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Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23


fhe first band in this city after II,
olVil War was the Mexico Silver
cornet Band. organized in tho al,
OF 1865. Prot. Pannell, who taurh.
music in the Seminary, which i
now Hardin College, vas leader AMI
teacher and under his guidance !
splendid band was developed.
fhere we're four comets. two anoS
TWO tenors. two bass and a basa ma
= snare drum. There were no from.
bones and clarinets, but the hama
mad two II. flat comets. sometime
very few bands of today 4 boat
o. owing to the difficulty in plaving
one. s
lbs band played for aImost All
the county fairs In this part Of the
state and at many political rallies
ana other gatherings. In the fal, -
ne year the band Travelled all oyer
me state This organization remain.
ca intact for ten years.
Most all Of the members are deas
low, and only two, J. H, saI,ea ana
=. Y. Graham, still live IN MexIco
:, ,Hose who are still living. but not
= exc are Lou Fetter, R. s. Nc.
oonnei and John B. Morris. Jr.
Tt.N AZ !
inc others who played were: r
= Jarrett, R. s. Steele, ]. D. cbal.
y ,~',s' slzea Mcdonald. b. F. Dobyns.
: = shyrock and ]. P. Coil.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23
CANT.

Mrs, Ollie Sims who has beeI
quite sick is better at this writing.
Buck Beatty and wife visited hi
mother Sunday.
John Rutter OF Ceniralia was the
guest of Allan Duffy and family las
week.
Ben Robinson has rented a farm
north OF Mexico and viii move thI:
week. Ezra Petty of near Sturgeon
will move to the place where he now
lives.
F. ], Edwards attended the farm
ers' meeting at Columbia last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hickman entertain
ed their daughters, Mrs, Fannie Ju
elfs. and little daughter, of near
Mexico, and Mrs. Jennie White and
little daughter from Slater, Sunday.
Tom Duffy sold hogs to Powell Of
Mexico at $40. to be delivered on
Monday.
VIM, Showers sold a horse Satur.
day for $4,000, to Mexico buyers.
There will be preaching at Salt
River next Sunday. the 2sth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23

THE Kansas City Times editorial.
" says; "one by one the papers
ehat started out b~ravely to repeal
tae initiative and referendum are
changing their minds ON the subiact
ana not over half a dozen in the
s'ate are now lending aid and com.
loft to the organized effort 10 40
away with IT," enthusiastically -.
serts That patriotic and capable ad.
vocate of good government. Editor
pou,ne' In his Paris Mercury. AS 4
result the movement is certain 10 co,.
,apse ana the state OF Missouri be-
saved the humiliation inevitable had
II been successful"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23
NEM hoPE.


Edgar Berrcy sold TO Mr., Anthony
EIGHT hogs at Z cents per pound;
weight 2to pounds.
". II. Berrey sold to Mr.. Hodge
IL head OF hogs at I cents per ID.
weight 200 lbs.
@. d. Wilson and wife visited Sum.
ner Davis and wife recently.
Chas. casseitand wife visited Jas.
Clark and wife Sunday.
W. T. Chick and daughter. Miss
Effie. were also guests at the Clark
home Sunday,
Ellis Cassell has been a recent Wis,
itcr of w. T. Chick.
Frank Bovine is in Idaho on a
visit, but will return by March first.
c. II. Diekey sold to Charles BLEED
soc is head of hogs at z cents per
pound; weight 1870 pounds.
Arena Johnson killed hogs this week
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23
W. II. MORRIS WRITES

