The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-14
A SHEPHERDESS, new STYLE
SHE ms FLOdk az 'JO,OsIO
SHEEP ~ HO\TtN
Once Had Grand Oprra limitations Then
she " eat To Ranrhing WIN . Woman
Partner Now she Controls 5000
Acre. LonE G1imb to Fortune,

reporter oh. NV mo-, thar ~ only a
small ranch comps -sd - many IN my 600
,ion 10 what YOU folks "a this part Of the
country call the great Northwest
i went into Sheep ranChIng nearly
seventeen wears ago with less than "a
thousand dollars and partner The
partner was a woman. and 81 far a. ""
could find ont Vs. wer'' the first twp women
who ever went into th" business - part
ners Sh" had taken up claim a f"W
years before. and had lost NV husband
At his death found mvS..lf m" pus-
ses-nr IT s. Onand fanc.~d. wonderful
VOICE Having 'uts fancy about NV NnI'".
came Past - Boston and set uut - cul-
tivata my voice I saw grand opera only
a few years ahead of ~" and q ruurS" a
wunderfu\ success
After STUDYING niu- months I began
tuhave NV doubts You see ~ - different
singing ~ camp ont West and singing
A. concerts m Boston on West INV
voice certainly had sounded fine. better
than auyhodyS loo th' whole country
around IN Boston even affsruine months
training | couldn't g.t a Position ~
church except ~ CHOIR
-Rafnra coming ga uai counted on
naAirg my money - a bong wav hv help
Iig II ont with money earned by singing
IN concerts was sure could ga' plenty
~ on gagsmruts To- I.uR IN concerts The
orlv concerts ! ever got "a ChanC" - sing
~ ve-a ~ NS, gwen bv nv teacher and
I noticed thar 'r"rn wore always good
many mo-" ~ an seats when ! I'm shed
my number irar When ! logan I can
laugh about % now uui tell You a. rho
trina ~ was very serious mater
The "rd r u WAS ! went hack Wet
wr'h the woman iav" mentioned and w.
began 49, -h."p ranrha-- IN her land on
Montana She had gone - Rostnn -
cultivate h"r mu-lcHl talent also Peel
ing thai "" could both II better whore
We came from We returned
One hundred sheep and two hundi -
scres ~ land was oUr beginning T.
seemed - very smal OUTFIT m those dave
less thar u dos to-day hut w. both had
learned p,tienc" and gained some ~.
perience m Rn='Nr ~ first We did an
that was done. herded tho sheer worked
around the house and cured nur own hav
IL wasn't easv work. though I must
say IL came rather easy after me ten
hours n dav plaCtiC" "" both had been
putting m on our music m Boston Fight
hours IN piano and two on voice every T.
day Tor nine months .-~s up your nerves
n a considerable e,'"nt ! used - tell
my partner preferred tho hlea'Ing -
the sheen 10 tho vocal "VsrcisaS my teacher
used 20 have - take from me Ia Boston
1t was long climh We had IN our
sheep ranch ~ first ~ went Vel slowly
II INV partner = land hadn't been be
vund tho range ~ tho chinook we'd
have had an easici time Tho chinook
j. the wind that blows from the Pacific
II 10 much warmer than the native winds
~ Montana and when u blows It doesnt
make any difference how hard things are
frozen M 'h"v AZ" soon thaw"d out
We war" On that ranch for fpur wears
before Va had chance g. sell the land 10
n Norwegian farmer He hadn't heard
about IN" chinook We took our money
and our sheen and drove westward 10 the
land now control That was nIr second
beginning and "" -till had les than two
hundred sheer.
Things went better -i'h ~ hero
Within thr"" wears our hock had Increased
IN ~ and We employed regularly q herfl.T
and his In dian WIf. About twu Years
later nv partner married Fortunately
for me N" man wis not n rsnChar nor did Z
he care 10 no one II he had been h..
might hay" come. m ~ a third PARTNER
her interest 10 Tgs.
-Bv that tim" tho fock mum bored ~
and We hogan 10 make money with every +.
prospeo' - making mora paid one
ftIrd 81 tI" pro" asked for hor one hnlf /,
interest m IN" uVrhf m cash and within +
three years had pad ia" balance Now
the sheep are my own property and !
control mo land fo- a good many years 10
come
Tho chief difficulty on sheep ranch
- the question - getting help Labor
= neither plentiful nor heap ~ nv yari
~ tho Nss' raw the men Who do the
Farm work ON 'I" ran,h So - month .
For my h"'d"r- ruy from So 10 So and
! must admit that n q man does his duty
Nv your hu'k b." - worth al ~" money
b." gets " non .Hrrprug with NE herd
y hich 'n"v often do ten months ~ N"
wear they DO their own COOkIng th" RrrfI
helng taken a. them ono" week ~ th"
"aw,p tender
Second M importance 20 the border
O." caring Tor 'l" sheep - tte sheep dog
M" collie Indeed ! don't know What
could b." don" on 't" large rlugos n -
y ore nor Tor 'h"%e dogs They are trained
rIuiIl they apI"tr 20 htv" Hu almost human
81 no" n"nS and 80 Moods
With our small fpok ~ hunIre,t
sheep Shearug time wa nothing 20
broad Indeed y wa- IN" one uccilrr.nc..
V@ usei 30 hook forward 80 b.cagss n
n cant getting ready money Whom
NOck goes above a fhpYsaui then ~h"arIng
'f''-Hil'N I'I'h'l'U'. Wei a. tu Nf"ffBlN
Inderfa1Ug ON NV ranch sh"arIng
begins about the 'nIdil.. 81 ban" and lasts
Tor on" month u-.. both N. DID fash
'0raf hand shear ana he n"N-r Dlrppar
machines \ gp'-i hand -hsif-f will
turn ON from - hundred 20 a h4ndrel
and fftv f""p.- 100 a lay
zach fleece" - if'~i aud pas-'Si 80 the
SAcker. Who stands ~ M. -ack traadtng
DOWN m" vol mt = about three hundrai
pounds has been ur"-ss-i ~ IN" sack ~
hen -ew"t up marked with the herd
prani ~ ~" u4urh.r and - re ~ for
'ransp"r'" ION b" -h"arIug dRv IT, Ton
hours no Length and "a hen ~ o. finished
N hands 70 ready Tor they nIgh' resi-
A. soon ~ ~" shea riug ~ over III"
sheep ar" taken - their summer range
7 ha "V,.~ and lami- an" ,rtt lp INTO
b inches With U" fh"s.. biluohaz rang.
from = 'hDI-auI o. 'f'""u h4uif,-i ewes
q Nh their H1h- 10" Wethar- a-.
b In"hed ~ wT - -. Hpok and are
lrf' "u N hy ih..us"',"- A. % uIl. ~.
'D"FS ~" all 100 lrIfu" condition when
hoy r"turu POP 'u' rau'hupI-.. Iu ih. fan
ia" w'''N"'- fn|' ar" 90 pfriu, ,su.