Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 23, 1924, Page 4

Books and Bookmen A Column of Gossip and Opinion » OLSON. ks—voltmes in- of the sage and ul theatrics Good stinct w red by co Dude-Wrangler boys th and § Unik they are, the volumes are kindred in two things—th they are good. Burt, J dude-rancher is 4 et. He views the li with the detachment of the out he knows it with the 1 familiarity of one who has lived it and loved it. His 0k is not yin the Pepysian sense, It is olection of impressions and re: t and dis lively, 8 of fine without Mr. Burt ‘or his thesis . ntures can sper he best thing about Will James’ book picture For James an with the pencil even « Burt is an artist with words. N then his gfammar wobbles; nship is keen d amazingly virile. J born and bred. It had been “stove his always wpuncher was only after he 1p” by a bucking‘horse that he be F » wonder whether he might not » account his knack for draw ing. He t sheaf of his pic tures to C! s K. Field, editor of Sunse d Field promptly bought them and asked for others. -More, he saw to it that James got the in art which he had hither- his natural ‘talent a sure and flexible ha taken rank with F derick Remington, M Russell and Maynard Dixon ‘as an interpreter of western Ife in line olor. Jowboys North and South” ts a collection of sketches on range life and manners, most of which appear. ed originally in Scribner's or in the Saturday Evening Post. The edi- tors wisely made little attempt to modify James’ conoquialisms or rec- ufy his grammar, The result fs a book that reproduces as nearly as NEW LAMP BURNS 94% AIR Beats Electric or Gas A new oll lamp that gives an amazingly brilliant, soft, white light, even better than gas or’ electricity. has been tested by the U. 8. Gov- ernment and 35 leading universities and found to be superior to 10 or- dinary oll lamps. It burns without odor, smoke or nolse—no pumping up; is simple, clean, safe. Burns 94 per cent air and 6 per cent common kerosene (coal ofl). The inventor, G. H. Johnson, 609 WwW. Lake St., Chicago, Il., is offer ing to send a lamp on 10 days’ FREE trial, or even to give one FREE to the first user in each lo- eality who will help him introduce t. Write him today for full partic ulars. Also ask him to explain how you can get the agency, and without experience or money make $250 to $500 per month, R. C. Montgomery, Physici Beale Surgeon Electronic Reactions of Abrams Riverton, Wyoming. cold type can do the atmosphere of @ hight around the roundup fire and the drawled reminiscences of lanky raconteurs of the range. The greatest prize ever woh by a new author—$13,500 offered jointly by Doda, M & Co., Famous Pl | ers-L , and Pict best first | novel—has been tha Ost 24-year Canadian school tea Miss Ostenso’s ste will appe multaneously as a maga 1, between covers, and on Ostenso shares with Joseph e distinction of having at- in a language other one. She ts a Nor- birth, although she has America for a number of For some mont her verse been familiar to readers of the literary monthlie: lived in books which limn the per ities of men’who are making temporary history abroad are Supermen” by Philip “These Europeans, ey Huddlestone id epigramatic, tacular artist than Hud. the latter's portraits are curate tn perspectiv Huddlestone, looking like a composite Shakespeare and G. K of British He is the biographical Tw son. and massive sketch of Chesterton, is foreign cc nuthor study Science, a blind monster destined to demolish civilization and annihil. ate its I nkenstein-creator; a mighty strument through ,which humanity l carve out a destiny glorious beyond its dreams—these are the conflicting visions expound- ed. in two little companion volumes issued by Dutton. The optimistic view is that of J. B. S. Haldane, emi- nent English physicist, in “‘Daeda lus.” ‘The, warning is sounded by rtrand Russell, mathematician and philosophe: in arus.”” To. gether they form a searching ar sis of the trend of modern civiliza tion. American magazines, in marked contrast to most foreign periodic: