Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-09

N' "ne'e on wednesday they at.
~"oe' 'he funeral OF Pete scog'
."' ~" 'u "'''e ''''''"'ah OF 'hat SEC
~ 'Ns VI 'ne man IN whose
non"r the Anariilo men made the trip
20 Snyder. Mr.. Franklin said:
"pete scorsin nevsr ,naaa . n,,,,,,
$1,000. :,
Wv U.S. 'ou' wa"
"nts ana eieah' a fact evidenced many
times throughout his life. lie was as
tcndefiy sympathetic az a woman m
hr.v. ana s..r,...
,..,,.. ~ ~ '"e
m"'enon'-his loyalty to his friends In
one of their most treasured memories
II has been said that A man Ia he n real
cattle man In the o,as, A.. ~,
. g., -, "''1 W w
Wv 'S''''hu'hs eharac'
'~''''cS OF real human being. Certain
Its that Pete scoggin had these in rarc
measure.
~Aho,, ,o.,..
sso met fete
w "'' ''r' uhe ~ roundup. ] was
then In Crosby county. and our round
upa In this section OF IN. stat. -.
twtc. zach v... IT,,
a., ''N' '"e iirS' OF
49, ~ he spring, and In the fall
O"s ene nrs' OF october or Noyen.
" '"csr were participated In by all
NV ,ne" '" Hesenty'fivc OF hun.
W me- around we met and knew
-. inv from THIS initial meeting,
~. ~" UP between Pete and ! q
'Henosnip. one that endured 20 the day
~" eea'h ana Following his passing
W, me"'ty on the real worth 9. the
'sAn hhsers with me as precious pos
~
hauve OF south Carolina. Pete
ssoxkih teit the urge OF the frontier.
fe spent all of his money In railroad
iAr coming to Dallas. which AT that
une wac the terminus Of the Texas
ana 'se'''c road From Dallas without
IsHas ana Possessed Of nothing mort
tnsn strong BODY and a set determine.
uon. ne set out to walk 20 the ranch
smokey Brown In Coleman county
The entire trip ~as made on foot. HE
noas TOO strong shoes gave out on this
mar.h: ana farmer on the way sup
p'rn am WIN SACKS with which q
Wap. ms feet. Thus. he reached the
hrown ranch barefoot. sore. tired and
Torn' nut In no measure discouraged
Nufr WORKING Tor Brown Tor number
~ years, ne removed with him TO Ken,
eoppiy. ana following stu further ser.
vice a. cowboy. began the acquire
men' cf few cattle and small arcas
OF land.
Wh"t i FIRST met Pete he owned
seoat two hundred hcad IL indiffer.
entiy nrcd cattle. and very little land.
" any nj all. Rut ne early realized that
" man would stay In the game 81
catue RAISING. he must also possess the
ana rms determination led him In his
persistent efforts Tor requirement ana
~ 'he ume OF his passing he owned
SOMEWHAT more than thirty thousand
seres ana thousands OF cattle. Although
Interested IN the homes and families OF
ms rienis' Pete never was married
ne FAMILIES OF MS partners shared
MS kineaess IN rare degree-he was
'hssr Trends. when death removed a
Wrmer. ne Sfttied the affairs Of the
psflherSnr ,icordinS To the estimates
m the ny tie was beloved 81 every
mar W. fred With him the fcr'
TUNES o. cattle game. and when
tneu ci "a through fate. were or.
nhsned DER wives widowed. they
pecame the cosects OF his special carr.
"Some idea ot the magnanimors
spirit Of Peter scogEin may he gath.
cred from the statements ~ Rev. VI
Bishop. pastor 81 the Baptist church
NsAnson. who conducted the funeral
declared during the sermon that
VIII" all OF the beauests ana kindly
rtnefactions Of the dead man are not
Known. fer he did much Of his work
quietly sum In excc~s OF one hundred
Thousand dollars has been invested IN
'he Held Of general good. While not =
mruhtr of any church. every edifice ~
public worship In Snyder. represents an
Investment by Pete scoggin.
'"Jast shortly hcfcre his death In the
tsnitarium In Post City. when one ~
the ministers was calling on him. Pete
said tn the man az the Lord 7 have no.
invested my life. as I should have done
70 God my house 10 In oracr-I havcl
nothing to fear In the land to which I
70" lie never withheld support from
a worthy cause. lie realised the worth.
wilderness ~ that which IL good. even
while himself making no personal claim
10 sodliness.
80 number II years ago. a brother
,f,sd n, the ola ho,nn s,a,e ~ son,h