Omaha daily bee., 1914-03-08
ORGANIZATION FOR COWBOYS
New Fraternal Order Will Perpet-
uate Spirit of West.
SUPREME RANCH, IN CHEYENNE
Ranches VIII ne Organised In
Every CevHty where Live stock
Is RaIsed--NIayOr DnhIman
20 He a Member.

CHEYENNE. wyo., March 7.-(Speoial)
The true characteristics of the wild
and woolly west are to be perpetuated,
according to the articles OF Incorporation
filed i'm Cheyenne today for the establish
ment of the Supreme Ranch Of the
World. National order of Cowboy Rang
ers, with supreme headquarters In this
city. II is a nonprofit-paying fraternal
order, calculated to give the real cow
boys of the range, and associate men,
bers whom they may elect. all of the
elements of freedom and liberty best
known TO the men of the saddle and
larjat.
Ex"President Roosevelt, James c. Dahl
man. the cowboy mayor of Omaha:
Lieutenant Governor ingalls, Of kansas,
son of John G. ingalls,, who made a name
for himself through his unforgettable
poems OF the west, and others who are
on the stage of public life to-day are to
be offered a place in the supreme ranch.
Ranches" will be established m each
state throughout the union as well as in
every country where the raising Of live
stock is an important industry, including
the republics in South America, Canada
and Australia, and being i'm accord with
the purpose Of this organization many
governors OF the states, and especially
those of the west have Joined the "su-
preme ranch"
Founded by Mayfield and Knabe.
The real originators of the National
order of Cowboy Rangers are A. u. May
field, a pioneer newspaper man Of the
west, who in pioneer days punched cat
tie from the Panhandle in Texas to the
| Canadian line, and Hermann II. EnGbe'
cowboy editor" erstwhie editor of the
Medicine Bow Times, and well known
cattleman of the range.
'It is a matter OF history that the west
as it existed not more than twenty years
ago, is fast becoming a thing OF the past
that where a few short years ago the
veil of the cowboy and the believing Of the
range cattle were heard--is fast giving way
! to the encroachment of civilization and
cultivation" said one Of the originators
| Of the order. 1T is for the purpose ol
patriotism and sentiment which will ac'
cord the early pioneer his share of glory
( in the making OF our nation that thi'
order Of cowboys was started.
"Cheyenne is selected as the supreme
| ranch because it was here. in the late
eos. the ever necessary parties were
organised to keep in check the hordes o
savages who fought every foot Of th'
ground, and where every man slept OF
his arms e.npQteet. the. eFefsing mum
her OF people to whom the east becarn'
too crowded for steady and health!
growth of the nation.
Initiation I'm the Open,
saThe National Order Of Cowboy Rang
ers will be purely fraternal society
having some rltualistic secret work, bu
in order to revive the real spirit of tn
west, which considered every man ma
= until he was proven otherwise, the initia
ton will be held in much the same wa
as the tenderfoot was made a part OF tn
ranch.
"The Initiation will be held as much a
practicable, in the open, where the publ
may attend and live over again tn
episodes in the early days, when ever
man and every woman on the vast plain
OF the west made history every day"
Local ranches are to be organize
in every state in the union. The incoi
porators of the Supreme Ranch Of III
World are A. U. Mayfield, supreme bos'
= Hermann II. Knabe, supreme recorder {
a brands: Edward A. Sproul, supreme bo'
. of the lariat; Frank o. Sooggin, supren
y boss of the saddle; Allen j. Read, 81
q preme guard OF the roundup; A.
0 Ientz, supreme guard of the corral, an
y e. ]. Kellihan, supreme boss OF the spu