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Show THE CITIZEN as if he had thirty or forty years of ... experience to back him. The band numbered six, as brave and determined a set of as the great Sioux nation ever sent out. The clouds had broken apart a little, and the defenders of the station could count their forms as they appeared between the diffused light of the horizon and the roof of the cabin. On reaching the door the Indians stopped a moment, and with their customary caution listened for some sound to apprise them that the inmates were sleeping. Suspecting this to be the case, they pushed the door carefully open and entered the cabin cut-thro- ats v . ' ' one after another. Now had come the supreme moment which the boss had so patiently hoped for! Whipsaw rose to his feet, v and without saying a word to them, his comrades, including Little Cayuse, followed him. He intended to charge upon the savages in the cabin, although there were six to three, for it would hardly do to count the little Pawnee in as a man. The rider who had been waiting for the arrival of the other then placed his rifle on the ground, and taking their revolvers, two apiece in their hands, ready cocked, advanced to the door. Short Fight They knew that the fight would be short and hot, so with the Pawnee between them they arrived at the entrance. Now, the Sioux evidently heard them, and came rushing out, but it was too late. The Pony Express men opened fire, and two of the Indians bit the dust. They returned the salute, but with such careless aim that their shots were perfectly harmless; but as the white men fired again, two more of them fell, and only two were left. The rider got a shot in the shoulder, but he kept on with his revolver despite his pain, while the boss, who had fired all his shots, was compelled to throw the empty weapon into the persistent savages face, while Little Cayuse kept peppering the other with small shot from his rifle. Then the Indian at whom the boss had thrown his revolver came to him with his knife and was getting the best of it, when Little Cayuse, watching his chance, got up close to the Indian, who was about to finish his father, and let drive into his side a charge of shot that made a hole as big as a water bucket, and he fell without knowing what had hit him. K. Both of the men were weak from loss of blood, and when they had recovered a little, not far away in the hollow they found the horses the Indians had ridden and that of the ex RAGS-RUBBERS-ME- press rider, all together. About a mile farther down the trail they found the dead body of the rider, shot through the head. His pony still had on the saddle and the mail pouch, which the Indians had not disturbed. In the morning the men carried the remains of the unfortunate rider to the cabin and buried him near the station. If it had not been for the plucky Little Pawnee, there would have been no mourners at the funeral. That afternoon the men dug a trench in which they buried the dead Indians. While they were employed at their work, Little Cayuse was discovered most unmercifully kicking and clubbing one of the dead warriors; then he took his little rifle and cocking it, emptied its contents into the prostrate body. Whipsaw took the weapon away from him, but the boy cried out to him, Seel See! Looking down closely into the face of the object of the boys wrath, he discovered by that hideous scar the fiend who had captured Little Cayd use when a mere baby, the Sioux, from whom Whipsaw had purchased the boy. . dent in his Frontier Stories. lished by Charles Scribners Pub- Sons, 1898.) BELIEVE IT OR NOT KIMMINS, formerly chief inspector of the education department of the London City Council, in an address to women at Leeds, told of his investigations with a group of henpecked husbands. I never knew such a group of happy, joyous creatures in my life and I was glad to learn afterwards that henpecked husbands live much longer than those who are not henpecked, because they live much more sheltered lives. The great majority of these men were not henpecked, but DR. C. W. hen-protect- ed. We would hate to pass our opinion on the subject; Anyway, Jiggs is a pretty healthy looking fellow. as the number of times you get up is not less than the times you are knocked down, it doesnt SO LONG WILLIE: Pa, whats a parasite? His Pa: A parasite, son, is a man who walks through a revolving door without doing his share of nushing. The more work a man is willing to do the more others are willing he should do. & SCRAP IRON TAL LARGEST DEALERS IN SCRAP IRON IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN COUNTRY Inc. Utalh Co., Junk Carload Lots Our Specialty We carry in Stock 840 at all Times: Pipe, Angles, Channels, I Beams, Babbitt, Rails, Pulleys, etc. South 4th West CITY HEARS APPLICATION (Continued from Pake 3) healthful. Tourists and settlers turn away that have been led here by the thought of invigorating mountain air. Soot comes mostly from small coalburning homes. Hence, the introduction of natural gas will eliminate the smoke evil effectively. The housewife, who does the cleaning, knows which