Show EXIT SCRUB BUll 00 4 By far tar the most east unique feature tN of 01 be Farmers Farmers' and housekeeper Conference Con Co Terence ference held at the Branch oral uraJ College February 17 12 was th the e i jAg g. g Club demonstration given at noon noo n of the fourth day It is not known just what effect t tb the tub club wished to procure or whether er et M Chad had intended to present a tra tra- gody of intense interest but there is no doubt about the lesson taught taugh t or r the dramatic entertainment enjoyed enjoyed en en- joyed by the conference visitors The stage corl co consisted of the low grassy portion of the CAmpus immediately lately in front of the Science Build ing The Tho pavement and steps the spectators As the imaginary curtain rose th the e college team hitched to a wide rack rack racked ed farm wagon was waa driven upon th the e stage stage Sitting upon the wagon wit with h great dignity was Yas Judge Rex Whitt- Whitt G aker Tied securely behind de defiant ant t and snorting came a brindle swaybacked sway sway- backed slab sided scrub bull with witha a tail taU resembling a horses horse's taU tall rather rath er than a bulls Court was opened and a criminal complaint read The scrub bull a ahe as ashe s he hung his head in shame listened listene d to the charges preferred against him the defendant was walt one of the animals which resembled the Jerse Jersey y family of cattle tho the he could establish esta lish Ush no relationship 2 That th the tho a defendant was one of the gang o of f robbers that operated Iro Iron n County 3 That the defendant a and his kind have operated in said count county y as long as man can remember 4 That the defendant worked in a very under handed way stealing feed and an d dd profits from every dairyman an and d stockman who had bad cattle and f feed d robbing the unsuspecting the careless careless care I less and ignorant alike nUke 5 That Tha t the defendant had bad lowered all breeds breed s of cattle that he had come in contact contac st t with by transmitting to their progeny progeny progeny pro pro- geny blood of unknown origin an and d of poor quality 6 G That eve every county like our own subject to th the ravages of him and his kind wa wain wain was in a less prosperous condition tha than n it would have been if all dairymen n had had pure-bred pure bulls I Two extra chairs were placed u uon up up 1 p on tho the wagon and while the defendant defendant defendant defend defend- i ant made an unsuccessful attempt to tip the court over and get away two witnesses were called to th the e stand and sworn in The first on one e j testified that the defendant belonged belonge d to him that he had never known know n whether the said defendant was part pail Jersey or whether he belonged t to o some mongrel b breed d. d U li Hd d de also testified that on his farm h he e had young cows of which the defendant defendant defendant defend defend- ant was sire and that in no ca case were the young cows as good in mil milk k production as were their mothe I IThe The second witness testified that f In in his corral at home bome he had a young oung I cow of which the defendant was wa s sire alre and that the said young wal co cow l v w was s inferior in every in every wa way vy y to 10 her mother Prosecuting Attorney Douglas Dougla I Clark then proceeded to sum up the evidence Not only did he be take into account the evidence given by the witnesses but he took occasion to I point out the defendants defendant's physical de de- f his n narrow he head Dead d his Jong long crane tie e i neck the away sway back the weasel like ve li kel hips and the horses horse's tail taU With pa thos-and thos almost in fn tears-he tears remind reminded ed the judge of the the scrubby scrubby descendants descendants descend ants who ho would live in misery y an and d I without y lui f d' pl leaded t that t the th e judge pron pronounce nee 11 the ruthless a defendant the verdict of 01 guilty an and d sentence him to Attorney Thurman Gardner in behalf behalf be be- half of the tha defendant pleaded that the judge refrain f from om taking into o account th the h l defects defect of t the b be e defendant He lIe ask oak the judge to take into consideration the fact that should the defendant be put to death many calves would mourn and bellow insomuch that the people would be disturbed in their slumbers by the th e unmerciful noise Judge Whittaker having a keen sense of justice and feeling that the actions of the be de defendant in wildly moving to and fro and trying to get a partial acknowledgement acknowledge ment of guilt immediately pronounced pro pro- no flounced the v verdict of guilty and sentenced the said defendant to be shot at once without even the Ige of bl bidding farewell to his pos pos- The actors made their exit to the left carefully guarding the sullen prisoner as ea they led fed him to the ex ex- A few moments moments latex later lat sh shots ts were heard from the direction whence the exit had been been made At o once ce the imaginary curtain fell As the curtain rose for the second act a black Ford hearse could be seen entering the stage from the he right In the seat sat the chauffeur and a minister while in the back of the car shrouded in white lay the remains of Scrub Bull the defendant Behind the hearse followed six pall pallbearers bearers When the car stopped at the center center center cen cen- ter of the stage Reverend W W. T. T Parkinson stood in the Ford seat to deliver the funeral di dM- dM course lie He begani in ina la a a sonorous voice to express the satisfaction of the people of the county in getting rid of such an offender Friends Farmers and Dairymen he be began We have come to bu buthis bury ry this scrub bull and not to praise him The evil men do lives after them The Tho good men do is often interred d i with their bones So it Is ia with this thi s miserable whose whoso end we have herb congregated celebrate The evil done by this this' po poor poo r scrub wiil live to the dying day of the last low producing low producing daughter daugh dough ter for whose existence he is reopen responsible responsible sible Bible Such was the trend of the discourse of the Reverend Parkinson upon the occasion of the funeral services services services ser ser- vices of the Scrub Bull BuU of Iron County I The procession moved slowly off the stage to the left the pall bearers holding to the horse tail of the bull bullas as it hung out over the rear o of the 5 hearse l I The curtain fell The tragedy of of I the Scrub Bull was ended Citizens of Iron County turned with joy to I the contemplation of what could be accomplished in the livestock bust busl- bust I ness nells thru the importation and own own- ng ng of pure bred sires |