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Show iX Arrive1 W XfPWfo -- 4 .wes iCdtKORWlR&GEDY -- --- - $GIYNN jhMW.-ip- The action of thie story took place twenty-fiv- e somewhat more then years ego. For Its purposes, the principal are called Roan and ofJohnny there nd the Sheriff. All three " ' got the worst of It. Poan and Johnny were cousins And had been raised on the range, most of their litas sines the time they ware a Me to Jollow the woollies having ucen spent around a sheep camp Their ilis to the settlement were Jew and Jar between, end st that lOisMJy prompted VT an vre to celebrate. Periodically the desire citma to of punctuate the lonely monotony audsheepherding .with liquored-u- p it fa common kndfwfedss In ontly mg town where festive ehephrrtle when lit in ;n.imtlmegtherjt anted they uocaaionaily fed Impelled to yeiL This rihaM aotee Irritates dig sober and ruapsetahe residents of the town, who rasard it aa an affront to peace and dignity. The wrath of me often ded is therefor poured forth f oa tha vhuting itiughaecka. Now, how ewer riUaiy one may tha sopeASUea of roughneck. In the secret depths of hta heart ho hates whoever or whatevtr ooneiders him 1 - as auah. Therefore, after having nursed a Bruised Prow tor A night nr two la tha town bee tile following a away spree, the palnfuly Briber his shop goes Sack to work aannus smolder-- .' month s psy and hugring lx reeen unapt against of the town. For tha next month ho probably spends .r all his spare time devising some new form of harassment to bedevil the towa aiders with the next time he ebtiMs ceti HOSTILITY STIRRED. Thus ovolwss .a spirit of hostility between two elements of rangeland society, haring its beginnings on theI one side in the unsympathetic, , in better than thou attitude of the guardians of tha town morals, and,a i on the other, tn the selfish, irrespon-alblebullience of youth which would, IT harvest in one lawless grab all the ' amenities of tha town denied It on I he lonesome range. It was his ho-- , tility which furnished bandit kings like Butch Cassidy In times past with 1 ' recruits for their n gangs S. of desperadoes. , i In something like the manner above indicated Roan and Johnny came into ' disfavor in the hamlets of Ran pete. -- de-rv- o k.U-Jo- ya 1 hard-bitte- . s marked Taking these to the eocral, a tag that nothing but blood could the sheriff and Josh now caught sev- pot out, kept pumping bullets into the dying man as long as KIs revolver . eral of the aewly marked sheep. t would work. COWMAN OBSERVANT. -the sheriff Toll. 'the hot rage, At this poiat in the procedure two ofWhen like ' was the away swept killing cattlemen rode up to toe Corral and a fog from the minds. Reason stopped tn see what was going on. returning, they boys' .sensed the terrible j the Fitting the dried pieces found ta sevchipmunks nest to the ears of eral sheep after the manner of a Chines pussle, both men ia the corral declared tha the added pieces tn every case Wiade out Joab'a aarmars., One of the observant cowmen, how-eice, sufgeeteil that if the sheep formerly- morej nab s mark,- then IhrT six Inches k,p' here lmd dno ooflrrc A T this titoe'rodin stooa by In sul.en alienee, taking as process, but part la the listening with growing resentment to the remarks being passed by their a oc users. At noon Johnny cooked the crowd end called all dinner tor At hands to-- th camp. All cams. Ihe meAl the sheriff, convinced of thd--, to and anxious ruilt of the boys wring a confession from them, proceeded to subject them to a crude "third de grew calculated to harass them Into macing Incriminating statements before witnesses, but which only served to exasperate the boys to a sullen. Silent fury. When the meal was over, all went H ff back to the corral', where tha continued hie process. He was gradually working blmself Into a passion, talking louder and faster, becoming more reckless in his efforts to stir Roam, upon whom has concentrated his efforts, to making unguarded statements. The boy's livid face and biasing syos denoted an Inward fury all, th I more terrible because .rf its outward' repreewton. Presently he began to J meet every shouted, accusation of the L npw Infuriated sheriff with deliberate t retaliation. His rngn was passing the r bouitds ot Finally both men were flinging curses at earh hla rich, front Roan calling