The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 38, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 17 January 1929 — Page 7

The Settling of the Sage

«sr " 8 WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE At the Warren ranch, the Three Bar," on the fringe of the ‘"cow country," a stranger applied for work as a rider Wiliiamette Ann Warren —known to all as "Billie," is the owner of the ranch. The girl’s father. Cal Warren had been the original owner. The Question whether the territory is to remain “cow country" or be opened to settlement is a troublesome one The newcomer is put to work. Cattle "rustlers” have been troubling the ranch owners. The new hand gives his name as Cal Harris. By his announcement in favor of "squatters” he incurs the enmity of a rider known g.s & Morrow. The will made by Cal £ Warren stipulated that half the property should go to the son of his old friend. William Harris, under certain conditions. The new arrival is the man, and he discloses the fact to The girl is suspicious. Slade, a canchman with an unsavory reputation as a "bad man." visits Billie. He has long wanted to marry her. but she dislikes and fears him. Slade, endeavoring to embrace Billie is interrupted by Harris. Harris half jestingly, proposes that the girl marry, him and so settle the matter of the ranch ownership. CHAPTER lll—Continued “1 reckon that’ll be Blue?” Harris asked of Evans and the lanky one nodded. The men scattered round the cor j-al and each watched his chance to put his rope on some chosen horse. The roan kept others always between himself and any man with a rope but at last he passed Harris with but one horse between. Harris flipped his noose across the back ol the intervening horse and over the blue roan’s head. r “You’ve been busted and rope-burnt a time or two,” Harris remarked, and he led the horse out to saddle him. Ifhe big blue leaned back, crouching on his haunches as the man put on the hackamore. His eyes rolled wick edly as Harris smoothed the saddle blanket and he flinched away with a whistling snort of fear, his nostrils flaring, as the heavy saddle was thrown on his back. Harris tightened the front cinch and the blue horse braced himself and drew in long, deep breath. “That’s right. Blue, you swell up and inflate yourself,” Harris said. ♦‘l'll have to squeeze it out of you.” He fastened the bind cinch loosely, then returned to the front and hauled an the latigo until the pressure forced the horse to release the indrawn breath and it leaked out of him with 5 groaning sigh. “1 wonder now why Morrow Is whet,’ing his tommyhawk for me,” Harris remarked as he inspected the big foan. “You’re a bard one, Blue. I’ll let that saddle warm up on you before 1 top you off.” “Well, step up on him and let’s be going,” Morrow ordered surlily Harris took a short hold on the rope reins of the hackamore with his left hand, cramped the horse’s head toward him and gripped the mane, his right hand on the horn, and. swung gently to the saddle, easing into it without a jar. “Easy Blue!” be said, holding up the big roan s head. “Don’t you hang your head with me.” He eased the Ahorse to a jerky start and they were off for Frill’s at a shuffling trot. Three times in the first mile Blue hunched himself nervously and made a few stiff jumps but each time Harris held him steady. “You’d have made one good little horse. Blue,” he said, “if some sport hadn’t spoiled you on the start.” They left the horses drooping at the several -itch rails before the post and crowded in. Some detached themselves from the group and occupied themselves with writing. Several started a game of stud poker at one of the many tables. Harris wrote a few letters before joining in the play, and as be looked up from time to time be caught many curious glances leveled upon him. Morrow bad been busily spreading the tidings that a would-be squatter was among them and they were curious to see the man who had deliberately defied the unwritten law of the Coldriver range. Waddles had Instructed Evans to start the men back before the spree had progressed to a point where they would refuse to leave Brill’s and so leave the Three Bar short-handed. At the end of two hours he looked at his watch and snapped it shut. “Turn out 1” he shouted. “On your horses!” CHAPTER IV It is said that there comes a day in the life of every handler of bad horses when he will mount one and tide him out. master him and dismount—and forever after decline to ride another. Riley Foster was evidence of this. For three years Rile and Bangs had been inseparable, rid ing together on every job, and the shaggy youth topped off the animals in Foster’s string before the older man would mount them. As Bangs went about nis work his faded blue eyes were ever turned toward the Three Bar boss who stood in the door of the blacksmith shop. The girl was vaguely troubled as she noted this. Bangs and Foster had returned for their second season at, the Three Bar. All through the previous summer the boy nau evidenced his silent adoration, bis eyes follow ing her every move. The scene round Billie was one ol strenuous activity, every effort bent toward whipping the remuda Into shape for rhe calf round-up tn the least possible space of time. Green horses were led out. one after another, to be saddled for the first time and those previously broken required a few workouts to knock the wire edge off their unwillingness to -nm a rider after a winter-of free*un <»n the range. JliW*jwj> yecp sjjoejng horses tied ’ %t.> costs at ten-yard Inter

