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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Whocpn-tl-uyu, git along little dog tea. It • your mlafortune. and none of my own. Wtu-opee-tl-ti-yo, git along little dogtea. For you know Wyoming*!! be your new homo! —Old Cowboy Song , 0 . AN ANTONIO. where stands the Alamo, the sacred shrine of liberty SnMßg In the Lone Star state, is to have another memorial before which Texan* will bow In homage to the historic past. It is to be a monument to the trail drivers upon whose | IK h t y labors the prosperity of the t-aaed and whose deed* thrift >*ue of the most romantic Incidents In Atnerlcan pioneer hielory The memorial is to cost SIOO.UOO and Gut- . g ton Bor glum of Stone mountain faire la now at work on It Citizens of San Antonio have raised 550.000 of that amount and the other s.’>o,ooo is to l-e raised by contributions from all parts of *he state. When it i« completed and dedicated the dream of the old Trail Drivers' association. that rapidly dwindling band of men who rode the ranges of the Southwest more than half a century ago. to commemorate the service of their comrades who In the sixties and seventies drove nearly 10.000.000 head of beef cattle out of Texas to the railroad towns of Kansas and brought back with them approximately f Km.non.tmo to save Texas and the cattle Industry'will be realised. Last, ■ annual reunion of the Gid Trail Drhvr- association was h three day affair with the selection of the site for the Borgium monument as one of the main features. The sculptor himself was there, put on a cowboy costume and rode In the parade which was the climax of the reunion Other interesting figures in the parade were Tncle t'hariey" Goodnight, former owner of the famous Goodnight ranch, whose experiments in crossing buffalo and Galloway cattle to produce the “catalo" gave him the nickname of "Cntn’o" Goodnight • “Uncle George" Glenn, a seventy-five-year-old negro and one of the mostheloved members of the association, who led a “riderless horse." in memory of his "boM" who had perished on the trail, and Mrs. Amanda Burks, the only woman alive known to have made the trip over the old Chisholm trail to Abilene. Kan., who Is said to he the original of Taisle Tx>ckhart. the heroine In Emerson Hough's “North of -86.” The presklent of the association la George W. Sa under* of San Antonio and he has been the mainspring of the organization and the force behind the movement tn erect the memorial tn Ban Antoplo. The association Is an offshoot from the Texas Cattle Raisers' association, which meets • every year to discuss ways and means for the Improvement of the cattle business. At one nf these meetings (In 1015) Mr. Saunders proposed an auxiliary organization of old-time trail drivers . to be composed of men who "went up the trail" In the early days. The organization was formed that year and tn 1916 the first annual convention was held In Houston Mr. Saunders became president In 1917. and has been the head of the association since that time. At the 1917 reunion Mr. Saunders reported that the association had a membership of 500 Since then sons of the old trail drivers have been made eligible for membership. It also has a ladies' auxiliary, of which Mrs. R. R. Russell Is chairman, and this auxiliary has had a large share In the work of raising money for the San Antonio memorial. But the monument and the annual reunion are not the only memorials which the surviving trail drivers have erected to the comrades of their youth. There la one which Is more durable than bronze or stone and which, even more strikingly than the sculptor’s art. Is an accurate picture of the Ilves and times of the men who engaged In the epic cattle trade. That Is the book called "The Trail Drivers of Texas." compiled and edited by J. Marvin Hunter and published under the direction of President Saunders. The book was originally Issued In two volumes, the first appearing In 1920 and the second In 1925. This year the two volumes have been Issued as one by the Cokesbury ITess of Nashville. Twin. . When the second volume appeared three years ago. J. Frank Dobie. a Texan, wrote of it: “The Trail Drivers of Texas* is not literature. Neither is Hakluyt’s "Voyages’ literature. Yet I have long thought the latter far superior In reality. In dramatic Interest, la the reflection of a great body of men of a great age—the English seamen of the •spacious times* of Queen Elizabeth to Kingsley's •Westward Ho!’ which is literature. The Trail Drivers’ is the very stuff from which literature is

