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The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24

II shot ham dettd t1t his trucks"
I suppose by the time they reached
the man whom I had knocked down
that he had recovered and hurriedly
told them of what had happened.
They did not stay with the man whom
l had shot, but came OIL In hot pursuit
of me. They were not mounted and
we're making better time down the
rough mountain than was.
At last they came so near that saw
that must abandon my horse. I
jumped to the ground and gave him
hard slap with the butt of one of my
revolvers, which started him on down
the valley, while I scrambled up the
mountain side. I had not ascended
more than forty feet when heard my
pursuers coming closer and closer. |
quickly hid behind large pine tree.
and in a few moments they all rushed
by me, being led on by the rattling
footsteps Of my horse. which they
heard ahead of them. Soon they be-
gan firing in the direction Of the horse
as they no doubt supposed was seat.
ed on his back. AS soon as they had
passed me I climbed farther up the
steep mountain. and, knowing that !
had given them the slip and feeling
certain I could keep out of their way.
I at once struck out for Horseshoe
Station, which was twenty-five miles
distant l had very hard travelling at
first. but upon reaching lower and bet.
ter ground made good headway.
walking all night and getting into the
station just before daylight. footsore,
weary and generally played out.
I Immediately walked up the men Of
the station and told them of my ad
venture. Slade himself happened to
be there, and he at once organized a
party to go out in pursuit Of the horse
thieves.
We had brisk ride and arrived In
the Immediate vicinity of the thieves
rendezvous at about 10 o'clock in the
morning We approached the dugout
cautiously, but upon getting in close
proximity to ii we could discover nc
horses in sight. No one was inside.
and the general appearance Of every.
thing indicated that the place had
been deserted; that the birds had flown,
Such indeed proved to be the case.
Among one of my earliest acquaint-
ances was young man, older than
myself, who was destined to become
famed in frontier history, while at the
sa me time legendary gossip has caused
his career to be somewhat misunder-
stood owing to its varied character.
This was James B. Hickok. who, al.
though his name was James, will live
In song and story as wild BILL"
While probably no man in western
history had so many notches on his
gun, it may be said that no man re-
corded them oftener In defending right,
enforcing law and dealing justice.
In our early youth we were associ-
ated in many adventures on the plains
In Indian warfare, wagon trailing.
hunting and trapping, and we hap
pened to be on the same side Of the
fence when the civil war between the
north and the south left the plains al
most alone to the red man.
''Wild Bill" soon became one Of the
most noted men In the confidence Of
the Union generals In the extreme
southwest. He was magnificent
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asked me many questions"
around the Springs" He patted me
on the back in fatherly way and said,
my boy, am going to know you bet
ter"
The general and the peace commits
sioners counseled here for three days,
and in the evening of the third day an
orderly came to me and told me the
general wished me to report to him at
his tent. The general kindly invited
me in and said: BILLY, I want to 60
from here now to Fort Kearny, on the
Platte river, in Nebraska. How far is
it?" I told him the way that he would
have to go to have good camping places
and that it would be about 300 miles.
He asked, "Can you guide me there?"
told him could, and he said: "AIl
eight. We will start tomorrow for
Fort Zarrah and from there to Fort
Riley. and from Fort Riley want you
to guide me to Fort Kearny." Which I
did. and on arriving at Fort Kearny
the general complimented me and said:
From here | am going to Fort Leav-
enworth. wish you to guide me
there" told him that would be easy,
for there was a big wagon road from
Kearny to Fort Leavenworth. He said: !:
THAT is all right. 1t will make it
easier for you. You have guided me
safely for over 300 miles where there
were no wagon roads, and l am not
afraid to trust myself with you on a
big wagon road" On arriving at Leav-
enworth I parted with the general.
and he said General Sheridan was com.
ing out to take command in a short
time and that he would tell him Of me.
This was the last time I saw the dear
old general for several years. He was
one Of the loveliest men have ever
had the pleasure Of knowing.
One day in the spring Of 1868
mounted Brigham and started for
Smoky Hill river. After galloping
about twenty miles I reached the top
Of small hill overlooking the valley
Of that beautiful stream. As I was
gazing down on the landscape ] sud-
denly saw band Of about thirty In
dams nearly half a mile distant
knew by the way they jumped on their
horses that they had seen me as soon
as l came in sight.
The only chance I had for my life
was to make run for It, and imme-
diately wheeled and started back to-
ward the railroad. Brigham seemed
to understand what was up, and be
struck out as II he comprehended that
II was to be a run for life. He crossed
ravine in few jumps, and on
reaching a bridge beyond I drew rein,
looked back and saw the Indians COM
ing for me at full speed and evidently
well mounted. would have had little
or no fear Of being overtaken If Brig
ham had been fresh. But as he was
not felt uncertain as to how he
would stand long chase.
Ny pursuers seemed to be gaining
on me a little, and ] let Brigham
shoot ahead again. When we had run
about three miles farther some eight
or nine Of the Indians were not over
200 yards behind, and FIVE or six Of
these seemed to be shortening the gap
at every jump. Brigham now exerted
himself more than ever, and for the
next three or four miles he got right
down to business and did some Of the
prettiest running ever saw. But the
Indians were about - well mounted
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RON TRUE TALES OF THE PLAINS
corrn.usr. asoe. ~ WILLIAM =. CODY

