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Show The Cache American, Logan, Cache County, Utah it itirmtH po,lmtr, Stthini ruiiirr, Hrsnd, to tol rJ Tsrry, BUIIII H I tlf Mark IM It ktu4 t; mUnt ud tmU ttiN rusUtrs kat kcta shot INSTALLMENT NINE Seat from the kirk, tomtom poulbly Hart, kroikrr at oot of tho vlrUmt, look a shot at Col Iron krklod. A bank niititr. Work Yraior, to kiilrS mtr porollir clrvaraiuartt. Tv rt to (koto kit kook arts at Torry aklto CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX the STOUT filfMrr H Ik to PAH: KUre Csrry, C:nl Elliion read the note tiisc. to John Q. Powers descended from tha train at Round Top and was met by Calhoun Terry. Th two men I hope you are tatitfled (so walked to tha Holden House, where the note ttid). Well, you can't the ranch foreman bad taken rooms. dri me Into trouble with you. Powers was a heavy-semiddle-age- d I am (ticking by what I told you man of a precis habit of the other day. Count me out of mind. Ha wore square-toeshoes, the hole business. I'm through a coat, and a silk before you ttart on any plana hat Hit home waa In Philadelphia, and b had never before been faryou have. ther west than Chicago. Th PowThe name algned at the bottom ers family bad bought for themwai Calhoun Terry. selves and some business associates Ell.jon helped hlmaelf to a drink, the Diamond Revert B ranch at a paced the floor, and returned to bit tima when capital waa being poured desk. He picked up a pen and wrote. into th cattle Industry. So far It The burden of hi meaaage waa told had been a good Investment Thera tn two line. had been bonanza years when tha ranch bad returned mor than 30 per Since I am going down to Jim cent on tha original cost But those Creek ataUon tomorrow I will boom days were past Tb profit drop in at the ranch and have a bad dwindled, and tbe books showed with talk you. (or two years a balance tn th red. A letter from the foreman had Re sealed the note and took It out brought him out her In person. who was to Shm, waiting at tb As they walked to the hotel. Powbunkhouae for an answer. ers noticed that Terry did not exAfter the cowboy bad ridden away with the men he he went back Into his office and change greeting met The glances that fell on the floor the talked again. Irritably he Philadelphian were merely curious, admitted to himself that he had but when they shifted to the foremade a mistake. His gunman bad man they held unconcealed hostility. moved too fast for him. There was a tensity in the atmosWhen he dropped In to see Terry phere that John Q. did not like. he defended what he had done, on "You think we ought to close out the ground that it was a necessity, the ranch? He made the further point that in "I feel sure we ought Terry rewiping out the thieves the big ranches would be doing a service to plied. "An outfit as large at ours the territory. Terry (hook hit head. Tve been this over, and I have thinking changed my mind about tome things , . . "Wait a minute," Ellison Interrupted. You think I havent played fair with you. I want to say that I couldn't have prevented the killing of Black Yeager. It happened on your way home, right after our sec-co- d t, d double-breaste- talk. I understand that, the manager of the Diamond Reverse B agreed stiffly. "We'll leave Yeager out of this. Point is, I dont enjoy being shot at myself. If Yeager bad fired a hairs breadth straighter I would be where Jim McFaddin is now. To think that you can ambush rus- tlers wholesale without having them play the same game is criminally foolish. There is no stopping that kind of business. It is like those Kentucky feuds. They go on forever." "So will this thieving, if we don't do something about it, the Bartlett manager said curtly. "I'U do what I can about it, Terry answered. "If we catch a man stealing our stuff, or if we find it in his possession. Ill hang him to a tree. Thats as far as IU go. I wont join in an organized drive to wipe out suspicious characters. Then the Diamond Reverse B outfit is through, unless it changes Us manager. "Its through, whether It does or not. Theres no other answer, Ellison. The day of the big ranch is past Settlers have homesteaded along the creeks and on choice bits of range. More are coming in every year. We cant buck the law. Some of the large outfits are fencing land that isnt owned by them. They cant get away with it They are licked before they start. Like it or not, the cattle empires are going to vanish. Ive tried not to believe this, but it stands out as plain as Old Baldy there. "So youre quitting, Ellison said. "I have advised my people to sell at a profit while there is still time. SeU to whom? "To settlers. My idea is to break up the ranch into twenty or more smaU ones. It can be divided so that the land wiU seU like hot cakes. From Ellisons gray face the color seemed to drain. By God, you take the cake, Terry, he said, anger riding in his voice. "First you are with the smaU fry. Then