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Tke three hundred and sixty-second Simtvtosry of Shakespeare's birth was celebrated recently in almost every dty in England. We don’t quit* underitand why so much attention was paid to a dramatic writer who Ignored all the well-known modern canons of his art. This fellow Shakespeare didn't go in tor «ex stuff, although be was no

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made, as Emerson Hough acknowledged and demonstrated in his ‘North of 3G.’ Yet these volumes are more than mere source books They are a remarkable stHdal document. A hundred years -■ rend ':■■■■: for a picture of the n>en and times they record as we now read the diary of Samuel Pepys for Its reflection not only of Pepys. but of the age of the Restoration. “Thia Is high praise; it Is meant for such. Take these sketches from ‘The Trail Drivers of Texas.’ take Andy Adams' The Outlet.’ take ‘North of 36.' and if nothing else had been written on the subject, if nothing else were ever written, yet we should have a full and a Just picture of the’ most picturesque and probably the nx>st epic movement of men tn the Western hemisphere—the movement of 9,800.000 cattle and I.OOO.tMM) horses by 35.000 men In 28 years’ time (estimate given by Saunders) over a weedless and beeless and an uncharted land, stretching from the Gulf of Mexico —nay. tn some Instances from far into Mexico—dear to the ItanMnion of Canada." This book, a collection of true stories of the actual experiences of these old-time cowmen, is proof again that “truth Is stranger than fiction.” Ito you remember when Emerson Hough’s “North of 36” appeared some three years ago and an Eastern critic took him to task for “historical inaccuracy” and kindred sins? Perhaps you remember. too, the furore that was raised by thia critic’s words. A great chorus of protest against the critic's a*t>erstons went up. Such noted writers as Andy Adams. Charles Sirlngo. Eugene Manlove Rhodes, William Method Raine. J. Frank Davis. E. E. Harriman auiL'Hugh Pendexter. Charles M. Russell, the noted cowboy painter. President Saunders of the Old Trail Drivers* association and other members of that association, as well as dozens of old-timers in every part of the country who had ridden the cattle trails, rallied to Hough’s defense and had a hand in “taking several yards of skin" off of that |utrti<'ular critic before they were through with him. The fact was ftiat Hough had obtained much of his data for his novel from ’The Trail Drivers” book. Rome of his “fiction’’ which seemed improbable or untrue was based on solid fact as told by the old-timers whose narratives appear tn this book, and in some cases he actually toned down fact because it would have seemed too Improbable! In fact "The Trail Drivers of Texas" is full bf material which a writer of Action might hesitate to use lest his tale be considered Improbable. In It are hundreds of stories of human endurance tested to the limit, of countless perils along the trail, from stampedes, from thirst, from hunger, from hostile Indians and even more desperate white men. of heroic deeds by men of whom President Saunders has well said. “I fear there will never be another set of men with such traits of character.” Andy Adams* T.og of * Cowboy" has well been called the “epic of the cattle trade." In this compilation ot tbe experiences of hundreds of other old-timers there is material for a dozen epics of the cattle trade, even though to Andy Adams must go tbe credit for having written tbe first one. The conditions which produced these men now seem very remote and It is difficult to realize that it all began only sixty years ago. well within memory of many men now living. Consider first the cause and then the result will be more easily under Mood. At the dose of the Civil war Texans who had served In tbe Confederate armies came home to find their state In a deplorable condition. It was virtually bankrupt. Texas possessed great wealth, but it was wealth which could not be

prude. He had no notion of capitalizing darning youth. The salacious wasn't dragged Into his plays for the box-office appeal. He didn't even crusade against undesirable tendencies. It seemed to be his simple aim to interpret life in many phases, to develop characters and portray their behavior tn various situations, and when the opportunity offered, to use lan-

guage of thrilling beauty. Pretty punk, well say. by all the popular modern standards. He ought to have been a failure, long ago forgotten. Instead. the world seems to treasure his memory, and It still goes to see his plays. The thing is terribly perplexing and we have no explanation to oiter. —Kansas Qty Star. Unduly Alarmed Little Catherine bad just arrived at her uncle's farm on her very first visit

