The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 29, 1932, Page 4

| 4 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1932 The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper { THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune | Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en- | tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as Second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year........$7.20 Daily by mail per year (in Bis- Daily by mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) ............ 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota teseeeeeee ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 Weekly by mail in state, three YEATS .. ccc eeeeeeeeeeeeseeeee 2.50 Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year .......... aon di ‘Weekly by mail in Canada, per year ... Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) 50 Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Set a New Standard Los Angeles in directing the Olym- pic games set a new standard for this great sport event. Not only were many records shattered, but the lack of | friction among athletes is a matter) of comment and satisfaction. | Sometimes enmity rather than amity was an aftermath of the Olym- pics. Los Angeles, however, reduced | friction to a minimum. The Brazilian! water polo team became a little “jumpy” and went for the referee. Lehtinen of Finland was booed for blocking Hill, the Oregon lad, at the finish of the 5,000-meter race. Hill refused to contest, declaring that de- | spite this show of poor sportsmanship on the part of the Finn, Lehtinen would probably have beaten him any- way. Hill's stock went up and he became one of the Olympic heroes. His home town, Klamath Falls, started a fund to purchase him an automobile, | but he was cautioned to let his mother accept the gift rather than hazard an amateur standing. The barring of Nurmi may have; caused trouble, but here the wise | management and diplomacy which} characterized the games prevailed. ‘The case against Nurmi was so air- tight that the Finn retired to the grandstands without making a fight. Such harmony, however, has not al-| ways prevailed. Poor crowds, meager gate receipts and much bickering have spoiled several Olympiads. Califor-| nia’s effort proves, however, that the games can be run off smoothly from a financial as well as a personal standpoint. The games were last held in the United States at St. Louis in 1904 as @ very insignificant side-show of the; World’s Fair then in progress. Every | European country except Greece ig | nored the St. Louis Olympiad. None of the big universities participated, crowds were smatl and the event wound up in a quarrel between two} athletic associations. What a contrast to the Los Angeles show. The difference marks increased | interest in athletics and a decided im- provement in the rules and ethics! surrounding such contests. In Europe at some of the Olym- piads, turf tracks, reversal of the di- rection in which athletes were ac- customed to run, tracks with square corners and many other customs and peculiarities faced Americans. With; the passage of years rules and regula- tions have been standardized. Russian athletes no longer make faces at the Finns. Representatives of the Irish Free State compete in harmony with Briton’s sons. France has overcome her objection to the American style of rooting and no longer cries “sauv- ages.” It is just this situation which the Olympics sought to bring about: bet- ter sportsmanship and amity between the nations. The Los Angeles Olym- piad contributed heavily to these ideals. Courting Coolidge An interesting development of the Hoover campaign is the tactics being used to enlist the help of Calvin Cool- idge. His participation is earnestly desired but at present writing he is holding himself aloof. The first Hoover overture was @ re- quest that Coolidge open the Olympic games at Los Angeles. That invita- tion was laconically declined and the colorless Curtis was sent instead, much to California's dislike. Again, Coolidge was to be a special of honor at the formal notifi- cations festivities on the white house wn. Came a second refusal on the plea that hay fever would prevent such participation. No special word ‘ef encouragement or endorsement ‘with the refusal. Of course has made it plain that he is Hoover, but there is a manifest of enthusiasm and a decided re- to become active in the cam- 20 }tins from Mr. |. help from Coolidge is the appoint- ment of Edward T. Clark, once a con- fidential secretary of Coolidge. Mr. Clark is serving Mr. Hoover in the absence of one of