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exception and a f te r th e fresh ets years. He never paid th is bill.
Win Mixed Doubles
of th e first w in te r th e fence w as
And you w ere told by M r J o h n ­
THURSDAY, S E P T , 23, 1954
so badly w recked th a t his c a ttle son th a t it is only d u rin g th e Event At Lanes
and g o ats w ent th ro u g h it m ost dry' period of th e y e a r th a t he
In th e re g u la r open Mixed d o u ­
any w here.
has tro u b le co n tro llin g his stock bles last S up n d ay Bud M cCourt
j At one p oint w h ere a slide ab o u t and never in th e w in ter. F rom th e
and M a ry • M ontgom ery took first
(C ontinued from last w eek)
I 30 ft. acro ss an d som e ten feet m iddle of D ecem ber last to som e by a one pin m arg in over M arge
wide occured Mr. Bolen and m y­ tim e in M arch this year, a dozen
A fte r we had dug a n u m b er of self bu ilt th e fence aro u n d th e of his goats and tw o of his w h ite and W hitey M atson, who placed
post holes Mr. Johnson a rriv ed slide. W hen Mr. Johnson discover­ face c a ttle w ere on m y p ro p e rty second. Je a n n e and Ed S am uel
on the scene and insisted th a t he ed th e fence built aro u n d th e gap continuously and in th e w in te r placed in th e prize list for the
woidd not allow the fence to be he to re this piece of fence down of 50-51 Mr. W esley W. S m ith th ird consecutive w eek by w ind­
built w here we had dug th e holes, and p u t it across th e gap on th e who cam e to th e ran ch a t m y ing up in th ird place.
M erchant aw ard s in league play
th at the fence could only be built re m a in in g po rtio n of the slide request to dheck on th e fields
a
re
as follow s:
n ear the \ a te rs edge and th a t w hich w as only ab o u t a foot above th a t w ere badly rooted by J o h n ­
E d ith H ouvila. nylons from
w here ev t the bank had sluflfed low w a te r m ark . T he floods of son’s hogs, ju s t about w ore h im ­
off and a portion of th e slide still th e second w in te r dem olished the self out helping Mr. Johnson M oore's; Don N enm eyer. $2 in
rem ained, the fence w ould have to fence com pletely so now' his c a ttle drive tw o of his la rg e boars out tra d e a A zalea L a ir’s; M arge
be built on the rem aining ¡»ortion and goats can cross th e riv er in of my field and into th e sw ollen G oldsberry, $2 in tra d e at H iw ay
M kt; G ordonM itten, d in n er at
of the slide even though it was a n u m b er of places o v er a d is­ w a te rs of th e W inchuck River.
S han g h ai C afe; and Don V aughn.
only a feet or so above low w a te r ta n c e of 200 yards.
| You w ere also told by M r. J o h n ­
$5.00 cash from th e P e te Les-
m ark.
D uring th e course of the tria l son th a t he had a fence line b ru sh ­ m e iste r Agency.
F or m ore th an four hours, we you w ere told by Mr. Johnson ed out on th e hill side w hereon,
argued w ith Mr. Johnson about th a t I did not inform him as to I had ag reed to build a fence. 1
p u ttin g the fence a t th e w a te rs th e dam ag e of th e g arden and T his is not tru e and I re p eat th a t as pointed out to you by Mr. H all
edge and tried to convince him th a t D eM artin w’ould be the first it w’ould be useless and stu p id to and re fu te d by Mr. Johnson.
T he m alicious n ew sp ap er head­
th a t if the fence w as built w here one he w ould w ant to reim b u rse build a fence on th e hill side and
he w anted it th e re would not be ! for d am ag e of this kind. To this across th e creek ch an n el (S o u th lines you w ere told ab o u t d u rin g
much fence left a f te r th e first I need only say th a t I sent him i F o rk ) and leave a 600 ft. gap on th e tria l w ere no doubt p rin ted at
high w a te r and o u r w ork would a bill by re g iste re d m ail (r e ­ th e fla t along th e W inchuck R iv­ the in v estig atio n of a c h a ra c te r
assassin who lives in B rookings
lie w asted and all fence m ateria l q u estin g a re tu rn re ceip t) co v e r­ e r unfenced.
and
w hose p ro p a g an d a a t tim es
lost. But since th e re w as no ah ing th e d am ag e we in cu rred in
I would a p p re c ia te it very m uch in unfolded in v ery larg e batches.
ten tativ e, th e fence w as b u ilt j 1950 by his hogs as w ell as his
if you th e ju ry in th is tria l of
R esp ectfu lly yours,
w here Johnson w anted it w ith one c a ttle and g o ats over a period of
Sept. 3rd w ould com e to my ranch
M. L. D eM artin.
and in v estig ate th e « 1 fence sto ries
as w ell as th e sto ry Mr. Johnson
told you ab o u t having no d rin k in g
w a te r for his stock except in th e
W inchuck R iver. I fee, th a t it
would l»p to th e best in te re st of
C u rry C ounty if o u r D istric t a t ­
to rn ey w ould also in v estig ate th e
w a te r and fence sto ries as told to
th e ju ry d u rin g th e tria l. Such an
in v estig atio n would q u ite likely
save th e county som e expense in
th e fu tu re and serve to hold to
Slugger W hite,
h °"ie tow n’s
From where I sit, Slugger’s Dad
th e m inim um , th e circ u latio n of
had the idea. Often, like his Mom,
sia r h itte r, dropped by th e o th e r
fabulous sto ries w hich o u r s ta te
a lot of us tend to give advice in
day to talk baseball, and to “tell
police som etim es have to inves­
our terms without considering
one” on him self.
tig
ate.
the other fellow’s way of doing
Seem s S lu g g e r h ad been b ab y ­
F
o r y o u r inform ation , I wish
things.
Even
in
choosing
your
sittin g . “ I w as doing ju s t fine,”
to s ta te th a t in th e su m m er of
favorite beverage, it's best to
he said, “ u n til it w as tim e fo r a
1951 one of o u r an im als crossed
think of your neighbor. If you
‘ch an g e.’ I called Mom fo r advice.
th
e riv er and e n te re d Jo h n so n 's
like tea, and I prefer a temperate
S till d id n ’t g e t it rig h t. T hen Dad
property.
It w as a tw o y e a r old
glass of beer, we should both
set me s tr a ig h t.”
hull
w
hich
he p ro m p tly coralled.
“play
the
game"
and
try
to
un­
“ Place th e d iap er like a b ase­
Since then none of o u r stock has
derstand each other’s point of
ball diam ond w ith you at b a t,’ he
been on his p ro p e rty . O v er the
view.
»aid. ‘Fold second base over home
sam
e 4 y e a r period, Mr. Jo h n so n ’s
plate, and pin first and th ird base
g
oats
and c a ttle have been in
on home plate.’ T hai did it—w ith
o u r fields tim e and again.
no e r r o r s ! ”
T h ere is no feud ex istin g b e­
tw een Mr. Johnson and m yself
(
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