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Marvin G. Probst
Edward E. Probst
Nebraska
I was playing baseball for the Philidelphia ball club in
1926. My roomate's name was Clarence Mitchell, he
was one of the best fellows I ever knew. He was
born in Nebraska & was part Indian. During the
year, Mitch kept talking about my coming out to visit
with him in the fall & hunt. Mitch had a cousin
named Ross Hager - he home steaded near Hyannis
which was the center of a rich cattle country & was the
richest town per capita in the world. There was
a Mrs. Devers & daughter owning a ranch of 5000 acres
near Ross Hagers homestead & during round up time
Ross worked for them. He finally was made foreman
of the ranch and did well. Mitch said we were invited to
go up there a [?]. Ross had fallen in love with
Miss Devers & yet he could not tell her as she
was wealthy & he didn't have any thing. After several
years they had been out looking for cattle all day &
stopped at a wire gate. They sat and argued about who
would open the gate - finally Miss Devers said, Ross if
we are going to argue all the time we might as
well get married, & so they were wed.
| Page 4Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
Architects - Engineers
Railway Exchange, Chicago 4
Marvin G. Probst
Edward E. Probst
Nebraska
I was playing baseball for the Philidelphia ball club in
1926. My roomate's name was Clarence Mitchell, he
was one of the best fellows I ever knew. He was
born in Nebraska & was part Indian. During the
year, Mitch kept talking about my coming out to visit
with him in the fall {to?} hunt. Mitch had a cousin
named Ross Hager - he home steaded near Hyannis
which was the center of a rich cattle country {&?} was the
richest town per capita in the world. There was
a Mrs. Devers & daughter owning a ranch of 5000 acres
near Ross Hagers homestead & during round up time
Ross worked for them. He finally was made foreman
of the ranch and did well. Mitch said we were invited to
go up there a [?]. Ross had fallen in love with
Miss Devers & yet he could not tell her as she
was wealthy & he didn't have any thing. After several
years they had been out looking for cattle all day &
stopped at a wire gate. They sat and [argued?] about who
would open the gate - finally Miss Devers said, Ross if
we are going to argue all the time we might as
well get married, & so they were wed.
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