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A Perilous Journey

BASIN.-Len Murphy. who knows
the Big Horn canyon as well as any
other man. tells us that he would
never undertake a trip through that
anyon in the manner proposed by
Ted" Huntington and Charlie Nc
Eachron.
In the winter of 1904. Mr.. Murphy
went through that canyon with a sur
veying party. and at various times
since that he has been a close OBJ
server of conditions as they exist in
the high water OF the summer
months. He gives It as his opinion
that no boat can survive in the rapids
of the canyon and believes tho boys
cannot get through alive.
He points u that It has been only
a few years since two young men at
tempted n similar trip and their
bodies were picked up later by the
Indians at the other end OF the
canyon.
Mr.. Murphy says that the great
boulders which have dropped into the
canyon in narrow places make the
trip an impossible one. in places the
canyon narrows down to but a few
feet and in such places the walls arc
very high. At the point where the
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Loss in Sweetness

BAsIN.-As part of the damage of
the floods of the first of the week.
Oliver Hover. who has had about
two hundred warns OF bees located
near Hyattville. lost one hundred
colonies n all the honey. Not only
is the loss of the bees very heavy.
but there is a considerable damage
to the colonies left standing because
wa,cr got in the bottom and hal will
make Almost a complete loss OF the
contents. About one thousand POUNDS
of honey was los and 1t is now scat
tered along the bank of Paint Rock,
filled with sand and mud. no part Of
which al be saved. except the little
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High Water Damage

RIVERTON.-Two and two-tenths
inches of water fell on Tuesday night
in the vicinity OF the Diversion dam
on the Riverton project, and the re-
sultlng high waters. augmented by
cloud bursts further UP the Big
Wind. caused much damage to the
work in progress there.
The waters broke out $50 yards of
canal lining on the upper side of the
big ditch, and washed probably 1000
yards of gravel into the ditch. At
another point where the forms were
in and all was in readiness for the
placing of concrete. the waters filed
a trench 20 feet deep and over 200
feet long. with mud. sag brush and
debris of various kinds. This will
have to be cleaned out. the forms re
placed and the work all done over
again.
The Reclamation bridge across Dry
creek was taken put by the waters.
but on Thursday night this had been
replaced by n structure that would
serve all local purposes.
1t viii require about three weeks.
with the large force OF men and mod
ern equipment OF the Reclamation
Service. to replace the damage done.
and the cost of doing so will amount
to in the neighborhood of SIS 900, it
is estimated.
At first reports 1t was estimated
thai the damage done would be
greatly in excess of this amount.
The water in Dry creek. near the
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If the price of wheat is advanced there may be
acreage in other crops in order to grow wheat
II the price of wheat is relatively low, it is reason
ably certain that the acreage in wheat will be re-
duced, but if the price is made relatively high and
the acreage very likely will not be reduced, and in
that case the farmers who borrow money TO hold
their wheat will depend to some extent upon how
high the price is raised.
OF course, if wheat production of this country
was reduced TO the point where importations would
be required, the protection tariff of 30 cents per
bushel would become effective on the price, but
1t probably would become effective also on the
voters of the non-wheat producing states, with the
result that it would come off after the next cleo
non Our tariff policies have not been free from
inconsistencies in the past, but we have never yet
gone so far as to combine a protective duty with
an artificial restriction of home production. The
argument for a protective tariff is that it pro-
notes the general welfare by developing home in
dustry and increasing production.
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By Fox

Devils canyon empties into the Big
Horn he says the walls OF the canyon
are half a mile high.
From the mouth of Crooked creek
to the other side OF the canyon It is
26 miles and every mile of it is bad
going. Mr.. Murphy says he never
heard of anybody going through the
canyon during the high water of sum
mer time.
And yet these intrepid young fell
lows-Huntington and McEachron-
have their boa built and all plans
made for leaving Basin a little after
the first OF the month for this great
adventure.
And just by way of hurting defiance
into the fac of Fate. they have
placed on the PROV of their boat the
number "13."
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST l, 1928.

