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in hand, talking to Mr. Potter, I chanced to men- 

 tion the matter of securing subscribers to A His- 

 tory of Shorthorns in Kansas. Mr. Duphorne, 

 banker and Shorthorn enthusiast, overheard 

 part of our conversation and before I had 

 finished he seized my book with the remark 

 "I'm in on this if it's for Shorthorns." He filled 

 out and signed an order for ten copies. 



When David Wohlschlegel wanted an im- 

 ported bull and could not leave home to attend 

 the Carpenter & Ross sale, he sent Mr. Duphorne 

 as his representative. Does this banker know 

 Shorthorns ? Take a look at imp. Bapton Dram- 

 atist (Wohlschlegel sketch) and you will find 

 the answer. 



Note. Respectfully dedicated to bankers of 

 the Southwest. 



Jesse Rork, Anthony. Harper county is full 

 of new breeders and Mr. Rork is one of them. At 

 Miss Stanley's 1918 sale he bought three cows. 

 Lady Lou by a son of imp. Count Violet is out of 

 a cow by imp. Trout Creek Clan Alpine. Roan 

 Aline, by a son of Captain Archer, has two fa- 

 mous bulls in the next two crosses, Winsome 

 Duke llth and St. Valentine, sire of the unde- 

 feated Ruberta. Lady Waterloo is of similar 

 breeding. Later Mr. Rork secured a daughter 

 of Pleasant Dale, son of Maxwalton Averne, dam 

 of the $10000 2d Fair Acres Sultan and other 

 good ones. He has been using Miss Stanley's 