FROM CALIFORNIA.
Stockton, Cal. Jan. 8, 1918.
Mexico Ledger
Mexico. Mo.
Dear Old Ledger;
Having been in the Golden State
now for almost two years. I have had
time to look around and from some
sober Impressions of the country
and may be allowed to express them
without seeming to be too fresh from
the old country. This is a wonder
full country. / do not mean that all
The real estate advertising IL true.
but there is no doubt a great fu-
ture for the State. within the next
quarter Of a century this coast coun-
try will be densely populated. al
though now comparatively in its in
fancy. Good land is already getting
M in price.
In the matter OF climate California
can justly boast, an opportunity. she
always embraces on the slightest
~provocation. though the last few
days have been quite cool and windy,
mercury running as low as rs de-
grees above zero. and everybody kick
ing about the cold.
some commendable things about
California are Its fine roads. San
JOAQUIN County alone has nearly 800
miles Of paved road as fine as can
be built. Fruits, vegetables and or.
ehafd and vineyards are many. The
western part Of this county is a YER
itab.e Holland. known as the Islands
or Tule Lands, reclaimed from
swamps, the richest land in the
world More potatoes. beans, onions.
celery and asparagus are grown In
this county than the whole state OF
Missouri produces.
Hut Wait, Don't think ! have gone
back IN Missouri: there are q good
many tfings | a say for the old
home Sifie that | cannot say Tor
California Old Missouri has more
good. nlcral. upright citizens TO the
square riile than any place I know.
! speak. Of course. OF Audrain coun
" especially. where I have such good
cause to know the people,
we get the Daily Ledger and keep
pretty well posted on home affairs.
besides we occasionally see some one
'isht from there Only last week we
we're glad to have a call from Ed.
serhoff and James Burke right
from Mexico and much to INV sur.
prise. a few days ago, who should
appear in Stockton but Or. ]. Perry
Warden, who formerly taught at
The Missouri Military Academy. The
boetor was bubbling over. AZ usuai
and Inquired about the Mexico peo-
pie We have also enjoyed visits
from Mr.. Chas. Adams and wife Of
Anxvasse; Miss Hattie KEENAN,, Miss
90 Frances and Mary Carter and e.
y kennen Of Laddonia, and besides
we nave quite a Mexico colony resid
ing III stockton: J.. N. Harrison and
family; Dan Morris and family, Jess
Shepherd and wife, "sink" Bedford
pr' J, D, Cameron, formerly Of Skin
neighborhood, now has a large
new hospital here and is considered
me Of the finest surgeons on the
Coast.
well ! guess had better hand
you my check for renewal Of the
paper and quit before You get tired.
W. H. MORRIS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23

THE Clark Mo-, Chronicle editor.
laily says; Elder ]. D. Gree,
preached two able sermons at the
christian Church Sunday morning.
sunday evening he preached one Of
the most interesting sermons we
nave heard lately and he told some
ruins that Clark had needed for A
,ong Tune. Ed. Greer believes in
telling things as they are and inst
1his Kind Of preaching is what ia
needed In every community. The
o~hronlcie understands that Elder
oreer viii probably be called az pas.
''r OF this church for the ensuing
year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23
wEsrEaN


Joe Usher sold 4 coming threeyrs
old mules for sl75 each.
N. S. Mallory sold fat hogs for
January at Z Lee to R. Brown
W. H. Pollard sold 600 bu. OF SOC
oats to Moberly parties.
Clyde Proctor has rented the R,
Featherston farm
0. Rutledge will o TO the Chas.
Shadows farm.
Armuu swetnam sold I sheep to B.
Robinson for s35.
W. II Pollard bought April hogs
for I 1-4c from T. B Robinson.
Born. Geo. swetnam and wife. q
son.
Emmett Outright has bought the
Geo. Ess farm OF so acres for IS, 600.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23
Fence Post
Demonstration

We would like anyone in.
terested in steel fence posts
to be at our store Monday
noon and hear a short talk
on same by a fence expert.
We will also serve a lunch.
Ferris & Cauthorn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23

THE World Owes No Man a
Living" Along this line the Arm
strong tMoJ Herald says: teTo<
many men in the world who thinl
the world owes them a living with
out any effort on their part. way
back yonder centuries ago the All
Wise One proclaimed that mar
must work, il he would live. and
ne has never yet revoked
ina order, and 1t would not be
wise for Him to do so. IdIeness
breeds mischief, hence it is best that
we all do our share of the work"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23
REPREsENTATTyr

A d
Eight Mile Road district sboui
sent to Columbia to attend II,
weeks free Instruction on road
ing next month at Missouri !
sity. This instruction will be
cal and should prove of vast !
ance in bettering highways.
is no cost for the course.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23
JOHN pENsER HuRr

