St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-02

will excuse my speaking in the first
person singular, L have sold a great
many hundreds; l could not begin to
tell how many.
"Do like living away in Idaho? o,
ever so muchl l am perfectly fasci-
mated with it. / go out TO the roundup
in the spring and fail and enjoy myself
ever so much. 1t is fascinating bust
ness and grows upon you.
1T was real romantic, the way got
my start. The way of it was this:
over twenty years ago my parents nad
removed to Oregon and were returning
to San Francisco, when our friends
gathered round to give us mementoes or
various sorts. When they got to me
they said: SWELL. now, she's only a
little thing DIV as but two years old
them, We'll just give her some money 10
be invested for her. Two of them gave
me $50 gold piece each. Shortly after
returning here my father concluded to
90 to Idaho and engage in the STOCK
business. He went 10 Oregon and
bought lot of horses. When he went to
pay over the money he beth0ught MIN
of my $40, and seeing fine little hlly
yet left offered the $40 for her. The
owner valued her at $50, but, seeing that
finally concluded to let this one gO,even
if it was for less than she was worth.
From the increase all my bands have
come. OF course, l could tell you of
many ups and downs. for it was not al
ways smooth sailing back in those early
days, as | grew up from childhood, but
need not enlarge upon this. At length
L came TO San Jose to school, put In
three or four years, and in addition
travelled considerably in America, see
ing ali tie large cities and many OF the
great natural cuTiGSities.
"But when l got back to Idaho l was
so lonesome ! didn't know what To do.
L used to say to my mother then, the
only man l cared anything about" the
handsome girl said with SMILE, was
the man in the moon.
Il got over being so lonesome, though,
in little time, and now L am already
hOmesick to get back. AS | said, the
stock business is very fascinating, and
horses are very profitable, much more
so than cattle. A three or fOuT-year-Old
steer, for instance, is worth but $40,
while horse of the same age is worth
$50 or 500, anyhow. Another thing,
horses are much more easily raised, and
do not require half the care. They paw
away the snow and get at the grass
much better than cattle. Last year the
average loss of cattle i'll Idaho was 90
per cent. Some owners lost all they
had.
although our home and many of our
cOrralS and buildings are on the BTuneau
river, fifty miles. southeast of Boise
City and twenty-five south of Mountain
House, the station on the Oregon Short
Line, our range is Seventy-hve miles
away. 1t is what is known as the II
range and it is there that many cattle
and horse owners gather twice year to
sort out and brand. 90 out there every
year and look on and see how the stock
is coming in. / ride great deal, but L
don't take part in the roundup. AS
many as forty men are Oftentimes out
rounding up and cutting out stock there
during the season, and things are very
lively.
Il Shoot a good deal: that is, am a
good shot, but l don't often go hunt
ing, although there is lots of fine
game"
The cause of Miss Wilkins visit to
Omaha is that she has two carloads of
HambletOnlan horses, which she has
brought to this market to dispose of.
The energetic little lady will experience
slight difficulty in dispOSing of her
stock to good advantage. She
has a national reputation as girl
who has labOred earnestly to advance
her own interests, and of her energy
and herself the wild and wOOlly West is
exceedingly proud.