The Globe-republican., 1908-12-24

/. Z. pendIeton Writes Of Hls Trip South.
Found some Dssr Shooting last week.
Corpus Christi. Texas,

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II 12-14-'O8t
The Globe -Repuplican After being |
away from home for some time in q
country where every thing is different
from home, ! take this way Of letting
my friends hear from me. Although |
I promised everyone Of them ! would
write to them, things have happened
most too fast to do much writing.
There are four Dodge City families
here, O. Wing and wife, Q. M.
Roberts and wife, @. Orebaugh and
wife and the writer and wife. We
spend our time sightseeing. Fishing,
and hunting and eating. For sights
the market gardens, Mesquite and
Chaparrell, brush. cacti, Mexicans
and the bay. The bay is quits in
teresting also useful as you can travel
on water here without any exertion,
provided Of course you can handle a
sailboat, this is quite an item in this
hot climate; also the bay furnishes a
fine place to fish, las yet I have been
able to buy better fish than I can
catch]. Then living is quite . luxury
here. Mosquitoes grow to immense
size and stay all the year; also the
flies. The salt breeze is fine and the
only thing that can be had reason.
able. This is q great health resort.
Everyone have met are resorting in
order to regain their health, (like-
wise their wealth.. Last week
Roberts, Orebaugh and myself went
deer hunting, taking guide that
could speak Mexican. We went BY
rail to Harlinger where we secured
the services Of q four mule team to
take us to the "happs hunting
ground. II was raining and as the
soil is what is known as black wax
we moved quite a lot Of it in our
journey out to the ranch. Domingo
Roaje. the proprietor, being at home
told us to unload and make ourselves
happy which we at once did. We
were told to hunt in the home, or
horse pasture, which, BY the way,
contained 10000 acres, covered
with a dense growth Of brush and
cactus. Mr.. Roberts asked the host
il man was likely to get lost and
was told, Oh the difference, it
won't be the first one who got lost
out there. Deer were plentiful but
hard to see them.
Roberts got,frst meat, having kill
ed q wild hog or pecarry, generally
called here musk hog. He and Ore
baugh started to carry it to camp,
got lost and toted the pig from 800
a. m. until 800 p. m. but finally
reached camp with the wonderful
game. I bagged wolf for my first
day. The second day Roberts and
myself were successful in getting q
deer each and we were quite proud
Of our success. After a three day
hunt the entire party, six men in all,
killed seven deer, one wild hog and
two wolves.
The ranch, where we hunted was
owned by a Mexican. The houses
were built Of sticks, mud and straw
matched with straw, no windows, no
chimney, an open forge to cook on
and no outlet for smoke except the
door and cracks in the wall. Very
few Of the Mexicans speak any
English. They usetwo wheel wagons
rawhide harness and all the lumber
used on the entire place was two
boards for door. A nail could mol
be found and instead Of wire they
use bark or rawhide. The hunting
is fine but it will take at least two
weeks to pick off the ticks and pull
1out cactus thorns. Now am never Q
crank, or very particular, but sug
|gest to any Dodge Citian to come
down here when they get dissatisfied
stay about one month and Dodge
City will then seem like Heaven.
Mrs. Pendleton and I will witness
a Bull Fightln Old Mexico Christ
mas day. We expect to goto Mus
tang Islands December 18th to gather
shells, shoot ducks and get taste ol
travel by water.