his regular secre- taries. Al Smith is a Democratic worry. Cal Coolidge’s silence gives the Hoo- ver campaign management the cold Jitters. i It All Depends on the Front In a recent editorial the Minne- apolis Tribune refers to “the bulle- Hoover's economic {front” and declares them to be more hopeful in tone. That is encouraging 00 | but signifies little when the basic economic situation is unchanged. How about the bulletins from the Towa economic front? There are also bulletins from the Minnesota and North Dakota economic fronts. They are not so hopeful in tone at all. Ticker activity may be effective with some, but there is little in the picture yet to make the rank and file of voters change their general impressions. ‘The Minneapolis Tribune can re- call other bulletins from the Hoover economic front when prosperity was reported to be around the corner. Prosperity has been reluctant to take the curve despite much coaxing and cajoling. Everyone hopes that the bulletins will soon announce that the corner has been reached, turned and prosperity on the march. There is news from the agricultural front which the politicians do not like. When farmers, after paying la- bor and other expenses in garnering their crops, have less than their taxes, it takes more than bulletins | from the Hoover economic front to | make them feel prosperous. " Balitorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors, They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. ‘The Governor's Task (Southwest Times-Record, Fort Smith, Arkansas) By an overwhelming plurality, which almost attained the dignity of a ma- jority, Arkansas has chosen Chancel- lor J. Marion Futrell as its governor. He will take office pledged to a sim- plification of state government, an honest use of the public money for necessary functions and a ruthless weeding out of the unnecessary and the luxurious. Arkansas will need all of that, and more, to meet the problems which the |new administration must face. It will need above all things in the gov- ernor’s chair a true perspective on! the state's affairs, a balance, a sense | of proportion which has not always been in evidence. The governor-elect took things rather calmly in his campaign, on the whole. He was selected largely be- cause the people of the state had con- fidence in his integrity and believed he would “sit on the lid” until better conditions make possible more gener- ous expenditures and larger fields of governmental activity. He will need all his qualities of calmness and ju- ;diciousness to pass judgment compe- tently upon the many difficult things which will be waiting for him when he takes office. If the new governor and the new legislature go into office with the idea that all the state’s ills are due to mis- management and corruption they will find this is not the case. Doubtless there have been instances of misman- agement and corruption. They ought to be weeded out. But their elimina- tion will not solve the problems of the state, nor would their absence have completely prevented the finan- cial straits which face many state ac- tivities. The trouble with state government finances has been lack of balance in} planning, and severe reductions in revenue which resulted from the de- Pression. The remedy for the first lies in a broad viewpoint of state government which can see the whole machinery as a single unit, determine what func- tions are most important and divide among the numerous agencies of gov- ernment the available funds, so that each may do the best job possible for the people of the state with the re- sources available. Special interests need to be subordinated to the good of the whole. The remedy for the second diffi- culty, shortage of revenue, is a rigid curtailment of activities, so that the reduced revenues will provide enough money to pay the bills, and the state will not incur operating deficits. A sane administration of govern- ment requires a balanced program of expenditure, conceived and carried out with a due regard for the relative value of services which the state per- forms, and a fair balance between them. A sane administration of govern- ment requires, too, a balanced taxa- tion program, which lays its toll upon all types of citizens with equity and and a reasonable regard far the bene- fits they obtain from the use of the money. The Arkansas state taxation system is not badly out of balance now. The total state revenues are almost $20,000,000. About one-fourth of that comes from property taxes. The other three-fourths comes from special taxes of many sorts, chiefly the gasoline tax and license fees, and in- cluding income