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Show THF PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON. UTAH The Settling f the Sage By HAL G. EVARTS Cepyrlght br Hul O. WNU Bervic. Ivirli WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE At th. Warren ranch, the "Three liar." on the fringe of the country," a stranger applies for work as a rider. Ann Warren known to all as "Billie, is the owner of the ranch. The girl's father. Cal Warren, had been the original owner. The question whether the territory is to remain cow country or be opened to settlement is a troublesome one "cow CHAPTER I The Three Bar borne range was one of many similar Isolated iqiota where the inhabitants held out for a con tlnuunce of the old order of things. All tli rough the West, from the Mexican border to the Canadian line, a score of bitter feuds were In progress, the principles Involved differing widely according to conditions and locality. There were existing laws and certain clans that deuied tiie Justice of each oue, bolding out against Its enforcement and making laws of their own. In some spots the paramount Issue was over the relative, grazing rights of ows aud sheep, fanning a flame of hatred between those whose occupations were In any way con cerned with these rival Interests. In others the stockmen Ignored the homestead laws which proclaimed that settlers could file their rights on land. As always bpfore. wherever men resorted to lawlessness to protect their fancied rights, tiie established order of tilings had broken down, all lawa disregarded instead of tiie single one originally Involved. In many communities these clashes between rival Interests had furnished opportunity for rustlers to build ui In power and practically take the range. Bach clan was outside the law in some one particular and so could not have recourse to It against Continued 2 Because the Three Bar needs a man that has prowled this country and gathered a few points about what's going on, he returned. And that information Is for Bale to any bruud that bires you! said the girl. "Is that what you mean?" If It was, there would be nothing wrong with a man's schooling himself to know all points of his nb before But It he asked for it, he said. happens that wasn't exactly my reason. A shade of weariness passed over her face. During the two years that her father bad been confined to the house after being caved in by a horse and in the one year that bad elapsed since his death the six thousand cows that had worn the Three Bar brand on the range had decreased by almost half under her management. But Til put you on, she said. you'll probably be insulted at what I have to offer. The men start out after tiie horses tomorrow. 1 want a man to stay here aud do tinkering jobs round the place till they get back. That'll suit me aa well as any, be accepted promptly. "I'm a great little hand at tinkering round." The ciaug of the sledge had ceased aud a huge, fat man loomed In the door of the shop ami mopped his dripping face with a bandanna. Im glad you've come, he assured not A man thats the newcomer. above doing a little fixing upl A Cowhand is the most overworked and underpaid sapliead that ever lost and three nights sleep hours on end; worked se en;y-tvvsleep In the rain or not at all to hold a job at forty per for six months The other six he's In the year. throwed louse like a range horse to rustle or starve. Hardest work In the world but he don't know It, or money wouldnt hire him to lift bis hand, lie thi .ks its play. Not one out of ten but what prides himself that he can't be browbeat into doing a tap oi work. Ask him to cut a stick of firewood and hell arch his hack and . Don-- ' laugh ai you scornful-likethat beat h 1? It do, said the stranger. I'm the best wagon cook that ever slushed dishwaier over the tail gate, and even better than that in a "vnch house kitchen, the loquacious oue Bui I can't modestly assured him. when I lay meals to the do Justice out to do all tiie chores within four miles aud run myself thin collecting scraps, aud squaw wood to keep tiie stove tiei up Now jlnce Billie has hired you, I trust youll work up a pile of wood that will keep me going aud folks call me Waddles, he added ' as an afterthought "Very good, Mr. Waddles. the uew comer smiled. "You shall have youi fuel. Tiie big man grinned. Thai title is derived from my My shape and gait. he informed. regular name Is SiiiittiIf you re set on fucking a Mister on behind It The. girl waved the talkuilve cook aside and turned to Ihe uew hand. You'll take It then. band-ruunin- o 4 , lie nodded. Could you spare me about ten min Ules sotue time today? he asked. Yes, she said. "I'll send for you when I have time. The muu headed buck for ids burses aud turned them Into tiie corral. He rambled among the outbuildings on a tour of inspection and tiie girl saw him aland long in one spol before the solid log cabin, now used as a store room for odds and ends, that had been tiie Brsl one erected on the Three Bar and had sheltered the Harrises before her father took over their brand. CHAPTER II The Three Bar girl sat looking from the,w$w)ow of her own room tiie living room of the ranch house, one end of which was curtained off to serve as sleeping quarters. The new man was still prowling about the place, inspect lng every detail, and she wondered It he could tell her anything which would