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THE INDEPENDENCI ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.
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THE COW PUNCHER
Here's an up-to-date story of
the ranch country, the city and
"over there." It's a love story
the story of the master passion
that drives a man onward to suc
cess for the sake of the woman
he loves. The hero is a mave
rick of the foothills. The heroine
is a city girl born to the con-
ventions.
As the boy was oracticina
shooting with his cayuse on the
dead run along came the first
automobile ho had ever seen. It
oblifllngly tipped over right be
hind the ranch house and broke
tho owner's leg. So there was
time for Dave and Irene to get
acquainted which was to fall In
love.
They parted with a kiss she
to go back to her city life, he to
win his way up to her.
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CHAPTER I.
The shadows of the spruce trees
fell northeastward, pointing long, cool
Angers across belts of undulating
prairie or leaning lazily against the
brown foothills. And among the
trees It was cool and green, and clear
blue water rippled over beds of shin
ing gravel.
The house was of round, straight
togs; the shingles of the squat roof
were cupped and blistered with the
suns of many summers. Eefuse loi
tered about the open door: many
empty tins, a leaky barrel with miss
ing hoops, boxes, harness, tangled bits
of wire. Once there had been a fence,
a sort of picket fence of little sap
tings, but wild broncos had kicked it
to pieces and range steers had strag
gled tinscarred across Its scattered
remnants.
Forward, and to the left, waa a
small corral, mill slabs on end or
fences
tact, and the boy rode back, muttering
aud disappointed, lie reasoned witu
his horse as he rode:
"'Taln't no use, you ol Slop-eye;
a fellow can't get the bead If ho ain't
got the flllln' cooked inonls an' do
cent chuck. I could plug 'em six out
0 six you know that, you or flop
cars. Don't you argue about It, nei
ther. When I'm right iuslde my belt
1 smash 'eni six out o' six, but I ain't
right, an' you know it. You don't
know nothin' about it. You never hail
a father; leastways you never had to
be responsible for one. . . . Well.
it's comin' to a finish a d lanio
finish, you know that. You know "
But he had reloaded his revolver
and set up two more bottles. This
time he broke four and was better
pleased with himself. As he rode back
his soliloquy was broken by a strange
sound from beyond the belt of trees.
The horse pricked up his ears and
the boy turned in the saddle to listen.
"Jumpin' crickets! What's loose?" he
ejaculated. He knew every sound of
the foothill country, but this was
strange to him. A kind of snort, a
sort of hiss, mechanical In Its regu
larity, startling in its strangeness, it
came across the valley with tho un
broken rhythm of a watch tick.
"Well, I guess it won't eat us," he
ventured at last. "We'll Just run It
down and perhaps poke a hole in It."
So saying, he cantered along the road,
crossed the little stream, and swung
up the hill on the farther side.
He was half way up when a turn in
the road brought him into sudden
sight of the strange visitor. It was
the first he had seen, but he knew it
at once, for the fame of the automo
bile, then in its single-cylinder stage,
had already spread into the farthest
ranching country. The horse was less
well informed. He bucked and kicked
"Very good, my boy," said tlie man.
"That was a wonderful lift. The log
Is broken compouml. Can you got
some way of moving me to shelter?
I will pay you well."
Tho Inst words were unfortunate.
Hospitality In the ranching country is
not nought and sold.
"You can't pay nie uothln," lie snid
rudely. "Hut I can bring a light
wagon, if you can rlilo la that, otitl
put you up at tho ranch. The old
man's soused," he added, as an after
thought, "but It's better than sleeplu
out. I won't be long,"
lie was back at his horse, and in
a moment they heard the clatter of
hoofs galloping clown the hillside.
The girl rested her father's head In
her Ian. Tears made her brlcht eves
brighter still.
'Don't cry, Iteenle." he said eentlv.
"We are very lucky to be so close to
help. Of course I'll be laid up for a
while, but it will give yon a chance
to see ranch life as it really is." He
winced with pain but continued: "I
fancy we shall find It plain and un
veneered. What a horseman! If I
could run an automobile like he does
a horse we should not be here."
"lie's strong," she said. "But he's
rude."
