Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, September 25, 1947
reminded G il of a sim ilar band
Cass was proud of his record st
which assembled each evening to ■ gunman and a tighter. He often Jenny Lind’s Concert Tour
watch the train go through the Ohio boasted that whoever could lick
Created Greatest Furor
village where he had spent his him, either on the draw or with flats,
youth.
could be the next mayor.
Mort
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A m e ric a ’s greatest fu ro r was
A nearby cafe beckoned and Gil Cass wouldn't stay in a town where
th a t created by Jenny L ind, the
went in to have a cup of coffee he had been whipped.
Swedish singer, d u rin g her concert
before going to a hotel. The waiter
Two men he had bested at gun tour (1850-1852) says C ollier's.
had barely slid his brim m ing cup play were asleep on Boot H ill, at
Its extent is indicated by n col
down the counter, when one of the the edge of town. The only man
| onlookers from the stage depot took who had ever fought him barehand lection o f L indlan a owned by the
the next stool. He, too, ordered cof- ed might as well have joined them. New Y ork H is to ric a l society w hich
The stage for Benson's Gulch was I fee and took a deep drink before His broken bones had not mended j contains, am ong its thousands of
j Item s, scores of the countless
ready to leave Tucson. Gilbert Brad- I turning to Gil.
properly after the beating he had
ly hurried up the dusty street and
“ Haven’t 1 seen you some place received and his six-foot body was a rticle s on w hich her name and
climbed aboard just as the driver before?” he asked. "You look real shrunken and misshapen.
p o rtra it w ere used as a trade-
whipped the horses and the coach fa m iliar to me.”
Virginia and G il were making , m a rk o r decoration, such ns bon
lurched forward.
“ I don't recall meeting you," an- their way across the street one day nets, beds, w hiskies, w allpapers
Once settled comfortably in his swered Gil. “ I'm new to this sec to dine at the Western hotel. Cass ar.d even m en's fancy vest b u t
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lie sure you g e t A m e ric u s fa v o rite ric e cereal,
seat, he casually took inventory of tion of the country.”
swaggered out and moved toward tons.
. Q . the one and only Krltuugi Klee Krlaplesl
" It's a good country, but 1 can't them.
his fellow passengers. Besides him
self, the coach contained two people say too much for this town.”
“ Well, if it ain't the pretty school
—a g irl and a man.
"D on't discourage me like that, marm turned editor and her pasty
The girl's eyes reflected the color | when I've only been in town ten faced Don John."
smiled Gil.
“ What's
of the violets which trim m ed her minutes.”
Anger seethed through Gil. but he
bonnet. Her dress was of gray lin j wrong with the town?”
couldn't quite help being amused at
The other grunted. "You've met the flagrant mispronunciation. He
en. Beneath the brim of the bon
net, several curls of auburn hair
escaped to flutter in the draft from
the partly open window.
The first thing G il noticed about
the man was his agate-hard yellow
eyes. They were set close together
under thick black eyebrows. The
man was heavily built, with huge
shoulders and hands. He wore twin
gun belts crossed at his waist and
the black handles of his six-guns
protruded from open holsters.
"Since we're all going to Benson's
Gulch, we'd just as well make our
selves acquainted,” he said, flick
ing his yellow’ eyes over G il and
then resting them on the girl. "I'm
Mort Cass, mayor of Benson’ s
Gulch.”
The girl's pale face turned even
w’hiter. Her lips quivered ever so
slightly as she looked with loathing
AU (he different brands people
That's how thousands of smokers
straight into the yellow eyes.
smoked during the wartime
learned from actual smoking experi
“ I ’m Virginia Holmes. My broth
cigarette shortage? Naturally,
ence that cool, flavorful Camels suit
er wrote me about you shortly
smokers compared.
them best!
before he died."
The two had forgotten G il’s pres
ence.
“ I was mighty sorry, ma'am,
“Sorry," the girl flashed. "William was fighting you and your corrupt
when your brother met his untimely
friends with his newspaper.
end." said Cass.
“ Sorry,” the g irl flashed. “ W il
our mayor. If you don't already ! could smell liquor on Cass’ breath.
liam was fighting you and your cor
know, you’ll soon find out.”
The man had been drinking heavily,
rupt friends with his newspaper. He
By the time G il had been in town but was far from drunk. He pushed
more than hinted that if an accident
befell him, you would be behind it. two weeks he had made friends with between G il and Virginia.
"Run along, tenderfoot," he said,
I fiaven't the slightest doubt that you Virginia Holmes and incurred the
enmity of M ort Cass for that reason. i " I 'l l take Virginia to dinner and see
killed my brother."
S I V I N T I I N THO U SA N D D O U A IS from
The yellow eyes narrowed grim ly. Cass had learned that G il was in if I can't change her opinion of me
50 acres of tingle cross hybrid seed
Arizona
because
of
his
health
and
a
bit.”
“ Some of those words are mighty
he never failed to make a remark
corn! That was one of the accomplish
He started to take the g irl's arm.
harsh, m a'am .”
ments last year of Cham pion Farmer
“ I shall print some just as harsh,” about "lungers” when he was cer She drew back and slapped him full
John J. Gannon and h it father, W illiam
said Virginia. “ You see, you didn’ t tain to be overheard by the smaller across the face. He started menac
stop his paper. I am going to Ben man. G il found that not many of ingly toward her.
I*. Gannon, on their 7H5-acre (arm near
the townspeople liked Cass; but, one
'T i l learn you to slap Mort Cass,”
son's Gulch to publish it.”
Valeria, Iowa. Hog sales totalled over
Virginia Holmes settled back into and all, they feared and obeyed him. 1 he said.
