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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-06-05
CHAPTER VIII

Hot, dry days OF curly august
AS the first sun struck with a red
heat across the plains, the Tanner
men who held the Graham ranch
were already saddling. All over
Texas, coWmen were throwing to-
gether the last trail herds of the
year; it was time for these Tanner
men to roll their chuck wagons
again, to round up the last of the
trail-ft stock that remained in the
herds which had belonged to Bob
Graham.
Out from what had been the Ora
ham corral, three riders swept
through the dusty dawn; but they
had hardly left the pole fences be-
hind when six other riders confront
ed them, rising into their saddles
like Comanches, out of the brush.
The strangers closed in semi-cir-
Gle, unhurriedly, their carbines in
their hands. In another minute or
two the three Tanner riders were
grouped in defensive knot, while
from the semi-circle of the raiders
Nate Liggett logged forward to talk
it over.
81 don't think you want to 60 on
he said. 81 don't even think you
want to work for this outfit any
more"
Two nights later, one hundred and fifty
miles atUay-
With the approach of dusk, a pc
culiar light lay upon the valley of
the Potreros. In reach of open
grass herd of five hundred head
punched loosely-tame, heavy cat
tie, already well removed by breed
ing from the old, wild, long-horn
strain. But they had not punched
voluntarily. They shufHed restless
ly, watching the 'brush something
was happening around them that
they did not understand.
AS the light failed, the figures of
horsemen emerged from the brush,
cutting nile-long shadows into the
flat rays of sunset; the huge, heavy
shouldered man who signaled to his
oPl CoO-OOI SoWOoyS NY lQ1 lllllS Ills
horse this way or that, in Indian
horse language, was Dave Shannon.
They did not harass the cattle.
Only, between sunset and the next
daylight, no COW took step other
than in the direction of the Mexi-
can border -. .s4s
Dry-grass season; Texas scorched by
the hot tUinds-i
All across the southern ranges a
peculiar thing was happening. AS
word spread from twenty points of
disturbance, certain of the older cat
tlemen began to sense that there
was curious, almost systematic
order to what in itself seemed a
widespread disruption. All over the
Big Bend country, eastward almost
to the we'll settled Nueces, west
ward beyond the barren Pecos,
northward to the fever line, was
breaking spotty wave of raids of
an unparalleled boldness. Far apart,
but almost simultaneously, hell had
busted loose in great number of
places, covering more than half of
Texas. ~ -'os'4i 1Vi
RIO BE CONTINUED
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-06-05
Birds in the War

Despite violent disturbance and
severe damage to their nesting
places, the pigeons of st. PauPs
cathedral and Trafalgar square in
London seem more numerous than
ever, while the gulls of the
Thames embankment, the star
lings that twitter under the caves
of city churches, and the Cockney
sparrows have not deserted their
haunts. Any evacuation that oc-
Cured in the fall was due to habit
and not to fear. Even the migra-
tory birds returned in the spring
to their previous homes, bombs
or no bombs. ~
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-06-05
Vast Phosphate Supply

The United States has phosphate
supplies sufficient to last 5000 or
5000 years, practically unlimited
sources of nitrogen and potash re-
serves ample for generations to
come. Yet" says a statement of
the Middle West Soil Improvement
Committee, "this country uses only
fraction as much fertilizer for
improving the soil of it's farms and
promoting crop production as do the
nations of Europe-and they have
far more limited supplies.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-06-05

