Show sight without eyes by earl kant kass salt lake city utah editors note the rol following lowIng story by earl bail kass blind radio artist ot of salt lake city tells ot of ills experiences at the charles redd ranch lanch at la sal he tells of what III he saw sav or r rather ather how things imbres ed him on ills his first visit to a ranch ar kasa hass has bas been blind for many ears eara but had tits his bight until a young man I 1 have never seen a ranch actu ally alb only this past week have 1 I visited one tor for the first firs tm time the I 1 are those le horizons I 1 havo known are those 0 of a city alt the skyline scrawl ot of tall build ings ing and smokestack all that I 1 have have ever known about ranch lire his has coma come bucking out at tie me fr aiom orn the pages of fiction my cow boy has been one of printers ink my pi previous evious notions of a ranch leave been steeped in lomance alt ag i in tv adole adolescent becent youth south 1 1 I he halij ol of c combos boys ard and cattle rin clies as I 1 found ov them in that gripping novel the virginian ranch to rae me meant the va vide tile open spices spaces where ten long cattle cluttered the range lange and here heie and there theio a tall much horseman standing guard I 1 fancied tile quietude of the ranch broken only by bv tile the wild shouts or of bard riding cowboys and the thunder ins ing liona boat beat of the rattling lorg long items hoins they drove ahead of them tile the adnell dollso to tn PIP nio was a place wl lj mien men wore vibe leather chaps shot sl ct a six X loters and nd spit tobacco juice per but now no I 1 know 1 nov something or r the OIA 11 i 1 inch ill A weeks ecks visit at C clelle 1 tile redds ranch lanch pt at la sal S san all ju juan an county lias has brought me face to ff face cc with rIfI lity idere I 1 ine have run inn anio progress pio giess in its exacting tally and liot the highly colored glamour of western romance loni ance I 1 came down in Char chaillos Ch aillo liok ford driven by him in i 11 lec Tec kless breezy western manner to bp be sure sine nt when I 1 CT an here help T p 1 pecked to fight off horse flips flies and ride ilde a broncho but what ata am I 1 doing 7 im I 1 m still dashing about the country with charlie in his patient ford I 1 heard any cl issing elthea or squirting of tobacco juice nor or hive live I 1 heard much razor stropping my own included after all I 1 find theres there s but a 9 whiskers s difference between ranch 1 life I f e and that of a city im taking Cli charlies arlies word fur for it that there are numerous nume ioui herds of cattle cattie out on lie summer range alip mountain valleys I 1 just have to ini imagine agine that they nia are there I 1 have v 4 ts ti 1 lipar if IP lamb bleat about the vace or a calf li bawl wl or a horse hoise nelph neigh what I 1 heir hear la Is a lot of 0 jolly folks who richt off hand call me by my I 1 first name I 1 like that its very I 1 homey I 1 like the cool air of these mountains too as it comes driffin lown down early in the morning freight ing ani the pungent exotic fragrance fr aRrance of pine and sage theres 0 A tonic in tile the lair which causes me to like the sound of 1 I B fhyr 11 er bell hal vou net bet tile the little general store down the toad load is 3 a genial spot slot it reminds me tot bf the corner grocery store stoic of my where I 1 spent my first pennies pen les theres no mistaking that ir nedley or of aromas that flo alt t about a general astorp randy candy dry roods 1 in Ini vinegar and scores of other thi tirs one just hns has to sit quietly oy iny ind hear tile the fit make chefe purchases to what an import ant cog coc the general tore store keeper plays in tile the life of a ranch community besides selling merchandise lie he Is subject to call by phone for miles abound to 9 give ve tile tho latest report on the weather and what bils bu schedules operate out of the town TIE it vlas as at the ge atoni I 1 ran into rny my first through tie t lie door with alth heir solid aleavy boots thumping floor and their spurs jingling they spoke in a low easy drawl idral their Ples delighted me real bronelle bu austers busters nt at last be ba riding oft off p af pf a gallop on their cow ponies dut but no they clambered into V a ford and sputtered oft off on all tour four cylinders imagine that spurt spurring in a n ford into a canterl canter gasoline may have smothered smother ed the strong smell of horse sweat and heated saddle leather but it haantz suf located cat it my happiness at charlie Js aledda ranch ive slept like a log eaten like a hungry wolf volt and had a we are good time A tenderfoot like me wish for more I 1 am even content that spurs be dug into tile the flanks of 0 fords jacks expert tum tuni lians brothers Dio theis acrobats acio bats addonna An donna animal circus with ft ath performing pei forming do dogs gs ponies monkeys slid and mules the e e popular dog do anees with speedy whippets Whip pets and Grey greyhounds hounds the usual fireworks display at night and the entertaining midway attractions side ril hs Avs etc the ci owning crowning feature of oc the enter program though will be the engage engagement ament of the famous captain hh tile hp t T entertainer I 1 in n P person erson with its his company of s six teen afternoons and evenings even lne for five days beg beginning ining monday monda octa captain has millions of followers on the radio who hear heal ills his program every day his appeal appearance ance in noon on at a t the state fair will enabled enable thousands of tits his adm lieis t to 0 see and him at close ranse range in mothr departments of 0 the rail fait notable exhibitions have already bait apon lar arranged ranged ernest S holmes ina niger sa says Ys that int interest Inte iest elest has been shown in the livestock and other departments particularly since the that the fair had beena been designated by the american jersey cattle club as the western regional leg lonal show allow mr air holmes olmes II however again urged that protective lve exhibitors in d apartment tand send in ti their 1 air entries at once to expedite t a al allotment of space |