Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-14

grave Of a-dead relative. but the gov
ernment stopped that Now q be-
reaved Indian gives away the horse
and everything else that he owns to
show his sorrow. He gives away his
horses, wagon, furniture and every
thing, except his wife and his land,
which the government holds In trust
for him. lease the lands Of the
ranch, 10000 odd acres. from the In
dams, and have come to be a father
to them.
This means more than the bare
statement would suggest. Besides pay
ing them rent for their lands, I must
see that they get along all right, cure
them when they are sick, bury them
when they die, and lend them money
when they are broke. From eight to
ten Of them drive up here every day
and eat their dinner while In the
course Of real or fancied business.
They need me when they marry, when
they die, or when they are born-and
they are always out to make little
touch
Steam and Electricity.
"The figures on q farm Of this size
are pretty large. 1t Is q proposition
of steam and electricity to run 1t.
Eventually we shall have to resort en-
tirely to electricity, think. Most OF
our communication is that now. but
we shall have to come to 1t for power,
and the cayuse will give way to the
automobile and the mule team to the
dynamo.
For instance, our telephone system
cost us $4,000 to install, and the wire
for our fences $4,000. 1t costs US
Sc. 900 a month to run the place, and
to make any money out Of II we must
have the very best and latest labor
saving machines and appliances. The
old time days Of cowboy extravaganza
are gone with the cut Of beef on the
hoof. We do business on the hoof
here, and our cattle, hogs and horses
have got to be fed close to pay.
How IL Got Its Name.
1.-The 101 ranch was so named by my
father after his brand. 1t signifies
nothing except that 1t Is an easy
brand to burn. The ranch Is incorpo-
rated for 100000, but we have never
declared a dividend. When one OF
us is broke, all are broke, and It's the
same way when we are flush. The
ranch is run as II 1t were a con-
glomeration Of ranches. We are the
Millers, and we're working for the
family that Is now and Is to come,
forever fathers and sons, all down the
line. I don't believe the property ever
will be disestablished. We are simply
following out my fathers idea
"The ranch is growing yearly. AS
farmers we cultivate 5000 acres In
wheat, $500 acres in corn and 500
acres In oats and alfalfa. We take
off 10000 tons Of hay a year. We sell
nothing except live stock and wheat.
The rest cS the produce we feed to
stock. 1t takes forty-two binders TO
harvest our wheat crop and five steam
threshers to thresh 1t. Our hay Is
gathered by twenty moving machines.
We plough with five steam gang
ploughs 1t takes 900 mules to do the
farm work nnd $50 cow ponies and
driving horses to care for the $4,000
head Of cattle on the place, and during
harvest we employ 500 men.
Come and Get a Melon.
I'VE have 10000 acres in melons this
year, which we will ship out by the
train load. Our Natermelons are
famous, and the seed alone are worth
$3.50 an ounce. My father used to
have a sign in the melon patch, IS for
anyone who goes through this patch
without taking a melon That still
goes. Anyone can come and eat and
carry home all the melons he pleases-
or anything else, for that matter.
"Our buffalo herd Is merely a rad
with us. We wanted the biggest bunch,
and we have them now. There are
not more than 800 buffalo in the world
Il doubt If there are that many.
There are nineteen head In Yellow
stone Park, Pawnee Bill has fifteen
head, Lincoln Park, in Chicago, has
fifteen head, Bronx Park, in New York
about ten, the National Park, In wash
ington, twenty more, and there you
have about the lot. We have thirty
five buffaloes on our range and some
calves. es."-Washington Post.