The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-22
A Beautiful Girl who Owns Between TOO
and 500 Horse, and Finds the Business
Very Profitable.

From he san Franeiseo Examiner.
Miss Kittie c. Wilkins, the horse queen OF
Idaho. is at tho Palace Hotel. She arrived on
Monday, accompaniment by her brother, j E.
n maaa' River sr'i in o 'VHh a0e county, osGiHsH' Miss WilRins
4 4 en- 20 .ho m ssd n eaaeat wdn nt san az ' Joss "s 81:
curly engaged in the stock business. and has
amassed a large fortune. A reporter sent up his
to come, up. Miss Wilkins is somewhat tall,
with q high forehead, regular features. and
Her eyes are dark and her manner very charm
ing. Altogether she, imprssses one as q very
Intelligent. young lady OF about %. i,
said she. but this is Incorrect. The Wilkins
Company Of Idaho own both horses and cattle,
and this is how the mistake originated; but my
700 and 500 Of my OWL. They arc Psrcherons.
Morgans. Normans. Hambletonians; and so on.
all. Besides these. l now have, II you will ex-
cuse my speaking in the first person singular.
| ba hsye t so ta, T g gow m many h no / iits l / fo,l aW nes
cinated with i, I 60 out to round up in the
1t is a fascinating business and grows upon
you. 1t was really romantic the way l got my
start. The way Of it was this:
"Over twenty yours ago my parents had re-
moved to Oregon and were returning to San
Francisco when our friends gathered round to
s sot I. os mn %e thsg SAID p E WIFI ! n sSstS she's wse only i9e 2
little, thing'-I was but two years old then..
wen Just give her some money to be Invested
for her Two. OF them gave me a $50 gold
father concluded to go to Idaho and engage in
t boar ft0s g lo BUSINESS of Sers.s He Went went S to 9 9sssG To a paa
over the money he bothought him Of my $40.
end seeing = Nm fine little MY yet left offered .sS the the
sesins that my .fathsr was. taking the others
he finally, concluded to lot this one go.
wort worth. II From u T tbs increase ler isss all t ms bos sds h w1s
come: OF course l could tell you Of many ups
and downs, for 1t was not always smooth sail
Ing tnah back .Sit there in these hn, early nr.d days lay, az l grew vn up
this, At length l came to San Jose to school.
put in three or four years. and In addition, trav-
large cities and many Of the great natural Gu
r%iosities. But when l got back to Idaho I was
80 lonesome l didn't know what to do. I used
anything about was tho man in the moon. I
got over being so lonesome. though, in Q little
time. and now am homesick to get back.
mating and horses very profitable. much moro
50 than cattle. A three or four year-oId steer,
t1s i snme ace il Is worth worth 81 q :2 siio Sh any 4 oSrs 1D OF
raised. and do not require half the care. They
BBsw aw ths inc sa snHw f ISst s ysa az thu 1ns a STa r @ Ioss
ers lost 100 per cont. or all they had. Although
our home and many Of our corrals and buildings
are on the Bruneau River. fifty miles southeast
Of. Boise City, and twenty-five. south OF Noun
tim tins. d M9q rsn.s sh = s s.veopv. On the @ 9rsG S%a Short
is what is known as the 'Ssventy-ons Range
and It is there that many cattle and horse
owners gather twice a year to sort PIT and a
and see how tho stock is coming in. l ride q
great deal. but 1 don't take part In the round
rounding up and cutting out stock there dur
ing the season. and things are very lively. I
shoot a good ~deal-thati Is, l an a good shot,.
lots OF fine game"