Word: ranches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...gloom deepened as the fur auction season started last week in Manhattan. Even in the rarer types (e.g., Silverblumink) only half the pelts offered were sold; in the top quality dark ranch mink, prices were off 30 to 50% from last year...
...Heavyweight Champion Jim Jeffries, who lives quietly on his farming and dairy ranch near Burbank, Calif., came out of his shell for the holiday season to serve as the town's official Santa Claus...
...spirituals, and the songs of mines and railroads. But mostly, their heads are filled with the heroes that grew as the nation grew. "It's more fun than arithmetic," said one eighth-grader. "I wish we had a blue ox like Babe out on my dad's ranch. I'll bet she'd dig him a stock pond just like she dug Lake Michigan...
Blood on the Moon contains some of the oldest trappings in horse opera, but the performances make the difference. The heroine looks as if she might really live on a ranch, and like it; the hero has plausible motives for shooting when he shoots. They contend with the villains against handsome outdoor backgrounds...
...responsible for the sweep is a 35-year-old Mexican colonel, Humberto Mariles, who works at his job as systematically as any football coach. Born on a ranch and a seasoned charro (cowboy) by the time he was 13, Humberto was sent to a Mexico City military academy, where he got acquainted with the English saddle. At 17, he became a 2nd lieutenant of cavalry. Now he has his pick each year of 1,500 Mexican army horses and the 15 best of 15,000 army cavalrymen to put through his finishing school in horsemanship...