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The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

anu cattle killed and driven of, but no
persons were killed or injured. In 's4
Hank Sharp and Dolph Lusk while
driving cattle were fired at by the
Indians. Sharp was slightly wounded
and Lusk's horse was killed aud he
was reported dead. Sharp rescued him,
however, and getting him on his own
horse and took him 10 place Of safety.
lie was severely injured and was taken
TO Fort Lewis for medical attent ton,
where he soon regained his health. A
company of soldiers were sent after
the Indians but accomplished nothing.
Washington, scout, and "Roudy"
Wilson, cowboy, who accompanied
the expedition, were killed.
On June %, 1885, some white men
killed small band of Indians on the
| head of Beaver creek. One squaw es-
capped and day and night later the
Indians attacked the Genther home.
Mr.. Genther had received the mail
that day and he and his wife were sit
ting up late reading. Mr.. Genther
smelled smoke and went out to see
what was on fire and Immediately
returned and told his wife that the
house was on fire and he thought that
| there were Indians around. He tried
to put out the fire and was shot and
killed. Mrs. Genther and her four
children, one baby less than year
old, escaped. This baby was the first
white child born in the Mon.ezuma
Valley. Mrs. Genther WAS shot, the
bullet breaking her collar bone. Car
lying the baby and helping the other
children she made her way to MIR.
Wooley's place, and finding no one at
home went on to Mr.. Simon's place.
In crossing an arroyo she saw Doug"
Wooley. He frightened her again be-
cause she thought 1t was another
Indian. But 1t was only Doug" who
had taken some bedding and was sleep
out away from the house to lessen the
chances of Indians finding him. The
next morning Doug" went to the
Big Bend for help, and party of men
went to the valley and buried Genther.
In 's6 William Ball was killed near
Pi-ute Springs where he Is buried. Mr..
Ball was the last man killed by the
Indians.
Each year as we meet we miss some
of the old familiar faces aud among
those who have passed to the Great
Beyond never to return, since our last
meeting, are Mike O'Donnell, Mr..
Honaker, Mrs. Augusta Hosea, William
Wooley, Grandma johnson and Her.
man Mitchell.
In the days that are yet to come let
us not get discouraged or give up, but
rather let us stand firm and true as
befitting "PiOneers of the Great West"
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10
My Early Recollections of Montezuma a
County.
BY MRS. MATT HAMMOND.

Read at the Old Timers Reunion
held in Cortez Wednesday, September
9Th, 1903.
came to the Dolores river with my
parents July II, 1881. Durango was
then less than year old, and Monte
yuma Valley was La Plata county.
We camped all night on the old Phelps
ranch in Lost Canon where the
Roundup" was being held. The river
valley was pretty well settled. besides
the many men which we always find
in new country there were eleven
women. Isaac DENLY, settler was
shot and killed by Joseph Bean few
days after our arrival.
The fall of 81 Grandpa johnson and
family moved here from Pine River
bringing with them hundreds of cattle
and horses. This made him one of the
largest cattlemen in this part. Mr..
Johnson's spent the first winter in a
log cabin and the next summer built
the dobe house which is still standing
on the old place. The new house was
the largest and strongest on the river,
and was built where the canon had
widened out so that the approach of
any Indians could be seen. When the
rumors of another Indian raid was
brought to the people they came to
Mr.. Johnson's. But no Indians came
80 every one went back home.
The fall Of 's2 Ben Quick, was thrown
from horse and had his hand injured.
DR.. Fields of the Mancos, was sent for
but it was too late, as blood poison bad
set in which caused his death. Mr..
Quick was the first person buried In
the Dolores cemetery. The first ranch
in the Montezuma valley was taken up
by John Brewer, followed by William
Wooley and L. c. Simon. Mr.. Brewer
endeavored to dig an artesian we'll, but
was not successful so abandoned his
homestead.
The first Silver wedding celebrated
in the valley was that Of Mr.. aud Mrs.
L. c. Simon. Among the guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. d. H. saylor and family.
While Mr.. Saylors were gone the In
dians went through their house and
took every thing they wanted, includ-
ing every particle of food. Mr.. Saylors
returned to Mr.. Simon's where they
stayed all night and then went on to
Durango,
There were very few II any pigs on
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

