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The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-11-09
I TALES OF THE
! OLD FRONTIER
/ BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON :
THE STEER BRANDED
. murder, 1889"
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ITO THE cowboys who rode the
= range in West Texas during the
nineties there was one longhorn steer
that was always an object of dread.
He was a big, white fellow with Muir
der, 1889" branded In huge letters on
his left side. His appearance among
their herds brought a chill of terror to
the superstitious, for this steer was
said to have been responsible for the
killing of at least nine men and 1t
was believed that his coming to a
ranch invariably meant another trag-
edy.
The steers sinister history began in
January, 1889, during roundup on
the Leon Cipa ranch in Brewster coun-
ty. In dispute between H. II. Powe
and Elmo Gilliland over the ownership
Of this steer, then yearling, GILL;
land shot POwe and fed. ThereupOn
Powe's cowboys imprinted the grue-
some brand upon the steers hide and
turned him loose on the range.
A short time later JEFF Webb, GILL;
lands nephew, was killed under mys-
terious circumstances near the town
Of Alpine and Gilliland believed that
Sam Taylor, noted desperate, was
responsible for the deed. One night
Taylor was playing poker in saloon
In Alpine when some one fired load
of buckshot through the window,
killing him instantly and MORALLY
wounding an easterner who was sit
ting In the game.
It was In this game that the cow
boys dead mans hand"-aces and
eights-originated, for Taylor had just
won pot with those cards and he
fell dead across the table with them
clutched In his hand. But the strang-
est part Of the affair occurred soon
A big white steer with
Murder, 1889" branded on his side
was sean near the saloon looking med
,tatively through the window where
The fatal shot had been fred.
About six months after Gilliland
killed Powe, he himself was shot down
By two Texas Rangers when he re-
sisted arrest. While the officers were
looking over the scene Of the battle
q steer walked out Of patch Of scrub
oak to where Gilliland lay and stood
uniting at his body. AS 1t turned to
cave the Rangers saw the brand
Murder, 1850" on It's side. BY some
Mysterious coincidence the steer had |
irifted to this spot, rs miles from the
Icene Of It's branding, and was here
It the exact time when Gilliland was
lilled.
After this incident the big longhorn
vas seen at many places where crimes
lad been committed and ignorant Mex
cans Of the country spread the story
hat 1t possessed the spirit Of the dead
5illiland.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-11-09
for Thanksgiving

special sale of high grade table linens just at the time when
table
the yard than usual and would Like bring the stock down
normal before
linens o every description.
Note with Saturday Specs'Ts is to be weekly
designed the number of Seeger Sau
day. These items will be
the day To eligible Saturday Specials
have quality considerably
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-11-09
THE BUSY MAN

If you want to get favor done
By some obliging friend,
And want a promise, safe and sure,
On which you may depend.
Don't go to him who always has
Much leisure time to plan;
But if you want your favor done,
Just ask the busy man.
The man with leisure never has
A moment he can spare.
He's always putting off" until
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-11-09

Women all over the world awaking to the danger
Of going without corsets Modart and Bon Ton Royal
Worster Corsets available here in piabe low bust
styles.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-11-09

His friends are in despair.
But he whose every waking hour
Is crowded full of work,
Forgets the art of wasting time
He cannot stop to shirk.
So when you want favor done,
And want it right away;
Go to the man who constantly
Works twenty-four hours day.
He'll find a moment, sure, somewhere
That has no other use,
And fix you, while the idle man
Is framing an excuse.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-11-09

75c MERCERIZED DAMASKS
SPECIAL SOC
Your choice of several good
designs in 64-inch medium quail
ity mercerized damasks. Regu-
lar 75c value, specially priced
for Thanksgiving needs, at the
yard,
SOC
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-11-09
SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY
ONLY
Domestic Dept.

Extra heavy weight out
ing flannels in either white
or colors, regular ~ inch
width, special for Saturday
only, the yard 19c.
(Limit 10 yards to a GUS
tomer).
HOSIERY DEPT.
The hosiery dept. will sell
childrens standard quality
25c hose in black or brown
in all sizes, special Saturday
only the pair 19c.
SHOE DEPT.
Ladies smart shoes Of fin
est quality black kid, either
military or French heels,
regular $3.50 values, special
for Saturday only $4.9S.
Little Riddles button and
lace shoes in a variety of
good sturdy styles, values
from $1.75 to $3.50. Special
for Saturday only the pair
S1.39.
BOYS DEPT.
Boys knicker pants in a
choice Of good sensible tweed
shades. values from $500 to
$3.50 specially priced for
Saturday only at CSC.
READY TO WEAR DEPT.
Ladies house aprons in
light and dark percales, well
made, nice assortment of
patterns, special for Satur-
day Csc.
UNDERMUSLIN DEPT.
Ladies and Misses fine
quality cotton crepe night
gowns in pretty printed pat
terms, regular s1.50 quality,
Special for Saturday $I19.
Evening star., 1923-09-09