want to know who actually owns
range rights on the Graham stand. "
The hard-bitten little man across
the desk from Roper was still cadgy.
"When it comes to ousting a man
from possession"
'You know who 'ousted' Bob Ora
ham and his family from possession.
Cleve Tanner took over that outfit
by main horse-and-gun power, with
out decent cause or reason. Every
body knows that. I'm asking you
now"
''Taylor and Graves are already
doing everything that can be done
to regain possession of Graham's
outfit" Maxim said, smiling.
1t was the smile that Roper liked.
"Suppose l hold the Bob Graham
lands, and Bob Graham's family
are living on it.
"Bob Graham hasn't got posses
sion," Maxim said.
Suppose he did have?"
"Never could happen. Ben
Thorpe
''Shut up minute Roper said.
''I'm not asking you to put Graham
back in possession of his range. I'm
not asking you to save him from
being put off again in the way he
was before. What want to know is,
can you head off some cooked-up
legal interference with Graham, aft
er he's in possession AGAIN."
Fred Maxim thought it over. 81
can only promise you that 1 can
cause considerable delay" he said.
months of delay?"
providing you can show posses
sion-I'll keep you clear until hell
freezes"
"That's all 1 want :"
Still July, at Willow Creek.
A barren range of hills, sand hills
golden in the dawn, purple in the
twilight, barren always. Beneath
them, what had been the Willow
Creek camp of the old King-Gordon
In the clubhouse nearest the river
five men lounging around a little
room. 5
"All right, you hard guys" Bill
Roper said; "you know who told you
to come here. Dry Camp Pierce
told you to come. here. Maybe he
told you what you could look for
here, huh?"
These four gunfghters who met
Roper here were none of them older
than Bill; yet each was famous as q
killer in his own right. Of them all
Bill Roper alone had no name, nc
reputation. Yet, in respect for the
name Of Dusty King, they had come
to hear him out. H5
Nate Liggett, round-faced kic
with eyelashes that looked as if they
had been powdered with white dust
said, "Well, what seems to be your
offer?"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-06-05

Dusty King and Lew Gordon were joint
owners of the vast King. Gordon range which
stretched from Texas to Montana. When
building up this string Of ranches. they con-
tinually had to fight the INSCRIPTIONS Ben
Thorpe. He rivaled King. Gordon in wealth
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-06-05

But there is one
sportin G mystery
that still remains
unsolved. This con-
Germs the matter of
scoring points and
rounds in almost
any ring fight that
goes the limit.
The recent Soose-
Overlin fol-de-rol
w a S o n ly ne of
m any sue h u n.
solved problems.
..kr- ~vv~n
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-06-05
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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-06-05

Point of Honor
AS "unkindness has no remedy
at law" let it's avoidance be with
you a point of honor.-Hosea
Ballou.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-06-05

MOST mysteries are usually
4VA solved. They are always solved
in murder and mystery novels, no
matter how gnarled the tangle is.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-29

kid friends Of Pegs. haven't
you, and you feel old?"
EYES," she admitted, "and I
don't want to he reminded Of
the fact that you're making
permanent record Of IL. III you
were just doing one Of those
glorified things now-Besides,
the Perl<inses are coming to
dinner"
THE pictures done" he said
and for the first time she
noticed that excitement was
burning in him like a flame.
give finished the thing: And
its good, Jean! It's damned
good.
"It,s- much the best thing
I've ever done-I've got 10 show
II 10 you. I've got 10 show IL
To YOU now. There's n taxi on
the way here 10 pick us up. Get
on some clothes and come along.
I'll have you back i'm half All
hour"
Well. she got on some clothe
and went with him, and saw 70
tho first time the memorable, IN
realistic and rather ter
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-29

too. Deep-down-in happiness, IL
you'll look carefully enough.
ut wasn't only to show you
the picture that I brought you
over here. Jean, but to show you
the picture and then tell you it's
been sold TO one of the best
private collections I'm the United
States. where II will he seen
twice a week when the gallery
Is thrown open 10 the public by
thousands of people for years to
come.
"Maybe after enough of them
have agreed with me and with
the critics who came here and
bought the picture, you'll agree
with us, too"
But she agreed with him then.
She looked at il suddenly with
new eyes. She kept the Perkinses
a little for their dinner
and she\went without the shampoo
Though She did get that shower)
but she Saw what Gaven meant
before SHE left the studio, and she
went back to her little house and
her husb band and her two little
boys and her average life with a
new dimension TO her happiness.
THE END.
Mondays short story: "The
Real Thing" by Roberta Yates.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-29
By Walt Disney

UUERE pleasant little that will give you message
every a numerical puzzle designed to spell out
YOUR fortune first the number
of letters II the number is less than g.
add number Start at the upper left
corner and check of your Key
numbers left right the 1eers under
checked figures give you H-2f
CopyrtsSt su Featured. tcs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-29

record he had made of just
exactly what life had done 10 her
Slowly he turned the easel around
for the first time and let her look
at herself.
She looked and looked, and all
the tuck went out of her.
REALLY BEAUTIFUL
lists magnificent" sh c
said, when she could say any
thing. "and-and about a. hard
to take, Gavin, as-as an
cpitaph. If YOU had sprung il
ON me on any other day-at any
other time-than this"
you're all wet" he said
gently. "You don't see any
thing but the obvious. But wait
a little.
Give yourself little time,
and you'll see what I see, what
everybody who looks at IL Is
going ca see. And that's beauty.
Real beauty. Not the common.
ordinary. aIl-over-the-lot kind
Of beauty. but the kind that
human beings who've got the
CUTS and the goodness can some
times build up for themselves
out of just an average life like
yours.
And there's happiness there,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-29
By ALMA and PAUL ELLERBE


