The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-03-31
THROWING THE BULL
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from the National Tribune, published
at Washington, that Carl Riddick is
a real Wild West hero at home, such
as they read about in magazine
stories and see on the screen. It may
interest his rancher neighbors on
Dog Greek and F'reezeout coulee, to
know what romantic hero that they
had for a time among them. 1t says
'Riddick is man who does not
easily: admit defeat, and it is not
easily beaten by adversely of any
sort, because he has been through
some pretty tight and tough places
He was lost in a blizzard and had
both hands and feet frozen. Once he
was out in blizzard for two days
and nights with one Of his sons
when they had to cut the horses
loose, and let them go where they
could and would for shelter, and they
themselves turned the wagon box up
side down for shelter, had to chop
their bread. and by sticking stick
through it, thawed it out at the fire,
He has been off on the prairie 50
thirsty that his tongue was swollen In
MS mOuIIi. anu w<aSCi hioi0 S~A-'
than gold
1.-THE Washington newspaper does
not say that his tongue was so sWoi-
len at any time that he could not
talk. Nor did these adventures with
cold, hunger and thirst injure its linn
Der texture at all as is evidenced by
this wild west tale in which needless
to relate, Carl is also the hero. The
National Tribune says:
""'He (Carl Riddick) has shown ex-
IRENE daring in action to save the
lives of comrades. Here is one ex-
ample. On the farm he lived a
simple life, driving his own plow,
holding the handles, going into the
woods for logs to build log houses,
and putting them up himself. One
day he and his wife were driving
along in their Ford, the first of its
breed in those parts. They saw a
cowboy who had gotten off his horse,
freed by a mad cow. Now a cow
boy is safe while. he remains in the
saddle but is in grave danger should
he disnount To attract the mad
cows attention and divert it from the
freed cowboy, Riddick got out of his
car and drew the attention of the
Wild beast, then he leaped into his
car, and drove it head on at the ami
NAL. The mad cow saw the cowboy
attempting to make getaway and
renewed the attack on him, got him
down, and was just driving at him
with forefeet when Riddick ran up,
and, regardless Of personal danger,
grabbed the mad animal by the horns
and bull-dogged her over.
T" The cow fell on the cowboy, and
Ridick did not dare to ease up the
horns. The two men were in a des-
perate predicament. Mrs. Riddick,
now a prominent hostess in the con-
gressional set, was equal to the occa-
sion. She got piece of barbed wire
from a nearby fence and bound up
the mad animals legs, until the two
men could get free and finish trussing
her. Having had such hardy, prac-
teal experiences on the ranch Rep
resentative Riddick can appreciate
the hardships of the farmer, and SO
is working that he may have larg-
er share of the profits from what he
produces as a matter of simple JUS
tice.'
"By gosh! That is surely a thrill
er. II Congressman Riddick would
only get Charles Russell to illustrate
the tale and circulate it among the
cowboys of the state we feel sure ii
would produce a joyous feeling among
them and get him their friendship
for ever. We feel thrills ourselves
at the bare recital of his heroic res
cue. But we are little curious about
the feelings of the timid cowboy, at
ter Carl threw a mad COW that prob.
ably weighed eleven or twelve humid
red pounds on top of his PROSTATE
body. Then while Mrs. Riddick was
going to detach a strand of barbeo
wire from a nearby fence that COW
thrashing around on top must have