later the nation honored him. he re-
turned to his fathers farm during
some period OF the summer and, in
stead of Iounging in a hammock, if
there lis cne on that farm, or in an
easy chair, he donned the d-fashioned
garb that many of the Vermonters
wear in the fields and pitched in to
help out during the busy season. He
is what many have been calling fora
real honest to goodness. dirt farmer,
who appreciates what. the tillers of
the soil have to contend with and
what their needs really are. He
views their problems as one of them,
not theorist who farms from a fiat
topped desk and If any solution of
the needs of the agriculturistsscan be
found he will find it. OF course, he
canno t. overthrow any economic laws
nor can 'he, byawaving the presidential
wand. make wheat or any other COM
modify go to 81 a 3bushel over night,
and the men who raise the foodstuffs
OF. the nation appreciate that fact
It is known that he has, for months,
been studying the problems that. con-
front the farmers of the nation,
studying them with the thought that
\ he may help them to better their
condition, just as he has been paying
close attention to the many other
questions that are in the public mind
at this time. s.<s.
One must not gather the impression
that the Chief Executive of the ma
tion has had an opportunity to study
the needs of agriculture only, for
during his, career he has been thrown
into close contact with all classes OF
people, has had an opportunity to
study many questions from their
varying angles. has been brought face
to face with problems that were most
intricate and perplexing, has had ex-
perience In business and political af-.
fairs of; local. state and national char
acter, and. like a good American. has
given much time to the questions.
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rTIs line OF thought is that the ma
II tion may further develop its
prosperity and. SO conduct itself as
to be an example to the rest of the
world. not with any, fanfare of trum-
pets. but in a quiet forceful way, a
way that is more certain to create
good feeling among mankind than a
beating of tomtoms and Dragging
cry OF how wonderful we are. He will
endeavor to hsip dsvslop our re-
sources, to build up our moral and
Evening star., 1923-09-09

interview, and he again takes up the
study of the man, for he sees in
him possibilities for further advance
ment. From that time on the man
becomes regular study.
It was the writer's privilege to
spend a dag with Calvin Coolidge
when he was Vice President and to
publish a story concerning the work
of the man who took his Office seri-
ously. This. article gave the public
an idea of the man and his earnest
ness of purpose.
***
|rxrHEN Mr.. Coolidge was. elected
wv Vice President he went after
the job with characteristic thorough
ness and set out to learn what there
was in the position lre held. The
result was that 1t was not long be-
fore he had grasp on the affairs of
the Senate that surprised many of
the oId-timers at the Capitol, and If
any one endeavored to put something
over on him 'the result was to the
discomfiture of the other persons.
1t will be remembered that at the
time Coolidge was attending all
meetings of the cabinet, he felt 1t
was his duty not only to his country
but to his chief. part Of the duties
of the Office to which he was elected.
I The writer. one day, in discussing
the matter with the late President
Harding. was told that Coolidge had
splendid grasp Of the affairs OF the
nation. and the late Chief Executive
paid glowing tribute to the earnest
ness OF his associate. Harding was
very fond of Coolidge and respected
his clearheadedness. He admired his
desire to be of real help and to many
he expressed his pleasure in having
the former Governor of Massachusetts
as his aide. It is an open secret that
Mr. Coolidge, from the first time he
attended q cabinet meeting. began
studying the problems that confront
ed the head OF the nation. He worked
Long hours and never faltered In bis
Evening star., 1923-09-09
Ie PRESIDENT a.a hls RIDING HoRsE. .GENERAL

mapping, just as 1t is trait not to
talk too much.
The nation paid its last tributes to
Ohio's favorite son; his mortal re-
mains were placed in their. temporary
home; the widow returned to take up
the sorrowful. task of having the per-
sonai belongings removed from the
| home in which she had helped enter
tain the leading citizens of the world; !;
again the graceful and thoughtful act
on the part of Calvin Coolidge-he
bade Mrs. Harding not to tax her
strength by hurryingi the prepara-
tiens for her departure. He con-
tiriued- to direct the affairs of the
nation from the third floor. of the
hctel.s Then came the time when he
and his wife, that wonderful woman
who has made SO many friends, moved
to their new home, the White House:
His first act upon entering the new
home was to extend an invitation to
the old employees ito remain in. their
positions. -
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lyxyITH the moving of the Presidents
w, working quarters tosthe White
House came additional burdens. tasks
| with which we should not burden
any of our Chief Executives. One OF
these ! Is the receiving of countless
/ visitors from every part of the land.
! 1t is true that the people of, this
country. desire to meet and shake by
the hand the man who occupies the
high position that a President does; but
IL one were able some day, after wrest-
ling with many complicated and per-
picking problems. being harassed by
office seekers and a million and one
other things. to stand up and shake
hands with a hundred or SO persons.
he would find the ordeal most
severe one
When you shake the hand of any
man. who has to grasp those of
numerous persons, you will observe
that the one that has to do the hand
shaking Is the first one to grasp.
The;reason for this is self-pretection.
Evening star., 1923-09-09

