El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-01

Harry, until recently mayor Of Clovis.
New Mexico, when II years Old con-
t1nued the captain, smiling; he was
into the nearest railway station one
day, and got one OF the trashy border
novels from a brakeman OF course I
did not object to him reading it, for he
IS a true western boy and knows all
about border life. When he had fill
boys back in the states believe all this
stuff
I told him thai many of them did
ard that II sent many Of them towards
the " est in search OF adventure
He reflected a moment and said, I'd
like TO get hold Of the fellow that
wrote this just for half a minute
Why, HarryY I asked.
Well he replied. if he wrote an
other one inside Of so days, he would
have to do it standing up, and he
glanced sIgsestively down at heavy
Did you ever know Of a boy sue
Ceedlng in becoming a scout or bow
Ger celebrity, who was induced to go
west by novel reading, captain
The InvariabIe Failure.
NO. not one. 1t is an actual fact
that not one Of them succeeds in his
aims. they invariably se-,re some
mental position Until their PEOPLE send
for them, and they are glad enough to
return home, 1 assure you There is
room in the west for young men OF
nerve and muscle who are willing to
work, and such viii do wei there, but
there Is no demand for 1nfantlle indian
butchers and juvenile stage robbers.
The west is being rapidly populated
and viii prosper, but he must work.
Money does not grow on trees out
tbere- 1t is a land Of great OppOrtuni-
ties, and the young men who have the
vim and energy TO accept hard work
until they get start can soon estab-
nsh themselves and advance as the
country advances Some of the wealth
lest men of the west were day labor
ers when they first located in the
Another foolish idea which creeps
into the fiction poisoned brains OF
eastern boys is TO get west and be
cowboys. ! can tell them right now
That II would be as impossible for one
Of them TO secure employment on "A
COW ranch without an outfit as it
would be for carpenter TO get a job
without tools. Every cowboy must
furnish his own outfit which consists
OF horses, saddle, bride rope, blankets,
spurs, etc, etc, at cost OF nearly II
Tot quite S200. These are absolutely
necessary, and even should a green boy
secure these ne NUT spend at least a
year in training before he can acquire
proficiency sufficient to secure en-
plOyment. Then. when employment is
secured, the life will be found to be
hard. dangerous one. full of exposure to
the elements and hardShips almost in
Vulnerable. The pay, too, is small,
ranging from $50 to $40 a month
Il would advise every boy to shun
dime novels. stay at home, learn some
useful trade and build up a home of
his own When old enough, If the
western fever still RACES, then so west.
but 90 expecting to work and to WORK
hard until a start is gained Don't so
out and murder the poor indians The
indian never harmed an eastern boy
and it would be cruel for a youth of
10 or y years TO go out there and
slaughter a tribe or two before the
troops could be sent out to suppress
him. If any boy should take a notion
to go on the Warpath he should eXeT-
else a. spirit Of fairness and send the
ready with his warriors and meet the
blOOdthirsty youth in equal combat
However l have no idea any common
sense boy will ever get this foolish
craze. From what I have seen OF them
they are too worthy, besides there have
been no indian wars for over 80 years. I
I myself was chief Of scouts in the
last of the indian wars when we cap
tUred GefonomO Can Apache). pro-
nounced Horonomo, same as Jose is |
pronounced HOsay- See%
Captain Jack is unquestionably the (
best living authority on the evil ef-
Of our American boys here in the east I
indulge IN, and nearly all of our indian J.
= ighting generals, including Merritt
CEaffee, Burt. Carr. Grant and Miles /
nave commended the poet scout for his \
stand against that class of literature
while LawtOn, Hatch, Crook and Buel. I
under whom he served as chief OF /
scouts, also praised him for his work I
while they lived