The Ferris Wheel (Ferris, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1930 Page: 3 of 8
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llu.it who wn# mi tilM way limiio
from the l’ilili|i|iifk-h where he Innl
hi'i'u revisiting I he mrenex of his ca-
reer its chief surgeon nf lhi‘ I 'lilted
State* army there during the l-'iliiitiio
IiiKUrrectlim. The brief mention
which these dispatches ininle nf III*
■ . enrlh i oireer in the W• ■ -1 y..i\*• only
u alight Intimation nf the thrilling
slurb* which lie coilhl tell of ihe
old (lay* when there wan a frontier In America.
Fortunately, however, for a |m>hIerlty nf Ameri-
can* who seemingly <'»n never learn enough of
those epic (lay*, he left behind him a record of
Id* |iurt In “the winning of the Went," and In the
hook, “A Frontier Doctor," published recently by
the Houghton Mifflin company, there I* additional
proof of the fact that frontier history wn* made
quite a* much by less picturesque hut more Im-
portant personages than the h ot; haired, buck-
Akin-clad Hills and Dick* and Sams of dime novel
fame.
Before hi* dentil Doctor Hoyt claimed the
unique dimInction of being the only man alive
who had had dinner slmullaneou*ly with two
character* who come nemest helm; the “American
IP,bln Hood"—Jesse James and Hilly the Kid. Hut
hi* claim to fame doe* not rest alone on ltd* dis-
tinction, which to some might be a doubtful one,
Indeed. That wo* but a minor Incident In the
career of thl* “frontier doctor" hut it I* Indica-
tive of the wealth of experience that wa* Id*. For
he wa* a polneor In more sense* than one. lie
wn* the son of a pioneer and spent n pioneer boy-
^e l «n a farm near wlint I* now the city of SL
*%|, Minn. lie served a* a roditmn In one of Ihe
* pioneer surveying parties along the northern fron-
tier. Ho was the tlrst doctor to locate and prac-
tice hi* profession In the Texas Panhandle. He
was a passenger on the tlrst stage coach to run
from Itisnmrrk. X. P. to Peadwood, S. P. Ho
H opened the tlrst drug store In HemaHlln. N. M . a
typical southwestern frontier town. IP* wa# tha
only chief surgeon wounded on the battlefield In
Ihe Spanish American war anil he was the tlrst
person to utilise Chinese coolies as litter hearers
In the United States army.
Around that framework of pioneering achieve-
ments can he built a life story which symbollr.es
pretty well the history of America during the last
sixty year*. Few passages In ttie writing of
today, either fact or fiction, have summed up more
adequately or more dramatically the amusing
transformation of n country from a ra-.v wilder-
ness to a modern, hlgV.ly civilised community tlinu
the opening perngraphs of “A Frontier Doctor”
which rend as follows:
During Stair I'alr Week In September, 1027. 1
visited a flying-fleM at tli« southeast corner of
Knelling and I-nrpenteur Avenues, St. Paul, Minne-
sota. planes were humming through the air la
every direction, when suddenly a young woman
dropped from one as It passed over, a parachute
unfolded, and ehe made a graceful landing but a
few paces from the epot where I tlrst appeared on
the screen of life.
In ISM, this flying field was a typical Minnesota
farm, owned hy my father, Lorenio lloyt, who h.ol
arrived in Minnesota, as a pioneer in ISIS. Our
farm then was practically a self-sufllolng unit.
Not only did we raise all our own food, Including
a coffee substitute composed of several varieties of
parched cereals, hut we even provided our own
clothing by raising and shearing our own sheep,
carding the wool and spinning It, and on our
own loom making our own cloth.
There were no rallronds In St. Paul In those early
day*. All our transportation was hy stage or
steamboat. Two of my uncles were rlvermen and
one of my pleasures was driving down to the levee
at the foot of Jackson Street to meet the boats
coming up-river from New Orleans. Sometimes as
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loading of the boat, very often a floe looking,
s'rongly featured young man would come over and
c i.it with ue. Thl* was James J Hilt then work*
li • as n freight clerk *t forty-live dollars a month.
Me ay yen. inter, when, by his remarkable fore-
sight and acumen, tie had risen to be one of the
gr» t rnilw -v magnates of the country, the head
of Ihe tiri .t Northern Hallway lines, 1 became
chief surgeon of ail hie properties.