?> By HAL G. EVARTS 4 Copyright by Hal G. Evarta WNU Service vals before the shop. One animal that bad fought viciously against this treatment had been thrown and stretched, his four feet roped to convenient posts, and while he struggled and heaved on the ground Rile Foster calmly fitted and nailed the shoes on him. Cal Harris finished shoeing the colt he was working. “That’s the last touch.*? he said. “My string is all set to go.” “You have five colts gentled for your circle bunch.” she said. “But you didn’t pick a single cow horse. The boys have sorted out the best ones and the few that are left won’t an swer for a man that insists on a gentled string.” “Creamer and Calico will do for me.” he said. “1 broke them myself and maybe I can worry along.” “Did you break them like that?” she asked. Bangs was topping a horse that strenuously refused to he conquered and as they looked on the animal threw himself. “Like that? Well, no—not precisely.” Harris said. “They’re not break ing horses. They’re proving that A) IS* Bangs Was Topping a Horse That Strenuously Refused to Be Conquered. they’re bronc-peelers that can ride ’em before they’re broke. A horse started out that way will be a bronc till the day he dies." Three men were lashing their bed roils and war bags on three pack horses and when this task was completed they rode down the lane, each one leading his pa -k animal. Harris knew this as evidence that they would start after the calves on the following day. The custom was to exchange representatives to ride with each wag on within a reasonable distance, the reps to look after the interest of the brand for which they rode. “How many reps do you trade?” he asked. “Three,” she said. “Halfmoon D, V L and with Slade." The Halfmoon D lay some fifteen miles eastward along the foot of the hills; the V L the same distance to the west, but cached away in a pocket that led well back into the base of the range, a comparatively small outfit owned by the Brandons, father and four sons, who made every effort to keep the bulk of their cows ranging In their own home basin and exchanged reps only with the Three Bar. Slade’s home place lay forty miles south and a little west and his cows grazed for over a hundred miles, requiring three wagons to cover his range. During the afternoon the three reps came in to replace the men who had left. ,The surplus horses had been cut out and thrown back on the range, only those required for the remuda remaining tn the pasture lot The chuck wagon was wheeled before the cookhouse door and packed for an early start. Before th first streaks of dawn the men bad saddled and

Books in Abundance for the Royal Guest

When—many years ago—the duke of Edinburgh, son of Queen Vicloria, visited Australia, he was taken to a celebrated merino sheep breeding district, relates D. M. Dow. secretary to the commissioner for Australia in the United States. A certain wealthy landowner was selected as host for the royal visitor, who was to be his guest for one day and one night. A few days before the duke s arrival the landowner inspected his mansion with a view to discovering a possible absence of some feature essential to a residence about to be honored by the presence of royalty. There were no books. Os course, there should be a library. A rush order was dispatched to Mullen’s in Melbourne to "forward urgently one ton of books.” Mullen’s responded promptly—perhaps with Indecent haste —and r the duke enjoyed his one night’s hospitality in an AusDog Crossing Guard A dog guards the grade crossing over the cogwheel railroad to the con vent of Montserrat, Spain, to which . thousands of pilgrims and tourists make excursions. When he hears a train approaching, the dog Jumps nn and stands on his hind legs, bearing between one of his paws and his breast a red "flag which signals road travelers to I stop. The Great Desideratum What this country needs is a fast golf fairway, sloping downhill and with a deep groove through-the middle.—Det ndt News.

