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The Washington herald., 1913-06-29

danger to man or beast. The fires were
nothing like the forest fires In the North
ern woods. But they destroyed large
quantities Of feed. and we had TO stop
them where possible. The process we
usually followed was to kill a steer. split
II In two lengthwise. and then have two
riders drag each half-steer, the rope
Of one running from his saddle-horn to
the front leg. and that Of the other to
the hind leg. One of the men would
spur his horse over or through the line
OF hre. and the two would then ride for
ward. dragging the steer bloody side
downward along the line Of flame. men
following on foot with slickers or wet
horse-blankets to beat out any flicker
ing blaze that was still left
1t was exciting work. for the fire and
the twitching and plucking of the OF
carcass over the uneven ground mad
dened the fierce little horses SO that It
was necessary TO do some riding in order
to keep them to their work After a
while II also became very exhausting.
the thirst and fatigue being great, as,
with parched lips and blackened from
head to foot. We toiled at our task
The stoekmen.
In those years the Stockmen's Associa-
ton Of Montana was a powerful body.
was the delegate to 1t from the Little
Missouri The me.sings that attended
were held In Miles City, at that time a
typical COW town. Stockmen of all
kinds attended. including the biggest men
In the stock business. men like old Con-
rad Kohrs. who was md Is the finest
type of pioneer in all the Rocky Noun
taiA country: and Q~nville Stewart,
who was afterwards appointed Minister
by Cleveland. think to the Argentine:
and "Hashknife" Simpson. Texan who
had brought his cattle. the Hashknife
brand, up the trail into our country. He
and I grew to be great friends. I can
see him now the first time we met. grin
ming at NE as. none too comfortable,
sat a haif-broken horse at the edge Of
the cattle herd we were working His
son. Sloan Simpson. went to Harvard.
was one of the frst-ciass men in my reg
iment. and afterwards held my commits
sion as postmaster at Dallas.
At the stockmen's meeting In Miles
City, In addition to the big stockmen.
there were always hundreds Of cowboys
gaIloping UP and down the wide. dusty
streets at every hour of the day and
night, 1t was a picturesque sight during
the three days the meetings lasted.
There was always at least one big dance.
and in the square dances most OF the
men knew the figures far better than
/ did.
With such a crowd in town, sleeping
accommodations OF any sort were at
premium, and in the hotel there were
two men In every bed. On one occasion
had a roommate whom I never saw,
because he always went to bed much
later than did and / always got up
much earlier than he did On the last
day, however. he rose at the same
time and ! saw that he was a man
knew named Carter. and nicknamed
"Modesty'' Carter. He was a stalwart,
good looking fellow. and I was sorry
when later / heard that he had been
killed in . shooting row.
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It had been raining hard for some time.
I got on my horse and leaned against
tree. but before long the internal cattle
started on again. and had TO ride after
them. Dawn came soon after this, and I
was able to make out where ! was and
head the cattle back. collecting other lit
tie punches as went. After while
came on a cowboy on foot carrying his
saddle on his head. He was my COM
panion Of the previous night. His horse
had gone full speed into tree and killed
itself, the man. however. not being hurt.
I could not help him. as had all could
do to handle the cattle. When got them
to the wagon most of the other men had
already come In and the riders were just
starting on the long circle. One of the
men changed my horse for me while ate
hasty breakfast. and then We were on
for the days work.
As only about half Of the night herd
had been brought back. the circle riding
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The Wild Free Life Of the Ranches Related by the Rough
Rider Stampede Of Cattle Forty Hours in the
Saddle on Circle Ride

sorry IL my horse had stumbled, for those
behind would have trodden me down.
Then the herd split. part going to one
side, while the other part seemingly kept
straight ahead, and ] gailoped as hard
as ever beside them. i was trying to
reach the point-the leading aninals-in
order to turn them, when suddenly there
was a tremendous splashing in front. =
1 could dimly make out that the cattle
ahead and to one side of me
were disappearing. and then ext moment
the horse and went of cut bank into
the Little Missouri. / bent away back In
the saddle, and though the horse almost
The Washington herald., 1913-06-29
Moving Pictures and Bon6res
on Evening Program-A
Feature Made of Old Glory.
Has Real Meaning.

