The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 41, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 February 1929 — Page 7

The Settling of the Sage ‘By HAL G. EVARTS WNTJ Service Copyright by Hal G. Evarts ■

WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE At the Warren * ranch, the Three Bar," a stranger ap plied for work as a rider Wil liamette Ann Warren—known to ail as '•Billie." is the owner ot :he ranch The girl’s father. -aI Warren, had been the origi nal owner The question whether the territory is to remain “cow country” or be opened *tc 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 as 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 Billie. Slade, a ranchman with an unsavory 1 reputation, visits Billie Slade, endeavoring to embrace Billie is interrupted . bv- Harris The regular calf round-up is begun While .he riders are at their evening meal, far out oil the ra'nge, six outsiders join them. Billie I'nows them to be “rustlers,” who, under the leadership . of Slade and a man named Harper. have in the past stolen Three Bar cattle. To test Harris' cour- . age the girl appoints him temporary foreman, suggesting that he order the visitors to leave. Somewhat to her surprise-fte does so. The men depart, making threats. Billie makes Harris permanent foreman. Catching Morrow leaving cattle were they can be stolen. Harris discharges him. CHAPTER V —9— Billie Warren rode with Harris on tlie last lap of the circle. There were Put two men remaining with them. “Moore!” Harris called, and the man turned his horse down the head of a draw that would lead him out Into the bottoms a trifle less than a mile above the wagon. Harris heard a shriJl whistle behind him and turned sidewise In the saddle to look back, saw that Moore hqd regained tiie ridge and was signaling. They turned, and rode hack to him. ‘‘There’s another.” Moore said, pointing down the gulch. “It's get ting to be a habit" A dead cow lay on a little flat a hundred yards below. For three con secutive days some ridei had found a fresh-killed Three Bar cow. Every animal had been shot “I’ll look this one over myself, Harris decided. “There’s only two more gulches to work. Each one of vou hoys take one.” The girl followed him as he turned down the first steep ditch. They pulled up their horses and sat look tug at the cow. A trickle of blood 'oozed out of a hole between her eyes Harris rode in a circle round the spot. “He downed her from some point above,” he said. “Not a sign any a where close at hand.” He surveyed a the ridges that flanked either side ot tlie draw and the little saddle-like de pression at the head of] it from which they had just * descended- From be yond this gap came the shrill nicker of a horse, the sound chopped short as if a man had clamped his hand on the animal’s nostrils to silence It Harris turned swiftly to the girl. 3 “It's a plant,'' he said. “Ride—hard!" vHe suited his action to the words and jumped his horse off down the bottoms. He waved her over to! one side. “Keep well away from me!” he ordered. don’t want you.” They hung their spurs into the!? mounts and the horses plunged down the steeply-pitching bottoms, vaulting sage clumps and hounding along Hie cow trails that threaded the brush Two hundred yards below the cow the draw made an elbow bend. The girl rounded it and as Harris fol lowed a jump behind he felt a** jarring tug at tlie cantle of bis saddle and the thin, sharp crack of » rifle reached him. The gulch made « reverse bend and as they swepi around it Harris swung sidewise It tlie saddle and looked back. The' were entirety sheltered from any point on the divide six hundred yards behind them. He pulled his hors..- t, a swinging trot and they rode dowr the sloping meadow that led straigh* to the main valley. “We didn’t get started any too soon.” Harris said. “His horse wasn’t more than a hundred feet beyond the notch wheb he blew off and warned us—not time for me to get cached and drop him as he topped the ridge ’ , The girl’s eyes suddenly riveted on a small round hole in the cantle of his saddle where the ball had entered on the inside and far to the left ex trendty of the cantle a ragged gash showed where it had passed out. Thc hiili had not missed his left hip to ox ceed an Inch. She started her horse so suddeni.y that before he realized her purpose she was well in the lead and going at a dead run toward the mouth of the gulch where It opened out Into the main bottoms two hundred vards . beyond. *] From the opposite slope riders were hazing cows oul of their respective driws. The running horse caught ever.. man’s eyes as the girl careened out Into the center of the valley, rose fn her stirrups and waved an arm In a circle above ber head. In five seconds riders were whirling in behind her from all directions as she headed for the wagon. She waved those already on the spot toward the rope corral. “< ’hange horses!" she called, and as each man rode in be caught up a fresh horse. “Scatter out; some of you below where came down, some above.” she <ai<i “Five hundred to the man tliiii ortngs Morrow In.” •*li - »••• use. Billie," Harris coun

