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I V'ij ri w T' : ' H ' 1 P': iPSSi fcgl t.;f -' titH&& iff m ifA k 1 tin k ti t , te Fame of Texas Ranger Based On Fact 99 Per Cent of Time litis lifcl ilk Ul'.H John t. Kennedy Jr., White House. Young John watched the festivi- son of the President, climhs up on a chair ties from the south balcony of the Executive for a better view ot the ceremonies welcom- Mansion. (UPI) ing Irish Prime Minister Sean Lemass at the Bv KYLE THOMPSON AUSTIN. Tex. (UPI) - "We had a little shooting match, and they lost." Times have changed since this to the - point report was turned in many years ago by a Texas Ranger assigned to clean out a gang of cattle rustlers. But the Texas Ranger of to day, as a member of one of the world's most famous law en forcement bodies, is very much akin to his predecessor. He's still over six feet tall, wears the traditional white Stetson hat and cowboy boots, says very little and acts a lot when the chips are down. The 62-man ranger squad is headed by Col. Homer Garrison, who is celebrating his 25th anni versary as chief ranger. Garri son also is director of the slate i highway patrol and its entire public safety division. Texas Ranger historv is rich with lore and tradition, and 99 per cent of it is based on fact. Garrison's favorite ranger sto ry is about the 1955 riot at the Rusk State hospital for the crim inally insane. Sixteen inmates were holed up and were threat ening to kill anyone who came near them. Garrison dispatched a single ranger, Capt. Bob Crnwder of Dallas, to the scene. Five min- SECTION B PAGES 1 to 10 Medford?tTribune MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1:! utes after his arrival the riot was over. Asked what he said to them, Crowder answered. "I just told them to cut out this stuff." Garrison also relates and believes the story of a single ranger who was sent to an east Texas town to prevent a lynch ing about the turn of the can tury. When he stepped off the train, leading citizens of the town de manded to know where his men were. "There's only one mob, isn't there," replied the ranger. "There's an unwritten code in the rangers," Garrison said. "You don't bark out of situa t i o n s. If you do, you're through." About 18 months ago Garri son fired one ranger who let himself get kidnaped by a bank robber. Today's Texas Ranger is an expert on modern scientific crime detection but he si ill must be able to travel the cactus studded horderlancis on horse back for days. He's still a lough hombre whose very physical presence is a potent for .c for law and order. Ranger historv dtt 's baik to 1823 when Stephen F. Austin, considered the father of Texas, got together a group he called "Rangers" to protect the fron tier settlers from hostile Indi ans. The group was organized for mally during Texas' War of In dependence against Mexico in 1838, while Sam Houston's tat tered army was waging war with the Mexicans, a relative handful of rangers fought the Indians to a near standstill. After Texas won her independ ence, and later, when she joined the Union in 1842, the rangers found themselves wedged war ring on two fronts against Mexican bandits and rampaging Indian hands. 1 During the Mexican war, the rangers were called on by the U.S. Army to lead the invading forces and scout for them. A member of the staff of Gen. Zachary Taylor said the rangers "are not only the eyes and ears of Gen. Taylor's army, hut its right and left arms as well." The Mexicans called the ran gers "Los Diahlos Tejanos" Ihe lexas Devils. I Texas Rangers have never ; known military discipline; j maintaining instead a sort of I derring do independence. Dur ing the early years they never j accepted a man as a leader un less he was Ihe best of the ! group. I Their battles with Ihe Indians ended on Jan. 29, 1881, when rangers surprised a band of renegade Indians in the Diablo mountains of the Big Bend coun try and wiped them out. In 1878, rangers ended the short but violent train robbing career of Sam Bass when they set up a trap into which he walked while "casing" a bank inU ... n..,. o..i. t. ' Mfivrtl In Mexico In 18 a group was trying to promote a championship fight at El Paso But fighting was illegal in Texas at that time, land Capt. Bill McDonald was sent to prevent the bout from taking place. J The fight was moved to Mex ico across the border from Lang I try. Tex., where Judge Roy I Bean held forth. Bat Mastcrson, the f a m i d I gunman from New Mex'co, be j came impatient for the fight to I start and began to abuse a Chi j nese waiter in the town's only saloon. "Don't do that," snapped ; Ranger McDonald. "Maybe you'd like to take it , up," Maslerson threatened. "I done took it up," McDon ! aid replied crisply. Masterson I shut up and another ranger leg end began. Texas Rangers played promi nent roles in the bawdy and rowdy oil boom days, during prohibition and in border smuc- I gling for many years. ihe rangers did battle witli Chicago - type thugs during tha 1920s and 1930s. Their exploits included the pursuit and death of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Today's ranger still with po lice authority anywhere in tha states believes in the creed "Hold your fire until -you're cer tain that your aim is true and then let go." RELAX AT THE SEASHORE! CREST MOTEL Brookings, Oregon WINTER WEEKENDS 2 Days-2 Nitet $Q50 Fri- Ss' For 2 People jf or Sat. & Sun. Also Special Family Rales All units have Beauty Rest beds, TV, coffee, phones. Brookings' only AAA approved motel. 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