New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-18
TIC UBLE WITH TILE GOVERNMENT
MR.. BoLAND's GRIEvoUs EXPERIENCE
Mr. CARRUTH, LATE OF "TIIE DAKOTA BELL"
GIVES TRIBUNE READERS SOME SERIOUS
WESTERN IDEAS


Western Dakota town, tho Missouri River recently,
man who looked some "a If he had been run ab0nt
halfway through a cyclone, ard then pulled out by tho
legs, approached me and took seat on an adjoining
coil of rope. lie seemed panied when he fonnd that
had no chewing tobacco abont me, and then anls'!y
began mascatng spear of buffalo grass hay. Ihs
hay seemed to awaken his conversational powers, and
soon he turned 10 me and said;
Stranger. what's Your opinion OF the Government
WELL" | replied. guaidcdly. 81 suppose 1t has iis
faIlngs7
Blamed If | amt beginning to think so myself hs
answered rs he took the spear Of hay ont of his mouth
and pointed at me II he going 10 shoot. In
fact. I've been tlnkin some time. only amt said
much bout it. Yom may not mind bcin told thai
my name Is BOland old Joe Roland. ies got ont
a jail. an am m0SeyIn' long home
An said. I'm comforting tone Of voice: va
all liable TO get into Jail once IN wlilc.'
Hey ?" he replied, you been there have you!
Well lowed you looked liite that way. Inn |
didn't want 10 say DOhIn' Bout this Government
business. mcbby rs all right but | dunno. II don't
pear to hardly sif It putin in IT'S haid licks
where they'll fer the Mebby IL is. but /
have my doubts
ScS raj years ago Twin IN Tennessee where
had moved an jos kinder slidn' along an
gittin' a lvin fer myself an the old wouiau an tho
young'uns au' three AZ ley-lnoiin hOnn' dogs You
seen in counties. II pretty hard work
to scratch long an sometimes the old woman an rho
rcadn in The papers 'obnt The wiskey Frauds an how
tine big dstiicis cheated the Government an couldn't
hear IL done n0ihln' to 'em | lowed TO go Into
the bushes, myself an make 5 much me an thu
old woman wanted to drink ourselves 20 went At II
with a tcallle an thing an another ar had jcs'
got The first or done an tasn' of it an blown'
bach the corn meal on II an smacbn' my lip, when
heard the biggest noise did bout, an the old
woman looked out an yelled that the whole amy was
comm an took s1uIn an saw bout a hundred
men. mar>has n deputies an so forth, comm vol
In an vhoopn' an h1lclin fer to Slender
30" some an lii OUT tie back an went
tnarn' through the woods an they a-eonIn' after
| went through them wood, tahn' steps lllc h0,s,
an they a-gainin on me cviS jump. come 10 Pzcn
Fork. which the Government tryln' to improve an
make nav gable. an thought meOby they mishi turn in
an chase the contractor. | UNDERSTOOD mat he'd
stole bout hundred thOnsan'. But they didn't an
wien looked back tie contractor himself had
i'iucd the crowd an yc!lln stop in 80 e,'
laid down an let ON take
"The contractor stood round with hi, pockets
buein an said | otcr be strung up for doirauiln
the Cover mrnt which defended an good 10
gcne'ly They took me TO tie railroad station
Ia take the Tain an | seen the contractor cmbn' on
with sIip all ,velled up like a III a clover field.
an | lowed Il Was thc money Ire had stole. When
The train Pllcn TX. which he'd been i'm
WO'n', noticed man down IA the bed Of il moHln'
nay. an wien | looked at TIA, contractor lac was
hinder pleasant Ike
Ihcy shut ne up fer a year II wa a Government
hui,lin an il most fell Two three times cau,o
tie sfdmes laid uD thout mortcr. the con-
tractor That built it havn all the morier into his
uru huiss. an didn't have LEFT fer tns
Government builaln'.