400 head. In a recent month, 16 pure
Gil tapped him on the right shoul
It was common gossip in Benson's
her seat, turning her body to face
bred Guernsey cows, three of them
the window.
Gulch that Cass had either fired the der. As Cass turned, G il drove a
dry, returned $504.7H over feed costs.
Gilbert Bradly had been about to shot that killed W illiam Holmes, or hard left into his face. The crowd,
Seventy head of purebred Aberdeen-
introduce himself, but he saw that ordered it fired. The body of the which was beginning to gather, gave
Angus cows, and their calves, provide a
a
startled
gasp.
Cass
charged
at
neither of his companions was inter young editor had been found in his
profitable outlet for roughage. So does a
ested. G il would have been the first shop one morning. A group of wild Gil and for a moment it looked as
flock of sheep. T h e Gannons hale 7000
to admit that he wasn't an impres cowboys from a Cass-controlled it he would pummel him into the
hales of hay annually. Careful pasture
sive figure. He was slight, barely ranch had been drinking the night ground. Gil's rapid foot work saved
five and a half feet tall. His gray before and done a lot of wild shoot him. His weaving body i£ade a
management, manure and commercial
eyes were m ild and his clothes ing in the town's main street. One poor target for the larger man's
fertilizers, and a soil conservation pro
marked him as a newcomer to the of the bullets had broken the glass bear-like blows.
gram keep the farm highly productive.
Cass soon realized that this fight
desert country.
window of the newspaper office and
For economy and efficiency in operat
The trio rode in silence to Ben lodged in the owner. The coroner was not going to result in the easy
ing their farm equipment, Cham pion
victory
he
had
expected.
He
stepped
son’s Gulch.
had given a verdict of accidental
Farmer Gannon has found it pays to
A rriv a l of the stage was evidently death. As Cass was all-powerful back and w arily eyed his adversary.
depend on Firestone tires. W hen hr
an event in the town. The group in Benson’ s Gulch, no one openly Then again he charged at Gil, who
and his father buy new tractors, they
eluded him.
of men gathered for the occasion questioned the verdict.
specify Firestone Cham pion Ground
Wild cheers rang from the crowd
Grips. In the photograph, Shelia Ann
later, when Gil stood with wide
spread legs over the sprawled figure
Gannon with her grandfather, W illiam
of M ort Cass.
I’. Gannon, and her father, Cham pion
Farmer John J. Gannon.
"Oh, what a lucky punch,” some
one roared, as bystanders rushed
to congratulate Gil.
“ Lucky punch, nothing,” cried a
deep voice.
S o la tio n in N e x t Issue
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G il turned to face the man who
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“ I remember you now,” he said,
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taking G il's hand in a firm grasp.
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“ I saw you fight once in Chicago.
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Recall the night you knocked out
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winged
Motzi in the third round. You're
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Bradly, once holder of the world’s
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lightweight boxing crown.”
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Don't Live a Self-Centered Life
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O GET extra pulling power . . . longer tire life . . .
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Nine times in ten when you find a
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and smoother riding, Champion Farmer John J.
person who isn’t getting as much
jacket
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Gannon and his father specified Firestone Champion
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out of his life as he should, who
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wants more friends than he has,
Ground Grips for their new tractor.
W a
scale
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who isn't altogether happy with his
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Tests show that Firestone Champion Ground
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existence, you’ll find, if you probe
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Grips
clean up to 100% more effectively, pull up to
deeply enough, that that person is
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62%
more,
last up to 91% longer, and roll smoother
too self-centered.
sloth
Although they don't know it, usu
over highways than any other tractor tires .J. ,
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ally this condition of being self-
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important facts to cost-conscious farmers.
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centered starts in childhood.
Only Firestone Champion Ground Grips are
paper making
As a child the person was babied
3 By
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56 Symbol for
45 Sheep's cry
made
with connected curved traction bars. These
by his parents. He received so much
4 Feeble
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silver
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bars
clean
with a plowlike action . . . giving the
notice that when he left home he
minded
the - - - I”
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mite
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Blot
Champions
more pulling power. Extra tread rubber
felt
letdown,
neglected,
disillu
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Proffers
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6 Heavenly
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measure
sioned when the world didn't treat
article
in the bar connections gives them a “Center Bite”
bodies
a wood
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him as his parents had So he re
in the heart of the traction zone. This, too, means
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nickel
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tired in a shell.
8 Land
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more pulling power. The extra rubber in the con
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In one office I know there was a
measure
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scale
Cain
nected
tread increases tire strength . . . lengthens
g irl who didn’ t have a friend. For
9 Retinue
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three
months
she
had
worked
there.
tire
life
. . . money-saving points you can’t overlook
,
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French
A n s w e r Io H u r t le N u m b e r 3»
Not one of the other girls had paid
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politician
when you buy new tractor tires. So when you
paid notice
B R A K E
the slightest attention to her. One
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T p U o T
buy . . . buy the best . . . buy Firestone Champion
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R E a E N T
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day she came to me, broke down,
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Ground
Grips.
tellurium
of the
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cried, said she was miserable.
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zodiac
Litlen Io Ibe Voice of Piretlooe every Monday evening over NBC
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"They don’t pay any attention to
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me,” she sobbed. “ Do you pay any
A B E J.
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man
H E R A L
attention
to
them?”
I
asked.
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"No—no, I don’t.
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want to be friendly with these girls
point
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B U R N S 9 D E «
you have to show them that you are
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L À
friendly with them.”
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neck
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If you are living a self-centered
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life now, the best thing for you to do
M A I 1J E
1 Implores
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is live more with other people and
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"H am let”
A erien H I ?
show them that they are important
burden
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to you.
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