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The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-10-24
PART TWO
CHAPTER l..
Two ships at Anchor.

Two Ships at Anchor.
,KGte's NdrrdtiVe.
My horse was hungry, and wanted
to get back. to the ranch. was hun
CRY too, but dared not go. l had left
my husband lying drunk on the kit
chen floor, and when he woke up 1t
would be worse than that.
For miles had followed the edge
of the bench lands, searching for the
place. for the right place, some point
where the rocks went sheer, twelve
hundred feet into the river There
must be nothing to break the fall, no
risk of being alive, OF being taken
back there, of seeing him again. But
the edge was never sheer, and per
haps, after all. the place by the Soda
Spring was best. There the trail from
the ranch goes at a sharp turn, over
the edge of the cliffs and down to the
ferry. Beyond there are three great
pines on a headland, and the cliff is
sheer for at least five hundred feet.
That should be far enough.
let my horse have a drink at the
spring. then we went slowly on over
the soundless carpet of pine needles.
would leave my horse at the pines.
Somebody was there. Four laden
pack-ponies stood In the shade of the
trees. switching their tails to drive
away the flies. A fifth. buckskin
mare, unloaded. with bandaged leg.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-10-24

"Oh, surely!" laughed.
But Jesse became quite dismal. I'm
not reckoned," he bemoaned himself,
among the popular attractions. The
neighbors SHES at coming near my
ranch"
well, II you protect grizzlies and
hunt sportsmen, surely It's not surpris-
ing"
Cant please all parties, Ell? Wall,
perhaps that's how the herd Is graz
ing. Yes. Come to think of 1t, re-
member oncet a Smithsonian grave
robber comes to inspeck South Cave.
He said I'd got bone yard Of ancient
people, and he'd rob graves to find
out all about them olden times. He
wanted to catch the atmosphere of
them days, SO sort of helped. Rob-
bling graves amt exactly holy voca-
ton, the party had a mean eye, a Ger
man name. and a sort of patronizing
manner. but still l helped around to
get him atmosphere. me and Eph."
Who's Eph?"
"Oh, he's Just a silver-tip, what sci
entiflc parties calls ursus horribilis
ord. You just cast your eye whar the
trickle stream falls below my cabin.
Dye see them sarvis berry bushes
down below the spray?"
Where the bushes are waving? Oh,
look, there's a gigantic grizzly stand
ing up, and pulling the branches!"
Yes, that's Eph.
well, as l was tellin' you, Eph and
me is helping this scientific person to
get the atmosphere of them ancient
times"
But the poor man would die of
fright"
TOO busy running. When he reached
Vancouver, he was surely a cripple
though, and no more use to science.
Shall call Eph?"
81 think not to-day" said 1. hurriedly
rising, "for indeed I should be getting
home at once"
Without ever touching the wound,
he had given me the courage to live.
| had made my behavior of the morning
seem that of a silly schoolgirl; but
still did not feel quite up to a social
introduction. said l was sure that
Eph and l would have no interests in
| common.
80 you'll go home and face the mu-
sic?" said Jesse's wise old eyes.
my husband" said |, will be get
ting quite anxious about me-"
Without a word he brought my
horse and saddled him.
And l, with sinking heart, con-
trasted the loneliness and the horror
which was called my home" with all
the glamour of this mans happy soil
tude.
He held the stirrup for me to mount,
offered his hand.
do you never get hungry" asked,
for what's beyond the horizon"
He sighed with sheer relief, then
turned, his eyes seeing infinite dis
tances. why. yes! That country
beyond the sky-line's always calling
Thar's something want away of, and
don't know what want"
That land beyond the sky-lines
called romance"
He clenched his teeth. What does
a ship want when she strains at an
Choir? What she wants Is drift. And
I'm at anchor because I've sworn of
drift"
At that we parted. and went slow
ly homeward, up to my anchor. Dear
God! II might drift!
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-10-24

