davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24

There was nothing for the superintendent to
do but. obey. Before he could get out of the
door of the car, should he attempt to escape.
the train would be dashing at a, breathless
speed down the grade. He was helpless!
Drawing the funds from his pocket, and
also his valuable gold watch, he handed them
through the window to Burns, who clutched
them with an exclamation of triumph.
Pull the rope, anyway" then cried the
conductor to his accomplce. dead men new
er tell talesi''
Fright you are" replied Jackson; and pull
the rope he did.
:. At the same instant he gave q yell Of de-
light, for Dan Young leaped upon the grip
car, from the opposite side of the bridge, and
the villain thought that the boy, whom he
had long dishked, and who was now bent on
frustrating his plans. would go down to death
with the superintendent.
But his triumph was of short duration. ,
Once the train had got under way down that
dizzy grade, no power could have stopped it.;
but before the wheels Of the train could turn
and get momentum, SO opportune and so
swift were Dams movements, the rope had
been snatched from Jackson's hands, and ere
the wheels had turned twice, the brakes, by
tremendous effort, were reset, and the ter
rible calamity was averted
How had Dan become a rescuer?
The moment the train had stopped, he: had
OWNED that mischief was afoot, or at least
that there was something wrong, for a stop
on the grade under any circumstances was
strictly forbidden.
Down the decline he dashed, and how he
escaped fall through the trestle-work is an
unsolyable mystery, for his course, even in
daylight, was dangerous in the extreme.
| Without a moments hesitation he sprang
upon the car, and accomplished deed that
was nothing short Of heroic.
jackson attempted to jump back on the
car, undoubtedly to attack the youth, but
his foot slipped from beam of the bridge
and he fell heavily, breaking his leg.
Burns also tried to leap upon, the car, and
he was met by Mr.. Clay, who struck him in
the face with his fist so forcibly that he tum-
bled headlong over the platform railing and
struck the bridge on his head. He lay uncon-
scious where he had fallen.
The superintendent recovered his money Sc
cured the would be robbers as prisoners, lifting
them, with Dams assistance, into the car. and
then, the grip in the hands of the latter. the
train was run up the hill and on without
stop to the companys Office.
Grateful for the boys services and enthusi-
astic over his brave action, Mr.. Clay that
night presented him to the officers of the
road and warmly recommended that he be
handsomely rewarded for his admirable deed
Need / say that the company cordially coin
cided in the opinion of the superintendent?
| Well, today Dan Young is in fair way to
realize his ambition to be great engineer.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24

Producing small rope from his pocket,
jackson hastily made moose in one end of
1t, and drew it over the lever which set the
brakes.
Then he sprang off the car to the bridge,
holding the opposite end of the rope
The conductor had preceded him, and had
gone downward alongside the train until he
same same to the window behind which sat Mr..
Clay.
The movements of the two men were 80
sudden and swift that the superintendent did
not realize that anything extraordinary was in
with loud crash.
oondnIt mdoIr watch and money, Mr.. clay!" the
son son will throw the brakes and send you and
tabe the down to dstrIStOn Lest 9gck!
The superintendent glanced quickly ahead
ana saw that everything was in readiness for
the execution of the threat
Jackson stood free of the car, as did Burns,
throw the lever that applied the brakes where
upon the, train would almost instantly lean
downward on the steep incline
Mr. Clay was unarmed, and, as he was quick
20 see; totally at the mercy of the two ruff
fans. to- whom he had given employment. he
heylng IN their honesty.
But to be robbed on this night would be
terrible blow, not only to himself but to other
men' whose presence he had left less than
half an hour before. 'NA-
The truth of the matter was, Mr.. CLAW had
on that night held long conversation IN he
half Of the cable company, with number of
Wyandotte's leading citizens, LOOKING 10 the
extension OF the road in the interest of the
sister city, and, as a result of the conferenre v.e
some ten of them had subscribed 70 the nro,
ject the sum of fifty thousand dollars Part
OF this had been paid in cash to the suner;n.
tendent, the majority of it, however. heinz
given in checks: There was probabiv 'o,ms onas
fifth Of the. whole amount in k-biIIs Re.
sides this, it SO happened that Mr. Clav had
large sum OF money belonging to himself
The, directors and officers of the cable com.
pany had also held meeting that niobt and
cess with the Wyandotte gentlemen. had ;n-
mediately. instructed him to bring The % money ne,
over, with his contract, and other imnort q n;
papers relating to the subject, and thew would
await his coming in the companys fS ofEcs wou'd
There was little fear of robbery. for tbe
superntendent's short journey was altoget far bar
by car. and, besides, his mission to Wys5dotte
was thought to be known to none save th"se
legtimately interested '-'''e
mo stopping to think this matter over,v
cried Burns, impatienty. "Hand over the
money, or down you go! Get ready. Jack.
son; and if he don't fork over, pull tie rome
when / give the signal"
"Ihat I'll do" answered Jackson.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24

