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Pleasanton Camp No. 2053, M. W. A., was organized July 15, 1893, with the following charter members: E. C. Moffitt, V. C .; S. E. Smith, W. A .; F. G. Hays, banker; J. H. Hansen, clerk; C. W. Wood, escort; Dr. J. H. Penn, phy- sician; J. H. Booher, sentry. In 1915 the camp was in a flourishing condition, with the following officers: F. L. Grammer, V. C .; J. H. Booher, W. A .; A. H.
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Grammer, banker; W. R. Scribner, clerk; Louis Zimmer, escort; Dr. A. L. Randall, physician; W. C. Stevenson, watchman; Carl Kirschner, sentry.
POOLE
The Village of Poole in Buffalo County had its beginning about the year 1889, a little trading post with one store, a grain elevator, and was known as Poole's Siding. In the year 1905 the Union Pacific Railroad Company completed a depot and installed an agent.
THE POOL RANCH
In 1876 W. W. Pool came to Nebraska, taking as a pre-emption claim 160 acres in section 12, township II, range 15, in what was later known as Cedar Township. In 1883 Mr. Pool and others organized the Nebraska Land and Cattle Company, which engaged in cattle raising, the company having some ten thousand acres of land in Beaver and adjoining townships. The officers of the company in the beginning were: B. F. Peck, president; R. L. Downing, vice president ; W. W. Pool, secretary and manager. In addition to stock raising the company cultivated about thirty-five hundred acres in mixed crops, and in 1889 grew 800 acres of wheat.
REGISTERED DEVON CATTLE
Mr. Pool brought with him from New York a small herd of registered Devon cattle, the first, and so far as the editor knows, the only herd of registered cattle of the Devon breed ever brought into the county.
At a county fair held in Shelton, Mr. Pool exhibited his cattle and they attracted much attention. They were well bred, of a deep red color, long branch- ing horns and active on their feet. The cows of the breed are good milkers and there are no better oxen than those of the Devon breed. Mr. Pool and many others who were acquainted with the breed were of the opinion they would prove a very desirable, valuable breed for this locality. The result was most disappointing. The climate and conditions were not congenial, and the writer is advised the breed made no impress on the cattle of the county. Mr. Pool being engaged extensively in the cattle business, and living some distance from a commercial center, and it being before the days of telephones, lie constructed a private telegraph line from his ranch to Ravenna, and himself and two of his daughters became fairly expert operators. At a later date, when the Union Pacific branch was built to Pleasanton, a siding was put in near the Pool ranch and named Pool Siding, and later the name changed to Poole. The first and only agent at Poole has been J. C. Mahoney.
In 1910 the village was incorporated, the members of the village board being C. E. Clark, J. S. Hanna, J. E. Criffield, Henry Abrams and J. C. Mahoney.
School District No. 60 was organized in 1882, and the first schoolhouse built of sod, and was located on the northwest quarter of section No. 22. The mem- bers of the first school district board were Messrs. Swigart, Dodge and John
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Anderson. In 1884 a frame schoolhouse was built, and in 1890 this was moved to a grove on John Jergensen's farm, near the Union Pacific track, west of Poole. In 1907 the old schoolhouse was sold and a new one built in the village. The present school board is composed of John Jergensen, Charles Brabham and William Klein.
On July 9, 1907, was organized the First United Presbyterian Church of Poole. The charter members: T. J. McConnell, Mrs. Orie McConnell, Roy McConnell, Ruth McConnell, Vada McConnell, J. Charles Miller, Martin A. Sullivan, Mrs. Nonnie Miller, Mrs. Effie Sullivan, Ella Watt. The pastors serv- ing the church, in their order: N. A. Whitehill, J. S. Tussey, Earl C. Coleman.
The State Bank of Poole was chartered July 11, 1905, with a capital stock of $10,000; deposits (1915), $100,000. Officers : M. L. Dolan, president ; Adam Schneider, vice president ; C. E. Clark, cashier ; E. A. Clark, assistant cashier.
Poole has two grain elevators, with a capacity of 1,500 bushels. During the year 1914 there was shipped of carload lots: Corn, 20; hay, 2; stock, 40; wheat, 160; miscellaneous, 10; total, 232.