seled mildly. “He’s plum out of the country by now. it’ll be dark in three hours—and it’s right choppy country over there." Waddles interposed and seconded ner move. “Let ’em rip,” he said. “There's Just a chance.” Bangs was tlie first to change mounts The boy’s physical qualifica lions were' as sound as his mental ability was- limited and it was bis ’ pride to have a string of mounts that included the worst horses iu the lot. He rode from the corral on Blue, holding the b g roan steady, and headed up the ridge a mile helow where Har rls and thp girl had come down Rile ' , “It's a Plant,” He Said. “Ride Hard.” Foster chose th,. next; five riders * were but a few jumps behind. Harris did not change horses but searched 1 hastily in his war bag and slipiien the strap ot a hinoculai case across his shoulders ami rode off with the girl as she finished cinching her sad die on a fresh horse, lln less than five minutes from the 1 time she had reached the wagon tlie last Three Bar man had mounted and 1 gone. Harris rode with her up a long ’ ridge that led up to the divide; they followed another into the next hot toms and ascended the second divide ’ This was sharp and rocky, its crest a maze of rugged pinnacles. He chose the highest of these and dismounted 1 to sweep the range with his glasses The high point afforded a view of every ridge for miles. After perhaps 1 half an hour Harris caught five horse men iD tlie field of his glasses. They ’ were riding in a knot. “They’ve picked up his trail,” he said. “But he'll have too long a lead We might as well be going.” 1 They mounted and headed to the right along the divide. “If Rile is iu sight we can wait foi ' him,” he said “And see if he’s picked up any tracks.” A half-mile aloug the ridge they saw Foster off through the breaks and he was working back their way. “Thanks. Billie,” Harris said. “For losing a circle trying to run him down.” “I’d nave done as much for any Three Bar man,” she returned. “Os course.” he said “I’d have ex pected that. But ail the same It shows that I’m progressing. Maybe my good qualities will grow on you until you get to thinking right well of me.” ' They waited till Foster joined them on rhe ridge. ' “Bangs crossed over a mile below.’ Rile said “We might pick him up.” “Any sign?” Harris asked as they ' moved down the divide. ~ “A bunch of shod horses went down * through there a few days hack.” Rile 1 said “Three or foil* men likely, with ! a few pack horses along. He’s pulled 1 out.”

Sharpness of Shark’s Teeth Accounted For

' The proverbial sharpness of a ser--1 pent’s tooth is declared to be wrong; it should have been a shark’s tooth. > Not only is the shark’s asserted to i be the sharpest tooth in the world. * it appears also to be both the sharp I est and the hardest of all animal sub • stances. One can even use the cutting sur 1 face of a shark’s tooth, says O. W. Barrett of the Department of Agricul ture of Porto Rico, to scratch glasp as glaziers scratch it with a diamond. 1 Shark’s teeth are now collected, says Mr. Barrett in describing in the Scientific Monthly of New York city, the growing commercial importance of the shark-fishing industry, aud are ■ used for watch fobs and other jewelry. • for which purpose their extreme hard ness is declared to make them espe- * cialiy suitable. ! This hardness Is due, the Porto Rican expert reports, to the fact that ! shark teeth are unique in the world k 1 Early Grain Binder» The first recorded attempt to bind grain by machinery was made by John E. Heath of ''•hio, who obtained a pa. [ ent for a twine or cord binder in 1880 [n 1851 (’vrus McCormick of Illinois exhibited a binder in the world’s fair in London ’ Dickens Still Favorite A world-wide canvass conducted , by a British publishing house to as- ’ certain “your favorite author” resulti ed in an overwhelming vote tor Charles Dickens. Then followed Scott Stevenson Dumas apd Thackeray.

