Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

Of the house, who is VaSsar graduate
One Winter day cowboy was sitting on the
Bar corral fence looking at a herd of cattle
being driven in by the cowboys few dudes
were tagging along. One of these charged down
on wandering steer and set the whole herd
Stampeding into canyon. The cowboys re-
mark was laconic. pressed him for an opinion
Of dudes on cattle ranches
Nuisance mostly. They think COW punch
ing drop-the- hanky sort of game and any
fool that throws a lariat a hero Nav, don't
like being hero. Gotta say, though, you meet
some swell guys from the East. One old buck
richer n ell, comes out every Winter and,
lady, you should see him rope a steer. Pretty
Dudes amt such bad hombres-mean well, but
act like lotta kids. Since they been coming
West the size of our pay sure has changed
Nav, don't take porter tips. Dude ranchin'
pays good, and US hands get better rake-off."
Some of the cowboys not so lenient in
their opinion And some swerve to the other
extreme admitting they like dudes but more
and specially" the woman dudes.
There have been q few ronances of Eastern
girls who have married cowboys. few have
lasted, but most of them failed either when
she got him back among her city friends or
he got her out on a ranch far from society
and shops and expected her to be concerned
that hundred cows had died in a drought
or a cowboys child had collie.
There is one Of these marriages, however.
that Is tradition in Arizona. The ranch of
this couple is one of the snow places, although
not exactly a dude ranch. I've danced with
this cowboy when his great frame almost burst
out of his dress suit as he enthusiastically
oRlked of branding cattle at round-ups.
She was a beautiful girl out of finishing
school, the daughter of an Eastern millionaire.
Travelling with an aunt, she stopped at the
Grand Canyon Her guide was a handsome
cowboy, q man of the West who murdered the
kings English but could walk OF with heart.
He carried her heart on. and they were married.
Disinherited, cut OF from her allowance, she
settled down and kept house for him on his
and an aunt died and left the cowboys wife
q million dollars. They bought a ranch and
live comfortably, but he is stin the bread
winner. She asks him for SO cents to buy
tooth paste but could write q check in six
figures and never miss it. She has the sense
TO make him feel that she depends on him and
what he earns even though she actually does
not.
EVEN the cowboy has changed in Arizona
with the coming Of the dude. Rancher
after rancher complained Of not getting good
hands to ride the range. The best cowboys
follow rodeo shows from State to State, and
those good ones who are willing to remain at
home are attracted to the dude ranches BY
better pay The Mexican cowboy Is usually
slower less Trustworthy and painstaking, but
every ranch has to employ them.
At the opposite side of Arizona from Bar o
Ranch there is another type which preserves
the Western atmosphere. It is Fresnal Ranch,
known as rehabilitation station" for boys
who have grown too rapidly or overworked at
school The ranch is up 1000 feet in the
BaboQuavori Range and is no place for q lazy
youth. There are tutors to keep mental ma
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see that young bodies get plenty of work on
the cattle ranch.
There are numerous other school ranches
strewn over the State. One Of these was found
ed by a publishers wife for children with
asthma. Another in the Catalina Mountain
foothills carries on its scholastic work with
much out-of- door amusement and range riding.
At this last, the Evans School, have been
registered sons of some OF Americas Govern
ment ofdcials, sons of old and wealthy homes,
sons Of titled Europeans. One day Prince and
Princess Orsini Of the Orsini house of Italy
arrived with two young men for the school tt
took q truck to get the trunks and luggage
ont to the school cottages. The next day the
prince and princess bid adieu to their sons and
left for New York. The same day the young
men dashed into town and bought chaps, Stet-
sons silver-decorated brides, loud plaid shirts,
high boots, roweled spurs and Indian rings
They simply lived in those outfits, but conde-
scended 10 lay them aside at country club
Dances where they were made much of.
The Mexican border, since prohibition has
become popular dude ranch position. Some
Fasteners say they 60 to these because they
are farther south, therefore warmer. That is
to be questioned. Ari1ona's southern border
rises high into the mountains, while the central
portion about Tucson and Phoenix Is from 600
TO 1000 feet high.
Among these border ranches on the south
western side Of the State is Hacienda de Ia
fVun Cos kNo
Mexico 1t caters to dudes, though in the old
EnaniSh DAVIS this was the hacienda of q Snan.