| Show Subduing Subduing- The Sodom I Of The Prairies I The rhe talc of the taming or of Borger the wild town tower of or Texas whose recent record of 30 and general lawlessness gave it the name of the sodom of the Prairies is reminiscent reminiscent cent of the tho colorful days das of the put past when the six-gun six made nil all men equal The Texas ran rangers subdued the Borger Wild men I The Minneapolis polis Tribune in com com- commenting commenting com commenting on the Border situation re- re resurrects re resurrects ts a 1 legend end of the rangers It has to do with one Espinosa shoot shoot- shooting shooting shooting ing prid prida of bandit bands the Tri Tri- Tri bune Tribune sa says Espinosa flipped a n i I tar tor cf a i dollar donar in the air with his right hand hard and with v same me drew w his revolver and blew it to bits hits b before fore foreit it touched the ground round He met a Texas ranger who shot him three c times while he reached for his gun gun- gun I Th The record of the Texas ran rangers erg has proved that a man who believes I I in law bw and shoots strai straight ht may be a bulwark bul 1 in the constitution of the nation n and ald the state As the best i men at every affair of sidearms such i men have luve been invaluable to every I state in the West Their psychological I effect eft t is greater than a regi regi- regi- regi regiment meat ment of cavalry caya or a company of ma- ma machine machine ma machine II chine guns as the record proves Colonel Sam Houston and Davy I Crockett tt were the first exponents of the applied psychology y of shooting straight and seldom in Texas The spirit s of the ranger is a herit heritage o of the Alamo Borger Barger is its latest b bene- bene beneficiary ne- ne neI I One wonders what effect a little straight little strai straight ht shooting by our citi citizens ns would have on the criminals who in- in infest infest in infest fest our Perhaps a little littlemore littlemore more of the spirit of the rangers andI anda and a little less of the spirit of the pro- pro professional passers law-passers and reformers is needed to clean up th the American underworld |
