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The Snowflake herald., 1923-03-09
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mormon" Peters carefully shifted
his weighty bulk in the chair that he
dared not tilt, gazing dreamily at the
saw-toothed mountains shimmering In
the distance, shifting luxuriously the
scent of sage.
''They oughter spell Arizona with
three 'C's,'" he said.
"Why?" asked Sandy BOurke, wip
ing the superfluous oil from the re-
volver he was meticulously cleaning
"'Count of Climate, Cactus, Cattle
an Coyotes
Maxim four, stead Of three" said
the managing partner of the Three
Star ranch.
Came a grunt from "SOda-Water"
Sam as he put down his harmonica, on
which he had been playing 'The Cow
boys Lament" with variations.
1t was Sunday afternoon on the
Three Star rancheria. The three part
ners, saddle-chums for years, ever
Texas and Arizona as the Three Mus,
keteers of the Range" sat on the
porch of the ranch house, discussing
business and lighter matters. One
year before they had pooled theii
savings and Sandy Bourke, youngest
Of the three and most aggressive, cool
est and swiftest Of action, had glori
ously bucked the faro tiger and won
enough to buy the Three Star ranch
and certain rights of free range. The
purchase had not included the brand
of the late owner. Originally the
holding had been called the Two-Bar-P.s
AS certain cattlemen were not want.
ing who had knack of appropriating
calves and changing the brands of
steers, Sandy had been glad enough
in his capacity of business manager,
to change the name Of the ranch and
brand. Two-Bar-P was too easily al
tered to H-B, UP, U-B, O-P, or 4 :
a score Of combinations hard to prove
as forgeries.
There had been lengthy argument
concerning the new name. Three Star.
so Soda Water Sam-whOse nickname
was satirical-Opined, smacked of the
saloon rather than the ranch, but it
was finally decided on and the brand
ing irons duly made.
Sandy BOurke had dark brown hair
inclined to be curly, a tendency he
offset by frequent clipping OF his
thatch. The Sobriquet of SANDY" re-
ferred TO his grit. He was broad
shOuldered, tall and lean, weighing o
hundred and seventy pounds of well
strung frame. His eyes were gray
and the lids sun-puckered his deeply
tanned skin showed the freckles Oh
face and hands as faint inlayS: his
long, timber legs were slightly bowed
Not so the curve OF Soda Water
Sans legs You could pass small
keg between the latter's knees with.
out interference. Otherwise Sam
whose last name was Manning, was
mainly distinguished by his enormous
The Snowflake herald., 1923-03-09
MUST HAVE PHYSICIANS
HEALTH CERTIFICATE TO
WE'D In WYOMING

Hereafter citizen of Wvom-
ing who applies for a marriage
licence must exhibit a physicians
certificate giving the applicant
a clean bill of health before it
will be issued to him. That is
good so far as it goes. But all
he has to do to evade this law is
to go into another state. The
country needs a uniform law for
marriage and divorce in all the
states, and the only way to get
it is thru constitutional amend
ment.
The Snowflake herald., 1923-03-09


already seen much Of the world when
he became a correspondent in 1885, COW
ering the Spanish-American war. Two
years later he was employed as a syn
dicate correspondent in California. Ha-
waii and Asia. BY 1907 he had decided
that the American continent, especially
the western part of 1t, could furnish
more varied experiences and was more
to his liking than any other portion of
the globe
During a brief period he was editor
of the Sunset Magazine In San
Francisco, but found that western at
fractions and life in the timbered sec
tions, the mining regions and the
cattle country had more appeal for
him than the editorial chair. He
started to visit the colorful places
and to write about them. He has
written descriptive articles, hunting
and fishing stories and many novels
of romance and adventure. The latter
cover various phases of western life
and include sea stories ranging from
the coast of Mexico to Japan and to
the Arctic ocean.
"Rimrock Trail breathes the spirit
of the real West, the excitement Of
mining camp and cowboy life, the in
spiration Of the mountains and the
mystery OF the desert reaches. 1t
introduces the manhood and woman
hood of the country and the strange
combination of courage and humor-
the ability to crack joke In the face
of death-which characterizes its &C
tive spirits. The three cowboy pals
who figure so prominently in the tale
are fit to go along with the immortal
guardsmen of Dumas, while their
mascot, Molly, is a veritable western
rose. Sandy Bourke is as handy a
two-gun man as DArtagnan was a
swordsman. +
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plan Fine African Roadway.

