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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-04
SYNOPSIS

Don Alfredo. wealthy, Spanish owner Of q
Southern California rancho, refuses to heed
several warnings of a raid by q band OF
outlaws, Sierra Indians. One day after he
has finally decided to seek the protection Of
the nearby mission for his wife and family.
the Indians strike. Don Alfredo Is killed and
his two young daughters are torn from the
arms Of the familys faithful maid. Monica,
and are carried away to the hills. Padre
PasQual. missionary friend Of the family,
arrives at the ruins of the ranch and learns
the. story of the raid from Monica. After q
trying and difficult trip across the plains
and mountains from Texas to California,
youthful Henry Bowie. Texas adventurer.
with his friends, Ben Pardaloe and Simmie.
an Indian scout. sight the party of Indians
who have carried off the two little girls. The
three Texans attack the war party of fifty
odd Indians and through clever ruse, scat.
ter the savages to the hills. The girls are
saved. The group makes Its way out Of the
hills and meets the distraught Monica, the
children's maid. The girls are left with
Monica and the friendly Padre at mission.
and the Texans proceed to Monterey. Here
Bowie completes his business for Gen. Sam
Houston Of Texas, who has commissioned
him to deliver an important message. Bowie
decides to have q look at the wild untamed
country that California was In the middle
Nineteenth century. Bowie disappears from
California but returns eight years later and
makes the acquaintance Of friendly Span
ish family at the Rancho Guadalupe. He IL
attracted BY the lovely Carmen. daughter
Of Don Ramon. the ranches owner. Bowie
saves Don Ramon's life In fierce fight
with q huge grizzly bear.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-04
CARMEN. RANCHO y: s-'

without being able to save their
youthful leader.
The duty Of informing Don Ramon
Of the capture Of his nephew was
put upon Don Guillermo Castro, eld-
est OF the young men. Hat in hand,
he headed his companions into the
living room. The family were, UNI
fortunately, there - Don Ramon,
Dona Maria and Carmen. No SOON
er had Don Guillermo spoken than
all seemed to grasp the dread It'd
ings at once.
Don Ramon sank, crushed, into a
chair. Dona Maria burst into tears,
and Carmen, CHASTITY white, tainted.
Like wildfire the bad news spread
to the servant quarters. Guadalupe,
that night, was q house Of mourn
ing.
1t was nearing midnight when a
gathering of hoofs was heard out
side. Carmen, in the living room,
was still trying to comfort her moth
er; Don Ramon sat gazing into the
dying fire. He had smoked a final
cigar and given himself over to pain
full thoughts. At the sound Of horse
men he stirred and, answering a
rapping on the door, rose to his feet,
answering, "Adelantel" Don Ramon
thought some Of the neighbors had
returned.
The visitor strobe somewhat for
ward and spoke easily in Spanish.
"You do not remember me, Don
Ramon. It is more than year since
! have seen you. I am Henry Bow
lie, the Texan"
The Don's gloomy features light
ened. "Senor!" he cried. s'Who
could be more welcome? am only
sorry that you find us grief strick-
en-"
Bowie raised his hand. "That is
why ! am here. The bad news
reached me in Monterey tonight. !
came down the river this morning
with Pardaloe and Simmie, bringing
a batch Of furs. They are with me.
And ! came at once to offer any
help that ] can to my friends, Don
Francisco and yourself"
Don Ramon recounted briefly the
tragedy and said the rancheros were
waiting for daybreak to assemble
for pursuit.
"You tell me that Pedro was with
him? May ] go to the vaquero quar-
tiers to speak with him?"
''Stay. He will come here. Car
men, tell Pepita to call Pedro"
When the sleepy-eyed vaquero APP
peared Bowie piled him with rapid
questions. Don Ramon listened, inn
pressed by the ease with which
Bowie reconstructed, step by step,
the fatal fight. It was almost as if
he had been there.
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"You say you can find the canyon
in the dark?"
without doubt, senor."
band?"
"Yosco led them, senior. / know
him."
Bowie turned to Don Ramon. ''Pe-
dro seems sure he can find the
ground Of the fight. We will start at
once"
"Pedro might easily 60 wrong on
a night like this. senior. It is rain
ing hard"
Bowie shook his head. every
hour is precious if Don Francisco is
alive. The Indians will not kill their
prisoner before daybreak. Since
they drove off the Californianos they
may have remained in the canyon.
Vamosl"
''How about carbines, senor?"
"My men are well armed. You,
Pedro, see that your vaqueros have
carbines with plenty Of dry ammu-
nition--and hatchets and knives, Pc
dro."
Bowie spoke rapidly. His eager
ness to get started was most appar-
ent. In the vaquero quarter Parda-
loe and Simmie, who had gone to
bed, were reused with the vaqueros
picked for the rescue party.
Under the conditions it was not
possible to 60 fast after the beaten
trail was left behind. Yet Bowie
was keen1y anxious to make time.
The party halted for a moment
while Pedro took his bearings.
81 want to get to the canyon by
daylight, Pedro" said Bowie. "Push
on whenever you are sure you're
right. But be careful not to get lost.
Except for that, like the rainy
night. Sabe?"
Isl, senor."
The others of the party were eau
toned to stick close together, to
make no noise and not to attempt
| to light pipes. The faintest light Of
| dawn, penetrating the leaden sky
and the driving rain, found the res
cuers riding fast. They reached the
canyon entrance an hour later, but
the high walls shut out the added
daylight, and utmost caution was
used in threading the winding re-
cesses. Pedro suddenly halted and
waited for Bowie to come up. "Here
| is the place, senor," he whispered,
pointing to sharp rock that jutted
| Well up from the canyon floor. "The
fight was here"
sThen we'd better scout ahead q
way to look for Indians. Wen 60
on foot"
He spoke to Pardaloe and Sim
ME. Pedro and will work ahead,
Ben," he explained. "You boys fol.
low. Keep your printing pans dry"
The horses were left with the va
queros. and the four stole forward
on foot.
no BE CONTINUEDJ
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-04
CHAPTER VII