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realized upon. Here’s why; During the war the old men. small boys and negroes had taken care of the stock on the range, but the range was overstocked and there was no market for 1L The western railroads had just begun to push west into Kansas and many hundred miles separated the Texas herds from the railroad towns In Kansas from which the cattle could be shipped east to the markets which wanted the cattle. In 1866 one or two small herds had ventured north over a trail which later became famous as the Chisholm trail (it was uamed for Jesse Chisholm, a Cherokee cattle trader who had supplied the frontier posts before and during the war), and despite many hardships had proved that such a Unking of demand and supply were possible. But the real impetus to the trade came about as the result of a conference in Junction City. Kan., in 1867 between Col. J. J. Meyers, a. former member of the Fremont expedition and a Texas cattle hunter, and Joseph H. McCoy, a business man of Illinois. The arrangement was for Meyers to gather cattle in Texas, drive them overland to | Abilene. Kan., where McCoy was to take charge and arrange for the shipment east. The news of the success of these two men spread like wildfire among the Texas cattlen'en and each successive year saw the mighty army of cattle men and horses marching north. And this continued for more than a quarter of a century! One of the points in Emerson Hough’s “North of 38“ to which the critic look exception was Hough's having a herd of 4.5UU go over the trail. Yet the fact remain* that herds of that size or even larger (5,000 and 6.000 in laler y<-ars) did go north over the Old Chisholm trail. For they dealt In big numbers In those days. In this book is the description of a trail herd strung out for 20 miles from "point” (the leaders) to "drag” (the rear). One old-timer tells .of the joining of three herds thus: “When the two other herds came up with us we threw all three together and had about 9.000 in the bunch. Four thousand head of picked cattle were to be selected from this main herd and we started cutting early In the afternoon. By quitting time we had 500 head cut and the boss and! his men took lids bunch to hold for the night “At sundown, when we beddeti down the cattle, there were eleven trail herds In sight. Along In the night a terrible storm came up. It was the worst for wind, rain and lightning I ever experienced. The cattle in all the herds broke and the next morning they were scattered over the plains as far as tbe eye could see in every direction. All the eleven trail herds were mixed up together lYere were about 120 cowboys In the combined outfits and when we had made the general roundup we had about 38.000 head in one bunch. We worked for ten days before we could get the cattle separated and tn shape to get under way.” One old-timer tells of swimming herds across the Red river when it was half a mile wide and doing it 13 times In one day! Another tells of riding three days and nights on one horse without sleep and with very little to eat. There is the storv. too. of one outfit which arrived In Kansas with Its cowboys actually on foot—they lost their horses but they brought the herd through! No wonder Texas is proud of these men—of that first trail driver who set forth in 1867 and. Columhus-iike, dared the unknown to drive his cattie over tbe trackless waste to the north and of tbe hundreds who followed in his footsteps and endured al! manner of hardship and danger —and wishes to pay her meed of honor to them while some of them still live • j

to the country. In the yard she saw a hen gathering her brood of‘chicks under her wing for the night. In. great excitement she ran up to the ben. exclaiming: “Shoo! Shoo! You naughty thing! You mustn't sit down on those pretty little birds.”—Boston Transcript. England has 88 women undertakers, and eight of these practice tn London. The women undertakers in England specialize in arranging the funerals of children.

