Evening star., 1923-09-11
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HIGH RIVER. Alberta. Can.
September 10.-Court etiquette does
not carry on the cattle ranges of
Canada-and the Prince of Wales
seems glad of 1t. At least he was
glad, and obviously, at the freedom.
on his last formal visit, and it is
expected that he will fit into the west
ern conditions as readily as into af-
fairs of the highest social import
when he reaches his 4.000-acre cattle
ranch. on his present vacation trip
under the incognito Lord Rerfrew.
There was no standing on ceremony
when the prince turned vaquero on his
last visit, and il was that which to
large degree determined him to buy
the E. P. ranch, where blooded stock
from royal estates inNEngland is set
ting a high standard
The prince himself saw the joke
in an incident on his previous trip in
which formality went by the board
1t happened on the 100 .OOO-acre
ranch of George Lane, which adjoins
the E. P.
"Plain Westerner" Speaks.
Mr.. Lane styles himself "a plain
westerner" and he takes great pride
in the fact that through his industry
and foresight he has won the title
of "the greatest and most successful
rancher of the Dominion"
When he suggested that the prince
pass q few days on his ranch, the
prince accepted. 1t was a new ex-
perience to him.
His royal highness appeared to en-
Joy the dropping of ancestral titles.
and in true democratic fashion lent
himself to all suggestions for his en-
|tertainment. One of these was taking
part in the fall round up. The prince
on a western pony accustomed to such
work, was shown how to assist in
this annual affair.
But no one can learn all about such
matters in one lesson and the prince
committed the faux pas of failing to
and calf to separate them into proper
different groups for branding the
calves
This mistake resulted in the val
liable but distracted calf being sent
galloping off in the wrong direction,
deserting the whole show.
Mr. Lane shouted to the prince and.
riding up, said with some perturba-
ton, Young feller, don't you know
that every calf like that, without
brand that may get lost goes to the
crown?"
And the Prince Winked.
Before his host seemed to realize
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sentative of the crown, the prince
with a wink asked with good natured
concern. Are many lost to the crown,
Mr.. Lane?'
The princes liking FOR the real west
is shown not only by his purchase of
the z. p. ranch and his attention to
its development. but in his interest
in the history of the west.
Charles NJ. Russell is widely known
as the cowboy artist, and the prince
is the owner of one of his typical
pictures. 1t Is said the price paid
was $4,000.
Russell halls from Great Falls.
Mont. He was a cowboy before he was
a painter and he Is a cowboy still
In that he knows HIS genre to the
last detail. He rode the range in the
eighties and turned to art when he
found it easier to report to his en-
ployers with pictures than with writ
ten accounts. There came a hard win
ter He sent in a picture of lone
COW in the drifts. THE last of 5000"
Hcribbled beneath, was his report. 1t
made him famous.
Russell was once induced to go to
New York to study art, with Europe
in the future. He stayed in New York
a month; when he left, he headed not
toward Paris but toward the ranges
Lord Renfrew Is coming for a west