THEY carried Jean of with
= them for the afternoon at the
beach. The gang Pegs gang.
Gay, casual. carefree Peg was
younger than Jean. Almost eight
years. Her sister
Leave the kids at home for
once and come along with rs"
Peg urged. "lou need break
IA holiday from the boys and
Jim. After all. there MUST
be n little of YOU left that's not
Just their mother and Jim's
wife. .
1t was a flashing blue and white
Summer day The beach stretched
yellow and warm and shining
They spilled out of the cars. three
loads of them, slim. young brown,
IN their colorful swim suits. hair
blowing. the wind in their faces
81 didn't know Peg had
younger sister" the dark-hatrcd
boy said to Jean. II knew there
WINS "A HidTIitu ohts WIN Nv"
children. but Peg never told me
about you"
Jean told him, and laughed
about il.
Swimming with the children.
playing their games. going of
with them and Jim on Jim's rough
and tumble vacations, had kept
her slim and brown and strong.
"Shall We swim out 10 the
foat:" the dark boy suggested.
His name. he told her was John
MURRAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-29

the flower show for the benefit of
the nurses home. Jean had
promised to help, considerably.
Mrs. McAlliSter Reynolds was
on the wire to see that she did.
Jean couldn't gether off il for 10
weary minutes. She dropped the
receiver back into its cradle and
rose, tired now--to go and have
her shower whatever happened,
when she remembered the sauce,
and went and made it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-29
MATCHES HER STROKE

They struck out together. her
strong. rhythmic strokes match
ing his. their dark heads keeping
steady side by side. They sertched
themselves out near Peg and the
boy who was with her.
She's been telling me She
has a husband and two sons"
John Murray said But I re-
fuse 10 believe it,
There were eight of them on
the float now, their talk, their
laughter, their postures, all Young
everything about them young. !
dn't-know how young / was,
Jean thought. 1t took day like
this to show me.
A scrubby looking boy with a
mop of rough brown hair and a
long upper lip did a take-on on
Joe Cook. A lovely young thing
In a white swim suit lay without
opening her eyes and hummed
The Captains Hat.
Jean was a born mimic and al
most before she knew it she was
giving them Mr.. Schmidt, pro-
prietor of a delicatessen store
they all knew. and then, when
they shouted for more. his
dachshund. And then the traffic
cop on the principal corner in
Their fashionable. well-to-do subur-
ban town.
And then when they wanted
more she sprang- up and diped- off
the float and struck out for shore.
and most of them followed.
FEELS CAREFREE
They piled into the three cars
and drove past Jean's house.
Going up the walk she felt as
young and carefree as when she
had really belonged TO just such
crowd and. emerging for the
day. had gone. not 10 the butch
ers. the bakers, the children'sl
school. but wherever the whim
took her She hadn't known She
could feel like that again.
The two little boys came out 10
meet her.
Hey, mom." David called.
Jimmy cut his finger. Sarah
tied II up" Sarah was their
new cook.
You vented away. little
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-29

She went down on her knees 10
examine the cut, which was only
a slight one
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-29

Jim said. terriblN sorry for him
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-29

Jim said. terribly sorry for him
self. "Nou did"
But I've come back, darling"
She went down on her knees 10
examine the cut, which was only
a slight one.
Daddy called and wanted
you to read of some figures
from paper i'm his desk"
"Mmm," she said, and went
in and called him up and read
off the figures.
And then a fcW minutes later
"Tony il on the phone" the
cook said. He wants 10 know
IL half-past seven will be too
early TO work in the garden to-
morrow morning"
"Yes, II will. I've got TO
show him what to do. Butch,
dear--he's hard to get. You'd
DttttT ttif MN w Conit dtohSs
TRY 1T HERSELF
do YOU want me to try my
hand at that pudding sauce YOU
were going TO make ," the cook
suggested.
"No. thanks. I think I'd bet
ter do IL myself" She wanted
il TO be just right, for jim. 1t
was one of his favoriteS. And
the Rolfe Perkinses were COM
ing TO dinner.
I'll have a shower afterWard,
he thought and maybe a sham
90. But the children had been
on show. and the whole
pStairS looked like combination
# a toy arsenal and an old clothes
hop. Mrs. Perkins would prob
bly, come upstairs. She wanted
he house in apple pie order. With
sigh she proceeded 10 put it so.
"Now," she thought, and
started for the shower. She'd
take il and the shampoo first
and then make the sauce.
The telephone rang. II was
hrs. McAllister Reynolds. about
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-29

