The chronicle=news., 1913-03-31

r.ady TO break out big ranch and
would need a mountain OF imple-
ments. Then he introduced Colon
cl Thorpe of Dragon and this worthy
stalled IN" agent with such
n heavy order for machinery that he
started In 10 huy all the bourbon in
town. About this time fellow
named Hogan, representing a big
nursery al Lees summit. Missouri.
got INTO the game and Thorpe gave
him big order for enough trees TO
plant the whola Ute reservation and
h. TOO. Invested heavily In the ar
DENT 50 that the entire community
wen, on a bat and made things prei-
~ warm for the Presbyierians who
do not cotton to such antics. In the
morning the overhead agents dis
covered that they had been buncoci
and Just 10 show that they we're good
fellows proceeded to repeat the dose
in acknowledging the corn.
hot time more realistic than
This agent circumstance occurred ON
Skull creek over west OF Ranxcly.
Andy strong of the q. X. ranch had
II lot OF W,nchers out on tha roundup
pnd contrary to- rule they all got
plfflicatel while on duty and over.
slept in tn. morning. The old mar,
had made his bed on the ground un-
der "A bank and the fir" was located
jrs, abov. him on the upper level.
Joe Luxan rode into camp that
morning and seeing all the dead
ones cuddiod up IN their blankets
like so many laryal insects he plan
ned great surprise and worked II
cut by shoy-iing the iiie off tn.
hank down upon the unconscio ntious
Andrew sleeping underneath. The
.mbers set fire 10 the blanket and
the old man got up In my. His
long whIskars were ablak. by this
tim. and he was full OF revenge. lie
pulled his six gun and might have
killed the practical Joker had he not
taken u second look out of his blinky
eyes. When hc saw II was Joe i.nNon
his wrath cooled down and all that
Joe got was a scotch blessing with u
good deal OF Guessing In it,-ficld
and Farm.
An Enforced stampede: During
the strenuous days q; tn. civil war.
Fort l."lvCuwOrth was regarded -
;hS frontier - In fact II was and
to.us stirring scenes were staged
there. The town was on the hum a.
such places always w-r" and Tim.
hung heavily on % mans hands. IN"
settlement WAS fuli Of border rui-
fans who were cutting M all kinds
o. didos JUST for tn. fun of the thing
Martial law prevailed all over the
region for II WAS the only way To
hold down the desperate natures of
the adv .u,urcrs who had ilockcd la
there. ..cnfal Blount WIS In COM
mand and a big ruff German named
Scho,, aAs 80 well named scemiEgiy
that he was made provost marshal To
hold down tho town and maintain
order af the point OF I'll. hayonet.
Things wcr. Jogging along up one
side and down the other and when
suddenly TWO redi.gs named Ed
Shirley and John Mcbride killed "a
soldier and robbed him OF thirteen
hundred dollsES-~S-a- iGl:::.l. %. a. call
ed the Silver Beli. I'D Siisby. the
fiddler Al the place. WAS given half
the money to bury the dead rookie
under the floor. shirley and Nc
Bride were both arrested and taken
TO the dog housc. Frtenos told them
both to he good and not try 20 e--
cape. bu; men loved freedom In
those days when 20 much talk OF IL
was in tn. air and shacklss were ter
liberty so highly.
Mcbride was put TO labor on tho
breastworks and got away one dav
bu, was confronted by g,iArd and
.hoi TO death on Shawnee stree.
Shirley tried the other tack and
through Ed Slisby got Belle Robin
n - .Ns he. 80 tat
ccd. in his behalf. She bribed the
general and got shirley out. He was
iccspturei however and taken back
only TO be hanged with military
honors and great deal of eclat on
the part of the provost guard. The
town becam. 50 rough that Schou
ordered the touEhs to pull up aad
hike out and there were somany OF
them tina; they nearly swamped the
steamboat 4. j. Majors on its way up
to Atchison. Silshy 20; away with
the crowd and came TO Denver
where he took a job rs yiolini-, In
Ed Chase's Progressive Hall on
plake sfrect.-Ficld and Farm.
The Way OF the Bison: Every
rlainsman OF the oldcu times knew
that the bison which roamei our
western ranges had nore OF the
short comincs of our domestic stock
while off the contrary. they possess
ed number OF excellent traits the
tame bovincs lacked When heel
fly. that tormcnter of the white
faces and longhorns. buzzed about u
buffalo. the latter tucked his feet
under him. lay comnlaccntly chew
ing his cud aud let the hccl-flv
hu.s. When pack of lobos came
looking for n succulent buffalo calf
they seldom got one for the wild
herd was smart enough to bivoua,
in such manner that the babies
might he protected.
The little ones were gathered in
tho rcnirr of tho rnmn rrnnnd and