Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-02
w II. DIXON WRIT TIES.


w IA. DIXON WRITES.
An interesting Review Of His Trip to
and Stay at Hot Springs.
Hot Springs, n II, Dec q A 9O1 I. W. ---
H III Springs is known as the Carls-
Il bad of rnerica, also as the 8 lpor
The last state legisl allure
ENACTED II law prohibiting galnbling
linz 10 rlsflnsas. TWAS given out that
& the law would be enforced. All
rambling houses mi the y quit
business I and m owed out. but the res
#EIfde1lts say that the enforce meilt Of
1.-THE law cut OF the largest IeVelllle
4 the city had About the ffiirstSoff tthe
present month they began to drift
II.backsand at present they are here il
/ ful force, fashionable gambling
q 4 houses down to the lowest kind 81
Joints. thousands OF dollars are.
won and lostlteVef day playing 3
i the races u New Orleans and San
i f ncisco 4 Besides the eli il, full oft
1 s''steerers and conf dence men to-
run people up q ms sure ching
.aIIsastn1es. Every !, lay hess some
aIolle losing; heir ID one I3ut + 81 here
5sis nothing dome; tue city recei ives 4.
4 good l-sek # and the are allowed.
Ito run. iI 81
Thee cold wave strue lS5ls here last.
!. week N earn +. N efctly lropfea
own to thezef.o MAJ. 1 luIflb-
1lstsrs hsl NJ rs near!
All coad assers pipes thatENere lex
1Spased we're frozen. tfosuof the bath
I,ho'lses could not getscold Watersttoa
temper the baths for, a few
4 ll1very one seemed frozen up. In TACT.
/ lfelt tile cold more hefetat zero than
18up north at 20 below. Blu t The
sEcold wave passed asfe;t Jour on fl w
3Ed.syy Us, and--siiiee then tt5 has been
lovely Weather, Wslsnl as September
slEup north. Very few wear an over.
sEcoat. Doors Of business places and.
residences are wide open. Today is
lcllristn andka lovely day is.
4 "a hays unshine is over The va ley
] stil
ountslill Some Of the " Sty il IS
rather hard climbing, and we seat
4 ourselves on rustic seats to rest
! When we reach the summit We are
Iabout 300 feet above the street level.
hen we return it is near ssundo own.
Christmas seems to be s great Oil
|day here, pecially with the col.
|ored people, who look forward to
I christmas tors great feast Of baked
n sweet potatoes and roast postum
! Fhefsmall boy celebrates with tor
/ Epedoes and fire crackers, equal to
Fourth Of July up north. Some
seem to have imbibed too freely Of
Fl rkansaW BOOZE as there were 1--WE
shooting scrapes, in which one man
was killed and others wounded. But
/ they think nothing Of that here.
4 1t !: is $ a comm on every day occurrence
to kill "a man here All differe noes,
either ina ina1'y or real, are settled
with guns. Only last Sunday q
party living here imagined he had a
grievance s'1'e AN against ln another party be-
cause he had arrested him while a
member Of the pc lice force sometime
preVio Gus, filed up on booze, boarded
/ the street car, went out where the
party resided, hunted him up, picked
la quarrel with him and shot two
brothers down in cold blood ], as
neither we're armed That stirred
the people up some and there was
some talk OF lyme hing, and the sheriff
run him off to Little Rock after
night with q team. These people
seem to be Of q high nervous tenn
permanent very excit able, entirely
different from the northern people.
The carrying Of concealed weapons
is strictly forbidden and the stat
utes provide the penalty Of a fine zooff
fifty dollars, but I venture to say
that nine tenths Of the reside emit yot-
erEs:, both white and black, carry re-
yolyers and will use them on the
slightest pro ocatio on. 81
had the pleasure Of meeting Sen
ator N yran, Of Ada, who is here for
his health, which is imp rowing, be
informs me. he is very genial,
ociable gentleman, and is q very en-
|thus u iastic supp porter of Senator