Young Hoyt's father wa* not able to provide
fit i,Is for a college education. *" the hoy set out
to win one for .litnsclf. His tlrst Inclination was
to |,c n civil engineer and hi* llrst Job was
with a surveying parly sent out hy the St. Paul
mid Pnclttc railroad. In INoI he secured a i',a(V
with the government expedition which was gent
out to survey the boundary line between the
United Stale# it. ! C: „.idn from the Lake or the
AVidd'm west to the foothill* of the Heckle*. The
military escort for this party wa# u company of
the Twentieth Infantry and two troops of the Sev-
enth cavalry, commanded by Captain* Weir and
Keogh. Three years Inter Doctor Hoyt was to
learn of the d-iiilt of Captain Keogh at the hnttlo
of the Little Itlg Horn and to lienr that 111* horse,
“Comanche," which young Hoyt admired so much
ij^lng thl* surveying expedition, was the solo
survivor of Custer's command which rode Into
that "Valley *»f Death."
After it series of exciting adventures with tills
surveying party, Including several attacks hy In-
dians and narrow escapes from cloutli In both
prairie fires and blizzards, young lloyt returned
to hi* home mid decided to become a doctor. After
cympletlng hi* course of atudy In that profession
he began looking around for some "live town" In
which to start hi* practice. His selection w;.s
Peadwood in ttie I thick Hill* which w as nt Hint
time (IS77) nt II* heyday n> a gold ramp. Hilt In
Peadwood men did not die of ''ngerlng Illnesses.
They usually died qtilcklj and with their hoots
on. So It did not take the young doctor long to
decide tliai prospecting olTerc-' more opportuni-
ties than doctoring. Accordingly lie tried Ids hand
nt that hut after n short time tired of It and
drifted souili Into X'ew Mexico.
Arriving ut Fort Sumner, the young doctor'*
first patient was William Maxwell, hoii of Luelen
It. Maxwell of the Maxwell Land firont fame, who
was suffering from a ease of malignant smallpox
mid whom lie was unable to save. Further down
Hie Pecos valley lie made the acquaintance of
John Oilsum, “the Cattle King of New Mexico,"
famous for his part In the Lincoln County war
which started Hilly the Kid on the read to noto-
riety. To young Hoyt the cattlo king said: “Poe,
over yonder I* the Panhandle of Texas, n big
country, full of people, an epidemic of smallpox
and no doctor. There's the place you’re looking
for." So to tli(> Panhandle ttie young doctor went
and began practicing in Tascosa, one of the wild-
est of the wild cow towns In the old days.
Hut he soon found that Chlsum's prophecy was
too optimistic. The smallpox epidemic wn* soon
over, the Panhandle was not "full of people" and
there was little for him to do. So the next Inci-
dent In Ids career was securing work as a cowboy
under W. C. (Hill) Moore, former outlaw hut now
th(> superintendent of the LX ranch. The senior
foreman of the LX was an even more famous
clianielor—Charles A. Slrlrgo, Inter noted as a
peace officer, detective and author.
After a short career as a cowtioy, Hoyt returned
to the practice of Ids profession In Tascosa mid
In the fall of |s*S he made the acquaintance of
I’.IHy the Kid, who was Just thru assuming the
leadership of the gang which was so soon to
spread a trail of red in loss the Southwest. Of
tills Doctor Hoyt writes:
Hilly Hon nr v was then (■iKhtrrn yrnr* old. a
handsome youth with smooth face, wavy brown
hair, an athletic and symmetrical figure, and clear
bios eyes that ■ mtlil J• ><>l< one throiiTr aid through.
Unlo* angry lie always seemed to have a plean-
nnt expression with a ready smile. Ill* head was
well snnped, his features regular, hi* nose aquiline,
his most noticeable characteristic a slight projec-
tion of his two upper fi.ml teeth. • .
Hilly was an expert at most western sports nint
dissipations with (he exception of dri-'kinq Much
has been published of his exploits during drinking
bouts, but It l* my opinion they are mostly fiction.
1 never knew of bin taking a drink of liquor all
the time he was 111 (lie Panhandle. To lell th«
troth, thl* fact helped to make me fnemiiv with
(he outlaw, for I was a teetotaler myself. Keared
tn s'net (,'lir sfTan principles, 1 had never loto-hcd
liquor.
Bedoiihtnlde as was lids notorious outlaw, there
was one aceom; ishmeiit in which tin- ymn.g fron-
tier doctor excelled him. lie tells of It ns follows:
On a beautiful moonlight night n bade (dance)
wa* In p"ogress at tl • lo in* of |>..t, p. ,im p.-mero.
llonncy And I slipped nut ,j enjoy It and inci-
dentally strolled Across the plaza, about one hun-
dred yard* in wolth, to Hlnehnrt's store opposite.