The population of the village is 200. The members of the village board (1915) : Joseph Clayton, A. D. Hanna, Francis Reynolds, B. J. Stover, J. C. Mahoney.
CHAPTER XXXIX
ARMADA TOWNSHIP AND MILLER-LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS-WM. CRAVEN STARTS IN BUSINESS IN A SOD HOUSE WITH A CAPITAL OF $9-POSTOFFICE ESTABLISHED IN ABOUT 1884, NAMED ARMADA-VILLAGE OF MILLER INCORPORATED IN 1890 -NAMES OF VILLAGE TRUSTEES-NAMES OF POSTMASTERS-NAMES OF PHYSI- CIANS-THE FIRST NEWSPAPER-THE MILLER INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE COM- PANY-BANKS, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, LODGES-W. C. T. U. ESTABLISH A LIBRARY AND REST ROOM.
ARMADA TOWNSHIP-MILLER
The first settlement in Armada Township appears to have been by H. C. Harbaugh, A. J. Fannell, Wm. Carr, R. Burney and Thomas Jeffry in 1873; John Mercer, J. H. Brown, Robert Miller and Oscar Hamilton in 1874 .; I. Lamb and J. F. Mackey in 1875; A. L. Armstrong in 1877; Wm. M. White, G. A. Roach and H. Zarrs in 1878; J. L. Abel, R. F. Simpson, F. B. Craps, A. F. Burt and H. T. West in 1879.
In the year 1881, Wm. Craven, a soldier in the Civil war and a native of North Carolina, purchased ten acres of land, built a sod house in which on a capital of $9 he began the keeping of a store. A postoffice had been established about three miles distant, a petition was circulated and the postoffice moved to that point, William Craven named postmaster, and the name of Armada given to the embryo commercial center. When the K. and B. II. Railroad was built into the township the village was moved to the railroad and named Miller. Miller was incorporated in the year 1890, with J. Millspaugh, M. O. Polter, A. B. Cherry, H. S. Pease and Dr. E. W. Northrup as its first board of village trustees. The names of the present board of trustees are: Dr. J. P. Norcross, chairman; J. W. Miller, A. E. Kappel, Ray Cox and J. M. Robinson; Ross Brown, village clerk.
Miller has three grain elevators with a grain storage capacity of 160,000 bushels.
A postoffice was established in 1890 and the names of those who have served as postmasters are in the following order: A. B. Cherry, H. S. Pease, B. F. Harbaugh, H. S. Pease, L. W. Hall, L. K. King.
The names of the physicians who have served the people of the locality are : Dr. E. W. Northrup, Dr. J. P. Norcross, Dr. C. R. Watson.
The first newspaper was edited by Charles M. Huston, 1891-1893.
The Miller Sun, edited by F. W. Pace since 1915.
The Miller Independent Telephone Company was organized in 1906 with
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a capital stock of $2,500. Its first officers: J. P. Norcross, president; L. W. Hall, manager; F. D. Brown, treasurer. The names of those most active in promoting the company were J. P. Norcross, L. W. Hall, F. D. Brown, L. P. Wells, N. Maddox, C. M. Huston, R. M. Pierce. This company began business with forty phones in operation. In the year 1915 the company had a capital stock of $4,500 and 150 phones in use. Its officers: J. C. Power, president ; P. M. Jacobson, vice president ; L. W. Hall, manager ; F. D. Brown, treasurer.
The First Bank of Miller was organized in 1889 with a capital stock of $25,000. Its officers : J. E. Dickerman, president ; W. C. Tillson, vice president ; F. D. Brown, cashier.
In the year 1915 the bank had a capital stock of $25,000; surplus and undivided profits, $25,000; deposits, $100,000. Its officers: K. Dickerman, president ; K. H. Dickerman, vice president; F. D. Brown, cashier; Ross Brown, assistant cashier.
The bank occupied its present (1915) quarters in 1909.
The Bank of Miller was organized in 1889 with a capital stock of $25,000; the first officers, Mathew Maddox, president, W. L. Maddox, cashier. In the year 1915 the bank had a capital stock of $25,000; surplus, $7,000 ; deposits, $40,000.
The banking quarters were destroyed by fire November 9, 1915, the bank occupying its new quarters early in the year 1916.
