Rustlers and cowmen clash over vigilante justice
In a tense Back River council, ranchers debate punishment for rustlers and corrupt officials. Calhoun Terry urges legal action while Ellison pushes immediate hangs. Names like Pete Tolman, Jack Turley, Jeff Brand appear as the group weighs who is guilty and how to proceed. The meeting ends with plans and warnings as a new death shocks the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Hart
Terry
Jeff Brand
Jack Turley
Secret plan to hunt rustlers splits Western Cattlemen’s meeting
At Denver, Calhoun Terry and Western Cattlemen’s Association discuss a covert operation to “sweep through the country” and eliminate rustlers. Doctor Porter outlines a list of over a hundred names for swift, secret action. Sunday Brown leads about sixty armed deputies from Texas and Arizona, plus fifty cattlemen, aiming to strike unseen. Ranch leaders warn of risks and public exposure as they begin vetting the blacklist.
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Calhoun Terry
Western Cattlemen's Association
Denver
Ellison
Doctor Porter
Porter
Sunday Brown
United States
Indian Territory
Texas
Arizona
Brown
Kinnear
Terry
Black Yeager
Grand Coulee Dam in Action The World’s Largest
Grand Coulee, the world’s biggest dam on the Columbia River, rises 500 feet high with a three quarter mile barrier. It will form a 151 mile long lake, irrigate 1.2 million acres, and provide power for an area five times England. Boulder Dam on the Colorado River fills Black Canyon to a 115 mile long lake, completed in 1935, with potential crust bending fears among geologists.
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Grand Coulee
Columbia River
England
Boulder Dam
Colorado
Black Canyon
Habits of Salmon Through the Pacific noted life cycle
A Pathfinder article explains Pacific salmon die after breeding in July to December and do not return to sea, while other salmon migrate back to saltwater after spawning. All salmon live partly in sea and freshwater, ascending rivers to spawn in fresh water.
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Pacific
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Buck Hart
Jim Tetlow
The
Dia
Cheyenne
Salt Lake
West
Clint
John McFaddin
Ted Collins
Antelope Creek Ranch
Hart Gang
Brand
Roan Alford
Nate Hart
Harts
Nate
Back River Country
Ers
Association
Ers’ Association
Jackman
Pete Tolman
Sleepy Cat Ranch
Ellen
Lane Carey
Pete
Montana
Mr. Brand
Washington, D. C
Lord Beaverbrook
U. S
Greece
Libya
Hitler
Spain
Portugal
Strait of Gibraltar
Atlantic
French West Africa
Dakar
OPM
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel
Tom Girdler
Republic
Ernest Weir
Weirton
Irving Olds
U.S. Steel
Ed Stettinius
Leon Henderson
Knudsen
Lindbergh
Land
Maritime Commission
Bethlehem
Grace
White House
Steve Early
London
Roosevelt
Iss
Firestone
Liberal
TIRE
Richard Crooks
Margaret Speaks
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein
N. B
Red Network
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