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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

loaded with men and horses, and is
run down the line to Medicine Bow or
Point of Rocks. Here the rangers and
their horses go on reconnaissance,
riding along the line and watching for
suspicious characters of whose move
ments they may have been informed.
Meanwhile the car follows parallel
course, keeping in touch with the men
and picking them up at point agreed
upon. Never do the men get more
than a few miles from their wheeled
base of supplies unless on an actual
chase. The worst parts OF the line are,
of course, patrolled most. 1t is well
known by all residents Of Wyoming
that Red desert, which is a sheep graz
ing country, is not used by herders IN
the summer. A gang of train robbers
could ride swiftly through the desert
and reach the railroad without being
detected were it not for the precau-
tons of the rangers.
Three weeks ago the rangers were
riding the line at various points When
word reached Cheyenne that an attack
had been made at Wilkins pumphouse.
Frank Utley, night pumpman, mad
been wounded by robbers. who had
thrown the switch at that place, but ne
had succeeded in driving them away
This was the report which sent the
ranger special whirling through the
black night past sidetracked flyers and
mail trains.
BY morning Kelliher's men were on
the ground and the trailers We're ex-
aiming the trail The affair turned
out to be a fiasco. The pumpman had
broken the switch and wounded him
self in search of notoriety.
But the promptness with Whlch the
rangers reached the scene OF acton,
which is nearly 800 miles from Chey-
enne, shows what bandits may expect
should any be foolhardy enough to
defy Tim Kelliher's rangers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02
MISSOURI PINS ITS
FAITH ON THE MlUlE


On the big Southern plantations
mules in immense numbers are used,
On the biggest one in Louisiana, that
of the Leon Godichaux company. from
1000 to 1,500 mules are worked the year
round. Climatic conditions make this
mule more to be relied on than the
horse in the rice, cane and cotton dis"
tricts and as these are being better
and more intelligently worked, the deU
mand for mules increases.
Healthier Than the Horse
The mule is also healthier than th~
horse. He is rarely subject to the
horse diseases, nor is he likely to have
blemishes which destroy the value OF
many a colt With mule, if there are
any blemishes, they do not impair his
value because he is purchased for
work and not for beauty. He is not
so nervous Or high strung as the horse.
He has a saner instinct of self-pres-
ervation, will stand greater hardships,
has more vitality and when properly
instructed is steadier and more rella-
bic.
When it comes to breeding, the two
or more years saved IN handling
means big profit. The mule, too, is al
ways salable. The mule market -
never glutted; in fact, the market
comes to the mule rather than the mule
to the market 1t matters not whether
it is a time of peace or war, the de-
mand for mules is always large. AS &
war necessity the mule is universally
recognized. AS work animal the
hauler of cart and dray, he will stand
more wear and cost less to keep. Down
South one part of the ration of mule
is molasSes, and another cotton seed
meal.
The biggest mule market in the
world for several years was Lathrop,
Mo-, and the citizens there had visions
of holding the title for years. This
was when the Boer war was on and the
Missouri mule was in big demand in
South Africa. The British government
organized a mule company, which had
it's headquarters at Lathrop. Mann
moth barns were built and hundreds
of acres leased for pasturage. This
was eneircled with costly fencing, ana
elaborate pens were built.
When the war ended the mule mar
ket was left in bad shape. For time
there was hope that the English
would revive the mule camp for the
purpose Of restocking the depleted
farms of South Africa, and the work
of concentrating 10000 mules there was
actually begun. But when this project
was partly finished the agents received
word to close up and come home.
The United States war department.
considered the idea of buying the plant,
but gave ii up. The mammoth barns
and fences have gone to decay, the vast
tracts of pasturage have either been
sublet or restored to cultivation, ana
the big schemeA of department stores
electric light plants and other enter
prises have been abandoned
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