AS ne passed Dan, the boy was the recp-
Int OF an insulting epithet, and catching a
iooh ae the grlpman's face by the aid of the
car,iamp, he quickly came to the conclusion
tnas jackson had been drinking.
, aHere were no passengers no trains were
sIs travais1 .ne depot at this hour, and hence no
CraVeiers sought the station. The conductor
seemed to be in the same condition as the
sIIpnan, Tor he stood on the platform be-
!"Seh the two cars, and shook his fist menac
in9ty , az Dan as the train shot by him.
t was a rigid rule of the company that no
man IN Its employ should indulge in liquor,
and, determined to report the two men to- the
superintendent, Dan rang the telephone bell.
aMr aRe superintendent {sdn was not in his office
business this afternoon, but he is @ expected
back here on every car" he was informed
The president and all the members of the
company are here"
Dan wondered what the president and d.
rectors were doing at the Office at that time
OF night, but he asked no questions, and iu-
stead told the assistant, with whom he was
talking, OF the conduct of the gripman, jack
son, and the conductor, whose name was
..'We'n attend to EN-" came back over the
wire. They'll keep straight on the return
run, think, for will telephone Ralph at the
depot fsd %r6 to hold them until the midnight train
IRON IRON Wyandotte gets in with Mr.. Clay, go
He'll keep 'em sober enoughl"
| Jackson went tearing down the incline M
the full speed of the cable, and though he did
not run into the car ahead of him, he missed
it only by few yards.
MIR, Ralph, the master of the cable station.
threatened him sharply for his "carelessness y
and then devoted his attention to discharci3o 10
the first train on its return.
Dan, shiyering at his post, saw the yellow
headlight climbing steadily toward him. closer
and closer, and finally. with a cheerv good.
night from the ,gripman and conductor, the
tram disappeared over the hill.
Far below him he could see the train OF
jackson and Burns being switched into posi.
ton. POS
II was not started Immediately, however.
he understood the delay; it was being held
for the midnight train from Wyandotte which
was evidently a tride late. Wyandotte was a
nelghboring city.
Presently the train came putting in, and a
solitary passenger alghted from it and entered
the cable-car.
1t was impossible to be sure at so great n
distance, but the electric lights at the depoi
were brilliant, and Dan thought the penfIe
man was Mr.. Clay, the superintendent He
was correct. as he knew later
Upward came the cable-train. Dan laughed
as he thought of the surprise the two Guilty
employees must have had at sight of the super
intendent. Y
The boy forgot the cold and watched The
up-coming cars with eager interest.
Mr. Clay, during the ascent of the hill sal
at the back end of the second and last ear
and seemed very much absorbed with hi.
usual in the actions of the two tran-men.
Yet their actions were unusual. They spoke
together on the grip-car in whispers and pres
emily jackson stopped the train while tho
top Of the hill was still hundred yards above
them
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24

