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Show WATCHING FOR PREY. 1 1 i Ouc Of -the common menaces lo the wool growers Winch? upon the range are the wolves and coyotes who sWnqpvdoWii upon the i .sheep at mghl and carry olV the young and" innocent Mrtiribs). The flockninstcr is handicapped to a jrreat extent when ftp turns his hands of sheep on the range, for his opportunity to fully protect the flock is -small. The herder, even, though he is alwayson the alert, cannot prevent a wary wolf roc coyote from sneaking'in 'and carrying off aTr.mb before he can get around his herd. The above js recalled to one's mind on a Saturday nielli .after passing one of the fiance halls at the end of a public dauYc. For instance. Inst Saturday "night in front of one of the halls (here were counted no less than fifty young chaps, all lined up along the curbstone, curb-stone, wailing to "grab" the young girls Avithout a male escort. If the young woman ran muster courage enough to run the gauntlet before the greedy, staring eyes of the shallow-minded youths it is almost a ten to one bet that one of the gang will hurl some remark at her before she has gone twenty steps, or will follow and attempt to force his attentions upon her. This condition has existed in this city every Saturday night during the past winter and spring and Avill probably continue to exist until force is brought to bear to break it up. "While clearing the dance hall entrances it might also be -well to keep the mashers moving on the street corners and on Twenty-fifth street between "Washington and Grant avenues, where they are as thick as a swarm of bees on a summer afternoon. ' t1 |
