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The Holly chieftain., 1906-10-19

Pomeroy house Just west of the Sal
vation army.
When our team got to the Buffalo
creek crossing oil the trail, the cattle
in the big pasture had crowded under
the bluffs for shelter and were 50
cowcd by the terrible storm that they
refused to move and make a passage
way through which Lyons could drive.
it seemed, as tho no amount OF
yelling and popping of his whip could
cut him way thru. The cattle were
so stiff from the cold that as the
leaders struck them they would fall
over on the ground, and in some cases
Lyons had to drive over them.
By plunging and jumping and driv-
ing over and thru cattle, he event.
ually got thru the bunch. The time
to pass the bunch seemed so long
to him then that he is afraid to say
how long he was i'll making the pass
age. Immediately after passing the
bunch oil cattle he considered the ad
visibility OF heading off toward
Houses residence. The sight OF the
prairie and the dcnsely snow-thick-
encd atmosphere convinced him that
if he ever got off the trail he would
be lost and frozen to certainty.
Humping himself together he began
again to swing his whip to force the
leaders into the teeth OF the storm,
making the silk cracker on the end
sing about the ears of his horses unit!
each square inch of them seemed to
be on fire, and the fire from the whip
was more to be dreaded that the BIT
ter cutting OF the fine ice carri,d in
the wind
Meanwhile the COW punchcrS, occa-
sionally looking out of the old mesa
house, which was then where il is
now, saw Lyons and his team show
The Holly chieftain., 1906-10-19

up thru the dense snow, and with a
yell OF welcome, they rushed out, ex-
pecting To find him frozen. but the
man who had been newsboy in New
York City and the head hostler for
Barnum's show when ii Travelled over
the country, and who drove six horses
more easily than the ordinary man
drives one, was badly disfgured, but
most thoroly alive. His face was
blue, his left ear, left cheek and the
lrft side OF his nostril were frozen,
but the constant exercise which he
got from the continuous use OF his
whip. kept him alive. Two OF the
horses had their ears frozen, which
viii give one some idea OF the in
lcnsity OF the cold
In 1887 blizzard more destructive
to cattle, occurred, than the one
ai@kcn nt above The river was
frozen solid and - strong was the
ice that the COW -punchers galloped
across ii in 4 body Just before the
freeze 4 big Hood had come down
and when thr river iroze il was bank
full The cattle from the north drift
ed III III such quantities that the
fences had to be cut, and to save
The Holly chieftain., 1906-10-19

and asked Tor job, and like all ten
derteet, he expected at once to begin
TO punch cattle. He was asked if he
could ride. WELL he said, "a little"
Could he rope? No. Rope whati"
Throw rope, catch steer. No"
What could he do! He did not
know" So, because he seemed able
to do nothing else he was appointed
cook and given charge OF the mess
wagon and four horses.
There were plenty OF Indian signs
on the plains and Pettee, the fore
man, had ridden off to the east and
saw bunch OF them. He was riding
at that time horse which he was
very iond OF, called, Bingham and
easily outdistanced the red warriors.
When he got back to the cook wagon
tracks, which he knew the balance OF
the boys were following, he headed
north to overlake them and warn
them oi the Indians, but in short
distance he met the cow-punchers
coming back. Well" said Pettee,
where Is the tenderfoot cook1" to
LsnGa.ed On Page II.
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it was showing h, avily but the wealth
er had not taken on the aspect OF =
blizzard. About 8 o'clock in the
morning the blizzard began to blow
from the northeast in business-likc
fashion.
This drive OF twenty miles. not ex-
actly facing the wind, but driving
1uartering to it, without unusual pro-
lection, in a blizzard OF this sort, is
one OF the wonderful feats OF which
the -punchers delight to tell As
soon as the blizzard got down to real
business and the binding particles OF
ice were driven in the lace OF Lyons
and the team as it can only be driven
by wind on the prairie. Lyons began
to understand that he had cut out Tor
him task in which, ii he succeeded
in saving the life oi hims II and hi.
team. he would be Possessed Of nerve
more than the ordinary man has II
you have ever tired to make six
horse team lac. q snOwstorm. you
will know that ii requires judlciors
and constant appllcalIon OF the whip
to keep their heads mp to the direction
you wish to go.
As a blizzard was not expected, our
The Holly chieftain., 1906-10-19

