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I ^ge Page 4/The Battalion/Tuesday, November 8, 1983 Cattle survive hardships Ur NEV ys sc al f Kee tud i Id a Longhorn herds re- iursc snt KeeJ Th< ban )V. 1 O'V idar ced til t United Press International CROSBYTON — The look of the Texas Longhorn and its his toric background has lured peo ple into establishing ranches and registering 62,500 of the anim als since 1964, industry officials say. A descendant of Spanish cat tle that Christopher Columbus brought to the New World, the longhorn managed for itself on the Plains, developing survival instincts unmatched by other breeds of cattle. But the taming of the West meant the end of traditional cat tle drives and the decline of the longhorn. The breed faced extinction when the federal government established a purebred lon ghorn herd on the Wichita Na tional Forest and Game Preserve near Cache, Okla., in 1927. Animals from this herd were used to develop another herd at the Fort Niobrara Wildlife Re fuge near Valentine, Neb., in 1936. Protected but left basically to themselves, the longhorns did well on the refuges, prompting the government periodically to sell some cattle to keep the re fuges from becoming over crowded. A history buff, Dr. L.V. Baker of Elk City, Okla., attended one of the sales at the Wichita pre- serve and purchased a few cattle to put on a lot near his home. “We loved them so much that we kept buying more and finally bought a ranch to put them on,” said Baker, now president of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America. A member of the association’s board for nine years, he has more than 360 longhorns on two ranches near Vici, Okla. Bobby Adams, a private lon ghorn consultant who owns ab out 30 longhorns on a ranch he manages near Crosbyton, said interest in longhorns reaches beyond those people traditional ly associated with the cattle in dustry. He said people building lon ghorn herds range from doctors and political consultants to plas tic manufacturers and oilmen. “They get caught up in the longhorn business and feel it’s a good investment,” Adams said. He said most start like Baker, buying a few at first because they like the longhorn’s unique appearance. “There is a certain amount of fascination,” Adams said. “They all have different personalties. They all look different too,” compared to a herd of Angus cattle, which are nearly indis tinguishable from each other. Nola Gee, who worked on Texas political campaigns and was part of former President FINE JEWELRY GRADE AND INVESTMENT GRADE DIAMONDS AT BELOW-MARKET PRICES. 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Sonnichsen, president of the Western History Association Dnve Scott, Bata) , speaks with students follow! lecture Monday night. Gee said her daughter sug gested longhorns because they were concerned their cattle were not making enough money for the Austin ranch. Frontier feuds once centered in B-CS area Shan by Christie Johnson “Everyone in the Texas lon ghorn business was making money on their cattle,” she said. “My husband is a federal judge. He says, ‘I’ll do the judg ing and you do the ranching,”’ Gee said of 5th U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Tom Gee. She said she decided to get out of the politics when they married. She turned to ran ching. Neither she or Acton knew much about longhorns when they began, Gee added. “We’ve not regretted making the decision,” Gee said, adding she hopes eventually to build one of the largest breeding herds in Texas. She said most established longhorn herds have about 500 head. One coupon per pizza. Tax included on all coupons. No timed delivery coupons accepted. No free pizza coupons accepted. No free drink coupons accepted-Our drinks are free anyway! 50C plus coupons must be pizza coupons. Pizza coupons must be comparable to Pizza Express coupons: ex. 3 item coupon = 3 item coupon. Final decision on validity of coupons will be up to the discretion of Pizza Express managers! $ooo off 16” PIZZA WITH ANY THREE ITEMS OR MORE ONE COUPON PER PIZZA . TAX INCLUDED Name $ J00 Off ANY 16" PIZZA WITH ONE ITEM OR MORE ONE COUPON PER PIZZA TAX INCLUDED Name » Phone Exp. 12-31-83 « • y ^ Exp^ 12 31-83 $ 1 00 Off 12” or 14” PIZZA WITH ANY THREE ITEMS OR MORE ONE COUPON PER PIZZA 5<K Off ANY 12” PIZZA WITH ONE ITEM OR MORE TAX INCLUDED Name * ONE COUPON PER PIZZA , TAX INCLUDED « Name Phone Exp. 12-31-83 « Exp. 12-3^-83^ Battalion Reporter A noted Texas historian says Bryan and College Station lie in a region where Texas frontier feuds most often occurred. Dr. C. L. Sonnichsen, guest speaker Monday night for a lec ture series presented by the Texas A&M Department of His tory, spoke on his experiences as a grass roots historian resear ching Texas feuds of frontier days. A grass roots historian usual ly does research in small country towns and searches for what he calls “forbidden fruit,” Sonnich sen said. A grass roots historian is curious about topics people don’t like to discuss and deals with folklore and folkways of different cultures, he said. Sonnichsen said he became interested in Texas frontier feuds when he was in college during the 1930s. Since then, he 1 0 * more than !i says he has managed to disprove • 1 ‘, 1U ta . en P^llX’ several stereo.vnes associated S,,1Ce the ear, y » t. pl .. 1.1 He often hasdifTtcu&c/l >le several stereotypes associated with frontier feuds. For example, Sonnichsen said many people believe frontier feuds were the result of trivial disputes between neighbors. But he said he has learned through research that Texans usually engaged in feuds as a means of seeking revenge. Neighbors banned together in an attempt to put an end to horie thieves, he said. These people called themselves “reg ulators,” and often would abuse their power and impose restric tions on innocent people, Son nichsen said. This led people to form another group called the “moderators,” who tried to stop the “regulators”’ corrupt tactics. Incidents such as these started feuds, he said. Sonnichsen said he has found his articles published “ late to his research «1 frontier feuds, Som Family members of volved in teuds souk hesitant to discuss the for fear of bad publidu Grass roots historiiL™. must wait until there ln cide it is safe todiscui' t)r ! )r -J a< . 3 find w . Sonnichsen grade i e | t | s w it the University of Mima f n 19H received his Ph.D. fai nc | f e( j vard University in ^batches researcher of Sou e i atet i rt folklore and history. y k er the c sen is president of thbechnolo History Association arento pr; editor of The Journale:>pp<»rtur na History. [Since A&M, he Final A&M debate subject: U.S. Marines in Lebanon lis 2,000 ng pur] alans to 1,860 at his shrin five year That son s pr 200.000 by Holly Powell Battalion Reporter An audience participation de bate, sponsored by the Texas A&M debate team, will be held tonight to discuss the U.S. milit ary peace-keeping force’s with drawal from Lebanon. This will be the seventh and last audience participation forum held this semester, says Bruce Daniel, the assistant adviser to the debate team. The debate team usually sponsors one audienct million pation forum per monti Pa 1 in abbreviated monlhs cess. 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