Bowie woke in bed to see tall
bald man in the brown wooden habit
of Franciscan padre sitting in a
chair beside him and eying him with
a suspicion of a smile. As Bowie
opened his eyes the padre raised the
forefinger of his right hand and laid
it across his own lips as if to enjoin
silence.
'Dos palabros, amigo, no mast"
he said in low sympathetic voice.
Few words from you for some
time yet. ] want to see some nour-
ishment for you before you expend
any strength-you left most of that,
amigo, in the canyon.
eyes," he continued, still in Eng
fish, II know what you want to
ask. You were brought back to the
ranch house, given up for dead.
When they sent for me at the mis-
sion I asked, who is. this mann "A
Texan, nangled by q grizzly they
told me. "A Texan?' + repeated. And
when they assured me you were,
said, The Texan is not dead; have
seen many men torn by grizzlies;
but the Texan outlasts the bear
However, ! say to you seriously, few
words and on your back till we can
get more blood coursing through
your veins" Aka{ y
Bowie lay so utterly weak he could
hardly find voice, but speak he
would. Padre" he said, breathing
with difficulty, t'if the bear is dead
I want my knife. My knife" he
repeated with an effort, "and my
revolver"
For answer the Franciscan rose,
turned to the bureau in the bedroom.
took from it the long knife and the
Colt revolver. They have been
cared for, amigo, as you see. But
advise you to rest up for at least
three. months before you resume
with grizzly -. That is, indeed,
q knife" remarked the padre, hold
ing up the bowie knife for interested
inspection. "Where did you get it,
amigo?"
Inc blade was made from a
blacksmith's file," returned Bowie
with q trace Of pride in his weak
ness.
''And calls for a long strong arm
to WELD it," unused the padre.
Don Francisco entered the room
on tiptoe. He greeted Bowie warm
ly. Amigo!" he exclaimed.
Thanks to God that you are alive (!
Tell me: what happened in that can
yon?"
The padre put up his hand. He is
too weak tortalk ~
but in a few words" begged
Don francisco
'sIn Asfewswords," responded Bow
lie dry3y. RIVE had more or less Of 8
fight u .fr'lA, S-as .s.N1 y sas. 4. ~
"Madre de Dios!" exclaimed Dor
Francisco. Up Awouid call it more
than less of fight Pedro has new.
er seen 50 big a bear--no, not in all
his life, he5 truly says. But Bowie,
you must know Badre Martinez. He
has been our surgeon, amigo. 8 We
had none else to call on. DR.. Doane
was IN Santa Barbara. Doctors are
scarce in California, very scarce
We feared you would die from al
the blood you lost. But Padre Mar
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-04

