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only my blankets and a small pearl- as the train pulled out. That was the CATCH THEM
handle5f pistol. He looked at the gun and last time I · ever saw him. ALIVE
said, "All right, leave everything and When I reached Los Ang.eles I went
I'll let you have the money for fare." to collect my money from Bill Roach; AND UNHURT!
Later that day the Indian walked but each time I showed up at his office
down to the depot with me and while we he would stall me. I finally_ gave it up. Amazing HAV AHART
rats.
were waiting for the train to pull in, he One thing he did do for me was to have skunks, pigeons, sparrows, etc. Takes mink, coon without
asked me how much money I had com- my bedroll and pistol sent to me from injury. Stra ying pets, poultry released unhurt. Easy t o
ing from Bill Roach. Banning. I believe ·he would have paid use-open ends give a nimal confidence. No jaws or springs
to break. Galvanized. Sizes for all needs. FREE illustrated
I said, "$30.00." Then he asked me if me my wages but I don't think he had practical guide with trapping secrets.
I would like to make some easy money. it. Selling wild mining stock for a living
" Sure," I said. wasn't too easy..
"Well, when you get your money, buy I really want to thank him for not
two cases of whiskey.. You can get paying me, for I surely would of em- 1,\
twenty-four pints for $11.00. Buy two barked on that wild adventure with my catches morel
suitcases and put the whiskey in it but Indian friend if he had. In a way, Bill Easy to use!
don't put them in the baggage car with Roach kept us both out of trouble. In- HAVAHART, 232-T Water St., Ossining, N. Y. 10562
your bedroll. Keep them in the smoker stead of sitting here in my home writing Please send me free new 48-page guide, price list.
with you and drop me a line before you this, I might have been on the inside
start back and I will meet you at the looking out.
depot and we will take the whiskey to
my place. I can get $2.00 a pint for it Buck Jones-Bona Fide Hero
from the Indians. That will put some (Continued from page 21)
money in our pockets. tried to change his name to Charles
"I have my horse and saddle and I Jones, and then Charles Buck Jones be-
can get you a saddle and horse cheap cause plain "Buck" wasn't sophisticated
from an Indian friend of mine who has enough. Nobody liked the idea, least of all
a little spread in the mountains. Then Buck, so back to Buck Jones it went and
we will go out in back of Grey. Back he legally adopted this name on July 1,
Mountain. I know where a lot of wild 1937.
cattle have wandered in the canyons and Some of Buck Jones' leading ladies
on part of the desert that don't belong read like a Who's Who· of the Cinema: Sec What Natural Gold Really Looks Like
to anyone. We can drive a few head out Winifred Westover (who married Wil- with this new beautiful 5 power pocket battery
powered flashlight magnifying . glass. A host of uses.
on some back trails that only I know liam S. Hart), Vivian Rich, Marguerite Comes · with small natural gold nugget, ready to
where they are. I know a butcher who de la Motte, and the most famous of them operate. Weight 4 1/2 oz. Price only $3.95. pre-
has a small slaughterhouse. He will buy all, Carole Lombard, who was just six- paid and insured to you. May be shipped C.O.D.
all we can bring him and no questions teen when she made her film debut with WHITE'S ELECTRONICS
asked." him in "Hearts and Spurs." 1218 Main St. Dept. TW Sweet Home, Oregon
I asked him if the cattle didn't belong In 1926 Buck visited England with
to some ranch and he said they did at his wife and was · amazed to learn that
one time, but they were wild now and over there he ranked in popularity with
didn't really belong to anyone. So I Tom Mix. Unlike Mix, however, he did
agreed to the deal. For a kid of sixteen not bring Silver, so could not ride up
that was real adventure. the steps of the Mansion House to meet
As the train pulled in, we shook hands London's Lord Mayor for lunch as Tom
on it and I boarded and made my way up and Tony had!
front to the smoker. I got a seat on the Back in the United States Buck heard
depot side, stuck my head out the win- that William S. Hart had decided to re-
dow, and waved goodbye to my friend tire. Producer trouble and income tax de-
mands were alleged to have been part
ANSWERS: of Hart's reasons, but another was that
1. Typewriter. although his Westerns were realistic and
KSTC Museum, excellent ( even by today's standards),
Hays, Kansas the public didn't want him anymore.
2. Fluting iron. They preferred the hard-riding fast-
Sandhills Museum, action pictures turned out by Jones and
Valentine, Nebraska Mix. In fact, apart from Ken Maynard,
3. Strap-on ice shoes for horses. they had only one serious rival for the
Sandhills Museum, next four years. This was Fred Thomson,
Valentine, Nebraska an ex-wartime chaplain who rode to fame
4. Butter mold. on a large grey Irish Hunter named
Author's Collection Silver King.. In less than two years
5. Warning flare. Thomson had skyrocketed to fame only
Harbaugh Museum, to die tragically following surgery on
Wellington, K:ansas December 25, 1928.
6. Clothes stomper.
S andhills Museum, WHEN SOUND MOVIES canie in,
Valentine, Nebraska Westerns went into a temporary de-
7. Ink well. cline, and Buck Jones was one of the few
Simpson Collection who successfully made the transition
8. Nutmeg grater from silent films to sound. The going was
Hastings Museum, hard, however, so he decided to leave BOHEMIA MINING DAYS
Hastings, Nebraska pictures, and formed the Buck Jones July 14, 15, 16 and 17, 1966
9 .. 32 calibre blowgun cane. Wild West ·Show. This venture proved a COTT AGE GROVE, OREGON
Harbaugh Museum, failure, and almost broke he turned back Relive the gold rush days in town. Ride
Wellington, Kansas *(See below) to Hollywood to find that he was very the train to the diggin 's.
10. Live coal tongs. much in demand. Tom Mix's return to Write the Chamber of Commerce for
Harbaugh Museum, the screen in "Destry Rides Again" was information.
Wellington, Kansas not a success, and Mix was destined to
11. Soda fountain. make very few sound appearances, one
Wichita, Kansas of the last being a serial called "The SNAPS for WESTERN SHIRTS
Historical Museum Miracle Rider." Universal Studios was
Note to 9: The .32 calibre blowgun cane anxious to find a replacement and chose Plastic & Snyperl. Attaching Tools.
fired a standard .32 calibre bullet. The firing Buck Jones. Write for FREE COLOR CATALOG & PRICES
pin was activated and released by a hard burst
of air. The cane could be fired by blowing By 1935 Westerns were booming again FASTENER SUPPLY
strongly into the funnel-shaped head, or by and Buck was the undisputed "King of
clapping the palm of the hand sharply against the Cowboys." He formed his own pro- 319 East Washington Blvd., Dept.E
the same funnel. Los Angeles, California 90015
duction company releasing through Uni-
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