United States. A feature. by the way, is
always made of the American fag-par-
ticularly, of course. on such an occasion
as the Fourth OF July.
In the evening, after the moving pic
ture show has been given. great bonfires
are built. and the warriors gather round
and sing. The scene. where thousands
of these wild folk are assembled, is pic
turesque in the extreme.
At the above mentioned schools. by the
way, a feature is made of industrial
training. Instruction Is given in sew
ing and the boys are taught to make
coats and other garments for themselves,
while the girls learn to put skirts and
waists together after the material has
been cut out. The children like this kind
of work very much, because the gar
ments are given them to wear.
Soap, combs, hair brushes, hair clip
pers, and shears are regularly called for
as school supplies. The boys cut each
cther's hair, and every morning the girls,
big and little, present themselves at
school with faces shining. hair neatly
combed, and wearing the garments they
have themselves made.
TIE boys are taught the arts Of wood
working and ironworking. and how TO
build houses. They have already built
a number of school buildings Of brick
ani stone. Also they have made bed
steads for the teachers, desks for the
schools. and many other things.
Like .'CiviIi.ed Continues.
They are anxious to get coats and
shirts, but to trousers they are more
than Indifferent. The wild people gen.
orally are willing and often eager to
copy the costume Of civilized life. bar
ring the pantaloons. They cannot see
the use of trousers In the tropics, and
in this idea they are probably quite cor
rect.
Up to very few years ago the wild
people of the Mountain Province re-,
garded all civilized folk as their natural
enemies: and no wonder. The Spaniards
treated them with utmost cruelty. en-
shaving them whenever an opportunity
offered. and the Tasaloss have initiated
this Christian example 1t was great
surprise to them, therefore. to discover
that the Americans wished to be kind to
them. to pay them for their labor. to in
struct them In the arts Of civilization.
and to help. them In every possible way.
Having once grasped this fact, they ex-
hibit most touching gratitude.
In fact. they fairly worship the Ameri-
cans. and the Fourth Of July has a SUBJ
stantial meaning to them because to the
Americans II means so much. 1t signifies
liberty. as the Americans have explained
to them. and they never knew what lib
erty was until the Americans came and
gave II to them Should the United States
withdraw from the Philippines. the wilc
tribes would again be oppressed by th-
Tagalogs as they were. before; they
would be driven back to savagery. and
heAd-hunting would be resumed. This.
our War Department says. is the real
and substantial reason why our govern
ment in the archipelago should continue.
The opening OF government exchanges
where the natives can sell their products.
and can buy what they need At reason
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Wild Tribes Of Philippines
to Celebrate independence
Day with Many and Varied
Sports, Including Baseball.

The most enthusiastic Of all Americans
one might almost say the most patri-
otic-are the erstwhile head-hunters OF
the Philippines. And the Fourth OF July
is TO them the greatest day in the year.
II has been made such for them by
our War Department, which administers
the affairs of the archipelago. They are
taught to celebrate the day in American
fashion TO some extent. and. incidentally
to other outdoor sports, there is always
a baseball game. The head-hunters have
already become the most ardent of base
ball fans.
The so-called mountain province OF
Luzon, which is the abode of the head
hunting tribes, covers very extensive
area 1t is divided into seven subprov-
inces-Ifugao, Bontoc, Kalinga. Apayao'
Lepanto, Amburayan. and Benguet. The
wild inhabitants number about 40Uo'
and all of them. except the Benguet-
Lepanto folks, have until recently looked
upon matchmaking as their most lmpor-
tant occupation in life.
All of this is now changed, however,
thanks to the influence of the Ameri-
cans, and one of the means adopted for
discouraging matchmaking is to bring
the people of the various tribes together
on the Fourth Of July and other holi-
DAYS give them a good time, and make
them acquainted with one another. This,
as might well be supposed. requires no
little tact. To entertain crowds of wild
people Including as they often do large
numbers of men who have until recently
been bitter foes. and who are liable to
indulge in untinnely "reminiscences, their
minds must be kept actively occupied.
The problem has been solved TO some
extent by the use of portable moving
picture outfits, which furnish inexhaus-
tible material of interest to these saw
ages.
They consider the movies positively
miraculous; and, being very intelligent
people, they are enormously interested In
the opportunity thus afforded them to
see something of life in a world hitherto
beyond their ken. Opportunity is taken
At the same time to make photo films
of the sayages themselves, which are
designed to furnish an accurate and per-
manent record of characteristic scenes
and events in an meteorological phase
that is now rapidly passing away.
Moving Pictures After Dirk.
The Fourth of July moving picture
entertainment is not given until after
dark The day Is given up to athletic
and other amusements, which include
dancing contests. between rival towns.
These wild people have a great love for
dancing, which the Americans have made
II a point to encourage.
AS a contest Of this kind proceeds, town
after town puts forward its best dancers.
both men and women, and great is the
enthusiasm excited. Describing such
performances. an eyewitness says: AS
things warm up. a famous fighting man,
in the prime of life, steps lightly into
the ring. The music changes, and a real
head dance begins. Armed with head
ak alone, or perhaps with lance and
shield In addition, the warrior executes
The Washington herald., 1913-06-29
Pittsburg's Superintendent Of
Police Declares He Will
Give the Young People
Every Opportunity to
Spoon in City's Parks.
BY THOMAS s. McaUApE.

