FAGH 4
H A U B V R N T E R F R IS B
■ W t & M iM
Wool 0 row an aaaociatloo bad baas
fur iowl aad proceeded to collect 279.000
peuada of th« 1018 wool eUp. They
aold It, too. at aa average uf 72 ceata
par pound
The dealers bad offered
FARM
CO-OPERATIVE
«. SELLING
v
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By CLENN C. HAYES
(©
1*14. W eetcra N«w «pap«r U a la a )
LI-,— U Z -.-I r»
b
L
f.
F ER. 2S. 1*24
>nlj on cents
la lt»ti <«a third _
the state's growers ware backlAg the
organisation. 13.000 la all. That year
a pool o f tt.TV8.00b pounds, one-bait o f
Ohio's clip, waa aold.
Tha plaa works somethin« Ilka thia:
During May and Jane the ________
«rowers __ de-
I lw
wo°* ,0 * central place. al-
ao « « tr a c t binding
deliver s is wwei aver a eertaln Bum-
'<«r oi years.
la
of Ma mistakes sad back
wasd start cooperative wool market
lag has brought with It many changes
for the good of tha sheep Industry
la 1821 mors than Ö.OOOUOO pounds
®f WOM. 10 per cen t o f the Am erican
d ip, ware peoled by the growers’ or
gaalaatlon. Grower»' returns were In
»1,013.«».
Co-operation in Engloud
(D earborn Independent)
n ow Wool Grower« Benefit | thoagh them u
them to deliver.
by Organization.
This organization ia called by var
(T h a t perhaps la the
ious names, but for thq pupose of
greatest weakaeaa of the Ohio pool.)
these articles I have called it the
The wool la then shipped to leased
• • X X f O O L *• wool"; that Is what the
Consumers’
Co-operatiye organization,
warehouse« at Columbus n t Wheel-
local buyers and commission ln* ’
T « - fer grading and storage. since, strictly speaking, Ha m em ber
Arm rep resen ta tiv es used to tell the
In addition to this association there is ship is really confined to consumers.
wool «rowers as they traveled through
s warehousing company with about I t is the largest tea importer, mixer
the sheep sections buying the year's
2,000 stockholders Thia company has and distributor in the world, with an
clip,
a warehouse at Booth CM ambus, where output of sixty million pounds a year.
“ Wool Is wool and It ’s all worth
the wool may ha assembled, graded
(Continued)
In fourscore years, it has emerged
about the same price per pound"—that
and stored. A commlarion merchant
waa tbe comeback whenever an ag Is employed to direct the sales
from its inception in a room in a
Mrs. Irons hid In the shed w ith the
gressive farm er was bold enough to
Tbe wool la pooled by grade for the small brick store in Toad Lane, Roch loaded guns.
ask for m ore money for his long-staple
dale, near Manchester, England, to
Ruth Irons and the children set out
fleeces.
The poorer grades set tbe year and producers are paid the re
ceipts, less the expenses. As soon aa massive granite buildings that cover for the sugar bush. The steers werv
p ric e for a whole community.
The
quickly led up and slaughtered. As s
tbe wool la delivered the grower Is solid blocks of English cities.
heat Aockmasters grew discouraged
hide ripper Solomon was a man of ex
paid
T8
per
cent
o
f
the
value
of
the
On
a
rainy,
day
in
June,
I
stood
dn
and paid little attention to their
perience.
The loins of one animal
fleeces. There was no Incentive for wool, which may be obtained on w i r e the other side of Toad Lane, and look
were cooking on turnspits and a big
housa receipts. Between 1810 and 1821
doing otherwise— all wool brought
ed
across
to
the
humble
place
where
pot of beef, onions and potatoes boll
this marketing plan saved the pooling
about the same price.
farmers *1,000,000 over dealers* bids. the twenty-eight weavers in Rochdale, Ing over the Are when Jack arrived
Since the first New England loom
eighty years ago, set up an organiza with the Bones fam ily.