upon a large wild cat with four
young ones. Quietly they peat a re-
treat for the Alleman ranch. where
they procured a rifle and returned.
They found old Mrs. Cat all right
and promptly shot her, as well as
three of the kittens, but saved one to
bring home. After a great deal of
trouble they finally managed to cap
ture the little n and brought it
home.
Those who have seen the kitten,
which is now shedding. state that 1t
bears a striking resemblance to the
Canadian lynx, which is a rare anil
NAL in this part of the country.
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Withholding the Wheat

The proposal Of the American Farm Bureau
Federation to withhold 100000, 900 bushels of wheat
from market by means of loans negotiated through
the new Intermediate banks or other banks, has
two merits ms compared with the proposal for
government purchase. It does not contemplate
direct aid from the public treasury and it includes
o plan for curtailing production. Any plan for
regulating prices must of necessity include a plan
for regulating production, for the natural law of
supply and demand rules over all other laws in
the domain Of prices. If it is possible 10
control supply It is possible to work In
harmony with the law of supply and demand. The
Federation has a large membership, and since tho
farmers who are to supply the wheat pledged for
the loans will retain ownership and receive adj.
rances only partially covering its value, they will
DC interested in curtailing wheat production next
year. The cooperation OF these farmers therefore
seems TO be assured. The question remains.
whether their cooperation is sufficient to make the
plan a success. The object is to raise the price,
and the higher the price is raised the greater will
be the temptation for all other formers, lot alone
in this country hut in all wheat growing countries.
20 SOW more wheat. As it appears. other coun.
tries nave had a large part in creating the wheat
surplus, Canada particularly, and Canada NAV
easily Increase her acreage In wheat. Furthermore
prices Of other agricultural products are low, and
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Community Building

ELK BASIN.-Material for a COM.
munity building at. Elk Basin is being
supplied by the Baldwin Lumber and
Hardware company. The building is
being erected for the Midwest Rein
ing company es a recreation center
for its employees, and will contain an
auditorium for picture shows and
other entertainments, billiard and
pool room. a dance hall. besides
Longing and reading rooms, etc.
The Home Construction company Of
Edgar vas awarded the labor con-
tract.
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A Wildcat Family

