Saturday, September i , 1023 ASHLAND PÁÍLY TIDINGS Late Emerson Hough Called Apostle of the Southwest. p u b lic is c o rd ia lly in v ite d to a ll these services. W. JUDSON OLDFIELD, • Minister. FIRST S o u th w e st”, fo r to him , m ore than to any o th e r m an, is due the fact th a t we have au th e n tic p ic tu re s of its d e v e lo p m e n t T oo often have the early W e st and S outhw est been p lay g ro u n d s for th e fancy of a u th o rs w ith o u t real know ledge of th eir people o r conditions. A nd th u s has grow n up a lurid lite ra ­ ture, stilted and unreal, th ro u g h w hich m ove fabulous heroes and villains blacker than the n ig h t . But H ough lived am id the con­ ditions he describes. A t the age of tw e n ty -th re e he was p ractisin g law in the bustling, little cow town of W hite O aks, New M exico. H e knew the pioneers, the d e sp era ­ does and bad m en of the early S outhw est. In his new book, N orth o f 36”, he has given us a m agnificent and s ta rtlin g picture Of the first ca ttle drive from T e x ­ a s n o rth to Abilene, K ansas. T h e herd belongs to a beautiful young girl, „Taisie L o ck h art, “an or- p h a n t”, as her rough cow hands call her. She is broke — cannot pay her m en—and a m arket for th e sm all herd left her by the pil­ ferin g c a rp e tb a g g e rs of rec o n ­ stru c tio n days in A ustin, is her VISITING ASHLAND J .iih ia l a rk a u to cam p la s t n ig h t und looked up old frie n d s, am o n g th e old tim ers. M rs. W ells w as born a t P h o e n ix in th is c o u n ty , and ra ise d a t Y reka, being a d a u g h te r of P a t M cM anus, a w id e­ ly know n p io n ee r n re re h a n t. M r. W ells is know n th ro u g h o u t th e U n ited S ta te s as a n e w sp a p e r m an a n d h is to ria n . H e w ro te th e H isto ry of S o u th e rn O re g o n ," The late Emerson Hough, who w rote only of the adventures he knew by actual experience._____ pated if the herd wins th ro u g h to Abilene. H e pursues, w ith his desperadoes, the wild little c a ra ­ van lead by T aisie th ro u g h track- less w ilderness, over sw ollen riv- ers which m ust be sw um by c a t­ tle, horses and hum ans. H ad it not been for Dan M acM asters tw o-gun sheriff of G onzales, thè secret th o u g h m isunderstood ally of T aisie L o ck h art, the first herd could not have won “ N orth of 36” And, by the way. this M acM aster* , is as picture!--’