The death of "Bob'' Womack at
Colorado Springs, Colo, recently, was
pitiful ending for the man who dis
covered Cripple Greek, one Of the
worlds greatest gold camps. In COM
parative poverty, doing odd chores for
his board, the man who paved the way
for other men to make fortunes, spent
his last few years of life bemoaning his
fate--a broken-hearted man. His only
legacy was his fame as discoverer.
His love for the .'joy cup" was his qn-
doing, causing him to barter away his
chance for millions. Mining World.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

Miss Rose Dawson, national organ.
izer for the w. c. T. u, was in Dolores
Friday evening and gave recital in
the Baptist church. She went to Leb-
anon Saturday and lectured in the
school house in the .evening. Sunday
and Monday she spent at Cortez, and
returned to this place again Tuesday
and lectured Tuesday evening. She
organized Unions at Lebanon and
CorteZ,
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

William Morrison and family of
Wichita Falls, Texas, arrived in Do
lores Sunday, and are stopping with
their son-in-law, DIR. J. +. Bell. Mr..
Morrison is one of the wealthiest far
mers in Wichita county, and has just
sold 600 acres of his land for fancy
price. He expects to invest in land
near Dolores, and remain with us.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

Mrs. J. H. Lynton returned home
Sunday from Colorado Springs where
she attended the annual convention of
the Pythian Sisters. She was a dele
gate from Silver Plume Temple No. 32
of this place.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

! More rain has fell during the last
p&ven weeks than was ever known in
the same length of time. Some dam
age was done to grain and hay, but
since we have had few days to dry
off in we find it is not as great as was
predicted.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

The heavy rains north of this place
Sunday and Sunday night caused the
Dolores river to rise very rapidly and
Monday morning it was higher than
at any time this year.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

We haven't saw Roadmaster Grady
lately, but it is dollars to doughnuts
that he is the busiest man in ten states.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

Mrs. II. b. Wallace has been visiting
with her sister, Mrs. &. b. Smith, Of
Rico, for the past week.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

Miss Mabel Giorgetta is making hel
home with Mr.. and Mrs. John McKeev
Or, and attending school here.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

The ladies of the Aid society will
give melon social at the town park
Saturday afternoon, September llth,
from until 8 O'Clock. Everybody
invited.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

For fine peaches call on Ben Porter.
He can furnish You with the choicest
kind of fruit from his orchard near
Lebanon.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

There will be services In the Dolor, $
Catholic church the third Sunday in
each month.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

The date on the liable of your paper
shows the time to which your subscrip-
ton is paid. Glance at it occasionally
and when you find you are indebted to
us drop in and pay. The ruling Of the
postoffice department forbids the send
ing of paper to a subscriber who is
more than year in arrears unless it
carries a one-cent stamp. True, this
order has not been strictly enforced,
but we have no way of knowing when
it may be and we are living up to it.
Don't compel us to put stamp on
your paper.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

A large number of Dolores people at
tended the Old Timers reunion at Cor
tez Wednesday.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

The Ladies Aid will meet with Mrs.
Walter Walters Friday afternoon, Sep
tember IL. All are cordially invited.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

Ben Porter was in town Tuesday
with some fine pears grown in his or
chard near Lebanon.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

School opened Monday at Arriola,
with II. M. Cooley As principal and
Miss Mary Kolz as primary teacher.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

Work has started on the government
ditch that heads at Jewett and covers
about 5000 acres of land below here.
The work is mostly being done by In
dian labor and the land to be reclaimed
is Indian land. This ditch is to be
completed in ten months and then it
will be extended until it covers Is, 600
acres of land. A total of $500, 600 is to
be expended in this work during the
next three years and the vast amount
of land to be reclaimed will be fine
fruit land.--Farmington Enterprise.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

One Of II. V. Pyle's sheep took dive
In the Dolores, Sunday evening and
went down the river.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

H. J. Porter was transacting business
at the county seat the first Of the week.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

The Dolores public schools opened
Monday with a good attendance in all
the rooms.
The Dolores star., 1909-09-10

Mrs. NJ. MonSanto and daughter,
Nellie came over from Cortez, last week
and visited with John Shultz and fanii-
ly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
He LOCATED HIS
BR0WN-EYED
CHICKEN