Jletcrnitig t challenged the Kid to a footrace to
the dance hall, t found he could run much faster
than "the Halior” (a Incat sprinter whom lloyt had
defented In a race some time previously) but I
led him all the wav As w e neared the door t
slacked up. while Hilly kept on at full speed
through the door
Mexican Adobe houses, for some reason, hay* a
threshold shout A foot high, and as the Kid flew
through, the heel of one of his cowboy boots
rniigbi on It, landing him at full length on the
lie ffiln the middle of the ba (room (juinker than
a flash hi* prostrate body was surrounded hy his
four pats, back to back, with a Colt's forty-five In
each hand, corked and ready for business. The
Kid's u..conventional entrance was to them an
Indication of something w;&r.s, -uni iuel- Vt;hfr.!ss
rfut cUl-
rlen y of its kind. Ib.w or where guns were ran-
ec.iled wax in ver quite understood, but their own-
i ri nil re||IMeioi| chagrin w hen they learned they
w. re barred at all future Imuiero bailee
Tin* acquaintance between the young outlaw
and the young doctor ripened Into friendship of ft
sort mid lloyt wmi the regard of the Kid hy pre-
senting to tl I 111 a Indies’ gold watch which lie hint
won in u poker game and which the outlaw
wished to gin* to tii* Mexican sweetheart. At-
tached to thl* watch was a long chain of braided
Imlr and In the only known .photograph of Hilly
the Khl, two strands of this chain ran he plainly
sera crossing hi* -lilrt front. The result <d this
gift was n somewhat surprising one. When lloyt
decided to leave ‘la* I'nnhandle and go to La*
Vegas, N. M„ Hilly the Kid presented him w ith hi*
favorite horse, "Pandv Pick.” and In order to
protect lloyt In case id* ownership was ever
questioned, also wrote out and gave to him a ior-
mat oill of sale. This hill of sale, which Do, , r
lloyt preserved to the day of tils death. Is one of
the few known specimen* of Hilly the Ixid'a hand-
writing In existence.
At that time, the origin of "Dandy Pick." a line
Arabian and well-known locally ns a race lior
was a mystery. The Kid never would tell where
hi* got him nllhnugh lie did admit that "there's x
story connected with him." Year* Inter, Doctor
lloyt, through correspondence with Charles A.
Slrlngo and .1 Holes Hriuly, court Interpreter ut Car-
rlz.ozo, N. M . learned that the horse had once
been owned hy Major Murphy, one of the lending
figure* lu the Lincoln County war, who luiTt pre-
sented It to Sheriff William Hrad.v of Lincoln
county. Hrad.v was riding “Dandy Pick" when
he was killed hy the Kid!
When Hoyt arrived In l.ns Vegas, he found that
boom town at the “end of steel" on the Snidn I'e
railroad, which was then building through New
Mexico, was “full of doctors ” Anxious to secure
money to continue his medical studies he put
aside Ids scruples against gambling mid “throw
In” xv 11ti two men in opening a faro game, i’.ut nt
the end of a month all three were tiroke and lloyt
next took n Job as a bartender In n hotel. While
engaged In this occupation he had a part In the
historic dinner With Hilly the Kill and Jesse
James.
Near Las Vegas was n famous hot springs mid
n hotel, poleii throughout the country for Its din-
ners. Sunday* always drew n big crowd there.
Writes lloyt:
I rni)i* (Hit on* Sunday nod found at s corner
table the only vacant scat in the room (ilancln#
at Ihe three guests already there, I was perfectly
nimi.'ed to rivogni"" the one on m> 'eft as Hilly
the I, III III-! I undine ns ever, W« shook
hands, but neither mentioned a name.
XVe were i hatting away of old times tn Texas as
If we w oe a couple of cowboy friends, when the
man on Ibomey'* left made a comment on some-
thing he «a!d Whereupon Ilonney said ''lloyt,
meet nty friend Mr. Howard from Tennessee."
'ihe fourth man had nearly finished hi* meal
when 1 sat down, mill soon retired. Mr, Howard
had noticeable eharacterlstlr*. He lind piercing
steely blue eyes with a peculiar blink, amt the tip
of n finger on hht b ft hand w as missing. I men-
tally ola- cd him ns a railroad man. lie proved
to he congenial, w-m a good talker, had evidently
traveled quite a lilt, a-.d the mcul pat eil pleasant-
ly. Aft- t dinner w separated ami Hilly, taklna
me to his room, gave me, after pledging me to
secrecy, one of Hie s irprtse* of my life Mr. How-
ard was no other n in than the haudit and train
robber, Jc e Jantei t was skeptical hut Hilly
•■ion i con ii eil rue was true.
