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: A devert water atatlon is a demo
cratic Institution, . where all classes
coma to a. common level, that of
demanding water. At the New
Edenburg wella in the big desert
xtretch between Phoenix and Flor
ence, Arizona, In the 70's there waa
about 35 milea without water if you
kept to the mala traveled road.
New Edenturg waa a Joke, consist
ing of one jadobe. house In a state of
ilapldatiort and entirely roofless; a
aeries of dugouts ifthe gully near by
and a sign reading "One mile to
water."
! i ne wens I naa been dug some years
oeiore I was born, and tile keeiy of
them sold the water at "25 centa aTtbad.
cents a barrel and all you can drink,
traniter. for-nothinV according to the
lercnd daubed on a board and nailed
over the windlass. The water waa pulled
by a half barrel bucket from a depth of
fver 100 fet, the motor being a Mex
ican 'burro or donkey, with a fcfextean
boy as engineer, The boy rode the burro In
order to giva weight to the little beast,
which otherwise- might lve been
i dragged back t by the svaylnr. leaky.
banged and scarred bucket ..The watec
, 'was fairly Rood, however, and, the sta
. tlon waa well patronised byf travelers,
Mao that It paid the keener and hia familv
- iwell to remain' there, especially . durinr
no. ni oiiini or,rne year.wnen man
land beast ould hardly jendura the haat
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f To the wells -our-party 'of net tiers.
'prospectors, miners, cowboys .and adven.
iturera to the number of about 20 modIs
ioame one hot afternoon and enjoyed the
(hospitality J f ; the place. At the store
I building, constructed partly .of lumber
and partly ;of adobe, luxuries and neces-
sltlee could be bought... My boyish love
jfor adventure waa fired by the tales of
antelope still being found on (he h Ills of
. Ithe desert at early dawn, and a party of
: !us waa rtade up to hunt them the next
- mornings .U f . -a( ; ' J' "f - '.-'-.''.
. t My buckskin pony ' ws lame,' and
borrowed a: mule from one of, the set
j tiers, giving ; my ponv as security, . and
promised to divide whatever game 'was
secured.,1 The mule . waa a good saddle
I mule and somewhat free to travel for a
Lmule. My new friend, Colorado Jack, a
. ! prof essional gambler whom I had be
f come acquainted with a few days before
I at Fort McDowell; on the verde river,
i advised his- not , to go. ;' "These desert
! hills are-hafd to keep your polnu In,"
jhe warned,'' rif you get lost wake for
the base Of insi mauouio. J(. w n me
bend 'of the GiU river, and you can
I make it better than trying to find thia
iDlace."- There were several mountains
i in the- distapce, am I rather carelessly
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observed the one he pointed to, and rode
off in the early dawn.
SO AXTELOPE SIGHTED
I did not find any antelope. Some of
the party did, however, and returned to
camp with the proofs. I rode with a
young fellow who insisted 1 on ' rldln
after the antelope in the distance and
loped off. leaving me alone.
The hot day waxed hotter, and I grad
ually concluded I was lost The plains
and hills were all strange, the -verdure
caiit and the heat bewildering. Having
been In worse deserts under worse con
ditions, I was not alarmed. Coming to
the scanty shade of a clump of columna
cactus, called "che-wa-was" In the na
tive jargon, and meaning tall, I camped
for the heat of the day." While I alept
the mule made off, and a hot sandy wind
swept over the hills obliterating, his
tracks very shortly. The' mule knew
more than I did, and had he remained,
tethered I would have madelt to camp
by the simple expedient of turning the
lines on his neck and letting him go.
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However, at sundown there war a
saddle hung on a stake driven into the
thorny side of the cactus "tree," and I
started out-for the mountain, as I had
been directed.
LTJ?ne3tt mornln I came over a hill
B mue water left In my canteen.
K-Tvii . we,n,n ton. sad afar In
I I Bw that ddl hanging.
I had walked . half ,k. -.. i
circle. This w "
li T. humillatlnr for a fellow
n a little Arlson. "4
mile, one way and 60 thVot
That rifle was evident n'-4ld4. ,
protect the saddle, and .5d-
hung it there, and rested Thar.vanfn;
I started out again, and t.S!!mn
traveling .lowly and mUng mark? g.
hind me and slghtinr on markV ahS
at me I managed to km. rfa
all night, and 1 the morning waaura
that saddle would hot ahow up agVta
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At last my thirst emptied the can
teen, although I carefuUy husbanded It
according to desert lore, and aa
,'guslle, it to satisfy thirst, but onlv
time tft keep my mouth from- parching
and my tongue frera swelling. .
