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The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-02-19

he had grown beautiful and Symmetrical
and to such proportions that he looked
down upon the multitudes of mel
around him and knew their power.
"It is in him that the world sees the
necessary qualifications for her perfect
statesmen. Not the high bred who
could weigh planet and not be able tt
tell the measure of common toy Not
an orator who could paint the sky with
rhetorical sentences and not be able tt
tell a plowboy the meaning of sunshine
Not an historian who knew the worlc
from the Eden defeat to Manila vic
tory and not know a cow path that
trailed through the glen. But a mar
weighed in the balances of common
sense and acquainted with home.
."He cared not for title nor fame
neither glory, yet his great heart
throbbed to be honest. He knew the
needs of nation because he knew the
need of a common home. One of his
favorite sayings was 'That God must
have loved the common people since He
had made so many of Them" And Lin
coin felt just as he said.
,"He was as wise as the wise. Edu
cation does a great deal for men, but
wisdom has a force that dwarfs it un.
less it is used with the most reasonable
skill. Mr.. Everett's speech on the field
of Gettysburg was one of a master s
devise, but there are few that read it.
Lincoln's plain talk has been immortal
lied. His good foresight stood with
him at all times. 1t held him in check
when hundreds of men clamored with
him for the Emancipation Proclama-
tion, but he abided his time, which
time proved to be of many times more
good than to have acted before. .
t'History is full of great men, who
have moved the world in as many differ
ent ways, but I do not think that you will
find recorded in its annals, a single
soul who thus stood so truly with the
necessary virtues of greatness as did Mr..
Lincoln, unless you 60 to sacred writ
and bring forth the author of the law
from Pisgah's Heights.
"Napoleon was a great leader, but
he divorced his homo and put away his
heart love for fame. Alexander was a
hero of theages past, but he fell lowered
with ignominy and sin. Romulus and
Remus stood as masters of the world of
Rome, hut.they gloatcd IN, the blood of
their enemy. But here stands Lincoln
as a lover of the human race, great in
heart because all men were his breth
ren. He wept at the grave of an
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-02-19

do the balance. He had faith that
when his feet touched the waters they
would find the water receding from
before him.
ut is said of him that he often went
In prayer when the burden was more
than he could bear. I have heard
Major Henry Dane tell of him in his
great lectures that when the fight took
place between the Monitor and the
Merrimac that at that time Mr.. Lin
coin was under one of these heaviest
burdens. All that Saturday afternoon
of March 9Th, 1862, Mr.. Lincoln and his
cabinet sat in session seeking some way
for possible escape from the approach
ing Merrimac. There seemed to be no
source from which they could draw
help. There was no army near enough
to recall to help. There were no yes.
sells that were able to meet thehaughty
antagonist. The bay was not torpedoed
nor was there any near. enough to be of
use. Militia would be of but little use.
There were no guns properly mounted
for. defense. Washington was doomed.
The evening kilograms only. strength
ened the power of the Merrimac. Lin
coin called an evening meeting of his
cabinet and they went over the scene
again. Till the midnight hour they
toiled. Then early in the morning they
met the third time and the deep burrows
on the presidents face began to show
sorrows effect. While they were thus
in session, the Monitor was on the sea
and doing its first great work. But
Lincoln did not know this, so after ten
minutes of solemn silence, during which
every member was feeling his deepest
thoughts, Lincoln lifted his head and
said, ''We will pray" Then that tall
giant kneeled in the chief Office of the
United States and the substance of his
prayer was, ''Oh. God, Our extremity
is Thy opportunity. Save our Union.
Save Washington. Raise up some
force for the defense of the capitol. "
This prayer is said to have taken place
exactly at half past nine o'clock on
Saturday morning of March 9th, 1862,
and history records that at the same
minute the little Monitor fired the shot
that broke the force of the Merrimac
ind she -turried about and suited INTO
Hampton Roads, where, as the Major
said, "she committed suicide two days
later, by blowing herself up" Lincoln
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-02-19