lovable little beings. They can be
trained into politeness and pleasant
ness. They will have their lapses,
of course. But if mother can steel
herself to little heroism in the be-
ginning; if she is not afraid to es-
tablish q few rules of conduct, she
wilPwif for herself some of the hap
piest years a woman can know.
All the baby authorities tell young
mothers that no child should be fed
for more than 20 minutes. When he
begins to dribble out the spinach,
or play with the bottle, or work food
about in his mouth in the manner
described by the disgusting word
"sloshing," he is having good time
at your expense. If you have the
courage to stop right then and re-
fuse him all food until the next feed
ing time, you won't have to repeat
the process more than three times.
One reason why many of us grew
to strength and stature years ago
was because our mothers, with ten,
eight, seven children to raise, didn't
have any time to waste on our infant
vagaries. Besides that, anyone who
wanted a second helping of pudding
had to make brisk work Of the first
helping. Puddings, in the nineties,
vanished more quickly than they do
today, when we all pamper and coax
and fiatter small appetites too much.
A Cure for Rudeness. .
"The one thing of which we had
to cure our child was rudeness,
writes a Kentucky mother. "Don
was an adorable, wen-behaved baby,
but at six he returned from his pri--
mary school ruder and noisier and
holder every day. We didn't mind
the holiness and noise, but to get a
surly impatient answer from our
adored boy was too much. His ia
Their scolded, I sent him from the
room, refused lollipops, did every
thing I could think of. All no use.
"This went on for three or four
months, and I began to feel that /
had lost my friendly little compan-
ion forever, when an older mother
suggested a simple cure that she
said had worked a miracle with her
sons. It was just to give the child
warning that request or command
was to be made.
eve tried it, and our problem
vanished into thin air in less than
week. Before asking Don anything,
or interrupting him in any way, his
father or I would say mildly, Don,
I am going to ask you in minute
if you realize that it is bedtime, and
I would like a gentle answer Or,
Don, when / ask you if you want
more steak please say yes or no
nicely and quietly
"From the first trial this worked
like a charm. It never once failed,
except when Big Donald and failed.
Instead of impatient rudeness, the
child began to listen and to consider.
He is still as wild as an Indian
when he is with the other boys. But
at home I have my gentleman
again.
"Last night" the letter ends, ''his
father happened to speak to him
abruptly and inconsiderately. Little
Don smiled at big Don and asked
pleasantly, Would you like to ask
me that again, Dad?' His father was
honest enough to answer yes, and
the question was repeated. 1t
seemed to me then that all three of
us had learned a valuable lesson.
and pass it along"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-04
POOR DISCIPLINE

Kathleen Norris places the blame for
Hammered children squarely ON the
shoulders of their parents. No child is
perfect, and the bestmannered UiH
haze occasional lapses, but the con.
sistently naughty or disobedient child
is the result Of poor training. Miss Nor.
ris points out that such child causes
his parents shame and concern sohen
he should be the source Of infinite
pride and joy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01

CODE 1t takes more than glance to identify
man in uniform Take, for example, the
United States Marines shown on our cover
and above. Each stripe and bar has its special
meaning How many can you identify? Here is
the key:
The three Chevrons indicate the rank of SER
geant, of course. The diagonal stripe on
sleeve shows four years prior service. The
single bar and the suspended cross mean
that the wearer has qualified as Sharpshooter
with the rifle The four suspended bars be-
side it indicate, from top to bottom: Expert
- Automatic Rifle; Sharpshooter - Pistol;
Expert - Bayonet; and Expert - Rifle
NEW FRONTIERS. Peggy Won der Gotz,
author of the article on this page is a direct
descendant of Jeffrey Cooper, one of the small
and adventurous group of frontersmen who
- with Daniel Boone opened and settled
Kentucky in the l770's. She believes that
there are still plenty of new frontiers in
America Her article gives two inspiring
examples of pioneering 1910 style.
REVERSE ENGLISH. Here are bits from a
letter by resident of Nazi occupied Holland
Unaccountably, it was passed by German
censor, who cannot have been very good at
reading between the lines.
Nov all our unemployed have work The
way to do it is very simple. All you do is to
ruin entire districts in some towns. For
instance, here we have 100000 buildings to be
restored. Magically all unemployed carpen-
tiers, masons. bricklayers and contractors have
work for years to come.
"Stupidly, we did not see where we had
money to pay for all this. But now we print
as many notes as we need to pay wages. The
idea that other nations would not give a cent
for these notes is very silly, as we shut our
frontiers and do not allow our citizens to
travel in other countries
I'VE have been a nation that ate much too
much and this overeating has given us many
diseases. 1t is marvellous how little food is
really required to enable one to live. Tea and
coffee, for instance, are very unhealthy and
we are glad that the allowances of these two
bad stmulants are diminished" M.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-10-18

