The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-10
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A WOMAN RANCHER.
MISS KITTIE WILKINS, OF RUNEAU
VALLEY, IN TOWN.
She is Up on Stock, and is a Thor
OUgh business Woman and Has
Extensive Interests in Idaho.

Miss Kittie Wilkins of Runeau
valley, Ida, who is we'll known all
over the United States as the famous
dealer in cattle and horses, stopped
over in Salt Lake last night and made
her headquarters at the Knutsford.
Miss wilkins has devoted her time
for many summers to travelling in the
interests of her extensive business.
! Several years ago she visited Zion and
/ many prominent Salt Lakers remem-
| Der the plucky woman of affairs. Miss
Wilkins does not seem to have
! changed in the least since her pre-
vious visit and is still the shrewd.
talkative, typical American woman.
Most people would naturally expect a
woman handling business interests
OF such magnitude to be of the strong
voiced, masculine order. Such is not
the case with the lady from Idaho.
Miss Wilkins is 1.-THE and graceful in
physique, and, with her refined and
affable address, at once impresses one
as being a woman of culture. One
does not lose sight of the fact, how
ever that she is the possessor of
keen business ability and rare tact.
When interviewed at the Knutsford
last night she seemed to be immense
~ pleased with Salt Lake
This is the first time she said.
that 1 have been in the beautiful
valley for five years. The city has
simply developed since then into an
ideal modern town. It's growth is
wonderful and from what 1 have
seen thus far it is one of the prettiest
places / have ever visited
Miss Wilkins hi oaT " Of
her extensive possessions in the Run
eau valley, and said the year had been
an unusually prosperous one.
Il now have on the range she con-
tinued, about 5000 horses and several
hundred head of cattle. The stock of
colts this year has been one OF the
best I have ever brought up. I have
a special fondness for the old Morgan
stock, but the pure bloods in this
strain of horses are becoming very
scarce. The chief breed / am raising
now are the Cyldes, Hambletonians,
French draft, Mambrinos, Kentucky
Whips and some few others. My horses
are strong and sinewy and perfectly
formed"
What success did you have on your
recent visit in the east?"
There is quite a revival in the horse
business and the demand for. good
the year before. The stock enter
prise will continue to grow from now
on. OF course, the bicycle craze has
been somewhat Of a drawback
to the stock market But
that is only a fad and
horses will be wanted long after BIZ
cycles have had their day. Electricity,
too, has taken the place to some ex-
tent of the quadruped, but there is still
4 large field Tor the horse-and always
will be-
How do you properly care for such
an immense amount of stock?'',
There is an unequalled range in the
Runeau valley and the surrounding
country. The place is fed by the
Snake and Runeau rivers, and there is
no limit to the grass and alfalfa that
grow on these fertile lands. Only a few
weeks ago we obtained 100 tons of al
falfa from an island in the Snake. Hun
dreds of tons more viii be laid away.
The country, in fact, was made by ma
ture for grand pasture land for cattle
and horses"
Miss Wilkins will leave for her north
ern home tonight. after putting in the
day at sightseeing.