The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
SAVED THE RANCH.
How Tom ochiltree Entertained His
Visitors and Held His Reputation.

COrange CTeX). Cor. New York SunD
colonel I. j. Anderson, general passen-
ger agent of the Southern Pacific railroad
company, tells this story Of the late Tom
OchiItree:
1t happened before Toms peculiarities
had become 50 we'll known to fame. He
was IN New York and the boys were Civ
ing him a good time. in appreciation of
which he won from them one night 81 2so
IN little game OF draw at the Hoffman
ouHe' on a capital Of $50 which Larry
jerome had staked him with.
rms was early in the winter ana -Toro
IHouShl now would be a good time IN
SomS nome TO Texas, and ne came He
ENed Ct Galveston then.
Before ne lc1u New York tbo,,.t, H.,
prcssingly invited e number of me boI-e
a. come 70 Texas the following spring
9 a,-d 90 with him TO his big cattle ranch
@llu ne ms guests there Tor a week or
TWO. tellnS them TO fetch their rffIes
diOlS II they wanted TO have grear fIIu
N,l' Dig game. one day in the following
NAY he received telegram. II WAS
II ON New York. and ran about as fol-
Farmer Jim Duffy. Jerome Buclz carl
Peters and myself sail for Galveston to-
morrow 20 nave that time on your ranch.
Tom hadn't supposed his i1T1Ifstion
would be followed up thus, but. although
u" had no more sign OF a cattle ranch
SlS mere than a catfish has Of claws,
20 ld-d his plans 10 receive has coming
guests and maintain his prestige. lie was
running along tOwFrd the small end of
ILC nice got he fetched down rom New
YORK, but when his distinguished New
York friends landed at Galveston he took
than in charge and entertained them ROY
ally az his cub all that DAY and q GOOD
way INTO the night.
They retired for the night with the
understanding th3, the start for the rancn
Was 10 DC made not later thar 6.;sD in the
morning as there was long horseback
ride before them.
one 90 1om Ochiltrcc's ciorr cronies
IN Galveston was Then manager of the
telegraph oIiicc, and there had been sew
erai secret conferences between him and
ON Al % clock the next morning the
party were III the cafe on the fremont
not much the better for the short supply
% sleep they had caught, and were re-
enforcing themselves by the aid Of sun
Cry bracins connections.
As this process of nerve Strengthening
was at its height man came dashing
INTO ths cafe apparently in Il wild state
&c 'Coicuel Ochiitree, Is he here?' the
man exclaimed. and then discovering the
colonel a 3 he was putting away cock tan
be continued oh, here he is. Great
heaven. colonel A most important tele-
Sram has just come TO you. IL is mat
ter Of life and death. have hunted you
up myself TO deliver it. as I was afraid
some careless messenger might delay it,
Here il is
The man was the manager OF the tele-
graph office, and ne handed a telegram
u Tom. who quickly tore open the en-
Nttope ana ledQ the ulSpdLCn-
% CAD he said. This isn't very pleas
ant thing. Just listen to this. boys, A
message from the manager OF my ranch
And then Tom LEAD the dispatch as
follows
.'Geronimo's band Apaches raided ranch
last night. Scventy-five strong. Four Of
our men Killed. Ran off 200 cattle, -
horses Indians campcd mile away. We
barricaded in house. Sending Bill in
night TO wire this. Think another attack
coming. Gods sake hurry all help can
at once. Can't tell how long mold out Z
The local chronicle Of that scene says
that the faces of the New Workers while
Colonel Tom read that telegram were a
sight to see, and they were not made any
more cheerful when Tom said:
- This was pretty tough on the boys
out to the ranch, and J. m mighty glad you
fellows brought your guns along now. for
We'll only have to ride a little faster
than 1 intended we should, and we'll get
there In time to help my men wipe out
that cutthroat band and maybe get old
Geronimo. too. Indians are a little bigger
game than / expected 10 offer you, but
after run them out we viii turn in
after decenter and less dangerous sport
So. come on, boys! Don't let's waste any
timer