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Romance Weaved In Cattle Brands NATIONAL TENNIS CHAMPION MARRIED REGULARS TO BE SEGREGATED Cause of Many Battles Between Rival Ranchers and . With Outlaws. MORE THAN 8,000 IN TEXAS "Cow" Thieves Uii Ingenious Methods to Change Marks on 8tolen Anl- . male Many Strange De vices Are Used. Austin, Tex. Itomanre, not unmixed with tragedy, might be written nhout the cuttle brands of Texas and the Southwest. Around them have cen tered ninny thrilling deeds. They bare been the means of bringing swift retribution to a host of outlaws ; they have served as the basis for transac tions Involving the sale of many mil lions of head of cattle. The records of the Texas Cattle Raisers' association show that there are more than 8,000 registered brands In this state. No two brands are alike. Usually each brand represents a sep arate ranch. It is often the case that a ranch Is much better known by the brand of Its cuttle than by the name of the owner. Owners may change, but the brand never. , When Hernando Oortez conquered Mexico In the early part of the six teenth century he established a ranch upon the Isthmus of Tehnuntepee. The cattle bore his brand. Although that was nenrly 400 years ago the cattle upon that ranch today bear the orig inal Cortex brand. Origin Lost In History. The origin of the cattle brand dates back to the dim dawn of history. In the days of free grass and open range the brand wns un absolute necessity In order that the owners might Identify their rattle In the annual round-ups. With the coming of wire fences this necessity was lurgely obviated, but the brand served still to pluce guilt upon cattle thieves. This purpose Is still served and this fact accounts largely for the retention of the brands by all of the ranchmen. Ingenious methods are sometimes used by cattle thieves to change exist ing brands upon stolen stocks. Most of the members of the Texas Ilanger force are experts In the matter of de tecting the disguising or changing of brands. The cattle brands of some ranches are an Intangible asset of great value. These brands have come to stand for honesty In breeding, honesty In weight and honesty In dealing, just as the heraldry of knighthood stood for hon or, for brnvery and for noble deeds and accomplishment. Announcement that cnttle of a certain brand are of fered for sale Is often sufficient guar antee that no precautions against fraud of any kind are taken. Every Letter la Used. In the record of brands, every letter of the alphabet Is represented, and most letters are found In three or four positions. An exception Is "O," which has but one shape. In any posi tion, and therefore can be used only once. True, there Is the "O" flattened at the sides, but It Is then culled a mashed "O," a link or goose egg. "N" is unother letter that Is not sus ceptible of many positions, for horl aontally It Is "Z." "I" Is another letter with a limited use. It is seldom seen except In - combination with other characters, and Is usually called a bar. "C" and "K" are examples of letters that are used In four positions. For example, an ordinary "K" makes one posltlon. Turn It to an angle of 45 degrees and you have the "tumbling K"; on Its back, horizontally, the "lazy K," and reversed, a fourth position. There are Inzy and tumbling brands In all letters except "0" and "I." But when the cnttle business be-' comes general and Instead of 100 ranches there are thousands, new brands must be devised. The seeker for a brand naturally gets an Insignia MOTORTRUCKS START LONG TRIP V S3 Here la the start of the long motortruck train which left Washington recently on a journey which Is to extend across the continent The fleet of 0 trucks and 200 men, raid to be the longest truck train ever assembled, la In barge of the motor transport corps. U. S. A. different from thnt of other ranchmen else the brand would fall of Its pur pose. So In the latter days the letters were finally all taken up and the neces sity for Individual and unique brands has led to many a strange device. Many Novel Designs, For example, there Is the "Spur" ranch, the "Turk Track" ranch, the "Tumbling K" of the "Lazy X." Every ranch bus Its principal brand, and some have ninny others. Ranch own ers, who trade extensively, and are constantly acquiring cattle with differ ent brands, have a number of lnslgnins on record. Often the ranchmen's sons and daughters have their special brands and the dedication of a new brand Is not an unusual form of cele brating o birth on the range. Among the peculiar brands la a pig pen, which means a square with Its sides extending to form the exterior angles. Crescents are common. Only one ranchman has a hatchet for a brand. A bow and arrow gives a name to one big Texas ranch. L. J. Klraber lln's ranch had a crutch on the hip and n coffee pot on the side. The coffee pot design is not so Intricate as one might Imagine,' Consisting of only eight lines. Wine glasses are not Uncommon as a brnnd and the J. W. Friend Cnttle company in Crotcbett County had a gourd. A rocking chair Is the brand of the II. B. Opp ranch In Sutton and Mennrd counties. Lee Brothers had for