A. A. Hirsch of Seattle recov-
cred his pretty white. hen with
the straight back and brown eyes.
DIR. Soule, the Spanaway chicken
rancher, who bought the prize
winner for a small price through
a mistake of one of Hirsch q
agents. was compelled to give her
up this morning when Constable
Fred Shaw, armed with a writ OF
replevin issued by Judge Arntson,
appeared and demanded that the
bird be handed over.
Much trouble has been caused
by the pretty Plymouth hen.
Hirsch declares that she was on
exhibition at the A. Y. p, and
that when his agent sold the hen
to DR.. Soule for $3.50 it was all a
mistake. If the Spanaway man
insists upon claiming the fowl, he
will have to appear before Judge
Arntson in the police court and
show why he should not be COM
PEELED to relinquish all claims.
Hirsch departed with his chick
en- today for Seattle, much re-
lieved. ;
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
CAR co. WILL
IGNORE CITY
ORDINANCE
HUNDRED DOLLAR FIN E
FAILS TO MAKE COMPANY
RESPECT CITY'S DEMAND
EVIDENCE OF DAILY VIOLA
TIONS TO BE SECURED.

With a fine of 500 and cost.
hanging over them and with tbs
possibility of having an additions
fine of 500 a day assessed
against them for failure to com
ply with the city ordinance fol
five-minute cars to South Tacoma
the T. r. & p. company is going
on its way utterly ignoring tbs
city.
1--WE intend to give all the SER
vice necessary to handle the bust
ness" was the statement of Sup
erintendent Boutelle today.
The company claims it has been
doing this. The people, however
who have been hanging on straps
ciinging by their toes and finge,
tips to the steps and hand rails
and otherwise have been subject.
ed to inconvenience to get home
have different notion.
The report recently presented
to the city council showing the
kind of service on the lines in
which hanging on" was the i'm
portant phase of the report. indi.
Gates to the city that the ideas
of adequate and reasonable" SER
vice on the part of the company
are not the same as those held by
the people and the city is pre-.
pairing for the enforcement of Its
ordinance.
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Leave for Portland.
WHOLE FAMILY SLAIN

Iriddled with bullets, was found q
short distance from the house.
Two hours later the body of
Mrs. Bork was found near that of
her husband. She, too. had been
shot to death. Later the body of
the infant was found in a buggy,
three miles from the home. A re-
|volver wound had caused death.
Residents of Pittsburg are In
|censed at the crimes, and swift
Justice undoubtedly will be hand
ed out in case the police succeed
ii.apprehending the guilty parties.
The body of the infant evident
iy was placed in the buggy at the
Bork home and started away.
The horses stopped after wander
ling for hours.
Bork's head was riddled with
bullets. while his wife was shot
Through the heart.
The police say that they hare
|eyidence which shows that Mrs.
Bork was assaulted and that the
Iothers were killed to conceal the
= w <.ts - &. q. 4 .I
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Where is Joseph Gawley?


And is he a normal, material
man or a spook?
{ Councilman Giblett says he saw
and talked with Gawley- in. town
His brother, A. F. Gawley, says
1t can't be, for he is coming from
Japan on the Minnesota the mid
die of next week.
Citizens say Gawley got off the
street car and telephoned to his
wife to meet him down town.
His wife says he never did, and
that she has not seen nor heard
from him.
Now the question is. who is
right?
Did GibleJt really see Gawley or
was it just a spook? 1t is said
that Gawley, who recently disap-
peared mysteriously, has been in
Asia. They do queer things in
Ask; have adopts, psychics that
project themselves through space
in the winking of an eye, and all
that sort of thing. Now possibly
GaMley has become a psychic.
Maybe he just went into a trance
like, Annie Besant says she can
do and then goes off gallivanting
around the world with new
body.
Was it the original Joe Gawley
or just ghost Giblett talked to.
prosaic fellows who have no ap-
probation of modern psychology
and who view things on a worldly
plane say they know Gawley is
In this neck of the woods some
where, and that it is not strange
that his wife refuses to tell any
thing or possibly knows nothing
about him. They are asking why
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
100 KILLED
in PANIC
Heavy Loss Of Life Re-
suits From Wild Rush
of $4,000 People at a
Meeting of the Red
Cross Society.

