El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25
Centennial Celebration Kills Man for Forcing
Him Sign PapeGamble Murders His Best Friend for Josng Him
How Bullion Ihng Was Stopped the Humiliation of Indian Chiefs,
the Cleaning Out of Horse Thieves, Unceremonously
By DAN ROSE

were pounding away upon the pre-
Ci0us ores of the mines. great outfits
/ of mules and oxen hauled their weary
burden into the already congeste
streets. making the crossings at times
impossible I believe there never was
before nor since a man on cath that
could beat a genuine Missouri bull
whacker" or a mule skinner in the
art Of profanity. especially when they
reached town It seemed as though
every cuss word known 10 man was
carefully studied and learned by them.
and no man, not even the early dag
mate of a packet ship, could hold a
candle to them when they started 10
give vent to the long pent up learn
ing with their Gee-e-e Briudle, What
did ] tell We how 10 behave when ye
Kit TO town YOU Son-Of-a-lOng-hOr
Texas pirate2 Tou-you-" And then
the mule skinner wasn't far away. Be
tween them both and the Drawing of
mules. the believing OF oxen and the
tnunderOus "hee-haW" of the burro.
the noise sounded like some wild
tuned callope footing, day and night.
Added 10 this, the deep boom boom
boom Of the blasting in the hills close
by made the little burg one Of the
nOisiest a s well as the liveliest and
most progressive in the west
Pioneer Mothers.
Up 10 this time there were but a
Few white families POSSIBLY four or
Ivel IN the camp; among them were
David Abraham. Isaac Steven, iudzs
Cornelius Bennett, Harvey whitehall
and Mr. FlOman. their wives having
shared In the danger of travel at that
time. They laid the foundation OF a
society that worked wonders in rhe
subsequent good that came TO the lit
tie town.
Theirs was the one noble sacrifice
and motherly compassion that made
: E-as n--
and let his mind wander 10 some far
away home 10 where q mother was
waiting for him. they were the first.
when friend or stranger was sick
or wounded, 10 place a mothers hand
on his brow and speak words of cheer
and comfort. Burdened as thew were
with the cares Of their own brood,
they never lost an opportunity 10 ex-
tend that mothers love 10 others Fit
mates they were for those rough
hewn, hardy, daring men, and they
chung 10 them as TO the ivy TO the
oak. with but one desire- To honor
their God their families and the COM
munity they called HOME. Speak and
think reverenrly, YOU who read Of
those women OF long ago. for theirs
was the lot chosen Of God, as has been
even from the DAY the Pill
grims landed on the Atlantic coast:
and. until worn and fatigued, they,
besides their mates. planted civiliza-
ton on the Pacific coast. Side by side
with those sturdy men. they endured
hardships. privation and sorrow. And
II those same men built the fires Of
civilization, those pioneer women
heaped on the fuel till its lights
cleaned east and west, north and
south. until IL penetrated the remotest
part OF this continent
Early Day Peace Officers.
There were two things absolutely
necessary in the life Of frontier towns
at that time-s determined sheriff
and deputies who were not afraid TO
kill and. by the same token. not
afraid Of getting killed. This class Of
men we're what the county fortunately
had at that time. The way that Har-
vey Whitehall became sheriff OF
Grant county, while being fortunate