The Holly chieftain., 1911-02-10
Participants In
Historical Fights
Living In Holly
(Co..;...l Fro. P.ee y

town OF s10rece-eA the people OF In
hume especially were voefully shy o. coia
of the realm. Asd that they must have
TO do bnsiness ia Psebio, and they ksew
il.
IL was estimsted ct the time thst the
raising OF the fsad with which to buy
Horsce's waieswosks, sad the departure
the shekels. LETT oaly four dollars in sill.
yer in the town a Tribune. But as long
as il was for food cause the citizens
murmured not asd the tribute came will
inkiy.
1t is probably seediess to mention here
that the tows Of Horace was not taken
into the con6deace Of Tribune in this
matter. By this time Horace had Gained
the name Of bsiss perpetualiy peevish
toward Tribune. sad with that instinct
that had been whstted by training, the
latter town knew that what Horace didn't
know wouldn't hurt her. and acted
upon that theory in carrying out her plans.
When the owner Of the water works
was seen at Pueblo and rendered the "col-
lection At Tribsle's mass meeting in
return for bill Of sale to Horace's creek
and pump. the temptation proved to
strong for even loyal property owner Of
Horace, and the deal was closed.
When the diplomat who had made the
deal returned to Tribune with the deeds
<. h:. ,coL - l.. -. L...ld>d - th. aoy.
ior Of his country.
Tribune held ratification rally"
The returns were in and Tribune had won.
But suddenly conservative one mem
toned the fact that there was yet one
precinct to hear from-who was foinS to
20 over to Horace to eet the water.
works, and deliver it to Tribune.
The question was serious one. Even
the most sanluine conceded that it was
eoinf to take more than one man, and
more than committee or family to Get
that outfit from Horace and plant it with.
in the city limits Of Tribune.
The meeting at Tribune this time de-
yolved itself into military council.
Every able-bodiSt citizen Of the town
was in attendance All realized the yalse
Of strategy, but all were determined that
the occasion called for something more
than a trick-it was soins to be no parlor
fame to deprive Horace of her only
treasure.
| Finally after many sus&estions had been
discussed and rejected, the only apparent
plan was adopted-the fifty or more men
at the meeting determined to meet at
| midnight, heavily armed, and march to
Horace, dismantle her waterworks DUR
ing the night. and Get away with as much
as possible Of the outfit while the town
was sleeping.
Three o'clock the next morning wit
messed the assembling Of what could be
called nothing else than a posse at
Horace's fount. With few of their
number detailed as guards the others set
about the work Of making junk out of
waterworks system. 1t might be proper
to say here that the water system" con.
sisted of boiler and pump, set out on
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the prairie.
Bv seven o'clock the work had been
accomplished. The Tribune ''army"
was happy-the waterworks was theirs
and all was well.
But the complaceny Of the invading
army was short lived. Even as they con.
graduated themselves, lone horseman
appeared on the horizon-in fact he ap.
peared somewhat closer. Close enough
to note the troops" and their handi-
work.
The horseman was very important
disnitary in Horace-he was the engineer
Of the waterworks. Locally he was
known as the ''pumper" but that fact de.
trscted nothing from his importance.
1t took the above. mentioned and de.
scribed engineer just about one minute
to realize what had happened and what
the loss of his works" meant to him
and TO the country Of his adoption.
| Far be it from the purpose of the writer
to repeat here what that pumper said
| when he looked down upon the ruin in
the valley. He had vernacular Of his
own that was more expressive than Gle.
CANT, and he got great deal Of it out Of
his system during that one moment that
| he hesitated on the edge Of the ravice.