, 1922-07-20
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Difficulty Notes 4

Mrs. Chas. Orion and Bud Herman
were guests at the Ellis ranch. COM
ing over from their home at Elk
Mountain on Saturday afternoon. and
returning on Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billie Irving and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Jones and
family came up from Laramie on
Thursday and visited at the West
ranch. The two men returned the
next day to their work in Laramie.
but the women and children are still
in Shirley Basin.
Mrs. ]. s. Burnett went to Casper
or Thursday to visit her sister. Mrs.
Orr Marshall n family. returning
on Friday.
Chas. Ellis was a business visitor
in Medicine Bow on Saturday. He
also made a trip up to old Carbon.
Miss Margaret Sullivan went to
Rawlins on Friday. where she visited
friends until Sunday.
Chris Cronberg and three little
sons and Miss katheryn Mcpherson,
spent Friday at the F.. r. Richards
ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hines. from Rawlins,
were Difficulty visitors one day last
week.
Mr.. Griffey was in Difficulty on
Saturday and Sunday. returning to
MS IdHtH btiON Olu SdTDOI On ouu-
day evening.
Chas. and John Ellis. Elmer Hald-
man. Emil Schmale and Bill ALL
strom began riding on Monday. and
will now brand the Ellis and Nelson
calves.
The dance given at the &c ranch
on Saturday night was a grand af-
fair. and everyone enjoyed them
selves greatly. The music was
furnished by Joe Fait and another
gentleman whose name we failed to
people coming from everywhere.
of the prettiest homes in this part
of II country. and the REYNOLDS
family are noted for their hospitality.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Robinson
were called to Wheatland by a phone
message from Mr.. Robinson's mother
who resides at that place. They left
for Wheatland on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Howard were
Sunday guests at the West ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison West were
visitors at the West home in the
Basin on Saturday last.
Ruth Mildred Coon Is the guest of
her aunt and uncle at the Beer Mug
ranch. where she will spend the
summer.
Mrs. Agnes Howard and her
daughter, Miss Annie, have moved to
Medicine Bow. where they will make
+hn'r future home. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Howard and Mark Howard will
live on the old place on the Little
Medicine.
A score and a half years or more
ago, several roundups. including the
II Bar, were camped at the old TB
ranch. Away down in the canyon on
the edge of TB creek stood the
house which was hen owned by
Trahing. and occupied by COWBOYS
who worked for the then big cattle
outfit. Stoll Yankee was foreman Of
the TB outfit and John Cole was AZ
tina time running the II Der. The
afternoon was beautiful as summer
afternoons in old Wyoming are wont
to he, and the cowboys decided to
enjoy a dance in the TB house that
night. Among the different COW out
fits we're men who were good
musicians, and handled violin and
mouth-harps in a manner to bring
forth the most melodious music.
The dance was all arranged for. and
the boys. happy at thoughts OF the
good time in store for them whistled
and sang as they pitched tents. and
tepees and unrolled tarp clad beds.
The wagons were pulled near the
water and mess boxe opened.
Cooks got busy. and soon the frag-
rance Of black coffee. steaming null
ligan, and dried fruit floated away
on the breeze. There were a few
girls scattered about the sparse!y
settled country, and in Medicine Bow
there we're three. Georgia ono
Emma Hall and Laura S%chenci1a.
These three, the boys decided must
be present, and forthwith, Stoll
Yankee and John Cole went to the
Bow on horseback and brought them
out. a distance of sixteen miles. AS
usual Wyoming weather had under
gone a sudden change. n In the
evening when the five happy young
folks arrived at TB creek. instead
of finding the chattering little brook
of poetical fame. they found a rag
ing torrent OF seething muddy wa
tiers. A heavy cloudburst had occur
red In the foothills. causing the sud
den transformation. The wagons
which had stood in the gulch had
been rolled down the stream. Beds.
tents and teepees had been lost.
Every lowland was flooded. and tiny
rivulets were tearing along In all
the low places. The sight would
have been terrifying to the maidens
of the present day. but dc you sup
pose that those days. the prospects
OF a good old fashioned dance at a
COW camp were to be chilled by a
small matter like a cloudburst? Not
by any means! The boys came to
the waters edge from the TB side,
and hollered across to Mr.. Cole and
Mr.. Yankee. Plans were made to
get the girls safely owe the swollen
torrent. A man rode as near the
water as possible on each side OF the
creek, and a lariet rope was stretched