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Show THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM. UTAII AROUND fe,tems ,n,ere$f .ho houseBBfcs Keep the sifter holes on spice boxes closed, otherwise the spices will lose much of their flavor. To keep books on shelves or in cases in good condition sprinkle them occasionally with powdered camphor. Save left-ove- r pieces of soap in small sugar or salt bags. Use the bags in cleaning the bathtub or lavatory. The bag and soap serve both as a sponge and a cleansing agent. When putting away clean clothes place the freshly ironed ones on the bottoms of the various piles. Then towels, handkerchiefs, nap-kins, etc., will be used in turn and some will not wear out more quickly than others. When separating the yolks from the whites of eggs, break them over a funnel. The whites will pass through, leaving the yolks in the funnel. If colored butters are desired for sandwiches, use pimineto com-bined with butter for red or pink, while watercress chopped fine will give the desired green and orange or lemon rind blended with butier gives the yellow color. Select suitable bowls and vases in which to arrange flowers to dec-orate the house. Do not crowd flowers into them, but carefully select different flowers for differ-ent containers. A single rose in a bud vase is far mora effective than several roses crowded into a bowl. By FRANK H. SPEARMAN cranl H , Spearman WNU Servic. SYNOPSIS , --withy. Spanish owner rancho. refuses Jwrntngs of raid by a Indians. One day tJ?nal Y 10 ,e;k lJle ta,Znearby mission for Indians strike. Don the ,ain& and hi. two young ! torn from the arms of the Monica, and are KtX hills. Padre Pas- - ,tfn, of the family, tfruins of the ranch and : St 3 the raid from Monica. ! 7,id difficult trip across : mountains from Texas to ,n d Bowie, a Tex-- rtth his friends. Ben Indian scout. fj,Indians who have car- - To Ule girls. The three war party of fifty-od- d frtiroueh a clever ruse scat. to the hills. The girls group makes its way hiiii and meets the distraught maid. The girls ;;C& and the friendly mission, and the Texans pro- - Here Bowie completes f(or Gen. Sam Houston of 3; has commissioned him to important message. Bowie hive a look at the wild un- - Jo, that California was In the ..(lenth century. Bowie dls- - 1 California but returns eight makes the acquaintance 1$, Spanish family at the jdalupe. tPTEB -6-- :sthave dry clothing," Don Insisted despite Bowie's "You are my guest. I am Bowie smiled. "One thing we do need." Don Ramon lifted his as if eyebrows pleased-- at last he had found ai .T in 0,6 Texan'8 arr. is it?" he exclaimed. "Salt," returned Bowie simply. "Then allow me to be your debtor you shall leave here with salt for yourselves and for your game. But self-relia- as you are, senor, I can lighten your labors a good bit if you will allow me a further pleasure." "You are most kind, Don Ramon. I realize that we are strangers and your advice might save us much." The Don shook his head. "Not ad-vice. I doubt if you need it But what I know you do need is plen-t- y of horseflesh. It will save you much time and some hardship if you will accept a caponera from us and leave here In the saddle with your salt." he added, smiling significantly, "in your mochilas." Bowie sat perplexed. "Caponera?" He looked inquiringly at Don Fran-cisco. "Horses," explained Francisco. "My uncle means twenty horses, or twenty five." Bowie, despite his poise, regarded Don Ramon Incredulously. Much talk and much translating followed. But It was for Bowie at last to say, as he was best able, that he tanza this week. He is slaughtering surplus cattle for the tallow. Cap-- i am Davis, with whom my uncle trades, is in port at Monterey from China. He will want much tallow lor South America and Boston it will be a big matanza. You should see one. Much attention, much citemcnt. much work. Stay over a day or two. The streams will then be fordable, and you and your scouts, In the meantime, will be well entertained. Plenty of bears!" "Bears?" echoed Bowie. Francisco nodded. "Dozens. They come down from the mountains at night after the matanza oflal. Plenty of chance for a bear fight if you like one." The Texan showed Interest, asked more questions, and said he would talk to his scouts. The next morning Bowie and his host rode out to where the matanza was in progress. Pardaloe