their brand the graceful lleur de lis. Anchors are common, but only the John V. Franks ranch In the Osage reservation boasts of the Swastika. A hash knife, a hat, the Masonic square, 8 key, a turkey track, a bell, crossed wulklng sticks, an hour glass, a tree, a boot, a slipper, a flag, an apple, a flower, ladders, rakes, spades. a fence, a doll bnby, a cotton hook, a fishhook, a bottle, bridle bits, a frying pan, a pitchfork and even a comet may be seen among the long list of brands. A "scuple" Indicates that the ranch owner was a druggist before becoming a cnttlemnn. Hearts, diamonds and clubs are found among the records of TELEGRAPH HAS RAPID Government Report Shows 1, 888,793 Miles of Wire Used by 21 Companies. BIG INCREASE IN MESSAGES Last Flve-Year Period Showi 45.7 Per Cent More Telegrams Par Value of the Capital 8tock la $106,360,237. Washington. According to a report just Issued by Director Sam L. Rog ers of the bureau of the census, depart ment of commerce, the 21 commercial land telegraph systems In the United States In 1017 operated 241.012 miles of pole line, comprising 1,888.703 miles of wire; sent 151,725,238 messages, and employed 47,227 persons, to whom were paid salaries and wages amount ing to $30,3112,140. . This report, which Is Issued under the title, "Telegraphs and Municipal Klectrlc Fire Alarm and Police Patrol Signaling Systems," was prepared un der the supervision of Eugene F. Hart ley, chief statistician for manufacture era, and Is the fourth of n series of quinquennial reports on the telegraph stems of the country. The pole-line mileage in 1017 Wns less by 2.6 per cent than In 1012, but was greater by six-tenths of 1 per cent than In 1907. The wire mileage, however, showed an Increase of 4.1 per cent as compared with 1912 and of 10.7 per cent over 1007. 3 .1 f f "Chlluren first, tennis afterward," Is the motto of Mrs. George W. Wight- man, nntlonnl tennis champion. She devotes to tennis only the time she can spare after caring for her babies. She Is here shown with her three youngsters: George, aged six; Vir ginia, aged five, and Hazel, aged three. brands, hut the spades nre those of agricultural designs. The tendency Is toward smaller brands. Branding causes cattle to lose In weight, and the larger the brand the greater the suffering of the cnttle and the greater the loss of weight, so the old-time custom of great brands, covering the whole side of a cow, is passing away. Hides are more vaiu uble today, also, and the big brands injure the leather. The easiest brands to rend are those made with the stamp Iron, that Is, an Iron forged Into the figure or charac ter desired. Sometimes the cowboys encounter a maverick far from head' quarters, and In the 'exigency of the occasion an iron rod is heated and a running" brand Is executed. GROWTH ine increase in tne number of mes sages was much greater 5.7 per cent during the last five-year period and 53.1 per cent during the ten years irom 1007 to 1D17. The number of enr ployees Increased by 30.2' per cent be tween 1912 and 1017, and by 84.9 per cent during the period 1907-17 and the corresponding percentages of Increase in their salaries and wages were 695 and 124.2. The number of telegraph offices In 1917 was 28,805, a decrease of 6.2 per cent as compared with 1012 and of seven-tenths of 1 per cent as com pared with 1907. The total Income from telegraph traffic was $91,812,567, an Increase of 74.5 per cent over 1912 and of 140.8 per cent as compared with 1907 ; the Income from all other sources was $1,641,803; the total ex penses. Including charges for deprecia tion and sinking funds, were $80,828, 970, nn Increase of 52.9 per cent over 1012 and of 111.4 per cent over 1907, and the net income was $12,125,400, an Increase of 253.4 per cent as com pared with 1012 and of 113.7 per cent over 1907, The par vnltie of the outstanding capital stock of the companies was .$100,860,237, a decrease of l.T per cent as compared with 1912, but an In crease of 4 per cent over 1907. Printing Telegraph Cornea In. The foregoing figures relate Only to commercial telegraph companies, and thus exclude the wire and pole line wholly owned and operated by i-ail-ronds, and also exclude the equipment and telegraph business of the various press associations which lease and op erate wires for dispensing news. During the five-year period 1912-1917 the printing telegraph came Into ex tended use by telegraph companies, press association! and railroads. The printing telegraph consists essentially of a sending Instrument equipped with a keyboard similar to that of a type writer, electrically connected with a receiving Instrument In such a manner that the latter automatically repro duces what is typewritten on the send ing Instrument. Without the printing telegraph If would have been difficult or impossible to handle the Increased telegraph business during the great war. ... . Flour Sack of Money. St. Louis, llo. When a farm wai sold in Maries county, Missouri, re cently the transaction took place in the home of the farm's buyers, named Hoeller, and was strictly a cash trans action. After the deal had been closet every member of the family begat bringing in silver coins from nooks and crannies all over the house where U had been secreted, The seller had tc take his money in a flour sack to the bank, where It took the teller anf1 cashier two hours to count It Most oi the money had been earned by twi daughter! taking In washing, I! I r 4 asfatfeaMiilniJl i si.