Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-17
HOC-T|E THE BRIDE
Newly Wed Rancher Carr Gets
Cowboy Advice.
HE'S A BIG IDAHO HERDER
Foreman Bill Thompson Wires Him
to Hurry Home.
MARRIED HERE ON SUNDAY
Bride a Sister-in-Law of Ex-senator
Thurston-Honeym
in New York.
MARRIED HERE ON SUNDAY

NEW YORK. December 17-When J.
c. Carr. one of the weaIthiest ranch
owners of Idaho arrived with his bride
| at the Hotel Manhattan yesterday, they
found an avalanche of mail and teIe-
grams, the latter from cowherders and
ranchmen who go to make up the pop
ulation of that country. Mr. Carr was
married in Washington last Sunday, his
bride being a sister of the wife of ex-
Senator Thurston, and last night Mrs
Thurston came over from Washington
and Joined the bridal pair here.
| One telegram which caused no end Of
merriment among the bridal party was
| follows:
We see You roped her. Hog tie her and
| bring her back TO the ranch as soon as you
can, 50 We can look her over.
BILL THOMPSON.
! There were others equally character
| lstic. but Mr. Carr declined to make
their contents public SAYING: II am
afraid if ] let you print these teIe-
grams l could never get Mrs. Carr back
to the ranch
Mr.. Carr owns u ranch in central
Idaho. which is 10 miles in length and
% miles wide. Offhand he could not
say just how many cattle he has graz
ing there now, but he was inclined to
believe there are at least 5000" OF
horses he has several hundred.
Ranch life is the ideal life" Mr..
Carr said. and. as you see. I am a
pretty healthy specimen. But l am
plSmy compared to some of the splen-
did fellows who work about my place.
When ! went west a few years ago l
was SO delicate a puff Of wind would
almost blow me away
Paradise for Hunters.
Mr.. Carr is an ardent sportsman, and
talked of the shooting to be had almost
at his door on the ranch.
Just before starting east he said
Il had some friends visiting me- and
after an eight-mile ride we had bagged
two elk, five deer all the quail we could
eat in week, to say nothing of d saddle
bag full of other small game.
It's a great country for game he
added. but 1 would rather face all the
big game in the west than have a run
in with these bulls and bears l saw en-
gagged in combat at the New York Stock
Exchange this morning.
Mr.. Carr told number of amusing
stories about the horse thieves and cat
tie rustlers now operating in Idaho. but,
he added:
These rustlers are much more conserv
alive now than they used to be. They are
really clever and quick-witted that
when victimiZed by them, we take it as
a joke, acknowledge the corn, take d
drink together and call it square.
About two months ago we heard that
horse ruStlerS had been stealing cattle
in Montana, then driving them across our
state and shipping them east from some
point in Wyoming. I have neighbor
who has one of the largest horse ranches
in the west. who has a peculiar method
of branding his stock. 1t is a small star
scared upon the belly of the horse, just
aft of the saddle girth line.
Sold Him His Own Horses.
"One night my friend was aroused from
sleep by several horsemen who told him
that they were making shipment of
COW ponies east, but the greater number
of the herd had stampeded, and SO far
they had only been able to corral hun
dred of them. At least 400 Of the herd
were a hundred miles back they said
and as they wished to go back and round
up the stampeders they would like to
sell those they had just penned in my
friends corral He procured lantern.
went to the corral looked the stock over
struck a bargain and bought the outfit
on his own terms
THE next morning he sent for his
ranch foreman. and. telling him about his
big bargain. asked him to go to the cor
raj and inspect the horses and report to
him.
The foreman did so. and on his return
said: That's mighty fine lot of horses
out there. but If you can tell me why
you wanted to buy bunch of horses
every one of which bears your own brand
I'll stand treat for the ranch
1.-The rustlers had stolen my friend s
horses. then sold them back to him. Can
you beat it,
Just how much more conservative the
cattle rustlers are than they used to be
Nh. Carr failed to make clear.