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Cañon City record., 1908-08-20
FRONTIER SKETCHES

movement Of troops through Texas
and along the Rio Grande brought
scouting into the army service. When
the era of OF teams and trains OF ex-
cited gold seekers headed toward CAL
ifornia began in 1s49 there was .
steady and large demand for guides
at profitable wages. Hundreds Of
young men, with a smattsring Of the
plains life, an expertness in firearms
and a little knowledge Of Indian ways
became professionals. Very few emil
grant trains would leave st. Joseph
or Leavenworth on their journeys OF
four or five months to the Pacific with
out an accompanying scout or guide
for at least part Of the way. AZ the
chain OF army garrisons extended out
upon the plains the war department
employed more and more scouts for
the troops and scouting became sort
of science OF the plains, in which there
was a competition for expertness.
Cañon City record., 1908-08-20
Seek to Aequit Mesre.

Trinidad, Aug. 19.-S. B. Simmons
of Hartford City. Ind, a criminal law
yer Of that place arrived in this city
today to gather evidence for the de-
tense OF Charles w. Moore, who last
Tuesday night. shot and killed d. A.
Cohen. while the latter was trying to
elope with Moore's wife. Two local
attorneys have also been employed and
the Moore family, which is quite prom
inent and we'll to do, proposes to use
every means to secure an acquitta1 for
Moore.
Cañon City record., 1908-08-20
FIRST NUMBER OF "THE
CAMPUS TO BE ISSUED SOON

The initial number OF "The Cam
pus," the new high school paper. will
be issued from the press within the
next few weeks, probably at the be-
ginning Of the school year. It will be
. sixteen page publication and will
contain . lot Of Information In rela-
tion to scholastic matters, particu-
larly ~ they apply to Canon City.
Harold T. Davis 70 editor-in-chisf
and De associate o1ltssS are Arthur
Ffelrieksoa. LawrMbe Raynoldg -
Ray ToOplla. - - ''
Cañon City record., 1908-08-20
Fsrest Service Netes.

Washington, August 1s.-The Forest
Service has Just announced the follow
Ing appointments on National Forests:
Arkansas: Riley W. ouattlsbaum.
Forest Guard on the Ozark National
Forest.
Arizona: Don 8. Sullivan. Forest
Guard on the Chirlcahua National For.
est.
Colorado: Garfield Canon. Forest
Guard on the Arapaho National For
ct.
California: Charles w. Fulton. For
est 0uard on the Monterey National
Forest.
0rssan: Sherman A. Brown, Forest
Guard on the Cascade National Forrest.
Oscar W. Psarcs. Forest 0uard % he
Columbian National Forest.
Montana: D. =. Lewis. Forest
ouard On the Js9srsoa National Dor.
81 Hsary 1sresss Teessa 0uara -
he FIatAsaa Natioaal y6rsst
I6oAA: Nsls Yblesssa, Hseose 0GAra
|sa ~ Hsa1 a0rsl1le 1cne1oaal NesogA
ptaA: u. = ys1son. V6eosG o1nsa
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Cañon City record., 1908-08-20
AGGIE STUDENTS TO @tea s''
10 DO PRACTICAL WORK

Fort Collins, Aug. 19.-About dfty
students in the engineering depart
ment OF the Agricultural college will
begin their studies August Is. by do
ing some practical work in the vicin-
ity of Colorado Springs. The party
will be camped on the south side Of
Pixies Peak. Some of the work will
be done along the lines OF practical
surveying and careful study OF the
water system used in the towns near
Colorado Springs.
Cañon City record., 1908-08-20
DESPONDENT MAN ENDS
LIFE WITH BULLET

Denver, Aug. 1S.-George NJ. Had
wick. a recent arrival in Denver from
Boulder, committed, suicide at his
boarding house at 1888, Twenty-sec-
ond avenue at $50 this morning. He
wrote letters to his wife and SON CIV
ing his reasons for the act and direc-
tions for the disposition OF his small
estate, and then sent a bullet through
his head.
He was afflicted with tuberculosis
and became Respondent because oi
his condition and his inability to work
and committed the deed.
Cañon City record., 1908-08-20
Or the return as ~ victim.

