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puncher, . like
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ways w|tb us.
If not In the
flesh, then at
least In some
of the moving
picture shows
to be found In
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every
street.
Go where you will la the
English speaking world, you cannot <et
nway from the puncher and his exploits
If you don't patronise the picture shows
tbrmaelvee. you cannot fail to notice the
man In the "chaps* printed In the gayest
<rf colors on the posters outside— in
fact, no picture show seems complete
unless If Includes In Its program at least
one cowboy picture
Tim pictures usually represent the
puncher as a happy, well meaning Indi
vtdaal with a miniature arsenal to sus­
tain the effm-t. who has Utile to occupy
his time except meddling with other
people's business, administering justice
with the aid of a tree and a length of
rupe and being In at the finish of any
love affairs which may culminate In hl*
rtelgblatrhood According to the moving
picture authorities these latter episode«
worm to crop up like mushrooms on a
moor In the cow country All this la
very nice and romantic, but. unfortunate
ly. if the truth Is to be told. It can not be
•tamped wl'h th«- hallmark of veracity
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Pain*. ConitipaUon, Sour Slomach,
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exalted though pone the leas erroneous
Idea of the average cowboy and bls
work
If we leave out the inevitable
"girl" some of theee pictured cajilolts
might well have been duplicated In real
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life In the "early" days, but any "long
haired' * plainsmen who took part In
them have now to t>e extent In the ;«
counting of them 'with suitable on
le>lllshm>-nta. probably) Io their grand ¡money, may be two widely different
< hl-'tdnen If they arc lucky «-cough t > things
Home of the most skillful and tn
have any
trepld broncho busters Io t-e seen In
Then- are no two callings In tbe
exhibitions never go near a cow camp
world today eurrout d«d by so much from one year's end to another Hev
rurr.ar.ee. and about which so much
oral of th one 'high priced attractions'
has been written as th« so of plains
are engaged In the sheep shearing
men nnd sailors, and yet withal the business; another drives hts own team
general public has a very hagy and
and "rig" In connection with the tian*
wometlmee absurd conception regard­ fer buriiies«
Ro these exhibitions
ing the life and members of both pro­ must not be taken ns a criterion of
fessions
Perhaps that tbe fact that
the character and Work of the |7S a
the real work of both railings Is done month puncher or tbe all the year
far away from the public ken. thus round stock hand The fact la there Is
allowing plenty of latitude for a vivid as much difference Letween the mod
Imagination. Is responsible for many
ern slockhand and the old timer as
of the false Impressions concerning there Is between a deckhand on a
them.
river boat and a deep sea sailor
In the first place, the averag*
The old time cowpuncher considered
puncher might work on the ranges teaming In any form t>eneatb his
three or four years and at tbe end dignity, and would have viewed any
nt that period l>o able to count alt request to handle the lines much as a
the “girls" he had ever aceti on the present day pluml-er would regard the
Bogers nf one hand; and a fiait to the suggestion of having a shovel add'-d
"home" ranches would p rotia bl y re to hla tool bag
For this reason In
veal as mnny Chinese as ladles, and bygone daya the roundup cook bad to
It Is hard to Imagine anythlrg ro­ be an expert teamater, but. as Is to
mantic connected with a Chinese be expected, where such an unusual
The "bosses" see to It that while tbe combination of talents Is required, that
puncher Is on tbe payroll he has member of out fit's long autt «as
mighty little time for anything uuls'de seldom within the culinary depart
of hard work
metit Wbl e tbe old owt-oy'a lot was
Again tn these days tew punchers <ast In more atrenuous daya than now,
pack a gun
Year« ago when cattle still he was more Independent and
rustling was rampant. It was advisable enjojed better opportunitiea of acquir­
that the stockmen should be provided ing his own herd, wbereaa tbe present
with guns, as the rustlers themselves day puncher can hardly expect to at­
went armed; but the real use of the tain anything beyond tbe statua of a
(run dates back to tbe time when foreman.
