davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1923-09-23

Though mighty herds have been
broken up and scattered to n great
extent. cattlemen still persist in u.s.
ing old, though once-effective meth
DDS IN stockraising. New condi-
lions require new means of being
properly met. Such means are sug-
gested by Fred G.. s. Hesse. Buffalo
banker who discussed the future of
the cattle business in an excellent
p delivered by proxy before the
fifteenth annual convention of the
wyoming Bankers association at
Douglas last Tuesday. He said.
st feel that I am fortunate in
having assigned to me such a sub
feet as THE Future of the Cattle
business in Wyoming" because any
statement of the future is merely
a forecast-and one mans guess is
as good ae a~nother's. And, ms long
as we are dealing in futures, any
statement I make will have to await
the unfolding of future events before
its correctness is proved or ~dlsproved
"The present condition of the cat
tie business Is well known to all of
us. and II you had selected hat as
my subject I might have found my
self In deep water Immediately. II
you had assigned to me the task of
talking about the cattle business as
II has existed in Wyoming over the
past forty years I should not have
been nearly SO surprised as 1 am
Mt the subject you gave me; because
that has been my principal occupa-
ton during these years, and 1 could
probably have told you stories and
related facts about the history of
that business until you became tired
Of listening to me.
But the fact is that knowledge
OF the cattle industry of the past in
/. this state is no particular indication
that one would have knowledge of
the future, for the simple reason
hat right at this time the livestock
business in general. and the cattle
business in particular, is passing
through a period OF change. The
Old conditions are passing away or
have already passed. The new
one are confronting us and what
their solution will be still remains
o problem.
only yesterday the days of the
open range were still with US. AZ.
ter leaving our irrigated valleys our
cattle had unobstructed for
many miles in every direction and
every mar operating livestock with
in this state worked under those
conditions. was familiar with them,
and ran his outfit on the basis Of
, 1923-09-23

can take care Of. which will have
tho further effect of making a cor.
responding increase in his calf crop.
whether or not these calves can
ne marketed at n price to return him
a fair profit on his business Is n
question Of the future and one on
which the entire future of this in
dustry hinges. II the cattle man OF
Wyoming cannot market his calves
p~rofitably he must retire from the
business. because 1t has not yet been
demonstrated that It IS possible for
us to market n finished animal. Corn
fed beef can only be grown where
cheap corr and good corr is avail
able and where the market is close.
We do not have either of these CON
ditions in Wyoming at the present
time.
There was a time when cattle
from our western ranches, were sold
direct to tho packers and went as
killer animals. and produced a great
err profit from tho better price paid
for killer animals over animals sold
to tho feeder. Unfortunately for
us, during the last period of unpre-
cedented prosperity the laborlng
nan and work of the United States
acquired a taste for corn fed beef.
Like any other habit. when once &c
quired this was not easily broken,
and the result is that there is prac-
tically no demand in any of the
markets of this country for beef
that, is not corn fed. This one lit.
tie thing has had the effect of again
limiting Il market so that our ami
mails now go to the feeder and not
to the packer. We can not afford
to raise an animal until 1t is three,
four OF five years old and then moro
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the open range. Today that range
is fenced up completely. and tho pas.
turage that was once his merely
for the taking is now chopped I'D in
numberless small holdings, all of
them under separate and Individual
fence boundaries. These conditions
are so well known that 1t is hardly
necessary TO waste your time with
any lengthy discussion of them.
1T might be well to remind you
however. that the principal source
OF profits to the cattle industry of
this state in the past lay In the u
chase OF southern yearlings or two
year old steers. shipping them to
our state and running them for two
or three years on the open range be.
fore marketing. Under this plan
animals were bought cheaply nnd
run at a minimum OF expense That
branch Of the business is practically
ended today. In tho first place
our friends in tho southern states
are asking and receiving much high.
er prices for their cattle than for.
merly. and IL we bought them we
would have to III them or land all
OF which we must either own or
hold under lease. In other case
the expense of running them Is very
heavily increased, without consider.
ing h heavy sums tied I'D In land
Investments The fact that the
open range does not exist TODAY
therefore absorbs all the profit from
an undertaking of this sort md
makes II necessary for us TO dis.
miss 1t from our minds. We must
face conditions as they actually exist
ana the whole problem hinges on
the fact that u range lands have
passed to private ownership.
IF we arc compelled to either own
or lease our pastures we must make
an annual turnover of our products
Instead OF turning them once in W.
or three years, and If our old ave-
nues OF profit arc closed we must
look in q new direction.
In my opinion the cowboy of yes
terday must become the farmer of
tomorrow. He must raise on his
farm the forage crops necessary to
take care of his cattle. He ought to
forget that there is such a thing as
n steer and keep on his ranch and
in his pastures no mature animal
except breeding cows. If he will run
his business OF that basis. selling
his calves in the fall. he has accom-
plished onehalf of his problem by
having IN annual turn over of his
product. and by eliminating the
steers from his herd he naturally In
creases the number of cows that he
, 1923-09-23

