El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-19

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M the Panhadle & Southwestern
w stockmen's association. grew
reminiscent regarding the organization
which he represents
In March, 1899, rs of the Panhandle
cattlemen living in and near the town
of Canadian. HemphiH county, Texas,
conceived the idea of organizing d
cattIeman's association for the purpose
Of SECURING protection against the cat
tie thieves who infested the country
at that time. The organization was TO
be purely nOnpOIitical
a mass meeting was called and the
organization perfected. The name
Panhandle Stockmen's association was
suggested and adopted by d unanimous
vote. \ few of the original members
have dropped out by reason of having
quit the COW business, but the great
majority of them are still in harness.
Through their efforts they have built
up a powerful organization of more
than thousand members.
The association went along under
many disadvantages, wearing the name
as first adopted. until March. 1912. when
they held their annual convention in
FL PaSO. There the name. by order of
the convention, was changed to Pan
handle 4 Southwestern stOckmen's as
SOciatiOn, covering the states of Okla
hOma, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona and that part of Texas lying
north and west of the quarantine line
and the republic of Mexico
This change of name and enlarge
ment of territory has added largely to
the membership and made possible
things that, prior to that time, had
seemed impossible.
During the year 1911, with 81 in
spectOrs located a various markets and
over the ranges, we caught and turned
523 head of stolen cattle to their real
owners; in 1912 we recovered 1341 head
and the first eight months this year
We recovered 1000 head. We have put
several thieves in the penitentiary,
have numerous indictments pending
against others and have scared many
more cut of the territory in which this
association operates.
We not only run down and prosecute
cattle thieves. but have put into effect
rUstlerS found out they had SI~all
chance to get away with the animals on
the hOOf so they took to killing them
and selling the hides for four or five
dollars apiece. Within the last so days
the association has recovered from
this class of Tustlers more than $4,000
worth of dry hides.
The organization has held cOnven-
lions in Canadian. Childress. Quananah,
Amarillo. Dalhart and FL PasO, Texas, /
and in Roswell. Y. NJ Our reception
has always been cordial The asSOcia-
ton has grown to such proportions in
the last few years that smaller towns
cannot take care of il from a hotel
standpoint and we have been forced to
resort to larger cities
Our next convention Will be held In
oklahoma City, beginning the first
Tuesday in March. 1914.
IF I had been paid the customary
charge of Is cents per 100 words for
al Ch han Haear~ rr~~fHf cir
l engaged in court work I would have
earned $4,000" c. z. Pinckney, the
official court reporter of the federal
district of western Texas said Satur-
day afternoon in the court room. while
the attorneys. court officials and jury
men were waiting for the next case to
be called. i can prove it by my
figures, but / wish to rise and have
my exception noted in the record that
! have not had that aforementioned
$4,000, or any considerable part Of
it
Get your pencil ready and do some
figuring on my bill. I take an average
of $50 words a minute. 90 minutes in
an hour anu siS iI0GrS day. on a fair
average. This makes a total of $4,000
words per day 1 put in on an average
200 days in court each year. and have
been engaged in court reporting a total !
of ten years This makes a grand !
total of los 600. 900 words that 1 have
written during the past ten years The /
customary charge for transcript work !
is Is cents per 100 words. which makes
the neat little sum of 1852. 900 for my
ten years of endeavor in this particular
field. Taking it another way around |
l make an average OF three strokes for I
each word in shorthand. This would
give total of S24. 0OO. 600 strokes Any
one wishing to figure how much it
would cost to send the total number of !
words TO New York. kOl(omO. or Kelly,
n NJ. by night letter or how many men
an equal number of strokes would
shave, are privileged to the use of my I
figures without extra charge"
Mr.. Pinckney is not the only stenO-
graphic mathematician in the Pinckney
family. His brother TheO. T. Pinckney,
is a stenOgraPher for the United States
district attorney and has a batting av-
erage in the "stenO" league of his own |
Another brother stephen was a stem
Ographer before he became a lawyer.
Clear and loud came the call across |
the plaza ''Hur-ld- get-a-Hur-ld-"
Mike. the legless newsboy-man is back /
for the winter, and is holding down the !