Some oilier it it xv lien history which Doctor
lloyt reveals for tl first time In Ills look In rv-
cortliMg Hu* Incident s the fact that Jesse Janie*
made Hilly the Kid mi offer to Join forces. Hut
Hilly had no desire to engage 1.. hank or train
robbery- cattle rustling ami Imrse stealing being
hig favorite inversion. More than that, Joining
force* with the Missouri outlaw would take him
nvvajr from “the magnet at Fort Sumner" (Ills
Mexican sweetheart) and f*m these two reason*
he turned down Jesse James' offer. It require#
■ vivid Imagination Indeed to vi-uallze the pos-
slbl# results If these two redoubtable outlaws tutd
joined lore** i f*H
Get poisons out
of system. . . .
Dorloru know that
this modern M’icnlific Lnativo
work# t-HU’iently in miilIWt
dost* turn line you chtw it.
Safe and mild for old and young.
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Ventilation and Dry Litter
Will Prevent Troubles.
f’bDkfMj* tin* uuMiiky in ilu» »trt|<’-
ititf *it for it inttkiiM tlmj.j
MJfcl'tJil to t ollj*. I *< Mjlf |11 * * 11
iiy to ttya»|i) < oiulifioiu tliut
will Imiu on t*»lfK miyn hr. 1C. L.
Mruiwit. of tHt Sow ’itrik Cut'
o .;o of V« i"i1n;try MviJMim; at for
el! iiblieiMly,
lu the nca.1, in front of the t "uln
cnvily, ur« thin cones nf hone* locat-
ed ill cbmifljcys,. The Use uf iIicmi
chamber* |* to provide a space In
which the inhaled air is warmed la'
tore it i* taken Into ttie lungs. When
it chicken develop* a wimple cold, an
cxci-wlve amount of tn-oictlon form*
>11 these cavil in*. A* till* Increase*,
Ilia poor drainage of the cavities al-
low* it to accumulate, ’i llis accumu-
lation i* an Ideal place lor tmctvrhl
to multiply ami Hie recalling bacterial
growth make* the foul odor which U
often prcweiit with roup.
wimple cold may la* avoided or
corrected hy liicrcawlhg the warmth
with plenty of fresh air amt providing
plenty of dry Utter, if the first *iage
i* imt checked the cold may end in
roup with It* churactcriallc head swell-
i lug and foul odor*.
Tha opinion Hint roup I* a oontn-
gluiiH di i'iimi I* not well founded, ac-
cording to Doctor ItruncH, for there
I* usually some underlying condition
that I* Indirectly responsible. Thl*
limy I>«• tuhcriulosl*, or worms, hut
whatever Hie cause It should lie re-
moved before a cure can lie expected,
A liilril type of cold is mure of a
distinct disease, commonly known a*
bronchitis. Thl* condition I* ueutu
ami Hie birds die quickly. The cause
of (he iIIhi'iisi* is not known. The lie*t
treatment I* to Increase the Icuipcfii-
tiire of the house, either hy controlling
the vciitilation or hy using brooder
stole*. In the early purl of the out-
break It i* well to remove all sick
birds and put them In heated brmFaf
house-. Most of them will recover
when placed III healed house*. Some
ilislnfcitani* will give relief, hut
quack remedies should not bo used,
Feenamint
FOR CONSTIPATION
To Avoid Infection
Use Hanford's
Balsam off Myrrh
All d«Rl> rt ire iutbori/ed to refund yourmonef
lur the lint buttle II not hutted
Kill Rate
Without Poison
A Alow Ftlnrnan.itor that
Won't Hill Livestock. Poultry,
Ooijt, Calm, or even Bab$> Clilckm
K R Ocnn be uoea nhoiit ttie home,herti oippulii p
ye? d with absolute eel* ty <«• It ct >nt*lf •.!»• 4«a4lf
poison. K H O le made ut Hcjmil. sn rrconi-
tmeruled by U S. Dent of Agriculture, under
the Cttniinhli (iroceea wlib h Ineuree nuiimum
at length Two »•’ •• kbhd 578 rot** ut Arkunsne
litulr Karin Humirrdu of utlier leeilmoniule
Sale an a Monty - Back Guarantor.
Instil on K k O. the original H<p>ill tvtrr
iptimior All ftrugynda, 75c Large %!*•• I four llmrf
as much) ti <M». Direct tt denier cannoi aupplf
you. ik R O Co . bpripgfuld, O
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KILLS-RATS-ONLY
Investigate Cod Liver
Oil for Laying Fowls
Ttie summary of experiments In
Kegliiml with end liver oil for lajlng
liens, says:
(I) Fowls not confined <>r In open-
fronted house* do not require cod
liver oil to prevent adult rlcket#,
C.'t lewis i > in tl i eil bo! imt ordinary
glass require some adequate sound of
vltumlne P.