"The best fields for muscle are often
poor schools for nianuers," he an
swered. The boy was soon back with a
wagon and a stretcher. He avoided
the eyes of his guests, but quickly
and gently enough he placed the in
jured man on the stretcher. "I guess
you II have to take the feet," he said.
The words were for the girl although
he did not look at her. "I could
hustle him myself but It might hurt
im."
But the Injured man intorrupted.
"I beg your pardon," he said, "that I
did not introduce my daughter. I am
is my daughter
DUCK RAISING ON INCREASE
Long Island, N. V., Contains Large
Number of Commercial Farms
There Art Three CUiees.
somewhat covered in, offering vague
protection from the weather. The up
per poles were worn thin with the
cribbing of many horses.
The desertion seemed absolute; the
Bllence was the silence of the unspo
ken places. But suddenly it was bro
ken by a stamping in the covered part
of the corral, and a man's voice saying:
"Hip, there I Whoa, you cayuse!
Oet under rour saddle!
in rage and terror. But the bov was
conscious not so much of the horse as Doctor Uardy; this
of two bright eyes turned on him In irpno ir v'
frank and surprised admiration. "They don't call me mister," said
What horsemanship!" she ex- the boy. "Misters is scarce in these
claimed. But the words hml sramn irnAi nr
or loogepole pine; a corner ,pff . " s-
ns vnfnie " "cu mrj ac xuiiuweu ciaen. '
The girl came up with extended
hand. He took It shyly, but it made
him curiously bold.
"I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Elden,"
she said.
"I'm glad to meet you. too." ha an
swered. "Misses is scarcer than mis
ters in this neck o' the woods."
Carefully they lifted the injured
man Into the wagon, and Dave drove
to the ranch htlllflinf With nn tin
by a cry of alarm. For the car had
taken a sudden turn from the road
and plunged Into a growth of young
poplars that fringed the hillside. It
half slid, half plowed its way into a
semi-vertical position among the young
trees. The two occupants were
thrown from their seat; the girl fell
clear but her father was less fortu
nate.
Tn fln tnafant fha Y,nA 1.1
your saddle! SleeDin'L , " "Z .Z C.Tl: . "u. 8 " 10 me cn building with
against a post all day, you Sloppy- t T.7 V' , itt ''"A, ., ',3 wontea cautlon tht liave caused
ve Flint rVmm tn. im" b'.wu, i" umumi, ai-
y Hip I Come to it! tn h 8nortl and shfveri nad
sunlight. The boy-for he was no breaking his parole. With auick ,,n-
uiore man a Doy-sat the beast as kalnlv strides thP hnv hm,, h,',.
- " ' j v-uuiif iiiuincii
to the upturned machine. It was cu
rious that he should appear to such
disadvantage on his feet. In the
saddle he was grace DersonMerl.
For a moment he looked somewhat
stupidly upon the wreck. Had It been
a horse or a steer he would tmuo
known the procedure, but this experi
ence was new to his life. Besides
there were strangers here. He had no
fear of strangers when they wore
chaps and colored handkerchiefs, but
a girl in a brown sweater and an
oldish man with a white collnr w
creatures to be approached with cau
tion. The oldish man was Ivincr nn
the ground, with a leg pinned under
the car, and Brown Sweater raised
his head against her knee and pressed
his cheeks with small white fingers,
find 1 nnhrtA v i.v - v. . . .
pswmik mm y e ana w:
"'cu' going to ao anything?'
xnar. Drought him back
(Prepared by the t'nlleil Slutei Popart
hip n t of At i Irultui'iv)
According to the convus of I'.MO
there were 2,lHH!,rCo ducks In the
I'nltod States, valued ut $l,r.ii7,ltil
showing a doorcase In number of
nearly -it) per cent us compared with
11KK). It should he st ii ted, however,
that tho auliiiiil census of I'.mhi whs
taken June 1, mid that of lull) April
1.), which fact would considerably re
duce the ahovo pi'icemngc, although
only fowls throo months old or over
were reported on only ".'. per cent of
the farms in the country and are most
numerous In tho following Ntatos, ar
ranged according to their piinliu't Ion :
Iowa, Illinois, New York, Pennsyl
vania, Missouri, Tennessee, Indiana,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Aikansai, mid
Ohio, the mnnbi-r ranging from about
r'l.OOO head In lima to UK!,!) in
Ohio, fcew York Is the only one of
these Hales which shows an Increase
In the number of ducks, while nil the
others shows marked decrease. Long
Island. N. Y.. contain u iniinlier f
Urge commercial duck farm which
apparently are quite successful. Ii
would appear, therefore, that commei
clal duck farms are Inereiislng some
what, while the production of ducks
on genorul farms as a hide Issue Is
decreasing, especially In the mlddls
West.
