Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-09-07
.Rawhide's Tribute.
By Francis Hazard.

Rawhide is a Nevada mining
camp-one of the mushroom va
riety. 1t sprang from the arid
soil of the desert over night.
It's inhabitants both male and fe-
male are of the purely useful va
riety, useful in the sense that is
opposed to ornamental. They
are as rough, hard vigorous a lot
Of cosmopolites as may be found
between Singapore and Sioux
City and they have come to Raw
hide for one thing only. That
thing is gold.
1t is very material desire
Pride of ancestry or previous
condition of servitude has moth
ing to do with it. Sentiment is
rather a drawback than an aid
to good judgment in quartz or a
draw" And apparently the
Rawhide husky, any way you
regard him, is as unsentimental
"a specimen Of whiskey drinking
humanity as can be found west
of the Rockies. 1t requires some
thing unusual to discover the
heart which beats beneath his
flannel shirt. But when it comes
to a SHOW down" there is the
real, unadulterated milk of hu-
man kindness to be found in the
resident of Rawhide and this
may be said of all his kind
wherever they hit the shifting
trail"
Riley Grammar, the noted turf
man and "plunger," died in
Rawhide recently. Grammar,
formerely a man of great wealth,
had went broke" That was
probably the least of his misfor-
tunes. He had come to Rawhide
for a "grub-stake." Every man,
woman, and child in Rawhidel
knew him and knew his story.
They sympathized secretly. with
his hard luck. His sudden death
touched them. They decided to
bury him with such honor as,
@OUS measure Ssr s impavuy.
Grannan's fun nI.s.was a great
demonstration. Nothing like it
had ever been seen in a Nevada
mining camp. From Salt Lake,
San Francisco and as far North
Portland, Ore, came the dead
mans friends. A car load of
flowers from California came
along with them. The ceremo-
nies at the Miners Hall in Raw
hide were attended by thousands.
And here is the eulogd of Riley
Grammar as delivered on that
occasion by "Parson" Knicker-
booker, a Hell ll-fer-Saltin" type
: of miner whom everybody who
ever tol ped the alkali wastes OF
southern Nevadain a Wells Far
go coach knows ty sight at least
It's an unusual ellogy. There's
something about it that thrills
; Rawhide is justlyproud of it:
Riley Grammar was born a
Paris, KY, abolt forty years
!, ago. He cherished all the dreams
u of childhood. Those dreams
found their fruitio in phenome
nal success financially. lam tol(
G that from "a position of a bel
boy in a hotel he rose to be ;
| celebrity of worl wide fame
> Riley Grammar wa one of tht
= greatest, plungers the continent
> has produced. Helied at Raw
, hide.
" That is a brie statement
We have his birth nd the da,
of his demise, who can fill tn,
interim? Not |. Who can tel
his hopes and fears? Who know.
. the misery of his iuiet hour
Not |.
Riley Grammar ws born il
the sunny southlai of Ken
lucky. He died in Rawhide
That is the beginnin. That il
1, the end. Is there is 4 this pic
. ture what Ingersol aid at tn,
grave of his brother Whethe
u it be near the shore r in mid
:, ~, ocean, or among the heakers a
~ least, a wreck must mrk the en-,
N of one and all.
~ Born where the hooNs an
\, N rivers run musicallyl til rougl
N n prolific soil, where mgnoli
M goldihora like white liars
,v g low in a frnAntnt G
~ green, where the ikI Is an
A. greensward and the sot 4 4mme