Garber Sentinel. (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1916 Page: 7 of 8
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THE SENTINEL. GARBER. OKLAHOMA.
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MING TELLS
HOW THE LAW
MAKES LIFE
UNHAPPY FOR
THE MEN WHO
FOLLOW DIS-
HONEST CALL-
I N G IN THE
GREAT HORSE
AND CATTLE
STATES * ft ft
|CATTERED over the
ranges of Montana, Wyo- j
Diing and the IJakotas are
more than six million
horses. These are round-
ed up once a year by their
owners and those in shape
l are sold. The rest of the
herds are left to roam at
will the wide ranges until the next
round-up.
Numbers of these range horses are
often stolen. But not so frequently
as one might at first Imagine. The
Horseman's Protective association, a
very strong organization, with mem-
bers scattered over all the range
states, and money to back It, Is ever
active in attending to the matter of
thefts of range stock. Besides the
standing reward of the association of
five hundred dollars for the capture
of thieves, the rancher whose stock
is stolen always offers an additional
reward.
Sheriffs, stock inspectors, with fre-
quently a posse of cattlemen, are the
thief hunters. The sheriffs are al-
ways old-time cowboys, who know
the country and can shoot, ride, and
stand exposure with the best of them,
and it is seldom that a thief gets
clean away with a bunch of stock.
Horse thieves are still hated in the
West, but are not so summarily dealt
with now as In earlier days when the
jails and courts of iaw were few. Then
the thief generally made a swift exit
from earth at a rope's end. But law
has long ago found its way Into Cat-
tleland; telephones and telegraphs
carry swift messages and automobiles
make swift trips and the thieves gen-
erally land in state's prison.
However, there Is one.^ who for
the last six years has n< .y stolen
almost when and whorST™ pleased,
but sold stock back to the owners,
after the brandB had been worked
over, at which art he is a past master.
This man, William McCracken. a
Texan, has repeatedly eluded and de-
fled sheriffs and posses sent out to
■capture him. He firs: came to Belle
Fourche, S. D., In the Spring of 1904.
Belle Fourche, at that time, was the
largest shipping point for beef cattle
in the world. Shortly after his ar-
rival McCracken got a Job punching
cows for the 3-V outfit, then the larg-
est in the West. He was a very quiet
young man, of good appearance and
education, a good cow hand, and well
liked by his bosses and the riders of
the outfit.
Working for the outfit at this time
was Thomas Tait, a young man since
elected sheriff of Campbell county,
Wyoming. From the time of Mc-
Cracken's arrival and until his arrest
by J. T. Farrell, then sheriff of Crook
county. Wyoming, on information
from Texas, Tait and McCracken
were a good deal together as cow-
boys in the same outfit. Since being
elected sheriff Tait has led in the
chase after his once friend and com-
rade several times.
On a recent trip to Sturgis, S. D„
with stock Inspector Chuck Fitch, of
Gillette, and the sheriffs of Miles City,
Mont., and Sun Dance, Wyo., to In-
spect a bunch of horses In that dis-
trict, the party arrested three men.
The horses belonged to H. J. Chasseil
of Gillette and T. W. Matthews of
Spearfish, S. D. The men arrested as
the thieves were members of Mc-
Cracken's gang, and now await trial
at Sturgis.
After his arrest in 1907 by Sheriff
Farrell, McCracken was taken back to
Texas, where he was wanted for
thefts of Btock, bank robbery, bond
jumping, and other crimes. He was
helped out of these troubles by his
father and, soon after, returned to
Belle Fourche. accompanied by his
wife, a very Intelligent woman, and
their little boy, and for a while, con-
ducted a road house at Alzada, Mont.,
but later took up a claim on the head
of Thompson creek and started in the
stock business.
Soon after McCracken located the
ranch horses in the vicinity began to
disappear by ones, twos, threes, and
GATHERED FACTS
In times of peace London contains
16 embassies and legations represent-
ative of foreign countries.
The stilted plover Is so named be-
cause of its long, stlltlike legs. Only
one species Is found in England.
