The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-06
RANCH CONDITIONS
ARE CHANGING
The Romantic Cowgirl Is
Fast Passing to
Fiction.
FOLLOWS TRACK OF INDIAN
Ranch of Today Is Much the Same
as the Big Eastern
Farm.

Kew York, Nov. 5.-Farewen 10
the romance of ranch life OF the west
ern states. The march of civilization,
the spreading OF the mighty arms OF
the great railroad lines, the springing
up OF little towns with their shops and
tiny houses. have slowly but surely
driven the way or the great herds OF
bufraloes, the picturesque figure Of the
American cowboy, and now has COM
menced the passing Of the rOllicking
cowgirl. the type of American woman
hood that sprang into existence when
the great tide OF settlement from the
east began its roll across the wide
western prairies.
The magnet OF home life may be
one reason for this change in western
living conditions. The influence Of
good literature may be another. or
visits east TO come in contact with tie
refinement and culture OF others Of
their sex may have much to do with
the alternative. The fact remains. The
cowgirl is rapidly disappearing, and
more of tho type that have time and
again been made the heroines of novel
after novel are to be found among the
various wild west shows exhibiting in
ali sections OF the country than actu-
ally exist in real life.
When the tide of settlement from
the east rolled over the great plains of
the west it carried before it, first the
buffalOes. then the Indians and lastly
the cowboy.
The very women who are now leav-
ing off the masculine habits that
gained for them the title of cowgirl. f"
were the real cause of the old-fash-
Toned cowboys obliteratiOn
Adopts In Use of Lasso.
The advent of women into the wild
west had sOftening influence on the
rough plainsmen. PrOmiscuous shoot
ing. sleeping under the skies rolled in
a blanket, riOtOus reVelry, all of these
things soon became nothing but mem
cries following her arrival
The first women became cOWgirls
for this reasOn-tO maintain their in
fluence over the reckless men with
whom they had chosen 10 share their
lives.
They adopted the high pommeled
saddle learned to ride astride, TO
brand a calf. in short. 10 be good fell
lows and comrades" They became
as adept in the use of the lassO and
as their husbands and
and could round up a herd
with dizziness equal TO that of the more
properly QtSlB leu COW boy.
The present day woman rider OF the
west is now as much of a hOrsewoman !
for enjoyment as for work. She keeps |
up her riding for the fun she gets out
of it. nothing more. She is still able
10 throw the lariat, but the accom- |
plishment is not essential. The hus- |
band does the work. She keeps |
house"
Life on cattle ranch now is much |
the same as that on a big eastern !
farm.
The cowgirl of today is as much in /
terested in Partisan fashions and social /
affairs as any woman in the east and |
when one OF these women travels east |
ward she is generally accompanied by /
several trunks, packed brimful of up
tO-the-minute gowns and lingerie.
Women Enjoy the Lark.
Oftentimes the wives and sisters OF /
the men who have charge of the big 1
cattle ranches take part in the break /
ing Of wild horses, which takes place /
every spring, not because they are ex-
pected TO, but because they enjoy the
ark
Nearly every young woman born on
4 western cattle ranch is able TO do
finished work as a ''brOnchO buster" if
she cares 10. but she is becoming less
ana less fond of the job every year.
Vow the "brOnchO buster" is a special
st who travels from one ranch to an
,ther and breaks in the green animals
Is they are needed.
Before long we will have to be con-
emit with descriptions OF the cowgirl
Is given by the travelling exhibitions
hat depict early western life and GUS
Oms. Like the cowboy and the Indian,
he Is fading into the mast