tiers. Will be all right to morrow.
Licked Bill (Brazos), Tom Gilpin, Hank,
Simon, and three rnstlers. Send two doct RI
Things all peaceful Tom Gilpin said he
was chief. and licked him again. Never
mind doctors. Man deal.
A hundred other kilograms still on file
| gave very clear insight into numerous dis
| turbances that had taken place, and con-
corning which the owner had done nothing
| more than t1 send an occasional answer
counscljing peace.
In another cattle mans Office great roll
OF messages wa, shown to your rrespond-
ent, from which the following are taken:
Letters men came over to-day and made
big talk. Tried to dry them up, but couldn't.
Aildrunk and ugly. Jim got mad and hit
one man wipe, and the others piled on.
Our men came up, and LETTERS mon re-
treated about four miles TO log cabin We
are going TO move on them tomorrow.
Arrived here at 3 p. m. Big fight up the
valley. Biggest fight yon ever see. Got six
OF Beavers men here to help US and am GO
ing In again.
Your dispatch came too late. Got to see
this thing through now. LETTERS men sur
rounded, and all got to croak. Send all
your DISPATCHES here.
Can't do it. The whole United States
army can't stop us. Don't give cuss. This
thing hos got to be settled.
Got nine lnjuns to help Gave them all
knives and rifles Lefiler's men starving.
Well go in end slice them up at day break
Didn't get off today owing to row among
ln.uns Win settle things tomorrow. Look
out f. blood
Send in your troops IL you dars We've
got two deputy sheriffs here in irons, and
will hang them the minute we see the
troops.
Don't care for proclamations. Don't care
for herd.
Too late Yon ought to have telegraphsd
sooner. LETTERS gang has got to CO.
Heavy firing all night Boys enthusi-
astic. Gcing To move at sunrise.
Got here at 0 o'clock tonight. LETTERS
men get away, end We chased them all over
six townships, Made them hump Will l,e
back on the range as soon as we can move
comfortai lv. Please send two collins right
away Nothing extra. Just good, plain
coffin.
While these missve, were being copied :
messenger boy came in with telegram
which the cattle man opened and road
aloud:
Tom Belden jumpod on Dan and Dan
cha ell him M hiN, There yet Dan
swears he viii Sill him. Am tryiny TO cek
Dan of. What shall we ,iol
Tho magnate If the herds sighed wearily.
end sent snLne sort of an answer, after
which he turned around AMI said: II am
getting pretty tired Of running ranch BY
wire, and the next time / go up in ths oouis-
try l am going to stop the nonsense. II
costs heap Of money, and tho boys don't
do anything but dsscrib, their diffi:ultie,.
believe they got into broils for my bene-
tit, and for the fun OF sending thu particu-
lars OF them to me. That row
that you have Just been reading
about tetween my men and Lef7ersp
was the most aggravating affair I
ever heard Of. The boys ran down all ouz
ponies, and, besides uniting themselves for
work. they kept me at the telegraph 0fllcs
pretty much all the time for two or thros
days When thoy were on the warrat.
they couldn't be found for more than half
an hour at any one station, and had 10 eot
man and follow them the best way could.
firing dispatches after them as fast Is
could. When thought had lccatsd them
they would show up at some telegraph offica
6fty miles from where thought they were.
/ and finally when sent message had q
dropped at every station within 3 eircuis a
100 miles. II was lively time"
Just then another telegraph messeu -
came In, ami the owner read messags frem
his boss: <<
Dan brought Beldsn down at sscond shot
Coroner's jury now sitting on Beidsn. DonS
send any more dispatoaes like that last 0na
1t destroys discipline
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