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60, also in 64, 65, 70, and 71. He l)clieve(I in 

 advertising- and made liberal use of the j)i'ess in 

 keeping his herd before tlie 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. 

 Hai-ris on the grounds of the Kansas State Ag- 

 ricultural College. 



V. R. Ellis of Franklin county established a 

 herd in aboTit 1884 which furnished the basis 

 for success in ninnerous other herds. Tlie big 

 beefy bull Godwin, son of imp. Spai-tan Hero 

 and imp. Golden Thistle, two of the Ix'st animals 

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

 uable breeding cows. Sir Charming 4tli, 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 i:)restige to the 

 Tomson herd in producing show stock. 



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

 Leavenworth county l)red any considerahle num- 

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

 business in bringing the so-called Bates Inills 

 and some females from Kentuck_v 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. Stoue is known in Short- 



