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60, also in 64, 65, 70, and 71. He believed in 

 advertising and made liberal use of the press in 

 keeping his herd before the public. The cattle 

 were sold about 1900 or shortly thereafter when 

 Mr. True moved to Topeka. It was he who was 

 given the work of collecting funds in Kansas 

 for the erection of a monument to Col. W. A. 

 Harris on the grounds of the Kansas State Ag- 

 ricultural College. 



V. R. Ellis of Franklin county established a 

 herd in about 1884 which furnished the basis 

 for success in numerous other herds. The big 

 beefy bull Godwin, son of imp. Spartan Hero 

 and imp. Golden Thistle, two of the best animals 

 of their day; was used and proved a sire of val- 

 uable breeding cows. Sir Charming 4th, a Nor- 

 ton bred bull of his Sweet Charity line was also 

 used. This herd was not appreciated at its full 

 worth until after its sale to T. K. Tomson & Sons 

 when the Godwin cows added prestige 'to the 

 Tomson herd in producing show stock. 



Records do not show that J. C. Stone, Jr. of 

 Leavenworth county bred any considerable num- 

 ber of Shorthorns. He did, however, do a big 

 business in bringing the so-called Bates bulls 

 and some females from Kentucky during the 

 late seventies and early eighties. He continued 

 handling Shorthorns and breeding a few until 

 1898 when the last, or one of the last, of his breed- 

 ing was recorded. Mr. Stone is known in Short- 