The many friends of John Denser,
one OF Mexico's most popular young
travelling men. will be sorry to learn
he suffered a severe fall, Tuesday,
while boarding a Wabash train AZ
New Florence. While his condition
is not thought to be serious, his in.
liries in the back are quite painful.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23

one more week of our January
cash Sale You can not afford to
miss this opportunity, prices we are
making will appeal to you. Every ar,
tiele in the store is marked down.
20 Per cent discount on wool dress
goods. d3wt
Ricketts, & Emmons D. G. Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23

THERE are city officials who
should be paid 0 money. Let the
Mayor appoint a committee to rec.
.ommeud an ordinance along this line.
on don't have to create a pork
barrel to reach the deserving.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23

remains quite m, caused from q
fall.
Carl Wilson and vito win be the
telephone operators at Molino on
March /.
Pate cauthorn sold Homer Mundy
20 head Of fat cattle at &c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23

WE congratulate Senate, !,
tie on the Introduction Of ri,
Sky Law Hundreds Of
ands Of dollars have been sD,,.
Missourians on rotten prOr,
stock during the last few va,
slice Of Blue Sky" is a !
compared to some of the ce,tl
peddIed around.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23

~ answer to the inquiry "who IN.
the ordinance asking tbat
q coancilman's salary should u
we reply: Councilman Ban,
iofd' Of the Third Ward. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23

Sale

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2s, Il
We, the undersigned, will /,
the G. G. Ragsdale farm, local.
miles Southwest of Perry and /
Eant Of Santa Fe the following
sonal property, o-wit: !
"a HORSES
As follows; 1 pair black Il
old horses. automobile broke, wss
"a and good ones, / pair bay /
lnsfes 4 and s years old. /
horse s yrs. old. / bay horse.
old, / black saddle and driving
Y years old, ! sorrel brood ma
yearsoid, | roam horse 4 yea,
automobile broke, / sorrel W
mare. | aorreI colt. / bay hon,
years old, ! bay mare 4 years
anal aged mare
Five Jenness as follows: /
aged jennet m foal. extra q
black Jennets . years old, /
iennet 2 years old. 1 blaek leul
year old and 4 good one. Thes,
nets are good breeders and d,
stock and those desiring some.
'cf fhis kind viii do well to see
60 HEAD or CATTLE.
As follows SO cows. mostly
and good ones. some choice
cows with calves BY side. ~
calves, extra good ones, 10 late
calves these calves are all si,.
a thoroughbred Angus Bull; /
calf, 9 yearIing stters. / fine
oiigflbred Angus Bull.
GU HEAD OF HOGS
As follows. 1870 hogs weighiFt
'N 70 200 pounds is nice i
sows' will farrow in March and /
~ slloats.
100 BUSHELS or GOOD d
CORN.
ARMtN IMPLEMENTS
TERMS Ail sums Of $40 and
DER. cash. over that amount a d
Of . months at 5 per cent ins
from date OF sale.
sale to commence at 10 a. N.
Lunch on the ground.
GEO. M. RAGsDALE
LESLIE C. RAGspALE
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23

WIN Pittman of near Santa No
was In Mexico. Saturday.
MRS NJ. I. Jones is home from
california wha'9 her mother d,ad
early Ia January.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23
Stock and y
y Fa m News