School District No. 54, Miller, was organized in 1890, the first district officers, H. S. Peace, P. L. Anderson, C. H. Aron. At an expense of approximately three thousand five hundred hundred dollars a school building was erected in 1893.
The Miller School has ten grades and employs four teachers; the present (1915) district officers are Charles Aron, C. M. Houston, L. W. Hall.
The United Brethren Church was organized at Miller in 1890 with a charter membership of some twenty-five or thirty; among the names which can be recalled are Henry C. Green, J. W. Wylie, W. F. Triplett, J. W. Stevens, Wallace Pierce and A. Boyd.
The first pastor was Rev. A. Boyd. A church building was erected in the year 1893 at an approximate cost of fifteen hundred dollars. The membership of the church in 1915 is forty-six ; its pastor, Rev. William Buswell.
Church of Christ of Miller was organized in 1913 with a charter membership of fifteen ; H. Ehreman and J. P. Norcross were chosen elders, and Wm. Fisher, deacon. The first pastor was Paul Young, evangelist.
A church building was purchased in 1914 at a cost of $1,500.
The membership in 1915 was twenty ; the church has no regular pastor, A. J. O'Neal serving as resident evangelist.
A Methodist Episcopal Church was organized at Miller in 1890, with a charter membership of twenty-five; the first pastor, Rev. S. J. Medlin. A church building was erected in 1893 at an approximate cost of two thousand dollars.
This church organization disbanded and sold their church edifice to the Church of Christ.
The Christian Church at Miller was organized in 1905 with a charter member- ship of thirty-five; the elders were J. P. Norcross and H. Ehreman ; the deacons, D. F. White and Ray Cox. The first pastor, Rev. J. W. Walker. A church
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building erected in 1907 cost approximately sixteen hundred dollars. The present membership is forty. Rev. Charles J. Shook was pastor up to 1913, since that date the church has been without a resident pastor.
In the year 1910 there was instituted at Miller an organization of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union with a charter membership of about twenty. Among those most active in this movement, as called to mind, were Mesdames L. W. Hall, F. D. Brown, J. G. King, Ray Cox, A. E. Kappel, H. W. Fox, Wm. Fisher, C. A. Sea and Miss Ruby Aron.
The members of the union have a library of about two hundred volumes, a club room for meetings and support and care for a rest room for ladies.
Jewett Post No. 228, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Nebraska, was instituted at Miller in 1885 with thirty-five charter members. In 1915 the post had a membership of eleven, J. W. Stevens, post commander.
A. F. & A. M.
Square and Compass Lodge No. 213, A. F. & A. M. of Nebraska. Organized in 1888 as Armada Lodge U. D., moved to Miller in 1890 and chartered as Square and Compass Lodge No. 213, December 14, 1891. Charter membership, eighteen : Peter L. Anderson, Henry R. Berkheimer, Frank D. Brown, Oliver R. Bryan, Arthur F. Burt, Willard J. Clark, William M. Craven, Henry C. Green, Howard C. Harbaugh, Nathaniel H. Hawk, Frank J. Himmelwright, Darius B. Jones, Isaac R. Kidd, Erie W. Northrup, Thurston W. Sibley, Samuel Veal, Cyrus W. Wright, James. W. Wylie. First officers: William M. Craven, W. M .; Howard C. Harbaugh, Sec'y. Present membership, forty. Present officers : Ross Brown, W. M .; C. R. Watson, S. W .; D. W. Friend, J. W .; F. D. Brown, Treas .; L. W. Hall, Sec'y.
Miller Camp No. 973 M. W. A. was instituted with a charter membership of thirteen : Mark Aspinwall, Frank D. Brown, Wm. Lamma, Mark O. Petter, Peter L. Anderson, David Cummins, M. J. McNally, Joseph W. Stevens, L. B. Irwin, Harvey Brown, John W. King, Erie W. Northrup, Edward Wilson.
The first officers were : L. B. Irwin, V. C., Edward Wilson, Mark Aspinwall, clerk. In 1915 the membership was eighty-five. A. N. Bliss, V. C., A. E. Scranton, clerk.
