, 1922-10-29
TAPPERs LFE--A STORY OF COZ BROOKS YOUT

Luck" IN this life. in a business
sense. not TO the man who 7its
down to wait for II. but to him who
makes the best q his opportunity and
regardless Of his environments. by
study and the development OF his
brain. prepares himself for that OPP
portunity which sooner or later
knocks at the doors OF US all.
Col. Ed Howe. o. the Atchison. Kaa.
GLOBE. Is not only a writer OF natiof n
repute. but Is a personal friend OF B.
b. Brooks. Colonel Howe used TO
visit and hunt hero with Governor
Brooks in territorial days and has
continued that practice until coInpar-
Rtively recent years. Theirs Is a
mutual friendship OF long standing
and Colonel Howe has made Wyoming
and Governor Brooks the subject OF an
occasional magazine article.
I have a numoer OF letters from
wyaming and other states with refer
enee TO The Yesterdays Of Casper
recently published in the Sunday Tri-
buns. One such letter asks permits
sion TO reproduce h article in an
eastern publication. Another con-
taired the following article by Colonel
Howe concerning Governor Brooks. As
published in the Country Gentleman
a number OF ear ago
No doubt it has often been said o.
Governor Brooks. as It Is Of most sue
esssfal men. "4oh. It is Just his luck"
Twice governor OF Wyoming. pres
iaent OF the wyoming National hank,
president OF the Consolidated Royalty
company. and just recently selected
as president OF The associated banlss
Of Neutrality-suspicious.. banker. oil
msSnate. ranchman. stockman. bust
ness man-those of US VINO have
known him longest can certify as TO
the sslf-developed ability n con
slant application OF effort that has
made him the leader he IS. Certain
~ 1t was not all due TO ihe start he
received. as related in his n~ricie,
which would seem Iiks mighty hard
lines to the average young man Of
today.
lone Of the noted ranches Of wyo-
ring is located near the town of Cas-
per. q hundred and seventy miles
northwest OF Cheyenne. and known
as the w. It lies in tho shadow
OF the mountains where the great
plains reach the R~attiesnake Range.
THE present owner. B. Il Brooks.
bought It moro than forty years ago
for six beaver traps and a sack OF
flour.
las e boy B. p. Brooks lived IN Chi
cago. and had the same call TO the
plains and mountains that the boys
OF the Maine coast nave for the sen.
AT nineteen he went West and work
ed Tor a cattle outfit. After a years
experience he concluded TO trap Cor
beaver-that was the big talk OF hat
day in his section. as the range cattle
business was uncertain. So he settled
In q place known as Deer Creek
Park. Soldiers who had gone up there
from Fort Fetterman to hunt elk had
built and deserted a log cabin and this
Brooks occupied. taking his three
horses and a dog named Ring with
him.
"a grave mar near sixty now sol
EMMY declares that Ring once saved
his life. Brooks had become snow
blind from the white glare of winter
in the mountains. n Ring went to
another cabin. many miles away. and
acted so STRANGELY tina the owner fol
lowed the dog home and aided his
stricken master.
IN riding about Brooks often no.
ticed a cabin In the valley below. and.
as he saw smok coming out Of the
chimney occasionally. he knew it was
occupied. Being lonely. he finally
ven down to visit and found two
trapers in the cabin with whom he
spent the night.
"As they sat about the fire and talk
ed the men asked what he heard 'in
town"-thls mean Fort Fettermah. a
lonely military post and trading point
where Brooks had lately been. He
replied that the latest excitement was
about the disappearance OF a French.
nan whose outfit had been standing