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11.-The irlvahserotary of of ycntog,is Ill ]-year cId. I gtlr,’tlse EleanosA-hoe Efoasirds, helter known 1n tith corn

- muinty a Altec .8shiaris.. Irilse SL:ceofl]y porfa tins Ito itt Lee r t.- arnanrwLLe 2irr lather, the governoz Ii- h.-le-tidag te nI th& n:r-es$ncEncenvni:re offlce but Jur]rl Lhsof the roi-rrnor frr-n. be qaplte.i othe Srere the 14 lii- alt rnotteel tnUs rerrelmntstfle1 said itildim hr

¶ or.ecH:e.ble mantar.ilje lirtien tf hiShe has aevet tesia stat of the I

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tts ELEANOR AZJfl REcnDS,PrIv;aec. and act agt-’enior oL Wynt

she ‘nay t-e :ren.alderecl ar lri, Sie l-rnd :c rulE’eotr conies erA acrneti-ii.se notneil -ups" vth her Tat]-ier. SI-a aThEre. tnk-see.horee in the stratitc

i sbnee way ct ear:ier titans. -

icLnois- ALIc& ta4her. -was astneyc-r eneiel of Wyomng’cjne Lo Weyctue to I re Allechnc-I hi tte Che;ear.e pub]

-I v.nrs aid Iheri aneat Otitlacd Ca

veer. IT

ID - -:1 etat’jt*,. ef Wyoiitng-. -

-, In ;lt:l:r O]vetiIr Eloharite and hISatte.dei the Irtte-rtaLe dr-it of the,

NiCcnal Guard.. in St. Louis. atel dormtJr: alscsi:e Aitoe ncr only laefla5td athe tininess of :5-a gc:ernoYs office. butwe at Ce-c heed ! the housthold affairsat hbrie, where Ibere are ttree ysungeretlErere.

5 STATE.-- WYOWIUfl Acting Govefnor Is a

q 1flneteen-ar-o1d Girl.j

1hZ RUNS THE IelfliSION TOO

- - - Gov. Richards, of Wyotnins, who ha!been In town a]: week as an. encamp-

-i -, alent visitor, has not allowed affairs c’fSta-teto worry Em, eas the t. Juis

- Ropublic.. He knows that ‘sverththg Is- -. - all right at home, for h:s nineteen-year-

, o]cl-daughter is hi charge and she sendsj a reassuring telegram evcty afternoon.Hate is a specimen message: -

tJ-: Cheyenne, Wy., .Tuly 4.-MI quiet atthe Statehouse. The Fotrth -Ia lively.

- The ehilitren are a:] well.j At one of the afternoon luncheons abthe Jockey CLub floe’. Richards sÆtd thatbe had presunred upon his invilatlon for

-. bLrnºLf and staff by brInging his Wtealong.‘The man who tutors manSe the figure

that wosnea cut oat one’ way would totbe -surprised that I tticlufe Mm. Rich-ard in ray. .laterpretatton of Liii irwttatL.Dr]f: said the Governor. - Ufltflwonierk are a. powen My.ycung

- jdaughte]t, just out’ of .ocitege, is soy.fpt’tveS ełretlry id upeft- her dcvoIvs alt-of the rolttne.r&icnsihiltiee:e the office. She knows n.h about the.

- efflee of the exeouctve; ah pregtres the.,2.. , ,: atost important of State papers and In

my absence she Is iii charge as complete-- J ly as It is possibLe for a secretary tot’ 4be." -

This haippi?y endowef young womanwas a student at, an Eastern colLege

- when her father-waselected to tii gOv..pT ea’norahl-pof the Stn.’te.. There she tnthed.

L politics, domestic -Life, rowtii.g, ticyclingand other of She thIng’s taught c-re -waror etc thea In Ethe modern college. She

-: retuc-imd to -her hon-es wtch her witssharpen-ed wad her muscles La ftre Untin.She rode a bicycle s-I once, tobsg to the

JV’ fSts.tebouse from bc-nec eacut-morrmg anback hi ‘the afternoon. In pagalnj, Itii r-nteetlng to observe thah all of theState officials of Wyoming, except thetovernnr himself, Itnew aLl abc-ut thef-i’eusures c-f wheeling. Nc Lcnany weeks

k:-eo ‘tite young- lady vho Is now rcnntitgthe flxeoutiye eetabll5bmerLt found tier

- fin de steele aecomplislimetP. of onusualvalue. ‘An officer - reached Cheyenne

t with a prisoner on blDä traIn, art.] lit or-- tar to get -to the text State hr good time1 he would neceasasLy leave by the next-4 traIn In an hour. It did ax seem pee

efble to get ‘the neorseary papers In"MIne tit-erde said -that she-ta

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A YUUC GIRL IS

Politician.