In the calendar year 1915, in which
tho United States made such marked
advances Industrially and In trade,
the trade of the territory of Alaska
showed an Increase of more than $11,-
000,000 over the preceding i«ar.
| PROPER DIET AS SET FORTH BY
AN AUTHORITY.
Mothers Should Realize That Health
and a Proper Advancement in
Studies Depends to a Great
Degree on the Food.
(Prepared bv the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
A young child may be considered
well fed If he has plenty of milk,
bread, and other cereal food; an egg
once a day or Its equivalent in flesh
foods; a small portion each of care-
fully-prepared fruits and vegetables,
with a small amount of sweet food
after his appetite for other foods is
satisfied. If there Is too much or too
little of any of these, his diet is one-
sided.
To assist mothers to provide such
a well-balanced diet for their young
children, Miss Caroline L. Hunt of
the office of Home Economics, has pre-
pared the suggested bills of fare giv-
en below. With these menus, pub-
lished in Farmers' Bulletin No. 717,
"Food for Young Children," the moth-
er will be able to plan other meals
which will givo the child the essen-
tials, and yet variety enough to maln-
ln whole bunches, and he was suspect-
ed at once. He had gathered around
him a bunch or old cowboys whose
reputations were as unsavory as his
own. They were Bobby Shorthandle,
Babe Ellis, "Poker Jim" Roberts, and
Garfield McCoy.
Two deputy sheriffs, after skulking
about among the hills and brush near
the McCracken ranch, by the use of
strong spy glasses, saw McCracken
take a bunch of horses from a pasture
and drive them to a corral that was
hid in a washout. The officers fol-
lowed and Just as McCracken was
about to run the brand on a horse
which he had just roped from the
bunch and thrown, they rode up and
covered him with their guns.
The outlaw hesitated a little when
ordered to put his hands up, as if
he was measuring chances, but as
both guns were leveled at him, he
obeyed. The officers then disarmed
him, and as he seemed to be perfectly
willing to go with them, they did not
handcuff him or restrain him In any
way.
As It was almost night the officers
decided to go to 4he McCracken
ranch and remain until morning. On
their arrival Mrs. McCracken, who
kept perfectly cool and seemed not
at all worried over her husband's ar-
rest, cooked a bountiful supper and all
sat down in apparent friendship to
eat.
The officers' skulking about In the
hills so long on short rations had left
them half famished, they ate prodig-
iously, after which they moved their
chairs back from the table and lit
their pipes. That was the last they
remembered until morning, when they
awoke, rubbed their eyes and looked
about stupidly. Their prisoner was
gone. They looked at Mrs. McCracken
Inquiringly and that lady laughingly
told them that she had placed some
sleep medicine in their coffee so that
her husband might make his escape
without having to resort to shooting.
The officers had to acknowledge them-
selves beaten and went away empty
handed.
Soon after this word was received
that McCracken was still around in
the Thompson creek country, and
staying with his family most of the
time. Then Sheriffs John Thorn, of
Crook county, Wyoming, and Hy
Hance, of Butte county, South Dakota,
rode out to investigate.
They kept watch on the place for
several days by means of spy glasses
when they saw, one morning, Mc-
Cracken come out, walk around, and
then re-enter the house. They then
rode up to the place and the little
boy came out to speak with them.
"Say, sonny," said Thorn. "Go tell
your dad to come out here and give
himself up. We know he is In there
and have come to take him, dead or
alive."
Thorn then rode to the top of a
hilt Just in front of the house, while
Hance rode to the rear and took up
his position between the house and
barn.
The officers had hardly reached
their positions after sending the little
boy In with their message when the
door opened directly In front of Thorn.
Mrs. McCracken stood In the door-
way, while behind her was her hus-
band, with a Winchester rifle laid
across her shoulder.
A patent has been granted for a
handcuff that cannot be accidentally
locked, therefore always is ready for
use.
The tower of a tall church in Swit-
zerland has been equipped to receive
the time signals sent out by wireleBS
telegraphy from the Eiffel tower in
Paris.
