The age-herald., 1902-04-06
The American Buffalo,

From the Kansas City (Mo.) Journal
 MT. James Philip, known to his inti- mates as "Scotty," was lately a visitor in Kansas City from his great cattle ranch in South Dakota. MT. Philip Is the genuine buffalo man of the United States of America. Kansas has an imitator in the person of one Buffalo Jones,' but Jones is only an applicant at the outer door while "Scotty" Is a past master "Scotty' is owner of a large herd of do- mesticated buffalo, and he has made the rearing of these animale a profitable in- dustry.
 MT. Philip came to Ellis county, Kas.. with the George Grant colony in 1873. Much has been written of this colony composed as it was in the larger part of the younger sons of rich English and Scottish families. For a few years this colony burned money and time on the plains of western Kansas. One might ransack his memory in vain for parallels to the hilarious proceedings of these young gentlemen. They were thorough breds'' in the sense that riding to hounds consuming large quantities of whisky, etc., constitute high breeding Yet along with them came a number of thoroughly good men, a few of whom still remain in Ellis county, and among the good men were the three Philip brothers, George, Alex and James.
 George Is now leading merchant of Hays City and he has held many offices of trust and responsibility, including that of county treasurer. Alex is easily the foremost Of f-f his ranch is famed for its open-handed hospitality, James remained in the colony but two years; the beginning of 1875 found him in the Black Hills. In the palmy days of the wagon freighting trade he became freighter between Sidney and Red Cloud. Later he became a scout in the command of Gen. Crook when that officer was campaigning against the Sioux In Montana and Dakota. Still later he took up a ranch on White Woman Creek, where he remained until 1882, when the removal to his present location near Fort Pierre, where he commands one of the greatest cattle ranges in the country.
 A number of years ago MT. Philip con- ceived the idea of rearing buffalo in cap tivity. On his ranch, eight miles from Fort Pierre he fenced a large pasture with woven wire strung on posts only five feet apast In this pasture he now has sixty-two full-blooded buffalo and about the same number of breeds, which Buffalo Jones calls 'catalo." 'The half breeds" said MT. Philip, in conversa- ton, ''are good for nothing watever They combine the bad points of our native cattle and the wild buffalo. The talk of making a valuable breed of the cross is all nonsense, They are spoiled for robes and they are little good for meat and I am through with the business of rais- ing them.
 MT. Philip finds ready market for all the buffalo he has to sell He does not put the bulls on the market. as a rule, for the reason that he can make more out of them by keeping them until they have grown big heads with plenty of mane A well-mounted bull head will bring from $500 to 5000 in New York city. Mir Philip has sold a bull head at the latter figure and he has call for all that he can spare from his herd.
 Before coming to Kansas City Mr. Philip went to St. Louis. and arranged with the management of the Worlds Exposition to exhibit fifty of his buffalo at that great show, And 1t may be said confidently that nothing at the exposition will attract more general attention than his display of pretty nearly the last herd