get-into style. Shape the neckline high
and round, or cut it into a low "
shape at both front and back. A band
at the sides of the waistline keeps
slim and trim lines and helps anchor
down the blouse beneath. Both the
long and short sleeve versions of the
neat little blouse are nicely tucked
for fit. You may add lace edging and
a bright ribbon bow. if you like
Finally, there's a blithe Scotch cap
that's. made in just two easy pieces
and is very useful. Start this outfit
as soon as possible-it's so easy that
daughter herself can help you.
Pattern 215 is cut in girls sizes 6,
8, 10, II and IA. Size IL, jumper and
cap, requires 23 yards 54-inch fabric
and blouse. LIS yards 39-inch fabric
Send fifteen cents G5c) in coins for
this pattern. Write clearly size, name
address and style number.
Send orders to Pattern Department
M. N, 10 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-10-18
Lovelv Daffodils Plentiful
For Fall Gardening Schedule

tecting them so that they ripen ths, j
foliage and mature their bulbs will
out being prematurely ripened by M
summer sun.
Another most effective practice {,
to tuck in bulbs in vacant spots Il
over the garden between o,hcr pe,1
ennialS and under the edges 0! shrjbl
berry SO that in their season the daIol
dis give character to the enti,,
garden. and then their leaves. whII1
are unsightly and flop2y durla- th-,
maturing period. are CouCealeI By IA,
foliage OF the perennia!s which noun,
above them and provide shade .yr i,
daffodils. For this purpose the 5l5g
and cheaper daffodilS and ua-cEi
are ideal and furnish as fine 81 d.
feet as can be obtained by thn .l-rF,
lowered and much more exp zz!y!
modern hybridS
Some OF them are delightfully."- trae.
rant and are priced for this iel,g7
as well as their beauty. The nl!cSgg
family offers the first Longest mms!
cutting material Of spring. The an
ideal cut flowers, as is shown by til
qualities of daffodils forced and sci:
by florists each winter. The trump1
varieties are easily grown as h0lg
plants, provided only that the amos
phere is not too dry, III which cas-
buds often blast.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-10-18

l am not running my usual COL
umn of recipes this week because
particularly want to call your at
tention TO one thing-the use of
wine in cookery.
believe that the use of wines gen.
orally, in the average American home,
is overlooked. Perhaps because a lot
of Us were born or raised in prohibit
ton times, We never became aCcus-
toned to having wine handy at ali
even the most common dishes are
treated to dash of wine Just as we
use another sauce.
So. now that we have available de-
lightful and delicious American wines,
I am writing a suggestion that expert
ments of the past few weeks have
brought about. 1t is, try wine in your
next cooking. It is simple to use and
adds that extra flavor and makes 1t
different"
I have tried numerous wines and
find the Roma wines to be most ex-
cellent. They are a true American
product and there need be no fear that
the war will upset their supply. They
are made in California and now have
reached the point where they are as
fine a wine as you can ask
Just to make my point clear am not
suggesting anything elaborate for my
first wine recipe. In fact. I am sug-
costing a dish put on thousands of
American tables each day. Here it is:
POT ROAST
Round of venison or veal about 2
inches thick; roll in flour; brown we'll
on both sides in butter: put in iron
pot and cover with chopped onion
and garlic Il bud cut fine), 2 table
spoons catsup, l tablespoon Worcester
shire sauce. to ! cup Roma claret;
add some water and cook slowly until
done. Add mushrooms to gravy.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-10-18
WPA NOlU Training
Men in Occupations
Needed in Defense