continue to publish Mterature. Wit- ness in Pictorial Review a serial novel by Edith Wharton; in Har. per's a serlal by Shella Kaye-Smith; in Cosmopolitan a Rudyard Kipling short story. ‘Three, novels in the goodly tradi. tion ‘of Stevenson, each warranted to give the lover of action and color an evening of rare enjoyment, are “The Three Hostages,” by John Buchan; “Sard@larker” by John Masefield, and “St. Martin's Sum- mer’’ by Raphael Sabatini. Journals of opinion and protest, such as the lamented Freeman, may droop and die. But new fiction magazines continue to poke up, perk up and prosper. The most recent additions to newsstand displays are FI 2 weekly Munsey’ publica tion devoted entirely to detective and mystery yarns, and Ranch Ro mances, probably all that the title would indicate, When new books come too fast and furious, read an old one.. Our suggestion this week is George Gis. sing's “Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft.”. There are few volumes > packed with wistful beauty, so perfectly written Walter de la Mare’s visit to Amer. ica has occasioned no such furor as that of his countryman, the Prince of Wales. Yet de la Mare is one of England's two great living posts. He will be honored when the world has quite forgotten youn; Edward's taste in shirts and cravats, Judging by past performances, two forthcoming novels. which should be worth reading are “Mar. The Casper Sundav- Tribune ~~~ A Banker RANCHERS WHO SEIZED WATER EXPLAIN CASE Wanted to Tell World What City has Done to Rich Valley By REX LAMPMAN , 1924, Cohsolidatea ssociation) Cal., Ni are telling the world wh t Los An- geles has done to Owens Valley y farmers who four of That is the Mrs. vu. lays the headgates aqueduct, wh 1 into the Owens admittedly iMegal . has been ain the held. asc position t have learned the uses of publicit It may have been last spring wh hey blew a section out of the « from the river, desert to the the sa brush naut of eminent domain, driven by devised witys them. Lawyer * Mathews, oughly in- the Arrowsmith,” by Sinclair Lewis, | 3abbit-Main street gentleman, he Invisifle Woman," third » Herbert Quick's trilogy of Iowa and deseredly. But it is being crowded hard by the cross-word puz- ale book: supply.) With critics) ¢ Now that the raiders have decid. | tion, ed to let the waters flow back into : the aqueduct while their grievs the water department of Los An are considered by civic leaders gele : Los Angeles, they ponsidering aro ‘nine ittiet een naebor, pe sttegt Ofkt hair pt pot a attract tourists’ who will d with a capital ‘TF ecome citizens and siipply the cap- armers? count on’ thelr tal to further her industrial ambt- ura public Sentiment £0. ithe jons, will not long suffer heraat the water famine they claim to face ned to: the ceiiia Sok Ae because of the r denands | oppressor of the weak hem | : fa | The hundred men who held the Si Sasi oh NR Pine, Rre for the intbat part of “the On Gs ae MF mountaineer type, Somehow, they reap NA a oa rete iy: Sil re built ditches, coaxed the water and drove back the foothalls. The gray of was dirplaced by of all that is ¢riel and machiavel- lan. He it it, these farmers say} who and means of ruining believing thor- justice of the. greatest good tg the greatest “number, -has stories. gone on steadily year by, year, add- Big,” by Edna Ferber, con-] ing to. Lc eles’ holdings/in the tinues to head the best-seller list—| va'leyy f ying ‘say glory of Los Ang officials 7 inaist been offering for months at fair prices lands affected ly by the aqueduct. The fi dramatic, stiind at the hea termed?s “hold-up for more 4 than the lands) are worth compel the . purchase of slam Hearin, a vice presi- dent of the Farmers’ National Bank K chosen a vice o " the American Bankers’ jiation. She is the only woman ever to hold office in that organiza. side <of ‘the ‘aqueduct. to Jet d!tha green’ ot ‘alfa and the: gold the ople of Los Angeles know hes The ie 7 ied heir plight and their grievance, It | °F Wheat. 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