Why should not the course of true love
run smooth? Why should spooning be
interfered with? II all the world loves
lovers why should they be forced to Their
spooning. their love-making under cover?
1t is the business of any city to see
that lovers are given place to spoon in.
And because / was once a lover / am
determined that for once the young peo-
pie of Pittsburg shall be given every o.
portunity to spoon to their hearts con-
tent
And where else should they spoon.
where else should they kiss but in the
public parks? Our parks will be trans
formed every evening into spoonholders
where the true lovers can talk with their
sweet nothings, can embrace each other,
and do all the airy trifiing lovishnesses
that comprise a courtship. But. of course.
1t is necessary that true lovers be distin-
guished from the masher. The former
shah not only be welcomed, but encour-
aged to spoon. The latter will be given
a free ride in a police wagon.
Love Moves the World.
It's love that makes the world go round.
and II Is spooning. that is, lovemaking.
that is the greater part of love. And
young people should be made to feel that
they are doing nothing to be ashamed
of when they frankly spoon.
The more open lovemaking there Is IN
der the careiessly careful eye Of a chap
eron, the less secret vice there is apt
to be.
What harm is there in a young couple
going into the park of an afternoon or
evening. seating themselves On a bench
and spooning? What II the young fellow
does put his arm around the girls waist,
or even II he embraces and kisses he-?
There Is no wrong In that Then why
should they be driven>out of the park. or
perhaps arrested, for doing something
that the magistrate and the chief Of po-
lice and everybody else did when they
were young, and DO still. too?
As I understand Il. the parks are the
Fairgrounds of the people-mostly the
common people, who haven't the means
to provide for themselves the expensive
amcsements of the wealthy. The parks
should be made as attractive as possible,
especially to the young people For IL
you provide decent. clean amusement for
your boys and girls they are not nearly
so likely to go wrong.
True Lovers md Mashers.
Our Park policemen have been instruct
ed to use their discretion in determining
between true lovers and Washers We
have TWENTY-FIVE old. experienced park
men, who have been there for years.
They know the difference between true
lover end a masher every time These
n n were young once themselves and
they have not forgotten the days OF
their own spooning. They have been told
that they are to let the decent lovers
alone; that when they Fear the sound
that may reasonably lead them TO sup
pose that some one has been kissed they
are to look out Of the corner Of their eye
% see whether the man In the case Is the
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why This Keen Interest

From the indianapolis Star.
Exactly wherein lies the fascination
of an automobile speed contest? There
are still old-fashioned folk who prefer
the horse race. but it looks very much
as II the multitude had turned its af-
lection to the motor race. Is IL because
II is more of a contest between men-the
car being a triumph of human Ingenuity
and the operator making 1t so part Of
him that he and the car are one and
the race an affair between animate be-
ings, not machines? II must be that,
for could interest in the staying power
of mere cars hold those tens of thou
sands In tense interest for hours that
they do not know are long?
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The BEST Advice in the World.