fences and llnorlders were practically
Practically all the cattle ranches of
unknown
Thus, during some big any consequence are now owned or
atampede. when thousands of doltars* controlled by companies or perhaps
worth of beef was running headlong trusts would be a better name
tn destruction and all ordinary means
During tbe last ten y< ara wages
had failed to check It as a last re have decreased for range work, and
(■»«tree the foremost rider would shoot with tbe decline In wages the work
down some of the leaders, thus check has become more general. Nowadays
Ing the rush and enabling the riders the cattle owners hire their regular
to "circle" the bunch; that process by help by the season or tbe year, and
which alono l>lg herds can ba kept outalde their work during the roundup
nnder control, when they show a ten their "job" and surroundings are
deney to le restless
it consists In much the same as those of the farm
making the fringe of th« herd move In er'a hired man Tbe states of Montana
n circle around the rest of tbe bunch: and Wyoming pry the highest wages
thus the cattle themselves are made for range work, riders receiving 175 a
tn head off their fellows, until finally month and board On tbe other aide
the entire herd Is one huge revolving of the line wages are about SO per
mass of flesh
cent, lower for the same work These
But at the prevent time fences and wages only obtain during the roundup,
restricted ranges have almost rendered which time corresponds In tbe con­
these big stamped«« things of the past duct of a cattle ranch to the harvest
and the type of men who coped with season of tbe grain farmer, and many
them and with hostile Indiana has die of the punchers work for 140 a month
appeared
and less for the rest of tbe year.
While the modern cowboy is called
There are two big roundups during
np«in In a roundup to do much stren­ tbe year, the spring roundup and fall,
uous work, during which the safety or beef, roundup The spring roundup,
from accident is measured almost en which takes place In May or June. Is
tlrely by tbe sure footedness of his perhaps the busiest time of the year
pony end his skill as a rider, mis­ A foreman Is chosen from each dis­
chance Is the sum total of risk to life trict. Vsually he la the son or rela
he has to run
tire of the manager or owner of the
Rome persons having In mind the ranch he is attached to
Each fore­
"frontier celebration" held at Chey­ man or captain brings a number of
enne. Wyo . will be Inclined to doubt cowboys with him. the numbar vary
this statement but It must be nemem Ing according to the cattle his em­
here«! that these gatherings, which ployer Is estimated to have running
arw held annually tn all Mg cow cen range
tors, are simply entertainments for the
The riders travel In palm, as a rule,
public's benefit and to demonstrate and much patience, coupled with keen
the skill attained by certain Individu­ observation, is neceeaarv If their work
als picked out of thousands
Their le to be thorough; watercourses must
reckless disregard for limb or life la be followed, and the country carefully
not general among tbe punchers What searched for stragglers.
Daybreak finds a roundup camp
a man may do In the ordinary course
of hie work and what he la willing to astir, and the saddle horses having
do for tbe lore of applause or for been corralled by tbe night wrangler.
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Rioux Falls, S D— J. E
Darling,
school teacher and alleged profeealoa-
al wholesale grip thief, baa been ta­
ken to the federal penitentiary at
venworth. Kan, to serve a sen
fence by the t'nlted States court of
'■ne and a half years for perjury la a
land case
Darling combined bls alleged grip
stealing with teaching and making en­
tries of homesteads
For a time ba
taught in a little evuntry school In a
remote regton in Brule county, a Mie
sourl river county tn the central part
of the state, and. later. In a country
school at CrandalL Brown county, 13
the north central part of the state
It was at Crandall that Sheriff
I'armley of Brule county found him
with a warrant and arrested blm on
the charge of the larceny of aoma
grips The sheriff • *i than unaware
of the Importance of bi» <ai!ti-.a.
Thirty five grips. It wat ailagwd. war«
found In Darling's po« session, and bls
arrest on a federal charge followed In­
spection of tbe c< t
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grip, tn which. It was charged, were
found papers showing he had made
entry to several h- mertesds under dif­
ferent names The federal authorities
charged blm with perjury and ba »»•
Indicted on thia charge,
For two and a half years grip«
were stolen at étalions In several
states frit!.« of the best railroad de­
teettves In the country were put pa
the trail of the grip thief, but were
unable to catch him because he flit­
ted about the country from place to
place and frequent changes In name
also helped to baffle tbe detectives.
It was decided lhat the same grip
thief was operating In the states from
Ohio to Montana. About two hundred
grips were stolen nt railroad stations.
