Arizona state miner., 1926-11-13
DUDE RHNcHER5
FORM ASSOCIATION

The amount of capital being in
vested in tourist ranches throughout
the West attracts attention from all
quarters these days and gains IN
limited publicity for the new busi-
ness. So far, this publicity has been
! kept within reason and has on the
whole been beneficial, and, in order
that the game may be hedl within
the bounds Of reason and played with
common sense, an organization has
recently been perfected to which sew
eral ranchmen in and about Wicken-
burg are eligible.
The Bishop Ranch
A representative of a stock COM
pany has been looking over the situa-
ton here, during the past week and
has made an offer, it is understood,
for the property formerly known as
Bishops CA Ranch with a view to
making it the seat of a feeding and
shipping ranch The offer was made,
however, contingent upon gaining GER
tain adjoining lands and, to date, COM
plete arrangements have not been
made. At any rate, The Miner is car
rying an advertisement this week COW
ering the Bishopp Ranch and expects
to see something put through in a
short time that will take the prop
erty off the market to which it has
been suddenly forced through condi
tions arising outside the state.
1t is understood that the negotia-
tions referred to above included the
opening of a hotel and the engage
ment of a professional dude Wrang-
ler
The Limit
1t would seem that the limit in this
line has probably been approached for
the present in this district, and it is
thought that with the Bishopp Ranch
included perhaps the local demand
can be taken care of for this season
at least.
However, the four or five men who
are at present engaged in this line
of business locally are of such a high
order that a newcomer would starve
to death unless he was Of the same
non-professional type and operated
along the same or similar lines of in
terest to the tourist looking for q
bona fide ranch resort.
The Montana Story
The following from the Montana
Locale gives a good idea of the
growth Of the business and adds
line to the local discussion as to just
what is the proper name for a cattle
ranch that encourages tourist brows-
ing and furnishes the browse:
BOSEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Dude
ranching" has become so profitable
that nearly 100 representatives of
several types Of tourists recreation
al activities have organized the dude
Ranchers Association of the North
west"
Visitors seeking the great open
spaces of the West hereafter may
find the scenery" organized and sys-
tematized The business has grown
from boarding house proportions to a
million dollar industry in Montana
alone.
Create New Titles
The summer vacationist, however,
will continue to be known as the
Dude" Establishments which will
offer personally conducted fishing and
hunting expeditions will officially take
the name Of "dude wanglers", and the
owner of the ranch becomes "boss
wrangler."
The term "dude" originated in 1886
in Yellowstone park, says Richard
Randall of Corwin Springs, a dude
rancher who, in he early days, was
guide in the park. The term has
lost it's derisive implication and, as
there was no insult intended from the
beginning, no better trade mark for
the industry than "dude ranching"
can be found, he declares.
Name Is Distinctive"
Supt. H. NJ. Albright of Yellowstone
park agreed, expressing the belief that
the name is distinctive and that the
people like it. He explains further
that, in the park, the term dude"
now is applied to the visitor who ar
rives by train and that the motor
traveller, where he drives an expen-
sive imported coach or comes in a
"jitney," is a "sage brusher."
Financial stress occasional by visits
of Eastern college friends determin-
ed j. H. Larom of the Valley Ranch,
Cody, Wyo., president of the new or