From the Popular Magazine.
He was an author, but an author with
out authority-which means, using the
vernacular of the street. his stun never
got across. II his ability had equaled
his industry. he would have had every
novelist looking like an idler.
On this particular morning he walked
into the office of a publisher who had re-
jected two or three bales Of his manu-
scripts.
Now look here" said the author, ION
the level. how can / sell good book?"
The publishers advice was excellent
He said:
Write one"
The Washington herald., 1913-06-29
Copyright By Mn. Frederick ReminstoaJ

was particularly heavy, and It was ten
hours before we were back at the wagon.
We then changed horses again and
worked the whole herd until after sun
set. finishing just as 1t grew too dark to
do anything more. By this time had
been nearly forty hours In the saddle.
changing horses I'VE times. and my clothes
had thoroughly dried on me. and ] fell
asleep as soon as touched the bedding.
Fortunately some men who had gotten in
late in the morning had had their sleep
during the daytime, so that the rest Of
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WOULD ENCOURAGE Love MAKING

right sort. II he Is, then the police chap
eron Is to pass on and the lovers may 80
on with the good work
OF course. we take precautions. but we
try not to have them too apparent. All
our benches are along the roadways and
not far away from light. All our parks
are well lighted. A bashful lover may be
as averse TO kissing in the open as the
masher. but he soon gets over this state
Of mind when he sees everybody's doing
II, too.
No man will be allowed to spoon with
different girl every night. nor will he
be allowed to enter the park with one
girl and leave with another.
Washers Not Tolerated.
How do our men tell whether true
lovers or Washers are doing the hug
ging and kissing? Why, in this way:
Take Schenley Park, for instance. There
are three entrances to 1t. At each en-
trance are stationed policemen. trained.
experienced men. Those fellows can
tell almost at a glance whether a young
man is bringing his regular girl to the
park or whether he is the sort that
brings in a different one each evening.
The masher is turned away from the
entrance and is not permitted to enter.
II he does get through. the policemen
watching the benches will get him. II
that sort is caught misbehaving. they
are bundled out of the park In one of
the police automobiles and are fined in
the morning. Repetition means jail
sentences and workhouse terms.
No; / haven't issued any instructions
to the park policemen as to what sort
of love talk is permissible. That Is left
to their discretion Lovers all say
things that sound silly to the caves
dropper, but We allow for that. Silli-
ness is not a sin.
Roughly speaking. my rules are three
in number. as follows:
Rule l--No man will be permitted to
bring a different girl to the park each
night.
Rule 2-Policemen must wink to them
selves and look the other way when
they hear the sound Of a kiss between
true lovers.
Rule 3-The girl who does not want to
be kissed must do more than say faint
ly. Please don't"
Improvement to Morals.
What about the girl who fuses and
says that she doesn't want to be kiss
ed? Well. that is a delicate problem.
but our men are told to go slow and
be sure that the girl means IL before
they interfere. You know girls have
that habit. and yet when the man re-
Trains from the kiss they get mad
/ firmly believe that our liberal atti-
tude toward spooners will do much to
improve the morals OF the young peo-
pie of the city. / have a great SYM
pathy with lovers, and this year de-
termined that all bars should be let
down and that they should 90 as far as
they like within reasonable bounds OF
decency. Spooning Is the birthright OF
the young. ! am with the spooners
heart and soul.
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went down he just recovered himself.
and. plunging and struggling through
water and quicksand. We made the other
side. Here / discovered that there was
another cowboy with the same part of the
herd that 1 was with; but almost i'm
mediately we separated. / galioped hard
through a bottom covered with big cot
tonwood trees, and stopped the part Of
the herd that I was with, but almost
they broke on me again, and
this twice. Finally toward morn
ing the few I had left came to a halt.
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With a pluck" the calf followed. de-
described a parabola in the air. and
landed beside US. Fortunately. this took
the rope out from under the horses tail.
but left him thoroughly frightened. He
could not do much bucking in the stream.
for there were one or two places where
we had to swim, and the shadows were
either sandy or muddy; but across we
went at speed, and the calf made
wake like Pharaoh's army in the Red
Sea.
Fighting Fire.
On several occasions We had to fight
fire. In the geography books of my
youth prairie fires were always portrayed
as taking place in long grass. and all
living things ran before them. On the
Northern cattle plains the grass was
neveD long enough TO be a source Of
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Reverie of . bachelor.

