The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

fifty-hvc miles wide and 80 miles long.
1t was no more than a guess in a wild
derness- The other man found a loca-
ton at a spring. Twelve miles Off, my
father wounded a deer and followed It
into a deep canyon. where there were
grass and trees and water gushing
from the rocks. And there we went to
live.
Prescott. the county seat, was 100
miles to the south. We took our wool
there in the summer and went again
late in the fall with a load Of turkeys
and sometimes a bear that my father
had killed in The forests. Mails came
twice year. Ny parents did not hear
Of the great contest in 1876 until it was
settled and Rutherford B. Hayes was
occupying the White House. We had
found water. but at the price Of hu-
man companionship and contact with
the outside world.
Presently my father got into cattle.
was a good COW hand when I was
twelve years old. saw and admired
the cowboys dressed in their picturesque
Clothing, with ropes at their saddles
and guns at their belts. and at the age
Of fifteen I Joined them. In the mean
time. we had moved TO Flagstaff, TWEEN
ty-fve, miles distant. SO that the chill
dren in the family could get the proper
schooling. / was miserable in mathe-
mates. but loved history and oratory
Back in the canyon my father had trad
cd bear for a Bible and Jacob Alb
bott's Lives of Eminent Americans" He
read to us in the evenings. / recollect
that the story OF Jackson's exploits ex-
cited me so that / couldn't sleep. My
parents counseled together and thereaft-
er / heard no more about the hero OF
New Orleans
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Well I was cowboy at the age OF
fifteen. doing a full days work and get
ting the wages OF a man. / rode the
ranges in the-counties Of Apache. Nav
ajo. and Cocinini for four years. drink
ing. gambling. and dancing with the best
COW punchers in the Southwest Then
one day Sandy Donahue, a saloon-keeper
at Flagstaff, and an honest man, called
TO me as l was riding past the court
house. He had been elected sheriff and
was looking for a deputy. My father
had lost most of his property and /
jumped at the chance. But 1 couldn't
save any money. Jurymen came to town
and had to show them around. A
Mexican shot an American from behind
the bullet going in at the back of the
head and coming out at the side of the
nose. The sheriff was away at the time
<AhohhNi "cHt Win 10 Ile
Mexican in. The Greaser pulled his gun
and was killed. 1t was a sad affair and
never talked about 1t very much. keep
ing still-thouSh the jury exonerated us
rather than trying to escape all respon-
sibility myself
Il ceased to be Sandy Donahue's dep
uty simply because l wanted to get
something ahead. / worked in a sawmill
and also carried hod, making 50 a day,
living hnp1a 90
sleep The United States Senate was
still In my head and had studied law
whenever 1 could. Indeed. / read Black
stone while engaged In operating a hod
learned stenography at a business
school in Stockton, Cal. got a situation
in the town of Williams. and was ap-
pointed justice Of the peace. At the age
Territorial Legislature. I almost starved
during my first days at the bar. Hap
PLY, 1 was nominated for prosecut-
ing attorney, and went to my father for
help in paying my campaign expenses.
He handed me 81, saying II was the
ruination of children to give them money
they hadn't earned.
How Boys Are Ruined.
Boys he often declared, must meet
the hard places in life for themselves.
4hSy eO 'o"h tHty weak
lings. but will survive II they are strong
He was a strong man himself. learning
to read after he was grown up, and get
ting by industry and application a re-
fund Of Information. With It
all he was the most sarcastic person
ever have known. While prospecting In
the Grand Canyon eleven years ago, he
was killed by a premature explosion.
owe all that / am to my parents. One
of the Ashursts sat on the English
bench of common pleas with Sir william
Blackstone. Ny mother. thank God, is
still living.
AT the end Of my second term as
prosecuting attorney. took a special
course in law and political economy at
the University of Michigan. 1 wanted
the polish and prestige of a little more
study. 1t was the best investment I
ever made The day Arizona became a
State I telephoned my friends 1 should
be a candidate for the Senate 1 printed
a formal announcement the following
My platform filled three coll
umns of a newspaper. but 1t was sound.
IL lengthy, and here I. am and here
hope to remain"
''Is it true that you once waved your
fist In the faces Of the members Of the
Arizona Legislature?"
Yes: went to Phoenix with n marty