Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-12
FLORIDA YOUTH
 IS COWPUNCHER7
At Least He Wants to Be and Asks Jim kenny'S
 Advice

| About the middle Of January Post master Cassidy received the follow . ing httle note written in pencil upon a piece of wrapping paper:
 Please giv tnIs lettar to a cowboy
 b does not mater witch one you giv 7, it to as rernan your fTend.
 i Leon Whitehurst"
 Enclosed with hhis was a stser
 bearing the postmark of Plant City.
 Florida, and the date oi Jan. 18th, which read as follows:
 Dear Frend.-
 | It has cum to me that l want to se
 a cowboy. I have the nerve and want to lead a cowboys life, please snow 1 this 10 the head man. there Is anuthei boy her that wants to go, my age is IS VT. please write to mo at once send the number Of boys in the ranca, give me your name SO | "an wr''" to | you tell me all that is neded to know. Yours Truley LEON WHITEHURST. This curious communication was handed 10 Jim Kenney of the AB ranch in the Sulphur Springs valley. Cassidy thought that If anyone could give fine Florida aspirant for lariat honors the tips he desired it wouic 1 be Jim. who is known far and wide as the best roper of the Southwest And the pCstmastsr's surmise was the correct one as any one will be able to see after reading the ranchman' s answer. which follows:
 Feb nth. 1909. | Mir. Leon Whitehurst.
 Plant City Florida.
 My dear young frieId:-
 | Your letter of the 18th Of last month was just handed to me. and | from the contents it looks to me like ! you are very anxious to come to the great Southwest and engage in the
 cattle business. 1 like the style oi
 younr frank and trusting episthe, aud
 take pleasure in givin you all the in- | formation I can which I think will
 be useful to you. You can then de-
 eide for yourself whether the life
 of cCwpuncEeT is what you are look ing foI.
 l You, of course have read most of the COW boy literature of the day. | Most of it is written by fellows who | have never been West of Jersey City. | and is often misleading. One popular idea is that all tenderfeet are made , to dance up and down to tho tune of
 a popping six-shnOOter playing upon their toes like the stream of a gar den hose. That gag went out Of | vogue at the time Of the big wind. | Nowadays we kangaroo the Eastern | CTS with a barrel of cacti nailed on a board. My tip to you is 10 get a | Bessemer steel seat put in the south west end of your every day pants. IThc whole secret of getting brok5n n iu out here is not to let anyine know
 that you are a green horn to start WitE. Let me give you few direc-
 tions:
 Never think of api.saring upon the streets of Western town ike Bisbet IWithout regulation cowboy clothes. lBefore ycu ever think Of starting cut lherc, buy yourself a pair oi angora ichaps, 2 red flannel shirt, an ban
 dana handkerchief, a sombrero, gaunt liet gloves. leather boots with high
 heels and spurs at least two inches in diameter. Roll all these duds freely in the dust so that tdey won't loob
 too new and boldly take your place lamong the cowpunchers whom you will see riding gaily about shooting up the town. That brings up the question of weapons. Now you gill want a 75 calibre automatic stem winding and self adjusting Colts re
 voIver, to start with, and two smaller lguns, 45 calibre preferred for close . action. Add to this artillery two Bowie knives. conspicuously showiSs in your belt, and no one is going to take you for a tenderfOot, and ins pose upon you, that is providing ycu 1 act the part as well as looking it. U Swaggar from inc moment you gel loff the train Walk as boWlegged as , you can. You know riding q horss all the time makes a man bowlegged A cowboy off horse Is supposed tc act just like sailor on land. Re . member this if you yalre your yes- , sonal comfort. Go Immediately to . bar room, and after laugbingly shoot ing a hole through the ceiling witf one of your 45 guns. just To show your cxuberance of spirit, OrdeI drinks for everybody in the place. Do this in a loud voice. Re1ncmbv, that you are a stranger in the com munitv and that you want tO maks Ia good impression at the start Ii
 they ask you where you are from tel ltaem the P.D.Q ranch in Wyoming 4