The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-18

weed strapped around their fore
head and besides the heavy burden.
carried their pnpoonrH on tor Of
the has. Whiio the women were
working tho men wcre rltiihls
Dround and smohlng fruit and
flower tobacco. whirh they bought
first, before anything to eat. II
vas aof long { LAD delivered every
pound Of hay on my contract.
While this wal goinE on, M.
Thomas Ewing cnme 10 mo and told
me conndenesniiy that he had soid
his store ana business 10 n man
who had a stors In cubero. New
Mexico. and that the commanding
officer had notified the party 70
leave tho post within ~ hours. .
will not sfnts she name o. the parry
a. he hnh been my friend In intrf
yeafs. Thai enmeN evtning ne
party came TO me. baRRinN me 10
remain at ths post and carry on
The business for HIN. I declined
20 10 sDr reason uhat nc waa not 4
pcrtonna 1rruint 10 the officers 'of
the post apdHa could not afford
r.-~ nc laust. Lac on.ceine Ut
al .hia &as that the commanding
officer called on me and Told mo
tnai alt tne Officers Of the p0st
would recommend mn a. prrnnan-
efft port trader II I would stay a
The pot and finally Mr.. Ewing en-
abled me 10y monthly payments W
lufcnnie hL stock OF merchandise.
such IN life. ! had come Into
he post almost hopeless. after the
first retback In my life. whom I lost
all my Investment by tho cruel
esea.ehta within ~ days after I had
to purchase the. OK teams. and had
drawn on my friend, Lehman apio-
goldberg. then president OF tho Sec
oid National bank. for payment.
= had sent 20 him my note for
$500 Tor GO days. which I coufd
.iave mst eaaiiy " | had Ancceeded
In delivering the hay watch had
alictiiy been cut and piled up on
the ~spjuninin.
The transfer OF the stock Of
mnrchsrsilsc by Mr.. Thomas Ewing
vas mndcfat once and about Octo.
her 10 1871. I took charge Of the
business for my account. 10 was
under President Grants adminis-
tration. and all the o~fficsra In the
post signed my application for post
~tfndsrship which was then for
wnrdcd to Secretary OF War Bel
knsp. Ny appnintmsnt came after
two montbA and Il had been en-
dorscd alzo by my friends at santa
fc ~ the military HEADQUARTERS.
Az 700 az the soldiers in camp
found out that I had contracted
tac store at the post they came 10
me to deposit with me all their
each savings. sometimes running A.
hlrh A. $500 for ono single man.
Not alone the savings 81 the men.
aisp the savings OF the company
funds a handed to me for de-
post The result was that I paid
the total sum due TO my prelc-
ccnsor Within GO days. amounting
to $40 Including what he owed
TO the party from New Mexiro.
"A ! have already mentioned the
Indiana were exceedingly friendly
80 ne aud more 70 because en-
gagged M a clerk n discharged sol
die who was married 10 an Apache
woman and had three children with
her at thai time. lie had been a
drummer IN the 1wcnty-fi first in
fanfFy. was little Of stature. light
hair ana a very active and able
young fellow. by The name or
George N Stevens. Hc had beca
the courier between the southern
fsrts. carrying the government
nlans. AID he ready had married
an Ipdinn ~ a matter ar projection
for himsnif but NJ he found her
\ good woman IA partner IN hin
wcstefn IFS. he Remained always
true 10 hcr. and m later Year,. he
became uulte id~ntified with the
blstory % tyona and was later
elected to Inc lcgisiaturc OF Arizo-
m ana his children have had n
seed education
In thoae days after duty TIN man
used 70 come 60 the post trading
store 20 meet and have their drink
OF liquor ~ beer or soda water.
ebrt generally with . rtIck In ~.
.apd had an extra hrip 10. assist