ethei, shoepherder'a vocabulary for suitable descriptive epithets. common occurrence ft did not affect the average citlren'e conscience ihe same as the steeling of other kinds of nrwperty, Many people considered enevp stealing to be almost as honorable and meritorious a pastime as swindling at horse trading hut ail fhle is aside from the story end has no bearing on the guilt oa innocence of Roan and Johnny. USED TO FIREARM. By this time Rnea had arrived at the age of 2S, and Johnny was It. 1 hey Were now used t firearms. and their thoughtscarrying were accustomed to the deadly use of thus. The wall h being kept vc Abac Constant l, aSji e mum f. Win of an-Ashir trial before a hostile public was making them desperate. In en unguarded moment at Ihe last trial Rons made the remark that he woulda t submit to arrest again. In June of a certain spring an irate sheepman named Josh again rams to b? er t and the boys came to regard society In general, and the local peace officers in particular, as thulr natural enemies. There are nUmaliy two sides to th s story, some people holding thatof Roan the and Jnhnny wem criminal take dve, while otherbelieve deepest of-the; the boys and of circumstances were the victim the purposes of this ejory. which For I not to vindicate either side, hut to entertain with telling of n dramatic episode. 1 have chosen the viewpoint of th friends of the hove ambition the As time went on. and Johnny to own a earn to Roan herd.Their to story. According ehrep and bought they pooled their wagesfrom employ or accepted Sheep sheep, era in lieu of wngea, Ona of them hired but part of the tim In Order to finelyre the enterprise, while the oar-flttl- sheep-steelin- ed 1 f Joab came to tbd sheriff with a , taJs of stolen shpop. enorlff with a taio of the loss of a email bunch Of sheep, and tha report ihat someone had race ally a seen and freshly marked sheep In Roan . Johnny's band, The prospect of a battle ia no way caused the sheriff to hesitate, or to take morp than ordmarv precaution. A big fearless, determined man, the sheriff was- - never one to avoid das-gwith - the He set sheepman for tha camp of Roan and on Buckhorn mountain. Johnny Arriving 'there.' the sheriff ordered tha boys To corral their sheep at once. They sullenly obeyed. When the insheep were brought in and corraled the incloeure the boys little had erected, it was seen at onog that there Were freshly marked sheep In the band corresponding In number to those Josh claimed to have lost. The boys stubbornly denied tha charge of sheep stealing, and stated that thev had got the sheepvSi paw for the last a employment. period of Roan Noticing a hollow cedar tree at a short distance from the corral, the Hhertff. who was wise In th lore of the mountains, walked over there and proceeded to Investigate It. Burrowforth a chiping into it, he brought redar-har- k neat. munks In It was a handful of the dried pieces XFoufeitlv which ears the of sheeps little animals had gathered from the corral when th sheep had been acssas kiu ..I iiusatareaao er cedar-boug- h wool-line- d, the murderous fury both men were working themselves into, but hesiinto the quarrel. Betated td sides. Roan Mood with arms tensely folded, his revolver safely holMered at the sheriff hsd hla Mp, whereas drawn his gun and was Waving it to hie shouted chargee. emphasise Goaded finally past all reason, sheriff the unthe young Roan called speakable name. Hlmaelf by this time too hot to thmh twice before acting, the sheriff thereupon swung his pistol to deliver a smashing blow on Roan a head. The boy ducked and got the blow on the shoulder which sent him Aa he stumbled reeling backward hip however, his hand naehed To htsfired and he drew, firing. The sheriff rtieep-mathe Instant. same Joab, the at had rushed In between th men to prevent the battle, but the two' shots were ftrsd over hla ahoulder He Roana bullet struck dodged awar. th big sheriff In th breast, while th sheriffs butlet struck Roan's pistol, held directly In front of his face, smashing on aide of the cylinder. Glancing off, the ball struck Johnny tn the eide, who was standing twenty Roan, tensely five yards behind watching th strife. Gaivanlaed Into action instead of being bowled over bv the shock of the shot, ho rsn for his rifle leaning When he against th sheep corral the sheriff got It he whirled