J 1OO-Sne was SUN III nST swirl
1Sdit.
When she had the flowers prop
crly arranged she was all in. ShC
dropped down into a chair in {
very good light opposite a very
good mirror. 1t gave her a start
Her body looked just as young al
she had thought it did. The
moving finger hadn't Written or
/ that yet. Its writing had been or
/ her face.
Nobody would think now that
she was Pegs age or anywhere
near it. The lines were there
Who ran could read them. And
why not She thought sadly,
The only way to escape them was
not TO live. If you'd had any kind
of life at all-life that mattered-
time wrote the record of it into
your face, and when you were
tired it showed. The things that
time had recorded in her face
flashed through her mind.
The lean hard stretch that had
come so quickly after their mar
riage when so many men were
losing their jobs and Jim had
worked like lunatic 10 keep his.
and she almost as hard helping
him, right up 10 the day the baby
had come-the little girl they
lost
The days and nights they had
spent trying TO save her. The
years of struggle then when Jim
went into business for himself,
and she was his secretary. Then
better luck with the business and
David's coming. And two years
later, little Jim's birth.
TRAGIC NIGHT
Then that terrible night soon
after little Jim was born when
Jim's car was sideswiped by a
truck when he was speeding TO
see her at the hospital and they
brought him in SO badly hurt the
doctors couldn't tell for hours
whether he'd live.
All that and much more. II
was the memorable law of the
race. 1t was pretty sad, but that
was the way il was.
She rose and went upstairs TO
take that shower if hell froZe,
when through the window she saw
Gavin Arnold coming down the
block with that swift forward-lean-
ing stride of his aS though he were
blown along by the wind of some
inner compulSion.
- Gavin Arnold WIS a portrait
painter. He had an undeniable
touch of genius. But not many
people were having their portraits
painted these days. Jim and Jean
were both devoted 10 him. They
had stood by him in every way
they could. And so when he had
asked Jean TO sit for HIM, so that
he could have a picture ready for
a Fall exhibit in New York that
he considered an important one,
she had done it, though she was
much too busy and somehow
didn't like the idea of a portrait
of herself anyhow.
TOO MEANINGLESS
why don't YOU paint Peg"
she had said. "She's youth
itself"
That's why" he had replied.
fuuth itself il all over the lot,
lovely. charming, delightful, and
meaningless. II can get YOU
a. l see You'll have some
thing"
Hello" She said. when she
opened The door 10 him. you're
Just the last man in the world
! want 10 see right now"
lie looked AZ her with his
Shrcwd appraising eyes.
, Been swimming with those
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-29
GATHERS FLOWERS

And then suddenly she noticed
that there were no flowers around,
and she hurried out into the yard
and gathered some. There were
in the yard and she
got bitten. She got a little chilled
too-She was still in her swim
Evening star., 1941-03-31
BrOsa Receives Acclaim
As Soloist With Symphony
Special Tribute Also Paid
To Kinder as Orchestra
Nears End of Season

wealth OF color and its mixture Of
light and dark, of gay and somber
mood are expressed with the inimit-
able art of the Finnish master.
Tribute to Kinder,
The national epic, "Kalevala," has
supplied Sibelius with inspiration for
several works and for this one he
chose the story of the hero, Vaina-
moinen, and his wooing of Pohiola s
daughter, who sits upon a rainbow.
The descriptive possibilities in the
orchestra have been used to the
fullest, with the harp being given
an important part.
The waltzes and the Academic
Festival Overture" by Brahms,
which followed was a return to the
familiar after an excursion into an
idiom still little strange to the
ear. Beethovens 'Namenfeier Over
ture," with which the program
opened, was delightful number
that should be heard again. II
less inspired in substance than some
of his more famous overtureS, it
has the vitality and the originality
than stamps the great master even
in his works of minor Importance
The orchestra played the Beethoven
and Brahms works splendidly, and
at the end DR. Kinder was given
a special tribute of prolonged ap-
plause that called him back re-
peatedly. This demonstration set
the seal of success on the festival,
which will be continued tonight and
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Defense Contracts
Soar 10 Total Of
S11,SS4,000,O00
Figure Does Not Include
Poy and Subsistence
Of Armed Forces
BY the Associated Press.