ground. then instantly wheeled
around and saw that the man ahead,
who was only few feet distant, had
what was the matter. his hand upon
his revolver. We faced each other at
about the same instant, but before he
could fire, as he tried to do, 1 shot him
dead in his tracks. Then, jumping on
my horse. rode down the creek as
fast as possible, through the darkness
and over the rough ground and rocks.
The other outlaws In the dugout,
taving heard the shot which I had
fred, knew there was trouble, and
they all came rushing down the creek.
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o was, and one Of their horses
particular; "a spotted animal, vi
gaining on me all the time. Nea7
ali the other horses were strung q.
behind for a distance Of two mill
but still chasing after me.
The Indian who was riding the spg
ted horse was armed with a rifle a
would occasionally send bullet wb3
thing along. sometimes striking 4
ground ahead Of me. I saw that t.
fellow must be checked or stray b.
let from his gun might hit me or z
horse, so, suddenly stopping Brigha
and quickly wheeling him around,
raised old "Lucretia" to my shouldt
took deliberate aim at the Indian al
his horse, hoping to hit one or t
other. and fired. He was not ov
eighty yards from me at this tin
and at the crack of my rife doy
went his horse. Not waiting to s
II he recovered, I turned Brigha,
and in a moment we were again ia
" flying toward our destination. v
had urgent business about that til.
and were in a hurry to get there.
The other Indians had gained on
while 1 was engaged in shooting !
their leader, and they sent sevei
shots whizzing past me, but fortuna
ly none of them hit the intended ma
U,o rofnrr tbo;r oD,pv>lir,,opt nrcQ0 0f,h
ally wheeled myself in the saddle a.
fred back at them, and one Of
shots broke the leg of one Of tn
horses, which left its rider hors(e) (
combat, as the French would say.
Only seven or eight Indians now /
mained in dangerous proximity to q
and as their horses were beginning
lag somewhat I checked my faith
old steed a little to allow him an &
portunity to draw an extra breath
two. l had determined, If it sho's
come to the worst, to drop into a b.
falo wallow, where I could stand I,
Indians of for awhile, but was y
compelled to do this, as Brigham G.
ried me through most nobly.
The chase was kept up until
came within three miles of the ei
Of the railroad track, where two co
panies of soldiers were stationed I
the purpose of protecting the wo,
men from the Indians. One Of t
outposts saw the Indians chasing I
across the prairie and gave the a1ar-
In few minutes ! saw, greatly to r
delight, men coming on foot, and ca
alrymen, too, galloping to our resc
as soon as they could mount The
horses. When the Indians saw tt
they turned and ran in the directi
from which they had come. In We
few minutes l was met by some
the infantrymen and trackmen, All
jumping to the ground and pulling 4
blanket and saddle off Brigham, I'd
them what he had done for me. Th
at once took him in charge, led b
around and rubbed him down SO vig'
ously that 1 thought they would r
him to death.
Captain Nolan of the Tenth caval
now came up with forty of his me
and upon learning what had happen
he determined to pursue the Indial
He kindly offered me one of his CO
airy horses, and after putting my o,
saddle and bride on the animal J
started out after the flying Indial
who only few minutes before b
been making it so uncomfOrtably Ii,
ly for me. Our horses were all FIRE
and Of excellent stock, and we so
began shortening the distance betwe
ourselves and the redskins. Befo
they had gone five miles we overto
and killed eight of their number. T
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coFYRfohT. 1905. .eY wiLLiAf1 r CODY

