La Junta tribune., 1915-07-10
SKY PILOTS AND COWBOYS.

SKY PILOTS AND COWBOYS.
some Interesting "Reminiscences Of
Early Days-sky Pilots Not Al.
ways Popular With Cowboys.
After my pugilistic encounter with
DIR. Dryden At Coolidge in 1876. as
related In . former article in the
Tribune. the teacher and his wife de-
cided to teach the negro children.
They Topped. There were two rea-
sons for this change of heart. First.
public opinion was all on my side.
Everybody said was right; that II
these teachers could not conscienti-
ously teach these children. and obey
the laws OF Kansas. they ought to
resign. A second reason was, they
had learned that l was about to
take steps to have them removed.
and they did not want to give up
their Jobs.
The pay Of school teachers In Kan
sas was about double the pay Of
teachers In Texas. where they came
from. at that time. I have always
had poor opinion Of Texas. %
met some Texas rangers in the Civil
var. and judging from their appsar-
ance and ignorance. I concluded they
must b the long looked for missing
link. connecting man with the moa-
keys. General Shsridan's opinion Of
Tsxas was worse than mine. He nads
. tour Of ohsssva&tsa thsUogh TEXAS
shortly After tie Civil war. and ssid
that II - ownsd TEXAS sad hell. hs
would rest Tsxas and live in hell. OF
couree. these re0afks do not aSply
70 Tsxas 1t The prsssat time. That
state. like many other southsgA
sanass. hes made voadsrful progress
ID the last thirty Or forty ysars. The
fifse flght had for the downtroddea
negro. Iastsd three pears and half
In the Civil war. but the second
fisht lasted oaiy thres minutes and
Q half. Soas diffsrsaes that.
4hat little unpleasantaess with
~. Dryden vas . good thiag for Ne.
- 4 eavs tie law brsaksss II that
tevn b undsrsaand that thsy had .
- toaaaa v1ah. A vas n ~
|lf|DaSe 2on2s21s - seel1 - -
had asvss bssa - 0rsasda. Witch
vas about fiftssa miles west. Il
was then at the railroad bridge cross-
Ing the Arkansas river. and two or
three miles east OF where II nov
stands. One Sunday morning I left
my palace (duGouO at Holly and
went 20 0ranada. On the way there
] met . woman. who said.
Are you that preacher that ev.
erybody is talking sbout!" told
her I thought ! was.
"weli." says she. with tears In
her eyes. II wish you would come up
there and preach 70 US some time. I
WAS raised In the east and always At
tended church. but ! married Q COW.
boy. and he II away on the range
most Of the time excepting winter.
aud I am left alone with these chill
dren. day after day. month after
month. nearly all the year round.
with no one 10 talk to. Well. IT'S
awful loassoms. and ] sometimes
feel - II might - we'll b out Of
the world"
told her ! was going 70 Osanada.
which vas two miles away. sad u I
could 81 he school house there !
would come - aad prssch 70 he
psopls. aad would let her know
whsa Il would take plscs. I called
% the station agent at 0rasaas. sad
he ssid hs would get the school
hosss. and ! left ~ sppolstnsat 70
prsach II two weeks at : O'Clock u
the sfteenoon.
There vas nothing there thea but
. small depot. . mach store. . school
houss and two saloons. ! sstufssd
70 Coolidge and found the people
stiii laikias aud lashing about the
FInity.Drydea pusiIistc fIssco. A.
neithsr Of 10 vas considered skilled
In the manly art. Il was looked upoA
% . huge oke. when friends Of
mine went into the country. sad any
one asked them how wss getting
on. their answer would Invariably b..
"Oh. Mr.. Finity II somewhat diiapi.
dated. but ssili IN the ring"
A. the cad Of two weeks I weat
70 Ossnsds % preach. ~ I had prom.
~. Stopped over night with the
ssatioa aseat. He and his wife offer.
- ~ thsls oaly bed room. asl had
arsaaeel u sjsep on The floor then