his mouth he finally blurted out.
Mary VII you marry me2' and
Mary very promptly said. Yes. OLE
Another milo was driven without
a sound from Ole. Mary could stand
the silence no longer and so sh.
said. Veil, Ole Wy don't you said
somothing7' and ole from the bot.
tom OF his heart replied. It tank I
aid too damn much already"
, 1923-09-23
PACE NINE.

was to b found on the Httleton
hill. so the city council decided at
a recent meeting to make a thor.
ough test to zee whether or not the
supply "a large enough to serve the
needs Of Gillette. Several holes Will
be drilled in the test. Just recently.
it Is reported, n we'll was drilled
on the hill to n depth OF IS feet and
40 feet of soft water was secured.
Should tho testg prove successful.
the matter Of pressure for tho town
viii be solved in an easy manner
as n tank erected on the hin would
force water all over town.
The Littleton place will be Dur.
chased providing the prospecting
for water VII warrant such pur-
chase.
, 1923-09-23
BUSINESS HERE MUST BEI
ADJUSTED TO MEET CONDITIONS
So Says Buffalo Banker in Address Before the
State Convention at Douglas; Encroach-
ments on Range Are Discussed.

Vast rangeland no longer sweeps in boundless stretches
across the prairies of Wyoming and the immense herds
of cattle, which in former times found no barrier to their
feeding over hundreds of miles of grass lands, now find
hemmed in and pushed back into small, re-
stricted and comparatively arid areas by the fences of
, 1923-09-23

Send your automobile news "a
Spark PluE."-Care Tribune.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07
THE LAW" THOUGH ILLEGAL

At last governmental official, search
ing through the presumably dusty
archives in which election records, like
wise presumably are kept, has unearthed
some apparently dependable information
concerning one of the amendments to the
Texas constitution whose validity was
rendered questionable by the attorney
generals ruling that the election set for
July %, last, could not legally be held.
This government official is Representa-
tive Smith, of Travis county. He has
discovered, he reports, that the free text
book amendment, which was declared
adopted as a result of the election of
1918. was not published in 90 organized
counties, and in seven unorganized coun-
ties, as required by the organic rule in
voked by the attorney general in calling
Oft the recent highway-amendment cleo
ton.
For practical purposes the situation
brought about through Mr.. Smiths dis
covery may be defined by a question /:
what are we going to do about it? Thus
tar few government officials have dis
played any disposition to do ANYTHING
about 1t. In fact, as THE LIGHT has re-
marked repeatedly, there seems to be no
adequate rule or custom governing the
exact placement of authority in such
matters. What is everybodY's business
IS nobody's business. There is something
missing IN our system of governance.
Unless somebody should start some
thing" and spend a lot Of time, energy
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07
Pungent Paragraphs

A friend without faults will never
be found.-Springfield Illinois State
journal.
Democracy is like the "Follies."
Much depends upon e~chorus.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Tennie Shook is suing Dick Shook
for divorce in Tulsa. Sort of shak-
ing the shook, as it were.-Wichits
Eagle.
The sad thought is that not even
the game laws protect the pedestrian.
-Ashevillc Times.
So Irene's second matrimonial cas-
tie vanished in the divorce air, a
kind of delirium tremen.-Providenc
Tribune.
Justice may be blind, but an At.
lantic City judge held a bathing beau
ty for examination.-Worc Post.
The old-fashioned man who likes
clinging-vine women has son who
prefers the clinging-skirt kind
Binehampton Sun.
A nationally known writer of popu.
lar songs was sentenced by Holly
wood court to year in Jail, but not
for what one would naturally suspect.
Detroit News.
Air flivvering never will become
popular. There are not enough
pedestrians up there to make it
sporting observation-disclosures Sun.
Our rongh guess would be that
what diplomats now refer to as a
covering letter" attains its finest
flower in communications beginning,
Enclosed please find check. "-Cleve-
land News.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07

