Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1915 — Modernizing the Roundup. [ARTICLE]

Modernizing the Roundup.

Each year seems to give the automobile a new hold on life, says the Wall Street Journal. The war brought it to the forefront in a new field. The soldier of the present day seldom makes long forced marches like Sherman’s march to the sea. He travels by motor car. As a result, the automobile casualty list is tremendous; tip average life of a car in the battle line is estimated at 30 days. But it is not only the war zone that has lost part of its picturesqueness through the use of the automobile. The latter has begun to rob the annual cattle roundup of some of its thrills by replacing the horse. This year has seen the übiquitous car with a cowboy at its wheel on our western prairies discouraging the cattle from attempts to escape from the ever narrowing circle in the roundup. Many a st£er which has given a cow horse a run must feel disconcerted when it bucks up against the four-wheeled steed.