taxes, franchise taxes, tobacco taxes, severance taxes and a number of special fees and licenses. A sharp reduction has occurred in the yield of all of these sources of revenue in the last two years. Prop- erty tax’ delinquencies amounted to about 15 per cent in 1931. Property ‘These reductions in yield di- rectly reflect lack of earning power of our pons, The sane remedy for not the imposition of new a ececce make them cover the fixed obliga- tions and operating costs, if that can be done. eats 1 7 AL HORIZON =AS SEEN a ‘Si OME QUARTERS. Other ‘Eclipses’ on the Way — WE ALWAYS GET A KICK ‘ne Our OFS "ak = ee HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, wiil be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. WHAT TO DO ABOUT SNAKE BITE Everybody should study snakes, at the zoo, in their natural habitat or elsewhere, at least enough to be able to tell at sight whether a snake is venomous or harmless to man, There still prevails among people who fondly imagine themselves intelligent a good deal of silly superstition and child- ish credulity in regard to snakes, and this leads to much cruelty to the com- mon harmless snakes and wanton de- struction of some of the larger snakes | that are friends of man and, indced, | often prized household pets. People who know snakes sometimes speak of them as “beautiful”; people who are ignorant cannot comprehend this, for to their benighted consciousness all snakes are ugly creatures. While copperheads and moccasins occur in this country and occasionally bite, in the great majority of cases of bite by venomous snake one or an- other kind of rattlesnake inflicts the wound. Rattlesnakes are unable to strike | pend than the middle of the calf of a person standing or walking. So it is a good plan to wear stout leather leggings or heavy shoes that lace half | way up the leg when you are working | or playing or hiking or touring in country where ratticsnakes live. They are fond of rocky slopes where sunny | ledges are numerous. The best first aid treatment for bites is as follows: 1, Immediate criss-cross incision of the fang mark or both marks if both fangs have penetrated the skin. These incisions should be mereiy skin deep (not more than %4 inch deep) and not more than half an inch long. Razor blade, knife, or other sharp im- plement, or even a piece of broken glass, will make the incisions. 2, Immediate suction of the fresh wounds, to draw as much blood and venom out as you can. Continue this Answer—It is nourishing enough for anybody. Cheese is not constipating; it is just so completely digested, and leaves so little residue, that it is not so laxative as coarse vegetables, for instance. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) 29.—What's new in New York, Aug. New York— MUSIC—George Gershwin, vaca- tioning in Cuba, found himself sip- ping at sidewalk cafes and tossing | small coins to the itinerant musicians. His ear was keyed for native tunes... Everywhere some player eventually went into a rhumba tune .. . But most vividly musical of all seemed the La Frita, a street in Havana where wo- men are to be had for a few more coins. . . One of those avenues which, incongruously, has come to be term- ed, internationally, “a street of pleas- Returning to New York, the scenes and the songs inspired the high priest of jazz... When the Philharmonic Symphony orchestra dedicated an eve- ning at the Stadium to a program of Gershwin music, the composer rushed to his piano He had returned late in July... ug. 1 he was orches- |trating in his penthouse roof, which |looks down on the Hudson river... This, then, is the latest Gershwin work: with the rhumba as a rhythm; with the maracas, bongos, gourds and other Cuban instruments required by |the score; with a sketchy impression of the Cuban scene and a theme that ranges from a gay dance to a three- part episode ... And all done in nine minutes! ee * A fellow of great facility and many- faceted—this dark, Manhattanese mu- sician who got his start with “Swa- nee,” a hit that sold more than two million copies. Annual symphonic presentation of his old and new works has become a Stadium ritual. This year, Gershwin is represented also by the mocking “political music” from “Of Thee I Sing.” ® ® BOOKS—Pearl Buck, whose “The Good Earth” continues a literary phe- nomenon, runs from the New York which called her back as from an ogre. Great cities appal her. She wonders how anyone can dwell in Manhattan. Whenever she comes to America she hides away in a cottage well up the Hudson river. The place includes a little farm. With her husband, Mrs. Buck works the garden. Her husband is an ex- pert