Show THE TUE COWBOY IS DOOMED Civilization in la Its Advance is Gradually Gradually Gradually ally Driving Him to the Wall Wan One of oC the most mast picturesque characters is passing from the whirl of ot American life The cowboy of oC the plains has had his day ant and there is coming a time the original type will be as extinct as is the buffalo It Is civilization that is pushing him to the wall Modern inventions are InvadIng invading ing ink the ranches some of which are even lighted by electricity and equipped with telephones All of these conveniences decrease decrease de de- de- de crease i- i ie the demand cowboys cowboy i O s sd ser ser ser- e fl vices Then e too mile after mile of grazing graz ing lands are being fenced in and ana with each tach advance in this direction the cowboy cowboy cowboy cow cow- boy becomes gradually superfluous Even Cven for the cowboys that survive the wild rough life of or the Vest West has tamed down Until If the civilizing process con con- tissues It will be scarcely more exciting exciting- than existence on a Massachusetts farm It Is a II life of hardship An Any one who has followed the restless beef in a fall round up rising at 3 a. a m. m and dashing out through rain and snow and sleet with only a a. cup of coffee for a bracer knows that But BUl there is a fascination about It that holds a II cowboy always to his business busi busi- ness about 25 He lie doesn't get large pa pay only to t 1 a month Including board and lodging in ing and n medical I aid and there Isn isn't t anything any any- fn ef f i Ui thing ng dainty about his bill of fare fare Mexican can beans bacon oatmeal coffee flour Hour molasses dried fruit canned tomatoes and corn Foremen get larger wages from to a month according to the size of the ranch which they superintend super super- intend The hardships of a cowboys cowboy's life fc make ke him a a. bard hard liver He lie seldom saves enough to set himself up ur as n a stock owner He drinks and gambles gambl's and loses to excess |