New Britain herald., 1915-10-06
WHAT. WAS DONE BY A TEXAS
 COWBOY. ]

This is the day of the Get-Rich- Quick Wallingfords, the day that Am orleans are lying back and dreaming of vast hordes of gold rolling into their exchequers without the least eff fort on their part, without the stint ing and saving of a life time. It. is stock market, when they have entered the lists either to be made or to be broken. Understanding all this, it Is with the deepest reserve that we hold up to the attention of the Amer ican boy a Western figure which should appeal, man who started 1n life with nothing, but who left behind him millions untold. And that is Vert Love, who started life in Texas without a horse he could even call his own and who died this week on ranch he owned outright, ranch as big as some of the minor kingdoms of Europe, a ranch stocked with the fin-
 
 States which necessarily means the finest in the world.
 Where is the American boy who, at some time in his life, has not held up as his ideal the cowboy, that fast dis appearing figure of the western plains? Vert Love was a cowboy, a live Cf fn puncher, hard as nails, true as gold, strong as flint. But he possessed one trait all cowboys do not know thrift. That was one of his peculiar characteristics. But while he was frugal he never saw anyone want for anything. He had the open heart so prevalent among people who live in Gods great open country. He was nospitable, When other cowboys were drawing their wages in gold, back, in the eighties, and riding down to Fl Paso or San Antonio to throw away their savings over the gaming table or in other forms of riotousness, Vert. stacked his poke away until he had enough to purchase a few head of cattle. He started with seven cows. Just before he died he could not have counted all the cattle in his. main herd if he had ridden for three months, taking along a bookkeeper to aid him in the task. And all his savings were made since 1885, when he first settled in Western Texas. His first job netted him just twenty five dollars a month and his board. Four years later he had 15O head of cattle. He worked hard all the time, but aft CT this start things went easier for Love. He knew cattle and always picked, the best range for them. He lost few of them by disease or drought. He watched the markets, sold at good prices, and invested in cattle again. When he turned in his final account 10 the Great Rancher, he had two hundred men on his pay roll. and the biggest estate in Texas. His nine year old son will get the bulk of this fortune and probably will be the richest boy in the great south west.
 That story is bit different from some that have come out of Wall street within the past week or so, but it is more substantial one, and a story that the average American boy who has dreams of great wealth may we'll assimilate. It is nothing more
 nor less than the increased dividends on thrift. It could happen to any American boy who wanted to settle down and do something really worth
 while in life; to any grown man who
 would put his shoulder to the wheel and cast aside the frivolities of the day. All the wishing, and dreaming. and speculating in the world will
 never get one one-hundredth of what Vert Love left behind In some few ] cases, of course, there have been for tunes made on gambling; but, as a rule, it is the man who gets down and does his toiling, day in, day out, by the sweat of his brow, who lives to bequeath something worth while to those who come after him. At this
 particular time 1t is we'll to ponder
 over the story of Vert Love.
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