| Show Beautiful Queen of Range Gives Hand to Suitor Who Wooed Her With Harp I Cowboys Co Ministers and All AlII I Other Riv Rivals ls Rejected But Spindling Youth of Little Camp Exp Experience Wins Where Others Lost Special to Tho rho Grand Junction Colo Cole N Nov ov lG- lG For two years cars scores of suitors have sought tho hand of pretty Molly lolly Reese neese queen of the cowpunchers of three states She has cast aside the proffer of titles with a n sneer has looked with scorn upon wealth if it she Sile had 1181 to 10 take tako it with a husband antI and antInow now DOW her engagement ement to toa a month a t tenderfoot t tenderfoot cow- cow p puncher U fl C II Cr Hal Hanson of Bo Boston toll is the h. Cl lucky y I cattle t catt Ic wrangler who wilt will vil lead I the he beautiful co girl cowgirl rl of tho the plains to the tho altar during luring t the tho early holidays A former nei suitor whom the girl discarded will perform the ceremony and the wedding party will include fourteen or 01 more ardent swains who had their II innings inning hilt but failed to capture the prize while the scene of the marriage will bo Le the homo home of 1 D. D G. G Graden cattle baron laron who himself tried to in induce in- in duce the girl to accept his name and wealth to no avail Hansons Hanson's proficiency with the mouth harp won him his fiancee The Tho melodious melodi melodi- ous strains front from tho tue little wind In In- In strument with which ho surreptitiously serenaded the thin object of or his dreams reams nightly turned tho the tide lido In fn his favor tl over O almost a a. score of othor other active o activeS S suitors U I t 0 ra Many Maisy Rival In Field I Tho The most determined rivals for tor tho tim pretty cowgirls cowgirl's hand hanl in n marriage w ivre rc four cowboys from tho the same camp James Hudley Weston oston Hayes Chris Johnson und Dill Bill Groves H took turn turnabout turnabout turnabout about each night for tor four tour months month until the they learned It Il was no uso tiso Henry George c James a n school teacher In iii tho the school next I tried his hlf luck and rail failed cd Rev nO Benr Henry Austin a n Free Methodist preacher was waa the tho n net vie vic tim tini but ho pro progressed no further than four tU nightly calls and two sie hens lIb lr Jens Jen a schoolboy friend was a next turned turne down iowa to make room for fOI Vt W. W I L. L Uon ehnat a n real estate dealer of ot Gateway Utah Another school teacher a n. German nobleman going going- under tho the title of ot Baron Daron von on er three ranchers ranch ranch- ers and numerous cowboys from tho tue plains of ot Colorado Utah and Wyoming who rode miles on their cow ponies to lO bask bash a n. while in th tho light of r Miss lIs Reese's Reeses smiles were numbered In the long Ions list of ur rejected applicants for tho the hand of ot tho the girl before the tho engagement engage engage- ment meat of oC Miss Reese Heese and antI Hanson was woe announced And even they would not stop Despite tho the fact tact that Hansons Hanson's horseshoe horse- horse shoo shoe nail cn-asem cn engagement nl ring encircled her left third finger the tho b beautys beauty's charm proved too much for tor an eastern correspondent of ot a produce journal who spent two weeks wels here covering co the tile outlook in western Color Colorado lo and ea eastern east east- ter t- t era ern er Utah for tor sto stock k marketing Ho lIe lA vainly attempted 0 s o provo prove that life a as tho the wife of ot a special writer beat beat darring darlIng darl- darl darn darr- ing socks for a cowpuncher Hanson a R Hanson Hanson camo came e two years car ago aco from Boston Ho lie worked In a stuffy office oke as aM copyist until his hl health broke down I. I Fearing tub tuberculosis he ho secured work In a cattle camp on Pinon mesa about the time Miss nc Reese se attained the age ago of ot 20 and antI was waR declared h by her parents par PaC on Is to be old enough gh to receive the attentions of oC men cacti if she desired Hanson was what hat the they term spindling in a D. cattle camp only n I J pounds tIM and his s complexion rc- rc I or a a. n To top off ocr no ho could neither ride a cause cayUse cayuse cay ca use ropo rope a or tn finger er a a. six FX- I shooter He lie was a tenderfoot of or the most tender sort and was tho butt of numerous jOkes jOkes which cowboys only know how to administer tor There Thore was ivas ono one no thing thInA however In which he excelled and antI that wan wae wal playIng playing play play- Ing a Last spring ho he was waa cretI discovered serenading the girl he worshiped worshiped wor wor- from afar aCar but hut h 1 by that time hr hC hp WAS aG able hl- hl to stick In tho wh when n his acted tinny funny his tanned t f fac ct showed tho the vIgor of or health ind nd he heas was as no nu longer long bashful Wins Girls Girl irl Then h he came nut out in the thc open oron 10 do- do Jared dared his love Jove painted a a roseate Picture Pic pie ture tur of or their life Uto together on 20 W a Month and ws w was accepted Ho lie I is yet lt the poorest rider on the Pinon ran range e and must take a abaci back seat feat for hl his fiancee In any of oC tile the dl diversions of oC thi tH- tH lie ran rang for tor sho she can ride a bucking cow pony straight up without t pulling leather leathor can rope throw and ho hog tie tc a steer with tho the mo most t export expert and can pIl plug a ahole ahole hole In the bottom bOlom of ot a tin can at nt fifty yards with Ith a six shooter four Cour times of ot five fI running After tho the wedding Hanson and his bride will ivill live lic until spring In a a. cabin In the mountain ranges rang on his lila 30 a a- month as aH a cowboy and antI what rabbits and small game gamo they tilO can shoot Then gamo thc they will wl como come to Grand Junction where Hanson HanRon will wi continue tho tIle study of ot law In a local office Miss tS R Reese ee Is a beautiful type of th the typical west western rn plains girl Irl Sho She at attended nt- nt tended school in Grand Grand Junction until she sho reached her Junior year in high school when ihen the thc death of ot her father compelled her to relinquish her hor ambitions ambi ambi- tons toward attaining tin nn education Since that she sho has haM t taken entire charge chargo of oC th the ranch owned by by her hr father adjoining that of oC Grdens Graden Graden's s ex extensive extensive ex- ex cattle catle holdings doing oln practically practical practical- ly all aJ tho the work wont herself and md caring for tor fora tora a large herd hertI of cattle left a as an asset b by the parent |