and shot through the heart. facstood sheriff th All thla time stand ing Boan. reding, trying hlato nervefrom up. hi pistol fallen less fingers, while Roan, erased with brk Associated for Many Yean Another Record March waa another month of steadily increasing sales u; u . I - -- Samaol - Beggi Cbrixtiaa Dineeen C. J. Spry Joe. Liebera&n H. C. Jones J, J. Walters Salt Lake County 2 4- - M thirty-tw- o Gloas McDonald L B. Hampton C. L Goff C. B. Griffin Haxen Xardley Claude Wataon r. H. Richards Geo. fitegner H. H. Hnsbanda David Love Dr. L. L. Daines B. H. Deal 0. Crouch M. Jensen A. Wardlaw, Jr. cars Leo J. Bachle A. P. Goodmansen W. H. Linnell D.Shurtliff- - L. H. Oriatt Wm. Poete ( with as if gi into bed in full-siz- e car lor camping. Big power economy reliability. thing they had done. Being' tru of the wildem, their first was to preserve freedom br They were outlaw now in kpirity Sit take to trunksp-samples-anythii- horses. their guns the of th crime, thi wit-- i who stood aoout' (taxed by terrible swiftness of the (ragedy enacted before their eyes, the youthful desperadoes now and, quickly secured thetrhorses, mounting, struck eastward Into the mountains, riding toward the wild fastnesses of the Castle valley book- Ul" "tr Fxmlllar with the trails ot that ledge-rimme- d, tjenyon-gashe- bad- d lands, the boys rivde swiftly, Johnny now almoM feinting with pain, to the neareM Castle valley town, where they forced the doctor at point 61 gun to attend to Johnnys wound. Holding his pistol in hand, keeping hold of consciousness by the nerviest determination, Johnny braced himself against a table and, refusing an anesthetic, submitied to an operation fur the removal of the bullet With Johnny too nick now to continue the desperate ride which both knew would have to be made If they kept their lead on the posse of pursuit galloping along their trail, the boys rode to the ranch of a friend near the town, where Johnny wastaa-e- n in and put to bed. loiter, members of the posse slept In the bedroom next to Johnny's, but did not discover his presence. Johnny a horse so 'that leading tracks might Indicate to pursuers that the boys were still Roan now made the ride fortogether. life into th heart of the badlands of the Colorado, doubtless seeking, as so maqv other young men did who fell afoul ot the law in those days, th protection of the Robbers Boost. But the pursuing party contained men who had spent years with stock in that country, and knew it like a book. Following the strategy of suen leadership, th posse finally caught up with Roan Taking safe precaution against the snooting ability of the young desperado, tney cornered him In what appeared to be an open flat. From behind the cover of rooks they called to him to dismount and walk toward them. Apparently surrendering. Roan did a commanded and walked steadily toward. osptefWp " tATE INTERVENES. But fate Intervened and the unexpected happened. The uesperado. approaching with hands In me air, suddenly disappeared (before the eyes of the watchfRl deputies, as though swallowed up by the earth Rushing forward, the men saw what had happened. I'nseen by the deputies, tyingran-between -- them - and - ona of those detheir quarry, oanyons of Castle ceptive, knife-lik- e valley, as wide at the bottom aa st the top, hundreds of feet deep, with sheer, perpendicular rook walls, so narrow that a horseman riding across the lev H prairie might -- approach to the yawning brink before aware that the chasm obstructed hie path Twenty feet below the opposite rim of the gorge a narrow shelf of rock Jutted out from the dixxy canyon wail and to this th outlaw had doubtless dropped. Running along white-face- CHAMPION tight-lippe- d, cNow "Most AutoEDctilt la the World ior F.O.B.Toledo y Browning Automobile Company th South, Salt Lake Main at Idaho Falls Ogden jNe. pj SC wakca well-kno- having been sold to the following discriminating buyers: Bruce XQpctrick Dr. L. 0. Bennett 7. L. Barrows . Abe Coon value now $40 lower in price-d- ue to increased volume and lower production cost. Lowest priced quality closed car with doors front and rear. Seats adjust forward and back for tall and short people. Removable rear seat and upholstery give bigspace for MURDEROUS FURY. ' or sensed the da Blair and Buick ' World's champion motor car third-degr- e sheep. SUSPECTED OF STEALING. , Before