you throw them over and join us. Now when we have a fight on our hands you are deserting us to go back to them. Terry felt the rage boiling up in Ellihim. Youre too son, and too smooth in your work. We were supposed to be allies, and me by ordering you double-crosse- d these men drygulched. Do you think you are God Almighty, with the power of life and death in your hands? Hit home was In Philadelphia. can't be run profitably under present conditions. "We can get a good price? "I think so. If the property is cut up wisely into small ranches. There would be no difficulty in disposing of the land. I'd like to go out and look the situation over. You have made arrangements, I presume, to get me out to the ranch. Yes. We can drive out But I ought to tell you that there will be some danger. Danger! What do you mean? "I have been shot at several times in the past three weeks, once as I was riding out of Round Top. A few days ago one of the owners of the Flying V C, James McFaddin, was killed while he was rounding up a bunch of stock. Powers stared at his foreman. Good God! Isnt there any law in this country? Terry smiled grimly. "Plenty of it, and all on the side of the rustlers. Our enemies elect the sheriff and the judge, who try thieves before a friendly jury which acquits them." 'Then there is no way of stopping cattle-stealing- ? Yes. There are ways. The steel-barre- d eyes of Terry held to those of the Easterner. "If we catch a rustler we stop him . . . permanently. The manager of the Diamond Reverse B decided not to spare the feelings of his boss. He had to know the truth before he could make an intelligent appraisal of the situation. It has been the law of Cattleland ridins, Ikn time lee revolver BUrk Teaser kat keee billed ky kie eva compinioa. Tfce kif nick-er- e ptoo I krto la a M e( True Ike retdere effirere w lava lute ito kill (hem. Terry ebjecls. k ikon. Pare STAuEnSCRE By Ritoietd A VALE 1RGINIA by Weetorn NtticicM I'nioa. ENTIRE apartment house, in sections, was constructed for Columbias Terry judged It waa time to let tha Pennsylvania man hava th oth "The More the Merrier" er barrel of th gun. "The worat la (Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea ahead of us, and coming very soon. and Charles Coburn starring) I cannot go Into particulars, or tell which is certainly the most you bow I know it But there are of the year plans tor action soon that will make amusing picture headlines In every New York paper. 1 don't know what you mean. Mr. Terry. Pleas be more explicit Th city man watched this hard, In fascinated brown Westerner alarm. "Do you mean mor . . . bloodshed?" "Ye. Plana to rub out acorea of men. In spite of ourselves we shall be dragged Into It unlet we move fast Thats why I asked you to come at once. "How can we be dragged Into it If we refuse to be a party? "Because this country Is In two camps. Everybody in this town la for the small fry against th big ranches. The rustler and nesters and most of the little cattlemen are pooled against us, the honest men and the thieves alike. The Diamond Reverse B la one of the large outfits. If we say we are out of this fight nobody will believe us. We'll suffer just the same. The only way to be out of it is to let It be known we are going out of business, to offer the ranch for sale in small so far. Tb rooftop was laid out across tho floor of an entire sound stag, th four room apartment that's th scene of most of the acUon occupied another, th building front and a block of similar structures occupied another th Utter being tha scene of th love scene which likely to go down In movie history as on of th most delightful ever made. K&m, him on the jaw, pounded bis chest. He suffered no 111 effects. But Marjorie sprained a wrist. There's not a woman featured In "Bataan but the wive of the cast Include Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford, Lucille Ball and Jenall-st- nifer Jones, soon to make her appearance in the lead of "The Song You maty taduUr your prefermc te itilrh, too. tor amiiroidcrjr, ippUquo umI ptoclnf ere all ampksted hero, liot ro 1$ cent, brinft motifs fur tranafrr this antlra grvup of panboldcra. ftrad your enter to: ttf Bos mmm m&xt VOW, arent you glad you saved those tiny scrap of muslin, prints and plain colors? Just see what an exciting array of gay panholders can be fashioned from these bits of material. Whether you prefer the vegetables, fruit The way James Cagney mauU his flower facet, tun bonnet bawomen on the screen U a Hollywood motifs, bies or pieced designs, your scrap legend; actually, be has struck bag can surely supply the "makwomen only four timet, never and those odds and ends of bruised one. But in "Johnny Coma ings floss will do the rest. Lately he's beat up by a girl. Marjorie Lord. She flapped him, hit block. "Wouldnt It put us in the clear if I went on record publicly pledging the Diamond Reverse B to join in he no lawlessness whatsoever? asked. "No. The foreman