Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-10
Especial Correspondence Of The Decc Nctos BY Franz capen

stock that will make them earn their
wages. Besides, II adds to the life Of
the ranch"
II went out TO see Billy Cochrane
the other day" said a Calgary banker
to me last night. when | arrived
at the ranch | found him seated on the
fence of one OF his eorrals watching
fight between two bulls. AS he saw
me he told me to hurry up and have a
look | climbed to the fence beside
him, and as | watched the struggle
going on beneath, said Why,
Billy, II you do not separate those
bulls one will soon kill the other Let
them kill was the reply. This Is the
real thing. 1t Is better than any Span
lsh bull fight and would give a bull
any day TO see It,
We'll, we watched the struggle for
an hour, Cochrane clapping his hands
and urging his bulls on to battle. Fin
ally one drove his horns into the side
of the other and killed 1t. Upon my
expressing surprise at this wanton
waste of valuable live stock. Cachrane
said: ooh, It don't matter at ALL We
have got to have some sport. We must
have something to add to the life of
the ranch.
DICKIE BRIGHT AND HIS DAD.
The stories of how some of these
remittance men take IN their parents
are interesting They are sent out
here with the idea that they may make
their fortunes and thcy frequently
bring large sums to invest As soon
as they arrive they go into crazy specu-
latlons and Wild eNtrayagances send
ing back to their parents for more
money IRON time to time. one char
acter of this Kind was Dickie Bright,
the grandson Of the man for whom
the disease OF the kidneys was am
ed" Dickie's father was rich, and
he had supplied Dickie with money
and sent him out here to grow up with
the country. Dickie invested in
ranch and asked for large remittances
from time to time on the plea Of In
creasing his live stock
Al the same time he sent home fiorid
stories of the money he was making
and how he was fast becoming a cattle
King, Shortly after one OF his most
enthusiastic letters he received dis
patch from New York saying that his
father had just arrived there. and that
he was coming out to see him. The
boy was In despair He had spent his
remittances In riotous living and he
had no cattle TO speak of. Adjoining
him, however, was one of the largest
iided In him ana persuaded him To
lend him I 900 head Of his best stock
for one night When he made this
request his neighbor asked what he
wanted to do with the cattle. lie re-
Flied:
Il shall put Them IN my corral, and
when the old man comes | Will show
Thorn as my herd. Dad can't stay but
day, and | viii see that they are
driven back safe to you the next morn
ing"
The rancher was something Of n
sport himself, and he finally consented
60 help the boy out of his trouble The
cattle We're sent over. Old Doctor
Bright duly arrived, and he was driven
out and shown the herd which Dickie
said was only "a sample of his stock
which he had brought In to show to
his father The boy added, however
that 1t was not good to keep the cattle
penned up and that they must go
back upon the range right away The
old doctor was delighted and gave
DclSie check for $4,000 to increase
the business before he left. When he
returned to England he boosted about
the clubs how mis- boy had built up one
Of the biggest stock ranches in the
west, and was making n fortune on