KEMMERER. = Norval Reynolds
and Winton Alleman, OF Cokeville,
sons OF Mrs. Efie Alleman, and
grandsons of Attorney and Mrs. N.
w. Reynolds of Kemmerer. were
scouting in the hills east of Cokeviile
one day last week. when they came
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Reclamation bridge, was up high
Monday night and then receded.
When 1t rained again on Tuesday it
reached a depth Of over 20 feet 1t
hat point.
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Salespeople wanted all or part time.
Call at 232 East Second. Beckling.
II Bleg.
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and factories. The business of it's fac
tories amounts to $6,000,000 per an
mum, and 1t makes a net profit of 5
per cent and a gross profit Of Z OF 8
per cent This wholesale organization
Is made up of representatives elected
by the retail cooperative associa-
tions. 1t has no Individual or personal
owners. and it's profits all go to the
retail societies. So far am told that
none of the stockholders have had to
put up any money for their shares in
this wholesale association. Each re-
tail association, after careful investi-
cation, is allowed to subscribe for a
certain amount Of the stock, and the
subscription is carried on the books
until the profits pay for It. The
liability. of course, is supposed to
hold good.
DURING my stay here I have gone
- through the buildings of this big
wholesale cooperative association.
They are situated near the wharves
and the railroad cars come right to
the factories, SO that freight is most
economically handled. This associa-
tion sells no feeding stuffs, grain or
farm tools, which are cared for by
other associations. The establish
ment is much like a wholesale de-
partment store, with about 1000 local
stores scattered over Denmark.
In the sample rooms I was shown
every sort of household utensil and
all kinds of things in wood, china and
glass. There were ready wear
goods of all kinds, dolls and toys for
the Christmas tree, and even cameras
and opera glasses. A large building
is devoted to seeds of everything
from clover to wheat, rye and oats;
and especially TO rutabagas, and man
gel-wurzeI beets, both of which form
a large part of the food for the cattle.
Another great building is filled with
coffee and tea. the establishment hav-
ing Its own coffee roasters. and
third has large force making shoes.
The latter covers about an acre, mad
was equipped by the United Shoe Ma
chinery Company Of America. The
shoes turned out are of every grade
and style, from those of coarse hide
to fine high-heel shoes for women.
The workmanship IS excellent and the
prices are considerably lower than in
the United States.
The society has also factories for
making candy and chocolate, tobacco,
cigars and cigarettes. 1t has chemical
works 1t makes hosiery and ready
made clothing, and also bicycles and
soap.
One of the most important factories
of this wholesale association is de-
voted to margarine. an article which
takes the place of butter for most of
the people of Denmark. Although the
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imported wire-h haired fox terrier. To
show the gameneSS of this little dog, I
will mention an incident that happened
at the Tom James annual bear hunt in
the cane brakes of the Tallahatchie in
1917. Avent was hunting his pack and
I was handling the pack that belonged
to Mr.. Rainey. Avent jumped bear.
The Avent pack and the thirty dogs Of
the Rainey pack were turned in and
the bear did not get far when he was
shot by Thomas McHenry.
Clyde Morton, who was assisting me,
happened to be much nearer to where
the bear was killed than ! was, so
shouted to him to hurry to the spot and
see if all of our dogs were there.
When ! arrived some few minutes
later he informed me they were all there
but Fannie and Frisco. The latter was
a wire-haired terrier. Fannie was a
hound and ] had mistrusted for some
time that she was not fond Of bear and
1 was not at all surprised at her not
being there but I could not understand
what had become of Frisco.
X x i. x
4 S we stood looking at the bear the
"A dogs were still barking and tug
ging at him. One of the party said, 81
wonder if the bullet went clear through
him." so we rolled the bear over and
there was Frisco underneath. hanging
to the side of the bear, shaking and
growing fiercely. He was SO close
alongside the bear when he was shot
that the bear fell on top of him and the
game little dog grabbed hold and hung
on. Evidently he seemed to think that
he was holding the bear down for the
other dogs to kill.
Many good fighting dogs may be
found among cur dogs and other breeds
not mentioned, but as a rule none Of
them can be depended upon to be turned
loose and hunt, but must be kept at
heel until the trail is very hot, or bet
ter. until after the game has been
jumped by the hounds. They may then
be turned in and are of great assistance
In bringing the game to bay or tree.
Copyright, 1921
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the cattle can be grazed in the fields.
and for the seven other they must be
kept in the barns and stall-fed. The
country is SO thickly settled that
there is not enough land to raise hay
or grain for the animals, and a great
part of the feed is brought in from
the United States and other coun-
tries. Every week ships from New
York bring grain and especially corn
and cottonseed meal cakes as food
for the cattle, and in addition there
have to be tank food, bonedust ard
other articles which lead to-the pro-
duction of eggs. Every farmer knows
the feeding value of all he buys,
while through the cooperative asso-
Citations the purchases are made at
wholesale prices and so distributed
that the farmers practically elimi-
nate the middle man and have all the
profits themselves.
1t is the same with the selling.