determination to- learn just what the
they could be solved. The wisdom
of his plan is today most apparent,
for from the time he arrived in Wash
ington as the head of the nation
until now he has made no lost mo-
tions. He is familiar with all that
has taken place and he was ready to
take up the burden of being Presi-
dent. :
Before attempting to describe his
duties and the manner in which he
has executed them, let US take up
the man and his career. for it may
give us an insight as to why he
works as he does.
Coolidge, like many others in the
presidential Office, was born and
raised on farm, and this schooling
is conducive to methodical work, for
the chores have to be done when 1t
| is time for them to be done. Wrest-
ing from the earth a livelihood is
not and never has been an easy
matter, and the man who has served
an apprenticeship by working long
hours naturally falls into$ the habit
of facing the job in hand with a de-
termination to complete 1t and do It
in the best manner possible; He can
not, IL he is to survive. slip over this
or that thing, for work on a farm
Is something that has to be done
thoroughly or 1t piles up more rapidly
than interest on an old note at the
bank.
Il y
THE impression some may. have
l. that Coolidge has been cast in
a stern mold is not correct. He Is
merely earnest and has a conscience
that cannot be denied. He has a
highly developed sense of right and
wrong, and IL he Is convinced that
he is acting for the good of the
people he will not permit any schem-
ing politicians to swerve him.
He is not. sectional in his views,
but is believer in the United States
as whole, not this or that part.
for he is patriotic to the core. When
he was living at the local hotel dur
ing the time he was Vice President
he had three flags in the living room,
one the stars and stripes, another
the flag that the women of Massa-
chusetts presented to him and the
third the nag Of the state that he had
served Us governor. The flag OF the
nation naturally occupied the place
of honor.
Not only as a youth did he work on
a farm, but each year Il during the
time that people Of bis state. ana
Evening star., 1923-09-09

financial forces so that Europe will
appreciate the value of clean and
honest government
Always an early riser. he is out
taking the exercise that he feels is
necessary long before the majority
of the folks of Washington have even
turned over for that second sleep that
is so. refreshing. He walks briskly
along the street or through one of the
parks and enjoys every minute of the
walk. 1t is not a stroll, but the kind
that physical-cu1ture experts tell you
is the most beneficial. After complet-
ing several miles he returns to the
White House, and there he and Mrs.
Coolidge sit down to a modest break
fast, for the President is no lover of
fancy foods. His tastes are simple.
He likes the good o1d-fashioned
things that he ate as a boy.
Breakfast finished, he walks over
to his ONCE and starts the days work,
starts 1t long before many of the
business men Of the nation have eaten
their morning meal. He works along
what railroad man might call a
l"close schedule" He has his duties
mapped out in, his mind and starts
the task with the determination to
| get the work done at the time 1t
should be finished.
It Is still early in the morning, but
soon there appears a great mass Of
papers that have received considera-
tion. It is truly remarkable to watch
him tackle pile of correspondence,
and to see how he handles it's One
1 of the secrets of his accomplishing SO
much is the fact that he possesses a
Illegal mind that considers the many
angles of question rapidly and with
| a sense of their importance. Here
Iagain, too, do we find ,the training
| of. the farm, the task to be done, the
thought clear, and concise, the rea-
soning from a correct premise.
In a little while the keen young
men who receive the great mass of
material that daily pours into the
Executive Mansion offices arrive with
lother matters that must have the
personal attention of the President.
Many of these things he has been
told about, not in detail, but with a
sketchy outline. He assimilates
these with rapidity but care. and then
lit is time for him to see callers.
Many of the callers are persons
who have questions that he alone
can settle. Some are matters that
should not have to be brought to
! his attention. as they are not of
stellar importance, but the one who
Evening star., 1923-09-09