-- vt- PLAN 18 TO PUT THEM ALL IN THREE REGIMENTS SO THEY CAN HAVE HOME LIFE. QUARTERS FOR THE FAMILIES War Department Believes This Not Only Would Be Better for the Sol diera and Their Wives, Mt Would Encourage Re-enlistments. By EDWARD B. CLARK. Washington. Something new Is promised In the United States army; that is Uncle Sam's regular army. It Is proposed by the war department to put all the married regulars Into three regiments and to stntlon them at posts where there are living quarters for families and where the men can en Joy the home life. Nothing of this kind ever before has been attempted In the service. In the aid days of the regular army when an enlisted man took unto himself a wife he was hot always certain that he could provide a home for her within the limits of the gurrlson whore he wns stationed. Te result was that the wife frequently was compelled to live In some nearby town. The arrange ment wns good neither for the man. for his wife, nor for the military service. It Was found out In the old days, however, that married enlisted men who managed to secure quarters with in the gurrlson for their families were likely to re-enllst In the service. This re-enllstment of seasoned soldiers wns a good tiling for the army. Apparent ly It Is the belief of the authorities that by proper provision for the wives and children of enlisted men, re-en-llstments will be 'encouraged and the service benefited. Many Regulars Married Abroad. It Is said that 20,000 American sol diers married foreign brides while they were on service abroad. Of course not all of the 20,000 soldiers were regu lars, nor anything like all of them, but It is said that enough regulars married to make If possible to create three regiments, the largest proportion1 of the enlisted personnel of which will be married men. The soldiers who have married, and who are to he put into special regi ments are called the F. F. V.'s. No, this does not mean First Families of Virginia, but Father of Family Vet erans. Two of the regiments Into which married men are to be Inducted are the Third and Sixth cavalry, both of them famous In American history for their fighting qualities. The Third and Sixth have seen service wherever the American flag has been unfurled, ex cept In one or twol places where ma rines alone entered Into the fight. An Infantry regiment with a large part of Its personnel composed of married men also Is to be named, but as yet the particular regiment has not been se lected. There was a good deal of marrying and giving In marriage In France dur ing the stay In that country of the American army. The authorities of French municipalities where soldiers were billeted took a fatherly Interest In matrimonial matters on behalf of the daughters of fair France. They did not want any of their girls to be deceived Into marriage with men who already might have matrimonial en tanglements. If entanglements Is the right word to use. So It was that the mayors In many of the French town obtained from the soldier who contemplated matrimony his home address, the names of his parents, and the name of his postmaster. Then he fore the marriage was allowed to be solemnized, the chief town official would write to the soldier's home to make inquiry concerning him. When the good news came back thnt the sol dier was all rlpht the marriage cere mony wns performed, perhaps by the official who had made the Inquiry to establish the good reputation of the groom. French Girls Are Attractive. The lnrger part ef the marriages con tracted abroad we're those of soldiers who were in what is called the S. O. S. area ; that Is the area of service of supplies. These men were charged with the great work of forwarding sup plies of food, ammunition, clothing and other things to the men at the front They were alo charged with the build ing of parks for the Incoming Ameri can troops, with the operation of the railroads and with dozens of other do ries which were essential In order thnt the army might be able to fight a good fight. French girls are pretty, vivacious, and what one might call fetching. To staid old soldier, husband of a wife, and father of a family In far off Amer ica, and who could look on them with the aloofness of a patriarch, It was not surprising thnt mnny of the young unmarried Americans speedily fell vic tims to the arrow of Cupid, who shoots Just lis well In Franco, nnd perhaps better, than he does in the other coun tries of the world. There have been some nonsensical 'deas in' America about the French girls. People have rend about Paris, Its extreme gaycty and its frivolity, but the truth Is that there is no more frivolity In Paris than there Is In some big American cities. In the provinces of France, In the small towns and vil lages, there is staldness of conduct on the part' of' the young women which well might be emulated In like