cross-legged. Yes" he answered, I'm
an American citizen, except" he added
softly, ION election days, and then"
he cooked up one shrewd eye. I'm
sort of British. Canadian? No. l
cayn't claim that either, coming from
the Labrador, for that's Newf'nland. a
days march nearer home.
Say. Mrs. Trevor, you don't know
my name yet. It's Smith, and with
my friends I'm mostly JESSE"
''If you please, may be one Of your
friends?"
"If l behave good, you may. No
harm in my trying"
The moment Jesse Smith had given
me his name, knew him we'll by rep.
utation. Comments by Surly Brown,
the ferryman, and my husbands bitter
hatred had outlined a dangerous char
acter. Nobody else lived within a
days journey.
That's my home" said Jesse. Dye
see dim trail jags down that upper
cliff? That's whar drifted my ponies
down when l came from the States.
didn't know of the wagon road from
Hundred Mile House to the ferry,
which runs by the north end of my
ranch"
"And the tremendous grandeur OF
the place"
Hum. l don't claim to have been
knocked all in heap with the seen
cry. No. What took holt of me good
and hard was the company silver
top bar and his missus, both thou
sand Founders, with their three young
ladies, now married and settled beyond
the skyline. There's two couples OF
prime eagles still camps along thar
by South Cave. The timber wolf
trimmed out because he wasted around
like a remittance man. Thar was a
stallion and his harem, this yere foo
Jones bein' one of his young mares
Besides that, there was heaps of Ill
friendly folks in fur, hair. and feath
ers. Yes, l have been right to home
since located"
But grizzly bears? How frightfuli'
Eyes. They was frightened at first
The coarse treatment they gets from
hunters, makes them sort Of bashfu
with any stranger"
"But the greatest hunters are afraic
of them"
1.-THE biggest criminals has got mos
scare at police. Bars has no use fol
sportsmen, nor me neither. My rifles
heaps fiercer than any bar, and I've
chased more sportsmen than I has
grizzlies"
Wasn't Mr.. Trevor one Of them p
Jesse grinned.
"Toll me-" said, for the other side
of the story must be worth hearing
wall, Mr.. Trevor took out a sum
minis agin me for chasing him of my
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-10-24
cHAPrER v.-contlnued.

And found wealth. Seems there's
many persons mistaking dollars for
some sort of wealth. I've had few
at times by way Of samples, the things
which you're apt to be selfish with.
or give away to buy self-righteousness
Reckoning with them produces the
feeling called poverty. They're the
very stun and substance Of meanness,
and no man walks STRAIGHTFORWARD.
Dollars gets lost, or throwed away,
or left to your next of kin, but they're
not good and lasting possession. !
like 'em, too.
found peace, found wealth, yes,
and found something more thar In the
wilderness. Sweet as the cactus for
est in blossom down Salt River is
that big memory.
Of happy solitude. I'd gone to work
then for, the Bar Y outfit, breaking
the Lightning colts. We was out a
few weeks from home, taking an out
ut of ponies as far as the Mesa Abaho,
and one night camped at the very rim
rock Of the Grand Canyon. The Ma
vajo Indians was peevish, the camp
dry, grass scant, herd in a rafflsh
mood, and night come sudden.
I'd Just relieved man to get his
supper, and rode herd wide alert.
scented the camp smoke, saw the
spark of fire glow on the boys at rest.
and heard their peaceful talk hushed
in the big night They seemed such
trifiin' critters full of fuss since dawn,
so small as insects at the edge OF
nothin', while for miles beneath us
that old, old wolfy Colorado River was
playing the Grand Canyon like fid-
idler. But the river In the canyon
seemed no more than trickle in a
crack, hushed by the night, while over
head the mighty blazing stars-point
swing, and drive, rode herd on the
milky way. And that seemed no more
than cowboys driving stock. Would
God turn His head to see His star
herds pass, or notice our earth like
some lame calf hating in the rear2
And what am l, then?
That was my great lesson, more
gain to me than peace and wealth OF
mind, for was humbled to the dust
of earth, below that dust of stars Sc
q very humble thing, not worth pray
ing for, at least could be master OF
myself. I rode no more for wages, but
cut out my ponies from the Lightning
herd. mounted my stud horse William
told the boys goodby at Monticello
and then rode slowly north into the
British possessions. So l come at last
to this place, an old abandoned ranch
There's none SO poor In dollars as tc
envy ragged Jesse. or rich enough tc
want to rob my home. They say
there's hidden wealth whar the rain
bow goes to earth-that's whar live
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-10-24
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with Jesse Smith re-
lating the story OF his birth, early life in
Labrador and OF the death of his father.
Jesse becomes sailor. His mother mar
ries The master of the ship and both are
lost In the wreck of the vessel Jesse
becomes a cowboy in Texas. He marries
Polly, singer OF questionable morals,
who later is reported to have committed
suicide
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
ECONOMY or STEEL WHEELS
Seems TO Have Large Measure Of
Common Sense Back Of Claims
Advanced in Its Favor.