For several years work has been In
progress on a roadway to encircle
the entire peninsula at the southern
extremity OF South Africa, on which
Capetown Is situated. The roadway
Is now completed, and at the opening
ceremonies, last May, 1t was claimed
to be the finest marine drive in the
world, surprising even the famous
Corniche road, at MentOne, in the
south Of France. The road Is 125
miles long. and for most of its length
Is hewn in the rocky sides OF the
mountains that tower over the entire
sea coast of the cape.-Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
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A NoN-PARTIsAN NEWSPAPERS
Kidding Snowflake
of the Flies

Only success can be the
outcome of such hard work
as that which is being put
forth by all in cleaning up
places that will inhabit the
fly. The cleanup work is
progressing with much vigor.
Much other important work
is being laid aside by the
residents to put their efforts
in the present campaign
against the fly. Already
the improvement is very
noticeable about the town.
Teams and wagons are kept
busy hauling off refuse taken
from corrals and unclean
yards. There are no such
things as idle shovels, rakes
or pitchforks. Every avail
able tool is put to work IN
cleaning mp Snowflake. The
problem of time" has been
solved. Many of those who
thought that "time" could
not be found are either
hiring the cleanup work
done on their place or putt
ing in "over time" to do it.
1t will be very commend
able to our town when the
last bit of refuse is removed
and the fly, with it's untiring
job of spreading disease,
finds that he has no home in
Snowflake.
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he said. "We'll tend to F. Casey,
soon's we've tended TO you. You
need fixin if you're goin' to take US
to him. You'll have to hoOf it till we
cut fair trail. Sam, fetch me some ad-
hesiye will you? An then saddle up;
Pronto fo' me, hawSs TO yoreself an
rope spare mount"
Sam went into the house for the
medical tape, then TO the corral. Sandy
bathed the raw pads softly, cut
patches of the tape with his knife,
put them on the abrasiOns held them
there for the warmth of his palm to
set them. Grit licked at his hands
whenever they were in reach, his
Frightening eyes full of understanding,
shifting to watch Sam striding to the
corral
zone thing about sheepman Is
allus good" said Mormon His dawg
Reckon you aim on me tendin, the
ranch, Sandy?"
"COme if you want to-"
'"rwo's plenty, l reckon. / do more
ridin' through the week than l care
to nowadays. I'll stick to the chair"
"PrOd up Pedro to git some hot
water ready. Keep kittle b'ilin'.
No tellin' what time wen git back"
said Sandy.
He pressed the dog on it's side, in
the shade, and went into the house.
Mormon followed him. Grit watched
them disappear, gave little whine
of impatience, accepted the situation
philOsophically as he listened to
sounds from the corral that told him
of horses being caught, and dropped
his head on the dirt, lying relaxed,
eyes closed, gaining strength against
the return trip.
Sam rode to the porch on his roam,
Sandy's pinto and gray mare lead
ing, and tiled them to the ground"
with trailing reins as Sandy came
out bearing pan of food, a package
and a leather case.
He coaxed the collie to eat the food
from his hand while Sam brought the
whisky.
Load my guns, Mormon" he re-
quested.
Mormon did it without comment.
The two blued Colts were as much d
part of Sandy's working outfit as his
belt, or the bride of his horse. Sam
bucliled on his own cartridge belt. hol-
ster and pistol, fixed his spurs, tied
the package of food to his saddle,
filed two canteens and did the same
with them. Sandy offered the pan Of
water to Grit, who drank in business
like fashion, assured of the success
of his mission. He stood up squarely
on his legs, eased by the plastering
They were only tired now.
AS Sandy and Sam mounted, the
latter leading the gray mare, Grit ran
ahead of them and came back to make
certain they were following. Then he
headed for the spot in the mesquite
whence he had emerged, marking the
opening of narrow trail. The horses
broke into lope, the TWO men, the
three mounts, and the dog, off on
their errand of mercy.
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SpeederS Will Be
Stopped

Every citizen of the town
must get busy and cooper
ate with the officers and
stop the speeding of motor
vehicles within the city
limits. This useless speed
ing has reached it's peak of
annoyance to every law abid-
ing citizen of Snowflake.
The breaking of the speed
law cannot be tolerated in
any town. There are a few
persons nthis town it seems,
who take a delight in "show-
ing off, If they knew how
foolish to others their speed
ing seemed and how they
are jeopardizing your and
the other mans child they
might stop it. But it is
useless to try to show them
by talking. The next and
only thing to do, is to report
them to the local officers and
demand that these ignorant
law breakers be educated by
imposing upon them a heavy
line. It's got to be done--or
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The dog licked his hand, whIned
again, tried to stand up, failed, sue
ceeded with the aid of friendly fin
gers in its ruff and eagerly Tapped a
few mouthfuls.
Again 1t seized the tassel and
pulled, looking up into Sandy's face
imploringly.
"Somethin' wrong" said the man
ager of the Three Star. "Tryin' to
tell us about it. All right, OF feller,
you drink some more watch. Let me
look at that paw" He gently took the
foot that clawed at his chaps and OK.
amined it. The paw was worn TO the
quick, bleeding. "COme out of the
Bad lands he said. looking toward
the range. Through Pyramid pass.
likely"
Sandy rolled the dog on his side and
found the other pads in the same con.
dition. Running his fingers beneath
the, ruff. scratching gently In sign of
friendship, he discovered leather
collar with brass tag, rudely en-.
graved, the lettering worn but ,ee.
ible.
GRIT. Prop. P, Casey"
"They sure named you right. son /"
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CHAPTER II
Casey.


