This series of documents is sparse but lends a general idea of the running of the ranch as well as additional land acquisition. There is only one document representing each of the years of 1905 and 1906
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Memorandum from Julius Runge to Messers, Webb, and Goeth. A handwritten list of indebtedness by owners with a letter of submission attached. January 16, 1903
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Receipt acknowledging the commission of payment made by C. A. Goeth to Lange Doose who apparently acted as agent in a land sale. March 20, 1903 [handwritten]
Letter from Walter Tips to Max Martin giving formal notification of management change and verification of livestock inventory. May 4, 1903
Lease contract. May 6, 1903
Lease contract. May 23, 1903
Letter from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth informing of payment for surveying. June 21, 1903
Letter from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth concerning sales of animals from the ranch. July 17, 1903
Letter from Henry J. Runge to Walter Tips concerning some title issues. July 24, 1903
Letter from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth reporting sales of cattle and prices received. July 25, 1903
Letter from L. W. Ainsworth to Walter Tips referencing some land titles. July 27, 1903
Letter from W. F. Brandes to C. A. Goeth discussing the need to move some fences that are encroaching on property lines. August 18, 1903
Letter from H. Runge & Co. to C. A. Goeth discussing lots in Victoria, Texas. August 26, 1903
Letter from Henry J. Runge to Walter Tips that accompanied enclosures of letters that supported a claim. September 2, 1903
Letter from W. F. Brandes to C. A. Goeth discussing trade for 640 acres. September 2, 1903
Letters largely between Walter Tips and C. A. Goeth indicating the accompanying attachments, questions of title, and in one instance, squatters' rights to ranch lands.
Letter and list of lands from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth. The list of lands total over 24,000 acres of lands not owned or leased by the family; asks comparison to a list sent previously to complete the total list. December 23, 1903
Tax Assessments in Concho and Tom Green counties. December 1903
Cattle accounting including a tally of cattle on hand and that expected. 1903; Undated [handwritten]
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Letter from Walter Tips to Max Martin thanking him for a venison ham; apparently a contraband item. January 19, 1904
Vendor's Lien note from Meta Eyl and Anna Strohmeyer of Hannover, Germany using C. A. Goeth's power of attorney for 160 acres of land. February 29, 1904
Letter from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth advising of a citation served upon him for an undisclosed lawsuit. March 23, 1904
Letter from Henry J. Runge to C. A. Goeth discussing delinquent taxes and purchase of land in a tax sale. April 1, 1904
Letter from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth expressing confidence in the outcome of a lawsuit for 5,000 acres. April 6, 1904
Letter from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth giving a statement of condition for Las Moras Ranch for the year, ending on May 1, 1904. May 5, 1904
Letters from Walter Tips to C. A. Goeth that accompanied enclosures of various sorts to do with operations and land sales and acquisitions. May-June 1904
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Inventory of Lands. September 4, 1905
Letter from F. M. Newman to Walter Tips giving a lengthy opinion on a lawsuit concerning a land title. April 28, 1906