The Globe-republican., 1906-04-26
FIRST GLIMPSE or DODGE
What Derry Shaw Saw When he First
Reached the Wild Woody West.

What Derry Shaw Saw When he Frs
Reached the Wild Woody West.
Jerry Shaw, Of TT Dodge, wandered
Into the county convention At the cour
house saturday and WAS at once motionrt
to the corner occupied bv the frat ward
delegation, brcauss TOR over twenty year.
| past he has been familiar ngure 10 thai
delegation. For twenty yssrs Jerry lived
In the second ward In Dodge CRY, and Al
hs always took 40 active interest In the
Republican primaries be was us,ialy on
the delegation from that ward. Now
after aver half life time OF service ~ q
rsilro4d, engineer, during which space Of
time be was nrvrrin a wreck, he has
decided to play safe has retired and Ia
located at the State Soldiers Home where
he Il fhe pugiueet at the water works.
Speaking OF his long residence 10
Dodge 'ity, IN y conversation saturday,
Mr.. Shaw said tha he weuld never for
get bis first arrival In the town.
Dodge City was then really wild and
wecl, place, and he got a demonstration
Of the woody part the minute that bis feet
t,uched tbt depot platform, as he allght-
cd from the train.
There was commercial traveller on
the train who Iode with Shaw, and who
got off OF the train at the same time.
Jerry bad noticed Two particulars re-
garding the man, first that be was Jew,
and seoobl that hs wore an elegant new
silk "stovepipe" hat. There was crowd
Of the "gang" IN the platform. and the
silk hat caught their eyes Immediately
The Jew had taken only few steps when
some one threw hat high in the air
and apparently every body In the crowd
took shot NJ 1t. 1t was shot so full Of
holes that 1t would scarcely hang together,
bnt the Jew never batted an eye, and
looked as pleased as though he was
receiving the reception Of his life. He
bowed to the boys politely, and was
ready to shake hands with them Ike q
long lost brother.
His conduct staggered the ''gaDg" and
his prompt Invitation to everybody to
''come to The saloon and have somsdiug"
met with their further approval The
"gspg" voted him good fellow all the
way through, and pilotsd him to the
saloon. The Jew .peut twenty or thirty
dollars filling the boys up and told them
they were the finest crowd be had struck
In bis territory. The boys warmed up 10
him and apolosized profusely for running
his hat. Then they insisted on buying
him hat, aud taking him to Bob Wright's
store, bought him fantastic head gear
the extreme cow oy fashion, which he
donned and sw."e that it suited him
better than any lid hc had ever worn.
Then The boys. flied with admiration,
generosity, and good grade Of whisky
declared that they would make the Jews
fortune for him. They found out wat
kind OF line he was handling and start
ed the rounds. They gave 1t out cold
that The merchant that refused to buy
SIX months stock of that jew would
never get another dollar Of trade out OF
the "gang," and as the gang handled a
good proportion of the money that found
lis way to Dodge City brfere 1t reached
the merchants, the Jew had the best days
busiaess be ever had. He sold thousands
OF dollars worth and fixed hisowu prices,
aud no questions we're asked.
II has besn lntimated s'uce that the
salesman was friend of Adolph Gluck,
OF this place, and that the whole thing
had been planned 10 advance. MIR. Glnck
had posted the salesman on the town,
advised him to come In wearing plug
hat, told him that the boys would shoot
1t up and that he would only have tolook
pleasant and buy the drinks, and the boys
would do the rest. At any rate II was a
booming success asa shrewd business
lurn, aud WAS worthy Of the ability even
Of Mr.. Glnok. who has probably never
from infancy been asleep with more than
one eye at time.