Logan Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. 125, was instituted March 12, 1890, with officers and charter members as follows: W. L. Maddox, P. C .; M. B. Potter, C. C .; H. C. Green, V. C .; Charles Porter, P .; Jos. Millspaugh, M. E .; C. M. Huston, M. F .; J. W. King, K. R. & S .; A. B. Cherry, M. A .; Thomas Walker, I. G .; F. C. Potter, O. G .; G. E. Tarbox, W. A. Hackett, E. C. Wilson, E. B. McElhinney, Allen Bush, Edward Bush, Thomas Cook, Edward Moore. H. S. Pease. In 1915 the lodge had a membership of forty-two. Its officers : A. N. Bliss, C. C .; J. W. Larson, V. C .; Ross Brown, P .; A. C. Andrews, M. W. : J. J. Norcross, K. R. & S .; H. M. Crusinberry, M. A .; L. W. Hall, M. E .; George Comstock, M. F .; C. M. Houston, I. G .; L. S. Baker, O. G.
Miller Lodge No. 303, I. O. O. F., was instituted May 1, 1905. The charter members being: A. W. Osborn, N. G .; S. B. Montgomery, V. G .; Wm. Tiede, Secy .; E. E. Cole, Treas. ; L. A. Hazzard, J. E. Elmore, E. F. Wagner, C. W. Draper, James Sennett, J. G. Hall.
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In 1915 the lodge had a membership of twenty-five. H. M. Crusinberry, N. G .; H. Reir, V. G .; A. E. Scranton, Secy .; E. E. Cole, Treas.
WATERTOWN
Watertown, a station on the branch line of the Union Pacific extending north from Kearney, was established in the year 1890.
A postoffice was established in 1890 with J. S. Veal as postmaster.
In the year 1886 a school district, No. 101, was established ; in the year 1915 there were thirty-nine pupils enrolled, two teachers employed and ten grades taught in the school.
In the year 1891 a Methodist Church was organized with fourteen members. The pastor in 1915, Reverend Mr. Thurber.
At this point is a grain elevator with a capacity of 10,000 bushels, and twenty- five cars of hay, grain and live stock were shipped in the year 1914.
AMHERST
The Village of Amherst was incorporated in the year 1894. Its first village officers were O. G. Cobleigh, John Schnoor, Frank Outson, J. Y. Jones, Stanley Wysoki.
It is a thriving village, with two banks, a telephone exchange, two grain elevators, a feeding point for large numbers of sheep, and is a thriving com- mercial center having the patronage and support of a prosperous rural com- munity.
Notwithstanding every reasonable effort has been made by written com- munications to obtain data and information as to the local history of the village, its churches, its fraternal organizations, its telephone company and other features of the history and activities of its people, the result has been disappointing.
School District No. 119 (Amherst) was organized in 1893, with Herman Kapedsky as director. In 1892 a church building had been erected and this building was purchased by the school district and used as a schoolhouse; the cost of the building was approximately six hundred dollars. A high school was established in 1908. In 1915 ten grades were taught and four teachers employed. The school district officers were: James L. Vest, F. M. Kenney, W. W. Johnson.
The Commercial State Bank of Amherst was organized June 10, 1908. The incorporators, Henry Menke, T. B. Garrison, Sr., H. H. Sinclair. The capital stock, $10,000. The first officers, T. B. Garrison, Sr., president, Henry Menke, cashier.
In 1915 the bank had a capital stock of $10,000; surplus, $3,499; deposits, $46,242. W. M. Ross, president, S. E. Smith, cashier.
First National Bank of Amherst-In the year 1915 its officers, A. U. Dann, president, A. T. Reynolds, cashier. Capital stock, $25,000 ; surplus, $5,000 ; deposits, $195,000.
Amherst Lodge No. 324, I. O. O. F., was instituted March 25, 1907, with a charter membership of forty. Its first Noble Grand being E. F. Wagner.
In 1915 the membership was thirty-three. The present officers are: A. R.
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Green, N. G .; J. H. Hoagland, V. G .; W. W. Johnson, Sec'y ; T. R. Curd, Treas .; Frank Long, Warden; L. Trumble, Conductor; Bert Jones, O. G .; J. M. Johnson, I. G .; Jas. Jameson, R. S. N. G .; Roy Curd, L. S. N. G .; S. Y. Harris, R. S. V. G .; C. T. Grimes, L. S. V. G .; M. E. Parker, R. S. S .; Wm. Buettner, L. S. S .; Milton King, Chaplain.