and grip-man, and at intersections,
crossings, switches and dangerous points,
"Sentinels' were stationed.
l want to tell you about one of these cable
car, sentinels-Dan Young by name, as bright
and accommodating a young fellow as you
would meet anywhere.
There is no need of going into Dams per-
sonal history; suffice it to say that he had
but himself to depend upon for his support,
had been compelled to sacrifice his educa-
ton, and was ambitious to become a great
engineer
He had sought employment with the cable
company in the hope that he should be able
to work his way up into the engineering de-
partment of the system.
The particular interest .centering in Dan
originates in the story of his brave action one
dark November night
The city in which he was employed had
some big hills. and especially steep and long
was the incline leading from the Union Depot
in the bottoms" up the bluff to the central
and business portion of the city.
So precipitous was this hill, that when the
idea of utilizing it, for a car. route was ad-
yanced, it was laughed at as foolish; but the
idea was put into practical execution.
giving way of grip while the train was on the
incline meant dash downward at an almost
inconceivable rate OF speed.
1t was Dams duty to stand at the top of
this incline and guard the approach to the
long, descending bridge. BY means of a
telephone, connected with the superintend-
ent's Office he recorded the arrival and de-
parture of the trains, and gave other infor-
nation of Importance.
He gave no car the signal to pass down
until the preceding train had reached its des.
tination at the depot, and had been switched
off the track to the up-going line.
Dan realized that it was responsible posi-
ton, and he paid strict and undivided atten-
ton to his duties. 1t was this faithful adhe-
renee to duty that resulted in the opportunity
which led to his distinction.
1t was the first cold night of the autumn
and dark clouds in the sky caused it to be
black as Erebus.
Dan shivered as he stood at his post, and
thought OF his warm bed in the little house
which the company had provided for him in
the hillside only a short distance away.
BY the light of the lamp at the end Of the
bridge, he glanced at his old but reliable
watch, and saw that the time was ten minutes
TO midnight.
zone more car down." he said to himself
"and that'll be the last for the night. Good!
There it is now. It's close after number six
teen, which is not over halfway down the
hill Hold on, Phil Jacksonl"
The grpman had no right to advance unit
Dan gave him the signal, but his train cam,
rapidly on.
Dan gave the signal to wait repeatedly
swinging his red lantern straight up and dow n
but Jackson paid no attention to him
Instead of holding his car until the one il
advance was out of the way, he caught the
cable tightly and started down the grade al
full speed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24
Copyright by James Elverson.

GENERATION ago when the horse
cars had been supplanted by cable
cars, the new manner of transporta-
ton was thought to be ideal. The
cars were in charge of a conductor
and grip-man. and at intersections,
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-07-24
Motor Cars for Railroad Traffic.

A recent trial on one of our largest railroads demonstrated that a motor car carrying forty-eight passengers can be run 700 miles in twelve hours with out stopping it's engine, and which is better than any steam car record. It is believed by many that the day for motor cars for local and suburban traf- fic is now here Do you know tn tt there is a better record of cures of stomach, liver and kidney ills back of HOStetter's Stomach BitteFs than any other, and fair trial will demonstrate beyond all doubt that it always cures poor appetite, belching, bloating, dys- pepsia, indigestion, costiveness, sour risings, headache, cramps, diarrhoea, female ills or malaria. Start taking the Bitters today and see how quickly your various ailments will disappear. Your druggist will supply you with the genuine.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-07-24

Dr. Clymer went inside Friday with R. k. Hoge, who had to go to the hos pital on account of an attack of pleu- risy.
 Gene Ingram was bitten by a black spider or some other venomous insect Sunday, and the thing gave him puch annoyance for two or three days.
 J.W. Darlington, editor of the Sem tinel, left Monday for the coast, but in- tends to put in most of his summer va- cation at Weymer, Nevada.
 P. J. Sullivan, customs inspector, went to Gila Bend Thursday night last to superintend the transfer of car of bonded goods. He came back Friday.
 Lynn Despair and Will Sexsmith have come in from the mines in the BOuse country. The heat drove them out. They say the Ibex-Plomosa mine IS looking fine.
 The Rev. w. l.. Williamson, the Baptist preacher, and his wife have b"ught a country place near the Valley Baptist church, and have moved on to it. They enjoy country life.
 J. Fred Nottbusch is in luck in his gold mine, He has ledge from forty to one hundred feet wide and four thousand feet long which assays s4.65 on the surface, and from a shaft ten feet deep he got ore running S12.4O. His strike is twenty-five miles north q Palomas,
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-07-24
The New School House.