The agricultural college and expert
ment station of the University OF
Wyoming has proved the value of
steel wheels to its complete satisfac-
ton, and in a recent bulletin one Of
the experts OF that institution said:
Low, wide-tired steel wheels will
give any farmer better equipment for
his work. Under all conditions Of
the field and nearly all conditions Of
the road it is estimated that broad
tired steel wheels pull from 30 TO
100 per cent. lighter than the narrow
tires"
The steel wheel for farm use seems
to have a large measure Of common
sense back of the claims that have
been advanced in favor OF 1t.
From the standpoint of convenience
the farm wagon that has been made
over into low-down vehicle with
wide steel tires has strong appeal.
It is easily loaded and overcomes all
the objections to high wagons OF the
old type.
Users of steel wheels say their
economy cannot be denied, as they
make much lighter draft, are there
fore easier on the team, and, more
over, soon pay for themselves in the
elimination of tire troubles, SO COM
mon to wood wheels.
Their practical value is further
vouched for in the experiences Of
those who find that wide-tired steel
wheels do not cut up the pastures,
do not become ''mired' in soft fields
or muddy roads, and do not cause the
heavy pulls that ''rutty" roads have
always meant for narrow tires.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
GOOSE LAYING SEASON HERE
Advisable to Start Upon Small Scale
and Run Two Geese With Each
Gander-Get Early Eggs.

One of the best seasons for pur-
chasing geese is during the latter part
of the year, for then the birds have
a chance to settle down properly be-
fore the laying season, which in the
case of geese begins at the end Of
January. 1t is advisable to start
upon a small scale and to run two
geese to each gander. They should
be housed in roomy, dry fioored quar-
tiers that are well ventilated without
being draughty. Use dry straw as 1T
ter and renew frequently.
When the birds are of the right
type the young usually take after
them in this respect, but to assure
size it is necessary that early eggs
be produced, for unless the young are
Matched early they have no time to
develop before the cold days are en-
countered The way to produce early
eggs is to see that the birds are we'll
fed during the autumn, a time when
much of the natural food picked up
is apt to be short of nutriment.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
ONE ROAD BUILDING FAILURE
Lack of Proper Care to Thoroughfares
Constructed by inexperienced
Men Shows Results.

About forty years ago, Adams coun-
ty, Ohio, issued bonds to improve part
Of It's main roads At that time very
little vas known about the science OF
road making. Usually a local man
undertook the contract for certain
piece of work and secured local help
as inexperienced as he. Very little, il
any, attention was paid to the char
acter of the bed upon which the stones
were to be laid and still less to the
different qualities of stones secured
from the quarries near by. Hard and
soft stones we're placed side by side
as brick are now laid in our common
street paving. says a writer in an ex.
change. After few years Of wear
and erosion, with no attention given
to repair, these roads were in con
dition almost worse than before i'm
provement. Adams county is q good
example Of community that has i'm
proved roads and has paid no atten-
ton to their up-keep. A few hundred
dollars spent judiciously on each road
would have kept them In good condi-
ton for many years. As conditions
are now, enough money haR been
spent to have the best OF roads, but
because Of lack Of proper care, shey
are only second or third class and
the county is still heavily In debt FOR
these roads.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
WASHING MILK UTENSILS is IMPORTANT,
BUT SADLY NEGLECTED. DAIRY OPERATION
Convenient Room With Means for Obtaining Supply of Hot and
Cold Water With Sink Draining Rack and Steam Jet for
Steriizinu Go to Make Up Excellent Equipment

plished at a much less expense than
Is usually believed. Concrete floors,
cutters and managers are recognized
as essential to well ordered dairy
stable. They not only assist In Sc
curing sanitary conditions, but make
1t possible to properly save all the
FERTILITY in the manure. as well as
contribute to the health and comfort
OF the cows. The periodic use of
whltewash is essential az a disin-
fectant. and to prevent a cleanly ap.
pearance throughout the stable. The
stable routine should be 80 planned
as to have all the operations that tend
to raise dust take place after milk
ing.
In some ways the quality of the
milk is dependent to very great ex-
tent upon the mixer. His personal
habits are everything in determining
the cleanliness of the product. He
should be personally clean-have
cieanly habits and enjoy perfect
health. At no form of farm work does
health count for SO much. Unless the
regular clothing is above suspicion, 1t
VIII pay to furnish each mixer with
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
CAREFUL FEEDING OF COLTS
Must Be Kept Growing If Best Horses
Are to Be Made Of Them-Oats
Make Good Feed.