The two men followed the dog
across the flats, through mesquite,
through chaparral to barren slopes set
with strange twisted shapes of cac.
tus. When it became apparent that
Sandy's hazard had hit the mark, as
they entered the de1ile that made
entrance for Pyramid pass, the only
path across the Cunlbre range to tIie
Bad lands beyond, Sandy reined i'll,
c0aXed up Grit, resentful almost sus-
picious OF any halt, lifting the collie
to the saddle in front of him. Crit
protested and the pinto plunged, but
Sandy's persistence, the s0othe of his
steady voice, persuaded the dog at
last to accommodate itself as best it
could, helped by Sandy's one arm,
sometimes with two as Sandy, riding
with knees welded to Prontos with
ers, dropping reinS over the saddle
horn, left the rest to the horse.
Il hgger we got some distance yet,
he saId to Sam. ''Dawg was goln
steady as Il woOdchuck ten mile from
water. Reckon my guess was right
he wore his pads out crossin' the lava
beds, though what IN time any homDre
who amt plumb loco is trapeSin
round there 1Or, beats he. Reckon
this +. Casey is prospector, Sam.
One of them half crazy old-timers,
nosin round tryin' to pick UP lost
leads. Them fellers is born with hope
an it's the last thing to leave en-"
Hopes good nawss," said Sam.
But it sure needs Luck TO runnln
mate"
You said it." Sandy relapsed into
silence.
AT the far end of the pass the dog
struggled to get down.
III let him give us lead" said
Sandy, soon as we hit the lava. We
can toller his trail that fur. Sit tight.
SON." Grit whined but subsidized under
the restraining hands.
Sandy took the lead, bending from
the saddle, reading the trail that Grit's
paws had left in the alkali and sand.
Once the dogs tracks led aside to
scnmmy puddle, saucered by alkali,
dotted with the spoor of desert ami
mails that drank the bitter water in
extremity. Then it ran straight to a
wide reef Of lava. Sandy set down
the collie. Grit ran fast across the
pitted surface, ahead of the horses.
waiting for them to cross the lava.
They had hard work to get him to
come to hand again, but he gave in at
last to the knowledge that they would
not go on otherwise.
The two riders went silently on at
a steady walking gait.
Never see a prospector with dawg
afore," said Sam at last. An that a
sheep dawg"
"Dawg 'ud be apt to tucker out In
desert travel" agreed Sandy. "Mean
one more mouth fo' water"
He. like Sam, speculated on the
kind OF man j. Casey-if it was
Casey they were atter-might be. II
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someone will be killed
Which do you prefer?

The steam and electric
railroad owners are bowling
about the automobile putt
ing them out of business.
Had they been a little more
visionary and striven a little
harder to give the public
better servece, perhaps folks
would not have been forced
to buy automobiles if they
really wanted to get any
where.
Prominent eastern society
women are demanding that
women's skirts be lowered
to the shoe tops. 1t
is not stipulated however
whether it is the top or bot
tom they would lower.
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Americans travel for pleasure, Gel
mans for business. but Englishme