for II he did not, his hand would be
grasped so hard that long before the
line passed his fingers would be badly
swollen. In addition, there is the
person who wants to hesitate and
say some words that will call for an
answer. so that when he goes back
home he can tell what the President
said to him.. and after a lew tel1ings
the heareres can easily sather the
impression that the President spent
the larger part Of the day discussing
affairs of state with this person. -
The hours Of President belong
be handshaken to death, but to
transact the business Of his Office.
If the Chief Executive of the nation
does the work that he has to do
and the present occupant of the
White House certainly Is doing
that-4he has but little time fors any,
thing else, and even his noohtime
meals are rather limited, fora there
are always many appointments that
have % be kept many questions that
have to be- studied, many people to
be conferred with. Our Presidents
have but little spare time to them
selves, but little time In which to
get much-needed exercise, and the
time they do take for this must be
made up some time after the rect
of us. have stopped work and gone
out to play or have sought our downy.
couches. 81,
Newspaper men in Washington,
have an excellent opportunity to,
study public men and to learn their
merits, for day in and day out they.
are thrown in contact with them. and.
after one hes interviewed man, the
scribe, If he scents more than an
ordinary personality, stores away in.
his mental note book the outstanding
features of the man and keeps an
eye on the one with whom he, has
talked. From time to time some-
thing may come up that will revive
the Impressions gained at the frst
Evening star., 1923-09-09
President Coolidge at His Desk Is Forcefu and Master of De

Afa-Nal
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the
Evening star., 1923-09-09

Continued on Fourth Pase.)
Evening star., 1923-09-09

CALvIN COOLIDGE is dignifed
~ man, quiet man, one who
thinks. He is, however, the most ap-
pFoachable man in the United States
If you have legitimate business with
him. The newspaper men who have
been at the White House for years
are most favorably impressed with
him. They have found him intensely
human, not cold and reserved, as
they had been led to believe he was,
and in this respect he has not
changed particle since the day he
first came to this city. aOld-timers
in the press gallery can tell of many
instances when he was Vice Presi-
dent in which he went out aof his
way to help some chap who was up
against 1t, either in the matter of
news or some other way, and the
best part of ii is that he always
made the first move. He appears to
have an intuition when something
CONTINUED on Fourth Page.)
Evening star., 1923-09-09
BY JAMES A. BUCHANAN.

A MONTH and a few days ago
~ Warren G. Harding of Marion.
n Ohio. passed away, in the
midst of what we are wont to
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Evening star., 1923-07-26

while Denmark is wiser about Euro
worlds largest reservoir of money
and one OF the worlds largest reser-
voirs OF potential military man
power"
Americas own simple problems are
too stiff to be solved. the senator said.
without attempting to solve the
sitter problems Of Europe. America,
asou, s psase n sse %hes sw Of G
Virginia, to establish friendly rela-
tions between the Ku klux Khan and
the Catholics. Jews and negroes; TO
be certain Of an anthracite coal sup
ply for next winter.
Our own poor are yet poor" se
added. "and little children OF ke
slums yet suffer. Oar farmers H. Z
falling prices of their products - d
see in despair the ruin OF years OF
toll"
Looking into the future of Europe.
Senator Johnson said he did not be-
lieve the continent would fall into
chaos.
rope" he said. but l saw plain evi-
dence of future conflict. Another
bloody war Is In the making.
would prevent 1t II I could: but if
that bloody war is no concern of
we are no part, ! would not send a
single American soldier again across
the seas
There's just one course to pur-
sue" Senator Johnson concluded.
Just one way to play our proud part,
just one method to render real serv-
ice-speak our voice frankly and
boldly. be true to our own institu-
tions. hold to our own ideals. be fair
and just to all peoples. but, standing
on our own shores. remain the master
of our own destiny, the captain of our
souls -
Evening star., 1923-07-26
WHO ARE FAT GIRLS?
PRICE MUST DECIDE
District Chemist Faces Hard Prob
lem at City Employees
Outing.

DIR. T. NJ. Price, chemist OF the
District health department. has solved
some knotty problems in the health
ONCE laboratory, but he looks for
ward with misgivings to the task
that has been assigned him in con-
nection with the first annual outing
Of city employees.
The committee I'm charge of the
excursion, which is to be at Marshall
Hall, August II. has selected him
unanimously to be Judge Of the 10
yard dash for stout ladies'.
The doctor is not uneasy about de-
elaring the winner, but the commit ee
has placed upon him the responsi7
bility for deciding who is eligible
to enter the fat ladies' race
However. there is a silver lining
to every cloud and 1t may happen
that none of the fair workers at the
District building will care to COM
pete in that athletic event.
William Handiboe, in charge of the
Dase ball game to he staged between
The married and unmarried men. is
considering appointing Auditor Dan
Donovan umpire.