and Sim-mie were already on the scene, watching every move of the vaque-ro-s as one rode quietly into the corral, lassoed a steer by the horns and brought him outside. When the rider had the beast well placed, a second vaquero roped the steer's hind legs, threw him and, with two ropes taut, tied his feet In a bunch and, with a knife, gave him the golpe de gracia. What interested the Texan, sea-soned as to cattle and horses, was the skill and speed with which the vaqueros worked and the almost human intelligence of their horses the perfection of their response to every hint of their rider in snaring and handling a steer. It was par-ticularly this skill of the horses that made the work proceed rapidly with-out mishap or hitch. For two days the work went for-ward speedily. The matanza ground was a scene of the greatest activity. To the Texan the spectacle of such abundance, such profusion of waste and such indifference to everything but the work in hand was a source of amazement. A hearty lunch served to the family at noon was to save himslf. In the end he was killed. The vaqueros made nighUy sport with the big fellows. The Tex-an- s, seeing bear after bear brought to the knife, were not greatly im-pressed. In the morning Don Ramon invit-ed Bowie for a canter over the rancho. He particularly wanted to see how the rain had left the foot-bridge leading across the river to the grain fields which stretched in rolling acres toward the bay. Re-turning, he suggested a short cut through the hills. The two men were riding briskly abreast when, crossing a canyon, they stumbled suddenly, almost on top of a bear ambling along on her way with two cubs to the matanza ground. "Mira! Cuidado! Oso pardo," cried Don Ramon. The warning was well ordered. The bear, enraged, reared with the swiftness of a x on her huge feet and sprang, as luck would have it, at Don Ramon. She struck him with a raking blow of her claw. It caught his trouser leg. The stout cloth, unhappily for the rider, held and the unlucky Don found himself torn from the saddle. In catapult-ing headfirst to the ground his foot caught in the stirrup, and his fren-zied horse dashed down the canyon, cragging the rider a dozen, yards before the Don could release him-self. As he kicked clear with a mighty effort his head struck a rock, and he sprawled on the canyon floor, half conscious. The bear dashed awkward but swiftly after the flee-ing horse and the helpless rider. Bowie, close at hand, had barely seconds to head his panicky mount toward the angry beast and uncoil his lasso. Yelling to the Don to flee, Bowie flung his rope at the lop-ing grizzly. It settled over her head and Bowie, spurring swiftly back despite the weight and size of the grizzly, jerked the monster around and threw her off her feet Only for an instant. Rolling over, the bear, doubly infuriated, seized the lasso in her claw and began reel-ing Bowie and his horse hand over ; jou call the boss; you m be your servant. My ,:e not big enough. But be is a big one, like you. :3boy was dispatched with e to Don Ramon. He was j, bringing a coat two ;sers, stockings and boots the Texan protested. Don sad a persuasive way he my one objection after i so much good-nature- d i: Bowie found himself clad ::an accouterments of the :e house, walking into the room where he met the introduced his new :ce to his uncle and to followed by a heartier dinner for the evening, with the difference that native wine accompanied the din-ner. This was the family gathering of the day at which the hostess and her daughter were formally dressed. After the family had settled about the fire in the living room and the conversation had shown signs of lag-ging, Don Ramon made a request of Carmen. Carmen took her place at the fam-ily harp, ran her fingers over the strings and sang a Spanish song. The conversation and the words of the song were lost on Bowie, but not the clear, true notes of the girl's voice. Don Francisco explained that the song was the appeal of a lover to the stars to bear witness of his devotion to his mistress. Carmen sang again, a French chanson. It was very slight, but it echoed in Bowie's ears most of the night It bothered Bowie, that in these household meetings he could never manage to catch the eye of Carmen. He was discreet enough not to at-tempt to coax her glance his way and old enough to be ashamed