The Red Cloud chief., 1885-07-24

the hills washed down by the mining
companies. and IN places wher. the
dams b:d formed and fox long DIS
iancc- on either side. and AMI gravel.
brought down bv III. swift. s.rony cur
rent wa, being deposited upon thu iIlls
bic land in large qnantiti.s-
Evidently something must be done.
and the messenger who brought notice
81 the meeting urged strongly hat Mr..
Par.pn, be- present and advise regard
Ing the action Ia b" asen.
Tain { no U.s.. he said 20 hi- wife
when the n.ighbor va, gonc. " Talnt
no Use. but III 80 # YOU want I should.
You q better send Ra,iG., though, and
L.; me stay home with JOHNNY"
The mans spirit wa -adly broken.
He felt thai j; wa, u-"!--- 10 contend
with the company. that everything W.
virtually lost Already. and had dropped
into Tia" habit Of leaving eyerytiuny Ia
hi, WI. and Errtu,. doing wuhou:
gu~--tiDning whatever they suggested.
J hut appearing unwilling even to ad,i-e.
with them: a. If he felt himself un-
worthy. having failed - utterly. 70 . ye
advic. upon which depended the vel
far" IL Others.
II think Won had better 90 yourself.
father replied Mr.. Parsons 70 the
suggestion Of her husband that Era-ius
I should attend tn" meeting in hi ,t"ad.
- on are the head Of the family. and
: you will have more iniiu.nc. than =
oung"r man. kra-tu. can 20. too. Il
lou AID h. wish. | think cvcryboiv
ought IL g. and .ee If SOME means can
not be DEVISED t. prevent our homes
from bring DESTROYED
The meeting IF the settlers was held
The following afternoon. and John Par
son, went. - did Era>tu>. 30 did
everybody ci>. in th. ne ghborhoJt.
Somebody nominated AIR Parsons for
chairman. but lac 'i-cliue'i. and Mr.
Richie was elected 70 pre-id,. and
Era-tu> Hemingway was made -ccre-
iary. Then the meeting Wa declared
opened and expression Of opinion "A,
10 the course 10 bc pursued Il ell Tor.
The result was Il variety II ~IIgyrS-
tons and motions. some favored APP
pIving 10 the courts for an ia JUNCTION 20
stop the operations at the mines. int
Others pointed out tha. such efforts had
been made in similar case, in other
par'- of the country and had failed, or
been DELAYED until too late To save. th.
property 81 tho,. applying,
Othcrs proposed ~pctitioning the Leg
i~-latur.. for the passage of a bill for
! bidding hydraulic mining: but ~ such
a law cOnid not be- Obtained for = wear.
if al AL. tn, proposition WIS NO, favor
ably received. and finally the meet ~
adi"urnc,! without having decided upon
ANYTHING. but with lii" UNDERSTANDING
that they We're to meet again tn" next
afternoon and consider the matter It'll
further.
When they rca,,cmblcd the next ,lav
tie whole question WAS again zone
over. and Vet nothing could BE- agreed
upon.
To bring suit in court for damages
would l.. 10 become involved in endless
litigation: since they would be contend
inc against those whose resources were
~yir.uatly limitlrSS. and whose wealth
would enable them 10 protract the suits
indefinitely: 80 that if III thu, end the
settlers should b. ~>ucc--.iul N obtain
in Judgment against the companies it
would be quite a. disastrous rs To
quietly submit 10 tn" outrage.
If they sued al ali. they must make
every company. ia" debris from whose.
mines cinpt ed INTO the "ulcii above
them. parties 10 the complaint. and
would thu lind arravcd against them
men worth millions %! dollars. organized
i'll the :orm al u corporation provcrb!ally
~oul!c>>. and certainly without mercy.
OF sense IF Justice. or honor. Ia pr,ncn-
them from takin" advantage Of every
4Uihhlc "f tn" law. made. too. in many
INSTANCES. II dcliy Justice. and admin
i>lrr,d by officers who owed their cleo
ton Ia the men who controlled the
corporate capital Of In" state.
Threats of personal vinl"n e We're not
lacking.
There were those who recalled the
fact thai; more than one. in thu history
"f the Stat, thieves. i'll ckl"g> apki bal
lot-boN suffers. evrn those ~ us
>umcd tu have been elected To hi"h
offices. hal been hung upon hastily
erected "ailuw- by mcr who's. only
authority tor dom" - was their natural
right 10 protect tk.m>clyc, and families
ron he m. robbed AMI in>ulicd by or-
'.anIzcl band uf rlund"rcr>. \ large
sna iorit.. however. favored "nf legal
means for the protection ~ ;hrir
homes. and i, was inally agreed to
build a dam across the gor@c through
which the debris from the mine,
flowed. NJ n point above the agr.cult-
ural settlement, aud by cutting
trough tn. hill. turn tn mass of slick
!ng> into anoth Y gorye. which would
cause them To enter the river n a
point below. and where no damage
would b done To- occupied lands.
During the Il >cu>Sion> n , .e>e meet.
ing, John Parsons had said little, and
that little only when appealed to Tor
his opinion: but when the buillin" Of
the lam and the cutting If \ new way
for tEc Overlooking debris had been
decided upon. he called Eras,us aside.
and after comforting with him a mo-
mcnt. returned and -ub-cribed five
hundred dollars toward the work 10
bc done.
The announcement IF his subscription
WAS greeted with cheers BY the little
bod. Of men there assembled.
Il, amt all my "wn subscription.
men," he said. wsen the cheering hsd
ceased. Il don't know if any Of il
r.gh;fully is mine. It's par, of the
money We was a >avin' up fer To 5uy a
, rancl fer Erastus with. and it honestly
belongs to him. He's earned ev.ry
cent of il and morc. too; but you see
il h work soe. on an or homes is
>avel. there's got To br lots of money
comm rom sOncw here. an doctors
bills and SIGH has tuck bout everything
We made last wear. an iein' Is ka,,ns
is wiiliR'. we'll Yasuk up the I've hun-
drsi c> Don e. the committee tina, j. TO