but Englishmen
travel for ad-
venture. It was
adventure that
lured Joseph AL
Ian Dunn from
his ma tive home
In London to be
q world traveller
and a spectator
and recorder of
world events. A
graduate of OK
ford university,
where he spe-
cialized in liter
ature. he was
able to forward
his ambition via
journalism and
authorship.
Mr nYiun had
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hampering to the logical and legiti-
mate growth to which the motor We
hicle Is entitled. 1t believes that the
best interests Of all concerned will be
best served by general taxation for
highway construction and special
taxation of motor vehicles for high
way maintenance.
Every tax that is levied against
the automobile eventually comes out
of the pocket of the consumer" said
NJ o. Eldridge, executive chairman of
the American Automobile Association
The widespread use of the auto
mobile has placed small cars in the
hands of thousands who can Ill afford
to pay an additional tax and who
should not be required to pay special
taxes while vast properties owned by
men of wealth, which automatically
increases in value through the build
ing of these same good roads. are not
required to pay any special taxes.
For instance. suburban real estate
developments have f1ourished near all
cities as a direct result of the in
creased growth of the automobile and
property which could readily be
bought for $500 an acre a few years
back is now selling for $4,000 and
$4,000 an acre through subdivision
into lots. The good roads which many
legislators presume to charge to the
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and in a manner to meet these needs
1t Is pointed out that every tax as
sessed against an automobile, with
the exception of the personal prop
erty tax, is a special tax and the au-
tomobile is subjected to greater
percentage of these kind Of taxes
than any other one class of property
Development of good roads and
their maintenance during the days Of
the animal drawn vehicle were
financed through the expenditure of
money taken out of the general
purse, the lawmakers holding that
the whole people benefited by the ex-
penditure of money for such pur-
poses. With the advent of the auto
mobile this view gradually changed
until today every legislator with a
pet bodybuilding scheme for his own
community plans to foist additional
taxes on automobiles throughout the
state in order to raise the necessary
money. Many legislators hold to a
new theory, namely, that motor We
hicle transportation should pay every
penny of the highways burden an
nually.
Regards Theory M Unwiae.
The conference committee regards
such a theory as unwise economically
and entirely unfair and unjustly
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automobile have aided In increasing
the value of that property"
Gasoline Taxes Discussed.
The motor vehicle conference COM
mittee. in discussing gasoline taxes.
declares that gasoline consumption Is
a fairly accurate and practicable
measure of highway use and that a
tax upon this fuel constitutes fair
method of taxation provided it Is not
imposed as a super-tax on all the
other taxes that the motorist Is now
required to pay. 1t is pointed out
that its extension should be opposed
unless the annual proceeds as a single
tax or in conjunction with other taxes
are made to conform to the amount
which properly and equitably should
be levied upon the motor vehicle.
The main consideration, the COM
mittee report concludes, is that ire
spective of the particular form of
special taxation any state may adopt,
the all-important thing is that the
aggregate amount of these special
taxes upon motor vehicles in any one
year shall not be more than Is neces-
sary to maintain the improved high
ways of the state.
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LIMIT OF TAXATION
ON AUTOS IS URGED
Motor Committee Would Base
Assessments on Needs for
b., Highway Upkeep.

Limitation of taxation on automo-
biles to the amounts necessary for
the maintenance of improved high
ways and the administration of state
motor vehicle departments with the
state as the sole taxing agency is
advocated in the report of the motor
vehicle conference committee on
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which is represented the American
Automobile Association, the Motor
and Accessory Manufacturers Asso-
citation, the National Automobile
Chamber CT Commerce. the National
Automobile Dealers Association and
the Rubber Association of America.
Representatives of these five great
national organizations. after care
full study of the taxing situation in
all parts of the United States declare
that federal, state and municipal
lawmakers and governing bodies are
turning to motor vehicle manufac-
ture, sale and use as fertile fields for
raising a big share of the annual
revenues needed to finance govern
mental activities, and in doing this
are placing special taxes on the au-
tomobile, which are rarely based
upon sound theories of economics or
euuity
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Contention Of Committee.

The committee contends that no
money derived from the special tax
alton of the motor vehicle should be
spent for maintenance of highways
unless such highways are located
where the highways transportation
such highways are built of materials
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Cunningham
BECKER BROS.
$50 Michigan Ave.
CheyrOlets
MAZZULLO BROS. GARAGE
1921 Good Hope Road Sc.
ChevrOlets
CHATEL d HEATH
2S42 BlndensburE Road NE.
YOUNG AUTOMOBILE COM
PANY, INC.
1887 18th st.
Haynes
STERLING GARAGE
I741 tombstone Ave.
Stephens
WASHINGTON GARAGE
1912 f st. NV.
MT. PLEASANT REPAIR
SHOP
1921 Mt. Pleasant st,
POWELL MOTOR COMPANY
1921 18th st. NV.
King & Hanson
w. NJ. HICKS MOTORS, INC.
2IO1 18th St.
Earl and Kline Kar
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILES
INC.
1918 18th st. NV.
National
McCIRDY & NacWHORTER
INC.
1925 U st. NV.
Standard
l.. u. BURY MOTOR co.
22O4 Nichols Ave. Sc.
Chevrolet
FRYE MOTOR COMPANY
2O15 18th St. NV.
Liberty
HENDERSON'S GARAGE
1922 Georgia Ave.
CUMMINGS & WILLIS
1926 goth 81.
NEW SOUTHERN GARAGE
1920 ID St. NV.
MT. VERNON GARAGE
1905 ID st. NV.
NATIONAL AUTO REPAIR
AND SUPPLY COMPANY
141S N. Capitol St.
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HAGERSTOWN
Beard Auto Co.