began spinning cloth, wool marketing ■ . . The success , of the Ohio • pool,
— which
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A little later Solomon left the fire
lo the United States has been along I
ta ,A* l7Bl,e<’ State», has tion for purchaing the necessaries of
speculative lines. No wonder the wool I . . tB* * rnwer* >B "«her corn-belt life in quantities, with the double pur Both his eyes and his ear had caught
"algn”— a clamor among the moose
business Is weighed down with apecu- states to adopt a sim ilar plan. In 1821 pose of securing the wholesale price
birds in the distant bush and a flock
lative features. This Is partly due to Michigan had tha largest pool outside and obtaining the unadulterated a r
of pigeons flying from the west.
the fact that wool la such a variable of Ohio with 2,380,000 pounds, and ticle for resale to their members. I t )
_
__
"Don't none o' ye s tir t ill I come
Iowa. Indiana and New York each
product aa to quality, ahrlnkage and
is
one
oi
the
leading
shoe
manufac-
b*c
k
,"
he
said,
as
he
turned Into the
condition and length of staple. Then, pooled over 1,000,000 pounds. Other
turers
in
the
United
Kingdom
as
well
,ral1'
A
few
rods
,W
,J
he ’«y down
Middle
West
pools
were
In
Winnie,
too. from the production standpoint
wool la seasonable, while the demand South Dakota. Missouri, Kansas, North as one of the largest single distribu- wlth hU ear ,0 ,he «round ■“ <> could
distinctly hekr the
trump " b f many
"
Is distributed over all twelve months Dakota, Minnesota. Wisconsin and tors of coal, having eliminated that *"*”
platter.
Tbe Indians eagerly seized
the hot meat and began to devour it.
In a le tte r Solomon has thus de
scribed the Incid ent: " It were a onnd
o’ cutthroat robbers an' runnygades
from the Ohio country— H u ro n., Al
gonka an* Mingnes an' all kinds o'
cast-off red rubbish w ith an old Algonk
chief o’ the name o’ Splltnose. They
stuffed their hides w ith the meat till
lively on a wooden leg. w ith a gun
an' a cane
Ue had a broad bead an'
a big lop mouth an’ thick lips an' a
long. rod. warty boos an* small black
eyta an' a growth o' board that looked
like hog’s bristles.
H o were stout
built.
Stood 'bout live foot seven.
Nover see alch a sight la my life. I
hopped out afore 'em an' Jack an'
Buckeye on their heels.
T ha InJua
had my ol' hanger.
" 'Drop yer guns,' says I.
T h e white man done as he was told.
I spoke English an' mebbe them two
Injuns didn't understan' me.
W e’ll
never know.
O l’ Red Snout leaned
over to pick up his gun, an’ he'd made
up bla mind to fight. Jack grabbed
him.
H e were stout as a lion an'
tore ’way from the boy an’ started to
pullin' a long knife ont o’ hla bootleg.
Jack didn't give him time. They had
It hammer an’ tonga. Red Snout were
a reg’la r flghtln’ man. H e Je«t stuck
that ’ere stump In the ground an’
braced ag'ln’ It an’ kep’ a alashln* an’
jabbtn* w ith hla clnb cane an' yellin’
Hn’ cussln’ like a fiend o’ hell. H e
knocked the boy down an’ I reckon
he’d 'a* mellered hla head proper I f
he'd 's’ been spryer on his pins. But
Jack sprung up like he were made o’
in jy rubber.
The bulldog devil had
drawed hla long knife.
Jack were
smart.
H e hopped behind a tree.
Buckeye, who hadn't no gun. was
im p in ' fe r cover. T h e peg-log cues
swore a blue streak an' flung tbe knife
• ’ him. It went el'ar through hla body
an’ he fell on his face an’ me standln*
ih a r loadin' my gun. I didn’t know
but he'd lick us all.
B ut Jack had
they was stiff aa a foundered boss.
By an’ by they was only two that was
up an’ paw in' eround In the stew pot |
f« r 'nother bone, lookin’ kind o’ un-
■art’lh an’ Jaw weary. In a m inute I
they wiped th eir hands on their h'ar |
an’ lay back fe r reat. They was drunk
Jumped on him 'fore he got holt o' the
w ith the meat, as drunk as a Chinee I knife ag'ln.
