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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD, DUCHESNE. UTAH TC ;:! bful F f 'if f ? J. MM) -- - . n m A prodigal son of northwest Missonrl, Homer Croy drove along a country road amid the scenes of his youth. As he sees familiar sights, he associates them with the Kennedys Newt, the kindest man hed ever known; Mrs. Kennedy; their daughters, Ida and Lucy; their son, Harlan, his boyhood pal. He remembers returning from college to attend his mothers funeral. There were happy times, too, he recalls times like the watermelon party at the Kennedys, or Idas wedding day. Then he remembers the time Mrs. Kennedys brother, Uncle Jim Wallace, and bis family from the city came calling in their fine auto, and Uncle Jim tried to borrow $1,800 from Newt. I CHAPTER XX It came time to go. The visitors put on their linen dusters and fastened their goggles into place. The Kennedy family stood by the car and looked with envy at their city relatives. Uncle Jim waved airily. "You must come and see us sometime. Uncle Jim engaged the gears. And now that the very last moment had come there was a great deal of waving and excited calling of good-by- s. automo-bl- e Then the started down the road. I come to something that stirred cur neighborhood; it stirs me this morning as I sit thinking. For I can still remember our sense of shock. The idea had been growing in Newts mind for some time and, although he had told no one, some cf the people had their surmises. Anton Delinsky was the first to .know; it came about more by chance than anything else. Anton had come to Newts to borrow a hand planter Tor his wet spots and was ready to start back, but Newt detained him. He wanted to tell Anton something; .yet very much he didnt want to tell him. Finally Newt spoke. Anton, I .guess Ive got something to tell you. Yah, what iss? I expect its goin to come as a bit cf surprise." He still delayed the actual saying. Its this way. Ive been thinking things over and doin some planning an Im goin to leave the larm. Anton glanced at Newt to see if Newt were funning, for Anton was not quite accustomed to American humor and sometimes was not sure whether a person was pranking or was really serious. Yah, dots goot, he said, taking no chances. Newt moved uneasily, looking at the ground and not at his friend at all. I mean it, Anton. Im goin to pull off the land. For why? Because its a back killer. It makes you old before your time. It drags your woman folks down. I tell you, Anton, land is a snare and k a delusion! The more land the shows, the more trouble youve fine-looki- plat-boo- .got. Anton had been following him, but was still unbelieving. He smiled, but Newt didnt smile. No more hard work for me, con- tinued Newt. Im goin to move to the city, get me a pair of carpet slippers an sit on the front porch an fan myself with a Yo-h- laughed palm-lea- f Anton. fan. Any- body could see that was funny. Whats land anyway? Nothing but trouble and responsibility. Every rain washes it; every wind blows some of it away. Your best cows gets mastitis; your best horse saws a Toot on the barbed wire, hog cholera sweeps through your herd. No sir, not for me. You vill rent your lant? Im going to sell it, Anton; not even goin to keep a heifer calf. Vhy are you crazy zo sudden? Neivts Decision Stuns Grandpa Newt stumbled a bit, for he didnt want to say right out that he was going chiefly because his wife wished it Because Ive worked hard all my life and I want to take it easy before they plant me. By now Anton understood Newt was really going. Once I vant to go to da city and vork in my cousin's sthore, but you make me stay. You say poof! on da city. Now you say you go. Vhy? Newt was becoming more and more embarrassed. Where are the smart men on the farms or in the city? On the farms, said Anton stubbornly. You tell me dot a tousand times. Your own boss, you say it yourself. Nobody can poosh you. Dats what you say. Vot you say now? Anton seemed to glare at Newt, so deep and sincere and earnest was Antons feeling. For a moment they hated each other. Youre that same darned, bullheaded stubborn foreigner you used to be. I keep telling you; I've given you my reasons. Stay on the farm man like and become a broken-dow- n everybody else who stays on the farm. I tell you, the land'll lick you! An da city, vot? give me ease and comfort It will give my family ease and com- It will fort" It vill not give you. You aint for the sidewalks and the silly life." Work yourself to death! Get no pleasure out of life. I go. Anton picked up hij hand planter. by , VV '-- v"' t, .a ? t HOMER CROY ' .v 5ta AJi $r 36 . JVY start but Newt now of parting had aiN - -- !