horticulturist and he teaches soil culture to the Orientals. The good earth is the good earth, whether with- in commutation distances of New York or far away on a Chinese river bank, Her Chinese home is near Nanking, an old brick place with an elaborate garden surrounding it. She spends most of her time, when available, in {this garden. Her neighbors are much like the neighbors to be found any- where upon the globe. After years ispent with Chinese friends, she has often found it difficult to adjust her- self to the companionship of her na- jtive Americans. She admits utter loneliness when sent by her mother from the Orient to a Virginia girl's school. She does not find the Chinese in- | scrutable, as have so many legends. Rather they are more open, trusting, j and guileless than most. Nor is the Chinese a humorless fellow. The | writer finds the Chinese she knows | to resemble a Irish. * THEATER—Elmer Rice, returned from a vacation in Russia, promises to turn some of the fortune he has suction for 20 minutes. If there is | no abrasion of lips or mouth there is no danger to the person who sucks the wound, 3. Immediate application of a} tourniquet to the limb above the| wound. Twisted handxerchief or other | | loose loop of cloth or rope around! limb, and a stick to twist it tight | enough to shut off circulation. This HORIZONTAL } 1 Who is head of the commit- tee investi- Answer to Previous Puzzle | Words of Mixed Length | 7 Currency, 8 Marches. ID] 9 Perfect types, 10 To. perform. must be entirely loosened for half a minute every five minutes, to pre- | vent gangrene from lack of oireee tion. 4. The patient must avoid all es ertion, such as running. | 5. Other than the immediate inci- | sion and suction, no further local gating U.S. A. in business? 7 What Board of de did the U.S. Grain Commission order to close? i} 35 Leather thong 53 Projecting is best administered by hypodermic or intravenous injection, but there are tablets of adrenalin for administra~ tion by mouth. Strychnin is a good stimulant in such poisoning, and the emergency kit may contain strychnin tablets, too. Hot coffee is perhaps the best of all vital stimulants, or even hot tea, for the emergency. Where the antivenin is adminis- tered within an hour after the bite, a quick cure is almost invariably ob- tained. It is a great antidote even if the dose 1s administered only after the lapse of half a day. Of course the sooner the better. That is the reason why a package of antivenin should be in the emergency kit ready for emergency. The serum keeps per- fectly for years, and anyone can in- ject it by fololwing directions printed on the package. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Cheese It We are fond of macaroni cooked with cheese. Is this dish Louree people? Is the way constipat- 11 Shark. 12 Public speaker. 18 Fervent, de- votion, 20 Unemotional, 23 Bird pet. 25 Pertaining to treatment is of any use, except, of 3 Sesame. Lis iH] BAILS oN the lore, course, to keep the wound protected 14 Farewell! fe) a EOE ITIOINIA 27 Buckets. as well as possible against ordinary 15 To help. 5 29 Garden tool. f= fe RR infection, as in any case of open| 16 Auto. ea iLIelVie ir 30 Driving com- wound. 17 Deducts from. mand. 6. If @ first aid package of anti-| 19Silver coin of to hold a dog. _ support. 31 To consume, venin is at hand, inject it under the Roman origin. 36 Secreted, 55 Silkworm. 33 Fish. skin a few inches above the wound.| 91 Structural 37 Demise. 56 Guided. 37 Waltzer, If antivenin is injected, remove the unit. 39 Before. 57 Large. 38 Adroit. tourniquet, for the purpose is to allow] 22 exceedingly 40S) i Sh. 58 Verb. 40 Optical effect the antidote to circulate throughout cheap. . skirmish, 59 Lecturers. seen on the the body. Remember, no tourniquet] 94 Preposition 42 Falsifier. 60 Chosen by desert. after antivenin is injected. But the ot place. 44 Cavities. ballot. 41 Exultant. incision and suction of the wound 25 Booty. 45 Northwest. YERTICAL 43 Potato masher. should be done in every case, no mat- 26To strike. 47 Death notice. v 44 Danger, ter whether antivenin is used. ‘ 1 Austere. 46 Had on. 28 Prickle. 49 Pertaining to 7. Never give or permit given alco-| 39 atiican aif 2 Hastened. 48 Scatters as hol in any form. The only effect of 4 3 Full-length hay. “ antelope. 50 Laughter Y. alcohol is to favor the perfusion of 320ne step of a sound. vestment. 49 Abbot. us ee pr eae ee series. 