a desert than before. Sailing vessels had
their established routes in accordance
with Winds currents and seasons; the
gaps between the routes taken by the
outward bound and hoIneward bound ships
are often considerable.
Moreover, the capricious elements not
infrequently played the mischief with
nautical instructions, and as a result the
field of operation for ocean shipping was
vastly extended.
This is no longer true today. The liner
goes straight ahead in defiance of wind
and wave. The ports between which she
plies are great industrial or commercial
centers, whittier come Eumberless rail-
ways. serving as prolongations of the lines
of navigation. Freight cars carry their
loads of merchandise to the lesser ports
and the cities of the interior The railway
has killed coastwise navigation.
The ocean highways are. therefore, any
thing but numerous. The most frequented
of oceans is the Atlantic.
Spart from polar seas we see that In
its northern part there IS only one desert
zone-a dreary waste OF waters between
the routes from Europe to the United
States or Canada and those from Europe
to the Antilles. In the south. however,
between the routes from South America
or the western American coast and the
ert occasionally traversed by the steam
ers of the lines from Cape Town and Mo-
zalnl.:oue which. when the coffee season
is at it's height in Brazil, cross the Attain
tic for cargoes at Rio Janeiro or Santos.
The Indian ocean is frequented only in
the north by lines out of India and Indo-
China. and little in the west by liners
from Oceanic, which call at Colombo and
then make straight for Australia.
Two lines, each with steamer a
month, follow a slender lane from Aus
tralia to Cape Town. The Pacific is the
Sahara of the great seas. Saving only
the steamships from the far East to Cali
fornia and British Columbia, line from
Sydney to San Francisco and a one-horse
line with sailing four or five times a
year, between Tahiti and the United
States-save for these mere ribbonlike
streaks the Pacific is desert
Only few native canoes ply daringly
from island to island in archipelagoes girt
round with coral reefs-yeritable ocean
graveyards, the terror Of seafaring men.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02
Deserted Places
of Father Ocean


ACEANS. like continents, have their
I'LL deserts. On the high seas there
" are vast spaces whose waves nave
never been parted by the Prov OF a san.
ing vessel or dashed by the propeher OF
a steamer Immense solitudes, where lne
flap of a sail is never heard nor the stri-
dent cry of a siren; veritaole Deserts
whose silence is broken only by the ROW.
ing of the wind and the roar OF waves
which have been vainIy pursuing one an
other since the day or creation
These deserts lie forgotten betwlxt the
narrow ocean highways Travelled by YES
sells In such waste places OF the sea a
disabled ship, driven out of its course
by hurricane, may drive for months,
tossed by the ceaseless ground swell, with
out being able to hail assistance; her only
chance of escape Is the possibility that
some ocean current may drag her into
more frequented region.
1t is generally supposed that by rea-
son of the universal increase OF mari
time traffic the sea is everywhere fur
roWed by vessels This is mistake.
The gradual but constant disappearance
of sailing ships made the ocean more OF
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

at. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 1. = If it
" were not for the worlds fair and
v the splendid watermelon crop in
Missouri the mule would be the most
famous thing west of the Mississippi
river just now. This splendid animal,
often called a bird by those who like
his voice better than his other quail
ties, promises to bring new era of
prosperity to ST. Louis and to help
wipe out the debts the worlds fair is
going to leave when it is a thing of
history.
Long ago fate and good mule feed
made st. Louis the greatest mule mar
ket in the world. 1t has often been
said that if this city should properly
recognize the great amount of pros
perity the animal has brought a golden
jackass would stand upon the highest
steeple in the city, that all the world
might know st. Louis is not ashamed
of its products.
The mule trade is picking up. Live
stock experts are predicting that the
big money of the next few days to be
made in stock will be gathered in by
the breeders Of mules When con-
L
begins in earnest they say the price
of mules is bound to jump, because
these are the only animals that can
stand the intense heat of that section
and keep on working. The West In
dies, Africa and the Philippine islands
have also been drawing heavily upon
this country for mules, and the Amer
lean mule is increasing in favor as a
part of the equipment of European
armies.
AS a matter of fact mules have been
steadily rising in value. In Texas,
Kentucky Tennessee and Missouri
there are big mule farms which have
enriched their owners in the last ten
years. Yet for some reason or another
the former mule breeding sections are
not producing mules fast enough to
supply the demand, and their produce
ton is declining. Not many years ago
Kentucky had $4,000 jennetS, while
now there are not more than 1900. The
same decline is noted in Texas, Mis-
souri, and Tennessee.
The mule has been the standard work
animal of the Southern states for many
years. 1t is there, of course, that he
flourishes most. Texas tops the list
with 1000, with Missouri next with
2O9,9e0. but it must be remembered
that Texas is mighty big state. Or
all the Southern states Virginia boasts
of the smallest number, $4,000. The
average value of the mule in these
states runs from $40 to S55. In the
United States the mule averages SO
more a head in value than the horse
s72.4s to $62.25. There are nearly
g coo 900 mules, as compared with 49,
000,0 900 horses.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