$ fefff L v SlIxU , By & MAHONEY high-spirite- PATTERNS Make Some New Aprons Yoke Style is Campus Favorite l-Y- ard i 13 corner post and Im going to anchor CENORIGINATED M ENGLANO OURING THE 0 to it" TURY BY HUNTSMEN OF THE MIDDLE CLASS. DEPRIVED OF HUNTING GROUNDS BY THE RCH, come walked a few rods with him, The Colonel, as we called the THEY SOUGHT A SUBSTITUTE SPORT AND still talking, as if he realized that auctioneer, was half psychologist, IN 1832 A GROUP CALLED TEC someday they would be permanently half comedian; he stood there, a big kV WAS ORGANIZED. THEY PLACED LIVE 81RDS separated. gray hat on his head, his thumbs in UNDER THEIR HATS, AND ON SIGNAL, LIFTED ON THElR Listen, said Newt his flash of his vestholes, his cane dangling on llh . THE TOPPERS, CLAMPED THEM BACK HEADS, AND ONLY THEN ALLOWED THEMSELVES A temper dying down. If you want his arm, reading the crowd. ASHOT AT THE SCARING BIRDS. SOON ART me to, Ill come along and help you haltered colt was led up. All you TARGETS AND SPRING TRAPS DEVELOPreplant I can bring a seed bag and men who have to go to the house to ED AND BY 1880, IT HAD A FOLLOWING OF work with the hoe. Of course its consult your wife before you can THOUSANDS AND BECAME THE SPORT THAT not fast but it helps." yve KNOW TODAY. bid, leave now! And all you men Anton was touched. I do him who dont know a good chattel when u. alone. Newt Tanks. you see it, step back and make way men. He walked briskly away with the for smart What am I offered for this rangy, hand planter over his shoulder. bigboned colt? Let the moths fly out of Of course it was over the neighborhood in no time at alL Sometimes your pocketbooks and make me an farmers moved to town and retired; offer. Whos going to be first? He usually they bought on the street teased them along, pleading with where they could see their old them, cajoling them, insulting them, neighbors come in. And kept a horse but all the time making them go Sold! he cried and buggy and would drive out higher and higher. PIOEOA72- SAM CENICX, AN every few days to walk across the suddenly. The haltered colt was led WINNER AT AQUEDUCT; PLUNKED 50 ON old farm. But this was not what away. THE HORSE'S NOSE, THEN LOST HIS TICKET If Anton was becoming prosperous WORTH ijeftQ PAYOFF CAME SIX WEEKS Newt meant He was indeed going UNG LATER WHEN A GREENS KEEPER FOUND and we hoped, unconsciously, would to the city. FRESHMAN. THF PI K AT AND PPTUPNE 0 IT TO PF NIC K1 He meant St Joseph. It had a bid liberally; if he didnt buy an thousand, article himself, he could run it up on population of seventy-fiv- e the others. But he didnt He bought very little. SPORTLIGHT Grandpa walked here and there, leaning on his cane and peering at people Aint this Shooley Ford? Then his old gnarled hand would go out I thought so. I dont see like I ust to. Your mother was a fine old By GRANTLAND RICE- pioneer woman. You dont mind if I find a seat do you? My legs aint Thats the way derbies go. Last Soon the snout will sweep the what they ust to be." Then he would fall at this date or months later, ground. sink onto a seat with a sigh. Usually Soon the winter winds will blow. Ponder would have been 200 to 1. he defended his son in everything. As my heart leaps with a bound. But no Calumet starter will ever But he didnt now, quite. And my dreams take on a glow. get away again at any such odds I dont stand with Newton. The as 18 to 1. Thats one sage city will strip him of everything he For above the frozen dirt you can make. The Jones gamble has like cutworms goin down on Where the mutuel window grips, has done too well in Kenfamily early planting. Ill no longer blow my shirt tucky derbies in the past few years Dont you hate to go? On a flock of cockeyed tips. to be overlooked again. I cant speak what I think, ShooA Kentucky Derby without Matt ley. It wouldnt be seemly. The Winnless Derby of 1950 Winn will be a strange adventure. There was none of this brooding first Colonel Matt Winn, for the Even if you never saw him, you for Newt Im glad to get this 75 years, wont be present off my shoulders! knew the colonel was there, from which time in at the Kentucky 1875 on. To all who