Real Western, January 1948

Real Western, January 1948 This issue of *Real Western* (Vol. 13, No. 4) features a lead novel-length story, "Blizzard Guns" by Lee Floren, starring Judge Bates and Tobacco Jones investigating illegal beaver-trapping in Willow Brook. Their inquiry implicates an old friend, Muskrat Pelton, named in confidential federal reports as the chief suspect. Four short stories follow: "Montana Ghost-Buster" by Charles D. Richardson Jr., in which Mark Patton confronts supernatural threats; "Gunbait for Satan's Crew" by George H. Weldon, where Deacon Jones uses gunfire to resolve trouble involving Bishop Morton; "Ripple Creek Redemption" by Ben Frank, pairing elderly Pop Tweedy with Steve Starmer to influence Pop's outlaw grandson; and "The Real West" by El Amigo, presenting true anecdotes from the gold prospecting era. The issue includes period advertisements and educational course promotions alongside the fiction content.