The daily tribune., 1904-07-07
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- sos 70 crowd TIE advertising COL.
snss.
A few days previoss 70 the opsnins
the sasessn papers contained the fol.
lowing:
''Ths U,s rssssvasios near Durango
Colo. will b opssed for settlement
May 1. Il eostains soos Of the
choicest land op the face Of Goa q
green foosstool. Thousands Of boom
ers are now in lins and advance posi-
tions arc selling for $1,000. Buffalo
Jones 10 here with 500 men and will
start now town called Ignaoio. In
4s hours It will b . city and county
seal.
Nay found lees than two dozen Of
us lined up for . grand rush for this
land overfowing with milk and
honey. Be It remarked that oct of
200 who arrived In Durango l76 re-.
turned home on the next train out.
A look at the reservation from the
train was enough for them. 1t is
hardly Necessary TO state 1t this late
day that not halt dozen citizens Of
Durango availed themselves Of the op-
portunity offered. Every mothers son
In line knew the land WAS u. g..
but raced through for fun.
Harpsr'u Weekly had An artist and
correspondent ON the scene when the
shot was fired at nson. The reserva.
tion was six miles from the line and
across the Animas river. Jim Dur
nell Of Durango and bronco buster
from Texas were neck and neck when
the Animas was reached. The Texan
slid down the rear Of his cay ouse and
srasped its tail 20 the animal could
swim more rapidly. Some Of the
boys" had An iptimation Of this and
had tbroughiy creased its extremity
and 1t slipped through the Texan's
hands. He swan to shore and saw
Jim stake his claim.
Joe Cation was among the bunci
and = sort Of Ia Ia cooler He killed
. couple Of Mexicans who made q
thrust and kept coming, down in Ari
zona. We all looked up to Joe. He
was the high oocka!orum Of the reser.
vation. but little foolishness on his
part WAS ultimately the cause Of his
undoing One hot day an old IndiAr
on the reservation sat ON q log fan
ming himself with the cover Of shot
box and Joe couldn't resist tn,
temptation to shoot at the pAsteboard
He cut few feathers out Of the red
skin's heaf gear with 1870 grain bul.
let The Indian might have stood
for that. but the ball passed O,
though = burro belonging to hi
favorite wife. The Indians mount
ed their ponies and began to ford the
river toward our locations. A few
shots directed toward Cation and hs
mounted an old bronco. loosened one
sideof pair Of hobbies. The side at.
tsched to the left side beat sort oi
funeral march ~ the pony sped along
toward Durango At . 2:20 clip. The
''dcvils Of the earth followed ant
shot the dust mp around Catlon ~ h,
dug his spurs in and hit the gri
harder each succeeding bound. H,
managed to make two miles TO . rail
road crossing where he abandoned tht
bronco and reached Durango on foo
and never showed up again on th,
reservation.
One bright day in July when th'
prairie dogs were lying lazily aroun,
and the csotus were in full bloom
ono of those ideal days when fellow
feels like moving-I announced m,
determination to leave the next da,
for Leadville. There was meetiu,
that night on my claim. Parting
was such sweet sorrow" You know
One j. O. Cameron suggested die
throw to determine who shoulA Owl
his claim and mine. Lrck wa
against me and I got BOTH then An
other and another. Fate like an evi
geni ruled on till acquired "a
acres. wrapped the section next da.
for . burro and sold it for seventy .fiv
cents. The fellow who traded tn
burro for the land abandoned il IT,
next week and has held grude
against me ever since.
Cured Of Chrome Dlarrhoea Ate
Ten Years of Suffering.
II wisi, to say few words il