Tnng, however, suspicion of came to rest on the g two enterprising ybuths Every time lost a lew sheep in valley the enyone the boys wore blamed fur it Ihi xaao the of readily lent circumstances themselves to the aucusers of ihe the Incurred had boys. Already they If ib'ir of the settlements were th of of sheep possession story the sheep a true, they few at a time from many different herds, me king it certain that anyone looking through the little band would find Ihe hoys' earmark superimposed on cars already mutilated mUvelhst men a marks. Numerous demonstrations of the hostile feelings of the community being accorded them. And having already come to regard the rest of society as eftheir enemies, tha boys made nowithfort to vindicate themselves, hot of Ihe isolation drew further into the wilderneai and their own sullen misIf they actually Were sheep anthropythieves, and the sheriff unquestionable believed they were, then they played the game with unusual shrewdness, for, although arrested and tried many times on the charge of aheop stoaling. they were never convicted All this time the exasperated sheepmen of the valley, among whom was the sheriff, became more and more determined to land the boys behind the bars, and tha sullen resentment of the harassed Roan and Johnny was brewing Into a hitter, murderous hatred against their enemies. It la well to remember that in those dv sheep Mealing was not an un- - - Law May Regulate Use of Automobile Horne Excessive nee of horns by half the motorist and excessive neglect of homing on the part of the remainder may bring about regulatiun of the use of horns. This is the conclusion drawn from recent remarks made by authorities who have noted the direct relationship between unwise horning end accidents. Horn.ng is required by Its for highway travel, aa when passing another car jor Approaching a crossing, but it is now held that something more definite in the way of horn regulation 1s necessary, particularly with respect to city us. The trouble, in the opinion of one olice official. Is largely prominent due lu ahe fsct that so- - law i exactly when the horn warning should be given, how long It should last and how often it should be repeated. As he explains, this results In highlj illogical us of horns, with drivers running to every possible extreme. A plan la needed, he believes, will sound their whereby driver horn at th right time and plaoe. It being necessary perhaps to mark on - th street paving the words Horn here," Just aa white lines ar now usod to mark safety xonse for pedes- trians It hat also been suggested that horning be considered in the same way that speed is regulated. Excessive horning that results In A nuisance would be a misdemeanor, the same as rtcl'les driving Any driver who sound.d hi horn tn such a way aa to frighten a pedestrian Into helplessness would tie treated aa though he had rushed up to him at top speed. It would seem that a lot of improvement In homing Is necesskry, and It is to be hoped that the preeent in more Intelliegiiation Clearly a warning gent homing about warnings. . MEETING PLACE CHANGED. F peel. I to The Tdbao. BOISE. Idaho, April t. The annual suite board of education meeting haa been called at Boise for April 14, according to an announwment yesterday ax officio Russum, by- - Elis&bMh member of the board. The meeting waa first railed at Moscow for April 12, hy President I, E Rockwell, but on account of th convenience of th record at Boise the meeting place was changed lt Tree Planting h Urged by PoctUello Chamber to Tbt TribWM. POCATELLO. Idaho, April 5 The Pocatello chamlber of commerce, BpecUl thrpugh tta atreeta and parka co4j mitlee, haa instituted a campaign stimulate Interest among citizens In the planting of more trees and shrub bery, and it will be the effort of the committee to make Pocatello one of theAnost beautiful citios in the country. Considerable Time aae devoted by the chamber at a recent meeting to the tree question, and the committee Is strongly urging the planting of onlv While hardaood trees for shade. their growth U perhaps slower, they sxemuch jnojre JauUf uland ar aaa easy to grow as other varieties. in TWIN. SONS BORN. to The Trlbaae. 8ltil MALAD, Idaho, April 5 Twin son born to Mr and Mrs JosUh Price, Tuesday evening. April 1. 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