''Dear Friends and Children: Gladly
we greet you this morning, gladly we
celebrate this day in honor of him who
has borne 80 wonderful a part in the
making of American history and who
fell martyr to the cause of American
freedom. count it an honor to thus
lay my tribute before character so
nobly grand that God Himself honored
him with Solomon-like wisdom.
"For US to look back one hundred
years is beyond our power; it takes two
looks to reach the desired scene. Some
of US may see back half century and
from there, those that looked upon US
at our approach into the world may
look back again and this second look
touches around the beginning of the
r:Hero of Emancipation. - To add
lustre to such life so we'll known is
more: than we are able to do, but it may
be possible to refresh our minds and
hearts along its line that after its
flower has bloomed for hundred years
we might breathe with deeper sense
the pure aroma that. arises from it.
"Abraham Lincoln was an American
plant, sprig from an old English
stock planted in American soil; budded
with American principles and cultivated
with those horny hands of toll which
Nature loves to use when she paints
the loveliness of our Supreme Architect.
1.-THE impressive examples of life
thus nodded and marked might furnish
ample footing for another child in the
bullrushes, or that of another Grecian
Atlas, or the Cincinnatus of Roman
deliverance; but never in mortal history
has been recorded the life of such man
who comes from a common home, does
so much for common people and re-
mains so well among the ranks of men
as the chief magistrate of the United,
States from 1861 to 1866.
''Fame to him was but the approval
of his plan. The popular applause NOV
ed less his heart than the old Christian
farmer who knelt with him in his priv
ate Office. His wisdom, virtue and power
came from tha conscious thought that
he was lead Of God to lead nation
across an unbridged sea. And Mosaic
like he stood watching the raging
winds of war as they drove back the;
engulfng waves from the field Of.
Gettsyburg till the tide was staid, then
calm and serene he led forth. dry shod,
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-02-19

would never talk about it, but his faitf
was anchored in that supreme hour
God directed the shot.
''The cabinet was silent before mar
with such power and one who helt
his hands upon the horns of the altar.
1.-THE great men of his party, the best
statesmen of his day, stood aside ir
awe as this fantastic figure, led by un'
seen hands, took the wheel of the
"Ship of State," and guided it calmly
on.
'Mr. Lincoln never made any pre-
tences of what he did not know. He
felt that the Haunting of knowledge
was like hypocrisy in religion. He hateo
wrong. He despised pride. And like
Washington, he could not look with any
degree of allowance on the insincere
and grating politician.
General Porter has said of him,
'The'names of Washington and Lincoln
are inseparabIy associated, and yet as
the popular historian would have us
believe, one spent his entire life in
chopping down cherry trees and the other
in splitting them up into rails. Wash.
ington could not tell story. Lincoln
always could. And Lincoln's stories
always possessed the true geometrical
requisites, they were never too long,
and never too broad
''Note Llncoln's cabinet. Could any
man choose a better lot of men? In
deed the question is asked if ever any
one had nobler lot from which to
chose? Into his cabinet was placed al
most every man who had competed
with him for the presidential chair.
Mr.. Seward was his strongest opposi-
tion, yet he made him the secretary of
state; Mr.. Chase, of Ohio, a strong
politician, and noted competitor, was
placed as secretary of the treasury;
Gideon Welles was for the navy and
Edward Bates for postmaster general.
But Lincoln believed they were good
men, and he trusted to their loyalty.
Look at their deeds and work, follow
their friendliness with the president,
and you will see the wise heart had
made nc. mistake.
:. Mr., Lincoln was a man of common
parts. bafanced 30 beautifully that one
saw the ,ear-marks Of Nature upon him.
No one-sided professional training ever
had touched him, but like the great oak,
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-02-19