of himself for his curiosity. But curi- - Julia uiaiiai uncle, Don Ramon, and his wife, called for partic--o- n at the hands of their ::ept (or the youthful neph-Hamo- n Estrada was the panish gentleman that the imet. ere was nothing of haugh-Do- n Ramon, there was that called for considera-respec- t. His mere pres-- f itself felt, presenting as "ain graciousness of man-;re- d by dignity and re-- t put his guest at ease i assurance of welcome. ie had met his host and ielt already at ease, so as the kindly welcome in their manner. But not as presented by Don Fran-ce formality, to a young tow entered the room was "eian conscious of a feel-- n awkwardness and She was Senorita - the rancho, cousin to I.SCO. '"I Spaniard did the d much of the talking. fc'SteSS extended repeated Both were beautiful. and his scouts were grateful but could not think of so great a draft on this magnificent hospitality. In the living room, while the rain poured furiously outside, Don Ra-mon smoked tranquilly and listened to Bowie and his nephew. The la-dies talked about the wedding in Monterey. In the morning it was still raining hard the rancho seemed afloat. The Texan had no choice but to accept Don Ramon's hospitality, and the day went in sto-ries told before the big log fire-sto- ries of Texans and the country of the Staked Plain; the story of Santa Ana and the Alamo, which was told without any effort to water But in that instant the bear charged him. hand toward her. The Texan per-ceived his peril. His horse strove vainly to pit his strength against the strength of his enormous enemy. It was a hopeless endeavor. Relent-lessly the bear dragged horse and rider toward him. Luckily a sizable tree stood near. With shout and spur Bowie, plunging forward, whirled the horse and managed to circle the tree before the bear could take up all the slack. It gave the Texan an instant of respite, and he dismounted. But in that instant the bear charged him. The tree between the two was of little consequence, as the hunted man was aware, and the grizzly's osity persisted. Toward the end of his stay a natural resentment at the aloofness of one who had for a week enlisted his lively interest impelled him to practice such retaliatory measure as he could. The least sat-isfactory feature of his attempt to ignore her was that this made no apparent difference whatever to Carmen. If she were aware, there was no evidence of it for her, he seemed not to exist Don Francisco, on the other hand, grew increasingly attached to Bow-ie. Everything about the Texan in-terested the youth. Especially was he fascinated by the plainsman's novel revolver. Indeed, the whole male population of Rancho Guada-lupe marveled at a pistol that would shoot six bullets without recharging. down the cruel butchery by me Mex-icans. And interspersed were sto-ries of this new California, to which the plainsman listened with hungry interest. Don Francisco had already taken a fancy to Bowie. That eve-ning he questioned the Texan with a purpose. Bowie, quite alert to all that went on, noticed the glances that Fran-cisco cast at times toward Carmen, who was in animated talk with Dona Maria. Even the Texan's attention wandered at moments from Fran-cisco's explanation to the two wom-en as they chatted. Both were beau-tiful, of a type the roughhewn Texan had never yet seen. They were beautiful in artless animation. The bronzed son of the desert was al-most stunned by the atmosphere of charm. The Dona at forty had lost leap was far beyond the nimblest feat of a runner. Taking what was at best a merely desperate chance, Bowie, as he jumped, fired shot aft-er shot into the bear's mouth and head. Then he dropped the empty revolver, whipped out his knife and, waiting not a second, plunged di-rectly into the bear's arms for what was likely to prove a fatal em-brace. Only one of the two, he knew could come out alive. The foreman Pedro was riding setings to Bowie which Cisco translated. The : as wholly silent, save spoken to by her cousin id clearly and compos-es announced. Dona seated at her husband's ad Bowie was given the w on his left. Next to Francisco; seated be-Jar-was Senorita Car-5- e sat opposite the Texan use of her eyes, yet at he was never aware action. as the beef, mutton bewildering abundance ? a formal turn, asked Jns of his stranger guest Texas; about the 01 the Americans with