Distributors AZTEC
20 w. Antietam st.
WOOD AUTO SERVICE CO
sos Pennsylvania Ave.
Vefle and Service Trucks
HAGERSTOWN GARAGE
AND TRANSFER CO.
West Franklin st.
Chevrolet and Packard
SALEM AVENUE GARAGE
COZ Salem Ave.
MarmOn
YOUNG MOTOR CAR co.
6O7 w. Warrington st.
Haynes and Liberty
ANTIETAM AUTO SALES CO
AZ e. Warrington st.
Buick
HANCOCK, MD.
HANCOCK GARAGE
Main st.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-09-08
SAFETY CAR AND CONN. LIGHT & POWER TO MEET IN SEMI-FINALS OF STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

Safety Car, New Haven's repre- sentatives in the state industrial base ball championship, will in all proba- bility find worthy opponents in the Connecticut Light & Power team of Waterbury, when they meet next Saturday at Yale Field.
 Looking oyer the visitors lineup, some of the names have familiar sound to them. Gaigan, who was with New Haven at one time, is their first string catcher and they have a fine first baseman in Darlington who was the star of Washington College team Frehrer, who plays the short field, was with Waterbury early in the season. By agreement each team will furnish one umpire and Waterbury will send Tom Lawlor, well known in New Haven both as an umpire and a player, to assist the New Haven representatives on the balls and strikes. The Waterbury players eligi- ble to take part in the state series are as follows:
 Catchers-O'Grihck Gaigan.
 Michigan, Verzier.
 First base-Carring
 Second base-Sheedy.
 Third base-Rof. ... .s .-..
 Shortstop-Freher.
 Left held-Laurensell.
 Center fe1d-McManus.
 Right feld-Mullins
 Utility-Roff, McAuliffe.
The Connecticut labor news., 1923-09-08
INDUSTRIAL TRACK MEET AT YALE FIELD
 THIS AFTERNOON

What promises to be the best track meet in the history of the Industrial Recreation Federation takes place this afternoon at Yale Field at 2 o'clock. #.. C ..e..
 Seventy-fve athletes in the mems division, and s in the girls depart ment will face Billy Queal, the start CT.
 Winchester, Geometric and E. M. Screw have large entry, and one of these three clubs should annex the point trophy. ....
 Geometric is banking on Marks to score a large number of points, while Winchester have entered Fitzsim- mons who should do much toward placing Winchester in the fore.
 The mile relay is another event which has attracted large entry, both Winchester and Geometric en- tering enough runners to start two teams. Seamless Rubber's quartet consists of four of their baseball squad, all fast men, while the same applies to Greist and Eastern Machine Screw. Dunn of Berger Bros, who outdistanced everyone in the shot in Roy Bethke of Geometric, a port side heaver La Flamme, who finish ed fourth in the Bridgeport mile on Labor Day, is favorite for the mile race and should also finish well up in the 88o. Pete Carney has been fortunate in securing all the promin- ent Yale coaches to assist, and given fine weather a record crowd should be on hand.
 Thirteen track and seven field events constitute the program, which is as follows:
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EVENTS AT YALE FIELD
 TODAY.

D. m.-Industrial track meet at Yale track. D. m.-Industrial tennis tourna- ment, Yale courts. 2 p. m.-N. H. Police vs. Sargent & Co.,, Freshman diamond. 2 D. m.-Hartford Kiwanis vs. N. H. Kiwanis, Varsity diamond. p. m.-Connecticut Light & Power vs. Safety Car, Varsity diamond, for state industria, title
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(Continued. on Page Nine.)
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Totals --------.-3I I 27 II Two-base hit, Brazes; left on bases, General Electric 6, Fuller Brush S; stolen bases, Bakos 2, O'Connell; 1; struck out, by Gottesloh 8, by Ko- hert 4; bases on balls, off Leonard 2, off Gottesloh 2, off Kohert I; double plays, Satano to Scrimminger, Koherr, Hayes to Darak; hits, off Leonard 4 in one-third inning, off Gottesloh in 8 2-3 innings.
 Score by innings:
 I2 34 5 678o General Electric 4 3 o-7 Fuller Brush o 0 I-I Game played at Colts Park, Hart ford. Empires, Whalen of Bridge port, Laporte of Hartford Scorers, Issogna of Bridgeport, Harding of New Haven. Time, I hour, 40 min utes.