knew was speaking pretty plain before him, he Derby. But the late will still be there In 1950. others who had no hope of ever accolonels spirit will complishing this. A farm wears you be with the great out before your time." crowd and run The Top Three-Year-Ol- d Vindmills! said Anton and walkdown the stretch. It was generally taken for granted ed away. The 1950 derby some time back that Ponder would Newt did the best he could. The can be one of the be named the d of big profits were in the city; a farmof them all if 1949. best n. down-corer just picked up a city mans unkind fate doesnt But after Capot beat Coal-tow- n as we called the The Colonel cut in and remove His manner as continued joking there has been renewed leadof the most auctioneer, was half psychologist, Grantland Rice chatter by Greentree supporthalf comedian; he stood there, a the sale moved along . . . except ers. Among the betnow and then he stood silent as some ter ers. They figure that while big gray hat on his head, his possibilities for next May a long Ponder whipped Capot In the thumbs in his vestholes, his cane article went up. off in horseland we have the Mrs. Kennedy held a kind of court. way derby, Capot came back to to consider. dangling on his arm, reading the following She was the most important woman beat Ponder in the Preakness crowd. Middleground from the King there, the very center, the hub of and the Belmont, two extremeranch set. Theory and Rewhich was three or four times as everything. The tanned women lookly important tests. Theyll also armed from Calumet, The ed at her enviously; she was moving tell many as in our whole county. you that Capot had quite a Diver, Hill Prince, Curtice, Of course it was not as simple as to a world above them. But, of lot to do with Ponders victory FuGuillotine Wisconsin, (the Newt had made it Mrs. Kennedy course, she would have to give up in the derby by killing off turity winner), Greek Ship,' was the one who wanted to go. She the land. Olympia. Quiz Show, Ferd, Detective was not really of the land; she had Ponder ran extremely well In the Sun. and More the many Among never liked it as Newt had and as Cuckoo Clock Goes Realization stakes and Lawrence desome unknown others may too was most of our people did. Life in also the unJockey Gold Cup. But was an Ponder as velop hard; there was too much work to On the Auction Block won the Pimlico Special on known a year ago at this date. Capot she said. do, A clock went up. should Wisconsin Boy is a grand son of October 28. Suppose Capot Uncle Jims visit and his glamorIt was a Swiss ornamental clock International win Jim Butlers big ous description of their easy life had made out of rustic wood, with three Teddy, and Curtice is a great grand- Gold Cup Race? added to Mrs. Kennedys desire. Of iron weights to the cords and son of the same able sire. The pull The was a must racing season for 1949 Isnt Diver course he had overcome it but it certainly be given big spin the works. On top of the clock, still plain they did not work ffs hard on an imitation limb, sat a quail with advance chance. The bay son of over yet. There are several things Devil Diver is a first class colt in that can happen before the finish as the Kennedys did, and had more its head turned jauntily to one side. arrives in connection with the sevcomforts. Below it were two doors; when the every respect. He has speed and he eral awards to be made. of distance. Also there had been a series of hour shown has liking signs struck, the doors flew open and The greatest gamble in racing, bad crops and Newt was discourIt might be mentioned here that a cuckoo popped out and called aged. But for that matter, most something that vaguely sounded like or one of the greatest, is the switch a visit to Baltimore the latter part to a farmers were discouraged most of of October afforded a rare sporting Cuckoo! At one o'clock it said from a At this spot last season. Blue adventure. You got to see the Pimthe time. Yet no one wanted to pull Cuckoo!" At two o'clock it said out. Next year things would be betCuckoo! Cuckoo! At twelve it al- Peter and Mr. Busher were the two lico Special on a Friday and the ter. One good year would make up most sang a song. How Ponder Notre Dame-Nav- y football game on fascinating it leading for three poor ones. had seemed when they had sent to hadnt won a race. But neither Blue a Saturday. Newts decision stunned Grandpa. the Larkin Soap