chicago Close
Wheat May % b July 80 S-s A Sent
80
Corn May 70 S-S a IL A July "a ia
Sept 81 II a 3-S B
Oats May "a IA July "a 3.8 a ~
Sept 81 IA a SO b
Pork May 1890
Lard May I017B
Ribs May 1915 a
81. Louis Close
cattle-4 900, including 800 South.
erns. Natives steady.
Hogs 13,0oo. Toe lover.
Mixed TAO a 7.60
Good 7.45 a 7.55
Rough 700 a7.20
Light 7.40 a 7.60
Pigs ESQ a ITO
Bulk 7.40 a 7.55
Sheep 1000. Steady.
THE VANDEyENTER COMMISSION
co. is ALWAYS IN THE MAR.
KET FOR POULTRY, BUTrER
AND EGGS. CALL US BE.
FORE YOU SELL. w.t.
MUTUAL Phone s-CITY Phone AK
+ A Hightshoe 8 Co.
Fnr Pnuff-, and fa-
). b Rutter has made the follow.
ing mule purchases lately: From Lee
stuart, three good ones for 500
each; from DR.. BARLEY, one for $50.
Q Joe Quinlan, one for s21O.
THERE is a big mass meeting in
Macon, Mo. next Saturday of the
farmers and citizens to arrane N
employ a farm advisor for Macon IN
Counties all over the COUNTRY ara
arranging for farm advisors ttIst aa
iast rs they a secure them Thts
pan has been followed profltab,v
throughout the east for years. Some
OF our people laugh about the idoa
q having a farm advisor. It has not
peen very long ago when we had a
oig mass meeting in Mexico n-rotos,
against automobiles and Iauob,nn
~ anybody that favored them. This
y an age OF progress, and tba ~
PIE OF Mexico and Audrain COUNTY
not going to be either run over
left behind.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23

JACKSON COUNTY, this
had 81 business men guarauta
salary Of a Farm Advisor
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23
Monie Sparks.

Va.
Nharies Craig, Mamie Craig, CHI
r CLARK, Fanny Bledsoe and
CLARK, trustee, Defend
n the circait Court of Aud
Gonnty, Missouri.
ny virtue and authority of q
cree and order Of sale made by
said court IN the above emit
cause and Of the certified copy ID
of dated January nth, 1913, and
'iftne and authority given mt
trustee in the wifi Of Sarah
sparlss, deceaaed. / Will on
Friday, March IA, 1918,
between the hours Of 0 O'Clock
me forenoon and s o'clock IN the
Iernoon Of that day, at the I
front Door Of tho Court House
the City OF Mexico. N Andraln Ct
y Missouri, sell at public venut
me highest bidder the following
seflbed real estate namely
hot One u Of Block Three 81
oiark's Addition to the City of N
lco' Missouri, Terms Of sale as
one-haIf cash and the
ahce to be due one year from
uate OF sale, which balance is TO
secured by a deed Of trust on
property SO sold.
9. F. CLARK, Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23

Miss Bessie Harris. Of GrinneIl,
y here visiting j. WI. Daniels
family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23

NOTICE or TRUSTEES SAL
or Property in Mexico, No
State Of siiasouri1
County Of AudraAn. )ss
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-23

NhaFies Craig, Mamie Craig, Cha
Z CLARK, Fanny Bledsoe and {
eiafk, trustee, Defends
The Harlowton news., 1913-02-28

&l||IIg(4
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The Harlowton news., 1913-02-28
OUeIS
90 48-inch Serge, now at z

1.75 Black Satin, sale price l.39
6oc China Silk, Reduced to SOC
5oc Red and Blue Table
cloth, now reduced to 39c
1.25 White Table Linen, at 93e
1oc Towing, new reduced to &c
nc Linen Crash, reduced to Sc
75e Lace Curtains, now at 39c
The Harlowton news., 1913-02-28
NV

American Print, per yard Sc
Apron Gingham, per yard &c
15c Gingham, per yard lie
CSC French Gingham, yard 19c
nc Outing Flannel, per yard Sc
zoe India Linen, per yard lie
25c Long Cloth, per yard 14c
CSC Scoth Plaids, per yard 23c
65c Henrietta, Reduced to 48c
75c Wool Batiste, pow at 53c
n -
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

for it's Wearer through difficulties
where a froWn would never take him.
chcerfulness is the comrade of OPP
tmism and one follows the other
through thick and thin. AS the gray
clouds give way before the sunshine's
persistent attack, SO do the troubles
0t business or of social life yield be-
fore the magic of the smile. Cheer
fitness is the best breakfast food
there is on the market; smile i. the
be st relish for luncheon happy words
make dinner good. And they are, in
no instance, barred by the high cost
of living. Cheerfulness is the cheapest
commodity there is on the market. 1t
is the crouch which is expensive,
There is nobody, even in this age of
milionaires, who can really afford a
crouch.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02
Housecleaning the Orchard
BY M. L. Dean, State Horticulturi.t.