» breakfasted. It was turning gray tn rhe east when four horsea. necessi rating the attentions of four men, were booked to the wagon. A man i hung on the bit of each wheel horse while another grasped the bits of the lead team as Waddles made on last hasty trip inside. “This will be a . rocky ride for a mile or two,” he prophesied, as he mounted the seat and braced cimself. “These willow-tails haven’t had on a strap of harness for many a month. All set Turn loose!” The men stepped back and rhe four horses hit the collars raggedly One wheel horse reared and lumped for ward. The off leader dropped his head and pitched, shaking himself as if | struggling to unseat a rider, then the I four settled into a jerkey run and’ the heavy wagon clattered and lurched . down the lane. The wrangler, whose duty it was to tend the horse herd by day, and tjie nighthawk who would guard It at night sat on their horses at the far end of the corral and urged the herd out as the gates swung back. The remuda streamed down the valley, the two first riders swinging wide to either flank while the nighthawk ano wrangler brought up the rear. Shortly before noon the wagon was halted in a broad bottom threaded by a tiny spring-fed stream. The teams were unhitched; mounts were unsaddled and thrown into the horse herd, which was then headed into the mouth of a branching draw and, allowed to graze. Waddles dumped off the ned rolls that were piled from the broad lowered tail-gate to the wagon top and each man sorted out his own and spread it upon some spot which struck him as a likely ber ground. It was not long before Waddles was dispensing nourishment from the lowered tail-gate, ladling food and hot coffee into the plates and cups which the men he!J out to him. They drew away and sat cross-legged on the ground. The meal was almost finished when six horsemen rode down the valley and pulled up before the wagon. “What’s the chance for scraps?” the leader asked. “Step down,” Waddles invited. “And throw a feed in you. She’s still asteaming." Four of the men differed in no ma terial way from the Three Bar men in appearance. The fifth was a ruf flan with little forehead, a face of gorilla cast, stamped with brute fe rocity and small intelligence. The last of the six was a striking figure, a big man with pu.e white hair and brows, his pale eyes peering from a red face. “The roasted albino is Harper, our leading bad man in these parts.' Evans remarked to Harris. “And the human ape is Lang; Fisher. Coleman. Barton and Canfield are the rest. Nice layout of murderers and such." Harper’s men ate unconcernedly, conscious that they were marked as men who had violated every law on the calendar, but knowing also that no man would take exceptions to their presence on that general ground alone, and as they had neared the wagon each man had scanned the ' faces of the round-up crew to make • certain that there were am ine ' them who might bear some more spe- ' cific and persona) dislike. The Three Bar men chatted and fraternized with them as they would have done with the riders of any le- I gitimate outfit. Harper praised the ■ food that Waddles tendered them! Billie Warren forced a smile as she nodded to them, then moved off and sat upon a rock some fifty yards from the wagon, despising the six men who ate her fare and inwardly raging at the conditions which forced her to extend the hospitality *of the Three Bar to men of their breed whenever they chanced by. Harris strolled over and sat down facing her, sifting tobacco into a brown paper and deftly rolling bis smoke. “Has it been on your mind —what 1 was telling you a few nights back, about how much I was loving you?” he asked. “You bad your chance to prove It by going away,” site said, “and re fused; so why bring it up again? The next two years will be hard enough witho' t my having to listen to that* ITO BE CONTINUED.)

tralian rural home in which a vast collection of books had been made available for the use of his royal highness. Truly, a gracious, thoughtful and literary act on the part of the Australian sheep herder.—Kansas City Star. . Took Name From State While tabasco peppers, so called because they were grown in the state of Tabasco, Mexico, were long an established product in trade and regularly exported from Mexico in the early part of the Nineteenth century, no ope conceived the idea of trying to grow this plant In the United States until 1850. It was then that Col. Maunsell White obtained a few seeds from a Mexican who lived in Tabasco, and planted them on his plantation in Louisiana. With proper care and cultivation, these peppers grew profusely and before long became of a better quality than those produced in Mexico. Because of the origin of the seeds, White named the product tabasco, the name by which it is known today. t Odd Precious Stone H. W. B. Moreno, member of the legislative council of Bengal, possesses a ruby which contains in its center the image of a dark man dressed in white robes, and turban. No one is able to explain how the image got within the ruby. Brass an AHoy Brass is not found native. It is an alloy of copper, zinc, etc.

