The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-26

How a Pretty Little School Teacher
Became a Picturesque Figure.
San INra ,,.iscn I.lzarr1irer-l

tSan Francisco examiner
Lola Dis, the Oregon girl bronco
buster is one of the most romantic fig
ures in all the real life romance Of the
great northwest. A year ago Lola
Dix was just a pretty little city school
teacher. with absolutely no knowledge
of the mountains and plains beyond
that CLEANED in prep course IN
geography. She had never seen
ranch She didn't know the difference
between q gully and a canyon, and
the mountains were only distant peaks
erected by nature 10 regulate. Inc al
mospheric changes in the cities by the
sea, or. some reason Of that sort she
had never seen a herd Of cattle, except
ia pictures. and if she thought OF horses
at all il was with a nervous feetng OF
dread. She was just a fascinating miss
with dark eyes and curly hair OF the
type popularity. known as cute, ana
she dreamed her dreams OF social Ideals
much as every city girl does. That was
only a year ago.
Today Lola Dix is still a school
TEACHER but with a reputation as q
hOrsewOman that has made her the
wonder of the whole northern range in
/ general ana eastern oregon in particu-
{ lar. She rides like the wind nor stands
she in awe of the ugliest of untaGned
cattle ponies on the vast Moro county
range.
she has broken many wild broncos
/ and made them perfectly tractable- The
! greater part of every day she spends in
I the saddle. riding, riding, riding, until
now Lola Dix, sturdy, strong ana Tear
less and Drettier than ever before,
knows all the secrets of the forest and
3 the plains the mountain and the val
l leys for hundreds of miles in all direc-
2 tons from the little district school
/ house where she teaches the strangest
{ class Of children ever gathered to-
( gether in a school house which does
duty for a sanctuary of learning by day
and the kitchen. dining room ana ped
] room combined for a host OF COWBOYS
4 by night.
And it has needed only one short year
/ in this romantic environment to trans
form Lola Dix from a delicate bred CITY
girl of modish manners and modish
! dress into a veritaDle queen OF une
/ range. who can ride fifty miles day
teach her class, dance all night and be
[ ready for work again in the morning,
Lola Dix is truly unique character IN
the human interest drama Of real life
in the west.
Every morning she rides ten mlles
over the lonely prairie 10 ner iJue
! school house where a herd OF cayuSe
ponies daily brings as many dusky lltCle
haIf-breed children to receive the Dene-
mt of Miss Dis u2-to-date lnstrGc'
4 sThfs district is facetiously named
sstbe Reservation as so many Whltf
men living there have married Indlar
Women. but the dark little school chll-
dren are just as bright and Just a
teachable as any other young AneFa
cans.
And. with their young teacher, they
have many a care-free, happy galloI
over the prairie at noon times ana il
the evening
just as loving primary teachers II
western oregon are faithfully heipins
the finest tots to get on their rupper!
and maekintoshes, this little teacher
with the same affection, SaddleS ln'
/ D0niee for the smallest chlldren OF IN
lonely district school far out on tn
breezy plains, and sends them satel1
nome to the ranch and the tepee.
II couldn't leave the little ones L
saddle their own ponies, you know,
says Lola Dix, with SoLC llSh1 ii
/ her brown eyes
tt is natural that a tender heart lik'
hers should want TO make her sen
wants. the horses, comfortable, 50 sh'
DELIGHTS in studying them ana NeteI
mary surgery is her pet hobby LIVER,
book on the subject that she can Sc
. c1Ire she reads eagerly. She asks tn
ranchmen no end of questions ans
makes practical use of her study a
every opportunity. If Lola DiX's horse
suffer or die ii VIII NOT pc TOT van
: of a clear brain and two strong, skill
: full hands TO bring them relief.
, Lola now has three spirited horse
of her own BOBBY, a pretty, little
5 dark-brown animal; Frank, a roar
/ and her favorfte, Dutch, handsom
: bay. Miss Dix is d. good Repubhca
t and she won Dutch on an eleetio
bet
4 can jump fences and bitches, gu
: lies or anything and I can swim
i gates without getting Off said L,ol;
S "but-there's no style IN my riding,
she AYERS gayly.
Nevertheless, this girl, city ter
derfoot only a year ago, manages ne
q horse with an easy and natural graz
S that a riding academy belle migf
Z envy. In the saddle she looks nes
r and natty and comfortable. In a
= kinds Of weather she may be seen a
+ tired in short divided skirt, milftar
s Jacket, r5agh rider sombrero, his
laced boots and spurs, careenin
swiftly and nonchalantly over the fal
IS rolling prairie. Her spurs are the mo'
characteristic feature Of the who
y / equipment, and never fail 70 bring It
: children to attention when their jar
I gle and clank are heard on the pore
4 outside. when Miss Lola arrives at II
I'LL school every morning
n But with ali her reckless riding 10
, has had only one fall--and then h'
j horse fell, too. Ona very fogsy morn
! ing when it was impossible to 81