J came Into a rougher country, with
gullies and hills, and only occasionally
a cacius tree. One, young one I split
open with ray knife and Ut a fire at one
end and -caught In my hat the oose that
came from the other end. It was sour,
brackish and seemed to burn my tongue
and throat. By way of experiment I
flapped my hat over the smoke in such
a way as to throw np signals In aeries
of three, .which Indicated to- any Indian
anderstanding the signals that help was
wanted, or. that the .enemy was present,
It was not, very successfully done, how-
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. l-lAni Interesting engineering operation in connection with the con-
st ruction of the Key, bridge at Georgetown, on the Potomac, which connects
the state of Virginia with Washington,' D. C, is the placing of thia huge 200
ton span.ifTbVateel span. was buiU over a timber frame erected over scows
lashed together and anchored near the Virginia-shore. When Xhf tide is
at flood the scows and their high soaring cargo will be towed between the
central piers xf the -bridgeandrso
projecting ends of the steel span will
on the piers near the surface of the
its frame support and the scows' will
?EngUah cavalry on the move through Enneskerry County Wicklow,
Ireland., These 'flying: columna" are now patroling all towns aid villages
In the troubled dlstrtots of Ireland. The' troopers are heavir armed, j
E wesa.Tikka of Kapurthala, whos husband is the sonl and
helrv. f toe Maharajah of ;Kapurthala. Before her marriage she i was
Princesa Brinda of Jumbal, daughter of the Rajah Kanwur Gambhir. ! Bhe
ever, and X had .ery little Idea that 1t
would be noticed by anybody. My lea
sons bad, been given la the Mojave des
ert ' by aa .- old . Indian known as .Joe
Bruno, and I was voted by him a most
inapt and 1 foolish- pupIL However, this
signal fire, poorly-contrived as it was,
probably saved my ilfe.. . : ' ,
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placed that as the tide goes out the
slowly settle down firmly on supports
river, sit will then be detached from
be withdrawn. !
rather than continue in a straight line
over the hills, fora was getting wesk
and hills seemed miles high. - Alse my
revolver-and belt was as heavy as a
wight ear, and I placed them on a flat
rock, covered, them, from the ua I with
"er' other rocks and tore the lining
f.Jn3r coat to rag flutter
under them aa a guide whea I returned.
The gnllr wonnd around and wiaM
aa it went. It was a dry water course
EVENTS ME1NTI03NED
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She was educated in Paris and has often visited England. Prince Tlkka
rendered valuable services during the war. He has traveled widely and Is
deeply interested in art and education. '
4 Ten of the American bishops who went to England to' attend the
Lambeth conferencein London, recently visited the ancestral noma of
George Washington at Sulgrave Manor, North Hants. The visiting party
is shown herewith. .
; . 6 Secretary of the Navy Daniels sees a strjp of good old U. S. A. on
his return 'trip from' Alaska. . He seems decidedly glad of It. The photo
shows him passing the Bremerton navy yard near Seattle, Wash., which
he Inspected.. k " . ' 1 ' ' '
t Far,.back in the yesteryears Warren G. Harding played the tuba In
the Marion Helicon Sliver Cornet band. The other day he obliged on the
tuba with "No. 29' from the old book." It proved to be ;'Cropsy Lie Down.
and his auditors said that even if he was rather short winded he played It
rightjsrell,, - '-.. '.. '.: ., 7 :',
and at times had been surging with a
flood, the result of some cloudburst I
walked alowly, rested occasionally, and
where a bush grew out a little promi
nently hung' a strip of my coat lining
on It.
That night I rested in a pile of. trash
thatliad been swept into a shelving bank
by the flood of years before. I dreamed
of water, springs, wading pools, rlvera
SEPTEMBER 5, 1920.
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I was swimming again In the .Delaware
river, where my father had given me
lesson as a lad.. I was paddling in the
St. Charles river near" Boston where I
had gone one summer, day with my
cousins to play in the ripples. I was
drinking out of a Urn cap at a spring
along side the .beautiful . Willamette
river, .where a few , years before I had
been with my mother,, guests of friends
in Portland. Or. And at daylight I woke
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Death Ends Old Man's Career
Casper, Wyo., Sept 4- (L N. S.)
Simon - iQld Sol) Soloman, 0, . whose
spectacular career and extensive opera
tions In the coal fields of Pennsylvania
half a century ago brought him Into na
tional prominence, is dead "here, a
pauper.
Soloman died In a local hospital after
a brief illness, and was buried in the
potter's field.
PKOMIKENT FIGCIIE
There was no music no flowers, no
mourners Just a few kindly words and
a prayer as the casket of the aged man,
who was reputed to have won millions
In the oil game, and lost 11 all, waa low
ered to Its last resting place.
Simon Solomon, In the early ?6s. was
a flffure almost aa prominent as his
friend and associate, "Coal Oil Johnny,"
and his passing recalls tales of his sue-
comes at TitusvUle and Oil City. Pa.,
and of the greatest "strike" of his ca
reer in the proving of the famous Brad
ford field in McKeown county. Pa. Bolo
man was said to have been the pioneer
prospector In the Bradford field, w here
up with only one Idea in my swirling
brain water 1 ' And there was no water !
