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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-09
H f. j o Y RIDE
-and Seallna uaX OF cabbaSes- 8 kin8S

The JOY ride is a successful method
of killing duh care and anything else
that gets in the way.
There are two kinds of JOY rides
drunk and sober. Most of the automo-
bile accidents which are played up on
the front page every few minutes are
iue to the JOY rider who is so full of
booze that he cant tell whether he is
IN the road or the river. Every once
in a while an automobile will fall into
the palsied grasp of some driver who
has become soundly saturated up to
lis eyelashes, after which he starts out
70 see how fast the car will run when
It is opened up to the bright, blue sky.
When two JOY riders who are in state
If death-defying alcoholism meet each
other head on, there is noise like
blowing up a munitions factory. fol-
lowed by the still, small voice Of the
hospital inferno
If every JOY rider could be taken ont
OF the front seat and tested for alec
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-09

B. w. Snow, who is the recognized
authority on grain production, says
that North America, instead of being
able to export 344 100000 bushels OF
wheat, which was at first figured, on
24o,O0o,oO0, which was put down as the
minimum, will be able to give up only
10000, 600 bushels and that by the END
of September, now passed, the United
States will have exported a half of its
apparent capacity for the year. If the
Dardanclies are not opened there is :
problem facing the world. The new
crops Of India and South America are
not considered able to make up the de
ticiency and there is a situation which
will force "a restricted dietary The
one way out is for the Russian supply
to find a market.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-09

hol before being allowed to run down
other people, it would be safer to ven
ture out after dark with one 5 family
What we need in this country is a law
requiring every automobile driver to
drink nothing but buttermilk for fortr-
eight hours before starting out for a
record run through the main streets
man with new automobile can do
enough harm to himself without hav-
ing to dodge a relay of orieycd JOY
riders to whom death in any form
would be sweet
The best kind of JOY ride to take is
that which 2 careful husband and faith
er uses when he hauls a carful of wife
and children out in the country. One
Of the incest sights we know of is that
Of man who would rather ride at ff-
teen miles an hour, accompanied b.
six pounds of cold chicken and nine
hundred pounds of family, than snort
over the roads like a runaway freight
engine and freseoe the ineaments Of
sane people with dust.
N NoNycr,ar,o,,
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-09

The conditions in the trenches were
dreary in the extreme after the
drenching and ong-continued rain
fall, but the irrepressible spirits of
the Pals = We're not yet entirely
quenched when the order came to
leave the trenches. Hurry up out of
tins, my gallant soldiers, was the
CHEEKY call of the sergeant to his
and rain-sodden men.
: Soldiers!' came the derisive answer
from one of them. q m not a soldier:
In -.a---hloomins-Lalfa4As Bits
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WEST MORTIFIED. MASS.

The social which was to he hold
Oct. 10 has been postponed one week,
to Oct. II.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-22

That's so much more than I've dared to hope"
 "Well. it's settled. then. I'll give you money for expenses. You'll start as soon as you like-the sooner the better. hope to think of other sug- gestions especially about communi- eating with me"
 Long after the lights were out and the low hum of voices had ceased round the campfire Duane lay awake, eyes staring into the blackness, mar yelling over the strange events of the day. And as he lay there, with the approach of sleep finally dimming the vividness of his thought, so full of mystery, shadowy faces floated in the blackuess around him, haunting him as he had always been haunted.
 It was broad daylight when he awakened. MacNelly was calling him to breakfast.
 The rangers were eating in a circle round a tarpaulin spread upon the ground.
 Fellows" said MacNeiiy. ."shake hands with Buck Duane. He's on secret ranger service for me. Service that1l likely make you all hump soon Mind you. keep mum about it."
 The rangers surprised Duane with a roaring greeting. the warmth of which he soon divined was divided between pride of his acquisition to their ranks and eagerness to meet that violent service of which their captain hinted. They were jolly. wild fellows, with just enough gravity in their welcome to show Duane their respect and ap- preciation. while not forgetting his lone-wof record. When he had seated himself in that circle, now one of them. a feeling subtle and uplifting peryaded him.
 After the meal Captain MacNelly drew Duane aside.
 Here's the money. Make 1t go as far as you can. Write me care of the adjutant at Austin. l don't have to warn you to be careful where you mail letters. Ride a hundred, two hundred miles, if necessary, or go clear to Fl Paso."
 MacNelly stopped with an air of finality, and then Duane slowly rose.
 'I'll start at once" he said. extend ing his hand to the Captain. 'I wish I'd like to thank your
 Hell, man! Don't thank mel" re- piled MacNelly. crushing the proffered hand. I've sent lot of good men to their deaths, and maybe you're an- other. But, as I've said, you've one chance In thousand. And, by Heaven, I'd hate to be Cheseldine or any other man you were trailing. No. not good-by-adios, Duane! May we meet again!'
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CHAPTER xv.