The grip thief would check stolen
grips to himself at some other point,
go there steal the grips again, blds
them, and then complain to the de-
l»ot agent of bls loss
Then a claim
would be put In against the railroad
company, and In many Instances he
was paid tor the grips declared to be
lost
It was while traveling about the
country engaged In stealing grips.
It was alleged, that he made the va­
rious entries of homerteads charged
to him One entry was In tbe name
of William I* Darling, one In the
name of Alton J. Darling another In
ths Dims of Earl Itarling. and he Is
said to have asumed the names
Andrew J. Brown and Abraham C.
Darling
It was said thaï be made
two homestetad entries In the Rapid
City (R D 1 land district, and on«
each la the Belle Fourche and l^m-
mon land districts In western and
northwestern Routh Dakota
f»acting It was charged checked a
grip to a small station, where a youth
wge •gent, baggage master end opera-
tor. stole tbe grip, bld tt. and when
the boy agent could not honor bls
check, declared the grip contained
fl.Joo worth of Jewelry for which bo
must be reimbursed or be would have
the boy dlscbargtd
The frightened agent, it Is said, paid
ISO to Barling and promised to pay
the remainder In 110 monthly pay­
ments. several of which were paid. It
te alleged, tefore Barling was arrest­
ed and convicted In the land case.
wb'-se duty It Is to herd the work
; ponies during tbe night by C «o'clock
l the riders have caught and aaddled
their respective mounts and are away
«basing beef." In the first stag«« of
the roundup they will probably not Le
back for 15 or IS hours
The puncher must rtand alike severe
boat and drenching rains when after
cattle, and this slth.’iu gvogpMt of
relief until the work of tbe roundup la
<ornp1etr«l Wt< n all the cattle appar­
ently have been rounded up to a com­
mon center an enumeration is made,
beef stock selected and calves brand­
ed It might b- mentl< tied here that
If during th* ae elprdlll- Us tbe riders
come across any unbranded yearlings,
nnd there Is n >lhlng t suggest what
outfit they originally belong»! to. they
lose no time tn branding them with
their own outfit's brand using a "run­
ning iron" which they carry for tbe
purpose
Tbe herd Icing now bunched up.
fires are lighted and the "hempen
rifles" are uncoiled Calves are r<'ped
• nd dragged to the branding fires,
where a couple of men on foot grab
• nd hold the calf, cl- wring the lariat
so that the rider may he tree to fitch
another ore
They then apply the
heated Irons for two or three seconds
The branding complet« J they admin-
later a gentle kick to the bewildered
calf to re-i Ind hl :i he is free, and
they •re ready for the next
This
gOM on until all the calves and year)
Ings have been branded
The climatic snd physical conditions
of the country s«-viu to have quite an
effect on lb« catti» rurning wild
Their br««dlug propwndlits vary ae
cording to the country
Each member of a b»rd seems to
know Its place and prefers Ita own to
any other herd, but tike all other rules
this one Is proved by exceptions, and
■ometlmes In a large herd calves will
get mixed up and separated from their
mothers, and In such cases disputes
will arise aa to the ownership of the
calves. If not satisfactorily settled
otherwise the calf In dispute Is taken
to the fire and the branding Irons ap­
plied with not sufficient pressure, how­
ever. to make • permanent mark, but
sufficiently to burn the calf and make HORSE DIES WITH HIS OWNER
It cry out. In a moment there la an
Msssschusstts Innkeeper's Will Di­
answering bellow from one of tbe
herds, followed by a stir among ths' rects Death by Chlorofcrm for Hie
Faithful Friend.
cattle who seem a’mest to maks a
gangway for tbe concerned mother aa
Boston. Mass —John Drewxen. for
she rushes to answer tbe call of her
years proprietor of the Hotel High­
calf. A rope la shot around her hind
land. Washington stret. Hoi bury, who
legs as she leaves th» fringe nf the
b«-rd. allowing her no chance to make died the other day. directed his elects-
tors to chloroform and kill bls chest­
any serious objections, her brand la
nut
horse on the day of his own death.