There are 11 standard lr N of
ducks Which have been jitlmltie.l tn
the American si a inlnnl of perfection.
These inny be divided into three
classes: (1) the meat class. Including
the I'ekin. Aylesbury. .Muscovy,
Houen, fiiyapa, Huff, and SwedMi ;
(-) the egg class, which im-lii'lcs the
Indian Kuiuier; iiml the orna
mental class, composed of the Cull,
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The largest electric sign
In the world advertises
on Times Square. New York
City: It Is 250 feet long. 70
feet high. Made up of 17.286
electric (amps.
The fountains play, the
trade mark changes, read
ing alternately IVRIGLEY'S
SPEARMINT. DOUBLEMINT.
and JUICV FRUIT, and the
Spearmen Mdo a turn."
This lift) Ii teen filahtlv ty about
500.000 pcopit from all over Ibi world.
m !
Sealedjjgbgijtiffljl Kept J
' in ' i i nr i n, mi i'i ,mLn,U.tn , C viimh
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though born to it, his lithe frame tak
ing every motion of his mount as
softly as a good boat rides the sea.
With a yell at his horse he snatched
the hat from his head, turning to the
sun a smooth brown face and a man
of dark hair, and slapped the horse
across the flank with his crumpled
ieadgear. The animal sprang Into
BT J,1S. M U rfl III if (, ' 'M if.
The Animal Sprang Into tho Air, Then
Dashed at a Gallop Down the Road
way. the air, then dashed at a gallop down
the roadway, bearing the boy as un
concerned as a flower on its stem.
Suddenly he brought his horse to a
stop, swung about, and rode back at
a gentle canter. A few yards from
the house he again spurred him to a
gallop, and, leaning far down by the
animal's side deftly picked a bottle
from among the grass. Then he circled
about, repeating this operation as
often as his eye fell on a bottle, until
he had half a dozen ; then down the
road again, carefully setting a bottle
on eacn post of the fence that skirfed
It to the right
Again he came back to the house,
but when lie turned his eye was on
the row of posts and his right hand
lay on the grip of his revolver. Again
his sharp yell broke the silence and
the horse dashed forward as though
(Shot from a gun. Down the road they
went until within a rod of the first
bottle; then there was a flash in the
sunlight and to the clatter of the
horse's hoofs came the crack-crack
tlhe revolver. Two bottles shivered
foments, but four remained in-
"Sure" h
said, springing to her side. "Whada re
want me to do?"
"I am afraid my leg Is broken," said
the man, speaking calmly notwith
standing his pain. "Can you get the
jack out of the toolbox and raise the
part"
The girl pointed to the box, and In
a moment he had the jack in his
hand. But it was a new tool to him
and he fumbled with it stupidly. The
handle would not fit, and when it did
fit It operated the wrong way.
"Oh. let me have it." sh erip im
patiently.
In a moment she had lr
the frame of the car nnfl waa r,l.,i
H VJ,. - . . "J'"b
om uauuie up ana down with rapid
strokes. The boy looked on h,.ir,i0
and mortified. lie
realize that there WPrf mnfo
in the world than riding a horse and
shooting bottles. TT fu ..
r"1 lu e or great .service. And
just now ne could be of no service
whatever.
But the foot of th inr-t
iu uie sort enrth nnri
" J mo Kill
looked up helplessly.
"It won't lift It." she said. "What
shall we do?"
It was his chance. He was eighteen
and his wild, open life had given Mm
muscles of steel. "rrn, . . . .
1 v OtllU
tlur. lie turned his back to the
me na crouched down until he
could get his hanrla n,i .
frame. Then he lifiecT The clr
J' T6T'at P0lsed posltlon. "1 he
to J miDB lt uPfar enough
to release the Injured leg.
strange misgivings in the hearts of
his team.