West of the Pecos River Texas ex- tended a vast wild region, barren in the north where the Llano Estacado spread its shifting sands, fertile in the south along the Rio Grande. A rail road marked an undertaking course across five hundred miles of this country, and the only villages and towns lay on or near this line of steel. Unsettled as was this western Texas, and despite the acknowledged domi- nance of the outlaw bands. the pioneers pushed steadily into 1t.
 The Rio Grande flowed almost due south along the western boundary for a thousand miles. and then, weary of its course, turned abruptly north, to make what was called the Big Bend. The railroad, running west. cut across this bend. and all that country bound on the south by the river was as wild as the Staked Plains. Across the face of this Big Bend. as If to isolate 1t, stretched the ord mountain range. In the valleys of the foothills and out across the plains were ranches, and farther north, villages, and the towns of Alpine and Maria.
 Like other parts of the great Lone Star State, this section of Texas was a world in itself-a world where the riches of the rancher were ever en- riching the outlaw. The village closest to the gateway cf this outlaw-infested region was a little place called Ord, named after the dark peak that loomed some miles to the south.
 Toward the close of a day in Sep tember a stranger rode into Ord, and in a community where all men were remarkable for one reason or another he excited interest. His horse, per haps, received the first and most en- gazing attention-horses in that region being apparently more important than men. This particular horse at first glance seemed ugly. But he was a giant, black as coal. huge in every way. A bystander remarked that he had a grand head. His face was solid black, except in the middle of his fore head, where there was a round spot of white.
 The rider, like hls horse, was a giant in stature. but rangier, not so heavily built. Otherwise the only striking thing about him was his somber face with its piercing eyes, and hair white over the temples. He packed two guns, both low down-but that was too common a thing to attract notice in the Big Bend. A close observer, however, would have noted n singular fact-this riders right hand was more bronzed, more weather-beaten than his left. He never wore a glove on that right handi
 He had dismounted before c ram
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-22
THE LONE STAR RANGER
 aoya about he 7eaaRa By