for the return It ~ victim.
On one occasion when the 0pvssn-
ment was moving he Poncas froa
Nebraska to ths Indian Territory.
Wlseman lay IN watt at . point Close
BY his home and as the Arst two
canoes rounded the bend he opened
nre with n Winchester. He killed
several and maimed others before ths
frightened bucks could get out OF
range. An investigation vas ordered
BY the sUoSsFnmenf. but nofhia9 -sysr
came OF Il ~ none Of his nsigAAoss
would give testimony against hin.
Wiseman has lived alone for thirty
years in 4 rude habltation along he
Missouri. His house is built of rough.
implanted oaken planks. with barred
windows and looqholes. q miniature
fortress OF the frontier type. He had
II hreproofed In every particular. %
that II might not be burned over his
head by his red enemies. He has the
hallucination that they are stili on his
trail and he sits with . loaded ride
across his knees and a shotgun at his
fcet.
Cañon City record., 1908-08-20
ARE BACK FROM THEIR
GUNNISON FISHING TRIF

Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Galley, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank P. Smith. Dr. and Mrs
Chandler and other members OF their
party are back from their fishing trip
on the western slope
They were gone about ten days and
spent most Of the time at Almone,
concluding their outing with . short
soJourn at Parlins.
They did mot lind arst class fshipk
BY any means. but managed to kssp
their lardss supplied with trout with
out ssrioas troubIe. Dr.. and Mrs..
ChaAdlsr LETT Tor their. homs IN Kaa-
sos City, No., this norning. lSts
Zen ssyss vasse - rsellas n1l11
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O.. . sim Hunt for I.lia.s.

Upon bank Of the Missouri river
in Cedar county, Neb., lives ajcne
q man over ninety years old. who has
killed hundreds of Indians. No one
knows how many redskins he killed
and he does not himself know. Forty
three years of his life were devoted to
the one effort OF killing as many as he
could in revenge for the massacre Of
his three children. Hanson WisemAn
and his wife and baby came out from
West Virginia to northwest Nebraska
long before the war. This country
was then the wild west. In 1859 he
enlisted as a member Of General Sui
ly's Nebraska brigade and In spite OF
of the warning OF his neighbors he de-
parted with the troop. Less than .
year later wiseman's three children
were murdered and his cabin burned
by marauding Indians. .sa
Mrs. wiseman had gone to Yankton
after supplies. leaving the sixteen
year old son to protect his little sister
and baby brother. On her return on
the fifth day she found the cabin n
partial ruin and the boy and baby
dead. Her daughter was still alive.
but with scalp gone and tongue cut
out. she lived hut few days. The
mother. crazed with grief, ran away.
The news reached Wisenaan In Moa-
tana. without asking leave be started
back to Csdar county. After. Q loax
search he found his wife. but It was .
year before she was able to tell hin
the story. Close BY where the Wise
mans had lived was the h11flng
grounds Of the Poncas and the terri
tory was new and then invaded ~ tAe
Yankton Sioux. who were ever In oOa-
hict with the Nebraska reds.
wIssman was never able to discover
whether It had bsen Sioux or PonoA
that had murdered his family. Upoa
the graves Of his childrsa hs swors
the vendetta Of the West virEinian hili
tribes and he kept It. A few years aso
q geologist discovered at the foot Of
the bluR where his children were bur-
led. the remains Of twenty-four In
dians. It was pronounced TO be an In
dian burying ground. but Wissman's
nelghbors assert It was the old mans
private graveyard and the bodies were
those OF his victims. He stalked his
game in forest and over prairie. He
always hunted alone and made It .
point to pick OF every stray Indian he
ran across. He became . most skilled
sharpahootsr and the way he picked
OF an Indian chief or buck ~as .
source Of wonderment to those waiting
Cañon City record., 1908-08-20

