Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-13 | Page 13 | Lurid Fiction of Cowboy is Decried by Rancher

LURID FICTION OF COWBOY I 4 IT l t I IS DECRIED BY RAN RANCHER HER DENVER Aug 13 AP AP Lurid Lurid fiction tales of cow waddles waddle galloping recklessly across the prairies or shooting the buttons from some easterners easterner's spats at se seventy enty paces with notched have drawn a protest from Charles D. D Frost a rancher of Bozeman Mont Frost asserts that Westerners are not gangs of noisy imbeciles who go on dress parade to please tourists tourists tour tour- nor does their sole occupation consist of ot hanging He pictured the cowboy as merely merely mere mere- ly Ivan an ordinary human being mere mere-j trailIng trailing trail trail- Ing his filigreed spurs about the 0 ranch yard at the most menial of tasks 13 tasks CLOTHES ARE PRACTICAL Even the cowboys cowboy's dress Is not nota a costume for a burlesque show Frost says but an apparel apparel designed to meet conditions with which the cowpuncher has to cope The chaps keep the brush from scratching the legs of the rider the shoo Un Irons are arG used for predatory animals animals animals ani ani- mals and to protect their herds the neckerchief originated on the old Texas trails as a protection from tram dust It originally was worn across the nose being knotted very loosely about the neck when not In use The fihe le high heeled boots keep the foot of the rider from tram slipping clipping through l t the stirrup aboard a snortIng snorting snort snort- ing mount The spurs are as necessary necessary necessary essary as a wrench to a present presen t day mechanic while the ten-gallon ten hats' hats are a protection against sun and storm EASY ON TENDERFOOTS TENDERFOOT The 1926 model cowboy Frost declares spends comparatively little time hanging horse thieves and even less time committing commUting burglary burglary burglary bur bur- glary and highway robbery which fail tall to thrive on the range The cowboy of today does not compel English lords to dance by shooting at their feet nor does he conspire to commit murder by In Inducing Inducing inducing In- In a tenderfoot to mount a notoriously bad horse Furthermore Furthermore Furthermore Further Further- more the puncher do does s not wear wear ear his sombrero spurs and gun for forthe the edification of the tourist dudes and but employs them in his work the same as a diver wears a helmet JUST A LABORER When hen the miles of wire barbed-wire fences need repairing someone must do the work It is up to the cowboy cowboy cowboy cow cow- boy and he sallies forth with staples staples staples sta sta- ples pliers and wire stretcher instead In Instead instead in- in stead of six-gun six Inlaid spurs and glistening trimmed conchas chaps The 1926 cowboy also shoes his own horses keeps the windmill or gasoline gasoline gasoline gas gas- oline engine pump working or puts hay lay up In the summer and feeds it t to the cattle during during- the He winter He brands colts and calves gathers gath gath- ers rs and and- drives beef to the railroads rail raU- roads oads loads it into stock cars goes goe to o the city with the shipment am and attempts to raise dog doggies l s by hand I