rode on in this way until, approaching
little rise in the prairie, said, Gen
eral, when you get to that small ridge
up there you will look down into a
low depression Of the prairie and see
Council Springs and the Indians" The
Springs rise in this vast plain, and
they run for only about four or five
miles, when it becomes a small
stream of water sinking into the sand.
When we gained this ridge, there be-
fore the generals eyes were hundreds
and hundreds Of horses and a large
Indian village.
/ said: There you are, general.
There are your Indians, camped
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the general asked me many questions
how ] came to know this country 80
well, etc. told him that my father
had been killed in the border rufian
war of bleeding Kansas and that since
his death had grown up on the plains
with the freighters, trappers. bu6alo
hunters, Indian traders and others
and I was quite familiar with all the
country lying between the Missouri
river and the Rocky mountains. We
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The Mesksst Woman.

Sunday School Teacher william, can
you tell me who was the meekest mani
William-Yes, ma'am; Moses. Sunday
School Teacher-That's right. Now.
Tommy. can you tell me the name Of
the meekest woman? Tommy-No.
ma'am; there never was no meekest
woman.-C Chicago News.
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"At the crack OF my rtte d0ton Uent his
horse"
others succeeded In making their es-
cape. On coming up to the place
where / had killed the first horse-the
spotted one-on my "home run" !
found that my bullet had struck him
In the forehead and killed him instant
ly. He was a noble animal and ought
to have been engaged in better bust
ness.
When we got back to camp found
old Brigham grazing quietly and con-
tentedly on the grass. He looked up
at me as II to ask II we had got away
with any of those fellows who had
chased US. believe he read the an
swer In my eyes.
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savage blows. following the {
one side Of the room and
other and into corners. stri
yelling until he felt sure Il
one was down.
Hickok was wounded by
lets and eleven buckshot al
thirteen places. 1t was six
fore "Wild BiIl'' fully recovt
the results Of what was or
most thrilling exploits In border ste
lone that is not created by the
mancer, but is well authenticated
that "Wild Bill'' in single handed CT
flict killed ten men. men OF the mi
dAsperate character.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-24

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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-16
Land Open i'm COlville.

Spokane, April 16.-H. j. Cole
register for the United States land
office in this city has received noti-
fication from the department of the
interior to the effect that the susper-
sion of u townships on the n01n
half of the Colville Indian reservation
which was made in September, 1906,
has been revoked.
This means that the following
townships can now be filed on and
people who have been living ON tracts
within these townships may enter fl
nal proofs:
Townships sc and SO north, range
80 east; townships. 36,3S, 80 and 40
north, range 33 east; township 40
north, range "a east; township 36
north, range 81 east; township 80
north, ranges 3S and 80 east; town
snip 10 north, ranges 80 and 40 east.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-16
BUNDLE BEE
COST HIS HOUSE
Small Boy Tries to ScOrch the Wings
of Intruder and Sets Fire to
House.

A bumblebee, a match and small
boy-this is the combination which
caused George F. Smith of Clockum
Creek to lose his house, together
with all of its effects last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith were out in
the field some distance from the
house, leaving their little girl, six
years old to care for two-year-old
baby brother While they were
wAiling away the time a bumblebee
cane in to stir tkSJs7 up.
With the usual characteristic of
a small boy and his desire for
matches, two-year-old Smith took it
upon himself to scorch the wings of
Mr.. Bee. The match was lit and
so were the curtains. The rest of
the house followed. Everything
was consumed. All the household
furniture and the clothes of the ia
mily were burned.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-16
FINDS AFFINITY
IN HORSETH|EF
North Dakota Man Wants Police to
Catch the "Raskul" who Stole
His Wife.

'Will you look for my wife in yure
town, she left her home and 4 chill
dren and ran away with a cross-eyed
man he haint a man if he was
wooden cair so mulch but he wont
work he is a horsethief he drinks
to-i got track of them in Havre.
Mont, but they got away before i
got their think they are head for
the coast want that raskul." !"
This is part OF 3 lettec received
yesterday by Chief Ren RICE of Spo-
kane from George A. Thayer of Ege-
land, n. D., who believes that the
'raskul" who induced his wife to
leave her home may be in this city
The letter included also a descrip-
tion of the missing woman's appear
ance.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-16
The Man Who is on the Square.