larder complete the equipment of the
car. In this miniature pantry are al
ways kept coffee, bacon, flour. salt, anG
the inevitable canned goods. While or
the trail the rangers sometimes kill g
COW TO fill out their larder.
gang plank for loading the horses
is always carried along. The horses
have become SO accustomed to this that
they run up it as naturally as those in
the fire department fall into harness.
The chief knows where each of his
men is, and within thirty minutes of,
the time of receiving wire the rang
ers' special is hurrying through the
night at fifty miles an hour with
clear right of way over every train Oh
the track In case the news of an at
tack reaches Cheyenne at midnight, the
rangers reach the scene before day
break, ready to take up the trail as
soon as it is light enough.
The patrolled district lies between
Medicine Bow, loo miles west of Chey-
enne, and Green liver, Wyo. 1t COW
ers about 100 miles of broken and
rugged country, very sparsely settled
and little known. The line passes
through the bad country about Red
Desert, Fort Steele Point of Rocks
and Wamsutter. On a clear day the
mountains surrounding the Hole in the
W
All but the absolutely necessary
equipment is discarded when the men
take UP the trail. The plan is to travel
as light as possible. The heaviest part
of their outfit is the weapons they car
ry Every man bristles like an arsenal.
Each one carries a 30-40 smokeless re-
peating Winchester, which shoots the
same cartridge as a Krag-Jorgensen
army rifle, besides which he is equip
rx-iffa ir of A 4
and 100 rounds of ammunition in his
belt.
The horses are native Westerners,
like their riders, but they are the fast
est and the most enduring to be found.
The cost was about 800 each, and
each of them is corn fed and carefully
tended. They are strong legged and
wiry, apparently as tireless as their
riders.
From one to four guards ride every
passenger train on the road, dependent
in number on whether the train car
ries treasure. Nobody is allowed to
ride blind baggage. Hoboes especially
are warned to. keep away from the
cars. The orders of the shotgun"
guard are to ride not always in the
same place, but to travel sometimes on
the engine, sometimes in the express
car, and once in a while IN the
coaches.
All Guards Are Gun Men
Every man in the guard has a rec
ord as good man with gum" 81
Funk was formerly sheriff of Buffalo
county, Nebraska; George Hiatt is an
ex-deputy sheriff of Carbon county
Wyoming; Pat Lawson and Tom Meg
geson are both celebrated Western
scouts and guides. Sheriff Wharton,
of Rawlins, and Sheriff Young, of
Green River, both typical Western
frontiersmen, are enlisted to aid the
rangers whenever there shall be a call
for their services.
While the headquarters of the
rangers are. at Cheyenne the men and
horses are kept in constant requisi-
ton to patrol the line and look out for
susnfeinrs characters. The car is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02
They Are Organized for
War i'm the Bandit Belt