"It ain't much of a place," he said,
as they pulled up at the door. "I
guess you can see that for yourself,"
he added, with a grin. "You see
there's Just dad and me, and he's
soused most of the time, and I handle
a lasso better'n a scruhlilii brush."
He was already losing Ids shyness.
"Now you take the feet again. Steady I
Look out for that barrel hoop. This
way now."
lie led into th nlfi
kicking the door wider open with his
heel as he passed. A partition from
east to west divided the house, and
another partition from north to south
divided the northern half. In the
northeast room they set the stretcher
on the floor.
"Now," said the boy, "I'm goln' for
the doctor. It's forty miles to town,
and It'll likely be mornin' before I'm
back, but I'll sure burn the trail.
There's crub in the housp n,i t,r.
won't starve that is If you can cook."
(This was evidently for Irene. There
was a note in It that suggested the
girl might have her llmitntinna "ni
into anythln" In sight. And I hope
your father's leg won't hurt very
much."
"Oh, I'll stand It," said Doctor
Hardy, with some cheerfulnpsa "Wo
medical men become accustomed to
suffering la other people. You are
very kind. My daughter may remain
in this room, I suppose? There Is
no one else?"
I'AI ....
uuc oui me old man," he an
swered. "He's asleep in the next
room, safe till mornin'. I'll be back
by that time. That's my bed," Indi
cating a corner. "Mnto vit.,.i
nome. He louncwl ti.rnnrrh ti, ,1
and they heard his spurs clanking
across the hard earth.
The girl's first thought was for her
father. She removed iit iw
stocking, and, under his direction, slit
the leg of his trousers above the in-
n was weeding a little. In the
large room of the house k1; f0UIKl a
pail of water, and she bullied the
u, wipmg it with her handker
v-iiiLu ana mingling a tear or two with
You re good stuff," her father said
pressing the flncp-ra i, ,
liand. "Now If rmi mnwi .
cloth to bandage it"
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Kngroo Frmi.
Kangaroo farming Ih an Important
Industry In AuBtralia. Tho hides are
valuable and tho tendons exteromoly
fine; Indeed they are the be.t material
known to aurKconn for lewlng up
wounds and cHpociaiiy for newing up
woiiudu and i'Hi)iciallv for ti
broken bones together, being much
finer and tougher than catgut.
Being Prejudiced.
Some of the world's greatest nien
have been prejudiced about most
thlima; and all women make a special
ty of prejudiceg-that is one n-ason
why women are ho delightful ami so
exasperating. Ilolbronk Jackson In
Today.
NAME 'BAYER' MEJUj
ASPIRIN IS GENl
Safe, proper directions
each MHaycrM packa
Largs Duck Fi
nn on long Island.
the Crested WUie, and tlie liluck
Last India. The l orinnon or so-cnlled
"puddle" duck is kept on imu.y furms
In middle Wen fiiul Somh ...i u
erally of small size, n poor layer, and
u undesirable type of im.rkof durk
Excepting tho MuwAy, n 0f our eco
nomic breed of (lueU-M
have originated from the Malh.nl, or
common wild duck.
As we grow moro sensible u r.,t..
drug cathartics and tako Instead Na
tures herb cure. Uarffelil T,.nA.i.,
Garfield Tea. taken reiMilnrlv win
rect both liver and kidney disorders.
a uv.
,.
ml;
GOOD POULTRY HINTS
Keep the nests clonn; provide
one nest for every four hens.
Gather the eggs twice dully
Keep the eggs In a cool, dry
room or cellar.
Market the eggs at lenst twice
a week.
Purchase well-rnu tured pullets
rather than liens.
CHANGE IN BREED OF FOWLS
Breeder Ought to Remember That New
Variety May Have to Be Fed
In Different Way,
Why Archie Muffed It.
I It was at a cricket match in Aus
tralia. A tremendous skyer had been
hit and the fielder
to catch the batter out. At this tense
moment ono of tho spectators called
fill! "fluu U A
, ...mr, n, vjiciiio, unu i n let you
kiss my sinter."
Billlona of Lead Pencils.