placet In America. .. "BARNEY" BARUCH WANTS A JOB Hence no stock brokers need apply for Baruch's services. That gateway to continued prosperity Is closed to hltn. V "Shun politic and political Jobs," Is his second resolution. RANK OF GENERAL FOR PERSHING Permanent ranks of general In the regular army for General Pershing, whose portrait Is given herewith, and General March, chief of staff, and per manent ranks of admiral In the navy for Rear Admiral Sims and Admiral Benson, chief of operations, are asked of congress by President Wilson. The president's message to congress fol lows: "I take the liberty of calling your attention to a matter which I nm sure is at the heart of the whole country, and which I have had very much In mind throughout all these months when we were trying to arrange a peace that would be worthy of the spirit and achievement of the men who won the victory in the field and on the sea. . "After mature reflection, I earnest ly recommend that you give the perma nent rank of general to John J. Per shing and Peyton C. March, express ing the law In such a way as to give precedence to General Pershing; and that you give the permanent rank of admiral to William S. Benson and William 8. Sims. . .' :. " "I take It for granted that I am only anticipating your own thought In proposing these honors for the men upon whom the principal responsibilities devolved for achieving the great results which our Incomparable navy and army accomplished.'' LEGUIA AND REVOLUTION IN PERU S-i&tfo'-tfs'jji Wtlrrn Ntwapiipar Union, ident last May. As usual, both candidates claimed to be elected. President Pardo was maintaining the status quo while the contest was pending before the Peruvian congress. Senor Augusto Leguln (portrait herewith), enndidate of the independent party, claimed four-fiflhs of the votes were cast for hlrn.. Prcsldent Pardo was alleged to favor the seating of Senor Asplllnga, who was Senor Leguia's rival. ; Senor Leguia countered with two regiments of soldiers while It was yet time, "An embarrassing feature was breaking off a Fourth of July celebration arranged by the American locution at Lima. The reign of universal peace vouchsafed by the League of Nutlons wns to have been celebrated In speech and song with floats, International flags and music." ENVER PASHA WILL BE EXECUTED Enver Pasha, whose portrait is given herewith, Taiaat Pasha and DJemal Pasha have been sentenced to death by a Turkish court-martial which Investigated the conduct of the Turk ish government during the war. Enver end Taiaat were among the leaders of the Toting Turks who forced Sultan Abdul Hnmld from the throne and gov erned the empire through his Ignorant and superstitions brother Mohammed. Enver fancied himself an oriental counterpart of Napoleon, and, pos sessed of ability and unscrupulousness, rose, at the age of thirty-eight, to be minister of war, with the sultan's daughter the chief figure In his harem. Taiaat, once a telegraph operator, be came minister of the Interior with power even greater than that of Enver. It was he who thought 'but the policy or tne complete extermination of the Armenian race, and It was his order that caused the death of 1,000,00ft Ar- M wasSihe1)J.uTtan."n EgyPt""1 Pr'nCe'. nd valn' WM too1- The three condemned men looted the treasury and fled about three month. Ihe Turk aooarently has Ud , chamr. of noUc alnca November 11 101 ' Bernard N. ("Barney") Biiruch wants a Job. Peace, he Is convinced, has hardships no less terrific than war, for now that the war Is over be Is out of work. Millionaire though he Is, adviser ot the president both in America and Eu rope throughout the war, and Intimate associate of captains of Industry in all parts of the world, the former chairman of the war Industries board and financial adviser to the peace conference Is nevertheless looking for a situation. And there are difficulties. One of the chief difficulties Is that Mr. Baruch has reformed, he says, For many years he was a gambler. He publicly admitted It when be was summoned ns a witness In the famous senate "loak' investigation, but the weight of war and serious business of life have reformed hlin. ; Ho never again will be a gambler or dabble In the uncertnln affairs of Wall street. Sn. w mti ii Wwippr Union Concerning the new revolution In Pern, Senator Sherman of Illinois bad this, among other things, to say In the senate: "Mr. President, I read among the signatory nations to the peace cove nant, the 32 original elect, the name of Pern. At three o'clock inoppor tune time, Indeed on the morning of the Fourth of July, 1919, two regiments of soldiers rushed In on the palace of the president at Lima, seized by force Senor Don Jose Pardo, president of Peru, and Immediately conveyed him to the penitentiary. I shall observe with mild curiosity what our president thinks of it. "Two soldiers and three civilians were killed. While the slaughter was far from satisfactory for a coup d'etat In such a republic, the principle of self determination of a free people Is felt to be sufficiently vindicated. "Pont hftfl nn .alpntlnn for inrest- & - fV 1 Li
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