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formation and other assistance ; Mr. George and Allen 

 Drumheller for field and technical information and 

 courtesies; Miss E. J. Frazier of the L. G. Frazier 

 Book Store, Pendleton; the late Mr. H. C. Caplinger 

 of Athena, old time pioneer, for glimpses of the old 

 West; Mr. William Switzler of Umatilla, rancher, 

 and Mr. Ben Hutchinson of Crab Creek, Washington, 

 rancher and old time buckaroo, for numerous eye 

 openers. 



To Mr. Fred Earl of the firm of The Peoples Ware- 

 house; Mr. Charles and Willard Bond of Bond Bros, 

 and Mr. J. K. Tnompson of the Thompson Drug Co., 

 for information and loyal support; Mr. James S. Johns 

 of the Hartman Abstract Co., Pendleton, for courte- 

 sies; to the People of Pendleton for kindly coopera- 

 tion and many courtesies. 



Special acknowledgment and thanks is hereby ex- 

 pressed to Mr. W. S. Bowman, Maj. Lee Moorhouse, 

 Round-Up Association, Mr. Marcell, Electric Studio, 

 Doubleday, Dr. Tameisie, Mr. W. E. Snodgrass and 

 Mr. F. E. Ward, for the use of the splendid photo- 

 graphs as credited under the reproductions respectively. 



To the Tantlingers (Mr. and Mrs.) of Lawton, Ok- 

 lahoma, formerly in charge of the cowboy and Indian 

 contingent, Miller Bros. 101 Ranch show for many 

 useful facts ; Mrs. Earl G. Reed, nee Jane Bernoudy of 

 Hollywood, California; Cuba Crutchfield and Chester 

 Byers for many points in roping ; to Bertha Blancett for 

 illustrations and points of riding technique ; to the late 

 Dell Blancett of the Canadian Cavalry and buckaroo 

 and to all my friends and pals among the cowboys who 

 have given me points and initiated me into the fast-dis- 

 appearing vernacular, colloquialisms and ways of the 

 range; also to my friends among the Indian Folk of 



