, 1924-03-27
OLD-TIME RES
IDENT ENJOYS
EARLY DAY NEWS

The Republican is in receipt of a
letter from John F. Heagney OF Cas-
per in which he states that he thoro-
ughly enjoys the "a Year AGO sec
ton which Is now a feature of this
paper.
Mr.. Heagney also writes very en-
certainly OF early day hunting and
fishing in this section and as we
know our readers will be interested
in this letter We are publishing it:
Rawlins Republican,
Rawlins, Wyo..
Dear Editor:
As much as l welcome The Reprb-
lican every week it Is now doubly
welcome on account of your Page Of
Thirty-four years ago $500 and I
believe there are many, many others
who will also take a great interest
in that page. That is about the
time l left Rawlins and many things
happened about that time that I
never heard about as we seldom re-
ceived Rawlins papers. At that time
l knew Ter thought l did nearly
everyone in Rawlins and for miles
around in every direction on account
Of my fondness Of hunting and fish
ing l had many acQuaintances. 1t
might be interesting to some at this
time to tell you a few things about
early day hunters and hunting.
From the time l was about six
years old my greatest pleasure was
In going on these hunting trips every
summer and If ! was not out with
my father l went with other hunt
ers and learned the game of fishing
and hunting, very early in life. /
could nNf on In tho u-tnfor hut I
made up for lost time when summer
came.
Game Of all kinds was very plenti-
full there Except Buffalo which were
becoming scarce) and 1t was no
trouble for a man who made his
living by hunting to go out and get
a wagon load of antelope or deer in
three or four days and bring them
to town where they found ready sale
for II at one dollar and fifty cents
per saddle which was generally the
price.
The front quarters and ribs were
never brought In or sold unless some,
one wanted them and asked the
hunter to bring them especially.
The two hind quarters together
we're called the saddle and were gen
orally sold that way.
Mountain sheep were also plenti-
full around Rawlins and many were
killed for meat and also for the
heads, many Of which adorned the
walls of different places in Rawlins
and probably do So yet. In the Fall
and Winter we used to get Elk meat
and I do not believe there is any
thing nicer than the meat Of a two
year-old COW elk. 1t is the nearest
thing t o good beef that l know Of
and that was the kind that the
hunter would try to get.
Among the hunters who used to
make II q business to bring in wild
game we're John Cannon whom near
ly every one In Rawlins knows. Jno.
Ackley. Pat Anderson. Robt. Cooper.
Gus Kane (Black Gus). Charles
PfeifYer and several others who were
in and out OF Rawlins at times. with
game and hides.
The hides of these animals also
made quite q revenue for hunters
and at our time my father used to
buy those hides and when he had
accumulated a carload would ship
them and although prices were low
at that time still they commanded
ready sale. You see that was before
there we're any game laws
Buffalo robes were a common thing
then and everybody had from one
TO a dozen nice robes. They were
used as buggy lap robes. buggy
cushions and also for bedding and
they are something that we never
see anymore.