tlorticuttud «*»> jits? td STORING APPLES FOR THE WINTER With proper farm storage facilities and careful handling, Stay man. Rome, t Baldwin. Paragon, Stark. York Im--1 perial. Winesap, and other varieties ' of apples may be marketed through I the winter, thus lengthening the apple season, removing the usual glut on the market, increasing consumption and generally returning a greater protit for the grower. In making this statement A. Freeman Mason, fruit specialist at the New Jersey state college of agriculture, explains what he considers proper facilities and careful handling. ‘The essential features of a storage room are: protection from heat, frost, and rodents; ample ventilation to carry off gases developed by the rij>ening processes; and the maintenance of humidity to prevent shriveling. “A cool, damp cellar with several windows, doorways, or ventilators which can be opened at any time the outside temperature is lower than that of the inside, makes a desirable storage. A building above ground, having double walls and ceiling insulated either with dead air space or with sawdust, is also good. It is very necessary to keep sufficient moisture in the air. This will be possible if the floor is a damp earthen one, but if concrete or wood, it must be sprinkled daily, or as often as it becomes dry. “Slat crates make the best storage package, because they are economical of space and are well ventilated. The five-eighths basket is also desirable. Bound bushel baskets, hampers, and barrels do not offer as good a ventilation as crates, but they may be used. Barrels should never be headed when put in common storage. “Wrapped apples keep best. Newspaper or tissue wraps may be used. Oiled coated with an absorbent oil which takes up the injurious gases given off by the ripening fruit and thus preventing scald, are on the market and are highly recommended.” Old Strawberry Plants Transplanted in Fall We have transplanted strawberries in every month of the year except December, January and February, and made them live. That was in northern New Jersey. The beat time is in late March or April, but many prefer late summer or early fall. It is not common to transplant old plants that have borne one crop—strong are better. Yet if you care to do so you can probably make these plants give a fair crop next year, says a writer in the Rural New Yorker. After they have fruited cut off the tops and dig the plants up with as much soli as possible around the roots. Wait until there has been a good rain and then put the plants in the new place—a little deeper than they stand in the old bed. There will not be much use trying to transplant such plants while the soil is dry. Properly handled they will give a fair crop next ' year. As for wild plants we would let them alone. We have dug up many . of them and planted in good soil on i the theory that in this way we might find some superior variety that would come back when given good culture. Out of the hundreds we have handled in this way only two ever proved superior. The rest were inferior—hardly worth picking even when given the best of care. Better let these wild seedlings alone. Use only strong plants of well known varieties. Survey Is Made of New Jerseyfs Peach Trees How many peach trees are in the commercial orchards of New Jersey? What county leads in the number of commercial trees? These and several other questions are answered in the report of a survey made by the United Stales Department of Agriculture and the state department of agriculture. Judging from the number of peach trees three years old or under the ravages of diseases and insects have not discouraged our fruit growers. According to the report there are 585,000 of such trees in the commercial orchards of the state. Os trees of all ages there are Elberta at present is the favorite variety, leading the list with 848,000 trees. Belie is a poor second in numbers, having only 265,000. Carman ranks third with 215,000. Growers, however, are rapidly abandoning this semi-clingstone variety, as it cannot stand the competition of better varieties. Its production has become unprofitable. Horticulturists at the New Jersey experiment station have accordingly perfected several varieties of excellent quality to supersede the Carman. Damage by Plum Curculio The plum curculio is a species ol beetle which attacks peaches, plums, and other fruit. As a result of control activities followed since the unprecedented outbreak of the curculio in Georgia peach orchards in 1920. this Insect seems to be under complete control., A report received from its local representative by the United States Department of Agriculture states that the Georgia peach crop this season is estimated to be the largest in the history of the industry. Strawberry Grief A certain amount of the difficulty frequently experienced in hot. Interior sections short strawberries are growing on sandy soils, may be attributed to a combination of reflected heat and extreme fluctuation in surface soil moisture. Heat reflected by sandy, Ught-eolored soils is often intense, and growers have difficulty in maintaining a uniform moisture supply. Wise ones are overcoming this by frequent waterings and by use of protective mulches.

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