Show GREAT HOUSE HORSE RANGE BIGGEST IN THE COUNTRY IN STATE OF washington eleven thousand improved animals roam the immense range and require no reeding feeding stretching tor for miles on the north side of the columbia river from a point appos te the dalle ore avay a ay kowarc the big bend in washington lies the largest exclusive horse range in th the united states in this great expanse ol 01 variegated hills prairies and sand dunes upland plateau and river bl effs range the holdings of the Switz lers john and jade numbering 11 head ol 01 horses caas the chicago chronicle for the last 30 vears sears this expanse ol 01 country has been the range ol 01 the sw SA itz lers formerly william illiam john and jade in 1883 william died and the two tao other brothers continued in partnership partner hip tor for several years when the divided and each now conducts his 0 own n interests jade switzler 11 es at expansion KlIcki klickitat tat county wash V ash 12 miles be low the town of umatilla on the north side of the columbia john switzler iii lives es on Rw itzler a island in the co go lumb a rh er i ear the town of uma umatilla ellla jade switzler owns head of horses and john owns ons head the range for both the e immense herds being in the territory from the dalles dalies to the big deed beld at the highest tide of the SA itzler ler holdings before william switzler died oled the brothers owned at one time 15 head f hore hor e this was said to be the largest herd of horses ever owned b one company in the united states the switzler brand an S on the hip was krown from the atlantic to the pacific ocean as they shipped and drove horses to every known market in the united states in the early history of the switzler horse industry the holdings were viere cay uses small hardy incorrigible p nto and buckskin buck kin the hf brand of equines that ever trailed be hind the cattle herds from the pacific coat to chevonne Che venne in the early days or that followed an indian ludian trail over the precipitous mountains of the inland empire lut the causes are now entirely weeded out the SN Switz lers sold 7 head of these mustangs to the linnton lianton cannery atthe contract price of three thre edol dol lars ahead a head delivered since that clean up the class of horses rai rat ed on this immen e range has been greatly im proved large draught stallions have been cros ed with the wiry nervous western mares and the result is a grade of he hc ses weighing from 1 to 1 pounds that are fit for any ordinary bervice kernice and bring the highest highet price in ever market about GOO stallions are kept on this miles of range 11 head of wild hores reign monarch of all they survey the columbia aad yakima rivers are their watering places they run over parts of three large counties count lee and there are colts en cn the ranges two and three years old without brands and that were perhaps never seen by one of the switzler herders round up corrals are bu t about ten miles apart spart over this great range and the 50 men employed in the ro round und up gather and brand the colts in the t he fall the two brothers own about head of trained horses a large drove of hor es in itself none of thi great herd is ever fed a particle of feed during the winter sea son the sandhills sand hills and rolling prairies affording sufficient nutritious feed the year round St setlers tIers are crowding the vast range watering places are being fenced up and slowly the great expanse Is narrow ing dove down a but there yet remains anem an em pire in extent horse stealing is more or less preva lent in the switzler range the very mag of the business making it im possible to guard against renegades from the outside who slip in and ap ate what they can safely take away |