El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-24
FUTURE COWBOY
To HAVE WINGS
VIII Ride the Range From
Aloft, Says Senator Pan
key, Lamy Cattleman.

The cowboy OF romance and poetry,
the daring. care free range rider
astride a buclling bronco. viii soon
become a thing OF the past, with his
COW pony exchanged for a soaring
airplane and his picturesque costume
II sn.pe. -cv topped boots, juggling
spurs, red neckerchief and tall felt
hat DOTTED for the trim garb OF an
aviator with goggles and cap. If the
ideas Of former state senator B. +.
Pankey Of Lamy, y. N. at present in
81 Paso find favor with CattleT.en
when senator Pankey advocates
I riding the range" with an airplane
as a decided improvement on the old
: time style, he declares that he Is quite
Z serious and that he believes that the
I idea when carried out viii prove Of
2 immense benefit to cattlemen gene--
. ally. de would be trying the plan
now on his immense ranch of $4,000
] acres southeast Of Santa Fe. named
I the san CristObal. out for the fact
I that the aviator whom he had in view
just recently Joined the aviation corps
OF the army.
says Hes Not Joking.
when l first preached the IDEA Of
having an airplane for ras cattle
ranch folks thought I was joking"
senator Pankey said Fridsv at the Ho-
tel Zeiger. They had q d OF jokes
about my trying TO throw bombs on
wolves and the Ike, b1J IS matter
Of fact / am quite IN earnest / be-
/ lieve that with an airplane a ranch
owner can get much better and more
range with horses. I an quite sure
that brands can be read on an ami
mai from a distance o. several hun
dred feet in the air and the ground
covered much faster.
Not only would the airplane be
useful In a cattleman's ranch. but II
would be possible to make trips out
. side az q distance and find stravs
with much less trouble. In other
words you could see over your ranch
/ instead Of overseeing Il as at pres
emit"
Machine Building; Needs Filler.
An airplaue specially for q cattle
ranch was in building some time ago
at the plant OF the Longrens in To-
I peka, kan. on senator Pankey's or
der but he has been unable to find
a flier to qualify an an aerO-COW-
able TO DO so till the end OF the war
when IL IS probable that trained avi-
ators viii be plentiful Then the
western country may see his ide1
t-ken up by many eattlemen. he
Sole Owner OF Ranch.
The san Christohal ranch south o.
Santa Fe is said to be the largest
ranch in the United States owned by
n single indy dual Il lies for Q con
siderable part in the rich Galisteo
valley where the grass is fine and
the water good as 4 rule. Most In
teresting prehistoric ruins are located
about two miles from Nj. Parkey's
ranch home.
Just at present. senator Pankey
said. the cattle industry is not so
flourishing in New Mexico. due to the
mad drouth of the pcst few months
He has Just appeared before the state
tax comm ission at Santa Fe and asked
on behalf Of the cattlemen OF the
state a flat reduction OF 20 percent In
the head tax for cattle.
Stock Cattle less Vciuahle.
Conditions do not warrant the
payment Of the usual tax" senate
Pankey said. Due to the short grass
stock cattle are not nearly so valua bic
rs usual I should say by an aver
age of IS per head
although the price Of beef IS
higher than ever. as some would say,
the cattlemen Of New Mexico don't
have very much beef and the high
price does them no good"
Senator Pankcv is hopeful that his
efforts ~ b0'r~rf 81 the cattIemen at
g critical time in the business will
find f-vo- with the state board IN
cidentally he stated that he believed
n more thorough census would dis
close more than s1.OO0.0OO cattle in
the state subject to taxation. which
is the approximate number reported.