Arizona republican., 1901-12-30
TEMPE

The next meeting of the Territorial
Teachers association is to be held ut
Tcn-.
I.4Iilaps one of the most pleasant
drives about Tempe is that across the
river, therce northeast along the shores
of seric- OF lakes to the Salt River
indian rc-eryation. 1t is an interesting
sight. indeed. to view the redman at
Pore. The women grinding their cora
and pre- paring the meal and, of course.
the old buck sitting about waiting to
he f~ttened up. The boys. even in
their rl7y. are becoming quite Ameri-
carried and copy their white brothers
IN many ways. Yesterday there was
4 hot football match in progress near
the ch-ych of school building. The boys
lined up in the most approved fashion.
Snappi-g the ball back and making
their end runs in excellent order. They
FL seemed to enjoy the game most
thoroughly, laughing and chatting to-
gether. Two or three old bucks squat
ted on the ground near at hand view
f~g the game with evident apprecia-
ton. laughing heartily as the boys
piled up. Some smaller boys were
playing marbles. One little chap.
dressed only in a smile and plenty of
dirt, stood watching the game. A
camera f;end was near at hand. At
first sight of him all scrambled TO get
ont of sight. and the youngster howled
with fright, seeing his comrades run.
and not knowing what was to happen.
on the return journey a pleasant road
leads due west from the reservation,
lust to the south of Scottsdale. Turn
ing. to the left at the first farmhouse
i'rings the traveller back to Tempe ove-
TIE road near the bridge
Colonel S. NJ. MCGOWAN and party
drove to Tempe yesterday
George Dobson claims that he has
rretty good joke on G. ]. Ridenour and
y. F. Porter. Dobson sold Ridenour
n steer for his market. When the deal
was contaminated Ridenour drove out
to get the animal When he arrived a
the ranch Bobson said he couldn't
catch the critter and Ridenour claimel
he wasn't just in trim either. Mr..
Porter was at hand. though, and talk
ing pity on the pair, roped the steer
for them in approved fashion 1t
proved to be a broncho steer. however.
and was something of an elephant on
their hands. In getting the animal out
of the field he carried away the fence
and started down the road. The first
mile was covered in about one hour
The steer was bound to run into some
ones dooryard or corral. hide in
the bushes. When not far from Faux
enburg's corral the broncho steer spied
nice mich COW in an enclosure and
in the twinkling of an eye had waded
through two barbed wire fences and
run two three times around a tree
before Mr.. Porter tautened the rope.
After considerable Tabor the rope at
last untangled and the steers nose
pried out of the mud. The steer then
ran back and forth through the two
fences three or four times for eNer-
else, or to scratch his back, and again
started up the road with about a rod
of fence dragging on his back. He went
into Faukenburg's corral as meek as
a lamb. but changed his mind and ran
out. dragging Mr.. Porter after. and
laid down in irrigating ditch. When
the balance of the party arrived Ride
nour told them the steer was bound for
the slaughter house the other side
of Tempe. The boys worked all day
until o'clock before they landed Mr..
Steer in the slaughter pen. Everything
was thought to be completed and Dob
son supposed by now Ridenour was
serving out choice cuts from the re-
fractory beef, but like the cat the steer