“1 saw him.” Harris said. “He’s gone.” They stopped in the saddle of th© ridge where a fresh track showed the spot Bangs had crossed. The girl was looking at Harris and saw a sudden pallor travel up under his tan and as she turned to see what had occasioned it he crowded his horse against her own. “Don’t look !” he ordered, and forced her bprse over the far side -of the ridge. “You’d better ride on back to the wagon." he urged “There’s been some sort of doings over across. Rile and I will ride down and look into If.” Witnout a word she turned her horse toward the wagon. “It’s God’s mercy she didn't see.” Harris said, as the two crossed hack over the ridge. “Isn’t that a h—l of away for a man to die?” But rhe girl had seen. Her one oriel look had revealed a horse coming round a bend in a little box «*anyon helow A shapeless thing dragged from one stirrup and ai everv third or fourth jump the hig blue horse side-slashed the limp bundle with his heels. As the f we men reached the bottoms the frenzied'horse had stepped and was fighting to free himself ot the thing that followed him. He moved away from it iu a circle hut it was always with him. He squealed and kicked it, then dashed off in a fresh panic, side-swiping his pursuer. Harris’ rope tightened on his neck -and threw him. As he rolled over Foster’s noose snared both hind feet and he was held stretched and help less between two trained cow horses while the men disengaged the bundle that had once been Bangs. One hoot heel was missing and his foot was jammed through the stirrup, evidence that the had pitched with him and the loosened heel had come off. allowing his foot to slip through as he was thrown. Harris pointed to a burnt red streak <icross the right side ut Bangs’ neck. He unbuttoned his shirt and revealed a similar streak under his left armpit. Old Rile cursed horribly and his face seemed to have aged ten years. “They learned that from the albino,” he said. “It’s an old trick that always works. They dropped a rope on him and Jerked him. pried off his heel, shoved his boot through and laid the quirt on his horse. Blue did the rest.” Both men knew well how It happened. Bangs had run across the camp ot some of the wild bunch, men he had known for long, and the slow thinking youth had suspected no more danger from riding on upMo them at this time than at any other He had fold them ot the shot fired at Harris and they had known that some other Three Bar- man would find thp trail leading from • direction of their camp. And I gs would mention having found them there, linking them with the bushwhacker. When Bangs had . ft a pair of them had riddeD a distance with him and accomplished their aim. “It’s coming dark.” Harris said. “And by morning they’ll he thirty miles away. That sort of a killing was never fastened on to any man yet.” The old man raised a doubled fist and his ace was lined with sorrow “Bangs was almost a son to me," he said. “1 taught him to ride—and we’ve rode together on every job since then. You hear me! Some one is going to die for this!” During the next week the girl Inwardly accused the men of heurtlessuess. They Jested as carelessly hs if nothing unusual had occurred and she heard no mention of Bangs. It seemed that it took hut a. day for them to forget a former comrade who had come to an untimely end Rile Foster had disappeared hut on rhe fifth dajt' tre turned up at rhe Three Bar wagon and resumed his work without the least explanation of his absence. (TO BIS CONTINUED.!

in being composed of almost pure enamel, without the softer int.ir portions. which make human tee h, for example, so subject to decay. In many ancient rocks of the earth geologists find millions of scattered teeth from ancient representatives of the shark family. Even millions of years ago sharks evidently had such hard and ii.,«estruetible teeth that even when all other bones dnd body partly decayed the teeth lasted and were preserved in the rocks. A Land of Faery A most marvelous sunset this evening, outside the Bab Djedid. The ' vast plain in its arid desolation gave the impression of a desert, flooded with the gold light of the level sun. The clouds hung over the mauve mountains of Trozza and Serdj. ini pregnated with purple and rimmed with bright gold. It was a land ot faery, dissolving under the enchantment of the sun.‘ whose power drew forth such fantasies in blue, red. green and yellow. Behind us lay the walls of the city, in the rosy light of evening, which fell npon towers and cupolas. Then In the still air, as the world faded under an emerald sky. came the clear voice of the muezzin calling the faithful to prayer, while through the gates the shepherds slowly led in their flocks.—From the Diary of Ru&ell Beresford. In Small Type A “diamond” edition is said nf an edition In a small volume or volumes printed in small type.