we're ordered to work hand in hand
and although We were commissioned
together, technically, he outranlsed nae
owing to the fact that he was given his
commission moment before i got
mine.
when we arrived in France ]
tackled my job with all the energy in
me; l tried for results. Nelson, j
discovered in time, was concerned only
in taking entire credit for all that he
and / and the whole organization UNI
der us accomplished and in advancing
himself. / worked; he played politics.
II rebelled. 1 had to, or be made
ridiculous. / warne,. him, privately,
as man to man. He ignored the warn.
ing. Then l prepared complete re-
port, showing by the copies of his or
ders, by the records of our respective
accomplishments, by our correspond
ence, how he had Systematically and
maliciously endeavored to nullify my
work and-and the like. 1t was not
pretty report to read. turned it in
to him for submission higher up.
"Then it was that he outgeneraled
me. He was furious, of course, but
ne dpOlOSlZeu-dDJcCti ilc duuhttcu
that he had been wrong; that he had
imposed upon me. He promised to
play fair if I'd permit him to with
hold the report, and-I was deceived.
"For a while we worked in har-
mony. 1 became engaged in an intri-
cate case, having to do with leak
concerning transport sailings and
routes-a matter involving the lives of
thousands of our boys-millions OF
dollars in supplies, and / went to
Brest, under cover. 1t had to be han
died with extreme careTsome danger
about it, too. A very interesting case,
L assure you. / lived in house with
some of the people under surveillance.
One of them was woman, extremely
attractive - thoroughly Inscriptions.
My avenue of approach was through
her. Nelson, of course, knew what l
wns doing: he was about the only one
who did.
(Continued in Our Next Issue)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07
TO WEAR EN- OR NOT?

Muskogee, which comes near to
being the New York City of Okla
homa, and New York City, which can
claim the honor of being New York
States Muskogee equivalent, have
their wires crossed. Former Con-
gresham Alice Robertson speaks
from and for the one center of cul-
ture; DIR. +. f. Willard, present
osteopath, for and from the other.
Hear Miss Robertson tell it, the
girls have just got to begin wearing
corsets again. But listen to DR..
Willard, and what do you hear? You
hear this: Men should really wear
corsets, because they lift heavy loads
and need the support at vital points"
That's rather cleverly put.
There is some incidental prescn-
tation of the fact that men are sub
ject to abdominal sagging," but we
skip that part of the discussion, pre-
ferring to believe with Tom Reed of
happy memory mo gentleman is
ever fat" A gentleman may be
plump, large, rotund, even globulnr
at his equatorial diameter. but he
is never, never fat. A little over
weight, perhaps, but fat?-never
As to the prescription prepared BY
Miss Robertson we maintain a reso-
lutte silence We may or may not
have our opinion as to the desirable
ity of the reform she sternly ndvo-
Gates. In either case, our distant
obsei .ation of the so-called softer
sex teaches the wisdom of discre-
ton and the futility of intervention.
But "a to DIR. Willard and the cult
of which he is the apostle, we can
be bold of speech. There we tread
safe, sure ground. We vote for his
deportation. The leather belt. tight
ly drawn. so that an amplitude of
pleasing folds appear, represents the
utmost concession that can be made
to the corsets-for-men crusade. To
yield in this means to yield in all.
1t means masculine vanity boxes, lip
sticks and powder puffs. Let this
be our Thermopylae. Better for men
to die free and ugly than to live
rouged into prettiness.-Los Angeles
EXPRESS.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07

matters, comes into our midst, looks
around a bit, compares what he sees
here with what he has observed and
experienced elsewhere, and then pro-
nounces the dismterested judgment that
the community's agency for, the stimu-
lation of commerce is inadequate to
present-day needs.
If hint to the wise is sufficient,
San Antonio will lose no time before
adopting the suggestion which this bust
ness expert has offered.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07