Tlie world's product of lead
probably amounts to nearly two thou
sand millions a year, half of which nr
made from American grown cedar. The
United States makes about 750,000 000
a year, or moro than elKNt tmneii f,,-
each of its inhabitants.
TilO "UllV-r Clinil" alnn I .
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ifts imans you re getting true "fc
lauiets or Aaplrln" proved safe by.
lions of people tho genuine M
prescribed by physicians for ot
years. ?
In every handy "llnycr" packw
proper directions for Odds, I lead
Toothache, ICaraclio, Neuralgia.
mat Ism, Lumbago, Bciatlca, Nr
and for I'aln generally.
Tin boxes of 12 tabids, cost oi
few cents. I)ni'i-lui olun a,,ll li-
"iiayer" tiackncei Aanlrln In ih B
mark Of Ilavr Mnmirnelnrn nf V
acetlcacldcHter of Bal!cylicacIJ.-i'
Measurement by Light Ray1
Tho most delicate measuring 1
Bible, accurate within millionth of
Inch, Is done by means of light n
Dally Thought.
Strengthen me by sympathl.lne; win,
my strength, not my weakness. Amos
Uronson Alcott.
Very True.
That a man may be "down" ni:
out Is also true of the match player,
golf Hoston Transcript.
Is that you, Dave?"
res, Reenle, and the doc
tor, too."
(TO BIS CONTIN UKDJ
If a breeder who hn r,i...
one kind of hens suddenly cl mes 0
another hren,i . ' u"m-os to
,l,.,f ft, " ; ""a" io reiiioinher
In t the new variety ,nny have to he
fed and cared for In quite dIfr ,,, !
way That will call for sludy
U;e best kinds of food, be,t L hod
of housing and mmiy oth!r , 'k
The Easiest Way.
Following tho lino of tlm h.nf
sistance Is what makes rivers n,i
men crooked. Hoston Transcript.
I No Rent to Pay.
There is a city on the coast of south
em California which Is whollv hnii,
m.ils anu wnoro no rent Is paid.
Natural Alliance.
I'ootry has a natural alliance
our best affections. W. E. ChancS
Hurrah !How's This
Cincinnati authority aayi corni
dry up and lift out j
with finger.
How Much Per Helping?
flDV Hr... ........ .. two dainties
'"an HANUy FOR FOWLS nzarJH 11,1,1 akel centipedes.
are
MlfnUdr0' W"t, Bran, Cornmea!
and Meat Scrap Should Be Avail
able at All Times.
Vl8ionarv.
Which fruit is tho rnnsi viui ....
rrt. , . .. """"""J I
n))io or mo eye.
A dry mash comriimori r.t ioa .
wheat middling, ion " .. .""Vnfls
tarn, 300 noun co " .H,U"t
of meat scrap, mixed ami ' Z
Pcrs, should 1P ww 4,. ,
i, ""vie uiu luwis will
have nf,wa f i
lu . t Ul uu tJInes A . ..
skim milk short,? i, i. . . 6
will clean up In connection with thll
Girls! Girls!!
Clear Your Skin
With Cuticura
Soap 25c, Ointment 25 tad 50c. T.l.9.
.HMni.i.,ta...a,.i..ii'
Ouch ! T 1 f 1 ! Thl lrlnnf
talk will be heard Iobs here in tow
people troubled with corns will fo11
the Bimple advice of thlB Cinclnn1 .
author It v wlm ninU. ii. . . ,.. ilrci '
nuu viaiius Ulttl ft lun
ot a drug called f reozono when bpp!'
to a tender, aching corn or harden'
callous stops BoronoBB at once.
Boon the eorn r nii.... nn li
vuiiuuo uiiua r
lifts rlKht off without pain.
He says frenzone dries immodlftte
and never Inflames or even IrriU1'
the surrounding skin. A email tt:
of freezono will cost very llttlo at e
drug store, but will nnnitivniv rem"'
every hard or soft corn or call
rrom one's feet. Millions of Amend
Women Will Wlrnmn Hla QniinuC
ment Rlnea 1 1, a in, n nf tl
nigh heels. If your druetrist doeH
have freezone tell hhn to order a 0
bottle for you. Ady.