Peter nor Mr. Busher had the Company, in BufHe sat gazing at Newt through his for it But fashions in clocks chance to run and there were other falo, misty eyes. Finally he said, Of were changing; everybody now want- good ones who were left out on the The Oklahoma Sharpshooter at this spot course you can do as you choose, ed a cathedral-gon- g The south and southwest have clock, or an big Kentucky day. Just Middle-grounbut I wont be accompanyin' you. now taken over the golf situation ornamental imitation marble clock the leaders must include, Just what do you mean, Pa? temporarily resting, completely. Sammy Snead, the Virwith two classic Greek figures holdI mean Cain's." Theory from Calumet, The Diver, ginian, is P.GA. champion. Cary how But many harps. ing happy Newt was genuinely disturbed. hours Mrs. Middlecoff, the Tennessean, is open had heard the Hill Prince and Guillotine. Youre just getting a foolish idea, clock tick-toc- k Kennedy It may be that all of these champion and Charley Coe, from how many away; Pa. will be present when the derby Oklahoma, is amateur champion. had come out and cockoo the times The rich and successful farmers run is next The lean, lanky Coe is the latest also It may spring. to her. were from Iowa; one of these bought spoken be that none of them will be addition to the list of crown wearheld it How auctioneer The up. the old Kennedy farm. It takes some ers. He comes to the amateur present on that date. It also time to close out a farm, for the much do I hear? be that if all are present, throne room with one of the finesl may No one offered. some outsider will do most of crops have to be marketed and a swings in golf. He is over six feet Its a fine clock, in good condition, thousand details have to be attendthe running. and yet weighs less than 150 pounds ed to. Everybody hoped Newt would very stylish. Whos going to be first? Two bits," said a sheepish voice in change his mind; but soon we realthe rear. ized it was too late, for he had arThe auctioneer shot him a witherranged to buy into an implement store. An implement store was ing glance. Then his helper held up By Tom Gregory d one that handled farm machinery, the lamp Mrs. Kennedy had spent so many such as plows, pumps, binders, combines and so on. He himself was to hours of her life beside. travel around selling windmills to Now whatm I bid for the combifarmers. WHEN LAYING ROLL ROOFING, nation?" YOU CAN STRENGTHEN EDGES Vindmills! said Anton. You vill Mrs. Kennedy watched them go AND SEAMS OF THE ROOF SO be happy mit vindmills? . . . these symbols of her broken-u- p THAT STRONG WINDS WILL home. But she cheered herself she NOT TEAR IT LOOSE BY better and much finer have would The Auction Proves USING A FEW YARDS OF things in her new life. CUT THE SCREEN WIRE. An Exciting Event As noon approached, the people SCREEN INTO STRIPS 4 lunch toward the It was our custom, when a family began drifting WIDE. FOLD THE STRIPS was moving away, to have a series of wagon; the sides had been lowered OVER THE ENDS AND farewell parties. And so now the to make counters; inside the wagon LAPPED EDGES OF THE were on stove it and a and pots entertaining of the Kennedys begaa was ROOFING BEFORE YOU There was much laughing, but also pans. Delicious, appetizing odors NAIL IT DOWN. there was sadness. However it was hung on the air. Lunchtime was always a merry time; people joked, glossed over. Mrs. Kennedys spirits were high. told stories and exchanged new3. Something she had wanted for a long Newt went among them urging them to eat Come on now; this is one time was coming true. Yet, sometimes, it seemed to us, she was a bit day of the year you get it free. First sad. But it was too late now to turn come, first served." And the people DO YOU HAVE WOUM? back. did pitch in, for nothing tastes better It was the biggest, the most excitthan fried rabbit in March at a pubIF YOU HAVE, AND YOU'D ing public sale we had ever known. lic sale. Finally one of the men LIKE TO INCREASE THE In a way it was a kind of reception noticed that Newt himself was not LIFE OF THE GUT STRINGS, for Newt; for everybody wanted to eating. APPLY MELTED PARAFFIN Sure I am! said Newt, taking a speak to him. Some seemed to hope TO THE PORTION OP THE he would change his mind and come paper plate heaped with food and beSTRINGS OVER THE FINGERback among them. Its nice of you ginning to eat. 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