Scores OF grizzled and gray haired
men in the west have given long years
of the best part Of their lives to Indian
scouting and are nov permanently
without vocations. Some of them with
out q dollar OF means, rheumatic and
bent from excessive exposure. dyspep-
tic because of privations endured and
half blind from the fierce sunshine on
the alkali deserts, are pitiful subjects
as they sit day after day in the public
places dreaming Of the glories of the
frontier forty or fifty years ago before
white people came and civilization OBJ
liberated the picturesque border life.
Electricity and railroads have been
the chief factors In making scouting
for army purposes obsolete in the
west. Since the Apaches in the south
west and the Sioux in the north have
been completely subdued there has
been no demand for the services Of the
old time scout-the daring hero of the
adventurous dreams of the youthful
readers Of yellow covered literature
a generation ago. For some years af-
ter the usefulness Of scouts was pass
ed the war department kept some OF
them on the frontier garrison pay rolls
but in 1890 the pay of few of the old
fellows stopped and by 1896 less than
dozen Of white scouts remained in
the employ OF the department.
Like the knights in the band OF
Richard the Lion Heart. who thanked
God he was not a clerk. the true scout
of the western plains has few IL any
counterparts. Along with the rangers
of Texas, he was one of Americas
most characteristic and picturesque
types. No wonder he was seized upon
so unanimously by authors and paint
ers as material for romance and pic
ture. The wildness, and at the same
time the peculiar tenderness OF the
scouts life. the adventurous character
OF his daring. his coolness and sagac-
ity in the midst Of insurmountable
odds, his use OF simple facts in na-
ture to gain his ends. his roaming In
regions untrod by white men. his tho
rough knowledge Of the ways of red
men and especially his craftiness. all
are features in the life Of genuine
scout OF the plains that start the
Imagination OF story tellers and pic
ture makers.
It is difficult in these days to realize
how great q part OF the scouts OF the
forties and nfties played In the set
tlenlent and the civilization Of the
plains region and the mountains.
Kit Carson was the earliest and
most famous American scout. The
way he guided the Fremont exploring
expedition through the Rocky noun
tains in 1841 and thence in 1S43. some
100 miles across the trackless plains
abounding with wild Indians. past
Salt Lake In Utah, through the snow
and ice of the passes Of the Sierras
into California, 10 . thrilling Q chap
ter as may be found In fiction.
From that time until twenty years
ago the war department constantly
employed scouts in the western army
service.
The earlier scouts, like Kit Carson.
Jim Bridger and Perry Wiggins were
originally trappers and hunters. born
and reared in Missouri, Tennessee and
Kentucky, who had a fondness for ad-
venture. They had pushed their way
across the border civilization OF those
days and had come out upon the plains
of Kansas. Nebraska and Texas for
big game and excitement.
The Mexican war In 1847 and the
Cañon City record., 1908-08-20
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BEAUTIFULLY yours.
JAMES M. TAYLOR"

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 19.-That
those in authority here consider the
danger of serious trouble in the race
war practically over. was made evi-
dent last night when Governor Deneen
issued orders that the first infantry
Of Chicago shall return to that city to-
night.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20

his mind to present her there and he
did it.
I'VE were speaking little while
ago." / reminded, "of your methods OF
getting at the actions of characters
whom you have never studied person
ally. should like to have you tell me
how to do it and how you know you are
right
II suppose it is a purely subjective
form of reasoning. she said The
subconscious mind is capable of grasp
ing things and truths that a definite
process of reasoning will surely miss.
We are all of US capable of knowing
many things we. have not seen demon
strated and which. for US. must ever
remain undemonstrated. 1 can Illus
trate what I mean by the mental pro-
cess which a prodigy in mathematics
goes through when he solves intricate
problems in flash and is unable to
work them out as trained mathe-
matician would do. The prodigy does
not know how he accompIishes his won-
der, but he does 1t nevertheless. or
some men have the gift OF harmony, for
z 8 4
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20

life-at least hope I will not have to.
for, do you know, that every actor out
of his management wants to get into
It and those in it want TO stay?
1T is lasting pity that the trouble
between him and the syndicate should
have been brought about. 1t is sad to
think that the powerful forces behind
the trust are able to shut him and
ais companies out OF almost every city
from Maine TO California Think what
the country misses by not having an
opportunity of seeing The Music Mas
ter'i Only two places on the coast, San
Francisco and Los Angeles, will enjoy
the privilege of seeing David warfielti
in his finest work Look at Mrs Carter
and recall what time Mr.. Belasco had
20 get her before the public outside of
New York Why. he had to build a
theater for her at Washington 1t had
been his custom to give his first per-
formances in the capital city So when
the syndicate shut him out of Washing
ton ne took over the big convention
hall and literally built theater inside
of it, The bill for that luxury was over
$4,000, | am told. but he had made up
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20