THE SYRACTSE .fOTRNA L

FASHION NOW HIGHLIGHTS LACE; QUAINT FROCKS FOR EVENING

THE rage for lace continues. The costume in which a distinguished guest chose to attend a recent smart wedding was a frock of lace and tulle —mostly lace. The bodice was entirely of exquisite lace, also lace tiers embellished the skirt. The significant style note is that with- this costume the modish guest wore a caplike hat of matching lace. Which goes to show the extent to which the lace vogue is being carried. There are Innumerable angles from ,-hich the theme of lace may be dis-

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cussed. One of them is the important part lace is playing in the way of accessory touches on fashionable afternoon frocks of silks, satins and velvets. Another viewpoint of the lace mode has to do with color. Whatever your most becoming color, it is possible to find an all-over lace in the wanted shade. If one can sew and Is accustomed to 'making one’s own dresses, a lovely lace frock can be had at comparatively little outlay. Then there are th£*new metal laces, which are gorgeous. More formal, ot course, than the naive colorful laces are they, but then the mode trends to formality when it comes to evening apparel. One of the very gratifying things about many of the beautiful laces which leading American designers are fashioning into lovely gowns and wraps is that they are manufactured in our ! “ain countree.” Which means more than • we realize at first thought, for it has not been long since we looked to foreign ' countries for our best laces, but now ! whole proceeding is changed and some of the most beautiful laces which ' we admire are American made. I The exquisite hostess or tea gown tn the picture is fashioned of Americani made metal lace which adopts both an

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antique tonality and an antique design. The clever touch about this gown is the sleeve drapes of gold lace which enfold the shoulders. The manner in which the long-at-the-back flounce is shirred on to the blouse is also quite thrilling. That which was in the long-ago, in matter of dainty material for the party frock, is again. Which be- < The Smocked Suit Suitable for either a little boy or girl is a fascinating little suit of shell pink crepe de chine, which is beautifully smocked across the yoke and edged with a bit of Irish lace. The shorts are of the same silk. Galyak Touch A svelt black felt hat from Paris has little side flaps of galyak that step down in a modernistic manner over the ears to form a long back line on the n«ck.

Ing Interpreted means that dotted point d’esprit net is, after, an absence of many seasons, again listed among [topulnr media for evening frocks. In tact, the flair is for all sorts of nets, especially beaded and spangled types. The vogue for the fanciful little transparent evening jacket particularly brings spangled and sequin embroidered nets into the modern picture. The colors of the oldfashioned {joint d’esprit nets are very interesting, for they express that latest whim of the mode which adopts street

shades for evening wear. Cltra smartness calls for such unusual tones, ■ at least for party frocks, as brown, burgundy, independence or midnight blue, and even deep greens are in favor. A very sprightly silhouette is given to these colorful net#, in that they consume yards and yards and yards, styled in many flaring tiers which stress a crisp bouffaucy from waistline to hemline, accomplishing the uneven effects about the ankles through means of trailing streamers, panels and similar details. The bodices for these net gowns vary. Some are that simple they trend to severity. In which event corsage flowers and costume jewelry are depended upon to play a leading part. Extremely low decolletage also gives distinction to these simply-styled bodices. Quite often, the bodice takes on the glitter of spangles or is elaborately beaded, or is of some contrasting material such as velvet, brocade, satin or metal cloth. In regard to the gown in the picture. it is a matter of pride with the designer that the point d’esprit net used is American made. Another style featurje accented in this model is the iavisqment of detail

displayed at rhe back of the frock. Back views are a highly exploited theme in dress design this season.; Not infrequently the front of a frock} is of almost tailored simplicity while; to the back is shifted skirt fullness* under the guise of “bustle” bows and drapes. | JULIA BOTTOM LEY. j «a. 1929 Western Newspaper Union.) i a. | Violet Ensembles A favorite color for those popular* velveteen ensembles is violet. Shad-: ing from a light orchid—the blouse' and skirt—to an almost pansy purple' —the coat —these costumes are tremendously becoming to the dark-eyed brunette. New Hankie* Very finely plaided handkerchiefs, in several colors, are now for suit wear. One’s very small initial should , be done in the most prominent tone.

