Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-09-27
SUGGESTION FOR THE FAIR
Sulphur Jake, Who Moved Into Cas-
cade County After Getting
Spliced, Has Ideas.
He Can Rope Steer by the Tail
and the Old Woman
Assents.

The following communication was re-
ceived by The TRIBUNE yesterday:
Mr.. Editor Tribune:
How me and the old woman did laugh
when the kid KUN home with The TR1B-
UNE this morning and she red out loud
to me and the kids how you fellers was
agoing to have fair at the Falls and
there was one day going to be 80 wild
and woody that the gals couldn't 60.
The old woman she didn't like this very
muce, so she says you right that Editor
and tell him that there's one old gal 60
ing to be present and she wants to see
the man that can rope bull better than
her old man used to. Me and the kids
and the old woman got interested when
we red what the Managers of the fair
had to say about wild Montana day, and
it amused us in great shape, Gus when
was counting the old woman she was a
gal then. she was mighty proud of me
Gus | was considered the best lasso
| throWer and broncho buster that ever
stradeled wild hoss in this country
and she never lost an opportunity to
show to the other gals how handy | was
with rope so she would invite her gal
friends to come and see the fun but not
to come on days when the wind blew,
SO we used to get together about four
times year, all depended on the wind,
the gals would climb upon the corral
fence and | would take my old boss and
rope and go out on the prairrc, cut a
wild steer out of the herd an start for
the old woman, she was a gal then, and
the old boss and steer would come on a
dead run across the prairie and when
the sterr gets about fifty feet from my
Gal would turn the old raw hide rope
loose and just as the loop settled over
the steers head the old hoss would stop
the steer would fly up in to the air
change ends and when he hit the ground
his tail would crack like a big whip, the
gals would give me a big sendOtf, 1t was
a little rough on the steer but mighty
amusn to the gals.
One day the old woman, che was gal
then, said to me, she was sort OF pro
gresslve critter anyway, say, Jake don'
you know that every steer has got his
own lasso fasned to him? / sOrter Taught
at first but when she said use mis- tail fol
lasso | said excuse me the iasSo Is or
the wrong end, the old woman got hot a.
once, she was a gal then, and said II
wasent man enough to rope steer by
his tail throw and tie him | could con
slider myself out of Job anu look fol
some other gal, this Was sorter oneX
pected turn Of affairs and set up power
full lot Of thinking in my brain so 90
the old hoss left my rope at home ant
rode out on the prairie and takes after
two year old and the way ho pulled hi
freight across the prairie was surprls
party to the old hosa we iust went tear
ing through prairie dog town and 20
p on top of little hill when the Old hos
took me a long side of him
reached down got hold of his tai
gave it a couple of turns
6 round the horn Of the saddle stuck tn
spurs in the old hoss and well, say, MI
Editor You never saw euch spectacle j
i all your life, that steer shot up in the al
/ about twenty foot came down on hi
4 head both hors flew off and every bone i
his body was sticking through his Skin
he got considerable Of fall and tn
u tumble put his light ont ] eot ther
6 llird a muscd at the big success | ha
p made when up comes the old woman
she wse a gal then, says. Jake ! move
l. seed such Sight in all my life, tho wa
o that steer flew in the air was r. RECT
lovely, the Gal WAS SO pleased tn tn
J., bowling success | made with her su!
=. gestion that we got bitched, moved int
= Cascade County lived on beaver tail al
u poisoned wolves for years and now "
have got thirteen kids and me and II
y. old woman and every one Of the kids
a goin to see the first fair ever in Cascac
u County and will bring the neighbo
too and don't you forget
What / was tryin to get at is can't II
fellers what run the fair give a prise fC
failing steers? tina old woman says | ca
r. try my hand If they will and look hej
Nh Editor if | don't give you the Cos
derndcst show you ever Reen in your Ii
# won't take cent. | will guarantee M
r that the steer will tear big hole in tf
- atmosphere and when he hits the grour
10 say Mr., the air will be full of hors az
t. bones, just the show you want for Wi
,r Montana Day. So you see Mr.. Editor
= am vita you and don't you forget it, az
-, the old woman too, che says tell the ga
al to come by all means and they will nev
re see such fun in all their lives, We are ;
IN ropers and riders in this county our gt
~ get so wild in warm weather we have
,r- rope them il the Fall to put shoes on.
re SULPHUR JAKE.
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