51 Decorative 4People united 50 At this place . Probably adrenalin is the best of ; litical: 52 Inlet. all stimulants against the lethal de-| 34 English band covering . po! i ae Pe aia pression produced by snake venom. It money. curtain top. 5 Manifest, 6 Bird's home. used for tea. Ae Ao AD al a ll | ONT made into a “theater for the masses.” During cially successful. Rice has been a rich man since the day when he turned out “On Trial.” His courage caused him to become one of the first playwright-producers, backing his own work with his own two of the very successful productions of last season: “Counsellor-at-Law” and “The Left Bank.” Now he goes beyond that and will put on dramas according to his idea of merit, rather than because of box- office appeal. # TORAY ANNieRsAby NOYON IS TAKEN On Aug. 29, 1918, Allied forces in Picardy continued their victorious drive against the German troops, the French taking Noyon, the British, Ba- paume, and the Americans, numerous villages. The Germans were in full retreat along a front of more than 40 miles as the day ended. ‘ Allied gains during the day's battle were regarded as the most important of any single day of the year. Pris- oners captured showed plainly that German morale was breaking under far steady pounding of the Allied forces. On the Atlantic seaboard, the fish- | P-..iiotn omiace, © Demorratie ing schooner Gloaming was sunk by 8m a German submarine off the coast of Nova Scotia, and an additional fleet of destroyess was ordered to comb the region for submarines, which had been unusually active. A statistician has learned that only 2 per cent of the people can sing. If money, with the result that he had+ | he wants to be a real benefactor tojquality of former generations, and the winter Rice will operate | mankind, he should spend the rest of }has more independence, less hyproc- his own repertoire playhouse. Such |his life convincing the other 98 per/ricy, and more real honesty—Arthur adventures have rarely proved finan-| cent. N. Sheriff, school, Connecticut. ee * Florida fruit growers have just learned that sand is a preserva- tive for grapefruit. eg they must be a long way behind the spinach growers. of Roxbury ex # People are not quite so much interested in what the governors of the Carolinas once said to each other as they are in what the governor of New York said to the mayor of New York. * & * Historians continue to argue about who started the World War. And it looks more and more as if whoever started it did the American taxpayer @ dirty trick. ‘6 eas STICKERS * * After a three-year study, a group of economists has decided that the solution for the depres- sion is to provide more jobs. Next thing we know, they'll find out that all politicians are not hon- est. ee * Most Republicans are resigned to the fact that Silent Cal will live up to his name. But the Democrats are worried plenty for fear they'll have a Silent Al. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) | Barbs j o It is true that the Youngstown Sheet and Tube board did not go into the auditor’s figures, but they would not have understood them, perhaps, if they had.—From a ruling by Sev- eS ® I think I'll feel perfectly at home in the White House—Mrs. Franklin FaNyy Says. FLAPPER, The presdency is a man’s job. Gov- ernor Roosevelt evidently looks upon it as a combination of the nursery and Coin’s financial school—Senator George H. Moses, Republican of New Hampshire. ee * New York, as a whole, is not rotten. —Samuel Seabury, who conducted the investigation into Mayor Jimmy Walker's conduct as mayor of New York. * * * The modern boy does not assume a pose because he thinks it is the thing to do. And now even the river banks seem He lacks the sheeplike; to be failing in Europe. Whe SYNOPSIS Young and handsome Ted Rad- cliffe arrives at Verdi, a Mexican border town, as the search for “El Coyote,” the notorious masked ban- dit, is at its height. “El Coyote” avenges the outrages perpetrated by the wealthy and powerful Paco Mo- rales against the peons. Ted learns from Bob Harkness, his late father’s GAY BANDIT & _» of the BORDER’ aad r,s COPYRIGHT 1931, BY INTERNATIONAL. MAGAZINE Oo, INC. DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES ‘SYNDICATE, INC. friend, that Morales was responsible for Radcliffe Senior's failure, but Bob urges him not to make an enemy of Morales as he has other plans. Ted is attracted to Morales’ beautiful niece, Adela. “El Coyote” sends his lieutenant to urge the ranchers to join him in overthrowing Morales. Jito, Morales’ ward, warns him he will lose power unless “El Coyote” is killed. At Morales’ fiesta, Ted asks his host if he benefitted by his father’s ruin. Morales replies that Ted’s father was his friend. Jito ar- tives and jokingly threatens any man who wins Adela from him. CHAPTER XVI Ted raised his eyes. “So that play- ful young™hurricane is the famous Jito?” “My uncle's right-hand man. Jito is a grown-up child and the world is his plaything. He has made him- self my bodyguard ever since 1 can remember. When | was East at school, Jito went to college in Cali- fornia. He lasted less than two months, There was something about throwing a professor through the window, and Jito returned home. He is of this country and of this life. He simply would not fit anywhere else. I'm very fond of him, only he will not think for himself. He wor- ships my uncle. 