[mylife]

"God owns all this," Larry said. "We're just caretakers who are here on this earth for a little while."

Larry turned to me after a long silence and asked, "Am I selfish to want this all to myself?"

Larry sounds a bit conflicted but hardly malicious.

[kcvl]

Texas Angus Association

McLennan County Angus Breeders


Mattlage, Larry, Mattlage's High Prairie Acres. Crawford, Texas

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August 29, 2002


Larry Mattlage, who permits NBC to use his 90-acre spread

Mr. Mattlage called it small recompense for the hassle of living next to a president.

"I figured, 'Well, if you've got to put up with this stuff, you might as well make a little money off of it,' " he said.