Bids for the new school house will be opened on the 29th at 10 o'clock, the work to commence September and be completed by January l, 1908.
 h regard to criticism as to the delay in this work, it was caused by the una voidable absence ofthe president of the board, w. H. Elliott, and by the knock CTS and kickers in Yuma. For three months this matter was at a standstill because some of the patrons of the school could not agree as to the best plan for the building; some wanted one thing and some another. and so 1t went. Finally the school board took the mat ter in their own hands, adopted plans and advertised for bids.
 By this time it was so late as to throw the work in the middle of he summer, which was unfortunate. The trustees architects and all of the con- tractors strongly advised the board against building in midsummer as heat would be detrimental to the concrete work and would make it more eXpen- sive. That is why it was decided o have the work begin September |.
 To Say that the interest on the bonds is running all the while is nothing new or strange, for the interest is not only running now, but it must be paid just as well after the school house is built. The interest On the bonds must be paid now. of course, but it must be paid right on for fifteen years.
 In the meantime the district gets a better and cheaper building for wait ing few months, and is not out a penny. The district can use its old buildings temporarily and does not have to pay cent for rent. January the new build ing will be ready for occupancy.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-07-24
Governor Kib5ey's Cienency.

On the recommendation of the board of pardons, which is the board of con trol, Gov. KibT'ey has granted par. don to Carmeon Nlendibles and has paroled l.. C. Miller and William Con nors. Mendibles was here from Co chise county and had served nineteen years of d life sentence. Miller's life sentence for alleged participation in 8 jail break had been commuted 10 % years and of this he had served ten years and twenty-four days. Connors, like Miller, was from Prescott and had served six years of an eighteen year sentence for shooting and killing Wm Bryant,
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-07-24
Sinclair Bound Over.

Fred Sinclair was fined $50 for four. ishing gun and has taken an appeal to district court. ca charge of as saulting Mexican named Jose Oreigo, he waived examination and was held in the sum of $500, which he gave. Oreigo was drnnk when he entered the Cabinet. This he admits, for he says Il remember nothing which happened to me-" He was offensive, and came out of the trouble which followed worse for wear. Sent to the county hospital, he escaped in the night. leaving the last stitch of his clothing. Sunday night Officers Anderson and Harding spotted him, and charged him with disorderIy conduct. in order to hold him until his testimony could be given.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-07-24
Official Extravaganza.

Writing letters to newspapers is an easy task for some people under any and all circumstances, and when such persons are receiving 5000 a year of the peoples money and doing nothing to earn it, these letters are something of divine inspiration over which their author gloats.
 In spite of long and involved sentenc- es which explain nothing and have neither purpose nor merit beyond the fact that they are the safety valve for the verbosity of their author. we must be pardoned if We still insist that pay ing S2500 a year for something as good or better which may be obtained for $500 year is not consistent with our ideas of running business proposition.
 If the Yuma County Water Users Association is not business prOpOsi- tiOn it had better be made one or the farmers will find 1t a serious burden. The richest man in the world cannot be wasteful, careless and eXtravagant and remaiu rich. Now, when the farm- CTS are struggling to hold their own while they wait fer water, is the time of all times when the strictest economy should be practiced in their behalf, There isn't any need to waste columns of space and type. If something you want can be had for $600 and you pay S2500 for it, you are losing $500. If YOU spend $1200 or more for furniture, fixtures and other staff you might have had free of cost you are wasting anoth- CT S1200 Men who do business that way do not prosper as individuals and they cannot prosper as an association.
 Pardon the suggestion, but since this associations quarters are so awfully swell and the busy. busy president and his man Friday, the busy, busy secre- tary, are so occupied with public affairs. they must give their positions all of their valuable time for d valuable sal ary) why not employ, as an ornamental offset to the sawed-oT secretary six foot negro uniformed butler whose du- ties shall be to greet the troublesome, if sometimes perplexed and harrassed, ranchman, at the forbidding door of the magnificent association quarters and when the ranchman applies for en- trance to their highnesses let the but Ter demand, "Youah cahd, suh!"
 And about politics, isn't it slightly Of the game to maintain three offices for $2j00 where really only one should ex- isl at $500?
 Writing letters to the newspapers does not throw sand in the eyes of the ranchmen.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-07-24
Best Medicine in the World fer CoIic
 and DiarrEIoca.

