The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-08-14
BLACK HILLS FRIENDS
RECALL CAPT. HORTON
FINE TRIBUTES TO A BRAVE AND
GENEROUS MAN BY THOSE
CLOSE TO HIM.

CLOSE ~ HIM.
James f. Callahan has received clip
pings from Black Hills newspapers
bestowing high tribute upon the life
and character Of Captain A. p. Horton,
the Occur d'Alene pioneer who died in
this city a few weeks ago. The story
they tell is a duplicate of the story OF
his life in this district. The Hot
Springs, S. D.. Star has the story OF
his trip to the Black Hills from Chey-
enne In 1875. when he was made cap
tain of an outfit headed for the Hills.
a title that he carried throughout MS
life, though strangely enough 1t ala
not become fixture until he left the
Black Hills, where he was Familiarity
known as ABE" Horton Friends OF
Captain Horton will be especially in
terested in the personal tributes from
two old friends. One of these from Il,
T. Pierce, published in the Hot
Springs Star, follows;
Old Time Trails.
only a simple telegram, but one
which has brought regret to many
pioneers in the Black Hills:
Wallace, Idaho, July IL, 1919.
E. II. Pierce, Hot Springs, s. ID.
Capt A. p. Horton died here to-
day
JAMES F. CALLAHAN.
Abe Horton was prince among
men, framed by nature and perfected
by experience to defend the weak and
help the helpless. Money was but an
incident to him. When he had it, he
was sure to spend it on other people,
and a book could he written on his
brave and generous deeds,
"One night | was coming down Irish
gulch in Rockford / think it was in
1879, when ] heard a lot of noise be-
| hind the cabin of a certain poor widow
, and went back to investigate. | found
Abe dragging pine log from the hill,
"what are you doing | inquired.
"'Oh, this poor old woman is trying
to make a living by washing clothes.
Her husband was miner, and | see
she is out of wood
| "a waited until he had cut a gener-
, Gus pile of stove wood and then asked
him to come on home.
mot yet, Doc: these water barrels
are empty and | must fill them for
/ her.
' Where do you get the water, Abe?
, asked.
Down at Joe loves spring at the
, lower end of town. and taking two
5-gallon coal oil cans, he worked until
6 o'clock a. M, and mind you he had
: to go on the day shift in the morning
, at the Standby mine.
Another time Abe was coming over
2 the range from Castle Creek and pass
. ing a cabin, he heard someone moan
/ ing. He entered and found Swede
; prospector lying on a bunk, raving in
delrium of mountain fever, Abe
rolled him on his shoulder and start
e ed for town. When tired out he would
, lay the sick man down and rest for a
while, then go on again, finally land
, ing him in a cabin in Rockford. where
he nursed him back to health.
$ wasn't that old widow grateful to
2 Abe for his kindness? Oh, yes SC
D grateful that when Abe began paying
went right over and told the young
woman never to marry Abe, as he was
!. not reliable
Now, Callahan, who sent the tele-
= gram to me, gave Horton perhaps his
;. only green oasis on life's desert. Two
, Years ago last fall, Callahan met Abe
q on the streets of Wallace, Idaho, and
: said to him:
r "tAbe, you and l are going to winter
0 In Honolulu. | to pay the freight; do
( you understand
h "Only little bit Of bread that had
y been cast upon the waters years ago
r was returning, via Callahan. After
they had started from home, Callahan
c handed him $500 and remarked:
r abe when a man travels he needs
a pin money. Take this. know what
1 IL is to be broke. | have boarded with
: old mother necessity all my life until
( struck the Callahan mine. Now
( have plenty, and ] am going to try to
e do good with It,
r where would you go, friend, to
k find man like Callahan in the east,
;, where gold is God and money king.
n They don't raise them there; it takes
the great open to produce such men,