/ care not shuck for mans ma
tionality, his politics or his religion;
they are all the same TO me; but the
man who is ION the square" is the
man | want to take by the hand, and
go through life with as my friend.
Nor can we stop with the individual
or the corporation. Empires and ma
tions are today as never before on the
basis of square deal.
Our nation is Influenced by the laws
and actions of another nation, which
have their effect upon every citizen;
a square dealing jobber tends to make
a square dealing retailer, and in turn
the influence of the square dealing re-
taller produces an effect upon the life
of every patron with whom he comes
in contact We cannot too keenly re-
alize the effect and Importance of a
square deal-Joseph w. Bragdon.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-16
TURN Down
CRAY'S PROPOSAL
Orondo Ranchers Accept the Terms
of the Entiat Power Company.
Meeting Last Night.

At a meeting of all the ranchers
at Orondo last night, the proposal
Of Gray &c Son of Entiat to furnish
power for pumping purposes was
turned down and that of the Eutiat
Power company accepted.
The meeting was held in the
school house, with William Edmund
president of the farmers club, in
the chair. Ira Thomas of Wenat-
chez, acting on behalf of Gray &
Son, made the following proposal:
ITO furnish electric power for pur-
poses of irrigation for s25 per horse
power for the irrigating season Of 5
months, one hundred horse power
OF which is ready for delivery at
one"
Manager Barash. of the Entiat
Power & Lighting company, was also
president, and presented his proposi-
ton. He agreed to furnish power
at $50 per horse power for the
year. With each horsepower he
will furnish five lights for winter S
use.
A motion was made that it be the
sense of the meeting that Mr.. Bar
ash's proposal be accepted. The
, motion was carried.
A discussion was had over the
question of whether a bond should
be required of the Entiat Power
company. The majority present
were in favor OF signing up for
J power without requiring . bond.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-16
CORNELL ALUMNI IN
The INLAND EMPIRE

Spokane, April 15.-Cornell Uni
versity club of Spokane, which will
have among it's members alumni
living in Eastern Washington, North
ern Idaho, Western Montana, North
eastern Oregon and Southeastern
British Colttii4 bisa has been organiZ-
ed with these officers: President, H.
NJ. Hart, 90, principal of the Spo-
kane high school; vice president, F.
B. Mesick, 81; secretary and treas
urer, II. G.. Stern, '06. The club will
meet at an informal banquet twice
a month.
''The object of the organization, >"
said Secretary Stern, is to boost
for old Cornell and encourage the
youth of the west who consider an
eastern college education, to attend
there. to get the graduates together
occasionally for a good time, and to
encourage fraternizing of college
graduates. We went on record as
being in favor of a university club
organization in the city, as we be-
lieve such an organization would be
of great benefit, and we would like
to see other similar clubs take the
matter up, with the prospect OF
eventually effecting such an organi-
zation."
The charter members are: F. B.
Mesick, F. ]. Engel, H. E. Oswald,
G. L. Thayer, H. M. Hart, E. H.
Gimper, w. E. Chase, E L. Worden,
Fred Ransom, J. S. Shedden, w. c.
Stone, H. G.. Stern, Mrs. A. l..
White, Mrs. G. L. Thayer, Miss e.
Warner, Spokane; M. c. Krause.
Spirit Lake, Idaho; c. P. Bennett,
Republic, Wash; G. P. Eaton,
Granger, Wash; F. P. Henry, Deary,
Idaho; L. F. Henderson, Moscow; F.
". Moss, Washougal, Wash; Ira
Thomas, Wenatchee, Wash; Alfred
Wray, st. John, Wash; Paul Cooms.
Newport, Wash; G. D. Clark, Grand
Forks, B. c.; c. A. Lee, Nelson, b.
Chen Stone, Walla Walla, wash;
A. P. Adair, Boise, Idaho; E. V.
Berg, Twin Falls, Idaho; H. +. Qulg-
lev, Boise, Idaho; P. Martin, Boise
, Idaho; L. B. Fuller, Alexander, Ida
no; c. w. Ham, Boistfort, Idaho; =.
w. Horner. Lewistown. Idaho; }. a.
Madden. Boseman, Mont; W. j.
RYAN. Huntley, Mont; and j. C..
Breedlove, and Carl Gould, Paradise,
Mont.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-16
SKIPPER WILL
BUY ORCHARD
Captain U. B. Scott Will Leave the
Sea and Become Fruitraiser.

