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BONELESS
LUNCH
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BACON
STEAK
Hy Audrey Ward
In the early 1930’s, farmers
and stockmen were in dire need,
due to the depression. Most of
the banks and lending agencies
were insolvent and the few that
were not forced to close would
not take on any new loans.
Without financial help every
one was forced to take extreme
measures. Taxes were left un
paid, notes were given for water
irrigation, work was done with
out (lie aid of hired hands and,
in short, economy prevailed in
every way possible.
Fixed expenses remained the
same, but ‘income* became an
'outgo*, with $4 lambs, 7? wool,
$4 hay, 50? per hundred grain,
etc.
The government finally came
to the farmers’ aid with a lend
ing agency, but it was still im
possible to make both ends
meet, owing to prices received
for produce. Under these con
ditions, it is needless to say,
‘there was no joy in mudville.”
People’s faces were as long as
a piece of rope and laughter was
a thing faintly remembered.
1 was to meet my brother
and another packer who were
in charge of our sheep. This
meeting place was pre-ar
ranged. We met, as planned, and
the same old tale of woe was
with us, as we were tadly in
need of rain and feed was poor.
I carried my lunch with me
and we decided to eat before
loading the pack-horses with
groceries and stock salt.
We had just started eating
when a boy came galloping off
the hill. He said tie was herd
ing saddle horses and upon see
ing us, thought he would come
down and visit for awhile.
W e had plenty of lunch and he
was hungry. While eating he told
us that since he was graduated
from the eighth-grad«*, he de
cided to get a job and help
with the family's income.
He said his boss, a friend of
ours, had told him that since
times were so hard, he could
not pay very big wages, but
that as they had a full case
of hen eggs, they would lie
partners in a new business
venture.
Since there were dozens of
magpies nesting along tin*
creek, they would substitute hen
eggs for magpie eggs and the
birds would not only hatch the
baby chicks, but would also feed
them until they were old en
ough to take care of themselves,
at which time the men would
drive off the magpies and har
vest the crop of baby chicks.
Th«* boy’s boss also said
that the egg substitution could
work both ways, as they could
eat magpie eggs, thus releas
ing more hen eggs for the new
venture, but he was not sure
he wanted to eat magpie eggs,
even though it might cut down
on their new income source.
The lad did not stay long,
as his horses were giving him
some trouble. While we were
packing up, we all had a good
laugh at this new depression
enterprise. After arranging for
a new meeting ten days later,
we parted as each boy went
to his respective camp and me
to the ranch and home.
As I drove along, I could not
help thinking that even when
we were small boys, we would
not have ‘bit’ on anything so
absurd as the magpie story.
Then I recalled th«* time one-
armed Clark told us that if
you circled a ground owl, keep
ing it on your left, that the bird
would follow with it’s eyes un
it it’s head would unscrew and
drop off. And we did think at
times that one of th«* birds’
heads was getting loose.
And then there was the time
when I was persuaded to put
eggs in my hat and a pail of
milk in each hand and carry
them to the house. I had to open
and close a gate. That is where
1 met disaster; and what a mess
it was!
Then there was th«* time that
old Cowboy Charley bet us that
we could not tie a rope around
our necks, throw the loose end
over a limb, grasp the loose
end and climb up to the limb.
We could and did, but when we
tried to come down, it was
a different story. We needed a
ladder toget down,but oldChar-
lay had mysteriously dis-
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