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is of course the most spectacular of all. The por- 

 traits of CONRAD KOHRS and MURDO MACKENZIE alone 

 now serve to remind us of this vital part of our 

 live-stock production. I hope that some day the 

 pen of a JOHN CLAY may be turned loose upon an 

 account of the introduction and dissemination of 

 the herds and flocks throughout the grassy empire 

 of the plains and mountain meadows, and that the 

 future will find a great SADDLE AND SIRLOIN hall 

 filled with reminders of the men who have subdued 

 the western wild, and made it a prolific source of 

 profit and supply to the American people. In so far 

 as the northern range is concerned CONRAD KOHRS 

 stands out like one of the snowy peaks of the land 

 he has helped to civilize. The Panhandle has known 

 no greater master of range cattle strategy than 

 MURDO MACKENZIE. He is at present devoting his 

 mature judgment touching ranch management to a 

 big Brazilian syndicate, but a glad welcome awaits 

 his return to the Rocky Mountain states. 



Fortunes have been won and lost in this western 

 land and cattle business. Some men had success 

 quickly thrust upon them only to see the glittering 

 prize slip as rapidly from their grasp. Others 

 attained the summits of eminence and wealth only 

 after long and trying experiences in the foothills 



