Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-20

named william sodds makes on bank
check II honorcd at any time by two
banks In Prescott and one In Williams
for thousands OF dollars A few months
ago a check for $4,000 40 marked by
sodds was paid. lie II tall. raw
boncd man ~ about 10 years, and IL q
cattle king In northern Arizona. The
Sodds cattle brand II known all over
northern Arizona and since the rise In
cattle two years ago he has once more
become worth several hundred thous-
and dollars. lie cannot read or write.
Indeed he cannot do any sum in arith-
metic that Involves morc than plain adj
dillon or subtraction. His succesa Illus
tratcs what ccaselcss devotion 10 one
purpose may accomplish during years
OF labor and study. There II probably
no one who knows cattle ranging In
Arizona better than he. iic has a
wonderful memory. an Iron constltu-
tiOn and n quick raRaulty for business
propositions In the line Of cattle raising
and profitable ranges. Since he became
cowboy In the Texas panhandle. less
than u years old. he has kept strictly
TO cattle ranging. II Il said he knows
NJ sight over 700 cattle brands, some
Of which he does not see once In i've or
six years.
lie was reared on the border OF civil.
izatlon. His mother was n Greek In.
dian. lie never attended school. Had
Ne enjoyed q common school cdueation
the Ar zona catilemcn niy. soids woul /
have been the greatest cattleman In
the West. He has q wife md i've chill
dren. The family lives In n log cabin
forty-nvc miles east from jerome. Tho
nearest ncighbofa are six miles away
The wife works like any poor settlers
wife. the boys arr out ON the range
Win The cattle and the Girls hclp At
times ~ cattle branding.
Al days are alike 90 the family. No
matter whether 1900 cr 5000 cattle are
sold at n time for go or t27 n head
there are none ~ the Joys and iuxurles
that would be known In other house.
holds upon which prosperity smiled 90
broadly. William Sodds never know
any other life than this. and u he
should lncrcnse his fortune three or
four fold his home iifc would not he
changed. a Few pictures, cut from n.
Illustrated periodicals brought there By
the cowboys. adou the walls OF the
home. The main room was pipcrcd
with the cheapest aud Esudicst 81
paper last year. and that cxtfaVagnnce
was the talk " jerome and Prescott.
Several times a year the wife and
daughters so TO town and buy "a wagon
load " groceries and some chenp ana
durable material for dresses ana the
mems clothes. That l. all they see Of
the world.
WV o. NfAA NlNlAAN1 FhIlH accom-
panlca his shipment OF cattle 10 Kansas
city, He lives on the frelght train and
works with the cowboys In caring for
the cattle. lie puts M at the cheaprs,
druvefr' clearinghouse near the stock.
yards when he Il In Kansas city. mi
returns home on a recOnd-clnrn ticket.
with sometimes checks and cash 10 the
amount Of 10000 or 10000 In his inside
shirt pocket. lie Il great worker. No
labor II too hard Tor him and no *.
rosure too severe. even now. providing
he can save cowboy wages and save 4
COW from death. lie often spends thir.
~ hours IN the saddle. when h. goes
10 the bank In town h. VIII ind some
thing 10 do about town 20 make every
moment useful. lie gets some one 10
read 10 him the cattle market reports
and remembers each quotation Tor
months back. Neither he nor his fam.
iiy have ever seen q theatrical perform
hncc. heard concert or been inside
church. home years ago the family
went 10 n circus In Prescott, and The
events ~ that day are rtlil related Gu
thuslhsticnily. How much wealth sadda
Possesses VIII probably not be known
until he Il dead and his estate shall
have beef appraised.