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Show , x 'J by CAROL S. LEMON VV$ A ;M t ' i I , .. x ,-k ( v j , I . I'M " j , j V ' . 1 . I ! ' V ,;- Y ; i. , '. Rosalie Cook and her buffalo skin. with the pickup Instead." 'At one time we heated our branding irons In hot coals and roped the cattle for branding. Now we have a good chute and propane equipment it's much easier." in fact Rosalie and a hand branded a hundred steers In about two hours the other day! "Water has always been a problem In this country. I believe the first well on the ranch was 40 feet deep and ran with a bucket pump. We have 23 wells around 20 feet deep that run with windmills for stock watering. Some of them are dry now and need to be deepened." Rosalie has quite a bottle collection - most found on the range. "We came across lots of old cellars or dugouts used by the early settlers. One winter when our stock had to be tended daily near Blue Mountain, we fixed up a dugout and lived in it all winter. win-ter. It was really quite comfortable. com-fortable. A memorable year was the winter of '48-49. The snow along the roadside was so deep the tops of the utility poles were barely visible. Hay was airlifted to the stock and a boxcar of hay was left on the siding near Latimer for the cattle there. "A lot of stock were lost that year," said Rosalie. In her office Rosalie showed show-ed us the round mirror with a six-inch wide frame etched by her husband with hundreds of brands, including their own Cross Diamond and Arrowhead. Ar-rowhead. A pair of eagle claws, taken from an eagle found dead in a power line, holds polished cow horns on each side. Really a decorative decora-tive piece. We saw the beautiful beau-tiful Empty Saddles plaque her husband made for his father and brothers as' they passed away. At his passing, Meet a gal who works hard jjd enjoys every minute of it. jjjjt of us would find our- lves hard pressed to keep jp with her just one day. josalle Cook was born in Falls, Idaho, but came to Mllford as a child. Her lather, Otto Koch, and asis-jjj asis-jjj still live In Mllford. "After graduation, I work -or a while, then married ud moved out to the ranch, jly husband, his father and brothers had home steaded Here. The ranch has 54,000 tcres, though it's now in the jjst-Rotatlon program and jdy part Is used each year." four years ago the ranch was sold and Rosalie manages it or the new owner. "I've always enjoyed the outdoor life and loved to be wt on the range with my hus-tand hus-tand working the cattle. Our daughter, Betty, loved it, too. t'e had her on ahorse almost U soon as she could walk, je was always a good hand stui is and our grand -thlldren think there's no place like the ranch." I'd heard that there were Uffalo on the ranch at one time. "We had 14 head for dree years. They were unpredictable. un-predictable. If they felt like taking a stroll they'd stroll right through the most solid fence we had. I was always rounding them up. When Mil-lord Mil-lord celebrated its Centen-ilal, Centen-ilal, they barbequed one. It dressed out at around a thousand thou-sand pounds. Most folks seemed to enjoy it. After three years we sent them on up to a ranch In Montana." "There have been lots of changes In ranching since I tot began. We did a lot of ?ork on horseback. I rode i teat little mustang for nan; years. My favorite m, Little Britches, is a fine T saddle horse, too. These iyswe do most of the work Betty added his picture and etched his name alongside theirs. A talented artist, Betty tooled a beautiful leather 'painting' and on the wall are some of her great cartoon sketches about ranch life. "I know I'd never be happy living in the city," says Rosalie. "I love the wide open spaces too much. Ranching is just what I want to do and I'm happiest doing it!" Rosalie shares her recipe for Cranberry Pudding. Sounds yummy! CRANBERRY PUDDING 1-12 C flour 2 t. soda 2 C cut cranberries 12 C molasses 12 C hot water 12 C nuts Mix. Put In a can and steam for one hour. Top with the following sauce. SAUCE 1 C sugar 12 C butter 12 C cream Pinch of salt Vanilla to taste Heat in top of double boiler. boil-er. Serve with pudding. |