This is the season of the year when
the fruitgrower should be house
cleaning in the orchard. He should
be removing all dead or improbable
trees Or else planning to top work the
undesirable varieties to good paying
sorts. Blighted crabs and Alexander
trees should be burned. For grating,
the scions should have been cut be-
fore the severe winter weather, as con-
tinual freezing tends to weaken if not
destroy the buds of the terminal twigs.
During the winter of 1911-12 much in
jury was done to the scion wood and
grating done last spring was very
unsatisfactory, as only small per
cent of the scions grew.
Scions cut now should be very care
fully selected from wood that was per-
fectly matured last autumn. Water
sprouts should not be used as they
are apt to be injured more than the
terminals of the bearing parts of the
trees. 1t is very important that the
grating be done before the buds swell
if the cleft graft" is used. If the
Burk graft is used the work cannot
be done until the bark begins to slip.
Spray Outfit
The spray outfit should be provided
for and material secured so as to be
sure and have it when needed. The
time has passed in western Montana
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

when man can afford to try and
grow crop of fruit without the use
of the spray pump.
The Mcintosh is as susceptible to
the apple scab as is the Transcendent
crab and Alexander to the blight, and
when it is not taken care of on that
vari ty it repeatedly spreads to other
sorts
The closer the competition in the
fruit market the more necessary it Is
to grow clean fruit. Many men who
produced clean fruit last season sold
It for good prices while there are
growers who have their fruit yet and
Will not be able to sell it even at
cost
Pruning.
The pruning should be all fin
lshed in March and all brush burned
so that the trees infested with oyster
shell scale, or blister mite, can be
thoroughly sprayed before the buds
swell with the lime sulphur solution
one part to 10 of water.
Pruning should be very carefully
done, the trees thinned out and bear
ing wood reduced so that the fruit viii
be less in quantity but more in quail
1ty. Larger fruit must be grown IL
good prices are desired. This can
be done with pruning, thorough
spraying. judicious thinning and sys.
tematic cultivation and irrigation.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

factory rate That the society has 10
BUY quite bit of wheat in the United
States and Canada Is evidenced by the
fact that it's annual sales of all kinds
amount to nearly $400OOOOO. 1t is
the wholesale department of some 2S0
Scotch retail cooperative societies,
many of them with large memberships,
and one, ST. Cuthberts, in Edinburgh,
with $4,000 members. The society has
six large grain receiving elevators of
its own in western Canada. 1t has one
flour mill at Glasgow with an annual
output valued at more than $2,OOO,OOO,
cooperative prices.
The British cooperative societies
find no fields where they cannot man.
ufacture to advantage. Some of them
nave their own soap factories. One of
these turns out a half million dollars
worth OF soap year. OF the total
trade of the English cooperative So
cieties they manufacture nearly one
half of their own products. Thus one
half of the commodities the working
people who constitute these societies
buy are made by working people
whom they directly employ. They
manufacture commodities worth. at
wholesale, nearly $120,000,OO0. Some
OF these cooperative societies pay
bonuses to their laborers, and this
money is used by the laborers to buy
stock in the societies. so that they be-
come, in the end. in a small measure,
owners of the plants in which they
work. This permits them to have rep
resentation in the government of the
plants in which they work.
The cooperative manufacturing
plant is no less successful in other
countries than it is in England. in
Germany cooperative manufacturing
are to be found in a
majority of the different communities.
and the same tale is told of wholesome
working conditions for the laborer, re-
duced cost of manufacturing by rea-
son of the elimination of profits and
a grade of goods always e1ual to that
put on the market by private enter
prise, and frequently freer from adul-
teration and substitution. The same
condition prevails elsewhere, but the
cooperative factory always has fol-
lowed the cooperative retail store.
for the cooperative outlet for goods
always must come first if the CO .oper-
ative making of them is to prove
profitable.
TomorroW:-Co operative Marketing
TX, operation in Other Forms.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02

