La Junta tribune., 1915-06-26
FOUNDER OF HOLLY.

FOUNDER OF HOLLY.
Jsdgs n. Finity's Expsrieace q apl-
v asd Goodbye Dssas lssoy u.
Camphell's b La JunGa.
Il Am the father and founder Of
Holly. Colo..'' said Judge n. Finity.
with an air Of triumph. Il came
there years ago next September.
There was nothing there then but q
depot. not over l0xl1 feet square. .
blacksmith shop. store. barn and
half . dozen cowboys. all transients.
The whole outfit was called the Hol-
II Cattle Ranch. The following De-
cember took 4 presumption claim q
stones throw from the depot, built
me half dugout. kept batch. and
lived In It two years. Now 4 part Of
the city Of Holly IL on my claim.
Population about 500.
Il founded Holly" said the Judge.
''1ust ss Romulus and Remus found
ed Rome
Now tradition says that Romulus
and Remus. while founding Rome.
subsisted on the milk Of a goat. and
the picture shows them. one on one
side and one on the other. sucking the
goat. and when asked II he did like
wise he replied.
Nay. nay. NIGHTS kom heraus."
He admits. however. that he once
rode the goat. but said that was when
he was initiated In = lodge. and be-
sides. he said. riding goat was more
dignified than sucking = goat. He
declared he never sucked goat. and
had no recollection OF ever having
sucked nursing bottle. and was posi-
tive he never sucked . bottle label
ed "Swink."
THE winter Of 1885," he says.
was . very severe winter.a and many
persons and hundreds OF head OF cat
tie were frozen to death In that Sec
tion." The snow In eastern Colo
RADIO sad westsrn Kansas was from
two 70 three deep on the average. but
the judge was snusly ensconced In
his dugout. aud suffered nothing ex-
ceDt the loss of dts11ey. which never
restsd very heavily on his shouldsss.
s'ssru1h6 6ise0veeed Saet1dtn Lake, =
said the Judge. II was the first civi-
lised white man. cowboys excepted.
who looked upon that body Of wa
ter" The Judge says his story beats
Leroy n. Csmpbell's story to 4 frax.
xle. and Is rs follows:
During the winter Of 1856 I
was at the Holly ranch nearly every
day. and heard the cowboys talk
about Sheridan Lake. When I ask
ed for advice. one Of them would
answer. but moving off . short dis
tance. I could hear them say sub
voca. Any man who will come to this
country and take up = claim. expect
Ing to make living upon Il. ought
To be In an insane asylum. This
country 10 only III for stock" An
other cowboy said sub voca. Well. he
10 tenderfoot. and what could you
expect from . tenderfoot!' I did
not ask what . tsnderfoot was. be-.
cause ! did not wish to expose my
Ignorance. Sheridan Lake IL thir.
y or forty miles north and . little
west Of Holly.
In the sprins Of 1855. vhea the
weather. got warm aad the grass was
~. I hired . cowboy 70 60 with me
70 Sheridan Lake. but hs had never
bssa there. asd "a not ksov sxactiy
whore Il was. On our way aosth ws
passsd droves Of Wild horses. ante
loDss. large gray wolves sad coyotes.
aad turkey bussards. I did not like
The looks Of those gray wolves. but
tAs cowboy assured ns that they
would Dot attack . maa - ioas -
they had good. frssh cattle 70 saG
We we're we'll armed. each havtsg
two rsvolvsrs and . doubls basrslsd
shot gus. TIE eoustsy thsa reais1.
- Ne Of ny trip across the Atlantic
Ocean. which ! nsds ~ ysass ~.
fore. nsasly--sii rellisg DraisSs. not
. herss o. . human bslag y - sssa
II any 6iFseeloa.
'0a ~ svsaias es ~ sseosl DAY
~ 1lssovere1 oAesllaa Lake. esd
eaaDe1 - ~ bor1sss thss night.
We sos0e u our covered wagon. aal
tsle1 - slee0. Bot saeso vas l0oes-
slhse. ~ tssla fssN sal eehee
aeuaais an1oals ksoe % . eeotiaueus
egeatia0 ~ bleotlag all ~ al0Aa
oAso1gA. vhlls bls1s q svsgy vossely
ts11lo1 - eVltoo1 - - oeeo0oan1-
monG ~ laso ~ nootAoe lolot q