observed and the calf branded accord
1ngly, Justice la »erved Tbe cow and Pursuant to the provisions of the will
the esecutor of the will promptly bad
calf are turned looae again, and It la
a fine sight to wat«-h tb'-m "teat It" the antmal chloroformed
The horse had been In the posses­
together for the herd
The branding done and stock taking sion of Mr lire ween for many years
finished, the beef ready for shipping Is and there was a strong attachment be-
driven to tbe home range to await tween the two
Of recent years the animal was too
actual shtt-ment. and the remainder of
the cattle are once more free to wan­ old and Infirm to be taken out of the
der the hills and p'alns until the fall, stable, but Mr Drewsen visited it fro-
quently day and night.
when the big drive will take place
The rounding up of cattle Is some­
His Tapeworm Gets Drunk.
times difficult, aa they, unlike horses,
Danville, III — Lafe McKensle of
frequently take a notion to split up tn
bunches and bead off In all direct Iona, Breathitt county. Kentucky, says he
has a tapeworm that craves whisky.
making much work for the riders.
The kind of cow puncher we read He gave this as an excuse In police
about, who was as Indelibly marked court tn explaining why he was Intoxi­
with the {»hyalcal characteristics of cated McKenxle said be acquired the
his calling as were the cattle be herd­ tapeworm while young and that the
ed with the brand of their owners, tapeworm In turn soon became fond of
has given way to tbe less hardy and whisky Ho said be bad a fierce time
picturesque cowboy or stoekhand of of IL The judge was not grwatly Im­
today, who may be beating a train to­ pressed and suld tbe tapeworm's latest
morrow or driving team In the city.
"Jag" would coot Lafe |L10.
beneficial laxative temedy—Syrup
of Eifft and EJixir of Senna.
It u
well known throughout the world
at the best of family laxative reme-
ch-'t, because it acts to gently and
strengthen* naturally without Lib*
tating the system in any way.
1 o get it* beneficial effect* it il
always necessary to buy the genu­
ine, manufactured by the California
I ig Syrup Co., bearing the name
of the Company, plainly printed oc
the front of every package.
BELLE
\FERRYS/
SEEDS
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If you use Eye Salve use the beat.
I’KTTIT'» Erg S alvk is the standard,
is reliable and coots no more than infer­
ior go«»is that sre unknown. Used by
Physician, and Oeunsts, help* where all
others fail, it is not the Teng or Box
that cures, it is the S alvk that do«-» the
work, (luaranterai by Howard Bros,
under the Government Food and Drugs
Act. Don’t be deceived or misled. The
onlv really antiseptic Eye Salve that has
l-«-vn in the market f >r years. Sold by
Druggists throughout the known world.
Fire Art of Giving.
"If one »alts to find perfection in
his friend he will probably watt long,
and live and die unfriended at last.
The fine art of living, indeed. Is to
draw from each person his beat,"—
Lilian Wbltlnr
Reverses Don't Pease Him.
There are many poets who think
themselves unappreciated
But wo
have noticed that this doesn't keep
them from writing more poetry.—
Savannah Press
nt rtt (VIED BiTOII DATS
T"<<» -1r>- ■ -t wilt nrlwnd nwstry it PAZO OI.CT-
MENT tails ts> curs enr rase uf pettina. Blind.
Blasduta ar PeM/udta« Pltoe In S lo H dars. k<.
Small Sins Onty the Beginning.
It Is astor.b h ug how soon tbs whole
conscience begins to unravel, if a sin­
gle stitch drops; one little sin in­
dulged In makes a h< 'e you could put
four bead thrmieh —Charles Buxton
Use of the Horse.
Owing to the advancement of sci­
ence tt would bo possible to get
along without horses now. If It were
not for the necessity of having a few
of them at the innn'i borne shows.
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Yurs OK
h'Hils Ive Salve
Enshrined Within the Heart.
ft is significant of the spark of dV
vlnlty within us. that no matter bow
depraved one may be. one seldom
falls to recognise and bold a certain
respect for truth and Justice.
Fabulous Price for Tulips.
Though orchids frequently bring
prices that make the poor man stag­
ger, the highest price for a single
flower was given for a tulip tn Am
sterdanx by an enthusiast who paid
IJW.000 for It.
Crowded Manhattan.
In one small portion of Manhattan.
N T, la a population greater than
that of Arisons, or of Delaware. Idaho,
Montana. Nevada. North Dakota. Ore­
gon, New Hampat Ire. New Mexloo,
Rhode Island. Utah. Vermont at
Wyoming.
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