Jovernment; then as Wit Bowie to California. My vague generaliza-fc- e Texan. The Don to what lay immedi-wha- t Bowie had in H senor," responded J" 1 hardly have any "myself here on the Wo scout companions. tJ01H up the Diver, to Z 0ur Principal occu- - WrVa' ' mUSt be t0 eat." talaughed. "Truly im-- Seadlng "Pantry aft- - W,Mon,orey- - There 2 ' 1 ani told- - tTom ji son and elk." "thousands of head shere available to !uPPly?" objected the ttlni5 was trans- - tpetiti" range cat" H the meat of W certanly not tt!' nor even with the i, kj.r..ur uipment for J Senor." Don was astonished. ,,;u appall you-y-our fce. a certainty, flnd you need noth- - The matanza always brought down an army of bears from the hills, and Don Francisco, seeking excuse to prolong the stay of the hunters, promised them as many bear fights as they had stomach for black bears, cinnamon bears and occasion-ally the famed monarch of the Si-erras, the grizzly, the highly re-spected oso pardo, as Don Francisco called him. This prospect of ad-venture interested the two scouts. They added their appeal to that of Don Francisco, and Bowie not loath to linger near the flame of the distant candle he had lighted for himself consented. Hardly had night fallen when the vanguard of the bears arrived from the hills Tempted by the rejected meat and offal of the matanza, the bears would come down at nightfall for a feast. This gave the hunters, disposed for sport, their chance. Shortly the matanza ground was well filled with the hairy monsters, gorging, growling, fighting among Uiemselves and snapping ferociously at those bolder coyotes who dared trespass on the preserves of their banqueting "betters." The Texans watched. Don Ramon, circling a chosen bear, lassoed him Don Francisco, watch-in- e bv the neck; executed the more his chance, difficult feat of roping the bear s legs; and the two horsemen. Sg men in opposite direct.ons toned the bear to fight his utmost none of her youth; the years had tempered without engrossing the portrait of her maidenhood. The vi-vacity of youth was still hers, en-riched now by the dignity of matron-ly charm. Yet Bowie's eyes were drawn to her daughter Carmen, just old enough to realize the pres-ence of a stranger and protecting her attractiveness by the slight re-pression of girlhood. Bowie listened, indeed, to the words of Don Ramon; but he heard the cadences of another voice a voice of sweet-throate- d music, strange to the ear but bewildering in utterance. For the first time in his life the Texan, without realizing it. began to love the strange tongue in which Californians spoke and to listen for every syllable that might fall from the lips of the young Span-ish girl. The clinging black of her gown did not hide the tender slope of her shoulders; it contrasted with the ivory of her slender neck; and above this, from a perfectly poised head, fell soft masses of brown hair. They framed the features of one just at the threshold of adolescence: lips filling with prom-ise of a richer maidenhood; eyes that retired under long dark lashes and opened with a searching light You want to start tomorrow?" Don Francisco was asking. Bowie nodded. "But I have an idea." suggested FrancUco. "My uncle is having ma- - away from the corral when he saw Don Ramon's riderless horse racing out of the hills. The half-bree- d real-ized at once there was trouble. Shouting to near-b- y vaqueros to fol-low, he spurred for the hills. Be-fore he reached them Bowie's horse, dragging the broken rope, shot out of the canyon and gave him the di-rection. At the same moment he heard pistol shots echoing down the canyon walls. Urging his compan-ions who were stringing along be-hind to follow fast Pedro galloped into the canyon. His practiced eye told him the story as he rode. Whatever it had been, it was over, for the canyon was as still as the grave. On he galloped until, rounding a bend, he saw the bodies of the grizzly and the Texan lying less than ten yards apart, both apparently deal (TO BE COXTINUED, By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) IT SEEMS that those year-ol- d twins, Beverly and Barbara Quintanilla, are to play just one baby instead of two in Warner Brothers' "Four Mothers," and all be-cause William Keighley used his head. The script called for Pris-cill- a Lane to be the mother of a one-year-o- ld child. One of the laws that give