Duane a pen, ran his forefinger along a dotted line.
 Duane's hand was shaky. Years had passed since he had held a pen. It was with difficulty that he achieved his signature. Buckley Duane-how strange the name looked.
 Right here ends the career of Buck Duane, outlaw and gun-fighter." said MacNelly; and. seating himself, he took the pen from Duane's fingers and wrote several lines in several places upon the paper. Then with a smile he handed 1t to Duane.
 That makes you a member of Com pany A, Texas Rangers"
 "So that's itl" burst out Duane. a light breaking in upon his bewilder- ment. "You want me for ranger serv- icef"
 Sure. That's It." replied the Captain dryly. "Now to hear what that service is to be. I've been busy man since took this job. and. us you may have heard, I've done a few things. I don't mind telling you that political influence put me in here and that up Austin way there's a good deal of friction In the Department of State in regard to whether or not the ranger service is any good-whether 1t should be discontinued or not. I'm on the party who's defending the ranger serv- ice. I contend that It's made Texas habitahle. Well. it's been up to me to produce results. So far have been successful. My great ambition Is to break up the outlaw gangs along the river. have never ventured in there yet because I've been waiting to get the lieutenant I needed. You. of course. are the man I had in mind. It's my idea to start way up the Rio Grande and begin with Cheseldine. He's the strongest, the worst outlaw of the times. He's more than rustler. It's Cheseldine and his gang who are operating on the banks. No one seems to have seen him-to know what he looks like.
 q assume, of course, that you are a stranger to the country he dominates. It's five hundred miles west of your ground. There's little town over there called Fairdale. It's the nest of rustler gang. They rustic and murder at will. Nobody knows who the leader is. I want you to find out. Well, whatever way you decide is best you will proceed 70 act upon. You are your own boss. You must find some way to let me know when I and my rangers are needed. The plan is to break up Cheseldine's gang. It's the toughest job on the border. We want to kill or jail this choice selection of robbers and break up the rest of the gang. To find them. to get among them somehow. to learn their move ments, to lay your trap for us rangers to spring-that, Duane, is your service to me, and God knows its great one,"
 T have accepted it," replied Duane.
 Your work will be secret. You are now ranger in my service. But no one except the few I choose to tell will know of it until we pull of the job. You will simply be Buck Duane till it suits our purpose to acquaint Texas with the fact that you're a
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-22

ranger. You'll see there's no date on that paper. No one will ever know just when you entered the service. Perhaps we can make Ii appear that all or most of your outlawry has really been good service to the state. At that. I'll believe it'll turn out so."
 MacNelly paused a moment in his rapid talk. chewed his cigar. drew his brows together in a dark frown. and went on. "No man on the border knows so well as you the deadly nature of this service. It's long, long chance against your ever coming back"
 That's not the point" said Duane. But in case I get killed out there what"
 Leave that to me" interrupted Captain MacNelly. If you lose your life out there I'll see your name clear ed-the service you render known. You can rest assured of that" "I am satisfied" replied Duane.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-22
Bu ZANE GREY

Sure lied" he said, ''so ain't takin' offense at the way you called enemies. You don't strike me as one of them four-fushes, achin' to kill somebody. But if you are-go ahead an open the ball. =. You see. l never throw a gun on them fellers till they go fer theirs"
 Knell coolly eyed his antagonist, his strange face not changing in the least. Yet somehow it was evident in his look that here was metal which rang differently from what he had
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-22
Here Colonel Webb Exploded.

expected. Invited to start a fight or withdraw, as he chose, knell proved himself big in the manner character istic of only the genuine gunman.
 Stranger, I pass" he said, and, turning to the bar, he ordered liquor.
 The tension relaxed, the silence broke, the men filled up the gap; the incident seemed closed. Jim Fletcher attached himself to the stranger. and now both respect and friendliness tempered his asperity.
 "Wal. fer want of a better handle I'll call you Dodge" he said.
 'Dodge's as good as any. Gents. line up agaln-an' if you can't be friendly, be careful!"
 Such was Buck Duane's debut in the little outlaw hamlet of Ord.
 Duane had been three months out of the Nueces country. At Fl Paso he bought the finest horse he could find, and, armed and otherwise out fitted to suit him, he had taken to unknown trails. He passed on leisure ly. because he wanted to learn the way of the country, the work. habit, gossip, pleasures, and fears of the people with whom he came in contact. When he heard Fletcher's name and faced Knell he knew he had reached the place he sought.
 Duane made himself agreeable, yet not too much so, to Fletcher and several other men disposed to talk and drink, and eat; and then, after having a care for his horse, he rode out of town a couple of miles to a grove he had marked, and there, well hidden he prepared to spend the night. This proceeding served double purpose-he was safer, and the habit would look well in the eyes of outlaws, who would be more in- clined to see in him the lone-wolf fugitive.
 Long since Duane had fought out battle with himself, won a hard task impossible for any man save one like him, he had felt the meaning of 1t grow strangely and wonderfully, and through that fiourishei up eon- scIousness of how passionately he now clung to this thing which would blot out his former infamy. He never forgot that he was free. Strangely, too. along with this feeling of new manhood there gathered the force of imperious desire to run these chief outlaws to their dooms. He never called them outlaws-but rustlers, thieves, robbers, murderers, criminals, He sensed the growth of a relentless driving passion, and sometimes he feared that, more than the newly acquired zeal and pride in this ranger service, 1t was the old, terrible in- herited killing Instinct lifting Its hydra-head in new guise.
 This night a wonderful afterglow fingered long in the west, and against the golden-red of clear sky the bold, black head of Mount Ord reared itself aloft, beautiful but aIoof, sinister yet calling. Small wonder that Duane gazed fin fascination upon the peaki Somewhere deep in its corrugated sides or lost in a rugged canyon was hidden the secret stronghold of the master outlaw Cheseidine. All down along the ride from Fl Paso Duane had heard of Cheseldine, of his band, his fearful deeds, his cunning. his widely separate raids of his fitting here, and there like Jack-o'-lantern; but never a word of his den, never . word of his appearance.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-22
SYNOPSIS.

