This hook is dedicated to my father, who brought me to the 

 Mountain Region at a tender age — who was father and 

 mother to his J)Oys, cook, discoverer, philosopher — 

 leho developed an irripated stock ranch from the 

 native wild—^who fought and conquered all the 

 hardships of the pioneer — who, though an in- 

 valid, gave no thought for himself, hut put 

 forth untold effort to supply me vnth 

 every educational advantage the 

 West afforded at the time. 

 Such men the country 

 v:ill never cease 

 to honor. 