The Past Grands of the lodge have been L. Trumble, F. Harris, W. W. John- son, F. H. Belschner, C. Blois, T. R. Curd, G. Veal.
RIVERDALE
The unincorporated Village of Riverdale had its beginning in the fall of 1890 when August Raymond built the first dwelling house.
In 1915 there were three general stores, two grain elevators with a storage capacity of 20,000 bushels each, one bank, a telephone exchange, two churchies and three fraternal lodges.
Riverdale is most appropriately named, located as it is in the beautiful and charming, fertile and fruitful Wood River Valley of the Platte.
School District No. 15 was organized by Dan A. Crowell, county superin- tendent, May 3, 1873. The territory embraced was four miles from east to west, extending to the north line of the county, twenty-two miles, embracing eighty- eight square miles of territory.
Official notification of the formation of the district was delivered to J. R. King, directing that the first meeting be held at the house of said King, on Saturday, the Ioth day of May, 1873, at 7 P. M. The records seem to disclose that J. R. King was elected director of the district, that on the Ioth day of July, 1873, there were in the district seventeen children of school age and that the dis- trict had been apportioned $37.29 of the state school fund.
At a cost of $1,200 a schoolhouse was erected in 1873.
In I911 the number of grades taught was increased to ten, and in 1912 the school building was enlarged and improved at an expense of $1,200. Three teachers are employed. The present (1915) district officers are: O. G. Knox, director; C. H. Pratt, treasurer; John Farrell, moderator. O. G. Knox has served as director since 1895.
The State Bank of Riverdale was organized in July, 1907, with a capital stock of $5,000. Its incorporators were : A. T. Reynolds, Fred Bargmann, W. H. Swartsley, C. H. Pratt, Thomas Pratt.
The officers of the bank: Fred Bargmann, president; A. T. Reynolds, vice president ; C. H. Pratt, cashier.
In 1915 the bank had as capital stock, $5,000; surplus, $5,000; deposits, $50.000. Its officers: Fred Bargmann, president; Thomas Pratt, vice presi- dent ; C. H. Pratt, cashier.
The Riverdale Christian Church was organized January 1, 1898, with the following charter members: William Knox, Emma Knox, J. C. Burnell, Belle Burnell, W. A. Whitney, Mattie Whitney, Charles Larsen, Henrietta Larsen, W. T. Keyes, Flora Keyes, Homer R. Knox, Jacob Flury, Catherine Flury. The first pastor was Rev. J. W. Walker.
A church building was erected in 1894 at an approximate cost of twelve hundred dollars. In 1915 the church had a membership of seventy.
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It was without a pastor.
Riverdale Lodge No. - , I. O. O. F., was organized April 5, 1910, with charter members and officers as follows: W. H. Grassmeyer, N. G .; John Farrell, V. G .; C. S. Hubbard, Sec .; A. E. Walters, Treas .; Thomas Pratt, Fred Schirneker, W. O. Stephens, Sanford Merrill, W. H. Cottrell, Howard Wimberly.
In 1915 the lodge had a membership of sixty-nine. Its officers: E. W. Pratt, N. G .; J. E. Nelson, V. G .; R. L. Prascher, Sec .; C. H. Pratt, Treas.
CHAPTER XL
SCOTT AND SARTORIA TOWNSHIPS-LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS-REMINISCENCES BY JOHN SWENSON-JEF HOOLEY SHOOTS AN ELK-HOOLEY, A PROFESSIONAL HUNTER-SWENSON'S RIDGLING PONY-"YES, STRANGER, FOR HUMANITY SAKE"-FIRST SETTLERS-FOUR DAYS' LABOR TO GET A SACK OF FLOUR-CHILDREN QUARREL OVER WHO SIIALL HAVE A FLOUR SACK FOR A GARMENT-TEAM LOST IN QUICKSAND HOLE IN LOUP RIVER-A DUCKING IN AN AIR-HOLE-A COW, A LAMB AND A PIG-COTTONWOOD TIMBER ON THE SOUTH LOUP.
