Oklahoma State University - Redskin Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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fl .Q W A . M 5: 'R l yi T r T V' T 1 I 1 I V--iufl?-P w , 4' .5'li',i D Wfillls TirsT inTeresT in caTTle originaTed when he volunTarily commenced Taking care oT The doggies on his TaTher's ranch. Many a day Will would ride inTo The ranch-yard wiTh one oT These young boyines slung carelessly across The saddle in TronT oT him. l-lis TirsT acTion was To see if he could geT The young calT To nurse one oT The milch-cows l4epT around The oarn. When This Tailed he TaughT The animal To drinlc Trom a pail. WiThin a yery shorT Time Will's doggies became his herd and consTiTuTed his primary inTeresT in ranch liTe. To disTinguish This herd Trom ThaT oT his TaTher's, Clem and his son devised The C-Andiron Brand and when branding Time came The proudesT owner oT sToclc on The Rogers' ranch was Will who daily rode To The range To siT, counT and observe his cows . The Cowboy l-lumorisT's inTeresT in roping was noT conTined To perTorming on The sTage or in his own Tamily group. l-le always was asked by sTrangers and associaTes alike To explain and demonsTraTe The arT oT roping. This he always did gladly and There is many a person Today whose only lcnowledge oT roping was obTained in a Tew momenTs wiTh This greaT American. ,gf A l i 'umwsiiiirmixirhmhwziTil'

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December, l898, Will Rogers, aTTer having been away Trom home Tor a year during which Time he had worked on The Ewing Ranch aT Amarillo, Texas, reTurned home To Qologah in Time Tor ChrisTmas. His TaTher Clem, Then TiTTy-nine years old, was Tinding increasing duTies as a member oT The Dawes Commission inTerTering wiTh Those oT The managemenT oT his ranch. l-le recenTly had been appoinTed To ThaT Commission by PresidenT Grover Cleveland wiTh The speciTic duTies of appraising The whiTe seTTlers in The Cherokee NaTion. These and oTher poliTical duTies Took much oT his Time and he was glad To have Will aT home To help wiTh The ranch. When all Tree range in The Chero- kee NaTion was abolished by The CurTis AcT, Clem Rogers organized a bank aT Clare- more where he moved. l-lowever, beTore making This move he re-sTocked his ranch and placed Will, Then a boy oT nineTeen, in Tull charge Thus giving To his son The TirsT admin- isTraTive experience oT his liTe. ,-.IX l f-,L

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AT The NaTional DemocraTic: Con- venTion oT l932, Will Rogers was rnenTionecl as a possible candidajre Tor The Presidency oT The UniTed STaTes. BUT he blocked any such possibiliTy by The sTaTemenT l cer- Tainly know ThaT a comedian can lasT only Till he eiTher Talces hirnselT seri- ously or his audience Talces him seri- ously and l don'T wanT eiTher oT Those To happen To me unTil l am dead-iT Then, so leT's sTop This foolishness righT now . V .