The time of the story: about 1875. The character: Buckley Duane e young man who has inherited lust to kill, which he snppresses, In self-defenss he shoots dead oFlnken bully and is forced to fee to the wbd country wkere he joins Bland's outlaw band Euchre. aa amiable rascal, tells hin about Jennie. a young girl who had been abducted and sold to Bland for a Dad fate. They determine 10 rescue the girl and restore her to civilization. Eu- Chre has just reconnoitered. and is re- porting the outlook to Buck. Euchre is killed. Buck kIlls Bland and is danger ously wounded by Mrs. Bland, but es- capes with Jennie. Jennie Is abducted. Buck never sees her again, but kills her abductor. Duane barely escapes death at the hands of lynchers for a crime he new CT committed He goes 10 see Captain MacNeily Of the Rangers
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-22
HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.
F. o. B. Denver. Carload Price.

IT. v. ID. DtuFtT, NdI IIUdu TTINt.
 Hay.
 Buying Prices. Colorado upland, per ton..S 5.0O9l6.OO Nebraska upland, per ton. 12.OO4l3O Second bottom Colorado
 and Nebraska, per ton. 10.504 11.5O Timothy, per ton .... lS.U04lS.50 Alfalfa, per ton ......... 10.O0411.5O South Park, choice. per
 ton 1900 San Luis Valley, per ton. ii50@l5.5O Gunnison Valley, per ton. 16.5O41750 Straw, per ton ........ 4.sO
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-22
.hieaso Grain and Provision Prices.

Chieago.-Wheat-No. red. sI.5SG 1.s01s: No. 3 red, s1.5Sa1.5s: No. 2 hard, sL62@ 1.6314; No. 3 hard. $l.6012 @l6lk.
 Corn-No. yellow, s99S9hc; No. 4 yellow. ssaSshc; No. 4 white, nominal
 Oats-No. white, 46%647Zc; standard, 47hd 4s1kc.
 Rye-No. 2, s1.2G.
 Barley-13cas1 s1.l4.
 Timothy-$3. $3.5044.75
 Clover-sl1.0091400.
 Pork-s2S.50.
 Lard-s1510.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-22
Gram.

Wheat, oh. mill, 100 lbs. buying. s2.22 Rye, Colo, bulk, 100 lbs. buying. leo Idaho oats, bulk. buying ....... 1.5O Colorado oats. bulk. buying. .... 1.i5 Corn chop, sack. selling ....... 1.Io Corn in sack, selling ....... l72 Bran. Colorado. per 100 lbs. sell
 ing ........ ....... 125
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-22
LATE MAR KET e OTATIO N s
sstern Newspaper Union News Sery
 DENVER MARKETS.