disgust OF my Boston family. which had
all the approved Boston horror OF play
actors
Ny husband was 19 when he
went on the stage. and we played in
the same company His people Were
Boston folk, too, and were more horri-
fed than mine. IL that We're possible.
that he should take such STEP So when
the company went to Baltimore I be-
came Mrs Mark Bates He was a man
like Harry Montague. brim' full of
magnetism. and he was compelling
actor In those years we played with
James Herre. and counted as our
friends Owen Fawcett. sam Chester
and many another fine actor OF other
days. Mark Bates was. you see. my
first. and he has been my only. beau.
When he died. received letter from
Herne telling me he had heard the sad
news. Poor handsome. iovabIe. way
ward Mark Bates he said
When Blanche Bates and i we're to-
gether in New York. playing In differ
ent tiieaters but under the same man
asement, VIC used TO have terrible
times over our mail People thought.
was her mother. One day received
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20

a letter from her inclosing an unop-
ened envelope addressed TO Mrs. Marie
Bates The inc1osed. wrote Mss
Blanche, I presume. belongs to you-'
When ] opened the envelope a check
futtered to the fioor-, It was for sS-
Good heaE ensr Il thsuzl1f. has any
body dared 10 return money I ha~
lent them The check was accom>
panied by letter, and the writer ex-
pressed himself as having been ac-
quainted with my daughter Miss Bates.
in California May I impose on your
goodness he wrote. TO send me two
tickets for your daughters perform
anceT
7 had. reluctantly. to give up the
money This IS yours, I wrote to
Miss Bates
Tou must come behind the scenes ar
the Alcazar some night and see our
kitchen where the spaghetti is cooked.
and the tea IS brewed- We have a fine
chef. and carry our own cooking OUTFIT
with us Sometimes. cur spaghetti IN
garuished with garlic. and when Il Il
We all eat whether we are hungry or
not IN seffsprctections someti mes Ls q
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20

instance, and write the most nitric
ate progressions without a working
knowledge OF the art. In acting the
process is simpler, less wonderful and
easier understood, for acting concerns
life and people, and the actor or ac-
tress has as his or her unconscious guide
the inherited traditions and experiences
of the race. do not study any OF my
parts as many do l just go on the
stage and live them 1t is very simple.
When l sit beside Mr. Warfeld in the
little Houston street house with its
shabby gentility apparent in every
piece of furniture in the room. 1 am
surely and truly Miss Houston. who has
had her one chance 10 be married and
as Won Barwfg says, Well. there YOU
are Being Miss Houston il is natural
that I should act like Miss Houston. ]
am just holding a mirror up to you
wherein you see what see-Mfss
Houston.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20

How long have I been upon the
stage7 Now. what question. I'll
admit going before the footifghfs when
I was Is years old. greatly to the
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20

Mrs Marie Bates does not believe
~ the necessity Or studying at first
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20

Il contracted TO play.Aunt Rosa for
so weeks and have been with Belasco
II wears do not expect TO play under
any other manager for the rest OF my
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-02-20
StOrrs Says Things.

When Editor Jordan of the
PUNTA GoRpA HERALD, runs out
OF anything else to say, ne mas
always the Cooper case and the
pardoning board TO fall back on;
and those papers that do not like
Broward for any reason no matter
what, always take up the hue and
cry with enthusiasm. If they
know what they are talking about,
they are doing themselves more
injury than they are the Governor,
for some time the truth will come
out. If they do not know, then
they should investigate. We were
present not long since when Gov.
Broward gave a party of gentle
men the history of the matter,
and we do not believe that any OF
them we're unconvinced Of the cor
rectness of his position in the mat
ter. Suffice it TO say that his
reasons for neither fixing the date
for Cooper's execution or joining
in a vote for his pardon or com
mutation, are sound. -DeFuniak
Breeze.
The above will be quite interest
ing to HERALD readers, but 1t ap'
pears as If some one has been
sending Gilchrist's monkey cards
to Editor Storrs and causing hin
to see things that have not ap'
peared in the editorial columns Of
this paper for two years past
The HERALD has contained nc
editorial expression ON the Coop
er case for two years
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-02-20

Times Union:-If our legislators
are not what they should be, as
Brother Jordan seems to imply,
who is responsible for them! Since
the people make them and the
people take the consequences, why
should the editors complain!
What are we but units in one
stupendous whole, whose body
folly is and greed the souls How
can the editor or the legislator be
better than the element from
which he springs and to which he
must returnl Let us be happy II
we cannot be rich. The fishing
will remain good for our time.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-02-20
OF Special Interest to Teachers.