ACTING GOVERNOR4Miss Richards, the Daughter or

Wyojiithg’s Governor, Is a

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The irritate secretary of Governor W.43 A. Richards, of -WyomEng is his l$-tY’ old daughter, Miss Eleanor Alice Esq.

neSs, better known in this communi:-:d7. aS Alice RtchasSE Miss Alice not piptI performs the duties of ant amahuent

° while her father, the Governor, Is -

tii attending to all the correspondence c75c the Governor’s offioe, but during the absence of the Governor from the oapital

- or from the- State she Is, to all practicalpurpoees, his representative, anti fulmlsIn a very creditable manner the duties- of his office.-s- Wi. Brsaghe Up on a Cattle Ranch.-- Alice was born at Oakland. CaL, lust- - -., nIneteen years ago, says the New York

I "Herald." As she has never been east‘ -J of the Missouri River she may be censld

-- :111 fled a typical Western girl. She lived -

with her parents at Oakland untIl eke‘was 6 -years old, and then removed withthem to Cohorudo Springs, Cot. At the.

,age of 10 she went with her parents toPt-i Eve on a big cntte ranoh en the banks-

. of the BIg Hera River, In Northern- ‘Wyoming. flere for four years she was

- -t Instructed by Ear parents, mere oeeng- rio schools in the ceuntry. Here, too,.

- elite formed the habits of independence- ,! arid seif-rellasos- which life on the ron-

tier gives to Western girls, She lamed- -- to rids half Froken cbw-g.onles, and

- sometimes went en the "rcuod-ups" with- her father. She else learned how to-

keep hnume lit the practical, coneenen- s5ns nay of earlier times.

- Its. Richards, Alice’s father, was appo:nted SUrveyor General of Wyoming iiii His, and came to Cheyenne to ]tve,Alice wont to school in the Cheyenne

-- public schools for several years, andthen attended Mule oiiege, near C -land, Cal,, where she gradnateycar. Her father

of Wuomln -

XB ONLY IINETBEP YEARS OLD.

Assumes *e Respensibtutfee WbrEei Pather LfSTOI tbe State,

- Writes All - Offiolal Letters.

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.: *‘MISS ELEANOR ALICE RICHARDt

Priv. sec. and acting governor of Wyom4 "‘ ‘" " ‘" 4’’ij a tr

ly an Ioffice stood at...homeThe fact that Miss-

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yeaç$4 jnfe, near Oai.I last year.

- NW’- -te secretary of Governor W...-e,rz

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the Jockey-Club 0-tv. RLchard said .,1.-I. c’ET A, Richards, oC ‘ryomi, Is his l9-yearI he had presunced upon his Invtth,t–cnftr - " old daughter, Miss Eleanor 4lic 101Jhimself and scaff by bringing his wife - ... - -

‘-‘ : ards, better known in this communityas Alice Riohsrtm. Miss Alice acti along. . - -performs the duties o: an amsnuersI"The man who underste,nls the figure ‘ -. ‘while her father, the Governor, is here.that women out out our way welilul tot . attending to all the correspondence olbe surprised that I include Mrs. Rich-

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- The Governor’s office, but during the abarde in my interpretation of th tcs tta-

- -esnce of the Governor from the, capital

tion," said the Governor. "ITt Wtm ‘- - - er from the State she is, to alt practicalpurposes, his representative, end futtlilslog women are a pcwer. My yonog

- : - - In a very creditable manner the dutiesdaughter just out of" college, IE my-i-- :. ot his office,private sdcr*tary, and upon her do- ‘ ‘ -

- Was Ireeght Up en a Cattle Ranch.yolves all of the routine rdsOasifltiies . - l Alice was horn at Oakland, Cal., justof the olitce. She knowS alt abou.; the .- nineteen years ago, says the New Yorkeffioe of the executive; she prepares -the , .. As she has never been east

most important of State papers dm1 - - -j ci’ the Missouri River she may be considmy absence she Is-ic charge as coingieta- i .4 * ...- -,

- 1$ end a typical Western girl. She lived

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as it is possible for a, secretary to - j waltz her parents at Oakland until sItewas 6 y,r5 old, and then removed wirlzbe."