• te r a pipe o' opium. W e white men J
“I thought sure he'd floor the boy
stretched out w ith the rest on ’em till
an' me not quite loaded, but Jack Aero
we see they was all in the land o’ I •p ry as a ra t terrier. H e dodged an’
feet approaching In the distance. He Bod. Then we rlz an' set up a hussle.
Weat Virginia,
of the year. Thia means that the wool
troublesome question of the pyramid
rushed In an’ grabbed holt o’ the club
Moat of the pooled clips of the ing of brokerage fees which is ao went on a little farth e r and presently Hones’ we could ’a’ killed ’em w ith I an’ fetched the cuss a whack In tha
roust be carried by someone from the
concealed
himself
In
the
bushes
close
time of shearing until the time It la Middle West are handled by tbe Na
a hammer an’ done It dellb’rit.
I
paunch w ith his bare flat, an’ ol’ Red
pressing a question with us
to the trail. H e had not long to wait,
•old at the mill and that requires tlr,nal Wo<>1 Warehouse and S to rrge
started to pull the young Huron out
Snout went down like a steer under
for soon a red scout came on ahead
financing.
company of Chicago, a company mr.de
o’ the bunch.
H e Jumped up very
the ax.
of the party. H e was a young Huron
From the beginning of tha weaving up of (00 western sheep growers The Amtjlcan Co-operation Grows
»upple.
H e wasn’t asleep.
H e had
” ‘Look out I there’s "nother man
brave, his face painted black and yel
wool handled through the company la
Industry the mills bought their sup
knowed better than to «waller a yard
cornin’,’ the young wlmmen hollered.
low.
His
head
was
encircled
by
a
(St.
Joseph
Ga
;e
tte
)
piles from the Boston dealers
The brought to the warehouse, w h e n It la
o' meat.
"She needn't ’a’ tuk the trouble
,
| m ake skin. A fox’s tall rose above
dealers had local agents scattered over graded and stored until It can be sold
'W h a r was the wlmmen? I knowed
'cause afore she spoke I w ere lookin'
tw o blI,lon dollars’ w orth | his brow and dropped back on his
the country, who traveled among the for a reasonable price. T his company
of business was done last year by or crown. A blrch-bark horn hung over that a p art o’ the band would be back at him through the sight o’ my ol'
will handle both wool pools and ship
farmers buying fleeces. These are the
In the hush w ith them 'ere wlmmen.
M arler, which I'd managed to git It
hla shoulder.
buyers who declared that "wool la ments on consignments from growers. ganizations of American farmers.
I ’4 seed suthln’ In the tra il over by loaded ag'ln. H e were runnln* towards
It
has
lung
been
said
that
the
agri
Solomon
stepped
out
o
f
the
bushes
It
la
not
a
cooperative,
but
It
does
fur
w o o f— they had never heard of grad
the drownded land« that looked kind
me. H e tuk Jest one more step, i f I
ing, and if they hud they wouldn’t nish a good service In both grading culturist is prim arily a business man, a fte r he had passed and said In the o' neevarlous. I t w ere lik e the end o’
don't make no mistake.
Huron
tongue:
"Welcome,
my
red
have favored buying that way. It was and sales.
but it is only of late that he has com
• wooden leg w ith an Iron ring at
"T h e ol’ brute th a t Jack had
State pools 'collect the wool from pelled recognition in this capacity by brother; I hear that a large band o the bottom an’ consld'able weight on knocked down quivered an' lay still a
money In their pocket to put ail fleeces
yer folks Is cornin’ and we have gol
in one great universal class and tab I th® local P°«l» and this Is shipped by
It. An In ju n w ouldn't have a wooden
adopting the most up-to-date methods a feast resdy."
m lnlt an’ when he come to, we turned
It "wool," the price Heinz set on the I <‘arlo>d lots Into tha Chicago ware-
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„„„ leg, leastways not one w ith an Iron him eround an' started him toward
The . young
brave had been startled
basis of Its poorest quality. In that houM
The wool Is graded by state of business men in other lines.
