Transcriber's notes:
Punctuation has been made regular and consistent with contemporary standards.
The phrase "Box R" has been used where a literal cattle brand symbol of the letter R inside two sides of a box was used in the original text. Similarly, an R within a circle indicating a ranch has been rendered as the "Circle R" ranch in this transcription.
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