the more settled portions of the cotln--
try for their fields of operation.
There were established what became
known as bandit belts. One stretched
across Texas to Arizona along the
Southern Pacific line. Another zig
Jagged through the Colorado noun
tainS to the country about the we'll
known Robbers Roost. A third-ano
the most dangerous Of all-belted
Wyoming in the rough cow country,
where lie Jackson's Hole and the no.
torious Hole in the Wall. Here, among
the Tetons, as the Big Horn mountains
are called, far from civilization and the
long arm of the law, lurked a strange
population composed of cattle rustlers,
highwaymen and fugitives from JUS
tice. The Hole in the Wall especially
was a natural fertilization and, what
was of more avail to the deSperadoeS
who infested 1t, every settler was a.
outs with the law.
Could Not Capture Bandits
No sherlffs posse could invade its
sacred precincts and hale forth a Grim.
inal. The news of the pursuit would
be whispered apparently on the wings
of the wind, and long before the dar-
ing sheriff had reached the spot his
quarry had hunted cover. If the Of
ficials got back to civilization alive
they were in luck.
The Hole in the Wall is a valley sit
uated on a branch of the Powder river,
in the western part of Natrona county.
1t lies among the foothills southeast OF
the southern eXtremitieS of the Big
Horn mountains. One hundred miles
to the southeast is the nearest railroad
point, Casper, which is on the Fremont,
Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad.
The nearest point of contact on the
north of the Hole in the Wall is Cody,
the terminus of the Burlington branch
that runs from Toluca. This is 200
miles away across the mountains. Two
hundred miles due south from the
rendezvous is Rawlins, the nearest
point on the Union Pacific. Rimmed
about with mountains infested with
cutthroatS and far beyond the edge OF
civilization. the Hole in the Wall
was long a safe haven for the scum
and f1otsam of the Western drift.
The headquarters of the rangers are
at Cheyenne, where the specially
| equipped car is kept when not on the
| road. This is nothing more than a
freight car fitted up for the aceommo-
dalton of the patrol guard. One ENG
Of it serves to accommodate the horses,
while the other is ftted up for the
men. In it are a number of portable
cots which fold up into a package that
can almost be put in your pocket.
These, of course are never taken on
the trail but are used to sleep on while.
the special is carrying them to the
point of action. A score of blankets,
some cowIaen's saddles, a pack saddle,
and q panniard. rack for arms. a
49, ~--+AA-Ss = tin stone and ANAL
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02


Mr.. Indiman was known at 1920 Madi-
son avenue, and that Mr.. Ambrose
Johnson Smell could not be disturbed at
his dinner.
There was no caller at the next
quarter, and none again at O'clock.
The series had, therefore, come to an
end, and l remained the sole survivor
of and for what?
I dare say that my nerves had been
somewhat weakened by my two days
fast, or else it was the effect of JeclS-
ley's cocktail on an otherwise empty
stomach. Whatever the cause, sud-
denly became conscious that I was
passing into a state of high mental
tension; wanted to scream, to beat
impotently upon the air: Jeckley would
have put it that was whitman ace-of
flying off the handle.
A deafening clash of changing metal
smote my ears. 1t should have been
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

isn't 1t? Mr.. Indiman-I was asked to
call-Mr. JeclSley, of the. Planet"
Must be some mistake, sir" came
the answer This is No. 1920, but
there's no Mr.. Inkerman-'
"Indiman. not Inkerman-Mr. Esper
Indiman. Look at the card"
Never heard the name. SIR
What! Well, then, who does live
here?"
Mr.. SHELL sir. Mr. Ambrose John
son Smell. But he's at dinner. and l
couldn't disturb him.
'Humph!" / fancy that Jeckley
swore under his breath as he turned
to go. Then the outer door was closed
upon him.
1t was relief, of course. to be spared
the infection of Mr. Jockeys society,
but l could not but admit that the sit
uation was developing isome peculiari-
ties. Eliminating the doubtful person.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02
WHEEL HITS WOMAN;
SHE SPANKS BOY RIDER
"IiI Teach Him a Lesson" She Said,
and Threw Lad Across Her Knee

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Oct. L.
While racing in Pacific avenue on his
bicycle, William Durham, ten-year-
old messenger boy, ran down Miss
Clara B. Thomas, of New York. The
boy fell from his wheel and Miss Thorn
as jumped to her feet and seized him.
Persons who witnessed the accident
FASTENED to the young woman's assist
ance, but she declined their aid, say
ing: mo; / am all right, but I intend
to teach this youngster lesson"
In a flash she threw the boy across
her knee and gave him severe spank
ius
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

ing listless about me, for the room.
while Handsomely furnished, had an
appearance entirely commonplace.
Five and ten minutes passed, and l
began to grow impatient l remem-
bered that Jockeys appointment had
been for s o'clock, and for obvious con-
siderations | did not wish that he
should find me waiting here. / was 8
o'clock now, and I would abide Mr..
Indfman's lordly pleasure no longer. ]
rose to go: the electric bell sounded.
I could hear Jockeys high pitched
voice distinctly; he seemed to be put
out about something; he spoke impa-
tiently, even angrily.
But this is 1920 Madison avenue,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

