New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-10-19

ARE MAKING GOOD HEADWAY
ON TRIP TO NATIONS
METROPOLIS.

EWild Horse Sam (B. T. Mears),
Flap Jack Steel ID. M. SteeD and
Muligan Pete Oh E. LESLEY, the three
cowboys from jackson Hole, Wyoming,
who are riding horseback from that
Western country to New York City,
where they are scheduled to arrive
on or before January !, 1922, pulled
up rein in New Ulm shortly after !
o'clock, Monday afternoon, about
an hour behind scheduled time.
Given Royal Welcome.
Miss Mildred Eibner acted as New
Ulm's welcoming committee, having
ridden out to meet the visitors. She
rode into town with them and escorted
the cowboys to Philip Filzen's livery
stable, where their horses were pro-
vided for. After putting up their
mounts, the trio, guided by Miss
Eibner, was accompanied to the
Dakota House, where a sumptuous
dinner awaited them. After partaking
of a hearty meal, the Westerners were
introduced to President A. L. Book
of the New Ulm Commercial Club, and
to Mayor L. A. Fritsche. The latter,
in few hearty words, bid the travellers
welcome to our fair city. After chatt-
ing with our townspeople for few
hours and giving the Review printery
the once over, the cowboys rode to
CORTLAND, where they ate supper and
looked after the comfort of their
steeds. Herman Polkow, chairman
OF the county commissioners, who had
bid the visitors welcome at Spring
field, Sleepy Eye and other places along
their route, also assisted in extending
them glad hand here, introducing the
boys to people along Minnesota
street. Mr.. Polkow drove to Court,
land in his car after supper and brought.
the Westerners back to this city, where
they spent several enjoyable hours.
See Many New Things.
During their brief visit in our print
ing plant, the three cowpunchers
marveled at the big DuIeY printing
press and the intricate ws,k it does.
They could not quite figure out how
the paper is taken from huge roll,
fed through the press, printed and
folded at the rate of 1000 copies an
hour.
Flap Jack Steel informed us that he
had seen the first railroad train and
witnessed the first airplane flight in his
life while attending the Park County
Fair at Cody, Wyoming, on their
present trip. Prior to that time he
had not seen either of these modern
vehicles of travel. He was born and
reared in jackson Hole and never at
tended school day in his life, so that
he is unable to read or write. In spite
of this handicap, he is an expert at
drawing cattle and horse brands and
demonstrated his skill in this respect
on the Review scribe's note book.
Flap Jack owns 800 head of cattle and
is one of the foremost residents Of
jackson Hole. His ranch is known as
the Chat 81 ranch, his cattle brand
being sombrero with the letter 'S'
beneath it.
Roosevelt's Body Guard.
Both Wild Horse Sam and Flap
Jack Steel acted in the capacity Of
body guards for the late Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt during the latter''s
visit in Yellowstone Park and vicinity
in 1913. They have met a number OF
governors also, but it remained for
New Ulm to give them, as we'll as Null
ligan Pete, their first opportunity to
meet up with a "sky pilot.
Minnesota Makes Hit.
The Westerners stated that they
had been most agreeably surprised at
the eatment accorded them in Mime
sofa. They had been told, farther
west, that the people of our state
would be lacking in the warmth q
their welcome, but this was decidedly
not the case. They were reluctant
to leave Brown county, as the people
in Springfield, Sleepy Eye and New
Ulm were very hospitable. In part
ing, they gave assurances that they tn e.
would stop off here for few day!
enroute home from New York CITY
next spring.
To Get $4,000.
The cowboys are riding horsebacl
from jackson Hole, Wyoming, to New
York City, a distance Of about 2,75'
miles, on wager with the Commercial
Club at Jackson, the largest inc rporat
ed community in Jackson Hole. I
they arrive in the nations metropoli
on or before January |, 1922, each 9
the three men will receive $4,000. TIL
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