The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-27
Brought Gamblers and
Saloon Men to Their Knees
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why certain land cases OF oreson
we're not being pushed. q "eht;
and she did what h was lnstructeu
TO do. He had also given her sHlaiie,
missions in Oregon ana shs na
ALWAYS returned from them ana re,
norted. II have done as you wished.
10 knew that she would do as well ln
ConnerfeId. despite the severity or tho
test there.
He preached the subject to her n
she simply said, Il am ready Inc
message was given her and she start
ed with her message 10
Garcia. Without asking useless ques-
tions and making feminine
ton. she went alone at the Tune sex
to meet those strong men VINO were
warning in a small tu1npieoown Nv" w
| far from the outside world and cut OFT
from help. On second thought GOV.
West saw hat the test was possibly
too strong.
1t was just then that word had
percolated from Copperfeld that Sam
Akin, a merchant Of the town, hau
received 2 postal, mailed in Copper
field. which contained a picture or 8
lighted bumb and the words, W Will
arrive SOON penned upon it. Ihen
Gov. West quietly ordered Col. 3. Is.
Lawson, superintendent OF the State
penitentiary, to take members OF the
State militia and Coast Artillery ana
board the rear Of the train.
Whether Miss Hobbs knew they
were there or not, or whether h
cared. is not recorded, but it is known
that she paid no heed to them n
went her way with her message. That
message never left her as she took
that Journey of $50 miles. through
Portland down the Columbia river to
Huntington, which town Gov. West
not long before thought so bad that
he cleaned it up personally. And
thence down the jerky Snake river
road to Copperfeld.
When they heard that a mere WOn-
an was coming to tell them to behave,
! the burly men of Copperield thought
it a great joke. Loud were the laughs
, and many were the jests.
! Lets decorate in her honor" said
4 one. I'VE should put cut flowers OH
r the bars and pink ribbons on the sa
loon fronts" aid anOthers.
Arrives at Copperfield.
All Copperheld was at the depot
when the little woman dressed plain
I ly in blue, and with a little hat COW
e ering her wealth Of blond hair, stepp,
ed from the train on Friday, January
2. There was sue a pretty smile in
e her blue eyes M such a womanly
e g~entleness about her that, when SHE
IS asked for the city oficials-they were
It still 'city' officials from the old day.
rude jeStS were turned to admira.
ton. That such a Womanly little
woman should brave them, with Their
revolvers and guns ready, and tina
is she should carry only a feminin.
handbag, was worthy the praise o
strong men. Wherever her ladyshil
: went, she found admiring men read,
- to fight for and serve her.
H. Soon they gathered the officials
a. the men who had ruled the town, be
" fore her in the main street. Their
u ls only one street in Copperfield an,
&, it is rightly named independence
re street, for the people had been indie
q, pendent for years. AS the crow
shoulders were above Hiss Hobb.
e. head. Then she did the most win
A ming, Womanly thing. She asked
nd favor. Gould she have a platfor1
50 that she ould talk to all of them
I'M Instantly there were a dozen me
N, scurry1ng to n something suitabl,
n ana hnaliy they produced a soap DO,
nv her message to Garcia.
Nv IN quiet, clear tone she said thu
~ she a been sent with a messae
,ie from the Governor Of Oregon. The
xiy the mems gaAiantry grew keener an
H. tney invited her to the town hall. ST
ehO OIu platform where
- snort time before had sat the mus
hee clans that scraped out tunes for II
dancers from the river, the railroa
ana the plains. The hall ";
croWded with men andthere was on
'u' one door through which to escane
-, MISS HOBBS opened her handba
not ureW out the message and began
ms sao II 70 as strange an audience
ore one could conceive. It was as ori
ect. d aeath and the little woman quiet
her ana 1earlessiy delivered the messa.
wo la oeso meant the loss OF control to Il
ing ollclais or else the loss of what tn.
the nad fought for in the last FIVE 49,. =.
all ,neir business which mean 49,
ac- livelihood. 0"A' the
laao a man delivered that meSs.,
no. .nefe would ave been strono raS"n
ar ment. probably desperate resentman
,od. nut thelr admiration OF the littIa 81
yed 49, woman was SO great that >
"sle her champions and wera ~ :
its noncsrned that she be respected ~,
Mhat she read. The Or - 10