From Judge.
One sweetiy solemn thought
I bless. with soul serene.
I'm safe from leap-year accidents
Until nineteen sixteeni
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should Inve.tie.t.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
Andrew Carnegie's name is said to be
registered as that Of voter in the parish
Of Dornoch. County Of Sutherland. Scot
land. What ringer Is voting - TIE
Laird Of slkibo Castlsf
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look Of which Theodore Roosevelt is the Contributing
,diior through the Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.
Copyright. 1913 b the Outlook Company. An nights
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-13
SENATE RECEIVES
SPENCER MEASURE
Senate Concurs in Utilities
Bill Which the Admins
tration Supports.
National News Association

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 13.-The SEN
ate today concurred in the favorable
report by the committee on cities and
towns on the Shively-Spencer public
utilities bill, which is identical with
the Spencer measure passed by the
house except as to name.
While the bill was reported without
amendment several senators will at
tempt to amend the measure on sec
ond reading.
Senator Harlan offered several
amendments to his blue sky" bill,
which was up for third reading today.
The amendments were in line with
suggestions by Gov. Ralston, Senator
Curtis and Senator Stotsenburg.
In the house chairman Spencer of
the ways and means committee pre-
pared to put through the general ap-
preparation bill. The morning session
was given up largely to bills on second
and third reading.
Three reports, one to kill, one to
pass and one to amend, were prepar-
ed on the keegan woman's eight hour
workday bill which was the special
order in the house this afternoon.
Representative Weidler today intro.
duced bill providing that 100 dele,
gates to a constitutional convention be
elected in the legislative districts on
the second Monday of September this
year, the convention to assemble in
December, 1914. The bill contains sew.
eral features not contained in other
constitutional convention measures
and has the backing of the Progress.
sive Democrats in the legislature.
In the senate Senator Ours bill au.
thorizing physicians of ten years
standing to compound medicines with
out examination by the state pharmacy
board and Senator Hauck's measure
proposing the revision Of the statutes
of the state were defeated by tor
heavy votes.
The following bills were introduced
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-13
CONTRACT FOR BIG
SEWER SYSTEM LET
Reeveston Improvement to
Cost $21, 523-Other
Bids Received.

The contract for the construction OF
the Reeveston sewer system was
awarded F. e. Slick this morning by
the board of works at a cost of $21,-
523.47 which is $3,155 less than was
estimated This is the biggest sewer
contract let this year 1t calls for a
trunk sewer and lateral branches
draining almost 40 acres Of ground.
The bidding for this contract was
spirited. Although Slick received the
contract, one other bid was lower
than the one presented by Slick, by
$500. This bid, however, contained a
proviso by which the city would be
forced to pay three dollars for every
cubic foot of rock that is struck in
the excavating. The bid was rejected
on the grounds that this proviso
might cost the city a large amount of
money.
The owners of the Reeveston place
agreed to the board of works January
81 that they would pay all above the
city's share for the cost of the install
1ation Of the sewer system and at its
completion would make some of the
streets ON which some of the lot own
ers wish to build. 1t is not expected
that the city's share of the improve
ment will be $4,000 although that
amount was appropriated for the pur-
pose.
Although several bids were present
ed this morning for the construction
of the sewer between Crosshall and
Green streets in Fairview, no con-
tracts were let as resident property
owners have filed a petition to change
the route of the sewer. The petition
was granted and after the new plans
are made the city will re-advertise for
the bids.
Residents of South Seventeenth
street petitioned the board Of works
for a macadam roadway from Main
street to South A street. The % pc.
titioners allege that when they in
stalled cement curb and cutters four
years ago the city agreed to make a
macadam roadway. The board of
works approved the petition and
Street Commissioner Gem was order.
ed to start on the work as soon as pos
sible.