Collectively he is the greatest of I by ,h * ,udd* n appearance of Solomon, ring at the butt. M y ol’ thinker had Canady an’ tol* him to keep a-goln’ 1
enrly day farmers had heard little of I Pools and the growers are seat waro-
been chawin' that cud all day an’ o’ a
When he were 'bout ten rods off, I put
capitalists,
also the greatest of pro- i but ,b * friendly words had reassured
the doctrine of co-operation.
They hotl»« receipts
But the warehouse
sudden It come to me that a white
a bullet In his ol' wooden leg for to
him.
H i. weak point has been dis- >“ “
took the price they were given, but I company does not make a sale until ducers.
hurry him erlong. So the wust man-
"W e are on a long Journey,’ said man were runnln’ the hull crew That's
they took It with a deul of grumbling I ,be »»»oclatlon hat given Its approval
Iribution.
When he learns to dis
how I gained ground w ith the red
k llle r that ever trod d irt got erway
among themselves.
Usually the whole pool goes at one tribute his products as manufacturers the brave.
scout. I toek him out In the aldge o
from us w ith only a sore belly, we
And
the
flesh
of
a
ih
t
ox
w
ill
help
Crumbling begun to crystallize Into
transaction. For this reason market do, he will have his business built up
the bush an’ sez I :
never knowln' who he were. I wish
ye on yer way. K in ye smell It r
action. From tim e to time revolts oc ing specialists declare the plan lack
” ‘W hat's yer name?*
on a rock.
I d 'a' killed the cuss, but as 'twere,
Brother,
It
Is
like
the
smell
of
the
ing. To sell an entire year's clip at
curred against the old-line marketing
" 'Buckejxe,' sez he.
we had consld'able trouble on our
great village In the Happy Hunting
system, llut nothing much rurae of one time la not In Ila« with good mar
“ ’Who’s the white man th a t’s with
bands.
Right erway we heard two
The Biggest Wheel
Grounds," said the brave. "W e have
th e m ; a burst of fury, a few years of keting ethics.
Orderly marketing,
yer
guns go off over by the house.
I
determined action, with leas than
traveled
three
sleeps
from
the
land
of
toward which American farmers are
(The Open Window)
'* 'M ike Harpe.'
knowed that our firin ’ had prob'ly
the long watere and have had only
medium result«, then back to the old
striving, means supplying the market
" 'A re the white wlmm ln w ith him?’ woke some o’ the sleepers. W e pound
The highest-head reaction turbine I tw ® porcupines and a small deer to
V rie m . It Is only within recent years
with the product as the product la
ed the ground an’ got th a r as quick
" ’Yea.'
that the growers have had any actual
in tbe world has Arrived in Portland * * ! ' We are huMTY.'
needed.
as we could. T he two wlmmen wa'n't
" ‘How many In ju n s r
Influence In bettering their market
and is now being installed in the
“And *'e would smoke the calumet
In the Rang« States.
fu r behind. They didn't cacalate to
" T w o .’
prices. •
Wl,h i * “:" ,a ld SoIomon-
In the range states wool Is the one power plant of the 116,000,000 Oak
lose us— you hear to me. T w o young
Grove hydro-electric nroUn* t .u I
T1'* y en,ered ,h * house and barn
“ ‘W hat's yer signal o’ rlc to ry T
First Action In 1«74.
big crop. Every pound must pay a
braves had sprung up an’ been told to
,
°J th* I
,w a ,“ * d around
aad ‘ hts. In
The first action taken against the I J"** return. There are no other i-rope Portland n . n t .
” "The call o' the moose.'
H
iv e tn m
_
eases
a
a
f f . 1 l U ___ S_
. _
—
.
Old
system
was t In
1374 when
the I 8 to
‘Now, Buckeye, you come w ith us,' He down ag'ln. But the English lan
ect, Is what Solomon said to him :
fall back on. Yet tbe wool grow,
guage ain't no help to an In ju n under
Ornngers In Michigan. Ohio and Ken
,
. . . .