took out of his pocket clippings from a newspaper. "Read these. Mr. Power. They are from the Logan County Gazette, edited by Horace Garvey. Hes against us and for the small settler. But he Is an honest man, citizen. a first-cla"He makes out a case for our opponents," Powers said thoughtfully after he had finished reading. "I dont think he is right, but be seems to be honest "No doubt of that I thought you might like to meet him and asked him to call here. Not that I agree with what he thinks. Half an hour later Garvey arrived. "I understand that your friends control the county politically," Powers said. "Yes. "A combination of townsfolk, small ranchers, and rustlers," the Easterner snapped. la that right? make Politics strange bedThe fellows, Garvey answered. rustler vote supports our candidates, because the outlaw is naturally opposed to the large outfits. Quite so. Opposed to the men they rob. Mr. Terry tells me we cant get justice in the courts when we present a case against a rustler. That is correct, the editor admitted. Im sorry it is so, but there is a very strong feeling against the big cattle outfits. "The big ranches are here lawfully, aren't they? That is debatable. Their cowboys homesteaded thousands of acres and turned the land over to their employers, quite contrary to the spirit of the law. All over the territory you find large tracts fenced by the cattle kings to which they havent the slightest claim. Powers leaned forward, tugging at his grizzled imperial. What would you think is the chance of disposing of the Diamond Reverse B at a good price, Mr. Garvey? 1 dont know. Not very good, I should think. It would take a lot of money to buy it, and I dont suppose large interests are looking for investments in tha cattle country these days. He added as a rider: But I am not in touch with monied people. You should know much better than I do. Powers gave the editor the surprise of a year. I am not talking We are thinking of large interests. of dividing the property into small ranches and selling to individuals of moderate means. We would accept down payments for part and take a mortgage for the balance. Into Horace Garveys dried-u- p face there came a curious expression of amazed delight If you mean that, you will be doing a fine stroke of business for yourself and a great service to the territory, Mr. Powers, the little man cried, his voice hopping up and down with Smi lncle SenjH k, rather see conceited WED who at least occasionally AIM! ...ea.e. good-lookin- 'De right end people will commend but not likely in your you in lime" time. ss JENNIFER JONES Her husband Is of Bernadette. Robert Walker, screen newcomer, who an enthusiastic press agent tells us has "the wistful appeal of Jimmy Stewart, plus a dash of Gary Cooper. Now that we all have to read maps, to keep up with the war, Walt Disset to help us; in "Victory ney Through Air Power he has Introduced an entire sequence to acquaint audiences with the fundamentals of cartography and map-readin- Freddie Bartholomew's last act before reporting for service In the army air corps was to say good-b- y to Miles Mander, who gave him his start in pictures. Freddie dropped in on the set ofFive Graves to Cairo, where Mander, formerly a in English pictures, was playing the part of a British officer. director-writer-acto- Tin recently Dick Stark, annotmo-e- r on Abies Irish Rose, would fight anybody who called him "Baby-fac-e. Now hes changed his tune Paramount likes that baby face, and has signed him to replace Alan Ladd in gangster roles lined up for Ladd before he joined the army. When a quizmaster makes a mistake listeners burn up the wires telling him so. On a recent Take a Card program Wally Butterworth said that hot dogs are made of pork; hes been snowed under by wires, letters and phone calls telling him an assortment of meats is used. Brian Donlevy lost half his mustache during the final days shooting for "America at a steel plant; imitated the workers in throwing his arms across his face after flipping a shovelful of Into a furnace, but took his arm down too ' soon. Paulette Goddard predicts Many of us do our best, but we are careful not to be fatigued by doing it. To say nothing of your enemies Implies what you think of them. We do not seek the disapproval of our friends. We have enough of that in our own consciousness. ...... ee. . ...ee Nicknames of Jeeps Jeeps have been given characteristic nicknames by several of our allies. The Russians call them "kozila or goats, the Mexicans "cucarachas or cockroaches, and the Chinese symbol means "little tough guys." Root nek irritated oklo BEAT thrUk to tb tourb Mas THE of HEAT auto, formerly Mexico UotPovite. Foroootb iof beip, get Mmaana, Training War Dogs This is the first war in which our army has trained dogs for war work. During World War I the army borrowed dogs from Die Allies, but did not train any of its own dogs. war-traine- d DON'T LET CONSTIPATION Stow YOU UP When bowla