A recent news item in the Port
land Telegram says: Captain U. B.
Scott of this city, is thinking seri-
ously of quitting the steamboat busi-
ness and refining to an apple orchard
he is on the point of buying near
Wenatchee, Wash. He has recently
returned from a trip in that portion
of the Columbia Valley, and says the
fruit growers there are all coming
money.
Il saw one orchard in which there
were 900 bearing trees, from which
an average of Is boxes were taken
last fall" he says, ''and as each box
netted the grower 81 at the orchard
he has made S13,500 from the g.
acre orchard last year. l saw anoth-
er man who had cleared 500. .000
from his apple crop last year, and
met several fruit growers who are
worth as much as $50, 900 each.
was thus carried away by the pros
perity of the people of Wenatchee,
and / think seriously Of retiring to
an orchard for the rest Of my days. p"
Bearing orchards are for sale, but
the prices are by no means low, the
Captain thinks. Trees that have
reached the age Of ten years are the
ones that produce the big revenues,
and the owners of such trees are by
no means inclined to give them away.
1t costs several thousand doHdrs an
acre to get hold of an orchard, but
the net income is ample to pay big
interest on the investment.
Orchards in that part of Central
Washington are all irrigated, the wa
ter being brought in from the noun
tain streams in the eastern portion
of the Cascade range. He saw one
orchard where a man and his wife
had constructed a f1ume seven miles
long several years ago, and the cou-
pie has since grown wealthy from
the products of the orchard watered
| by this fiume.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-16

Jefferson City, No., April 1.-THE
supreme court today denied the appli-
cation of the republican central COM
mittee of ST. Louis to institute man
damus proceedings against the St.
Louis election commissioners for the
purpose of calling city convention.
The application was recently filed as
test OF the state primary election
law. The decision handed down by
the supreme court en- banc, holds that
the primary election law Is consti-
tutfonal.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-16
BASE BALL
GAMES PLANNED

Manager Taylor Of the Wenat-
chez baseball team announced that
the following games have been
planned:
Wenatehee will play Cashmere on
the grounds OF the latter next Sun
day. The game is called for p. m.
A game is being arranged for with
Waterville on the 26th.
Wenatchee and Cashmere will
play again on May B.
The big game of the season will be
PLAYED in Wenatehee, when the
Northwest League of Vancouver, b.
c., will cross bats with the local
team on June 10.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-16
new SOCIETY FOR
LIQUOR DEALERS
Retail Business on Higher Plane.-
Organize Chapter of Knights
of Royal Arch.

A Spokane report says that the
liquor dealers and allied interests,
represented by the cigar and soda
water trade, will take steps Sunday
to perfect the organization of the
knights of the Royal Arch. At the
meeting to be held in Pantages hall
$50 applicants for membership will
be initiated into the mysteries of the
order
''It will be the purpose of the Or
der, said E. NJ Cornelius, "to put the
lines of business on higher plane
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-16
COUNT ERFEIT MONEY
IN CIRCULATION
Treasury Department Officials Notify
Sound Cities TO Beware OF
Counterfeit Silver Dollars.

Seattle, April 14.-Many spurious
silver dollars are being passed in Sc
attle. according TO complaints receiy-
ed by the local United States treasury
department officials from merchants
and individuals. Whether the coun-
terfeiters are working in Seattle or
whether the coin is being sent to this
city from some other point is not at
at this time known.
The coins complained of are said to
be a good counterfeit of the genuine.
although in weight they are lighter.
The general appearance is very good,
and in many instances it requires an
expert to detect the difference.
It is reported that merchants and
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-16

are a number of ideas which l hope
to carry out as mayor of Wenatchee.
1T is an honor to serve the peo-
pie of Chelan county in the legisla-
ture, but there are others who could
serve the county just as well and
better. AS mayor of the city and as
a member of the school board, to-
gether with the taking care of my
business, my time is all taken up.
Make it emphatic that do not want
the Office
To take more work upon myself
at this time would deter me from
carrying out some of the policies |
believe should go down for the ben
eft of the town