The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-13

The ledueE. VI Ule Wal upon U0G Ly-
man county cattle rustlerS. One of
the rustiers came to him OStensibly
as a friend to warn him that the
boys were sslaying for him., and
that he had best let up in his fight
against them.
There's just tweDty-six of you
cattle thieves in Lyman county,,
replied Anderson, In his hesitating
speech, and il am touched twenty
six cattle thieves will sleep in the
bottom or the Missouri river tomor-
row morning, and ne will be able to
find the hole they went in at.
The hesitation in his speech is not
natural. When a big boy he dis
covered a crowd Of men beating a
stranger to death. Hejumped in and
rescued the man, bit received a blow
upon his head which resulted in
efecting his language.
Some years ago he went into Chi
cago with a lot Of cattle. When he
arrived at the stock yards it was dis
covered that some of the animals
were effected with so.ne ailment re-
|sembling "lumpy jaw, land a. lot of
the ghouls who infested the yards
attempted TO blackmail him with
threats Of the health officer and the
|confiscatIon of the entire lot. They
offered to help HIM out by taking the
stock OFF his hands at a merely NOM
inal price. Anderson is not easily
bluffed, and an alteration ensued.
The Dakota man was armed with a
fork handle punching STICK whic
he admits was almost too big to
hit a man will" Tut when the gang
came at him he knocked them right
and left and then followed a chase
Through the yards, Anderson Jumping
high fences, lodging through yards
crowded with long-horned Texans,
up alleys and down chptes, the gang
In hot pursuit, until finally a police
man took a hand in the festivities
and Anderson was landed ip police
court. The judge, to his credit, was
not long in discovering the merits OF
the case, and he invited Anderson
to tell his story. The report OF that
trial occupied a column IN each of
the big papers the next morning.
Anderson is inimitable, and he could
make big money on any platform in
simply telling what happened to him
at the stock yards, At any rate, he
was dismissed, and saved his 'slumpy.
jaws too.
Five years ago he had n Of the
most thrilling experiences which
falls to any man. He was engaged
in watering a large drove Of cattle
in a ditch cut through the ice In the
Missouri river, which was only par
italy frozen over. To prevent the
cattle from going too far out on. the
lee he stationed himself on the river
outside the ditch. The thirsty.
beasts crowded across The ditch and
the weight broke the field Of ice loose
from the shore and presently the
stockman found himself on a cake of
ice in company with a 4-year-oid
steer. The cake was scarcely large
enough to bear the weight Of both
and rocked and pitched as the fren-
lied animal whIrled about upon it,
Anderson caught it and after a des-
perate struggle, In which his great
Strength prevailed; threw the steer
into the river. The Ice upon which
he foated was fast approaching the
solid ice, which enclosed the river
a short distance below, and he could
see other cakes like his own barge
come down to the brink, and then
with a leap like an expert diver
might make, head downward, and
be drawn under. He watched his
opportunity and at the instant when
the ice touched the solid field he
made a mighty leap and landed safely
on the firm ice.
In company With his wife, he. g
icouple of years.ago, had an unusual
opportunity to watch the methods
employed by wolves in taking live
stock. One clear morning they were
riding on the range, when upon ar
Ieminence q couple Of miles away they
observed a bunch OF horses stop feed
inc and stand as IL IN alarm, Pre-.
sently they saw them approached
from four directions by as many
wolves. The wolves approached tt
within possibly a hundred feet OF tn,
horses. when they began to describ,
a circle about the herd, each vol
maintaining his position at tn
Iauarter as they ran. Gradually TIL
lcircle narrowed, the horses being ap
%parently transfixed with terror
| when the circle had narrowed Il
within a yard OF the shiverini
horses a strong stallion whirled ant
struck at one of the wolves as b
passed. Instantly as II expectin
that very movement the next vol
caught the stallion in the flank, an
as With a knife cut his hamstrings
The fight lasted barely a second
Every wolf was ready to do his par
and the system seemed perfect. Tn
Andersons were approaching as rapid
ly as possible. and now were near q
hard, and a shot from a revolver sen
the wolves scampering away, but th