Some people seem to think that
the colts can live out in all kinds OF
weather, and thrive on any kind. of
feed that they can get. This is a
great mistake, however. Colts, like
any other young animals, must be
kept growing by careful feeding if the
best horses are to be made of them.
Now is the time of the year to pre-
pare for feeding and sheltering the
colts. Make preparations to feed
them little, gradually increasing the
amount as the grass becomes shorter
Fix a small Enclosure in the pasture
where the colts run, SO that they can
run under the rails at a gap, but
mares will be excluded.
If the Enclosure is made near the
sailing or watering place the mares
will not be so liable to toll the colts
away before they are through eating.
Oats, with a little bran mixed in
them, make an excellent feed. Feed
once day, and lightly at first. In a
little while they can be fed twice
daily and win eat a quart OF feed a
day.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
PUBLIC ROADS or COUNTRY
increased Mileage Of Highways With
In Period Of About Five Years. =
Has Been 1926.

Even with a high-powered antomO.
bile that could keep up a pace Of so
miles day indefinitely, 1t would taxa
a man more than 65 years to cover
all the public roads in the United
States. A young man OF twenty
starting out to accomplish this ire
mendous task would be eighty-five
before he had covered the last mile
of public highway in this country.
After an investigation extending
over many months, the director of the
Office of public roads has ascertained
that there are now 2,199, 645 miles of
public roads In the United States.
The figures include all the new roads
built up to the year 1909. In 1904
there were exactly 2,151, 1873. 1t is
apparent, therefore, that the increased
mileage OF new roads within a period
of about five years has been 1926.
The investigation just concluded,
said the director, in an interview
shows conclusively that the move
ment for the improvement OF public
highways has obtained a firm grip on
the country. The percentage of roads
which are really improved amounted
to TIA in 1904, while in 1909. to which
year statistics are now available, the
percentage was S.66
1T is interesting to observe the
growth of improved methods in road
construction. For instance, the total
mileage of stone roads ia 1904 was
S6,S1S, while in 1909 it was 59,23T.
The total mileage of gravel roads in
1904 was 109,905, while In 1909 it was
only 102,S70. This decrease in gravel
roads, however, was due to a re
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
ONE PRACTICE is WAsTEFUL
BY Burning Corn Stalks Farmer Is De-
stroying His Land-Much Benefit
in Flowing Under.
By B. e. LARAl

tBy b. T.. LARA-)
1t always makes me feel sad to see
the smoke rising from the burning
corn stalks in the field, because the
farmer Is burning up his land and
doesn't know it. How can we expect
to burn up stock which the soil pro-
duces and put nothing back in the
way of humus and then hope to keep
our soil in good condition? Maybe
I'm wrong when say that farmers do
not know what they're doing. for
doubtless some of them do know that
1t is a bad practice, but burning stalks
is easier than discing or cutting them
up and they are nuisance to plow
under. Some farmers say there is no
benefit In blowing under stalks. but
cannot figure it out that way because
I do not see how we can go on rob-
bling our soil and keep up the fertility.
It costs very little to keep a sheep
and flock of so sheep is worth
money.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14