ley Land anil Cattle company, bought
the SIS" ranch from Mr. Holly and
his associates. Those OF our towns
people who worked on the ranch at
that time were John Luke, foreman;
John Cores. Charlie Cores, ]. w. Ly-
on, Lish House and Ben Riley Kid
Baxter was at that time the broncho
buster for the ranch and had to ride
six wild horses each day. In 1884 II.
A Pettee was made foreman OF the
ranch, c, L. Mcpherson was EN-
ployed by the English company to
keep their accounts and run their
store in 1883. He was made postmas-
t,r at that time and has been post
master ever since.
Some history of the old "SS' ranch
at whose headquarters Holly is now
located, may be interesting to some
OF ours citizens.
This was one of the largest cattle
ranches in the west The cattle own
ed under the "SS" brand amounted
to about $4,000, and at one time they
branded as high as $1,000. To han
die these cattle there were employed
on the ranch about thirty cowboys,
The Holly chieftain., 1906-10-19
BE 1t Ordained by the Board OF Trus-
tees ol the Town OF Holly:


Section /. That the Colorado and
Eastern telephone and Telegraph
company, ITS successors and assigns,
De ana the same is hereby granted
the right, privilege and authority 10
construct, operate and maintain It's
lines ot telephone and telegraph, in
Guiding the necessary poles, wires and
hXturts, upon, along, over and under
the highways, streets, and alleys OF
the SAID Town OF Holly, upon the
terms and conditions hereinafter pro-
vided.
sec. 2. All poles shall be erected
under the direction and supervision Oh
the Mayor and the Streets and .aiIcys
COMMITTEE, and all streets and side
walks that may be disturbed or dam
aged IN the construction Of the said
INES shall be promptly replaced ana
repaired by the said company at ITS
own expense and to the satisfaction
OF the SAID Mayor and the Streets and
Alleys Committee, and all poles shall
lie neat, symmt trical and SO located
as not to interfere with the public use
OF said highways.
Sec. 3. Said company shall be sub
Ject to all ordinances now i'll force
or that may DC hereafter passed, reia-
tive to the use OF the public highways
OF the said Town OF Holly.
Sec. 4. In consideration OF the
rights and privileges herein granted
inc said company shall furnish Tree oil
cost to the said Town OF Holly space
ior It's fire alarm and police telegraph
wrts upon all poles erected under
this ordinance.
See. 5. Nothing i'll this ordinance
contained Shall be construed to grant
TO the SAID company an exclusive iran
chlse and the said Town OF Holly
hereby reserves the right to grant a
like consent to any other company,
person or persons ior like purposes
Sec. o. Said company shall hold
said Town OF Holly free and harmless
IRON all damages or claims ior dam
ages arising by reason OF the erection
or negligent maintenance OF said
poles.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall be in
force and effect from and after its
passage and approval.
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their lives they had to be drift, d
south to be permitted to go with
the storm. AS many as $4,000 were
trailed over the river.
During this blizzard two men who
had taken UP claims to farm by rain
fall were frozen on the prairie. The
claims OF the two men were located
at the corner where Mr. Cox and Mr..
Marston now live. The men had evil
IDENTIFY left Granada to go home Ben
Riley found the first man, who was
the younger of the two, young man
in the prime OF health, in the draw
where w. II. Smiths house now is.
They evidently started to go to their
homes and found it impossible and
turned south again The young man
gave out first, but the old man kept
going until he struck the fence that
runs in front OF the old Tillett place,
west OF the Salvation army. He
grabbed the fence with his hand cvi-
IDENTIFY, and followed it as long as he
could, as his hand showed evidence of
the barbs on the wire 1t is the irony
of fate that when he was found he
was within 100 yards OF the house,
but the storm was SO binding that
he could not see the lights.
OF the Jokes OF the cow-punchcrs,
one is connected with old Eagle"
the horse which Jack Lyons brough,
to Holly with him when he came from
his ranch TO live here. Some OF us
remember this particularly well built
old grey. Eagle" had peculiar
trick in his young days, and it may
be said to have lasted until his old
days, OF bucking whenever he was
touched by mans hand on the neck.
Upon one occasion one OF the visit
ing l.nglishmen, many OF whom came
out to see the ranch, took Eagle to
ride to town, and as he was going at
quiet jog, he leaned his hands over
on Eagles" neck to rest himself,
when at once there were considerable
things doing. The gyrations and pc
culiar contortions that Englishman
went thru had curious effect on our
tcndcrfoot. After having been thrown
and catching the horse again, he rode
into camp and remarked to our friend.
H. A. Pcttet: ely don't knaow what
was the matter with the bloody beast
L must ave 'ad pain in is stom-
ach"
Nii'llci W" -puilIHt1 JOKE Is tDlu
about an Engishman who came as
tenderfoot, and OF whom it was said
he knew how to ride The cow
puncher considering that knowing
how 10 ride in England and on the
plains were two different PROPOSE
tions, put him on bucking horse.
and, to the surprise OF the COW
punchcrs, the Englishman rode him,
and rode him easily. When the fun
was over and the cowboys had stop
ped laughing at each other, they ask
ed the Englishman what he thought
OF the horses gats. He answered.
''ic was rather good 'orsc, but he
lopcd little Ugh, don't you Think"
One OF the incidents that happened
on the ranch, which goes to show the
grit that some OF our tcnderiect have
is told with much pleasure by the
boys who were not i'll this particu-
lar outfit,
A tcnderioot showed up one day
The Holly chieftain., 1906-10-19
STATE OF COLORADO,
County of Prowers,
Town of Holly,