Acceptance of workers for training
in occupations necessary to national
defense industries has begun in Hell
ena. Workers from the rolls of the
WPA are being recruited from all sec
tons Of Montana to attend the school.
Glasses are in auto mechanics. gas
and arc welding, machine shop, radio
and electrical instruments, drafting
and blue. print reading, aero-sheet
lated mathematics and theory.
Instructors for the classes are hired
by the United States office of educa-
ton and are persons experienced in
the trades they teach. Facilities of
the Helena public schools at the NIL
nicipal airport have been made avail
able.
In Montana the training course Is
under the direction of Ralph Kenck,
state director of vocational education
in the department of public instruc-
ton. Trainees are supplied by the en-
ployment division of the WPA which
Is operating vocational training prof.
ect headed by A. S. Brown Jr., Of
Butte, state supervisor.
A welding class composed of WPA
trainees is operating as a vocational
training class in Butte at the present
the study of fundamental mathematics
and blue print reading while waiting
for the installation of equipment.
Persons selected from the rolls OF
the WPA will be paid their regular
WPA earnings while taking the train
ing course. Interested WPA workers
may contact the district WPA office
having jurisdiction in their locality for
further information.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-10-18

Read the Classified Advertisements!
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-10-18
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PATTERN 215
Pert Schoolgirl
Cap and Jumper
PATTERN 215

Most important item in girls
going-to-school wardrobe is the jump
er mode-so young. jaunty and versa
tile. For with fresh change OF blouse
it makes a new costume at each APP
pearance. Pattern 215 is a Claire Til
den three-piece outfit that shows all
jumper is cut in just five pieces. with
no side seams in its bias. flaring skirt
The long front and back panels are
set on a straight grain. and 'front.'
buttoning makes for smart, easy-to-
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-10-18

Since war has shut off all supplies
of bulbs from Holland, we are limited
this fall to those hardy bulbs wnlcn
can be grown in this country. or M,
ported from countries not blockaded.
OF tulips and hyacinths. Holland in
the past has supplied us at least 80
percent. so these are the most re-
duced by the blockade. But of daffo-
dis, second in popularity 20 tulips.
our entire supply has been grown in
this country for the last 10 years, and
the supply this fall is normal in both
numbers and price.
MANY gardeners are taking advan-
tage or this situation to plant daffO-
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-10-18

am not running my usual COL
umn of recipes this week because
l particularly want to call your at
tcntion to one thing-the use of
uiDa in rOnLpry
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-10-18

place. the traders who were coming
TO Virginia City with flour from salt
Lake City on their way. feared to go
on lest their loads be seized. Consc-
Quently Shorthill had to continue on
toward Salt Lake until lie met the
traders before being able 70 procure
provisions. thus causing mucn delay
at Yellowstone City.
Weaver says that before the party
returned with the food, he hunted
up all the empty flour SACKS which
had been thrown aside and thoroughly
busted them in order 10 Obtain tie
few precious spo1nfuiS OF flour cling
ing TO them. Part OF the camp had
been out of flour four months and
some Of the men. in order to relieve
their craving for flour fyOd CON-
Stantlv chewed the pitch o. tar which
they scraped from the pine and fir
trees in the vicinity. But for the aaun-
dance OF wild game the whole settle
ment might have starved out.
Camp Now Memory
When food did finally .,rrivc, /,
caused disastrous results among q
number OF proSpectOrs, VINO soon after
became i'll from the effect of over
eating several dying shortly after
ward. Together with this misfortune,
mountain fever became prevalent
throughout the camp, also causing
many deaths. Some SO men were
mile east OF Yellowstone City, where
the, fallen tombstones with partially
iegible inscriptions are all that mark
pioneers. y
The city was abandoned in the
spring OF 1866 because of the shortage
OF 1000 and danger from the Indians.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-10-18

dis in their garden borders where
others bulbs were formerly used.
These paintings will endure for
years. in most gardens. There are few
locations where daffodi!s will not live
and multiply. They can be left with
out lifting until they begin to crowd,
then may be taken up and replanted
10 cover more space.
Daffodils are favorite material for
those so fortunate as 10 possess a BIT
of woodland They flourish in shaded
situations. coming into bloom under
early spring sun before the trees nav e
leaved out, and then the shade pro-