&c | wouldn't of got out soon as | did If tho
tractor hadn't got pa1lOncl ics' for lection sos
could vote fer him fer Congress. Tie said he'd got
Ia cit into Congress an secure preparation to st
some morter fer that bullln'.
tfcr I .ot l moved Ia Missoor. 1 raised
little toiLacAer 'mong Other things. one day when
| was harvc>tln my tcrhackcr "A man come long an
asird me fnr leaf 10 kinder chaw an revive MIN.
SELF Give II 10 him an didn't think nothiu. He
give il bout t'vo chawS roll in hi, morrh an
then rested fer leaIln in tcrbacker 'thout H.
censc. 4. : Depciiy Marshal. You ser The law.
yer prosecuted me ralcd pcrtty hard an most
cried Wien ne told me what a wicked ihiu; II fer
me- 10 beat my Government. didn't feel Ike di,putn'
him cause hearcd he'd es' made fifty thousau' on
some o these ere siarrouic mail contracts. rccA
oned he oitcr know.
v hen got out this time moved mp 10 WiSron.
sin an went TO chopin an gitin' nrcwood an
scllin IL fer Two seveniy-iiv0 cord ono night
whcn L was soin' home l heard another ycln' an
looked back an seen more men arOmin' Tho
Unitcrd states is trarkn' agln.' says l. an ~
out for III" high timber. Blamed II II didn't seem
bout ten yard, behind me an hollern fer stop
Well. laid dawn after while an they touk ma
az m got two years this tlme-cut tree that
stood partly over thc line Government land Won
Understand. Tho ledge said these timber thcfs had
got o he set down sn' he gon' TO mako
'zample Of me- II the knowcd itself / won
dcred some rlms how they got onto me- 50 sudden.
but found out after while that the superintendent
of pine land company THAT had ics sobbIed 2Oo.oOO
acres OF pine land an takin tic timber oil an
sawin' II up INTO lumber hal reported ne. They
wanted iat tree themselves.
"r got ont aen az last but knowed the Coy
cr'mcnt had It's eye on me. All wo uns that lived
ln tia, nclburh ID soon had to move any how cause
an agent Of a lulc lnIin reservation by that
had stole tho Inilns' grub nh they had got down
81 thin thar the department srndn'' those 'ero
side. wheel invcllid cheers ont to EN- said that We
was sflirin' mp bad blood in the Inins an was Hblc
to periccrpaie an outbreak; the Government sent
some Troops an made Us moscy.
L then moved ont here To Dakota an took IN
some land The cud tween m the UnlfenI states
seemed to kinder lei uD an lowed mebby ihoy want
camUed my trail more Bout this time my
boy Jim, jincd the reg lar army an he had a litila
fraous with The Government OF his own They had
cm ont driiiim' EN- one day au a ny happened TO
Hight IN Jim's nose an naturally he took hts hand
an brushed il away. Well SIR the co,nmandln'
Officer roarcd so he took the lock-jaw. an all tho
o'I"r on GERS begun 10 howl fer Jim. II scarf HIM
:" lie dropped his gun an struck ont fer tho
mount Ms An then the whole force ordered ont
to hunt him; an tho facts an lot Of alerlaylts
an diagrams ahuut lin an the ry was sent ia
Nashnton, an tho War Department got excited an
oniemd more troops TAI hunt him. an when they sos
him at last all the officers in army th~lr,
an they hal big trial an Congress ordered a In.
ve-t"rgaiion Ia sec whether It common hos>-ily
or one o. those big blue boulcrs An while tho
Cover mcnt had its mouth open back to its ears
hoierh bout jim an tho fly, sorter waded into
The newspapers an | read bout Mexico shuttln up
a lot Of Americans an shootln' few an trcatin
our Minister to llckcr that want fitted to him. an
bout canada scilin' some OF our fshn' boats. an
bout the lniS I'm Aroma KILN or the settlers an
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