/, N. +. Vidal, Clerk and Recorder
OF the town of Holly, County OF
Prowers, State OF Colorado, do here
by certify that the above and fore
going is a true copy of a proposed
ordinance presented to and passed
upon its first reading by the Board OF
Trustees OF said Town OF Holly at
the regular meeting OF said board
held on the 18th day OF October, 1906;
thA due and legal proof that a notice
OF the intention to apply for said ord'-
nance at the said regular meeting had
been published in The Holly Chieftain
weekly newspaper published in said
Town OF Holly, for a period Of two
weeks prior to the introduction there
OF. as is provided by Section ;, OF
Chapter I25 OF the Laws of 1905, was
filed in my Office prior to said first
reading. That said ordinance at said
meeting, after having been duly placed
on its first reading and passed. was
ordered to be published in The Holly
Chieitain for a period OF two we h.
as provided by Section 3. of Cha"tcr
I2s OF the Laws OF 1905.
(Seal) n +. NlDAI., CLERK
The Holly chieftain., 1906-10-19

In 1871 the stone ranch house and
barn on the south OF the track were
constructed by Hiram s. Holly, as
the headquarters for the great "SS"
cattle ranch. Associated with Mr..
Holly at that time were Dennis Sui
livan, now of Denver, and Joseph
A. Thatcher, referred to above. These
buildings were erected by our fellow
townsman, John Cores.
In 1888 a company OF Englishmcn,
under the name OF the Arkansas Val
The Holly chieftain., 1906-10-19
PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
Ordinance No. 40.

IN Ordinance granting permission to
the Colorado and Eastern Telc-
phone and Telegraph Company. its
successors and assigns, to construct,
operate and maintain its lines oil
telephone and telegraph, upon,
' along, over and under the high
ways, streets and alleys OF the town
OF Holly, county OF Prowers, and
state oi Colorado.
The Holly chieftain., 1906-10-19
Some Early "reminiscences of Holly

copyrighted by The Holly Chief
tain).
a history OF Holly cannot be prop
erly written without reference to the
history OF the site upon which Holly
stands. This carries one back al
most to the earliest history of the
United States.
In 1906 Captain Zebulon Pike, fol-
lowing what was afterwards known
as the Santa Fe trail. passed over the
townsite OF Holly. 1t was upon the
The Holly chieftain., 1906-10-19

outside Of cooks and foremen.
In 1880 there was a terrible bllZ-
card. The two sons of DR. Rogers.
OF Coolidge, started out to ride from
Coolidge, and were frozen to death
in their buggy. Big fat bulls that
were kept at the headquarters Of the
ranch, were found frozen dead in the
pasture. Jack-rabbits were frozen stiff
The Holly chieftain., 1906-10-19

hero of this occasion had on pair OF
ordinary buckskin gloves. To keep
his team of highly strung horses up
to the wind required constant use of
the whip. The team at every step
tried to turn its tail to the wind and
buckle up and Lyons knew if he
ever got off the trail he was lost
The only residence between camp and
the ranch at that time was the old
The Holly chieftain., 1906-10-19

and summary justice OF the plains at
that time Colonel Bent made tile
remark that, while the man may haze
made mistake, the world would b.
better off without such fools than
with them. and he felt it to be his
duty to send him on the long trail
Due persuasion, how, yer, upon Mr..
'rhatcher's part. prevented his eNecn-
,ion, and it is to be hoped that life
in the west relieved the tenderfoot
ni his tendency to over-exclteme"t'
The Holly chieftain., 1906-10-19

and were found dead just as they sat
behind clump OF sage brush.
AT that time Jack Lyons was doing
the ireighting for the ranch, and his
duties were to carry feed and has
from the headquarters to the different
winter camps. On the morning oi
the blizzard, at 7 O'Clock, he left the
winter camp located at the moutl,
Of Big Sandy, and started to drive to
Holly with six-horse team, a dis
tancc OF twenty miles. A, that time
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
A BIC CATCH