SMELLS WATER
I staggered and crawled down the ar
rays and after a while came to a pile
of trash in a dry eddy of the sandy
shallow banka It was getting warm
and the sun waa making his realm react
Increasing heat, for the heat seemed to
come from the ground as well as from
the sun. Again I lit a little fire, and
flapped It down and up with my hat
and remnant of a coat as a last' des
perate sign a 1. And then went on a lit
tle way .farther, rested, and went on. I
saw some green bushes, some bottom
wjllows ; I smelled water, and pressed on
unUl I fell Into the shallow, warm, sandy
stream of the Gila river. I could not
drink but my whole body felt gloriously.
Just then a big. dark faced man rode
np on the opposite bank and began to
swear In Spanish and to shout "No
augaa. no augua." (No water, no
water.") I looked at him stupidly. I
endeavored to call him a fool in Span
ish, Taut oould not utter a word.
He strode through the shallow stream
and seised me roughly as he flung me.
Struggling, on the bank. Then he poured
water upon me and gave me a little to
drink. Suddenly possessed of strength
I bounded out of his arms snd fliiner
myself Jn'the shallow river. I wanted
to drink the Hver dry. but scarcely had
I reached it than he dragged me back.
AWAKES REFRESHED
That evening I awoke In a little hut
made from posts driven in the ground
and willow boughs and mud laid be
ta sen for a wall. It was clean and the
bed was clean and above the bed hung
a tawdry picture of the Virgin. Then I
went to aleep again after somebody gave
me some broth.
The next morning I awoke greatly
refreshed and there hung my saddle,
rifle, boots, cartridge belt and revolver.
The Mexican came in and Introduced
himself aa Louise Damonte. I could see
he was a half-breed, but with a proud
and haughty look that marked him as
superior in some ways to the average
"breed." "Tills wife and children had
vacated-the little house to make room
for me. ' He had seen my first smoke
signal and was 00 his way to Investi
gate when he - saw my second signal.
Making for the smoke directly, he had
missed me sa I went on down the dry
river . bed or aroya, ,and- then- tracked
me up again, having crossed the river
to get a better view of the bank down
which I " came crawling and plunging
to Its brink. -
tamonts had gone back on my trail
and recovered my possessions and a bit
of rawhide rope left by the absconding
mala told my story as fully aa if from
my own lips. He lived on a little irri
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his holdings were Svorth many millions
of dollars. 1
From Bradford he went to Rlchburg
and Bolivar, where fortune continued ,0s .
pour Its golden stream into his ooffera f
"Old Sol" wns credited with having de-
Veloped the famous No. SIS oil well. In
the Warren; Pa., field.
Jl'ST BEHIKD JOHH I).
"tt was after he brought In' the War
ren gusher that Holoman became a na
tional flsrure," a Casper oil oerator re-:
lated. "He was only a little behind 'Coal
Oil Johnny In notoriety. Ills tripe to
financial centers would Immediately
place him in the midst of moneyed man
who sought his counsel. Msny oil for- .
tunes of today received their start at the
hands of Soloman. But the years brought
reverses, and, penniless and sired, 'Old
Sol' rame to Wyoming in ah effort to
rehabilitate his lost fortune. He was op
timistic throughout his fruitless struggle
here to win back some of the fortune he :
had lost, aryl .steadfastly refused to so- ;
cept Offcsof Assistance from men who
had kneVn him In his prosperous days.
'UU strike It before long,' he would say,
but death ended the pitiful aesreh."
gated farm, his wants simple, his 11
erary achievements being scarcely able
to read and write his own name, and
apparently wanted but little mora He
was a good Samaritan - In every . way.
He and his wife refused to take a dol
lar from my little store of money in
my purse, and when able to travel he
escorted me to Florence, where Colorado
Jack had assumed his new duties as
town marshal snd weloomed me back
aa a matter of course. The settler hsd
his mule and my pony both. Ills chil
dren, who had been vainly endeavor
ing to make the pony answer "yes" and
"no" to questlonn. Indicate by pawing
his . foot how many ears of corn he
wanted, kneel to say his prayers, and
other tricks which had delighted them,
were much gratified to find that "Buck
skin" hadn't lot his senses. They came
to the concluMon that he had refused to
do his stunts because he was' mourn
ing for me. The settler and his wife
reared with Isughter st the children
ss much ss at the horse, and We had a
most enjoyable visit, camped by the
roadside Just outside of Florence.
The next dsy I found Damon t a m a
htfexlcan saloon on the edge .of town and
insisted on hia taking to his wife, a
gorgeous shawl and flaming calico dress..
Colorado Jack picked them out for me
and assured me that any Indian or
Mexican "woman would appreciate them.
Damonte profusely thanked us and
seemed delighted with the presents.
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