1 believe without knowing it he worships my uncle's brain—for Jito, heaven help him, has none of his own, A_ tempestuous child. He'll probably hate you be- cause you are an unknown male from the outside world, and because you are going riding with me tomorrow.” “For that ride 1 can bear the hat- red of several Jitos.” “Very pretty.” She rose. “But don’t let him annoy you with his childishness, and soon he will come to be your fast friend.” Ted, as he followed her through the patio, felt that there might be a reasonable doubt on that score. They passed across the patio and through a low arch, beyond which a late afternoon sun blazed down the long white roadway to the gates. A yellow roadster stood there, and Adela motioned Ted to the seat be- side her, “And now, my big Americano,” she smiled, “you are about to see something that only Mexico pos- sesses—the Feast of the Rains. It is the one time in the year when these peons forget poverty, hunger, and pain, and give thanks at the coming of the rains. See, is it not a glad world this afternoon?” They swung down through the village street, festooned with long shadows of giant Pepper trees stand- ing out black against the slanting sun. The street itself was alive with movement and color, Everywhere] see men and women in gay reds and bright &reens and glittering spangles. The air was filled with voices that chattered ,excitedly in Spanish and rose at times to laughter, Every- where happiness and lightshearted gaiety. And everywhere, as the yel- low roadster passed, men stood bareheaded and women curtsied to this niece of the master over all their destinies, “To this fiesta,” the girl was say- ing, “men and women come from all the borderland, Even a few of the Yaqui Indians come down from the hills. You will see their camp near the race course. They will be dressed with feathers and bright rib- bons braided in then hair, and they, by TOM GILL will be selling beads and arrows to the peons. The horse race is always the great event of the fiesta. Va- queros throughout the border bring their best horses. They talk of it from one ycar to the next. Last year Jito lost. The Yaqui Indian chief beat him by half a length. All this week the men have been waiting and betting their last centavos. Jito is wild to win. He’s riding a man- killing stallion that no one dares mount but he. Then tonight will be the dance. Uncle has brought men from Sonora to play, and the haci- enda, for this one day in the year, is open to all. So tonight we will dance, you and 1, and then tomor- tow, if you like, we will ride.” Already they had left the little town behind. Ahead lay the deep curve of the river, along whose near- er bank crowded lines of horsemen vere drawn, Ted looked up into the sunlit April sky. “Riding and dancing, music and wine and laughter,” he repeated. “All life in this enchanted valley seems paradise. Does never pain or ugliness or fear touch you here?” A shadow crossed the quiet face of the girl, “Sometimes,” she said. “Sometimes sorrow secks us out, even here.” Then she smiled and the shadow was gone. “But today is fiesta, when all life is an invitation to dance and love and be very happy, since we Spanish people know too well that only the minute as it passes can one be very certain of. Over there”—she pointed just ahead — “where you see Don Bob and uncle in the judges’ stand, that is where the race begins and ends. Uncle is judge.” She smiled again. “He is al- ways judge. That is because with his decisions there can be no dispute.” “Hello, up there!” She waved her hand to them. From above her uncle called, “Come up quickly. If you miss the start of this race of races, Jito will destroy you both. He means to win today, and if he does only the dear God himself will be happier than Jito.” Morales led Radcliffe to the edge of the judges’ stand. “This race,” he said, “it is not like your races of the East. It is what you call a rough- and-tumble thing. The start” —je pointed directly to the cleared space ahead—“is here. The course lies be- yond that clump of aspen and then across the river and up to where you see that point of