prove of benefit In her fight to stop the shrinkage of the Three Bar herds and help her tq face the drastic changes that were reshaping the pol Wio of tiie range country kn over to the newcomer as occasion ZThe rose. There bad been much speculation bout the brand worn by the two horses. The hands were o drifting lot. gathered from almost as many points as there were men present, out none of them knew the brand. A dark, man with a slen der black mustache was tiie Srst to COW NEEDS CARE voice a query, not from the fact that IN WINTER TIME Ids curiosity was large it was perhaps less than that of any other man in the room but for the reason that Much of Feed Given Anihe chose to satisfy It at ouce. Morrow's personality waa cold and bleak, mal Goes for Warmth. Inviting no close friendships or Intimacies; uncommunicative to a degree Extra feed cannot be substituted for that hod Impressed Itself on hla comshelter for the comfortable cow is the panions of the last few days and they profitable cow. When the animals are looked np, mildly surprised et hie exposed to wintry winds and rains, abrupt Interrogation. much of tiie feed goes to keep the Box L. he commented. Where bodies warm Instead of to produce does that brand run? milk. Southwest Kansas and Oklahoma," "Therefore, some effort should be the stranger answered. made to keep the dairy cows comfortSquatter country," Morrow able during periods of disagreeable third section nnder fence. weather, says John A. Arey, dairy Harris sat looking through the door extension specialist. at the North Car at the valley spread out below end olina State Their stalls after a moment he answered the should be wellcollege. lighted and properly thrust as If be had been long preventilated but free from air currents. pared for It. Ventilation is Important but should be And thats what Yes,' he said. so arranged as to prevent the air curcoroe In will to all range country the cow's body. few more years; farm what they can rents from striking Is accomplished by making the and graze what they cant and the Tills cow shed tight sooner the better for all concerned." sides of the bnrn or fresh air and through propadmitting He waved an arm down the valley. erly arranged windows. Good alfalfa dirt going to waste Mr. Arey states that tiie practice of down .there overrun with sage and tiie cow to wade through requiring to grass enough keep growing only to get ten cows to the quarter. If that was mud and lee some distance too common too is and water drinking ripped up and seeded to hay It would In the dairy Industry. Such expensive to thousand five winter grow enough needless exposure chills the animal head. This remark led to the old debate and prevents her from drinking the amount of water that she normally In the cow that was country, breaking ont afresh In every would consume. Normal milk, says Sir. Arey, conbunk house and exhaustively 87 per cent water and a cow tains , Evans regarded Harris curiously aa producing around 30 pounds of milk doily will need from 8o to 00 pounds he deliberately provoked the arguday. She will not drink ment then sat back and listened to the of water each this much on a cold day unless the various Ideas of the others aa the dissupply is convenient and not too cold. cussion became heated and general. The dairy cow of high producing It's a settled fact that the. outfit breeds is a creature of habit. Unthat have put In bay are better off, Evans said. But theres a dozen lo- usual- treatment makes her nervous. calities like this, a dozen little civil If she Is accustomed to a regular rouwars going on right now where the tine of feeding and care, a change Inhabitants are so mulish that they from this system will make her nervous and distrustful. She should never lay their ears and fight their own Inhe run with horses or dogs nor treatterests by upholding a flea-b- it prejudice that waa good for twenty years ed roughly while being put In a barn. No other farm animal, says Mr. Arey, ago but la a dead issue today. will give greater returns for good care And why is It dead today? Mop-rothan tiie cow and the herdsman who aa not as And demanded. good Harris WMI Do All Right for Me. It always was? keeps his animals comfortable in winter will be amply repaid. so those who violated It in some other a different or hundred Only respect; could not appear against reasons," Evans returned IndifferentThen beef-top- s neighbors in one matter lest their ly. brought ten dolCalf Scours Prevented friends do likewise against themselves lars a head and theyre worth three In another. times that now; then you bought by Giving Proper Feed This attitude bad enabled the wile brand on the hoof, come as they run, Ordinary scours In young calvea for round five dollars straight are caused by Indigestion resulting bunch to saddle themselves on cer tain communities and ply their trade through, exclusive of calves; now Its from overfeeding, or feeding milk without restraint. Rustling bad come based at ten on the round-u- p tally. that Is too cold, or feeding it in dirty to be a recognized occupation to be In those days a man could better afpalls. tV hen scours come on while the reckoned with; the identity of the ford to let part of his cows winterthieves was often known, and they kill than to raise feed to winter the calf Is nursing the cow It gets too visited from ranch to ranch, whose whole of them through among