SCOTT AND SARTORIA TOWNSHIPS
The first settlements in Scott Township appear to have been by Benjamin Scott and John Laro in 1873, W. Hanshen, J. P. Gilmore, James A. Betts in 1874, J. J. Moore and James Broadfoot in 1878, and W. W. McLea and O. H. Lowry in 1879.
The first settlers in Sartoria Township appear to have been B. Lee, Nels Lee and Mattie Stockdale in 1878, and P. Pierce, C. Cook, Wm. Cook, W. J. Grant and George Pfeiffer in 1879.
Township No. 12, Range No. 17, was originally named Taylor Township. There is a tradition that the name "Taylor" did not appeal to John Swenson for some reason and Mr. Swenson induced the county board to change the name to Sartoria, explaining that Sartoria was a French word having a like meaning as Taylor.
REMINISCENCES IN THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF SCOTT AND SARTORIA TOWNSHIPS
By John Swenson
(Note-Mr. Swenson was a soldier of the Civil war, leaving one arm on the battlefield. He took a homestead claim in Divide Township in the year 1874. He served two terms as county superintendent.)
My reasons for becoming a dweller in the region afterwards named Sartoria was that I wished to get into a territory which afforded opportunities for raising live stock. The country was then regarded as useless for any other purpose ; with this end in view, I went from my homestead on section No. 4, town No. 10. range No. 16, early in March, 1879, up along the South Loup River to look for a suitable location. Finding no place suitable to my purpose, after having gone up to Elk Creek, I returned the next day. It rained and snowed alternately that day. At the foot of a high hill, now called Black Hill Creek, I saw a cabin. Of
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course I went in. Here dwelled Jephtha Hooley, a professional hunter. He met me with every kind of good will and generosity.
Put my horse in a roofless stable and gave him some of his last bunch of hay. Making known the object of my visit Hooley pointed east and said: "See that bluff yonder? There you will find a log house and a good well; occupy this and you will have plenty of hay and lots of range." I took Hooley's advice and am still on that ground to which he pointed me.
HOOLEY SHOOTS AN ELK
During our conversation Hooley told me of an accident that hit him on one of his recent hunting expeditions. Having heard that elk were often seen in a certain locality, Hooley went there to get some of them. He arrived at the objective region late one evening and let his mules loose to graze while he was arranging for the comforts of his camp. Something scared the mules and they came stampeding by the camp, and Hooley said, "Here come the elks," leveled his faithful rifle and down fell one of his mules.
One thing more in connection with Jef Hooley. Poverty though not injurious is always inconvenient and sometimes occasions loss. For stabling our stock during the first we lived on the Loup ( 1879), we put two long stacks in parallel positions about sixteen feet apart and roofed the space between them with poles the hay. The 12th of February, 1880, was the worst day of the worst winter which I have experienced during all the years I have lived in Nebraska. The wind piled the snow on our stable roof so it broke. I had opened the door, so the sheep were running out just as the crash came. The last of the sheep, thirty in number, and one calf, became covered with the debris; I needed help to manage the situation. Jef Hooley, two miles distant, was the nearest and only place I could go to expect help.
Hooley appeared to be indifferent to God's commandments except the one which advises to not give thought for the morrow. When I came to his house. the last handful of twigs had been put into the stove. So before he could render me any assistance, he had to provide something to burn for his house. To effect this, he with a hunting partner, had to go to the river one mile away, in one of the worst Nebraska storms, to drag home a load of willow brush and chop it up, before he could go with me. He and his companion worked for me till dark pulling out from under the debris, dead sheep.
Jef Hooley's source of livelihood was what he could bring down by his gun. He went west into what he called the sandhills, and came home about Christmas time with a big load of deer and antelope. I remember with affection Jef Hooley, mostly for the good heart he carried covered with a lot of rubbish.
MY RIDGLING PONY
My first power of conveyance was a ridgling pony, weighing in good condition 812 pounds. He took good care of himself on the road whether he had his burden on his back or behind him. However, if there was a horse within several miles ahead of him, he would deliver a speed and assume a style that the king's
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horses could not surpass. There being no special inducement for progress on the other side of the river and somewhat heavily loaded his wagon got stuck in the quicksand and one time when I asked him to cross the river without any load he refused to go on.
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