as relentless as the stare of a
python.
Bell Nelson leaned forward, his
lips parted, a new eagerness came
INTO his purple countenance. "Well.
well! What is it," he demanded,
enormously.
"Vindication ~
There was a miment of silence.
What is he talking about Henry"
Bells eyes were strained toward his
son.
II don't know the latter said. in
a thin voice. Hes crazy-always
was.n
I'm giving you a chance, colonel.
You'd better take it. Think careful
ly." When there came no response to
this warning, Gray shrugged. "Very
well! There is nothing further, ex-
cept to complete the transfer and pro-
coed with the business of the meet.
ing. Mr.. Briskow will be the next
president, and 1 shall occupy the posi-
ton of vice president and treasurer
now held by you"
The effect of this declaration was
electric. With cry the younger Nell
son lunged forward. Confusion follow.
ed. 1t was of short duration, how
ever, for Henry found himself locked
in the arms of the Briskow giant.
? Gray continued. 81 have some
thing to say to you gentlemen be-
fore We go on with the meeting, and l
wish to say it in the presence of Col
onel Nelson and his"
"You'll not keep me here. I refuse
to stay" Henry shouted, and he
pushed past 'Swope toward the door.
wait" 1t was the elder Nelson
speaking, and in his voice was a new
nOte-a note Of triumph. "Stock
can't be transferred at an annual
meeting. 1t has to be done in advance
ten days, l think it is. Am I right,
SenatorT'
'.That is the usual procedure" Sem
atOr Lowe agreed. 81
'Then there won't be any meet
ing!" Bell loudly declared.
II think we'd better co." someone
said. This is too extraordinary
we're in no frame of mind to go
ahead"
II must insist that you remain long
enough to hear me out You have no
r;obt 70 rofus. There /. sor.th;rn
Won must be fold g, e 'e
"Igi admit Pm cur;ous 70 lnow what
tbo devil II ali moansn Wmrnhv tha
lnmhcrmop confossaJ. .hut sdon,t
know that 7 shopld accent an exnI.na'
tion from Won Not after Henry,s no.
cusot;ons I've Known him and ReII
for yaors :"
81 resnect vorr fr;endsb;r for tbom
and 7 sbo.n,t exrect Won 70 mn, trrst
in INV words II scans 70 mo how.
ever that Won owe II 70 that fr;ond.
shin n bear mo This ;nc;dont hos
taten a tnrn wholly nnornectod and
7 must confass J;sapno;nt;ng lont'
cd for n J;ffcront Observation-Disclosures 70
no ohio 70 force an ayniamat;orW" Tho
snoaLor shook b;s he'd and frounoJ
oga;n nernIaxsdly When after .
noment Of ;ndec;s;vo m,r,n,r;nc tba
three directors seated themselves GRAY
thonked them with n how" "I'll no as
hr;of ne noss;bIo and II Won dom Mini
IN stand ,as tollt Tn in M mood
70 cir mi have 70 90 hack hit"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07
KEEPING CHILDREN ON THE
FARM

Twenty boys and girls of Wiscon-
sin are given certificates of merit by
the Wisconsin Bankers Association
for successfully completing four years
of practical farming work and at the
same time maintaining banking CEN
nections.
This is part of country wide moyet
mcnt to interest the youth of the land
in the greatest of industries, agri-
culture and demonstrate to them that
all the opportunities are not in the
cities. All of these children success
fully marketed their products and, no
doubt, built up a bank balance in ex-
cess Of what they believed possible.
That is practical way of show
ing the youths that there is money to
be made on the farm. However, the
work does not stop there. Efforts are
devoted to instructing these children
in a broader way, showing them what
is to be gained by adopting business
methods, by crop ratation, all to the
end that future generations Of farmers
may have an easier life and hand
somer reward.
The rush to the cities is becoming
a serious problem, leaving the agri-
cultural districts short not only OF
workers, but of leadership, which is
almost as vital.
Helping and stimulating the work
of the boys and girls clubs in Wis
consin and throughout the country
may be the initial step toward solu-
ton of one of the gravest of prob
lems.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07
A Puzzle a Day

Replace the numbered circles in
the above triangle with letters, US
ing a different letter where each
figure appears. The puzzle is to find
three letters that will form three
different words, in the order /, ., 3;
., 8, l, and 3, 1, 2, following the
directions Of the arrows. Can you
find the three necessary letters?
That is, by beginning at each circle,
and reading the three letters. follow
ing the arrows, word of three let.
ters will be formed in each case.
Yesterdays answer:
TEL UEN GMPP
Blu inserting the consonant "S'' ten
times, and the vowel Il" seven times,
the letters shown above may be form-
ed into the complete sentence:
Sister Susie Sings Mississippi
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07
BEER.