can be equipped for few hundred
ooliars. In many of these the farm
ers not only have their surplus pro
! duct put up, but that for family con.
sumption as well. One who has beer
on the farm at canning and preserv.
ing time, when help could not be pro.
cured, knows what a task it is 70,
the women of the household. Under
| the new system the housewife has to.
matoes, beans, and beets, canned, ap-
pie butter made, and other fruits put
up with very little outlay of actual
cash.
In Europe the cooperative manufac.
turing establishment flourishes and
Stands as monument to the possibil-
itles of cooperation. Travelling through
England one may here and there t1nu
great and imposing structuSes of con-
Germs in divers kinds of Manufacture
ing. Some of these structures are the
largest of their kind in the world. At
Armagh Depot, Ireland there is an
egg -pickling establishment having a
capacity for picking and storing more
than 100000 eggs Eighty large
tanks are laid down, and in these the
eggs are put away in the laying
months so that the patrons of the &c :
operative Wholesale society may have
them in winter at cost prices. The
plant also has a large creamery where
much butter is made and a refriger-
ating plant where the surplus may be
stored.
In Glasgow, Scotland, there is the
largest breadmaking establishment In
the world. 1t has capacity of hund-
reds of thousands of loaves Of bread
a day, and is operated by the United
Cooperative Baking society. The saw
ings effected by it's operation are so
remarkable that California grown
Wheat may be shipped $4,000 mlles,
around Cape Horn, ground in a CO.
operative mill, the flour baked in a
cooperative bakery, and the bread
sold to the consumer at much lower
price than the resident of Minneapolis
pays for bread baked from flour made
ten blocks away, from wheat grown
within fifty miles,
At Dunston-on-Ty there is a
great flour mill that will compare with
the biggest to be found in any coun-
try. 1t is the property of the Coop
eratlVe Wholesale society, and its
great grain silos have a capacity of
$4,000 tons, or half a million bushels
of wheat. 1t is one of the activities
which explains the lower cost of liv-
ing in England.
The activities of English cooper
alton are reaching across the sea to
our own land. The Scottish Cooper
atlve Wholesale society has perfected
in Buffalo for the stor-
age of the wheat it buys in the Cana
dian northwest to await favorable
steamship rates on wheat. BY storing
Its grain this way it can wait until
some tramp steamer is anxious for /,
transatlantic cargo and offers a salts
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-03-02
A Montana Cowboy and His Romance

Cleveland, Mar. 1.-(Special.)-Bo
to the heart of the wild and woolly
west has gone Cowboy Joe Parozai,
taking with him to his domestic cor
raj in the wind-swept prairies of north
Montana the bride he lassoed and
branded as his own two days after she
scampered, as it were, within range OF
his glittering black eyes.
marry a Cleveland girl he had wooed
for months by mail. He hasn't mar
ried her. Instead, in the fashion of
an o. Henry story, he has married a
different girl-one he had never heard
of until he went to see for the first
time the girl he had promised by mail
to wed.
Comes to Claim Bride.
Cowboy Joe rolled into Cleveland a
gait of cowboy, though he had no
"slicker" and his silver Mexican suprs
did not twinkle at his heels He wore
and tie. His glistening coal-black hair
was plastered flat across his head.
For Cowboy Joe had come to do his
counting in person. For months he had
sat down after his days work with
the lasso and the branding iron was
done and wooed the Cleveland girl by
mail. Now he had come to claim her.
But it was when he, sat his eyes on
the girl of his Montana dreams that
Cowboy Joe's idyll acquired an o.
Henry twist, which makes it record
breaker among the thousands listed at
the courthouse.
In the home OF Mrs. M. Tomorsky
Cowboy Joe met his mail -wooed
sweetheart. He looked at her, then
shook his head His face fell.
Love.Dream Is Shattered.
Il don't want you," he said in his
blunt Montana way.
But then as he rose to start back
on the long trail to Montana, his love
dream shattered, the eye of Cowboy