In the next few days, he rode past the ranch two or three times, but each time he "played his hunch" to ride on. One day, Ryan met a friend of Fowler's, and told him to tell Sam, that he had seen him ride by the ranch several time lately, and. to say to him, that he (Ryan) knew what Sam was looking for. "You also tell Sam that he played his hunch right each time when he failed to stop. And tell him for me," Ryan continued, "that I will give him another hunch. Not to waste any more time on me: for if he does, I will kill him." Sam played the hunch.

Mose Howard was with Robb on the Creighton ranches, for a while after that, but of late years, he has been around the Stock Exchange and Stock Yards of South Omaha.

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA 1

NEWMAN'S RANCH ON THE RUNNING WATER-- BARTLETT RICHARDS COMPANY -- THE SCOURGE OF THE LAND INQUISITION --CATTLE RUSTLERS -- HALL & EVANS -- EVAN'S BATTLE FOR RIGHT -- FIRST DAIRY HERD

E. S. Newman established the largest ranch on the Niobrara or Running Water, and it was the first in point of time, in this part of the sand hills. It was there as early as 1878 or earlier. He ran as high as twenty thousand cattle at one time, and ranged them all the way from Hat Creek, and over the Wyoming and Dakota lines to the northwest, as far east as Valentine. The ranch was located in the western part of Cherry county, at the mouth of the Antelope Creek, and the original site has now been abandoned. The land is occu-