”1 am the chief scout of the Great I sez.
are reluctant about trying co-
them aurcumatances. T hey don't un-
tucky established warehouses where I operative marketing. These rancher«
T hia water wheel with accessories Father. My word is like that of old
I knowed that the white man were
th e * assembled wool and aold It In sre In d iv id u ili.!. The range Is cursed weighs approximately 100 tons and it r ’ »™e Tongue—your mighty chief, runnln’ the hull party an’ I Itched to derslan’ It an’ th a r ain’t no tim e when
Ignerunce i t more costly. They was
large quantities direct to the manu
with the same problems that are prev- took five Oat cars to haul It from Yn“ and. Jrour P*°P'« «re on a bad er-
some others awake, but they had
facturerH
The gain waa only tempo- a,* " f
’ he corn b e lt But it was with San Francisco, where it was designed rand. No good can come of It. You
learnt suthln'. T hey was keepln' qulot,
rary. for with the decline of the lnu<*h hesitation and feer that tbe
•nd manufactured b y ' the Pelton are fa r from your own country. A
an’ I sez to 'e m :
Orange the warehouses passed out of r ,n ff» growers came together to
l*rg
e
force
la
now
on
your
trail.
I
f
inar- W ater Wheel company.
" I f ye lay still ye'll be safe. W e
the growers’ hands.
They
tried II
it nptt
tin t
you rob or k ill anyone you w ill be
I ket «»-operatively.
-«----we
yilTJ inFfl
won't do ye a bit o’ harm.
You’ve
I t will be operated under an aver- . hung. W e know your plans. A bad
T lir
years later the Onodlettsvllle
1W» In Fremont county. Idaho The I
got
In
bad
comp’ny,
but
ye
ain't
done
I-atnb club at Ooodlettavllle, Tenn.
age
effective
head
of
857
fee
t—
the
w
hite
chief
has
brought
you
here.
H
e
«wol waa a aucceas. an much an that
nothin' but steal a p air o’ wlmmen.
was formed
Today it Is the oldest
the growers of other states were more highest in the world.
h a t a wooden leg with an Iron ring
I f ye behave proper from now on, ye’ll
existing co-operative marketing asso than merely interested
They began
The cost of the wheel with installs
* ro"Bd the bottom of It. He come
be sent hum.’
ciation In the United State». This rluh
pooling with their neighbors.
The tion will be about 1100,000 and it ha> v-°WU l , l ‘* *“ ‘ bl< boat w,th T#u
“W e didn't have no more trouble
has pooled the lambs and wool of Its
movement spread slowly to Idaho, Or»- n capacity of 35,000 horsepower at 514 | w Lm l? "
“ “ ’’° U ,t01* tW° W*"f*
with them. I put one o’ Boneses' boys
member» and aold them by grade dur
women
«on and Wyoming. Although the sree
»
on a hose an’ hustled him np the val
Ing the 43 year» of Its existence
covered by each poo)
y ,. revolutions per minute.
A look of fear and astonishment
ley fer help. T he wlmmen captives
W
ater
«rill
be
turned
into
the
tur
Here and there both In the range
Pools
frequently
averaged
23,000
came upon the face of the Indian.
wag bawlin'. I tol’ ’em to straighten
bine for the firs t time early this
states r d the com belt the local pool» pound»
You are a son o f the Great S pirit 1“
ont their faces an’ go w ith Jack an’
w ere pu. Into operation The»» orgsnj
_____ ____
summer.
la rlo u a plans of organisation
he exclaimed.
his fath er down to Fort Stanw lx. They
vatlona were generally Informal neigh I rrl'*d
I ” the Idaho »¿ol each 'g r o ^ i
"And I would keep yer feet out o’
were kind o’ leg weary an’ excited,
borhood groups of wool growers who
" Power-of-sttomey to the pool
the snare. Let me be yer chief. Ton
but they hadn’t been h u rt ytt. An
hart arranged to bring their wool to- manager, who takes the control end
shall have a horse and fifty beaver
other day er two would ’a’ fixed ’em.
teth er and sell It at the same time 1 ’*“
*
*“
-
hepool la aold at a flat rate ungraded
sklna and be taken to the border and
Jack an* hla fath er an’ mother tuk
Different methods of sale were tried
When pool, of 9 , , co„ ,
set free.
