The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1904-03-26
ATKINSON FLlMFLAMED.
ScoundreI 81 Years of Age Beats Him
Out of 2O-SpOt.

Hon. Geo. w Atkinson, the veteran
stockraiser of Calabasas, has nor been
cold bricked bnt he sure has been film.
famed, and that by a man old enough
to be his father George is almost 60
years of age.
Last week Mr. Atkinson was bust
ness visitor in Nogales He was eating
luncheon with the writer at Morley
avenue restaurant at n table where
several other gentlemen were seated.
Being a stockraiser and n good one too,
the conversation naturally drifted to
COW talk, which seemed to greatly in
terest an old white haired gentleman
seated at one end of the feeding board.
who later CLAIM ed to be eighty four
| years of aCe-a COW man from soda to
| book The ancient authority on twos
and threes did not take part the con
versation, neither did he in discourage
it, although. to the writer he looked
like n man possessed of a great desire
to ''butt in The sa~ie afternoon
Mr.. Atkinson departed for his Gala
basas home, littla dreaming the old
man he had left at the restaurant, was
making final and hasty arrangents to
leave Nogales for the purpose of pay
ing the Atkinson ranch a visit. Such
however was IA fact. 1t is said that
kind and generous hearted Thos. L
Brown, owner of Browns lodging
house, not only persuaded himself to
let his lodger leave the city without
paying his bill, but assisted his de
parture by giving him $500. which
princely sum helped him to get to Ca
labasas where he met and introduced
himself to the cattle man, who imme-
diately took the prospective cattle
buyer into his meme and introduced
hin to his family. The stranger,
was we'll dressed but apparently very
feeble; he said he was the head push
of strong combination which possess
ed funds enought to buy for "spot"
cash, all the cattle in Santa Cruz. MIR
Atkinson has many of them and WAS
anxious to convert a few thousand in
to cash, and was anxious and willing
to do SO should the opportunity present
itself
The stranger said his name was |
Clark of the ella Bend county, where
he claimed he and his associates owned |
many broad acres of Alfalfa. The in
tention was to buy Mr.. Atkinson's cat
pastures where they would be fattened |
and shipped to st Louis markets.
The old reprobat-, whose knowledge |
of the cattle business was thorough,
was DESTROYS of seeing the stock he
of the finest saddle horses on the
ranch to ride over the range. In com
pany with Mr. Atkinson's adopted son
Joe. a whole day was spent this way
and the prospective cattle buyer ex
pressed delig and pleasure at what
he had seen. The day following MIR.
Atkins N hitch ID his team of brown
to light wagon and
drove him about the country looking
the herd oyer. That night 3 900 cat
tie were sold by Mr. Atkinson, for
April delivery, and an iron clad agr-e
ment signed by the parties interested.
The first payment was to be made
through, Wells Fargo e. Co. April
first
When the time came for the stran-
GER to take his DEPARTURE, he found
his funds had deceased so that he
WAS short the price To get to point in
Jochi>e county, where he said he and
his associates had Il large herd Of
attic Of course Mr.. Atkinson coula
tx him out all right and did so by
giving him $50 and he left Calab s.s
or the north. George says he don't
ARE about the 20 spot, but if that
a year old sinner never shows up
gain, that will he soon enounh
When in Noeaes the r,an said his
IN me was John Wilson, at Caiabasas
{ was John Clark :