An induction balance has been de-
vised for the purpose of finding bu-
rled Bhells In the soil of a former
battlefield, so that the farmer may (o
over It safely with the plow,
"Beat it," the outlaw yelled to
Thorn. Thorn hesitated, whereat the
outlaw fired, the bullet knocking the
dust beneath the feet of Thorn's horse.
But still tho sheriff hesitated.
McCracken fired again and the bul-
let went through Thorn's coat, be-
neath his arm, and he hesitated no
longer, but fled.
Hance, realizing, as had Thorn, that
he could not shoot McCracken without
the risk of bitting Mrs. McCracken, I ta(n his normal appetite. The meals,
turned and was spurring his horse for | therefore, should not be considered as
the breaks as fast as he could go
when McCracken ran around the
house and emptied his rifle at him.
After the shooting the outlaw went
to the barn, got his saddle horse and
started away. Thorn and Hance got
together and followed him for several
miles, but the outlaw was well mount-
ed and they could not, or did not wish
to get near enough to have a shoot-
ing match with him.
Next day a posse was formed, and
with a blood hound, "Dude," famous
In that region, took up the outlaw's
trail again.
The hound followed the trail for
forty miles through that most deso-
late spot of land in all the Northwest,
the Badlands of southeastern Mon-
tana, finally bringing the outlaw to
bay In a lonely patch of pines. The
sheriff then called upon him to sur-
render. The answer was a shot, fol-
lowed by another and another, the
bullets whizzing so close that the
whole posse were held at bay until
darkness, when McCracken made good
his escape.
Mrs. McCracken and her little son
still continue to reside at the Thomp-
son Creek ranch and there are stories
that the husband and father is a fre-
being either the best possible meals
or the only good meals, and the house-
wife should not fall Into the mistake
of establishing a dreary routine.
Breakfast.
Orange (juice only for the youngest
children). Farina with milk, bread
and butter.
Apple sauce, oatmeal with milk,
toast and butter.
Baked pears (pulp or Juice only for
the youngest children), milk toast,
cocoa.
Stewed prunes (pulp and juice only
for the youngeBt children). Cornmeal
mush and milk. Toast and butter.
Grapefruit (Juice only for the
youngest children). Milk toast with
grated yolk of hard-boiled egg.
Apple (scraped for very little chil-
dren). Toast. Hot milk.
In each case enough milk should be
given to make up the required dally
amount, about a quart.
Dinner.
, . , Meat soup. Egg on toast. String
quent visitor there, going and coming bean8 Rlce ng
about as he pleases.
It Is also stated that there Is a tun Roagt beef
nel leading from the house to the B , , . ..
creek, and that a swift horse, fully
equipped, is kept tied In the creek j
Aa-
bed out of sight and when any sus-
picious person Is seen approaching
the outlaw reaches his horse through
the tunnel, mounts, and is soon far
away Into the Badlands.
Horses' are still being stolen In the
country around the McCracken ranch,
and officers have tried time and again
to capture McCracken, who they feel
sure is leader of the gang, but have
so far failed. This gang operates over
a large portion of Wyoming, Montana,
and South Dakota.
McCracken and those of his gang
still at liberty know every foot of the
desolate country that surrounds their
headquarters at the Thompson creek
ranch and have, besides, scores of
friends, who, while they would not
steal anything themselves, are true
Westerners, In that they will not re-
fuse food and Bhelter to a friend, al-
though he be a thief
It Is the opinion of Sheriff Tait, who
Is as loyal In his official duties as he
was In friendship when punching
cows on the open range, that the gang
is safe from capture for a long time.
The country is sparsely settled and
will so remain a great while, as few
people would desire or attempt to
make a home In that region, except
those of the outlaw's own kind, and
to anyone who craves fame or ad-
venture the McCracken ranch on the
head of Thompson creek awaits Inves-
tigation.
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Lisbon's Beautiful Harbor.
ORTUGAL, the most recent na- the Moors, and tho following century
| Lamb stew with carrots and potato.
Twice-baked bread. Tapioca custard.
Creamed potatoes. Green peas.
Stewed plums with thin cereal-milk
pudding.
Baked halibut. Boiled potatoes.