an enslaved race from the wilderness.
to land of freedom.
'The characteristics of this noble
hero were marked by his joy of service
the purity of his spirit, the sincerity o1
his purpose, the sobriety of his soul
the sympathy of his heart and his be-
lief in God. Duty>prompted him all the
time but the joy of doing it lifted the
burden and in the saddest of toll he
could smile and illustrate his doing by
some beautiful story of his own crea'
tion. Nature had reared him and sc
his horizon was wide and his pictures
many.
'The purity of his heart was Otter
shown by the happenings around him.
He remembered the teachings of q
mother, though she was many years
passed away, and he had grown great,
yet he could not erase them from his
mind. "A promise made:to mother, y
he said,. twas binding as well in age as
in boyhood." He believed in man AND
saw world of good in the poor souls that
toiled at his feet. He considered them
flesh and blood alike from the hand of
God.
''He was always sincere. No man ever
found him trifling away the name of
another. His jokes were jokes, but at
the bottom were intended thoughts
which carried meaning. His stories
were stories, but they were types of the
past or for future good. Every speech
was the purpose of his soul. Every
sentence was ike the weights upon the
scales that by which the words of
others might be measured. He never
purloined the good of another, nor be-
rated even an enemy. He had no time
to do it. He believed evil would show
itself soon enough without him stoop-
ing to uncover it. He had one great
aim and that was to be of, use to > his
fellow man and do the will of his God.
''His soul was never drunken with
success nor cast away by the darkness
of defeat. Under the greatest
victories he stood, like Alexander of
old, calm and beautiful, watching where
he might fasten it that it might endure
for ages: When in defeat he was no
less beautiful, but looked for rock
where he might anchor that which was
left. He believed in God as with a
child-like faith. He was taught to do
all he could do himself and God would
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Tombstone epitaph., 1909-01-24
D0INGS AT THE
 LEGISLATURE

PHOENIX, Ariz Jan j5.-The terri torial legislature convened at 10 o'clock this morning and immedistly proceeded to organization hy electiag the following offers:
 In the Council G. " P. Hunt, was elected president and G Robinson of Yavapai, chief clerk.
 Iu the Assembly Ben Clark of Gra- ham county wa. elected chief clerk i; J c Callsghan of Bisbee, assistant clelk; NJ /ander, Phoenix, enrolling and cngro-sing clerk; AN Murray Of Bi-hee, assistant enrolling and en- gro-sing clerk; Frank Burns of Yava- uai county. sergesnt ct arrn-; ha- I'linn Cochise county d,ofk eper Mi-- Cham berlsin pf Toinb.tou' com nitt"e clerk. Mice F Whitaker, Ysgapai county mr--enger.
 Gibbon., of Apache county Ss,chman.
 Rev. Hed.pe,h chaplain
 Many matters Of importance Hii | b. up heipre thu. .a.-Ion of .hs isZ..'s ture, and altogether IL ui.l b4 one C momentous impor, 'o the people . Arizona.
Tombstone epitaph., 1909-01-24
Water Shortage
 Threatens CourtIand

N, r.. Wilcox of St David passed through here yesterday with his we'll boring outfit aud will make an at tempt Co strike a flow of artesian water in the vicinity of the new camp of Courtland It Is his intention to sin 2: the well in the draw or canyon .e' cen Gleason and Ieadville, and hc | ts hopes of striking a tlOw Ot water at depth oi less than 500 feet. The water in the Rascom we'll. which at present furnishes the entire supply for both Ieadville and Courtlaud is but little over forty feet deep and although the flow of water is strong, it IS strained to its utmost capacity 10 supply the i00I0 gallons being used | from it daily. This Is one Of the prin
 cipal dras backs to the new camp oi | Couyt'and, as this well IS also drawn on to furnirh water for all the hoist- and is now pumped dry every ioul
 hours to meet the present dsma q
 Unless a further water supply isd vel oped from some 5 ,urce there is bound
 to be a shortage Of water ere long.
Tombstone epitaph., 1909-01-24

PHOENIX, Jan. 2O-The fret b1.- ness which occupied the attention of legislature today was s bill introd lced by Reed of Maricops county m4k ng Lincoln's Birthday, Feb, F, eg4l holiday. This bill passed both houses and became law.
 Neil Bailey of Cochi-e introduce a bill for 8 direct primary law. The same was passed for second read- in.
 F. Sutter of Cochise was appointed ch tirman of the territorial affairs c mmitree.
 Little business was transacted by the legislative bodies today and an early adjournment was taken until tomorrow
 Several bills embodying the gover- n"r's recommendations are now being prepared, among which are Closing oi saloons and all forms of gambling.
Tombstone epitaph., 1909-01-24
Troopers Were
 Not Released