Stetson University offers Free
Tuition and Free Room Rent up
to the full limit Of her dormitory
capacity and a reduction in the
regular rate of board TO all Flori'
da teachers and prospective teach
ers who wish to take the Review
Course during the Spring Term,
beginning Mar. 25th and continu'
ing for nine weeks. This reduces
the entire expenses to $500.
Reviews will be conducted IN
all of the branches required fol
any grade of teacher's certificates
A faculty of twenty-three in
structors will conduct the work IN
the Normal Department.
The enrolment in the course,
has increased tive-hundred onc
thirty three per cent. during thu
past two years.
A neat little bulletin has beer
issued by the University and any
one desiring detailed information
concerning thel Normal School
should write to A. l.. l.. Suhrie
Director of the, Schools of Peda
gogy, DeLand, Fla.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-02-20

saved.
Every farmer and stock.raiser
ought to grow a few acres of vel
vet beans each year. They are
undoubtedly the cheapest not
the best-feed for cattle, hogs and
horses, and they are a very easy
crop to raise. At the same time
that the crop is growing on the
land, it is improving the soil, and
for this reason it is an excellent
crop to use in u rotation. Velvet
beans grown on foul land THAT is
land badly infested with noxious
weeds) will in Il year or two free
the ground from weeds. This is
due to the rank growth of the
vines (Which often attain 20 TO &c
feet in length), and to the great
mass of leaves covering them.
The leaves shade the ground SC
completely as to choke out all
weeds.
The velvet bean is rapid grow
err and does we'll on all kinds OF
land, except on wet or Doggy
ground. john M. ScorT.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-02-20

Dunnellon Advocate:--ThO PEN
sacola journal complains that the
campaign for governor is drag
ging." 1t may be so in that sec
tion of the country, but not so in
this. Candidate Gilchrist's pot
keeps a "biling," with PUNTA
GoRDA HERALD Jordan doing the
freman's act, and the "ring or
ganS" furnishing the lightwood-
knots.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-02-20

Wauchula Telegram;--We were
agreeably surprised when after
talking to people from all parts of
the State at the fair in Tampa last
week we found General Gilchrist
considered the leading candidate
for governor everywhere. The
general is sure winner and we
would not be surprised to see him
nominated in the first primary.
Stockton will hardly prove as
strong as he was in the senatorial
race four years ago, and Browne
is scarcely considered.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-02-20
GILCHRIST GIVES CREDIT
TO Superintendent Holloway
and Governor BrOward.

EDITOR The HERALD: Recent
ly have written communications
to your paper stating the various
claims which were made by the
Internal Improvement Fund,
with a view of saving the public
lands to the State. | gave the
name Of the gentleman who
initiated this proposition and the
names of those who afterwards
used it. | quoted all the court
decisions, both State and National,
with which ] was familiar. / wish
now TO give full credit to those
who have taken, the position that
the State School Fund will secure
q part or all of the lands.
The first time ever heard this
subject mentioned in public was
by Superintendent Holloway.
This was in November of 1907.
l have recently learned that Gov
ernor Broward referred to this
matter about two years ago in n
public speech. | wish these gem
tlemen, or any other gentleman
deserving it, to receive due credit.
| would now invite attention to
Sec. 4 of Art. IL of the constitu
ton of Florida. Under heading
of "What constitutes the State
School Fund.- "rhe interest Of
which shall be exclusively used
for public school purposes" you
will find the following: ''Twen-
ty-ive per cent. of the sales Of
public lands, which are now or
may hereafter be owned by the
State"
SO far as | know, there have
peen no court decisions on this
subject. Every corporation which
received a land grant took it sub
iect to this section of the constilu-
ton. | have been informed that
the Trustees of the Internal
Improvement Fund now hold "a
million acres of land and about
$4,000 in cash. / do not know
the extent of the sales. There is
the Disston sale of 4, 200, 600 acres
for $1,000, 200. This was made
about 1881. The principal and
interest on the cash sales will take
much if not all, of the State lands.
am under the impression that no
money from the sale Of state lands
has been paid to the school fund.
have endeavored to throw as
much light as | could on the sub
iect of the state lands. ] think
every man in Florida ought to be
fully posted on this subject. lie
ought to know whatever is favora
BILE, as we'll as whatever is unfa'
vorabIe to the State.
Very truly yours,
ALBERT w. GILoHRIsT
Punta Gorda, Feby. II, zoos,