With my beer
While golden moments fiji;
Alas!
They pass
Unheeded by:
And, as they fly,
i.
Being dry,
Sit, idly slipping here
My beer.
o. finer far
Than fame or riches. are
The graceful smoke-wrcathS OF this free
cigar!
Why
Weep, wall. or sigh?
What II luck has passed me by?
What if my hopes are dead
My pleasures fled? ...
Have / not still
My fill
OF right good cheer
Cigars and beer!
Go, whining youth,
Forsooth!
Go. weep and wall.
Sigh ana grow paie,
Weave melancholy rhymes
On the old times.
Whose joys like shadowy ghosts appear
But leave TO me my beer.
Gold is dross,-
Love is loss
SO, il gulp my sorrows down,
Or see them drown
In foamy draughts Of old nut-brown,
Then do / wear the crown,
Without the cross
George Arnold.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07
AMERICA COMMANDS RESPECT

1t has been long time since foreign
nations, particularly those of Europe, dis
played depreciatory attitude toward the
United States. In the parliaments and
press of foreign lands the name "Amer-
lea" has been spoken and written with
evidently respectful intentions for sew
eral years. While referring to each
other in contemptuous terms, peoples of
the Old World, though urging America
to do that which seems. unwise to her
citizens and public officials, have SO con-
sistently refrained from disrcspectful
criticism of her course as to present an
international situation in striking con-
trast with that described by the tone of
rather supercilious tolerance in which
European politicians of an early cay
alluded to this new land of the west.
In that earlier time this nation was
looked upon as an experimental futile,
foolish experiment at that. Our institu-
tons could not endure; our civilization,
or such parts of it as were untried by
older peoples. would 1anguish and die.
Then we were in the ttroes of national
birth; we were in trouble, and it was
largely of Our own making.
Now the Old World is in trouble, and
America. the great experiment, is the
only large country on earth whose peo-
pie are not living in the shadow of
monstrous fear-the only people who
are not suffering from the enervating
effects of violent passions uncurbed.
One cannot read European publica-
ton, or dispatch reporting speeches on
international affairs by foreign states
men, without encountering some anxious,
respectful allusion to the United States.
Personally some of the Europeans have
no love for US; some of them are I'M
grateful for the help we gave them in
the world war. But in their formal ex-
pressions they betray no contempt for
the nation that refuses to pull their
chestnuts out of the fire.
Although this wholesome attitude on
their part has been made apparent in
many ways, perhaps no single incident
in the last decade has exemplified it so
impressively and Complementary as did
the expressions of sympathy and con-
Germ that the suddenly contracted illness
of President Harding evoked. The story
was told in brief by recent news
headline: eyes of the World on Hard
ing's Sick Room"
From many quarters of the earth came
messages expressing anxious hope for the
Presidents speedy recovery. Doubtless
Mr.. Harding himself would have been
the last to attach greatest importance
to the personal application of these mes
sages. He, as President, represented
America. However, the personal ele-
ment was not to be ignored entirely. Mr..
Harding himself had gained the respect
of European courts.
1t might be vain to speculate upon
the feeling which foreign peoples would
have toward the United States had this
nation yielded to the manifold petitions
that have been addressed to it in behalf
of countries seeking to involve us in their
peculiar affairs. But if familiarity breeds
contempt among nations as well as
among individuals, then one may easily
understand why the nations of Europe
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07

A Texas farmer has evolved Super
cantaloupe" said to be the finest melon
ever grown. Nobody but Texas melon
grower would even think of trying to
improve on a contaloupe
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07

Daily only average. .27,342
Sunday only average. .....30,1bs
The above totals and averages for paid cir
cuiation exclusive of all spoiled copies and any
copies Of nature.
We hereby that the foregoing statement Of
paid circulation is correct
n. c. BROWN.
Circulation Manacer.
! Q. L. BUCHANAN.
Business Manager.
sworn and subscribed before me this and day Of
August. A D., 1928.
: FRED J. BONNER JR.,
Notary Public.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07
Where to Go
Motion Pictures.

Motion Pictures.
Palace" Cordelia the Magnificent.
Empire-"One Exciting Night"
Princess-"A Daughter of Lux
ury."
Notwithstanding Logan in, Java
Head"
Battle-Ground Talmadge in, The
Heart of Wetona."
Musical Comedy.
Grand-"The Girl in Red"