A clean COW and a clean milker-es-
sentaI to pure milk or high grade
butter. Dairymen are coming more
and more to realize the necessity
of cleanliness i'm milk production.
contaminated with bacteria. They find
their way readily Into the inner parts
of the udder through the milk duct,
and, flourishing in the presence of
favorable temperature and food, they
are washed out by the process OF
milking. Any disease of the udder
may also add to the numbers of BAG
terra in the milk
The most abundant contamination
usually comes after the milk has left
the udder. Dirt or dust from the COW,
hands of mixer, utensils, or the dust
of the stable, may add large numbers
of bacteria. Strainers, coolers, bot
ties and other apparatus, If unclean,
may likewise prove detrimental. In
ways too numerous to mention, the
process of contamination may go on.
Not all bacteria are harmful. Some
are helpful when they can be con
trolled, and others seem to be with
out detrimental properties.
From the sanitary standpoint, it is
more essential to groom the cows than
the horses. 1t requires not more than
one minute to properly brush the
TANKS and sponge and dry the udder
Of a COW preparatory to milking. The
body of the COW, and especially the
flank and udder parts, must be free
and clean from dust to insure good
milk. Bacteria ara transported upon
dust particles. Don't groom me cows
or distribute dusty foods III litter just
before milking time. Always allow
sufficient time for the dust to settle.
1t is customary to reject the first few
streams of milk In hrst-class dairies,
as such milk Is of poor quality and
likely to be highly contaminated with
bacteria which have found entrance
from the outside. 1t is little short of
q crime to milk a filthy COW without
first rendering her parts clean by
scrubbing.
The wise dairyman will maintain
healthy surroundings for his herd at
all times. The losses consequent up
on neglect Of this kind are too serious
ito be lightly considered.
The dairy stable should be substan~
tial and well built. Light, ventilation
anE ease Of cleaning ere the main con-
alterations These can be accom-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
tBx II. A. HoPPER9

Using an original can of warm wa
ter to rinse a dozen dirty ones snouiu
in no wise be considered as in any
way meeting the requirements OF
washing. An appropriate room Win
means for obtaining hot and cold wa
ter with wash sink, draining rack, and
steam jet for sterilizing are the least
that can be expected in the way OF
washing equipment This room may
or may not be separate from the sep
arator and milk handling room. IL
will be better If separate, and II milk
is bottled and handled In any quantity
the wash room should by all means
be entirely by itself. The separator.
bottling apparatus and refrigeration
facilities should be at least grouped
by themselves in one room, while the
washing should be associated with the
power plant, il there is one. Nothing
short of a good cement floor meets
the needs of a wash room or dairy
house in view of its lasting properties,
comparatively low expense and great
err sanitation. The side walls OF the
milk house should be tight, and there
should be an abundance of light pro-
vided for. Windows and doors should
be screened summer and winter, and
milk or cream watts provided with
cheesecloth or wire gauze screens to
protect contents from such flies as
gain entrance to the room. Where
one Is working for reputation for
his products, the Importance OF these
precautions is paramount.
Washing dairy utensils is an i'm
portant operation, though it involves
but few simple considerations. AL
ways use a brush; never use cloth,
as the latter cannot be kept in SAM
tary condition. First rinse the utensil
in cold or luke warm water-never
hot water-as the latter tends to cook
the milk fast to the tin. In this way,
the bulk of the adhering milk Is re-
moved. Then water should be used
containing sal soda or washing pow
der, put under no circumstances
should soaps be used. In cleaning
cans, the standard brush is very eff
fective as it gets into the crevices
and beneath the shoulder of the can
more readily than anything else Pals,
dippers, ETC., should receive the same
treatment Thorough rinsing, after
scrubbiAg in hot water and washing
powder, is essential, after which
steaming should take place over a
steam jet or in an oven or chamber
constructed for the purpose Expo
sure to sunlight is desirable il same
can be accomplished away from the
dust. BY all means avoid the dust.
While milk as secreted in the udder
is probably sterile, it has been repeat
eddy shown impossible, except in rare
instances, to obtain milk from the
cows udder that is not more or less
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
METAL BOTTLE TOP REMOVER
Ordinary Table Fork VIII Perform
Operation With Neatness and Dis
patcE--knife Also Used.

Everybody is familiar with the lit
tie metal tops used on bottles. But
the general opinion. Is that a, top can
not be removed without the aid of a
specially designed opener. A Phila-
delphia man was recently confronted
with the problem of removing one OF
these tops without the official instru-
ment. This is the way he did it: He
took an ordinary table fork and
placed one OF the outside tines be-
Death the edge of the cap. He then
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14

What are called mining mules are
being raised prof1tab1y in the middle
west. There are two classes neces-
sary for the occupation-the surface
mules and the pit mules. the size and
weight of the latter determined by
the size of the tunneling. These ami
mails are wanted to range from 900
pounds to 1850 In weight. and twelve
to sixteen hands In height. They
must have deep bodies. good feet and.
those from fire to eight years are pre-
ferred.