At o'clock this morning Deputy
United States Marshal Winter and In
ternal Revenue Officers Drake and
Johnson raided a Japanese okolehaO
still high in the mountain near Wahi-
ava. They captured two stills and ar
rested Yamakami, who was present ap-
parently in charge The catch is a big
one, one of the two stills taken being
about the biggest seized here. Both
were brought to he office OF Collector
Chamberlain and the Jap is In jail.
The officers had quite a strenuous
time making the raid. They left yes
terday with a team and wagon and
were out all night following the trail
to where the still was being operated,
1t was well concealed, far in the noun
tains, so we'll concealed that it could
not be seen from quite close to 1t,
The Jap was asleep at five this morn
ing, just as daylight was dawning.
when the officers jumped his camp. In
addition to the two stills they seized
some liquor that had been made on
the spot 1t is okolehao of rather poor
quality 1t had been made from sugar.
The smaller still is a very good one,
while the larger one has a very big
capacity. The Jap will be charged with
unlawful possession of a still and
probably also with distilling spirits
without having a license so to do.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16

Brown will easily have over seventy
per cent of the entire oahu County
convention, and he can leave town
now and stay away till all is over and
still be nominated That is what the
Brown men are saying now. They
claim that a review of the present
situation shows that the sheriff is an
easy winner, and that the nomination
will be made unanimous without a
struggle if it does not occur by ac-
clamation at the start.
AS for the other offices, there are
signs of some fights. Jim Quinn is
said to be meeting strong opposition as
an aspirant for supervisor. The Brown
forces, in fact, are reported to be
against him. Jim has ocme to be re-
garded as something of a hoodoo, for
he has run three times for supervisor,
on three tickets, and failed each time.
AS another reason for opposing him. he
spoiled a fine machine last time, say
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
Scandal at
The Station?
VIELED CHARGES IN THE DAILY
JAPANESE CHRONICLE OF IN
SUITS TO WOMEN.

Today's issue of the Daily Japanese
Chronicle contains the following, some
what indirect and yelled charge of i'm
proper conduct on the part of watch
men or other similar employees toward
Japanese women at the immigration
Station. There have been somewhat
indefinite rumors of the same thing in
circulation.
The immigration Depot is the first
gate for the immigrants to pass through
before they enter the territory. So
when they pass that place they pay
the most attention to every little mat
ter with the idea to study and try TO
fathom the true character of the Anne
rican people. They study it from what
they see with their eyes, before they
enter the Territory. The authorities
should therefore inspect them strictly
according to law to see If they are OF
the proper class to enter or not.
Whatever enters the mind first be-
comes its master" If any of the ac-
tions of these authorities strike and
CONTINUED on Page Eight.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16

Edward r. Adams has cabled his
resignation as Supervisor-at-Large to
take place September 1, or when his
successor shall have been appointed.
The cablegram was received by Alex
ander & Baldwin this morning and
was at once communicated to the diff
ferent authorities of the place.
No special meeting of the Board will
be called to consider the matter as the
Board will hold a regular meeting to-
morrow night and the matter will come
up at that time. The Board has the
right to accept such a resignation if it
sees fit, but the power to appoint
successor lies with the Governor.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
Dwight or
Dillingham;
THE TWO NAMES so FAR MOST
CONSIDERED FOR THE ADAMS
VACANCY.