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CLoiH COATS FOR MID SEASON; STRAW-TOUCHED FELT HATS

WHEN wintef is on tiie wane and i-ome those intermediate days when the heavy fur coat finds its way into storage, then what? The modish l.v furred cloth coat, of course. Which brings us to a theme of fascinating interest. namely, the exquisitely i dainty furs which are lending such charm in a trimming way to coats for 1 immmediate and early spring wear. Color plays a leading role in the * ! realm of trimming furs. The dyers’ art i has been brought to a point of perfecj tion when it comes to tinting and I toning furs to blend with or match r 1 the cloth they trim. Coats of tweed, t

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s of other novelty woolens, of soft basket weaves and broadcloth are enhanced with furs in delicate tones of t gray, honey beige, ivory, cocoa, sand i \ and other equally as subtle shades. A a coat of pale cocoa-colored doth. 1 trimmed with ivory or honey beige fur ? cannot be other than flattering to the wearer and there is every indication . | that this spring will bring out coats a which'Challenge admiration because of i their symphonic colorings. . | At the moment there is a flair for coats of black broadcloth with trim- [ rnings of gray fur. Kathryn (,’rawj ford, who charms in her cinema pros ductions, poses for this picture in a t ! coat typical of the ultra-smart for I wear during the changeful, firful diyrs r between now and spring. Tlie scarf , i collar, the deep flaring cuffs indicate , now cleverly thin furs are being manip I dated nowadays. r The novel manner in which flat furs

> are being applied to cloth counts for I chic as much as do their alluring tones I and tints. When it comes to trimming i with the new fabriclike furs Dame ! Fashion has an infinite number of | “tricks up her sleeve.” One of the I caprices of the mode is to focus attention to the back of the neckline, where thin furs are tied into cunning ' bows or designed into intriguing in i tricacies of points, scallops, flares and such. Cape collars of fur are new. as | are various draped effects of the more j 1 plastic furs. Well, in the realm of smart hats, felt is still the central theme. I Indeed. It is during these intermediate days ’twixt winter and spring that enthusiasm for colorful felts runs A Hairdressing Aid A novel head band is now to he ! found in the leading shops for wear > when cream and make-up are being 1 applied. It is made of a rubberized ! silk in a skin tone, which is very becoming- This band may be worn by those with either long or short hair. To Preserve Shoes * Drying wet boots over a register ■often spoils them. Heat causes the 1 leather to crack. To prevent this and 'keep them soft rub grease into them.

I highest. Considering the ingenuity > and skill with which milliners are working felt, it is no wonder that once again tlie felt hat is proving a magnet , i which is attracting all seekers of ; ; smart headwear unto it - The ways and workings of the brims j i of felt hats are past analyzing. Suffice it to say that brims were never more intriguing or unusual or so universally i flattering. Tlie top hat in tills picture t with tlie embroidered flowers give a fair idea of hpw ingeniously brims are I manipulated. i A touch of straw on a felt hat works wonders in creating a feeling

of spring in the air. It is the strawtouched felt which is holding the center of the stage at this very moment. Note the model at tlie top to the right in this group. The picture fails to show it very clearly, hut under tiie j fringe of felt, if you will look closely, you will discover a circlet which is formed of hand sewn wee straw braid, j ’Nuff said I Spring is on tlie way! I The plaited brim—it’s the latest, and this one is more than usually becoming, because of its <off-the-faee character. The manner in which the grosgrain j ribbon hand is drawn through slashes in tlie felt on the hat to the left adds, to the attractiveness of this model. The downward trend of the brim at tlie hack is characteristic of many of tlie new shapes. There are many problems of addition being worked out by the milliner this season. That is. oue material is

