Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1886 — A NOTED CATTLE KING. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A NOTED CATTLE KING.

Ex-Gov. John L. Routt, of Colorado. Hon. John L. Routt, of Colorado, who presided over the National Convention of Cattle Men at St. Louis, in November, is one of the most prominent of the Western cattle barons. He has long been interested

in cattle and cattle breeding, and has ever been prominent among the members of the union, outside of the political field in which he moves and may be said to have his being. His political record is that of one of the growing Western statesmen, nndhisabilit.es in fulfilling the positions thrust upon him in that staticu of life are said to be unsurpassed.