The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-01-03

dpe We can now tea siiS Welhef-
for5 Tie ruth Each of Is think very
wei OF himseif and we're both be.
tiereFs IN tile new west
what do you mean by the new
Fesessr asked the girl.
well the work you've been doing
here this morning Is part Of it, an.
swered Redfeid eIts kind Of house
cleaning Ths old west was pictur-
sesgue and in a way manly and fne-
certain phases Of It were heroie- and
\ / hate to see 1t ali pass, but some OF
us began to realize that It was not all
poetry. The plain truth Is my com
paui0ns for over twenty years were
Iawless ru6ians and the cattle bust
ness as we practiced It In those days
was founded on selhshness and de.
Tended at the mouth Of the pistol we
We're all pensioners on Uncle Sam and
fighting to keep the other fellow OF
from having share Of his bounty. It
vas all wasteful, half savage. We
didn't want settlement; we didn't want
law. we didn't want state. We want
ed free. range We were a line Of pr
rates from beginning to end, and were
not wholly reformed yet.
! Some one at the table accused Red
field Of being more Of town site
boomer than eattleman.
BE was quite unmoved by this charge.
"The town site boomer at least believes
in progress BE does not go SO for as
| TO shut ont settlement. don't care
10 have my children live the life I've
lived. Besides, what right have we to
stand in the way of community's
growth? Suppose the new life is less
I picturesque than the old. We don't
ike to leave behind us the pleasures
md sports Of boyhood, but we grow
up nevertheless. I'm far more loyal
TO the state as forest supervisor than
/ / was when l was riding with the cat
tlemen to scare up the hester"
At this moment Sam Gregg entered
the room, followed by a young man in
an English riding suit. Seeing that
''the star boarder table" offered cou-
{, pie Of seats, they pointed that way.
Sam was plainly in wartike frame of
mind and slammed his sombrero on its
nail with the action of q man beating
an adversary.
"That is Sam Gregg and his son Joe.
Used to be ranch cattleman, now one
of our biggest sheepmen," Cavanagh
explained. Hes bucklng the cattle,
men now"
Lee Virginia studied young Gregg
with interest, for his dress was that of
a man to whom money came easy, and
his face was handsome, though rather
fat and sullen. In truth, he had been
brought into the room by his father to
see Lie Wetherfords girl" and his
eyes ut once sought and found her. A
look of surprise and pleasure at once
lit his face.
Gregg was the greedy west checked
and restrained by the law. Every
man in the room knew that he was a
bitter opponent of the forest service
and that he had 1t In" for the ranger,
and some of them knew that he was
throwing more sheep into the forest
than his permits allowed and that a
clash with Redheld was sure to come.
1t was just like the burly old Irish
man to go straight to the table where
his adversary sat.
4 Eirginia's eyes fell before the gaze
of these two men. for they had none
ofthe shynoss and none of the indirec-
ton of the rider men she had met.
Rc;ltield "a not soften his words on
Gregg's account On the contrary. he
made e.! still more cutting and to
the lire
"The mere fact that live near the
open range or national forest does
not give me any rights in the range or
forest" he was saying as Gregg took
his seat 81 enjoy the privilege Of
these government grazing grounds,
and l ought to be perfectly willing to
pay the fee. These forests are the
property Of the whole nation. They
are public lands and should yield a
revenue to the whole nation. 1t is
silly to expect the government to go
on enriehIng a few Of us stockmen at
the expense of others. 1 see this, and
accept the change"
After you've got rich at IT" said
Gregg.
"Well, haven't you9" retorted Red.
field. Are you so greedy that nothing
will stop you"
Gregg growled out: "Tm not letting
any of my rights slip. I'll have your
head, Mr.. Supervisor. I'll carry my
fight to the secretary"
Very WELL" returned Redfield,
carry it to the president If you wish.
simply repeat that your sheep must
correspond to your permit, and If you
don't send up and remove the extra
number l Will do it myself. don't
make the rules of the department. Ny
job is to carry them out"
BY this time every person in the
room was tense with interest. They
all knew Gregg and his imperIous
methods. Some of the cattlemen in the