DAIRY HIGH-PRODUCING COW IS FAVORED Costs More to Feed but More Than Makes It Up. Ohio, with the sixth largest number of dairy cows among the important dairying states, supports more than one-third of a million cows kept for milking purposes than are actually needed to produce the same volume of milk and butterfat now being obtained. This is the conclusion from statistics on the dairy industry of the state and on the performance of the 9.171 of herds in cow-teSting as- , sociations. Ohio has approximately cows and heifers two years old and over. Average production of milk is about 4,500 pounds per cow per year. Average production of butterfat is about 160 pounds per year. But the 9.171 cows in the cow, testing associations averaged a production of 7,451 , pounds of milk and 315 pounds of butterfat in 1927. If that had been the average for all the cows in the state, only about 566,000 cows would have < been needed to produce the same - quantity of milk, and only 470,000 to produce the same of butterfat. That presupposes that the quality of all cows in the state, and their ,gare and management, were kept at the same standard as those of the cows in the cow testing associations. Looking as it in another way, if all the cows in the state were brought to tiie same standards of productivity as those of the cows in the associations, the milk flow in Ohio would amount to nearly seven billion pounds a year instead of only a little more than four billion. And the butterfat produced wrftild total more than 292.000,000 pounds instead of 148,000,000 pounds. Charts and records of feeding, kept in the cow testing associations, show that it costs more to feed the tighproducing cow, but that increased cost is far below the proportionate gain. Best Roughage for Milk Cows During the Winter The best roughage for milk cows in the winter is a mixture of legume hay and some kind of succulent material such as silage or roots. Al-falfa-hay is one of. the best hays for feeding to milk cows, although clover, soy bean hay and others belonging to that family give excel-* lent results. Corn silage is perhaps as common a feed as is available for supplying succulence, although mangels, carrots and sugar beets are also excellent. If legume hay and such succulent feeds as were mentioned 1 are not available, cane hay, sudan hay! and millet hay will give reasonably \ good results. When a nonlegume hay such as the three just mentioned isi fed it will be necessary to make up j the protein in the grain mixture. That will necessitate the use of some high protein concentrate such as linseed oil meal, cottonseed meal,. gluten meal, soy bean oil meal, peanut meal or coconut meal. Start Dairy Industry by Using Pure-Bred Sires Dairying, as with other forms of live stock production, is not a thing which should be promoted. 111-direct-ed ventures usually result from pro-j motion and rapid expansion. It is growing, and the use of good bulls, good pastures, and good home-grown l feeds are excellent steps on which to build for tiie future. A hickory grows slowly; a castor bean grows rapidly. The hickory lasts from year to year and makes a tough and desirable wood. The castor bean dies at the first touch of frost. The daiy/ifidustry started by the use of better bulls, grows like the hickory, slbwly but steadily, and withstands coldi low prices, and other discouraging influences. j , New Electric Clippers Are Handy for Dairyman A new electric clipper and groomer, operated somewhat on the principle of a vacuum cleaner, has been invented for the use of the dairyman who wishes to produce the cleanest milk , possible with the least effort and ex- I pense. This device attaches to the milking machine vacuum pipe line and removes dirt, dust, germs, hair and filth which might get into the milk and injure its quality and purity. A similar -device, but operated independently by an electric motor instead of the milking machine system, is an- I other recent development that Las | proven its ability to keep dairy cows clean economically. Cull Boarders The need of more economic and efficient production is quite apparent on every hand. The dairy farmer must cull out the low producing cows from his herd and build for a. greater production for each, cow through keeping records of production, by , using better sires, and by following | the best methods in feeding, breeding and management. The same problems must be considered by the manufacturer and distributor of dairy products. Concrete Mangers I A concrete manger is most popular for dairy barns. The front of these mangers may be low or high. The manufacturers of the steel stalls and stanchions can furnish forms for building them if the local contractor does not have them. The American Society of Agricultural Engineers has standardized the. shape and size of dairy mangers and stalls. Eventually all manufacturers will accept this standard so the same forms will fit any equipment I

hß.yau When your Children Cty for It Baby has little upsets at times. All zour care cannot prevent them. But you can be prepared. Then you can do what any experienced nurse would do—what most physicians would tell you to do — give a few drops of plain Castoria. No sooner done than Baby is soothed; reief is just a tnatter of moments. Yet ran have eased your child without use as a single doubtful drug; Castoria is vegetable. So it's safe to use as often as an infant has any little pain you cannot pat away* And it’s always ready for the crueler pangs of colic, or constipation or diarrhea; effective, too, for older children. Twenty.five million bottles were bought last year. Garfield Tea Was Your Grandmother’s Remedy

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