The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-10-05
PRINCE OF WALES
AND MONTANANS
GEORGE LANE, FORMER MON
TANA COWBOY, BOUGHT HIS
RANCH PROPERTY FOR HIM
Ad Day, Montana Ranch Manager,
Invited to Visit Prince on His Al
berta Ranch; Lane Now Biggest
Horse Breeder in World.

WILL remember O6OTS6 Ldne. IDlT-
ty-five years ago he was Mon
tana cowboy, finally going into the
cattle business ON his own account.
He succeeded, but early visioned
the coming of the homesteader and
the absorption of the free ranges
in Montana. So he disposed of his
interests here and went to Alberta,
where, in those days there was
plenty of room and an abundance
of range. There in the fuIIness of
time he became the greatest breed
err of Norman Percheron horses in
the world, with large domain
for his land holdings. His Bar u
ranch is one of the show places of
western Canada.
Four years ago when the Prince
of Wales was making his first trip
into western Canada, he became &C
quainted with George Lane. The
prince expressed a desire to look over
the Lane property, so for several days
the future king of England was the
guest of the former Montana cowboy
at the Bar u ranch The prince was
SO captivated with ranch life that he
commissioned Lane to buy for him
q property adjoining the Bar u, and
this property is known as the ed
ward Prince" ranch, or the "E. Pr
for short. The Prince came out from
England a few weeks ago, and is
spending few weeks on his ranch,
for the nonce, an Alberta ranchman.
Here is a news story that came out
from Southern Alberta about him a
few days ago.
1.-THE handsome young Lord Rem
frew, having filled his silo on the
"E. p" ranch, looked over his stock
and paid few neighborly calls on
nearby ranchers, including the Earl
of Mimic, is beginning to feel the lack
of the excitement associated with his
usual job, which is being Prince of
Wales and heir to the British crown
'He has enjoyed a little shoot
ing, having bagged a few Hungarian
pheasants, several cartridges and one
rabbit while he and his party were
jogging over to Minto's place. But
stories of a silver topped grizzly be-
ing sighted in the Rockies have
reached Lord Renfrew and he is re-
ported to be anxious to get after some
real game.
1.-THE prince has gone to Banff this
weekend. On his return it is quite
likely he will make for the hunting
trail The government of Alberta
has promised him a blanket license
that will permit him to kill anything
he can find. He can even pot an elk
if he wants to, and the Alberta sea-
son for elk is permanently closed.
''There are offers galore of pack
outfits and guides. If he goes on
the hunt, the prince will almost GER
tainly take Bert Pearson, whose bags
of bear, goat, sheep and deer have
been the talk of the district for many
years. Pearson knows every inch of
the Rockies and at his home on
George Lanes Bar u ranch exhibits
the finest collection of heads in the
west.
at is possible, however, to get
pretty good sport between dawn and |
dark without travelling far into the
Businesses of the Rockies. Black bear |
have been seen lately in the foothills |
not far from the princes ranch and |
sheep are plentiful
AFTER a week on his ranch, Lord |
Renfrew has done about all he can
do in the way of condensed ranch
ing. He has acquainted himself with
most of the details of the work on
his 1000 acres and done a lot of
labor himself, though bright
ly written stories about his appetite
for corn beef and cabbage and other
things associated with the west are
amusement to the English
Instead of eating piles of
griddle cakes smothered in syrup it
seems the prince breakfasts on bacon
and eggs, while he prefers a good
old roast of beef to the more pic
turesque corn beef and cabbage. In
tact, to be strictly truthful about the
only western atmosphere around the
royal cuisine is the Japanese cook.
Prince Has Few Callers
Nor have the neighbors been
iropping in every minute to borrow
, cup of sugar. Not more than 20
;allers have appeared at the ranch
ind of these, but three or four were
welcomed. There are no
,ronchoes raising cain amongst dare
levil cowboys, no steers cutting up,
10 fancy rope throwing, no madden :
ID cattle stampeding. /.
"The royal stock is bland, fat and /.
peacefully disposed. The royal hired
lelp speaks with strong cockney
ccept. And for all the excitement .
here is to be found on E. P. ranch, :
4ord Renfrew might just as we'll have
.one down to some Sussex farm. That .
$ why Edward is probably enjoying
is vacation as he has never enjoyed d
trip before. He is being left alone.
so far but one American has en-
Favored to pass the time of day with I
be prince. A Boston man, motoring =
round these parts, wandering onto x
he e. P. ranch, drove all over it Z
Tithout seeing a single member of Q
he princes staff and drove right out
gain. Renfrew's mail, however, re-
Gals many American stamped en-
elopes. Most of the letters are !.
rom people wanting some sort of
ob. One man in Montana offered =
} hop up to E. P. ranch and do all u
he cooking gratis just for the ad" s
Another Montana cattleman who
njoys the mountaineering of the .
rince is AID Day, stampede manager, =
nd who is looking after the Ring q
ng ranch properties in the Smith y