The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-02
RATS
How the Mulhalls are Piping
New York and Injuring
Oklahoma.

All The Ntw York rapcfs have simiiar
rot lt is iust such Mulhainsm that is
hurting ths country
From the wild wolf country The presi-
Gent VIII bring blck many pet. but
there viii be none which he can more
lnghly value than that which came To-
him by thc ready lariat of Lucille Mui-
hall She lives down n chat iand where
the sky is set ike . turquoise soup over
,hc solvor of TIE parries. whore towns
lare few where there are few people
where the air Is rs clear as crystal and
there Is ROOM for men 90 breathe Her
father is Colonel zach" MulhalL a cate
tle king and she ia princess. FOR
She has a ranch 81 her own, and two
thousand steers bear the brand ~. NJ
I1ne carital win which she started her
enterprise WAS a promise OF the colonel
that She milat nave all the stock which
she WAS aoie to rope. She was then oniy
thirteen years old, but she mounted her
Irony and surprised the neighborhood 10y
bier unaided efforts After that she took
lsioo0o prize away from scores Of cow
10y competitors ai Tort Worth for CAPE
turing and tying steers nc the st Of two
a miunte
rhis kind of accomplishment could
lharliy bo expected from girl Of eigh
teen who quotes Isben and Browning af-
ter the style of owen Nvlsters heroine
ia THE vnginian She is on her way
ia New York. ard there win be few so
lasmte is TO recognize the pretty. soft
voiced Miss Mulhan in her smart gowns
AT the Queen Of the Range who las-
soocd the gray brother" and tied him
tc tree,
The Mulhans live fifty miles from
tiilahoma, ia tho Territory Of the same
imme. on their rancn by Beaver creek.
The colonel is the general live stock
agent for ore of the great railway sys-
TENS. and as such he Is on friendly terms
with hundreds Of cowboys from whose
ranks The president recruited the Rouga
Riders. it was while MI Roosevelt was
visiting the Mulhalls, at Mulhall, Okla,
that he mentioned the subject OF the
wolf The four daughters Of the house
were present al the time They were
Agnes. the original OF Hoyts charming
nEenue Bossc. IN "rhe Texus steer
Lucille. Georgin and Mildred The pres
idont was talking Of The wolves Of tho
oklahoma country. The big fellows of the
kind which friendly citizens OF the terri
tory recently arranged for him TO shoot
lie remarked that he would like TO have
a specimen for his oprio room at oyster
Eoy
we can get you one" sald the "Quten
OF the lsange."
but would only accept it," he an
swered laughingiy on condition that
you yourself rope him"
You shall have him" was tho girls
reply.
] Now. It Is no easy thing to lasso a
b wolf He has no horls on which 10
drape lariat Besides that. he runs
5 ciose 10 the ground, AID. compared to a
hoofed crcasure, he is an ineousiderable
mark.
, The kind OF animal that Miss Lucille
= Mulhan proposed % capture was a king
Of the pack, '1oafor,' as the breed is
! called which turks about the timber
, lands and follows unwary travellers The
cowboys xiii that variety at nvc hundred
, yards with q rifle. rhe idea Of riding
up to one and capturing him as though
, he were so much beef on the hoof would
, lnot have occurred TO the hardest plains
, man. asked Miss Aiuihall for Che story
the other dav, and she told how she
! filled the president commission.
Il happened to remember" said she,
that there seven dens OF bero-
I vious wolves in the pasture M Mulhall.
Aiulhan is the only cur post between
Newton. up IN Kansas, and Oklahoma
. city which is growing INTO a thriving
tuwn Of 5000 people. the pack had q
% d.,
,he day and going back at night So
went out vecry morning looking for
'hem, and after ten days ] saw them
lJust over IA divide. The loafer' was lead
ing the parade. There were fifteen OF
his pack az az his heels, lie looked TO
me as big as e ycarling steer. but ! was
riding a good horse-yes, very good
horse-and / said to myself. Mr.. Wolf.
II Is all day with you. Tne pack ran IN
2 all directions as / galoped up 10 It,
and got away as fast as Il could, ex-
Oept the 1cafer' who started straight
for me.
Il got he iariat from the saddle bow
land rode toward him until we were two
hundred foot apart Then Mr.. Wolf
changed his mind. lie turned tain and
ran away from me after he got well
straightencd out 1 ran up 10 him In
hve hundred Yards, and was within
ten feet when ! dropped the rope over
] him. He was through the loop IN a fash
. and heading Tor tho canyon several
yards away Now ] knew II he ever got
down among the rocks it was goodby.
. You see / could not bear the thought OF
losing him / nude run % head him
on from the canyon ] did il, and got
him Strengthened out over the pr de.
lt was quick work I ten YOU. The rope
went through The air in record time,
and / had MIN around the neck and
one foot Things SWAN about me after
that Away I went, without the slightest
q idea ! was going. The horse did not
I ike the looks Of TIE animal that was al
4 the other end Of thas rope. for he was
+ certainly scared, idr Bronco was. His
r head was tossed from side TO side and
] where he would have taken me I'm sure
r I don't know Fe could not run too fasl
? just then. though All al once ] feii
( ,he rope slacken Nv Wolf had gnawed
: lhe laiint. and the first ching / knew ho
: w,a free DE was pretty well fatigued
50 I only had 10 chase him another
nAe before / m,d the rope over him
( again. There was no. much 70 90 them
iust q short run.
: "How far7 / asked,
"Oh. not 90 very iar. was the ans
wer: 4 guess about three miles. There
was tsn timber growing out ia that di-