New-York tribune., 1899-06-11
THE yoUrEAUx RICHES OF THE WEST.

THEY HAVE NO FOOLISH AIRS OR IDLE VANITY
New-Mexico correspondence OF The Chicago Rec
Near Williams station on the Santa Fe Railrosd q
has enormous ranches in Yavapai County covered r.
with cattle and sheep. They count him worth sl,,
PAPER He is remarkable however. for the faculty
Of making his calculations in mental arithneVilo &c
keeping all Of his accounts IN HIS head He never
makes a mistake In figures. He knows the ,ons o~nssl
o. every brand OF cattle and sheep In the South,
west nd can tell of hand the price OF steers ana
lambs and other kind Of merchan99se no SEC ~. ~
which he deals on any date for number OF yeais ;
hack He knows how many cattle each OF ,als ms
neighbors has shipped annually Tor the lsst IuA
Ter OF a century and will make a Calculation @ DC
rapidly and as accurately as the cashier oI -,
bank in Arizona He has money depos,en ~ OF
Every deposit and the amount OF every chso s gan
Every spring and every fall Soggs goes 70 aters n
and feeds them himself No labor is too marc to 10
hIn. no exposure too severe, and ne ffem OF
his hfe He up the cheapest loaglsc city to
ne can md and comes back from rn nnrson look
Ing Ike tramp. II soggs can get raroSSi raonScIass
ne Is happy II he cant he Suys IN paper bag
- last him over the journey ..-oo daughters.
soggl has wife. two sons ana tnree arcS near the
town Of jerome Tiey have never been ~ rursnk MAKE
away from home than Prescott wnnInad wner Of nour.
sugar coffee soap and other housensSru sr ,beir own
and some cheap and durable mases segss is rich and
people laugh a good deal at his pehui 49, known
the trouble with Soggs is that ne has .coyered the
what er toyrnent is He has never disco' soes moi
meaning Of the word comfort, ano nc w.
know what his money buy. .s-octer and
There Is another man OF similar cre cnar The road
condition al Ash Forks the Junction W. ~ santa
10 Presroft and phrnix connects WIN III NV over
Fs tne tSs na RE is pat Driscoll. lie cathe catr " IN
from County Antrim in 1858, ana vac wa, Tor thirty
the mines OF Nevada and California he tunnels
years working most OF the time IN ~. Iad down
underground About 1853 or "a he Wahusl o1,nd Tor
into Irizoua and after prospecting q, a. DatS him
several years finally struck Hlne ~ he ever had
32eo a month. II the nrst tihu th,, The Script
ANYTHING that looked like success III u he given
ares say that TO him that natn hing but pile
and Pal DriscoI never done a. tii5 u5orth more
up money ever since People say ne - % sis o1o 10
than s. go coo He has income 1i ,s one Of the
$50 g9 a month from his mine ne 'rprascott and
largest stock holders In the santa ,,,onerty-
PhEuix Railroad and one or the iafs afgor lives
owners in Ash Forks; but he - nos oa snend more
alone in an untidy cabin and does not pnoks his
than ,25 or SO a month for himself ne Nos eN and md
own meals never has but one sun VI iead IN Is a
the highest form OF luxury he ever i'"Ne
hye-cent cigar. -. utaslssippi River
Driscol has not been east of the niss.ssp p Sortv
snce he came out into the minlhk edaJ,,,ds tor
years ago He has not crossed tht - s,nce ne
more than third OF a century. Du, es an asIkins
struck that rocket he has continually oe hoa1n ne 40
81 enfnr pIrfng the Worlds Fair ne Deeams e e s
much Interested that the betting was ao1u ssct Is
Drscoii is afraid to face the world ne wouio n ~
know how TO act outside OF the mining camps NJ
would not know what 20 90 In CITY anu n xassrt
Is AFRAID OF nothing dead or a1ye IN LIE Ith rsh
and IN these mountains, he would oe liz "a, an, s
cut Of water II you took him into ano'ns' e'e'"'N