Supervisor Lucas and F. T. p. Water
house had a conference with Governor
Carter this morning on the subject of
a successor to E. r. Adams, supervisor
at large. The aovernor expressed
himself as willing to give all due con-
sideration to the wishes Of the Board
in the matter, and 1t is reported that
the board will support c. S. Dwight
for the place.
Waterhouse and other Fifth district
men have expressed themselves as
thinking that the office should go tc
that district, as Adams is OF the Fifth
and this view is generally taken. How
ever 1t is said that the appointment OF
Walter Dillingham; is quite probable.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16

his opponent, and let in a Democrat by
ill-advised campaign speeches.
For the rest the slate is BicknelI
and Kalauokalani for their present
offices and Cathcart, If he will run. for
County attorney For the supervisor
ships contests are in sight Dnling-
ham is being made a target of already
on account of alleged employment of
japanese labor and the labor voters
threaten to declare against him. The
machine" will not declare itself vet
on the supervisorships, but there is lit
tie doubt as to it's attitude regarding
the other offices.
The County committee at it's next
meeting will change the date Of the
convention from September Is, that be-
ing Regatta day The convention will
either be postponed a week or called
for Friday, September IA, the day be-
fore Regatta Day The Orpheum
Theater has been rented for the occa-
sion, .s...s u
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The text of the message received was
as follows Alexander & Baldwin.
Honolulu:-Tender my resignation as
Supervisor-at-Large to take effect
September l or whenever my success
sor is appointed" (Signed) e. r.
Adams.
Governor Carter was informed this
morning of the resignation, and said
that it meant that he must take up the
matter of naming a successor, but that
he had not yet given it consideration.
Discussing possible candidates and po-
litical influences, the governor said he
Continued on Eage Five).
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
JOSEPH GOO KIM
RETURNS BY KOREA

With tale of horroring experience,
Joseph Goo Kim, Jr., the well known
Chinese interpreter returned from
China by the S. S. Korea last Monday.
Goo Kim who is well known in Homo
lulu, went to China about a year ago
for his health. But from the story
that he relates he found China any
thing but healthy" for him. In fact
he and his family barely escaped be-
ing killed by a Chinese mob and he was
in fact near Lung Tai Temple, in the
Lien Chow province, when Mrs, Dr.
Machle and three other missionaries
were massacred by the same mob. That
Goo Kim and his family did not share
the fate of the white people is little
short of a miracle.
"The massacre" said Goo Kim this
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16

morning 20 a representative of the
Star occurred on October %, of
last year. There had been con-
siderable feeling on the part of the
Chinese residents Cf the town of Choy
Yin Pa against DR.. Machle and threats
to do him up had been made. On the
particular day, the Chinese in the viii
lage were holding some celebration or
worship They had built their bamboo
house over the road and over on to the
wOmen's hospital which was on the
land belonging to the Presbyterian mis-
sion DR.. Machle took three guns away
from the Chinese because they had
built their house over the mission land.
The Chinese became incensed and a
CONTINUED on Page Five).
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CONTINUED on Page Eight.
AGENT IN LONDON

Mrs. E. r. Stackable has received a
letter from her husband stating that
he was in London. r. d. Tenney states
that he interprets that to mean that
Stackable has been successful in the
Azores and has gone to London to OBJ
tain a ship to bring the immigrants
here.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16

in No. 29 Broadway Noticing that his
mother as she grows older becomes
more and more melancholy because of
the absence of her son, Mr.. Popham
has resolved to take measures to find
him if he is still alive He therefore
inserted the foregoing personal" in
the Herald.
"I am confident" said Mr.. Popham
yesterday, that if my brother Edwin
is still alive he will see this personal
and send us some news of himself. We
used to hear from him as often as once
in two years, but since 1897, when he
was capital n of a vessel on the Pacific
Coast, he has not written a word to us.
mo matter in what part of the
world he is I'm sure that this per
sonaP will reach him ano that he will
send some information of himself to
his brother and sister and aged moth
err"
The only Captain Edwin H. Par
kerr given in the local directory is the
master of the s. S. Claudine.
Captain Parker is we'll known in
these islands and is one of the most
efficient and able of the island mas
ters. Should he prove to be the miss
ing relative, and such seems likely, il
will be cause of satisfaction to his
many friends in Honolulu and through
out the islands.
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HOW IT is DONE.

BY handling large quantities If goods
and by selling these goods at a very
small margin of profit we are able to
make prices on Japanese articles that
cannot be duplicated in honolulu. X.
Yamomoto, wholesale merchant, Hotel
near Nuuanu.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-16
ANOTHER REIGN OF TERROR.
DRUC Combine MAY Be OFF

There were reports this afternoon
that the drug company consolidation
deal was off Commodore Hebron of
the Hebron Drug Company stated in
reply to questions that the deal had
not been closed. 1t had never been
definitely settled and he did not know