There are cooperative egg societies,
cooperative butter societies and CO.
operative bacon societies through
e.
These societies have their agencies
and branch houses scattered over
Denmark and their representatives
In London and all the chief markets
In this way farmers get the highest
prices for everything, while their
rules require that the products be
standardized and of an even good
nf
ers. more than 244,O0O belong to these
selling societies. There are fifteen CO.
operatives devoted to the purchase of
goods, and they have 10000 members.
There are 100 breeding societies in
terested in the various kinds of stock
from chickens to cattle. The net bust
ness of the cooperative societies OF
the country amounts to a quarter OF a
billion dollars a year. and there is a
bakers dozen of credit associations
which have outstanding loans to the
amount of more than $500. 100000.
The farmers buy all their goods
through the wholesale associations.
and the goods are distributed through
retail cooperative societies in such a
way that the farmers get the profit
made on ell their own purchases.
There are about 100 of these retail
cooperative stores with a total mem
bership Of 100000. This means that
there is about one store membership
to every two families. or twice as
many as in England, and three times
as many as in Germany. according TO
the population. There is one of these
cooperative stores i'll every village,
and hundreds of them are scattered
throughout the country.
The cooperative wholesale society
here in Copenhagen sells in the neigh
borhood of s25,00O,0O0 worth of goods
per year. It has acres of warehouses
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get caught at once. unless especially
quick on his feet.
There is probably larger percentage
of good dogs to be found among are-
daleS than any other one breed, yet II
is surprising to note what a very small
percentage of this the best breed is
able to qualify for first class fighting.
The percentage. of good airedales, or
any other breed for that matter, could
be made much greater If they were
used as hunting dogs. Unfortunately
only a very few ever have an opportu-
nifty to hunt. They are now bred large
ly for show purposes. pets and watch
dogs, and the best hunters are not al
ways used to breed from.
Collies would make wonderful big
game dogs II bred for that purpose. The
ordinary country shepherds make splen-
did fighting dogs. The percentage Of
good ones among this breed comes very
near equaling the airedales. We tried
seven or eight Of these dogs in Africa
that were picked up on different farms
in southern Illinois and every one Of
them made good.
T PICKED up a small white shepherd
i in a mining town near Steamboat
Springs, Colorado, in July. 1919. He was
first put in with the dogs and trained
on. a tame bear, and in September of
the same year was entered in the Rainey
pack and started in actual hunting.
As soon rs the first bear was killed
we noticed this dog go to one side and
lie down. We thought by his actions
that he had been injured, but soon
found out that he was simply exhausted.
Scott league saw the pack fighting the
bear and said that Diamond (the white
shepherds name), in a minute or two
that he saw them, fought the bear close
in from different sides and once or
twice jumped clear over the bears back.
]. NJ. Avent had an extra good fight
ing dog that was caught in a steel trap.
He grew up wild in the Forked Deer
bottom. One Of the best fighters ever
saw was a greyhound. On moro than
one occasion / have seen him Just a few
feet in front Of running lion, barking
back at him over his shoulder.
Although q greyhounds nose is not
supposed to be very good, I have seen
this dog lead the pack by fifty to two
hundred yards while we were training
on pet lions at Nairobi. He would run
the trail at top speed, and I never saw
him overrun 1t. Another good one was
q black English imported retriever. No
one ever saw a gamer or faster fighter.
The best small dog ever saw was an
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the hunt in very short time. They
cannot make out the cold scent and
are continuously running out in front,
carrying the hounds off the trail.
They run along, continually on the
watch to see what 1t Is the hounds
are after, and will invariably brea k
out after the first thing they see
move, carrying the hound with them.
No dog can be used for this work ex-
cept steady. cold trailing hounds. All
others must be kept on lead until the
game has been jumped. They can
then be turned in and do good. use
full work IN barking and baying the
game, helping out the hounds and
relieving them of much. hard work.
1t is much easier to train dogs on
lions in Africa than for bear hunting
in the United States. The reason is
that there are thousands of gazelles,
bucks and antelopes OF different kinds
in Africa, making it far less difficult
to break the dogs from running them
than would be the case II they were
scarce as deer in this country.
For this work the trainer will need
at least two assistants that are good
horsemen. and they should be well
mounted.
The first thing is to break the dogs
so they will pay no more attention to
any kind of buck than they would to as
many cattle.
The trainer rides along with a. few
dogs at heel, allowing two or three to
cast out and hunt, the assistants rid
ing wide, one on each side. The dogs
are allowed to range out and hunt,
and if any of them starts trailing a
buck Or goes after one in sight
race, the assistant on that side must
ride him down and turn him back to
the trainer.
The trainer should blow his horn
to help the dog to locate him, and the
assistant should ride close behind
cracking his whip until the dog has
reached the trainer.
This must be kept up until all OF
the dogs will range out among game