Stewed celery. Boiled rice with honey
or sirup.
Broiled meat cakes. Grits. Creamed
carrot. Bread, butter, and sugar sand-
wiches.
In each case enough milk should be
given to make up the required dally
amount, about a quart.
Supper.
Baked potatoeB, served with cream
and salt, or with milk gravy. Cookies.
Bread and
Sponge cake.
milk. Apple sauce.
Changefulness.
"A wise man may change his •pin-
ion."
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum.
"But it's like changing a twenty-dollar
bill. If you're careless about It you
finish with nothing worth mention-
ing."
Theory and Practice.
"Do you believe In tho theory of re-
incarnation 7"
"Yes. I think the theory Is all
right. But I have my doubts about
its practice amounting to much."
Potato-milk soup. Twice-baked
bread. Marmalade sandwiches. Gra-
ham crackers and milk. Baked cus-
tard.
Milk toast,
cake.
Stewed peaches. Cup
Celery-milk soup. Toast. Floating
island.
In each case enough milk should be
given to make up the required daily
amount, which Is about a quart.
Roly-Poly Steak.
Procure a good round steak; after
beating thoroughly, lay flat on a board.
Make a dressing of Irish potatoes,
mashed fine, bread crumbs, small piece
of butter, Bome minced parsley, minced
onion, salt and pepper. Spread this
mixture on the steak, roll over and
over like Jelly cake, fasten with
skewers or sewing. Place In a baking
pan with a little water, place in a hot
oven and baste every few minutes. Sift
over the top browned cracker crumbs.
Serve with hollandalse sauce.
tlon to be drawn into the mael-
strom of the European war,
was once a part of the ancient
Roman province of Lusitania, Bays
a bulletin iBsued by tho National Geo-
graphic Bociety.
With a population scarcely exceed-
ing the combined population of New
York city, Jersey City, and Newark,
and an area in Europe less than the
state of Indiana, Portugal has not
played a major role in the politics of
continental Europe in many years,
not, in fact, since Wellesley, after-
ward the Duke of Wellington, land-
ed his English forces and, with the
aid of native troops, defeated Soult
and Massena, Napoleon's marshals, in
the two peninsular campaigns.
But the colonial empire of Portugal
Is out of all proportion to the Im-
portance of the home country. In
fact there were, at the beginning of
the war, only three other countries In
Europe—Great Britain, France, and
Germany—whose flags floated over
more territory beyond the boundaries
of the home country. The combined
area of the New England and North
Atlantic states would equal less than
—one-fourth of the territory under the
dominion of the tiny republic occupy-
ing tho western edge of the Iberian
peninsula, whose navigators in the fif-
teenth and sixteenth century were the
wonders of the world. Yet all this
vast territory is held by 8,000 colo-
nial troops, supplemented by native
armies.
Peasants Are Poets.
A curious anomaly Ib to be found
among the peasants of Portugal, who
are classified as among the most il-
literate of Western Europe, yet among
the most intelligent. Many of tiij
farmers—three-fifths of the population
is devoted to agricultural pursuits-
have a remarkable gift for versifica-
tion, and many of the poems of the
country are handed down from gen-
eration to generation without being
recorded. The peasants also are noted
for their sobriety, and yet the annual
production of wine exceeds 25 gallons
for each Inhabitant. So great, in fact,
i is the product of the vineyards that
| in the cities the various qualities of
water are discussed with keener in-
terest than the grades of wine.
| While Portugal's maritime glory Is
i a thing of the past, a large number
! of Portuguese still ^llow the Bea for
| a livelihood, and the fishing industry
is important. The Portuguese sar-
dines, however, are preserved In Ital-
ian olive oil, although one-fifteenth of
the cultivated area of the nation is
given over to olive groves, for the pro-
duction of oils of a cheap grade.
The Portuguese peasant woman Is
an important bread winner, but she
receives for her day's labor of 16
hours In the field only a shilling or
less, while the men get two shillings.
One of the profitable and extremely
popular "industries" of the rural pop-
ulation iB a placid laying In wait for
tourists who attempt to motor through
the country ou the less-frequented
and often impassable public roadB.
