Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-29
SEVERAL BIG RANCHES LEFT
Texas Has a Few Tracts Big Enough
to Lose a GoOd-SIEed
Herd.

The biggest land owner in the Cattl,
Raisers' association is Don Luis Terrazai
of Chihuahau. Mexico. His holdings ar,
estimated at 100000 acres, but then ii
that section OF the country man is merel,
a stock farmer until he has a range OF
100000 acres or So
Right in Texas, however, there are some
ranges big enough for first class base
ball diamond or a game of croquet
Tom Waggoner is not yet out of land
remembrance. A 100000 acre tract, valued
| at 100000 with the cattle on it. was
| given to his three children as a Christmas
remembrance. The 60O,OOO-acre tract which
he split with his children to give them a
start in life did not comprise all the land
he owned then and now. In fact millions
is the term necessary in getting 1t all in,
but this SO0,OOO-acre tract was one ranch
all in one bunch, in Baylor, Knox and
Wilbarger counties In the land retained
by Mr.. Waggoner is the Gardo Blanco
ranch, of 100000 acres The Zacaweista
ranch, which was the center for the com
bined ranches, was given to Mrs. A B.
Wharton OF this city. his daughter.
BY the gift she becomes owner of ground
enough for a tennis court at least, its
size being 100000 acres. 1t is hard to rea-
lie how much 100000 acres comprises. It
is about LOO square miles, or as much as
the state of Rhode Island.
But there are other ranches with room
to get full breath on even in this age
of congestion. There is Mrs H. M. Kings
ranch OF 100000 acres in south Texas, and
the Matador, in the lower Panhandle, with
10000 acres. And even central west
Texas, which now claims to be no longer
a ranch, but a farming country, has sew
eral good sized patches of range property
George and w. d. Reynolds have about
half million acres of ranch in that sec
ton Of the state, and the Swensons have
about $4,000 acres for cattle feeding still
in Dickins county, while the M S." ranch
gives them about 100000 more II the other
should be overstocked
The "Pitchfork" in the Panhandle. il
another good sized piece Of dirt, with its
900 acres or more-a few acres either
way doesn't count in computing Texas
ranches. And there's the Ed c. Lasater
ranch Of about 100000 acres, for those seek |
ing good sized pieces of cattle range.
The Morris ranch has about 800, 900 acres
Of Midland and Morton county ground 40
Il. C. c. Slaughter still has 10000 acres
Or so, after selling a big tract, and the
Kennedy ranch OF 10000 acres only seems
small because 1t adjoins Mrs. Kings mil
ion-acre tract. "a ,,aRxw |
Probably the most famous Texas ranch |
IS the Syndicate, owned by the Capitol
Freehold Land and Development company, Il
The story OF the grant of this immense II
ract Of land for the building Of the state
,apitol is we'll known. Despite extensive
'ales made TO homeseekers, the Syndicate
It'll has about 100000 acres left for use
When the rest OF the. world gets over
rowded.
Burke Burnett is another cattle raiser
With considerable land. The 81 ranch
5 practically King county. and the Car
on county ranch. with its -Four Six"
'attle, Is another good sized breathing
pace. Littlefield's Yellow House ranch. Il
he Swift ranch. the Black Mountain ranch
nd the now famous Taft ranch are other
raets of cattle grazing country that are
amous not only in Texas but all over the
Torld.-Nsw York Herald.