, 1921-09-29
PAGE THREE

away to the hills, when Ne tried to
go near them Sage chickens
walked past the very door. followed
by their brood of young. and went
on unmolested. The elk had migrat-
ed a few years before this. but many
who were in this part of the country
a Few years previous have told me
that they punched up in herds every
in one drove was no uncommon
Fall. and that to see a thousand Elk
sight. An old friend OF my fathers.
VIM. Hawley. by name. decided that
dad should have a weapon Of some
sort, and presented him with an old
fashioned muzzle loading shotgun.
The gun vas seldom used. (f ever it
was k from the two nails tina
supported it on the wall. al all, un-
I'll a number of skunks made it a
habit to come up to the door every
evening just after dark and eat any
crumbs h a may have been swept
from the table at meal time. Dad
decided to make short work OF the
little beasts. The cabin only boasted
OF one room. All the family had re-
tired. and my father sat up reading
the Rawlins paper. by a dim coal OF!
lamp. and with the shotgun beside
him, awaiting the appearance OF the
enemy. Everyone was asleep when
a skunk s%tCalthily walked out into
the streak of lamplight. a seized
the IL and pulled the trigger. When
mother had collected her wits after
the shock OF thinking that Indians
had attacked the place. she dis
covered dad coming out from under
the bed. II saw the gun barrel
under the table and the stock in the
yarl hI,f thn pl,xrly mn u Cnnp
or heard Of. Mr.. Hawley said the
gun had been too heavily loaded.
and needless to say more p~recaution
was taken after that when 1t came
to loading the shotgun.
Mr.. and Mrs. FLOYD Jones and
little son arrived from Bald Knob.
Arkansas on last nights train. and
are in Medicine Bow. where they are
hoping to make their future home.
Grand-dad Cooper is stepping. high.
wide and handsome. and says that
young fellow will bring the mail out
to Difficulty in a few more weeks.
Alexander Nelson is assisting his
brother Fred in getting out coal up
at the mine.
Gust Nelson and Joe watkins
shipped cattle several days & and
received a very satisfactory price in
Denver TOT them.
Coyotes seem to be getting far more
numerous than ever. and according
to our judgment. holder. They have
almost put us out of the chicken
business, and have taken them all
out Of the chicken house.
We agree with the Lincoln star
when it says that now it is hard to
tell whether a red nose is the result
of sunshine of moonshine.
Miss Emma Meade came owe from
Morgan a few days & and will
spend the winter at the s. w. John
son ranch in charge of the culinary
affairs of the home.
We wonder. how many more times
we will be compelled to make the
announcement that we cannot accept
anonymous communications? Last
week we received another article
printed by someone who seemed to
be afraid re might recognize the
, hand writing. Such things are al
ways written for the sole purpose of
: "slamming" some one at whom some
one else imagines he has a grudge,
| II we would send things like that
5 to The Republican it would be
blamed onto us. and we have moth,
ing but these unsigned letters for
proof luat we were NOT the 1nSllRatOI
of the article, and consequently
someone would be very angry at US.
# you want to send us items. please
sign your name. and although we
] will lot tell who donated them. we
. feel perfectly. safe, for anyone who
: will sign their name to a letter. has
no i'll intentions.
Potato digging season has arrived
and the spud crop is a wonder. The
potatoes are larger. more numerous
and cook better thar has been the
case for several seasons. The past
summer vas certainly ideal for
growing all sorts of vegetables. We
have enjoyed real pumpkin pie made
from cal pumpkin. and really grown
at Difficulty. and the pie was excel
lent, so We see a future for Wyo-
ming as a pumpkin state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Ramp accom-
panied Ras Cronberg to the Rock
River oil fields on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. R. Finkbiner re-
turned on Sunday from Boulder.
Colorado. where they visited Mrs.
Finkbiner's mother and sister for a
few days.
VIM. Black made two business
trips to Medicine Bow last eek.
One day he and Mrs. Bla", visited
at the c. A. Richards ranch east OF
town.
Harrison West and little daughter
Eleanor were guests at the Nelson
and watkins ranches the first of the
week.
Albert Cronberg acted as mail
carrier or Monday. Mr.. Cronberg is
a first class man in our Uncle Sans
employ and We are all satisfied.
Glen Kinsor has resigned his posi-
ton as assistant postmaster at the
Bow. Miss Nancy Kelley is attend
ing to the mail for a few days. The
postoffice will soon change hands.
and Mrs. Myrtle Jaurdan will be
postmistress. Mrs. Jaurdan was