The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-28
WILD WESTERN STOW STOW
PLEASED LOCAL FOLK
lo1 RANCH WAS HERE TUES
DAY
GOOD ATTRACTION
Anderson People Saw Many
Strange Scenes Brought From
Great Distance.

"Aw. them amt Indians!" youch-
safed the small boy, probably a Boy
Scout as Chief Iron-Tail and the rest
OF the Indians went by in the parade
yesterday morning.
20 they is too" said the other
deprecatingly. "I guess I orter know.
look-it-'em, they paint but they's
got another color on the. arms and
mans"
Well the last boy seems to have
bccn right. for they were centainly
Indians, from the 101. Ranch out IN
Oklahoma and many who can remem-
bcr Buffalo Bill"' and "Pawnee Bill"
saw show that was equally as
emblematic of the west SO years ago
as when those men made the west
famous. Those who have seen the west
in later years, know that cowboys
don't wear red handkerchiefs about
their necks; but to the small boy a
gun and red handkerchief IL Just
as necessary to typify the west as fs
the Bison and the Indian.
The performance was exceptionally
good, to those not suffering with
toohache or any minor ills OF like
nature, for there was some remark
able riding. Iasso work and a little
fancy shooting that was worth the
price.
There was one fact that was brought
out plain enough for everyone to see,
and that was that the American cow
boy can outride the Indian and the
Cossack. Those who have seen the
older wild west shows know this to
be true also. Tho cowboys with their
la:'iats and their riding in tho show
Yesterday afternoon, presented q real
picturesque sight and one which could
not fail to please as 1t was par ex-
cellence, good riding.
When the stage coach, with the
oldest living guard" on duty came
around and the bandits held It up,
there was excitement enough to
make several babies cry and moth.
ers bend over and tell them. that it
was all in fun. The horses were bet.
ter actors than the men for they fell
pvcr dead for fair and lay there un-
til the word of command came for
them to get up and get away.
When The old prairie schooner
pitched camp and the cowboys start
Ell in to cook ''rexas Son-of-a-
gum" the Indians swarmed down en-
masse and there was regular pitch
I'd battle like tho Mexicans have, with
about as many killed ON each side.
The red-slSins set fire to the top of
the old schooner and burned the top
off 1t. Them was stirrin' times.
Oh! the Boy Scouts were in their
glory. for there were Indians, real
live Indians, cowboys and cowgiirs
and everything else that fires the
youthful imagination and makes him
long for the time when he shall don
bis "long-ones" and march forth
Times ain't what they used TO, be and
thore are no more. wild vests to
conquer, so its a pretty good idea, 1t
would seem to keep alive the pioneer
day as the 101 Rranch does.
it wa5 claimed ttiiiat tho Indian
whose profile adorns those coins the
Buffalo nickel" and the bison ON
the reverse side were with the show,
at least both were introduced as such
and they looked like they were the
right parties, since the bankers say
the Buffalo Nickel won't stack"
The shcT, earned its money, and
1t played to two full houses, or rather
tents and the performance will be
welcomed this way again.