SOME OF THE LATEST HATS | added to another—felt plus straw, silk t plus cellophane and other equally as j interesting alliances. The center hat j trims a tine crochet body hat with felt i which forms its own natural fringe. The last hat is a through-and | through felt model even to its plum- I age. wjiich is made of the felt fringed j at each side. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. <©. 1929. Western Newspaper Union.> Printed Velvet Negligee A delightful short, negligee is made of printed black velvet, which has oval disks of white over the surface. The negligee is knee length and Is worn over pajamas of white crepe de - chine, which have plaited trousers. Stringing Beads When you restring pearls or othei heads that are graduated in size, ar- > range them on a table in the order they belong and the stringing properly is no chore. ...-> - ... - ——

cu S/» ! ' SPRAY SERVICE , HELPS GROWERS _ New York Saved- $300,000 by Schedule Change: Fruit growers in New York state saved $300,000 last year through a change recommended by the state col- | lege of agriculture in the conventional spray schedule. This change was suggested by members of the extension staff at the state college who had discovered by a careful survey that the San Jose scale, at one time a most serious pest of tlie apple, had practically disappeared from a majority of the orchards. The lessened number of these insects made it possible for growers to reduce the amount of lime sulphur in tlie so-called delayed dormant spray, since tlie strong solution was no longer necessary to control the pest. Tlie college advised fruit growers "to make this change through its spray service organization. Tlie farm bureaus of twenty-olid counties conduct this spray service under the guidance of tlie state college of agriculture. Tlie men study the development of insects and diseases in their particular localities and | inform fruit growers when to spray j for particular insects and what kind ! and strength of spray to use. In each of 14 important fruit and vegetable counties, a specially trained field assistant is on hand from April to October. In addition to advising tlie change in the spray schedule for San Jose scale the spriy service informed growers when to spray for the rosy aphis. This is a yearly service of the spray organization. Tlie rosy aphis 1 can be controlled only by sprays an- j plied just after thip insect hatches on i tlie opening buds in tlie spring. Since J two other species of aphids of similar i appearance hatch just before the dan- i gerous rosy aphis, fruit growers may | spray too soon, waste thousands of j dollars worth of nicotine, and leave j the crop unprotected from the rosy j aphis. To avoid this, spray service J men examined this spring thousands j of aphids with hand lenses to deter- | mine the time of the appearance of , the pest. The spray service also protected fruit growers from serious losses by I telling tiieni through special weather reports by telegraph and a telephone j relay system when to apply the early ] season sprays for scab control. These sprays must be applied just before ; rain periods. To help time these sprays, the weather bureau station at Ithaca sent out each evening during j the critical period a special v eather j forecast for eacli locality. Local spray j service men receive these notices ! about eleven o’clock at night. If the notices show a definite rain period ap- i proaehing the men send out over a ! telephone relay system a warning to spray. In some counties by these relay systems, one spray service man can reach more than 600 growers within half an hour. Sour Cherry Should Not . gave Branches Cut Back Tlie sour cherry should not have its permanent branches cut back, as it starts new growth most readily from the larger, active buds at the* terminals. Three to five main limbs slioqld be chosen for .the permanent framework and tlie remaining limbs should , be removed. Tlie limbs which remain should have their terminals left intact. Instead of cutting back twigs, they are merely thinned out to four or five well-placed branches arranged up and down and around tiie main stem at distances of four to eight inches. | Horticultural Hints | In spite of differences of opinion there are certain definite principles . and rules to guide one in going about the work of trimming fruit trees. * * * If the young trees are properly pruned at planting time they will not, as a rule, require severe pruning the first, second or succeeding years. * * • v Pruning fruit trees is a question on which opinions differ widely. However, ail fruit growers are practically unanimous in tiie belief that some | pruning should be done. * • • Spray peach trees now to prevent peach leaf curl next spring. I'se dormant strength lime-sulphur with specific gravity 1.03, made up in a solution of one gallon of concentrate to ten gallons* of spray. * * * The young trees should be given, j during the spring and early summer, frequent and thorough cultivation by plowing and hoeing. * * • Bearing peach trees are cut back j somewhat more severely than other j kinds of fruit trees because the fruit j is borne on one-year-old wood. • • • The foliage of young trees, with the ] exception of the peach, is likely to suffer seriously from attacks of dis- I eases and insects. Peach foliage may not need spraying. ** * f With the peach it h ."mportant that the trees be headed low and that the fruiting wood be kept near the ground. . if • * Cornstalks cut into lengths about 18 or 20 inches long may be placed ' around the trunks of the trees in sufficient numbers to afford protection against rabbits. ♦ * * Shrubs, trees, and flowers should be planted as soon as they are received. Don’t leave them lying aronnll -the garage, the back yard, or the cellar for ,a week if you can possibly help it

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