1T find Chamberlain's CoIic, Cholera
 and Diarrhoea Remedy to be the best
 remedy in the world" says Mir. C. L., Carter, of Skirum, Ala. 'I am subject
 to collie and diarrhoea. Last spring it
 seemed as though I would dier and ] think 1 would if l hadn't taken Cham berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diaprhoea Remedy. 1 haven't been troubled with it since until this week, when I had a very severe attack and took half a bot tie of the 25c size Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and this morning I feel like new man. 1" For sale at the Ketcherside drug store.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-07-24

An irrigation enterprise to reclaim 30, 600 acres of land seven miles from Salome, has been launched under the name of the Harqua Hala project. The dam and canal will cost only $40, coo. The enterprise is private ownership, but settlers will be invited to pre- empt the land under it from the government.
 w. F. Timmons writes that water has been struck on the Big Horn com pany's mining claims at a depth of 25 feet, and that they are in great luck about this, as they had to haul from 6 to 10 borrels ;t week into camp before this. Six men are at work on the claims.
 An inquest will be held at Silver He'll July 30th over the remains of Jim Kerrick and Lee Bentley, the men killed by Ranger Wheeler and Johnny Cameron, while resisting arrest for horse stealing. The inquest was asked for by w. |. Bentley, brother of Lee.
 A cowboy employed. by the Yuma Land and Stock company, at Donovan's camp, on the Lyall ranch, was bitten by a black spider Sunday night, and brought to the city. Dr. Alp John treated him. tFe was able to go back to the ranch Monday.
 
 !. M. Thacker has two acres of pears in the valley now ripening. He will have about 20 tons of the fruit and will get between $500 and sl0o0 for it.
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-07-24
Man Found Dead.

William Roberts, all Englishuln, who had been about this country sev- eral years, was found dead in South ern Pacific bunk car at the stock yards Sunday night, when a Chinese cook went to call him for supper. Not much was known about him. He had been with the railroad pipe laying gang a week. and several months be- fore had been working at the da'n. Just before he died be had tied, up his head with a wet towel, saying his head ached. The verdict of the in- quest was ''death by natural causes"
The Arizona sentinel., 1907-07-24

Mr. and Mrs Herbert Dyer are at
 Las Vegas, Nevada, where Mir. Dyer
 has position with the TonOpah rail road.
 i E. F. Sanguinetti made hurried trip to Los Angeles the latter part ot last week, stopping in that city only ] five hours. Capt. O. F. Townsend returned Tues day morning from Los Angeles and Santa Monica, after pleasant visit of three weeks.
 Mrs. ". T. Dutton entertained her friend, Mrs. Charles T. Burke, of
 Neodesha, Kansas, from Sunday hntil Tuesday night.
 l w. T. Webb and George Trumbo, were down from the dam last Friday. They manage the Reclamation stores on either side of the river. Sixty Chinese passed Yuma last Fri ! day on their way from Frisco to Mexi- co to work on the Randolph line from Douglas to Guaymas.
 c. w. Adams, formerly with San guinetti's store at POtholes, has ac- cepted a place in the store with the ! Reclamation Service.
 Manager R. H. Irwin, of the Hotel Gandolfo, has received intelligence of che death of his step-father, Jacob Geissenger, at Des Moines, Iowa. 1 Tong Lock, 8 Chinaman awaiting
 deportation in this city, will be sent to China almost immediately. He has ! been held here for the expiration of time allowed for appeal. They say he
 is going insane.
 ! Dr. H. V. Clymer's horse was fright ened by an automobile last Thursday night and ran away, doing some slight
 damage to the buggy. He was hitched, but broke the strap.
 { NJ. P. Harris, HoltvilIe, has been nominated to run for sheriff of the new Imperial county, California, on an in- dependent ticket against Mobley Mead lows, brother of Charlie Meadows, nom- ! inee of the citizens.
 ! Jack Lacey has written letter from GoldfeldS, saying that camp IS not what it is cracked up to be, but is much overrated and terribly chOked ! by stocks which too often are valueless. | Secretary Garfeld'S plan to reach Yuma August 10th has not been chang ed. He will be rendered a public and
 informal reception here by citizens of
 Yuma on the evening of the 10th.
 Eight mining claims have been Ioca-
 ted by the Amavisca boys, A. l.. Yer
 dugo and Henry Levy in the KUfa dis
 trict. Five adjoin the claims bonded
 two weeks ago for S100,000, and three
 are near the North Star.
 The Rev. J. A. Crouch, former
 pastor of the Methodist church here,
 and now located at Mesa, is in Los
 Angeles, where he withstood second
 operation for an affection of the spine.
 Judge Burt Durlap is spending
 some weeks among his interests Tn
 Graham county. He has a ranch there
 and several mining properties.
 George Norton was here from Mo
 hawk on business last week. He stated
 that twenty men already have been
 put to work on the new Mayhew com- psny property