HENVER, Col, Oct 1. = To clean
n up the worst bandit belt in the
country is the task to- which the
Union Pacific railroad has set itself.
The fiat has gone forth from headquar-
tiers that the organized band of train
robbers that have operated in the bad
lands of Wyoming are to be extermi-
mated.
To secure the result, Tim Kelliher's
company of mounted rangers has been
formed to patrol the tracks of that rail-
road in the outlaw storm center be-
tween Medicine Bow and Green River.
Armed guards ride on every passenger
train. A special car and engine lie III
the railroad yards at Cheyenne ready
at a moments notice to transport fast
horses and hardy riders to the scene
of action. The industry of train rob.
bing is. 70 be suppressed at all costs.
The suggestion that armed guards
ride on every passenger train was made
first after the Wilcox and Upton hold
ups of 1899 and 1900. This plan was
shortly afterward put into force in Ne
braSIa. The result has amply justified
the precaution. From that day to this
there has not been a holdup in the
protected territory
But the road proposed to make as
surance doubly sure. To that end Tim
Kelliher's ranger company has been
formed to patrol the bandit belt"
which stretches from east of Rawlins
to Green River, through rough,
sparsely settled country favorable to
the operations of train robbers. This
company is composed of picked men.
Every one OF them is a dead shot, a
good rough rider. and "as nervy as they
AXE them"
Ride on Every Train
It costs about $1,000 a month to
maintain its ranger service, but the
trains go screaming through the bad
lands of Wyoming without fear of BAN
dts. For on every passenger train
guards sit nursing deadly Winchesters,
and somewhere along the line between
Cheyenne and Green River is the
rangers car, loaded with fast horses
and determined officers, ready to take
up the trail as soon as electricity has
flashed the message of the holdup
The extension of the long distance
telephone to the ranch lands, following
as it did the settlement of the COW
country, was the first shock to the
fourishing industry of train robbing.
Since. the whereabouts of the escaping
desperadOes could be telephoned from
point To point in advance Of their ar
rival l. hecanse necessary to ahan@"-'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

atty of Mr.. Ambrose Johnson Smell,
who was this Mr.. Esper Indiman, whose
identity had been so freely admitted to
me and so explicitly denied to Jeckley?
The inference was obvious that Jeck-
ley had failed to pass the first inspec-
ton test. and so had been turned down
without further ceremony. This reflec
ton rather amused me; / forgot about
the incivility to which was being sub
jected in the long wait, and began to
be curious about the game itself. What
next?
At quarter after s, and then again
at half after, there were inquiries at
the door for Mr.. Indiman. To each
caller the answer was returned that no
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-03
Will Discuss Reunion.

Plans for the proposed reunion of
the Twelfth Minnesota volunteers are
gradually taking shape and the idea
now is to have the Spanish-American
war veterans come here some time
during the month of September. When
General Bobleter was at camp this
summer he suggested a reunion to the
former officers of the regiment and
they received it very cordially All
of them heartily favored New U1m
as the meeting point and the spirit
they displayed was most aging.
This evening a meeting of those
interested in the project will be held
in the Brown County bank to appoint
co mmittees and make the preliminary
arrangements.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-03
VIOLATED HIS CONTRACT
John Schneider so Charges a Citizen
Of st. James.

Papers have been served in an ac-
ton brought by John Schneider of
this city, against James N. Miller of
ST. James, for alleged violation of
contract. The plaintiff wants damages
in the sum of $4,000, which hesclaims
was lost to him through the failure Of
the other party to live up to an agree
ment, and the facts in the case are in
teresting.
On Sept. Is, 1908, Messrs. Schneider
and Miller made deal whereby the
latter was to become the owner of the
Grand hotel property and the New
UIm man receive in exchange certain
farming lands near the city of Crooks
ton. The plaintiff says that he stood
ready to deliver the warranty deed to
the hotel and that he so far considered
the trade closed that he went onto the