without chasing any of 1t.
Then the pet lions will come into
use. The best way is to make cage
with iron bars for the front, draw
the cage with the lions in it to the
place you wish to start. unload the
lions and draw the empty crate three
or four miles, as the case may be, to
where the chase is to end.
The lions are led around where the
game is the thickest, and a couple
Of boys with arms full! Of white flags
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~ most difficult. Very few
sportsmen who have the skill are
willing to undertake the labor neces-
sary.
By big game Il mean bear and
mountain lions in the United States
and Canada; bear, mountain lions and
jaguars in Mexico: lions, leopards and
cheetahs in Africa; tigers and leop-
ards in India, China. and other places.
Sportsmen who have broken a pack
of dogs to hunt big game success
fully are very few. ] think I would
be safe in saying the total number
in this country could be counted upon
the fingers of one hand.
Paul Rainey Of Cotton Plant, Miss,
is one Of the very best on this conti-
nent He devotes much time to his
dogs, is a hard worker and per-
sistent hunter. His dogs are given
every advantage possible and he
always has good pack. At present
there is no doubt about his having
the best pack of big-game dogs in
America.
Mr. Rainey was the only sportsman
to train dogs to hunt lions in Africa
successfully. although it has been
tried many times before and since his
African hunt.
There are few who have had dogs
Of the fighting type, such as aire-
dales or South African boar hounds,
which would go in and bark at a
lion in his lair and either bay or
drive him out to where a shot could
be had, and which have also been
used to good advantage in driving out
dongas.
A donga may be a water course
during the rainy season, but is mostly
dry, with occasional pools of water,
in the dry season. There are always
trees and clumps of thick bushes
along the dongas, offering a cover
and hiding place for animals, and the
ones to take advantages Of these
places are mostly carnivorous.
Fighting dogs of different breeds
have been used with good results in
working out places of this kind.
When it comes to hound work-lay-
ing dogs on a lions trail where he
has passed, perhaps, several hours
before-there is a different class of
hunting, and no dogs have ever done
this work successfully except those
that belonged to Mr. Rainey.
The hounds must, nrst a Ill, be
trained to pick - ths hoa's track
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Eyes, indeed" gurgled Mabel. II can
read William like a book
'How foolish" piped Dotte. spite
fully, II wouldn't strain my eyes over
such small type.''-Exchange.
Polands new president, NJ. Mccoy
slaw Wojciechowski, will be lucky
If he's not assassinated by some mad
dened linotype operator-Southern
Lum herman.
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and trail it away, paying no attention
to the hyenas and jackals which sur
round the remains of his food, whence
the start is usually made. and no at
tention to any other trail.
The lion lies up for the day from
one to ten miles. from his kill. The
hunters must be we'll mounted and
keep in sight or hearing of the
hounds.
The trail often leads through hun
dreds Of head of game, such as
gazelles, antelopes and zebras. The
hounds. must be trained to pay no
more attention to any of these than
they would to as many cattle.
L have seen bucks startled by a
horseman. make a wild rush for the
plains or. cover, run straight toward
the pack of trailing hounds and. on
account Of high grass, not see them
until only a few feet away, then jump
clear over the trailing dogs without
affecting them in the least.
In this class Of hunting the fighting
dogs can never be turned in with
the trailing hounds. They should be
in the charge of strong native boys,
who follow the trailing hounds with
the fighting dogs in leash. recount
ed in previous article the heroism
Of one of these boys, who let two
dogs lead him right up to lion, re-
fusing to release the leash because he
had been instructed to hang on until
told to free them.
Some of these boys are able to run
so rapidly that they can keep in
sight or hearing Of the hounds and
hunters for several miles.
If the lions go a long distance be-
fore lying up for the day, one of the
hunters usually rides little behind
to keep the boys coming in the right
direction.
When the lion is jumped, the signal
is given and the boys turn in the
fight dogs. Whoever has remained
behind, directing the boys. now starts
in a gallop toward the hounds, the
fighting dogs following behind
AS soon as the fighters can hear
the hounds the horseman stops his
horse and allows them to pass on to
the pack.
II the cover is a large one, the lion
will make good run, provided he is
not too old and heavy, and will try
his very best to outrun or hide from
the dogs. making the chase most in
teresting and exciting.
X y * y
|T>HE fighting dogs should never be
i turned in on cold trail, for the
chances are that they will break up
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Center of Speech.
DISTINGUISHED autho

A DISTINGUISHED authority in
such matters recently described
the inherited naturs Of sight-handed
ness in man. He also made some verS
interesting statements about the loca
ton, in the brain, of the center OF
speech. In all right handed persons
this center is on the left side of the
brain. But in left-handed persons
the speech is shifted to the other side,
so that, as this scientist says, 'the
left t-handed speak from the right
brain"
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the Word-Thee Money Crops Bacon Butter and Eggs Handled by Great Cooperative
Mus Up dn Farmers Are
Mechanics and Often Good stR Railroads. Not Make Money But HaulPs
senger and dFeighas hplya Possible