(By United Press Leased Wire
TOKYO, Nov. 27. - Reports
from Osaka say that more than
one. hundred persons were killed
in terrible panic at the general
meeting of the Red Cross society
in that city this afternoon. Sew
eral hundred were injured and
many of these may not recover.
More than thirty thousand PEI
sons gathered at the Temple
ground to attend the meeting.
There was only one doorway
for either entrance or exit at the
building where the ceremonies
were held.
AS the crowd struggled to 60:
in and many of those within began
struggling to get out, pande'
monium ensued. Men and WON
en- lost their senses and in theil
wild fright, struggled and Tough
with each other and trample
hundreds under feet.
When the crowd finally was
cleared, there was immediate wort
for the Red Cross society to dc
and the agents of the association
at once took charge Of the deat
and wounded.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. az
Joseph ood, a hod carrier, fell
three stories while working on s.
building at Taylor and O'Farrell
streets, struck on a saw horse.
and was uninjured. 81 knew I
wouldn't be hurt as soon as I
began to fall" said Wood, as he
busted his clothing. 81 never
was hurt in fallig. I fell five
stories once and bruised my shoul-
der a bit.
There is an art in knowing
how to fall. You want to double
yourself up like a porcupine and
then not worry. 1t is this thing
of grabbing at the air with your
arms and legs as you go down
that makes the trouble"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27

What Would Happen if All Union Men in
CITY Should Quit Work for Two Weeks?

Desolation would fall upon Ia
coma and the entire country, II
the general strike suggested and
Endorsed by the Central Labor
union of Philadelphia were called
as a protest against the failing OF
Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell
and Frank Morrison.
With over 100000 men in the
United States refusing to work,
conditions would arise which
would mean suffering to S0,OOO,-
1000 and death to hundreds OF
thousands.
Tacoma would feel first the
paralysis of the railroads. The
food supply of the city, brought
in daily by the four railways,
would diminish.
The 5000 union toilers laying
peaceful siege to the 10000
lpeople in Tacoma would bring
upon themselves, however, the
common suffering, and, Samson
like, would feel the results of
their own actions as keenly as any
other persons.
The average comfort-lov-
ing citizen who looks regular
ly for his newspaper would
be disappointed the very first
day, because he would learn
that the union printers, press
men and stereotypers had
not prepared his paper for
him.
The house wife who went to
market the first day, seeking
fresh fruits, would find that the
railroads had brought none into
town, because the various brother
hoods of railway men were not
working. The groceryman and
the meatmen would raise prices
as the supplies grew short.
The milk supply of the city
would be partially cut off the first
day. The various dairymen in the
city suburbs would not supply
their customers as usual, because,
without the outside supply that is
brought to the city on trains
lacking, the price of milk would
rise so high that the local dairy
man would disorganize his route
and sell where the prices were
the highest.
Crying, hungry babies would
be found in almost every city
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FOUNDERS OFF
THE OREGON
COAST
SHIP GOES DOWN SUDDENLY,
BUT PASSENGERS ARE TAX
EN OFF-BOATLOAD OF II
PASSENGERS DISAPPEARS
FEARED THEY HAVE MET
DEATH IN THE SEA.

