The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-22

iIOAtICI I1CllOnss &dNC I'LL III W
a love for the western ranges.
Kendrick now owns a los 900
acre cattle ranch. sweeping from
wyoming into Montana. That's an
area three times the size Of the
District of Columbia-almost a
State by itself And on 1t the Sen
ator spends all his vacations and
most of the time he's away from
Washington. It represents his first
great industrial achievement and
his last, for on it the Senator eX-
poets to end his days.
There il little about Kendrick to
indicate his early frontier life-ex-
cept his eyes. They peer out from
under shaggy eyebrows, with lines
radiating from the corners due to
gazing across broad, wind-swept
spaces. His is the frontiersman's
mask.
Raises Live Stock
The Senator doesn't talk much
Of those early days His interest
is more in the present, for live
stock raising has become an even
more precarious undertaking than
it was in that early period when
cattle men warred not only against
rustlers but against marauding
bands of Indians and the Jesse
James type of bandits as well.
The Senator loves the range and
the rancher's life. When on his
great range, he will rise with the
dawn, eat his chuck" in the mess
hall, or at the wagon on the range,
rope his own horse, and then help
ride herd with his weather-beaten
band of cow-punchers. He rides in
every roundup to which he can
escape from his senatorial duties,
and he still maintains much of his
former ability with the Iariat and
the branding iron
youth" he says. And still do. /
love the open and the feel of a
horse beneath me. I love the
grandeur OF the West, It's plains,
valleys. and mountain peaks.
There is no other life to match it,"
Fools Cowboys
Not so long ago, on one of his
visits to the ranch, some of the
cowboys thought they'd have a
little fun with the Governor"
Kendrick is Governor to his
boys. because he ruled the state
before coming to Washington
They staked out wild bronco for
the boss to ride. figuring on hav.
ing a laugh when he was thrown.
The Senator bit for the staked-
out horse. mounted him and was
almost catapulted into the next
county on the first buck. He Just
did manage to hang on until he got
his old grips working, and then he
buckled down to mastering the
wild animal. After some ten min
utes of tussling, Kendrick climbed
down from a thoroughly subdued
bronco, which was ready to trot
gently and politely wherever the
Senator directed. Then the boss
turned and laughed at his range
crew.
II had the last laugh, anyway"
was his only comment.
Poor Golfer
For exercise while in the Capital,
Kendrick plays golf. He has spent
three years, 1t IL said. in trying to
reduce his score below 100, but
without material success.
AocIduse OI his love TOT the west
the Senator also loves Western fic.
ton. 1t is said by his friends that
he himself Is characterized in Zane
Grey's Lone Star Ranger" as we'll
as in Emerson Hough's North of
&c." which is a story of the first
great cattle drive from Texas. He
Is also a constant reader Of con-
stitutional authorities.
The Senator has one weakness
an >inordinate fondness for bow
ties. His intimate friends whisper
that he has collected 81 different
bow ties by actual count and never
wears the same one twice. Incl
dentally, he always wears a bow
tie and never has been seen with
four-in-hand. The bows are of
all shades and colors. but generally
the Senator prefers blacks.
The Senator's hobbies can be
rounded up with gust two more
a love for vaudeville and a habit
of taking long, solitary walks. On
the latter he may be found in out
of-the.way spots, where he roams
in his quest for entertainment. In
deed, he Is one of the Senate's best
mixers. though no contest has ever