Will there be trouble between cat tlemen having stock on the range in the vicinity of Fort Huachuca anu the government troops stationed there over the question of cattle trespass ing on the reservation
 According to sergeant B.les, oi the 9th cavalry sho was in this city yes teTday, the prospects are there will be. The officials at the post have already started building a cora! for the pur pose of impounding all cattle caught feeding on the reservation, and that the officers will attempt to collect fine of two dollars per head on all stOck placed in the corral or pawn. shop. as it is called by the troops.
 should this ruling be enforced II means that the cattlemen in that vl- cinity will not only have no end of trouble keeping their cattle of the reservation, but will be called upon to dig up for all stock that is impounded or forfeit the same.
 Biles says thIs ruling is to be en forced on account ot the arrest at different times oi soldiers by the ter ritorial officials for the shooting and killing of cattle on the government range, AZ in the present case of Trum- peter Wilson and Private Thomas, who are no9 being held in the county iail, charged with killing cattle be- longing to the Greene Cattle company.
 Biles came over to take the soldiers back to the post with him, but was compelled to return alone. An order was made in the district court some time since that the soldiers be reless ssed upon condition that the government see that they were trsnsp Drted to Honolulu, to which post their troop had been transferred. The matter was taken up with the edlvision commander at Denver and he sent instructions to have the men released on those con d.tions. The post commander &, Huachuca, Capt. Allen, in sending after the prisoners, simply sent an order asking that the men be turned over to Sergeant Bliss. District At t0rDey Williams, however, refused to order the release of the men until some sort Of an affidavit was filed by the army officers to show that the men would be sent to the islands as reqcired by the entry made in the court records and until such papers are furnished, the men will be he'd in the custody of Sheriff Jack White.
Tombstone epitaph., 1909-01-24
From Tuesdays Daily.

An exchange says that c D Harvey while on s honeymoon trip twenty miles below Phoenix wac chased by pack of wild dogs in the Gila swamps. Wild dogs have inhabited there swsmps for number of years and 1t . is claimed are increasing m numbers. D They are said .o he vicious and dan i gerOus.
 Mir and Mrs E l jams left yester- day for their home in the Gila valley at Safford. Mir Hams will spend week in that locality and will then return here by way of Pearce and Cour,land, where he goes to look over the telephone company's business.
 Attorney Eugene Ives of Tucson IS in the city, being called here on business for some oi his clients.
 Henry K Street, the genial manager of the Boquillas Land and Cattle conn pany, was in the city today on com pany business.
 Elmer Boucher, the engineer on the Tombstone bIanch of the F P & w railroad, left yesterday for E Paso, where he goes to meet Mrs Boucher, who Is returning from an extended visit to her parents in Kansas.
 Miss May Chamberlain left yeater- day for Phoenix, where she goes to accept a position as committee clerk in the legislature
 Wm Neal of the 4-bar ranch was in the city today on A short busines' trip He -,a1e4 that there is a lar.t anon; ,i travel through t.e ,-l.. , from Douglas to Courtland and Gles son, and that the railroad surveyor are at work setting grade stakes.
 Robert Renter and family, from th' Babocamsri, are spending few day in this city on visit to friends.
 Patsy Holland returned yesterda.. : from Silver City, New Mexico, ~heE ] he has been at work for number c Q months He spent few days in Bis E bee on visit to relatives before com l. ing over here.
 Kendall Brothers ranch house called the "hsli way now for all tray
 elers en route to Courtland, ard 500 . the boys are going to serve lunche there. It Is also a watering piece fo
 horses. Forty horses quenched thei thirst there last sunday, not cOuntin
 "henziue buggles," as Harry k"pda ., puts IL.
Tombstone epitaph., 1909-01-24
That Badger Fight
 Will Be a Corker

What will probably turn out to be the "fercest" badger fight ever pulled of in Thmhst ne will occur at the Revenue Thursday night about n hour after the Murray and Mack show is out, as severa! of the male members of that company are 10 be especial guests on thi- eventful night. The badger is nov being starved to get him into an ugly mood-it is said that Is hours of starving always puts A bad ger into tke best of fighting trim. The dog who will do the honors in this fight is that thoroughbred bull fer rier, Mike Walker" wh IS owned y John Walker and \ H Gardner. 4 great deal of interest has already heen manifested in the coming fight and money is being bet quite freely with the badger as the favcrite The society for the prevention oi cruelty ,o sni- mals stopped a badger fight mp in Globe one night last week. but it Is hardly thought tha' the feeling agsi st badger" fights IS so strong m T mb- stone as to call for interference on the part of T citizens or the p.iice officers