or sluttish and yo f im tibia, headachy, do oa millions tho modem do -c- hew FfcEN-A-MINlaxative. Simply chair chewing-gu- before you go to bed, taking only in accordance with package direction alaep without being turbed. Not booth mg gent!, thoronga relief, helping you fal awU again. Try FEEN-A-MLNTatat good, ia bandy and aceoomicoL A gooeroua family supply FEEN-A-MIN- dr FEEN-A-MIHTl- of SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER Indians Bargained Out Domes; Laugh Best The Osage Indian tribe has the last laugh on the white man. During the 19th century, the Osage were forced and "bargained out of Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas, retaining only the rocky hills of northern Oklahoma out of their once great domain. Then came oil, black gold gushing from the Osage hills. Once worth 70 cents an acre, this land has since produced 273 million dollars in gas and oil more than $120,000 in cash revenue for each Osage Indian. Improper brake is rubbor-warte- r. diuitmoot Have for rubber tubiH-tuts- i, icisntals ora now probing aiyrcens, a turpentine derivative discovered about fifty years ego, Tha list of rubber "sources It growing almost daily, it Is oxpoctad that tha 1943 harvest of crude rubber In tha Unltad States will total 600 tons, all guayula. Normally this country consumed about 600,000 tons of rubber In thslr March year. If you were to say the first bugle call of the day in the Army is "Reveille youd be wrong. Its "First Call. But you probably know what cigarette gets first call with Army men its CameL And Camel is the favorite with men in all branches of the service Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, too. (Based on actual sales records from service mens stores.) And though there are Post Office restrictions on packages to overseas Army men, you can still send Camels to soldiers in the U. S., and to men in the Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard wherever they are. BFGoodrich Adv. that lis- ten. Recently she told Charles Martin of the CBS Playhouse that shed bet him a pound of steak hed be offering Sonny $1,500 an appearance after the pictures .released. Both radio and movies took a hand ever since the early Texas days that In the build-uof Jack Carson. Proforfeits cow thief his horse or a ducer Vicl$ Knight announced his enexcitement Calhoun explained. life if caught, We can find purchasers, you gagement as star of an air series; That was necessary then, because then Mark Hellinger said hed get White spots pinched into the nose the law hadnt reached the brush think? No doubt of it if your price Is star billing in "The Widow Wouldnt of the visitor. He too was holding country. It is necessary now, beWeep, first meant for Jack Benny. his temper in by sheer will. "It's cause the law has been taken over reasonable. It will be. Powers rose briskly. one way or the other, he flung by the thieves. You are shocked ODDS 'AND ENDS Martha Raya back contemptuously. Either you because I have been shot at and "Im ready to leave for the ranch dropped in on the Lets Face It set rat on us. or you keep your mouth McFaddin killed. These attacks whenever you are, Terry. to tell Bob Hope what hed better take shut and get the benefits of our drive were reprisals. Inside of a month "May I announce in the paper that along on his overseas trip . . . She hopes without taking any of the risk You four men suspected of rustling have you are going to divide the ranch to go back herself soon . . Jack Benand sell it? Garvey asked. may have your choice, sir nys been signed to star in The Horn been shot down from ambush. You may, sir. The sooner the Blous at Midnight" the scenes of Ellison picked up his wide Stet"But but which are laid in Heaven and New son and walked out of the room. "1 don't know who killed them, but better. York . . . Theyve changed the title of This Is great news, Garvey Calhoun Terry stood at his desk, 1 can guess who ordered it done. I he Pentacle " to Conflict" much beamed. "I believe it will be the salient jaw clamped tight What Elthis let not your worry need easier to understand but Fite Graves You of better we than days beginning lison had said was true He had Diato Cairo" is still a puzzler , since it conscience, Mr Powers. The have had for a long time. doesn't mean what it seems to . . . Stage either to warn the rustlers or let mond Reverse B is not guilty. to write a frontHe left hurriedly, 29 on the Metro lot, uhere Gregory the drive go on There was no midRatoff is directing Russia" has been "But this is terrible. A suspected page story. dle ground In any case he was christened Raloffgrad by the mem (TO BF. COMISl EDi man has a right to his day in court. now a mno without a parlv bert of the company. p year brakes checked regularly. If an wheel "takes bald before the ethers. Its rubber carries the full brunt of stopping tha car, with rasultaat exceuive rubber waar. 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