The Holly chieftain., 1897-07-16

Il i needless 70 ysmssk that Nfkls ~
the end Of this passtsalaf I'D nans
rsign In Trail City.
Tnil CITY. semseimss esl1sa sHslIb
Half-Acrs.~ = bad shs rsseA1eioe vhils Il
lasted II bsisg tss vusys uossG border
town y q ssse s8iafsd. II ~ lscassd
disretly upon ~ Linz hstvssa Kaissa
and Colombo. Il eossiatsa q - sov
u fhcusps placsd sxsGt,y On he lias,
ons end Of sch building basne v Cp,o.
ssdo aad ~ other r Kaaaa4 Az were
salooas and daucs ndussa sxnspt ous
vhsch ~ 8 esasral s1ose Hen ~
nsasjy two ysazs the Asless slAnsni
ds6sd The o4Icsn d two sEuses, lbs
when The sheii9 q KansAs entered .
sslooa q arrest : criminai. hs bad only
70 rstrsat 70 The othes and u ths hn,ld-
M % 10 II Colorado. ard hsyond The
jurisdistion u the oGBesr. ssd Il y mid
thaG wkt nAvsr the sheriff satersd I
buildins, esssyoas u ~ rooa spsans
70 the sshss snd. unt.l u ~ losud Who
b. ~ sftar. rhs pl.es - called
Trail City. bscsaas aboas thst tlus.
Kana.s bad : Q,sssantins sseainst Gooth-
srn cssils. ard The tsail itom Tsxas and
Indian territory paaDed mp The line
thrnuah the poiHt whess Trail City W
loeased. Every day hssds we're pass-
Ing bv, sad the covbovs were the prey
of the -inhabitanss Of this camp.
Only . short diseancs up ths river VA
the cid Bveetvatsr ranch. which shsf-
wsrds became The property of Holly 4
suilivsn. aud was called the Holly
ranch. A ss,.os eighty miles long On.
closrd . strip of Land running op the
river. Herr wess Thousands Of cattle;
full corps of cowboys were constantly
engaged in caring for them.
When the railroad came throash, thu
town Of Cooiidse. hvs miles east Of thu
ranch. sss fhvorite loading place fol
the COWBOYS. Ono Of their hvofite
smasemsats vas to ride into town early
II the morning when tha train came in
and. riding al.'nsside : sleeper. reach {
hand through an open window and srat
> pillow. jerk il from under the sleeper'l
head and ride away waving the troph,
10 the cir. 1t 10 ssid that tho vLols
camp 1t Holly's rsrch was supplied
with Pullman palace car pillows and
blankets.
Oeeasionaliy. the boys would take I
noton 70 make trip up to Fort Lyon
or>LAs Aaimas. When they took tht
nosion, they simply boarded the train IL
. body and went where they plsased
There was NO conductor on the rod
who bad the tsmsrity 70 ask for fsrs
sitsr one experience.
Finally the cowboys ON tho ranch bs
came % Tough that no one could os
found who could do anything viii
them. They wsre simply running III.
ranch 70 suit themsslvss until the pro
prieton engaged Harry Psttss ~ super
intsddent and sent him down to tak,
charge.
Harry vas . young man. bat hsd 81
rsady mads bis marx - . sassis handle
and lIssiss border man. Altar 'tasis
charge. Harry called ~ the nsn tcssth
| O. ops morning and insds them littl
speech. Il understand that yeu fellow
ars al psstsy cuts," sajd ~, .aud thu
y.u Ill th'hk yos are abeat right. No,
l have bssn sent here 70 nm this rsnci
and II any ofyos thiak you ase bstss
men than ] am, stsp ont apd " vii
come % q dssstanding right here.
No one cared to tackle The nll ashle,
k, stssn lhcsd man. Afsr thai th
Holly ranch ~ noted Ser its good ol
der.
To b cowboy in those days requiys
. man with more than the avefag
ne1vs- Indians were plentiful Nor
than one round-up expsdition rsturne
to the ranch short some Of the b.,
men. Many scsimmsge with the ~
skins can Harry Pstsss rslsis. He 30
his two friends are loaded with II
unpublished history ofthe ysllsy. job
Gorss wns famous bud.lo hunter
his yonngsr days, and " y aid b.
nads rsoords IN this line that vss
even gfsstsr thsn those Of BuAkl
Bili.-Rocky Mountain News.