L
The Army and Navy have awarded
contracts in the national defense
program amounting to s11 1884 900 900
A compilation by the Office OF
Production Management which dis
closed this today carried a note
that the huge total, which was as
of March s, did not include pay and
subsistence of the armed services.
! Contracts last week amounted to
$120, 1913, 1888, of which the Army let
S70,743,157 and the Navy S50, las, ,726
The program authorized by Con-
gress as of March 8 aggregated
S16. 1854 100000 and contracts had
been let for 72.6 per cent of it. The
Army had contracted for expendi-
lures totaling $500, 100000 and the
Navy for $5,983, 100000.
officials said that letters of
intent" which precede the signing
of formal contracts in some in
stances, cover a considerable portion
of the balance of available appro-
priations.
Of the s1l ,00O, 100000, contracts
for airplanes, engines and acces-
sories amounted to $2.312 100 900.
The Army signed s2,096, 100000 OF
the plane contracts and the Navy
| S215, 400 900.
Other major classifications:
Guns. ammunition and armor,
81 .972 400 ,000
Industrial construction, $l,le1,-
100000.
Ship construction, s4,449 300 900.
Other construction, 5000 300 900.
Quartermaster Corps transport
equipment, 1923 100000.
Meanwhile, in a step designed to
Evening star., 1941-03-31
By ALICE EyERSMAN.

In the first of the three concerts
of the Beethoven-Brahms- -Sibelius
Festival with which the National
Symphony Orchestra will conclude
its tenth season, the place of honor
on yesterdays program at Constitu-
ton Hall was given the Finnish COM
poser. Two of his works, the Con-
certc in D Minor" for violin and
orchestra, and the tone poem,
''Pohjola's Daughter" were given
their local premieres. The former
also served to introduce the re-
noWned violinist of the Pro Arte
String Quartet. Antonio Brosa, as
SoloiSt.
For a work such as Sibelius' violin
concerto proved to be, Mr.. Brosa
was an ideal interpreter. His bril-
liant and fiery playing of it was a
remarkable exhibition of virtuosity
linked with a temperament of un-
limited capacity. The difficult con-
certo which might entangle the best
technician in its continuous demands
was delivered with crisp clarity that
never once shadowed the purity of
his flne tone with q blemiSh. His
bow arm is light, swift and powerful
at the same time and superblv
matched by the smooth dexterity of
his fingers. 1t was beautiful per-
fOrmance, for while the artists
splendid technical mastery was i'm
pressive, it was not merely a show
piece in his reading but was directed
by an elan and a musical sensitivitv
that gave deeper substance to the
composition.
Applauded Loudly.
The concerto, however, is not a
work suited to just any capable
violinist. 1t needs a special under
standing to make its outlines COM
prehensible. With the exception of
the adagio, there is little sentiment
in it and but isolated bits of melody.
The opening measures form a sort
OF SlbeliuS trademark, for there is
huShed murmur in the orchestra and
a cool defamation for the violin
which Immediately gives the remote
atmosphere so characteristic of the
Finnish composers style. From then
on every technical combination has
been drawn upon by the composer,
who was himself a violinist, vet. bv
the magic of his genius, the effect of
a series of etudes is avoided and the
technical display is absorbed in the
impetuosity of the idea behind it.
The richly melodic second move
ment has the same emotional quality
that Brahms commanded in his
songs and it is by far the most
satisfying of the three. Mr.. Brosa's
virile performance of this decidedly
vlrlle music was greeted with
storm of applause which brought the
artist out several times and included
DR.. Hans Kinder and the orchestra
in its acclaim
The orchestra, however, seemed
less sure of itself in the accompani-
ment furnished the violin, but in the
coloful "Pohjola's Daughter" it gave
the same kind of understanding
treatment that has distinguished it's
performance of Sibelius' symphonies
in the past. While the tone poem
has only occasional glimpses OF the
style familiar in his symphonies, its