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Updated: May 29, 2025
His best qualities shone their brightest when there were a dozen men around to cook for. When they ate heartily he felt he was useful. If a boy was sick, Jack could make a broth, or fix a cup of beef tea like a mother or sister. When he went out with the wagon during beef-shipping season, a pot of coffee simmered over the fire all night for the boys on night herd.
It's only a fourteen-hour run to the yards, and if you work a beef-shipping outfit that's up to date, you can pick your day to reach the market. Get your outfit together, keep in touch with the house by wire, and market your beef in advance of the glut from the Platte country." The solicitor lifted the lines over a livery team. "One moment," said Joel. "Advise Mr.
There had been more or less friction between the Indian agent and these usurpers of the grazing privileges, and a proposition to lease a million acres at an annual rental of fifty thousand dollars at once met with the sanction of the agent. Major Hunter and I were notified of the outlook, and at the close of the beef-shipping season we took stage for the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency.
It's quite a little ride to the station, and we'll understand that no news is good news. And once you see that these cattle are going to winter safely, better raise the long yell and come home. You can drift back in the fall during the beef-shipping season. I may write you when next summer's plans begin to unfold."
We weathered the drouth on the trail, selling our unplaced cattle early, and before the beef-shipping season began, our range in the Outlet, including good will, holding of beeves, saddle horses, and general improvements, was sold to a Kansas City company, and the old firm passed out of existence.
He was perfectly at home with them, and they all liked him. When he used to let his hair grow long, he looked like an Indian. Once, when he was wrangling horses for us during the beef-shipping season, we passed him off for an Indian on some dining-room girls. George Wall was working with us that year, and had gone in ahead to see about the cars and find out when we could pen and the like.
Stoddard that we rely on him to furnish us two men during the beef-shipping season." "Anything else?" inquired the man, a memorandum-book in hand. "Where are the nearest ranches to ours?" "On the Republican, both above and below the old trail crossing. There may be extra men over on the river," said the solicitor, fully anticipating the query. "That's all," said Joel, extending his hand.
"We have four days before beginning to gather beeves," he announced. "Let's go somewhere and camp." "We'll move to the old trail crossing at sun-up," announced Sargent. "Roll your blankets in the morning, boys." A lusty shout greeted the declaration. It was the opening of the beef-shipping season, the harvest time of the year, and the boys were impatient to begin the work.
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