The Omaha morning bee., 1925-04-12

feet high In the valleys n. mereurN
NAY rs@en osa ~ esPw' oun Al an sefs lower
than IL helew. This winter We are eN-
perisrcing tie eoldest weather has
ever known at this immediate spot u
vas - below last night and generally
II Il only about zero The snow gets oui g
deep along he coast. but never so deep
we often get 10 feet where l live
ami we often uSA snow shoes on orr
horses Snow shoes Tor horses are msdH
asifh cnain iol webbing Others urs
boards l. inches Square aud clamp them
gR WIN & s,n and md nps,9p me lev othsr sf f'ue
Tar man will without snow shoes.
The horses soon become accustomed 10
the. shoes. and in case one comes OF
they wifi sfopi and hold UP the foot that
10 minus a snow shoe until It is replaced.
Z lathe early days on Runningwstey. or
X<obrara river. in Nebraska. where Jim
ua4niah and ] worked. the company
Aadaan exceptionally fine lot OF COW
and I'M rode small brown brown
'rSt IxGnc fssf4fsn, whenever | get good
brown horse .ehristen him Jim and
have a Jim. now which have had
at l4l wonsaerfaly ssafs good sines 9la have
owned him, he has travelled $4,000 miles
snow shoes. or about the distance around
Insult to Cowboy.
= In the old cowboy days if man
wanted 10 insult another grossly. all he
had to do was 10 tell him that the mount
he had was good. 1t made no DIFF
Ehms riding. he % seneraiiy defended the horse
character. And don't ever. for the value
In his absence or without first getting
Almost every outfit had an outlaw or
to b. tn. easy mark for jim. II there
was ever any mean trick 10 bs PLAYED
n had
oregon to BRING through a herd. and in
my absence the outfit had gotten some.
Sdr.. .. that Jim Dsf 81 .aS.d fOr
.nd dsr .d h oT.ss msn'h " Wanted rs
eonns. Sns f could snd nR sa d 5 nd rds On. ws ss:
ask for fat. fresh horse but Jim, and
after meditateinE a while. he said. why,
bunch. and he. Is fat. too" Then shs
took me out and showed me q microbe
that didn't look a bit good TO mo. But
was conceited and wanted, TO show him
that I could stay on. the hurricane deck
of anything that wore hair.
Line ON IT.
cali the thing was Sit"j. 1t was simply
man-eating. horse-esting hyena: the
moment the rope nit him hs commenced
eat a rope. But finally got him hog
tied and got the saddle on and pro-
ceeded TO mount his rainbow and pulled
fell backwards. rolled over me and
finally got me loose. Then he kicked me.
jumped me. sobbereu in my face and
bit me. 1t became roping contest to
see II they could get the horse off of
me before he killed me. Jim sat on the
doar, ahn that ibs horse 30 coudnt hapt
drug him off me; and jim. smiiingiy and
@Did he es hurt o yoa1 IN answered @ o6. mo-:
not a bit. He never touched me. Jim
turned to the fellow with whom, he had
doilarg: win" And 1 didn't feel as
thSugh fvsg I had a sound s,i bone in my body cd
headed for the sandhilis and thought /
would ride the life out OF him. But ran
into bunch OF sand cherries and took
without getting killed. But the sand cher
res were too tempting and off | got and
he H. ;, went yen AFT after r. me AGAR again, This TINE
around he got his legs tangled and fell
down. simply hog-tied him and took all
the time I wanted and ate sand cherries
until / had enough. l meditsted awhile
1 hen as TO whether to kill him and pack
my saddle home and tell them some sort
NAL died. But then. I didn't like to walk
SO far and pack my saddle; So after
ed for the ranch. But | thought | would
Try an experiment on him. 1t worked. TOO
well. and the poor. abused. kind. loving
said he was too fat for such a hard ride
and I agreed With them.
Now Beautiful Farms.
"Billy the Bear, l.. j. r. Jaeger. clerk
Of the district court OF Dawes county.
who lives at chadron, writes me that that
part of Nebraska where our old ranch
was. Is now all beautiful farms. in very
high state of cultivation. and that the
sand cherry bushes have grown 50 high
that {; takes a s0-foot ladder to reach
the first bra nches / was thinking OF go
ing back there and killing a buffalo or
two and getting me robe and oyercoat
In place Of buffalo here we have moose
and for elk We have csribou.s and for deer
goats. Domestic sheep get SO. IA here
hat they are not lit for foed-that is
when they are held high up in The noun.
II wild roses and these get IN the wool.
But tho winters are too long to make
he long winters
Hay. AZ the present time, at my. place.
bsts SOS. 90 per ton and oats SIS 90.
Fox raising Is quite an industry here
md the growers are getting i down 10
,ie. | know Of one instance where a
somsn took care Of a blue fox which
lsd two litteTs. one OF y pups and an.
worth s10e Zach thus making 5000 in
me year from one FOX But such cases
re rare and II takes lot OF care TO raise
Alasks !. going 70 produce isrg. anan-
lite. Alaska produced In 1924 ts.35o 900
n gold: Slo. 900. 900 in copper. ss5o.o0o in
liver. and 90 .oa0 tons Of coal We may
,ossibly find oil. The Standard oil com
,sny has a drlll N operation In the Cold
Say district. They are now at a depth Of
Z gas: water. however. came IN from n
higher level. and caused temporary
midtown.
hut did not start out 10 give YOU the
history OF Alaska. ! wanted to show you
low much better otf the pioneers OF
lraska Our last census showed 10000
White people and 90 600 natives IN our
an 900 square miles. There are more Wild
lowers on one acre Of ground in Aiasi a
r an there in the whole state of