BILL'S FINANCING Bill's method of conducting the sale of the pinto was eminently successful as a financial operation, but there are those in the Swan Creek country who have never been able to fathom the mystery attaching to the affair.

It was at the fall round-up, the beef round-up, as it is called, which this year ended at the Ashley Ranch.

There were representatives from all the ranches and some cattle-men from across the line.

The hospitality of the Ashley Ranch was up to its own lofty standard, and, after supper, the men were in a state of high exhilaration.

The Hon.