Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1918 — GIRLS AS SHEEP HERDERS [ARTICLE]

GIRLS AS SHEEP HERDERS

Loneliest Job in the World Is Latest Industry to Attract the Women. Cheyenne, Wyo.—Herding sheep—the loneliest job in the world—is^the ming ranchers have given so many men to the war that sheepherders are very scarce. Hence Misses Lulu Munson, Belle Pattison and Grace Keenan, Campbell county lassies, have become sheep-herdesses at a wage of SSO a month and “found.” They have been employed by B. J. Reno, and each girl acts as guardian to 2,500 “woolles.” These girls are said to be the first feminine sheepherders In the United States.