With an ox-team the peasant waits at
a favorable spot until a motorist,
traveling on an automobile on which
an import tax of $120 has been col-
lected by the Portuguese government,
sticks In the mud. To haul out such
an unfortunate is often more profit-
able than several days' work In the
wheat, maize, or rice fields.
Lisbon's Beautiful Harbor.
'r' e harbor of Lisbon, where the
seizure of the German merchant ships
precipitated Portugal into the war, is
one of the most beautiful In all Eu-
rope, ranl-'iig scarcely second to Na-
ples and Constantinople. The city is
about the size of Pittsburgh, and has
been the political center of the na-
tion slnco It was wrested from the
Moors in the middle of tho twelfth cen-
tury by Affonso Henrlquos, tho founder
of the kingdom. It was the English
■ ho aided Affonso In his war against
the two countries effected an alliance
which has existed unbroken during the
succeeding 700 years, save for uucto
sporadic interruptions as when Na
poleon forced the little kingdom to de-
clare war against the island empire.
The Portuguese, especially those of
Lisbon, are a pleasure-loving people.
They are fond of sports of many sorts,
including the bull-light, but the tore-
ador Is not the Idol In this country that
he is in Spain, nor are the contests
as fierce. Horses are seldom If ever
sacrificed In the Portuguese trocado-
ros.
Lisbon is an even greater "night
city" than was Paris, the streets ap-
pearing at their busiest usually at 3
a. m. The principal thoroughfares are
admirably kept nowadays but as late
as 1835 a "clean-up" campaigner was
in '. —oeful minority when he began
:o urge the authorities to put a stop
to such practices as breaking horses
in the Btreets and singeing pigs in tha
main avenues of trade. He also pro-
tested against keeping pigs alive In
the streets "or tied to the doors,"
while he thought It advisable to put
an end to the custom of allowing dead
animals to lie for indefinite periods in
the streets.
There are about 100 Journals pub-
lished In Portugal, the majority of
these being of a political nature, and
many of them are owned by the lead-
ers of the various political parties.
It has been said that "if Lisbon
turns Turk tomorrow all Portugal will
wear the turban," so when the mon-
archy was overthrown In 1910, after
100 persons had been killed and 500
wounded in the capital, King Manuel
taking refuge in England, it was a
matter of course that the rest of the
nation would quietly acquiesce in the
new order of things. Portugal tuday
has much the same outward for u of
government as our own. Each par-
liament is supposed to last three ye ars;
senators are elected for six years, and
presidents for four years. The head
of the government receives $20,000 a
year. Money, however, is reckoned
chiefly in rels, and, therefore, even
a day laborer's wages Is sweet to the
ear, for it takes 20 rels to make a
penny.
Portugal's transcendant contribu.
tlon to world history was the coloniza-
tion of Brazil, the largest nation In
South America and the third largest
In the Western hemisphere. While
Brazil was discovered by Columbus'
companion, Pinzon, and formal posses-
sion taken by him in the name of
Spain, Cabral landed In 1500, a year
later, and proclaimed It Portuguese
territory. Portugal settled the coun-
try and ruled it until 1822 when, un-
der the leadership of the Portuguese
prince, Dom Pedro, Independence from
the mother county was declared.
Double Cause for Tears.
A favorite limerick Is brought to
mind by the following tale from t*"*
Orient:
Timur-lenk, the Tartar Invader, was
very ugly and, catching a glimpse of
himself in the mirror, he burst Into
tears. The court jester began weeping
also and kept ft up long after his maa
ter had stopped.
Timur looked at him In astonish-
ment. "I wept with reason," he said,
"at beholding my own ugliness—I, the
lord of so many lands. But I do not
understand why you should thus de-
spair."
"If you, my lord," replied the jester,
"wept for two hours after seeing your-
self in the mirror for an Instant, Is it
not natural that I, who see you all
day long, should weep longer than
you?"
The One Thing Needful.
His Wife—1 don't think tho Nou.
rich family dates back very far.
Her Husband—Well, the family tret
Is eld enough to bear golden fruit, any
way.
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