directors gray hair is that an infant can't be kept under the lights for more than 20 minutes, and can't work more than two hours a day. So Keighley did some arithmetic and engaged twins for the role. He claims that the scheme has two ad-vantagesit doubles the shooting time, and though one baby isn't in the right mood at the oig moment, her sister may be full of ambition. Members of the company of "Vir-ginia" were sitting around on loca-tion, waiting for the shooting to start; off at one side, a young lady I. t Jf if X( MADELEINE CARROLL was crocheting. She seemed to be so expert that one of the extras, a local girl, asked if she'd teach her. The pretty crocheter was most af-fable about it; when the director, Edward H. Griffith, called the play-ers together at last the pupil thanked her. "By the way," she said, "What's your name?" The crocheter replied "Call me Madeleine Made-leine Carroll." Maybe this is bribery but Direc-tor Mitchell Leisen has told Ray Mil-lan- d and Claudette Colbert, co-sta-of his picture, "Arise My Love," that if they complete their roles ahead of schedule he will buy each of them a tailored suit. Director Sam Wood also became clothes-conscio-and sent little Betty Brewer two sweaters and a plaid skirt for being such a good girl when Claudctte's husband, Dr. Joel J. Pressman, took her tonsils out. Not to be outdone by all this generosity, Claudette is working between scenes on a blanket which will be a gift for the Ray Milland heir, little David Daniel. Paulette Goddard danced three numbers with Fred Astaire for scenes in Paramount's "Second Chorus" and set a record that prob-ably won't be broken in Hollywood for many years to come. Though she has never danced for films be-fore she did it so well that every dance photographed perfectly in one take, thanks to working like a dog at rehearsals. Frank Capra seeks realism in his pictures. When Gary Cooper had to protest a decision to a baseball um-pire in "Meet John Doe," Capra asked Pat Flaherty, former major league pitcher, what players usually say in such a case. "You've never seen it printed, have you?" asked Flaherty. Capra shook his head. "Then you wouldn't want to use it in the picture, would you?" So the protest will just sound like an angry speech by Donald Duck. "The one, the only, the original Professor Quiz," who recently cele-brated his 200th consecutive week on the air, has been broadcasting for four years during that time he's received almost 2,000,000 letters, con-taining more than 12,000,000 ques- - tions and has paid out more than $25,000 in prize money. He's not superstitious, but he refuses to go on the air without the battered old felt hat from which the questions are selected at the broadcast it was borrowed years ago from a station manager in Charlotte, N. C, and is looked upon as the good luck charm of the show. Donna Woods' fine soprano voice was going to waste in a mediocre girl trio, and the "Collegians" were a male trio that wasn't getting the breaks, not so long ago. But when they joined talents and became the "Smarties" things began to happen they auditioned successfully on a Boston station, won several shows, then Horace Heidt beard them, hired them and now they're known as "Donna and Her Don Juans," and featured with the Musical Knights on the Pot o' Gold and Treasure Chest programs. X r" 1 ' "" f: zit ta'Ts-r:- " I , See how oranges help I ' - J ' Fully half our familiej are getting ' bt vttamins and mmeraUtokcnheitDest,svjS k m . J the Department of Agriculture. n - Atn' I I MSF t0 get more of these essentials - JTmtmrp J --merely by making oranges your family's ?fw tj1 daily refreshment! ' JiJ'jmf'' ? Peel and eat them. Keep ready a big :JJ 'r ' pitcher of fresh orangeade. Or better ye- t- ; & - 7 X V Have bl'. glasses of fresh orange J'"'" with breakfast daily. This ' ' gives you all the vitamin C you normally , ' .i , need. Adds vitamins A, B and G and the ' i? ' -- ',. j minerals calcium, phosphorus and iron, a ' jf Sunkist is sending you the pick of Call- - t&f-rr- nr fornia's best-ev- er crop of wonderfully t! ' juicy oranges. Order a supply next time I - you buy groceriesl --mmmm, Copyright, 1940. California Frail Grower. Eiclung Want of Courage A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Sydney Smith. Time Deadens Hatred Time, which deadens hatred, secretly strengthens love. Richter. |