is the cleaner fuel. Development of the city is retarded also by the high price of coal. A glass factory will locate here, if fuel conditions are right. Natural gas will enable it to effect a saving in fuel cost of no less than sixty thousand dollars a year. Real estate dealers and the Real Estate Board favor the project, because people cannot be induced to make this city their home under present fuel conditions. One oil company, though it will sustain a temporary loss in revenue, says it is but common sense to grant the - Phone Wasatch 2069 detailed estimate of the probable cost of the project. Impertinence! They want also to be the guardian angels of the natural gas company, protecting it against the fancied loss of its millions! However, while the sponsors are perfectly willing to furnish all need ful information to the trustees of this state the Public Utilities Commission they will not submit their project to the coal companies for inspection. They will not give their competitors any opportunity to talk the project to death. This new enterprise is willing to risk its millions to come to Salt Lake City and compete in the fuel market here. Were these men not thoroughly convinced of their ability to furnish a cheaper fuel, they would not undertake the venture.. They are amply equipped to look after their own interests. They dont need any patron saints, any more than the city does. A Strange Attitude The coal companies franchise. King Coal scar-face- (Cy Warman vouches for this inci- 13 As Always, however, there are those who would gum the wheels of progress. King Coal appears at the hearing. He says he has been crippled by California oil to the extent of four million tons annually, and, if this project materializes, another half a million tons will be sliced from his yearly production. He pleads that men will be throwm out of work, and, generally, that dire things will happen, if he isnt permitted to reign supreme in this mountain community. Aye, an argument of that kind is made every time any community take a forward step. It is but a plea for the old order of things, which the torch of advancement shows to be the stupid order of pro-poses'- to things. False is the argument. If Utahs coal industry has been able to weather the loss of four million tons, it can weather the loss of another half million. The entire state consumes only a fifth of the total coal production. Nor will men be thrown out of work. Even if the coal industry lay3 off men, this forward step will foster new industries and jobs will multiply. Too, will not considerable labor be needed by the natural gas company in construction and maintenance ? Behind the Screen A smoke screen is this objection a screen to hide the real motive, which is that the coal companies do not want a competitor. They want this new enterprise to be killed before it is born. The coal companies ask an investigation, to determine whether the supply of natural gas in the Wyoming fields is ample for the needs of Salt Lake City. Think of it! Suddenly, these barons have assumed the role of the citys guardian angels, shedding their black garb for cloaks of pure white! But the interests who want the franchise know the supply, else they wouldnt be willing to invest twenty million dollars in the project. Next, the coal companies want a evince great concern about the rate for natural gas that the Public Utilities Commission might fix. But, note, the rate for coal is fixed by the companies themselves. They would resent any attempt on the part of the state to fix it. And in the last ten years the price of coal has nearly doubled. No effort has been made by the coal companies to devise ways .and means for the elimination of smoke, of reducing the price of coal. There is no danger that they will be put out of business, not at all. Instead, they will have a worthy competitor, and this resistance will benefit even them. It might as well be argued that the franchise should be killed, because the use of natural gas might hurt the cleaning industry; because, in a cleaner city, clothes might wear longer, and clothing stores might suffer a loss in business. Plain it is that the purpose of the coal companies is simply tp talk the application to death. Work must start before winter sets in. A little delay now would be a welcome thing to them. It might convince the backers of the project that Salt Lake City is indeed a hopeless case. The hour has struck! The time has come to act. HIGH HEELS AND SPINDLY LEGS The high heels women insist on wearing are destroying the uhapeli-nes- s of their nether extremities. At least that is the opinion of Dr. Chas. Mayo, noted surgeon, who claims women are sacrificing the shapes of their legs on the altar of high heels. Not only are they losing their calves, he points out, but the spindly legs so much in evidence nowadays arc the result. Women are getting snorter, Dr. Mayo claims, because they ride t.o much in motor cars. What fo yo name Mose? o baby Electricity, Second Darky: Well, mah name am Mose, and mah wifes name am Dinah, and if Dinahmose dont make electricity, what does dey make? First Darky: . |