TILLAMOOK, Nov. 27.--The
steamer Argo, which grounded
on Tillamook bar yesterday after
noon and afterwards floatel her.
self, foundered at 8 o'clock last
might. The twenty one persons or
board, including passengers and
crew, were compelled to take tC
lifeboats.
| Eleven May BE Lost.
One of the lifeboats, containing
Mate Johnson and nine others
stayed at sea and drifted for
several hours, when it was final
ly picked up by the steamer Osh-
kosh, which had been in the vicin-
ity for about II hours. The other
boat, containing Captain Snyder
and ten others, has not been locat-
ed, and it is feared that they were
drowned in the heavy seas.
The Oshkosh has been patroll-
| ing the scene for hours without
sighting the endangered lifeboat.
and it is believed that if the
boat and its occupants were safe
they would have been heard from.
The steamer Roanoke was seen
through binoculars about eight
miles off shore, picking up a
small object. 1t is not known
whether this is the missing boat
or wreckage from the Argo.
The Rescued.
Those picked up, in the first
boat. are as follows:
N. A. Oldig, whose wife was
drowned yesterday while being
taken from the Argo, but who was
then listed as unidentified.
Mate Johnson.
w. c. King.
George Hunter, Napa, Cal,
whose daughter was drowned yes
|terday.
J. Hollins, the negro cook.
Howard Wolfe.
A. E. Millard.
Z. Salmonson.
Two Scandinavians, names un-
known.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.--In its
war upon medical men who expe.
riment upon living creatures tc
promote SCIENCE" the New York
Anti-Vivisection society has just
brought out a pamphlet which Is
having general circulation; and
which makes sensational charges
The pamphlet is labeled "Hu-
man beings, men, women and chill
dren, great proportion of whom
are patients in hospitals or asy-
lums, to experiments involving
pain, mutilation, disease or death,
for nc object connected with their
individual benefit, but entirely for
scientific purposes"
This remarkable document then
goes on to detail number of In
stances. The charge is made that
a paper from the VIM. Pepper
Clinical laboratory, University OF
Pennsylvania, was read, May IS.
1903, before the Association OF
American Physicians at Washing
ton, telling of inoculations of tu-
berculin into children under eight
years, all but 26 of them being
from st. Vincent's home for
foundlings, orphans and destitute
children at Philadelphia, many of
the injections being made into the
eye. More than half the cases re-
acted (Which means they were in
fected with tuberculosis in mod
flied form), and some suffered
very serious complications, even
threatening blindness.
The pamphlet contains what is
said to be quotation from the
Boston Medical and Surgical Jour
nal. as follows: "Dr. A. H. Went
worth, senior assistant physician
to the Infants hospital, Boston,
maze As vivisections tapping the
spinal canals of children, many of
whom died"
Saying that the information was
gained from various medical jour
nails, from papers read by sciep-
lists and responsible newspapers,
the anti-vivisectionists make the
following charges:
"Dr. Sidney Ringer, physician
to the University College hospital
of London, tested the poisonous
effects of various drugs on boys
under his care, not for their bene-
fit, but as he would try it upon
Continued ON Page Five.)
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block, attended by mothers nearly
distracted by fear and worry.
About tn ethird day the condi-
tion would approach a reign of
terror. Fresh meat, usually
brought to the city in refrigera-
tor cars, could not be had; smoked
meats and canned goods would
be demanded.
Death would be afoot.
There would be white
hearses in the streets about
the fourth day, telling of
babies who had starved to
death. Every neighborhood
would have its mourning
mothers; many of them, too.
would be the wives of union
men.
The beginning of the second
week would bring out new terrors
and suffering. The toilers of the
city lin general, would find them
selves nearly penniiess. The pass
ing of payday without a pay en-
velope to the thousands who are
paid weekly in Tacoma would be,
in part, counteracted by the pay
ment of union strike benefits. but
there is more than one union in
Tacoma that would not be able
to pay benefits at the rate OF
full wages.
The price of the smoked meats
and canned goods which remained
in the town would have doubled,
perhaps, in the previous week.
The hunger which had
seized the babies early in the
struggle, would begin to
seize children and women
men. The throngs of idle
men on the streets, their
faces grim in the determine
tion to carry out the strike
for the allotted time of two
weeks, would bear marks of
worry for the hungry women
and children at home.
Desolation would be seen on
every hand.
Local union men have, Of
course. discussed the proposal
made by the Philadelphia unions,
but they are not seriously con-
sidering it. and the probabilities
are that such a proposition would
be voted down ten to one should
1t be brought before the Central
Labor Council.
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The Roosevelt following and the opposite group dangerous
The believers Roosevelt they should
ed with suspicion merely because liking the former
tive He admit radicals his
dence that he be aided
noInic issues by which he midst
honest not Those his
Big
Payne,
promise; Hitchcock political 70 hts nrgertps Knox
ignorant
lastly, Richard Achilles Balnger urtise,
most arreaclng before
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-27
CITY FMpLoYE ARRESTED

Fred Ellsworth, clerk in the
commissioner of public works of
flee. was taken off a street car
and arrested last night for inde7
cent conduct. He was allowed to
go on his own recognizance, blft
will be brought before the court
this afternoon.
Commissioners McGregor was
aroused over the affair today, and
this afternoon is awaiting the
result of the investigation into
the case to decide whether or not
to remove the clerk from the
office.