H This haplIy endowed young trnaro t’ - -- f:-: .1 Ihem to Colorado Springs, CoL At t’ -

ago of 15 she went with her par-was a student at an ls.atern cei3eger - ll’re on a big cntile ranch on tl..when ‘her lather -was elected to the 3v--’, *.-

of - the Big Horn River, in Northernernorship of the Stats. There she s’h]disf ;- - -. I -Wyoming. Here for fem years she waspclltlcs, domestic life, rowing, tirycnigand other of the things taught one wa* -

or another in the modern college. ee S‘-" ‘

- iLructect sy her parents, there oeiogretur’nied ‘to her hone with her wits - echools in the country. Mere, toe,sharpened and tsr muscles in fins t.Lm. she formed the habits of Indepandesce4She ‘rode a bicycle hI onee, gcir_g kt ‘the

‘ tat&ouse from home ea-ahniortnhig an -‘- - - an’! self-reiianc which life on the frog-* is iatestlng to obse that all The - - :‘ ride half broken cow-ponIes, and

-bach ‘lee the afternoon In BaSSITJL it.- tier gives to Western girls. Shc learnedState offfciais of Wyoming, except 4ihe --it: . ---i senrtlmes went on the "roundups" withGovernor himself, knew all ahont We 1. ‘ lie: father. She also learned how topleasures of wheeling. Nctmaty ‘wicelcs

-keep house In the practical, common,-age-*htotng lady"gdto is now flnuisi: - - aries nay cC earlier tinien.the Execuliye establIshment found *er :‘ -- Mr. Richards, Slice’s father, was epI fIn eta eleele aceompllshmem-t of uroueuai

-- I Pointed SUrveyor Genoral of Wyomingvalue. iAn officer reached Chryehs-s -,--‘ ---ç In leSl and came to Cheyenne to live,Sm,,, with a prisoner en IthO train, and 2Tt -or- - -". Alice wont to school to the C,,

I derto.get-to the’nex-t Staitein gored Rifle -- public schools for severaL years, an.jhe would necessarily leave by th5 Dfl -i their attended Mills College, near Oak-- ‘train -in s-n- hour. It did net seem a°-- lard, CaL, where she graduated lestSibie to get the r,eesssary pa-pets ire tIme, year Her father ‘upon his election ashuh Miss Richards saId ‘that shed 5s Gtvernor of Wyoming, gave bar a posi-’about it. ‘Shc hurriedly -prepared the tine in his 01500 last January as hisdocument, got her gather’s signatare,

-, vrPmte secretary. She was taken enslapped the great seal of the .Stath’dnss trim and the trial resulted favorably,In One corner, jumped -on her ‘hilts asid - and she is pretty certain to hold thein as lIttle time as it ‘takes to itch Ii she - -‘ . -‘ p051-lien thrcuslivut her father’s termwe,s at the depot and somebody’s ex - of office, which doea not expb’s untilpense account was lessened by Just one H 1516 Miss Alice Is an expert etenograday’s board bIll. So much for a g-cod. - - .t pher and typewriter. ‘to aid her inwheel and a ttrigk, Twentieth-century - perfernlng the dtiiies of her office withgIrl in an Americas Governor’s oce. ‘ .,‘ - satisfaction she baa devoted her sparelEvery morning sifter breakfast MISs - *. lime to studying law, paying particalarRicharde loots -over the-Ezveevi-c’e--Mmst-‘

uttantlcn to the constitution and statutes-: stont instructs -the secrvan,ts, sees -lL.-t-t - - --

lice children are well, hEists to :hrlngcandy to all of them, makes out menus.for ‘the day, and then she mounts tsr Early in July Governor Richards atwheel for buatnsfl. Zn -the c,bserice of his wife attended the Interstate drilltIm National Guard in St. Lonie,her father Miss Richards reacbeh The during their absence Alice not only ncities earlier arad rEmains later in li-isafternoon, but each day she telepheren ‘

to the mansion, gets ‘the trtrth.atc,ut :Ie eli the business of the Governor’s-l ypun!gaiers and then Lends a message iffice, but was at the head of the house-telling of the State’s oiltcial ‘record n-n’l hold affairs at horns, where there arethe standing of the Richards hcunhcid. three younger children.:1 these message-S are conoiae, bitt they Wl’ -. of

- cover everything that the absent xec-u-tive wants- to knowabout