I, the scoot of tbe Great
>m back to the paatur', an' Jack run
flometlmea the wool gathered was con
O U want a wide-awake, reliable
to meet with aucceas there waa a de
Father, have said It, ami I f It be not
signed to a wool commission mer mand for larger pools In the Weat
up to the barn fe r ropes an’ bridles.
firm to represent you on the Port aa I say, may I never see the H ip p y
In a little while they got aotne hoofs
chant to he aold for the group, and
In 1821 about 7.000,TOO pounds was
land market.
H unting Orounds -
under 'em an' picked up the chlldern
sometimes the buyers were asked to seaembled In five large pools. Alrnoat
U e can give you prompt and efficient
The brave answ ered;
an' toddled off.
i went out In the
eome to the local plants. The main
h alf of this was In the two Montana
"M y white brother has spoken well
•erviceia selling your F R U IT S . V t G
bush to find Buckeye an’ he were dead
ob>ct of these local pools was to as pools. I t w . . In i« 2 l that tha Pariflr
and he shall be my chief. I like not
CTABLES. HOGS V E A L FO U L
as the whale that swallered Jonah."
semble a large enough quantity to ' «-operative Wool Growers was or
T R Y a«d C O O S . We have been m thia Journey. I shall hid them to the
make tt worth while for buyer» to
So ends the le tte r o f Solomon Bln-
tanned by the Oregon Farm B u r« .,
the produce business ia Portland (or feast. They w ill eat and sleep like
kua.
come and hid on It. Rometlmes It was
federation.
It started with
l.TTO over 4* years
the grey wolf, fo r they aro hungry
done for con ven ien ce In con sign in g to
"em bers who signed flve-year
Jack Irena and hla fam ily and that
Ask y«ur neighbor about it. Write us and tho ir feet are tore."
a dealer at a central p o in t-fo r there
of F e te r Bones— the boys and girl a
irncts. Thia Iron clad contract la the tor prices.
The brave put hla horn to hla rooutli , « i‘ ho1« o’ him. Gol ding his plctur’ l
has been plenty of dlssatisOictlon
riding two on a horse— w ith the cap
chief difference between tbe P erifir
,7 .
- rrT , h , t r* B» l" ! He i MDt tha InJUDS ° n «h ead fer to tives filed down the Mohawk tra il. I t
with prices paid by local dealers
Do-operatlve Wool Grower« and tbe
the distant hills. Then arose a great do hla dirty work. The Ohio country
The plan of organisation was of the other wentem wool-marketing aaan
was a considerable cavalcade of twen
Portland
simplest. There was merely an agree
Oregon whooping and klntecawlng bark In the »ere full o’ robber whelps which I
latlona Jt differs, too, in that If has
ty-one people and tw enty-four horses
bosh.
The
young
Huron
went
out
to
, ..
.
.
_
, k,nd o’ mistrusted be were one on and colts, the la tte r following
ment of a number o f local growers
» sales m inager whose sole business
the band.
Returning soon, he i ’em who bad rakad
to go together m handling their wool.
1» to tell wool instead of turning It
Solomon Blnkus and Peter Bones
»aid to Solomon th a t hla chief, the o’ runnygades an' g o - o f f 'fe /p lu n d e r
Sometime» they elected officers, but
over to a commission merchant. Thia
and hla son Israel stood on guard until
great Splltnose. would have word» We got bolt o' most o' their gtfns very
more often they were represented by a policy Is directly oppr-aed to the dump
the boy John Bones returned w ith
w ith him.
W h y su ffer from
committee who arranged the details of
i quiet, au I put John Irons an* two
"S syMem of tbe Central West.
help from the upper valley. A dosen
Turning to John Irons, Solomon o' hla boys an' Peter Bones an' hla
the plan
A fter a year or two many
h ea d a ch e ?