high rocks. Each rider must circle those rocks. It is three miles away. Then down they must come, straight across the river again to where we are. Six miles, a long steep hill, two crossings of the river and a straight dash for the finish. A killing course, sefior, for horse and rider both. Today there will be five to start, Three, I think, we can disregard, but that bronze, almost naked fellow sitting on the pinto mare, watch him well. He is the winner of last year. They call brain. Look. They are mad to be off. Let us begin.” Morales nodded to the starter. Five vicious, impatient horses were drawing gradually to the line. Slow- ly they drew abreast of the stand, ‘ prancing, plunging, held in by the iron hands of their riders. Then a shot and a shout from the crowd, and. like arrows the five were away in a swirl of sand. From the very first Jito led. The Indian thundered on his flank, riding easily, saving himself for the plunge. In a moment they had flashed into the yellow waters of the river, force ing their maddened horses with voices and rawhide. White foam swirled before them, and from both banks rose the frenzied cheering of their followers. Together they strug gled through the water, and in an- other moment were fighting their way up the gravelly bank. Not ten feet separated the two leaders. Be- hind, hopelessly beaten, straggled the other three, The long, killing climb lay ahead. Already from where Ted and the girl stood those plunging horses looked like toy things, strive ing desperately upward, always the black stallion of Jito ahead, yet never for an instant drawing away from the Indian who rode so surely bee hind him, At the turn of the rocks, Jito’s horse slipped to his knees, forcing his heavy rider almost out of the saddle, as they all but fell. Shaking his head, the big stallion lunged to his feet, but in that lost second the Indian had swept past, and the shrill yells of his f-llowers redoubled. The crowd below was now a moving, crazy riot of sound. The end was in sight. At breakneck speed the two riders pounded down the long slope to where the river bank rose ten feet about the bend of the stream. Adela raised her hands to her lips. “If they strike the water at that speed, they'll kill themselves,” she whispered. A few yards from the river the Yaqui reined in his pinto for the sce? descent and, amid clatter of loose pebbles, slipped perilously to the water’s edge. As horse and rider reached the stream a black form leaped by them, almost over them, and struck the water with a crash and a cloud of spray. A gasp and a shudder ran through the throng. Jito had taken the river at top speed! For an instant the water closed over his horses,head, then the great stallion snorted to the surface and plunged toward the far bank. Again Jito was leading. Wild with delight, the vaqueros cried his name, casting sombreros and quirts into the resounding air. Yet even now there was too scant a distance between the riders to tell who might win. The mouths of the maddened horses foamed white as, ears back and wild-eyed, they lashed through the muddy stream. Almost as one, the dripping stallion and the Yaqui mare lunged up the bank, and him Anton, a pure-blooded Yaqui, and each summer he takes my herds back into the land of his countrymen, where we whites dare not go. But see Jitg sitting on his black stallion. See him plunge on that great vicious brute of a horse. I think he would kill Jito only too much he fears him. That, my friend, is the way on should deal with both horses and women—a tight rein and utter fear. The girl, standing near them, had overheard. Her lips curved in a little smile of amusement. “Only be sure, my uncle,” she advised, “that you choose the right horse and the right woman.” Don Bob rolled a cigarette. “Too bad we missed the morning event. I hear Jito won the roping contest.” Morales nodded. “And would have won the bulldogging but he was too rash and eager. He is all body and fire, that muchacho, and not enough with a last wild burst made for the finish, Together the riders thundered. onward, beating the wet forms of their horses, grinding their heels into the horses’ sides, Together they flashed past the finish line. A silence, sudden and absolute, followed. Expectantly all eyes turned teward the judges’ stand. A world of eager faces strained up to hear his words, Morales raised his hand. he announced briefly. The air was split with sound. Like madmen Morales’s vaqueros whooped their joy and emptied their revolvers into the air. The Indians fell silent, cloaking whatever feelings they might possess beneath stolid, impassive faces. “Jito,” (To Be Continued)