other much milk, or the milk of the dam owners possibly were honest themIs too rich, which may be the case things. These days he cant." Aud have your water holes fenced," When scours occur selves but had friends among the out with Jerseys. laws for whom the latchstring was Morrow said. As soon as you let tbs while the calf Is fed milk It Is usualways out. The rustlers toil was first squatter light." ally due to feeding too much milk In the nature of a tribute levied The government has prohibited or feeding It in dirty pails. The best way to handle a case of against every brand and the various fencing water boles uecessary to the If ordinary scours is to reduce the outfits expected certain losses from adjacent range," Harris cut In. f tiie tills source. It was good business to that valley was mine I'd have put It amount of milk to about In hay this long time back." amount the calf should have, until recoup these tosses at anothers ex But It wasnt yours, " Morrow pense and thus neighbor preyed on tiie bowels become normal. An ounce or two of castor oil will help to clear neighbor. It waa a case of dog eat pointed out. or Is at It s least dog and the slogan ran: Catch your now, but the bowels. No; 1 It should calves in a basket or some other part of It Is, Harris said. If the calf Is hand-fepicked thief will put his iron on them first have six to eight pounds of ndlk at up that school section that lays across It was to this pass that the Three the valley and filed on a home quara feeding, which must always be fed Bar home range had come in the last ter that butts up against the rims. In clean pails. It is very essential live years. As Billie Warren watched He sat gazing Indifferently out the in feeding young calves to weigh the the new band moving slowly toward door as If unconscious of the dead milk at each feeding to avoid overthe hunk house site pondered over silence that followed his remark. feeding. what manner of man this could be More men had drifted In till nearly a When a calf gets clean, wholesome who had played a single-handegame milk and isnot overfed you will dozen were gathered In the room. in the hills for almost a year. Was have very little trouble with ordinary Thats never been done oul here he leagued with the wild bunch, with scours. buying school sections aud filing squatthe law, or was lie merely an eccenter's rights, Morrow said at lasL tric who might have some special "Tills Is cow country and will never knowledge that would help her save he anything else. the Three Bar from extinction? Good cow coumry, Harris agreed. Tiie stranger picked up his bed roll And it stands to reason It could be nod disappeared through the bunk made better with a little help. Oats straw Is a very poor feed for house door as she watched him. Whenevei you start helping a ooun The lean man who had first greeted try with fence and plow you ruin It dairy cows. If you can cut tiie corn fodder It will he eaten better by the him Jerked a thumb toward an unoc I know I for cows." Morrow stated. cows tl an oats straw. bunk. cupied It always loomed up in the light of . Bay roll?' he inquired; then, as a good move to me," the newcomer to overfeed a 1'iu as most Is possible Just loan nodded, new It genthe flue of us has likely read returned, cow as It Is to underfeed, although It erally referred to as Lanky. he of his signs wrong. Is more uncommon. One extreme la Evans is tiie rest IV red tentatively. Theres some signs round here yon as unprofitable as the other. of better read. Morrow said. "They just The stranger hesitated appreciably; were posted for such as you." People who have been underfeeding then: II appears like I'd maybe made' a cows generally go to the other their Harris will do all right for me bad selection then. Bin sorry about extreme whenever they are convlncd he and returned Cal for every day. that. Harris deprecated In a oegll that thlr present method of feeding Is It Introductions had been effected. It's not correct. gent ton that beliei Ills words. man to use his own to each was up hard to tell Just how It will paD ouL" individual method of making his name TO BE CONTINUED Tiie calf should receive tiie first milk or colostrum from its mother. csosapGa&a&aosao&osxcaxcecsxBxacnace Colostrum Is tldck, very yellow In color, Rod contains nearly six times the amount of protein contained in ' ordinary milk. duced Into the southeastern states In Guinea fowls have been domesticated to reach the cracks fall Dishcloths all over tiie United States, comments a recent years, but the outcome of these and crevices where dirt and bacteria experiments la not yet known. scientist of the United States Depart-meare prone to lodge; they fail to cut of Agriculture, and have had grease and dirt, and It is almost Imto keep them in a sweet, sanplenty of opportunities to escape to Traitorous Words possible They have shov n little ihe wild condition. itary It appears there are 1,100 traitor indication of desiring to do so. and ous words" In the dictionaries of the this seems rather surprising, In view French and Cnderfeeding of dairy cows, occur Eugllsh language which of the fact that they have done so during the winter Ir.g especially are but with shades alike, essentially In some of the islands of the West In months, is one of the most common In meaning A French difference of dies. 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