The wool 1« collected locally and
men and boys completed the disarming
said
He's
an
outlaw
chief
W
e
must
;
boy
Iar'el
an'
the
two
wom
en
of these locals felled, hot others came
«■nt to a bonded waiehoute In Pori
of the band and that evening set out
Have
v o u r eyes
trout him like a
■ king
»<—
-------- guns on guard
two over
«omen
troat
m -------
bring -- 'em I loaded
em 't r
f" take their places, and In 1BIT rhere
And to be graded and sold. The price
with them on the south tra il
Ton keep t b , meat
r
0B
e
x
a
m
in
e
d
« e re at least 25 tucreaaful pools east
has avenged T cents a pound above
I t la doubtful i f thia history would
The scout went w ith the breve to his the nightmare er lay still. Jack an'
of the Mlaaourl river and three time»
'hat made by the outside hidden,
chief and made a apeech of welcome, me an' Buckeye sneaked back np the have been w ritten but for an aectdenttl
»« many In the range country
State
vow the aasc-tatlon has spread ont
a fte r which the wfly old Splltnose. In troll fer bout twenty rod with our and highly Interesting cl ream stance.
wide pool« began -bout 1818 with the
into
northern
California
wemera
Optometrist, with
In the first party young Jack Ir o M
hla wonderful headdreaa of buckskin guns, aa then I told the young Injun
fonnetlon of the Ohio State pool
Idaho, southern W aahiogton and aH of
rode a colt. Just broken, «nth the j j r i
and eagle feathers and hla hand In to shoot off the moose call
Go operative marketing of Ohio wool
M . F r e n c h a S o n s
W»n
'ngon
captive, now happily roleased
Tho
w a rp a in t, followed Solomon to the •Ir. yo could s' heerd It from Alhanv
may he called a result of the war
In the fiouthweri the mohair grow
boy had helped everyone to get a w *y ;
j e w e l e r s - o f t ic ia n s
feast
Silently they filed out o f the
During the w ar the government flxed
o
w
i
n
g
,
f
a
»
.
The
.
n
,
w
,
r
come
an
•ra have organised for co-operative
bush and sat on the grata around the Jett as I spsHed. twere within a then there seemed to be no ridable
• schedule on prices which It would
Albany, Oregon
’*11’««
They fioruiad the South
horse fo r him. H e walked Iter a dle-
fire
There were no captive« ambng quarter . . m il.
pay for wool
Dealer« all over Ohio
I pQ, j . Pk irboot
western r> rm Bureau Wool and M e
them — none at least of the white skin
made hide based on a profit of 7 to id
fiDv feet further np the trail than T tence by the stranger's mount a* the
kamwiatloa In Jane of
la tte r »ss wild. The girt was O a s t
Solomon did not betray hla disap were, an' Buckeye nigh him. an tol
i-eat» per pound more than usual. Thin
1821. It was formed ander the direc
for a tim e a fte r the colt had settled
pointment
Not a word was spoken
v id e margin named was the turning
i7
B,i,’rh
V
?
d’
W
*
*
k
°o*ohed
down
tion Of the Texas Term B u rn a oa a
H e and John Irons and his son began U th . hnahee aa' heerd 'em cornin ' down, now and then »tping tears from
pidnt In the old-form marketing ry r
A m o r A . Tussi ng
Plan sim ilar to that used I . Oregna
her eyes. By and by the asked :
»»m of the state
la ene body pro
removing the spits from the fire and
I ^ U * ^ ? ’ ? * * * "■ • ''""’ modify hk#a
"M ay I lead the eolt w hile you ridel"
putting «none nsoat upon them and cut
ducera stood up for their right»
IkJuna. the tw o wlmmen qaptlves an
Ike the wheat and cotton farmerb dn
lawyerjand NOTARY
"Oh, no. I am not tired." was hie
ttng the epoked roasts Into larg» L
Hew tbe Flan Works
ba» d"«
l« l coBtncts blading the grower to
answer
« « e « and passing ,, on . h l, earthen , brute that I .vfir ,e e n -
1H almy , Ohioon
" I want to do something for you.*
FARMERS,
Y
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