Show o rID rIDe r e oLL aba t J Heroes of the Southwest II GALLUP ALLUP N. N M. M Through M.-Through Through J J the dust of vanished yesterdays yesterdays yes yes- weve we've just traveled the high ranges of the e earlier pis- pis Pat Garrett of the itchy trigger finger and John JohnV V Wesley Hardin the Texas preachers preacher's boy turned scorpion and Doc Doe ar the coughing dentist w with wIt 1 t h his nervous ous r. man mannerism n e r 1 s m of 1 shooting p people eo pIe h r a 9 q n and n d that bab ti i 1 king of or all the killers kill- kill f r t p ers r 5 little sawed- sawed of off Billy Dilly the Kid 4 l' l 1 who smiled his diffident dif dlf- dent toothed bucktoothed fK f smile even as hei he lie i 4 blasted out a life t for eve every r y one 0 of f the twenty one Irvin S. S Cobb years of or his life not counting as us ashe ashe ushe he himself would say Mexicans and We viewed the historic bullet pocks and their personal burying grounds and we discovered ered Just one survivor or of those ancient two- two gun clans a clans a rancid octogenarian wearing the look about him of a venerable shamefaced sheep where he sat with a gingham apron drapIng drapIng draping drap drap- ing the withered Hanks flanks which once had supported his artillery and he shelling peas pens by the kitchen floor Ioor I of his present wife's boarding house Destructive Pests S THOUGH It weren't bad AS 11 enough already with a n Presidential Presidential campaign on this year ear grasshoppers grasshoppers grasshoppers grass grass- hoppers have threatened growing things in the Midwest True to their advance notices the 17 year ear locusts are popping out along the eastern seaboard In OntarIo Ontario Ontario On On- tario a plague of caterpillars covered covered cov cov- ered the railroad tracks so thickly trains could not run on schedule There Is no word yet from our little southern friend the boll weevil weevil wee wee- vil 11 but news Is expected Maybe Ia be bebes hes he's waiting waltIng for the cotton crops that we used to plant for the export export export ex ex- port trade when trade when we had an export export export ex ex- ex- ex port cotton trade The pine borer Is reported on the Job In the north woods To date out here we have only the regular resident pests Including the white termite the red ant and the mother who can prove her ber child is another Shirley Temple some If-some- body would only listen Of the last- last named we already have ha upwards of ot and more moie arriving ever every day Still we cannot hope to escape Presently the party who goes around taking straw votes on the election will wm start multiplying rapIdly rapidly rapidly rap rap- idly and then professional California Call Cali fornia spellbinders will be binding What Makes News S SOME O IE gentleman who must work at the post office because seemIngly seemingly seemingly seem seem- stamps dont don't mean a thing In the world to him keeps taking Issue with me for tor saying the reason reason reason rea rea- son why successful newspapers feature feature feature fea fea- ture so-called so sensations above news of ot art and science and literature literature literature litera litera- ture Is s not through any desire to pander morbid or vulgar tastes but because the average publisher beIng being be be- ing fag a smart merchandiser puts such wares in his shop window which is ls his front page as are aie calculated calculated calculated cal cal- to catch the eye ere and win the trade of the general public My correspondent demands an answer All right lets let's make it a n parable Suppose mister that tomorrow through the town where you jou ou live li passes a train bearing a distinguished distinguished distinguished distin distin- savant ant who has made some great discovery say discovery say the cause and cure of ot botts and botts-and and on another train there is a n taffy haired lady who after a spectacular murder trial has Just been triumphantly acquitted acquitted acquitted acquit acquit- ted on the ground of Self defense for tor shooting a gentleman friend eight or nine times In the back Which ono one of ot these two travelers will draw the biggest crowd down downto to the station And brother which train will you meet Favorite Son Keynoter home bome the folks are all BACK puffed purred up with pride Our own Albin W. W Barkley l keynoted e for the tho Democratic convention until the rafters ratters warped Besides being a n grand person and anda a n working hard-working senator hes he's ono one of or the last of the real southern sil sll- tongued ver-tongued the vcr the Und kind that can make a song of or a syllable and turn any reasonably long word into an anthem And does he come from the place where the true faith prevails pre The majority stabilized Just as soon as ns we got a lot of timers old-timers to quit voting for Jeff Jer Davis Wo We weaned them on W. W 3 J. J Br Bryan an Ours Is probably probe ably the only congressional district district district dis dis- dis- dis in the Union that never has gono gone Republican although when I Al Smith ran It had a n comparative close call from going Baptist IRVIN S. S COBB COBS Q e |