Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1900 — TWENTY BIG CALIFORNIANS. [ARTICLE]

TWENTY BIG CALIFORNIANS.

MePj Worn en> amt Girl* Sail to Try Kinchins; in Argentina. For height, broad shoulders and herculean build, the party of twenty Californian cattle raisers who passed through Chicago the other day could hardly be surpassed. They were on their way from Los Angeles to the Argentine Republic, where they Intend to False cattle on a much more extensive scale than they could in California. The party consisted of the three Pallett brothers and their families, with five cowboys, who had thrown In their lot with the company in the hope of making a fortune in the fertile valley of the Platte river. The three Pallett brothers are each fully six feet in height, have broad, muscular shoulders, and tip the scales at 200 pounds. Their wives are nearly as tall and muscular. Two of the brothers have each four daughters, and the third brother htis three. These eleven girls range in ages from 18 to 23 years, and take after their parents in build. “Never before,” said the night clerk at the hotel, “have we had guests who attracted so much attention, and we frequently have some peculiar people stopping here. The other guests In the house seemed like dwarfs as compared with this Western party.” IV. A. Pallett, the oldest brother, when asked for his reason for leaving America, said: “We are all sorry to leave the United States, but all the grazing land is rapidly being settled, and, with the increase of the population, the cattle raisers are being driven farther west. My family was interested In the business and first had extensive ranches in Ohio. From there ve followed the frontier clear to the Pacific coast. We go now to Rosario, and thenee up in the mountains about fifty miles to the broad valley of the Platte river. Great Inducements exist there for profitable cattle raising. We have the European markets to sell to, where prices are much higher than In this country; and the cost of raising cattle Is not half as much as it is in Texas. Mexico or Lower California. We have a cash capital of $43,000, and expect to be joined in Argentina by another shareholder to the extent of $3,000. The ranch will be managed on a co-opera-tive basis.”—Chicago Inter Ocean.