Cattle. Steers (pulp and grain fed),
 good to choice ........ $S.5O S.UO Steers (pulp and grain fed).
 fair to good ............ S.OO4e.bo Steers, grassers, good to
 cholce. ............... o.oo good ...... ......... 7.25as.O0 Heifers. prime ....... 7OO47.50 Cows tpulp and sra.E fedl
 good to choice .......... G.75Gs 50 Cows (pulp and grain fed).
 fair to good ......... 6.OO4S.t5 Cows. grassers (good) .... G.25q6.l5 Cows. grassers (fair). 5.5OG6.25 Cows, canners ............ 4.75G 5.2o Veal calves ........... s.O00l0.50 Bulls ........ ......... 475Q5 $50 Feeders and stockers, good
 to choice ............... 6.5Oa7.25 Feeders and stockeIs fair
 to good ................. 5.5OQ6.25
 Hogs. Good hogs .ss.35@s.eO
 Sheep. wethers .s6.759 7.25 Yearlings ..........7 7.0O@ 7.5O Lambs 9.50910.00 Ewes ........ .......... 6.25G 6.75
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Vegetables.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Prices for Metals.

St- LOUIS, MO.-SpeIter, Sy.Iy.
 New York.-Lead-sT
 Boulder, Colo.-Tungsten concen- trates, 60 per cent, s1s.O0a 2O.O0 per unit Crude ores, 60 per cent, s17.5O to 5000; g per cent, s940 to s12OO; 10 per cent, s7s0 to s10.14 per unit
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Price of Flax.

Price of Flax.
 Duluth. Minn-Linseed-On track, s245: to arrive, s24ih; October, s2.41A asked; November, s2.42 asked: December, s2.3S1a asked; May, s243 bid; choice, s2.45d245t.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-22
Live Poultry.
Eggs.

Eggs, graded No. 1 net. F.
 O. E. Denver .. 32 Eggs, graded No. net, F.
 o. B. Denver. 13 Eggs, case count, misc.
 less commission ...ST.25G90
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Butter.

Creameries, ex. 1st grade. ID D Creameries, 2d grade. ID. ..3l d32
 Process .............31 @32 Packing stock ........25 age
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Fruit.

Apples, Colo, fancy. box. .s1 ,00G 200 Cantaloupes. Colo, crate. 150G2.O0 Pears, Colo, box ...... 2.254275 Plums, Colo, wild. ID. .... .05
 Watermelons, Colo. cwt. ..- l.25
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Flour.
Dressed Poultry.

Standard Colorado. net. .S3.6O
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-13
FOOTBALL STAR IS NAMED

FOOTBALL STAR IS NAMED.
Walter Schafer, star halfback Of
the University of Chicago football
team, was in Judge SulliVan's court
Tuesday as the man in the case"
Blair Steele, 937 Hyde Park blvd,
who is suing his young wife, lone
Steele, for divorce, charged her with
infidelity and named Schafer as the
intruder in his hitherto happy home.
A private detective who Swallowed
Mrs. Steele and Schafer substanti-
ated his charge. Judge Sullivan in
Dictated he would grant a decree.
New York.-72 local produce mer-
chants fined for having sold cold
storage eggs as fresh eggs
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-13
CLOSING LAW DRIVES SOME
CHICAGOANS TO. MILWAUKEE
FOR CELEBRATION

Milwaukee, Wis.,, Dec. 13.-One
o'clock closing in Chicago is driving
residents of the Windy Town toward
Milwaukee for their New Years cele-
brations. Saloons and cafes may stay
open here all night, though the lid is
clamped on the music at midnight.
This year, however, cafe owners
are hoping Chief of Police Jannsen
will loosen up and let the band play
into the early morning hours. Re
servations by several Chicagoans
was made at Milwaukee restaurants
today.