Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

plain About the Way in Which
She Wears Her Boots.
until the goth, New York City
viii become something of a cow
town, as it has every Fall for
several years, when the countrys
best bronco busters. steer wrest-
lers, and rope twirlers are in the
metropolis for the Sixteenth An
nual World Champion Rodeo in
Madison Square Garden.
Many of these hard-riding cow
hands are members of an outfit
which was formed in Madison
vile, Texas, not long ago and
which now has members in IL
Western States. This outfit is
called The Sidewalk Cattlemen's
Association and it's not-too-seri-
Gus purpose is to Save the West
from the Drugstore Cowboy"
The S. c, A. makes out that it
Is determined to keep boots and
spurs off the feet Of effete-citpy-
gt1cKeFs who don't know which
end of a COW gives milk or how
TO locate a rump steak on a beef
critter.
The Association has laid down
unofficial. and perhaps unenforee-
able regulations, that no one who
doesn't own at least two head Of
cattle can wear those trim and
ornate cowboy boots. 1t also
holds that a man, or woman,
must own at least three head OF
stock before he, or she, can stuff
the right pantleg inside a boot.
The right TO stuff both pant
legs, as shown in one of the pho
tographs at the right, below,
must be earned byAth ownership
of at least four head of cattle
and spurs must not be strapped
on to the boots without the pos
session of half a dozen head of
cattle.
Visitors to this years rodeo
will see plenty Of pretty cow
girls. These booted daughters &C
the West will have no trouble
with the Cattlemen's Sidewalk
Association because every one Of
them owns ranch stock and will
keep out of trouble by observing
the rules laid down TO rid the
West Of drugstore cowboys,
Members of the c. S. A. do not
come a-shootin' when they
round up an impostor but they
do impose what seems to them
suitable penalties. The cowless
cowhand has to take off his boots
and buy drinks for everybody
within yelling distance. The two
COW owner With stuffed fff in pant
legs has TO unstuff them and buy
drinks for everyone in sight. The
loss-than-four head owner who
stuffs both pantlcgs, is forced TO
unstuff and not wear his boots
for two weeks and. most severe
Of all the unauthorized wearer
Of spurs has 10 remove the metal
prods and lay his boots away for
three full weeks
To show that 1t means bust
ness, The Sidewalk Cattlemens
Association recently pulled a pair
Of boots off the feet of Senator
w Lee O'Daniel of Texas and
warned him 70 keep them off I'M
I'll he acquires sufficient livestock
OF improves The quality of the
cowboy music he provides the
public during his campaigns.
An admirer of the Texas Sena-
tor was so aroused by the Incl
dent that he sent a telegram to
pr J y. Heath, president Of the
outfit that is trying to save the
West for Wcsterners. The mes
sage said in part "IH bet half of
the Madisonville Sidewalk Cattle
mems Association DO not az much
as own a milk COW and that %
per cent doesn't know what a
frst-class cowboy looks like"
Stung by this challenge, the
S O. a. induced state Represen-
tative Roger A. knight 90 intro
dice a resolution IN the House of
Representatives. This resolution,
hrlstling with whereases and
whercfores. approved the high
ideals az the S. ca and endorsed
Its worthy aims I'm spirit of
fm tho resolution was unani-
mously passed