(!l) The cod liver oil mixed to ttie
extent of - per cent of the grain feed
supplied the vita mine P requirement#
of the fowl* under experiment.
(I) one per cent of medical cod
liver oil In the scroll'll feed may not
he sufili'leiit lo meet the requirement*
of layer* n nlined behind window
gin**. The source of oil used may be
a factor.
(o) It I* not possible to state If cod
liver idl I* beneficial to fowl* not
confined or In open fronted pens get-
ting a normal ration that Include#
green food.
COffiJ
S>7tsas
praachption—stop#
wont cough in I mm*
Curbs cold
_ uts. Curbs
No “<iop4 ’ A.
Old over nights
11 drtiggi .U.
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Of XAIIX- ISXf L._ _
is suviNii: ,-jbJ BAH OH*
H :s Cl Bnifinlx Dnco.lm l(Mo •• ra.Mil
A. O. LEONARD, Inc.
70 Hull Avo.. New Yoik City
fa fleafness
A^WLFheadnoisf^
Teonam
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Healthy Chick Program
Brings Higher Returns
Health stick* to clean (hicks! Hy
following four simple points In brood-
ing pouHryuton can save :** per cent
of their chicks. Not only more chick*
will he saved hm they will he more
profitable bird* to keep a* layers and
breeders. Umw them clean, and health
and vigor will go with them through
life.
The four point# In the Kansas
"healthy chick" program call* for
clean houses, clean ground, and clean
feed.
Hy following these four simple rules
egg production lm* been increased "it
egg* per bird In farm the k*. This
increase !."> cent* per dflr.cn mean*
tin additional return of fiO cent# per
hen.
Move Brooder Houses
Hroodcr house* are commonly made
movable In order lo change their loca-
tion id keep the chicks on chau
ground.
Hut much of the convenience of a
brooder hou*n i» lost when It i- moved
to a point distant from other farm
buildings.
The problem of finding clean ground
and k' i pit ii free from ?jj4Ba*c jt rat#
Is n difficult one under average farm
renditions, hill it la n sure road to
success.
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Say. Cat. Cur.
According to Pr. K, I’aller of ttn»
French Academy of Medicine, cat* pre-
vent pneumonia, lie say# every fam-
ily should keep at least one cut. Hi*
think# the day I* not very far dl*tnnt
when Hie practicing physician wilt
have to keep a cut farm, thu* enabling
hint lo imsvvcr emergency cull* with a
i nt or two under hi- arm.
Sweet are the uses of adversity. It
makes good luck, when it does coma,
look so golden.
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Prevent Cannibalism
Cannibalism may develop in n large
hunch of chicks, no limiter how com-
pletely fed or how free front parasite*.
The liberal use <«f |ar l« niton: as effec-
tive a* anything In checking It. Watch
many times it day for those that have
been picked enough to draw blood and
daub the tar on the wounds, If you
■•an find something Hint the chick# ill*,
like the taste of more than Inr. use It
If Hint fail* try paring off the point
of the tipper mandible, using care not
lo get too deep.
Drink Water to
Help Wash Out
Kidney Poison
If Your Bock Hurts or Bladder
Bothers You, Begin
Taking Salts
When your kidneys hurt and your
Inn k feels sore (loti t get scared and
proceed to loud your wtomnch with
n lot of drug* that excite the kidney*
and Irrltme the entire urinary tract.
Keep your kidney# clean like you
keep your bowel* clean, by flushing
them vvl'll u mild, harmless salt*
which helps to remove the body'* url-
nous waste and stimulates them t>*
Hi Ir normal activity. The function
of ,'te l.idticvs Is to filter :'n' h! I.
In "! 'loti"# they str n front It A1*)
grain* o', told and vv :•■, ■ we can
readily understand the vital Impor*
{.nee of keeping the kldl.cvs active.
Prink lots of good water- you can't
drink ton lunch: also get from liny
pharmacist about four ounce* of .Ltd
Salts J take tabb-pointful In n gla-s
of witter before break fast each morn-
ing for n few days and your kidney#
may then net fine. This famous salt*
I* made from the add of grape# and
lemon Juice, combined with lltldn, and
lm* been used for your# to help clean
and ■tlmulate dogged kidney*: als.i
to neutralize the acids In the system
sn they are no longer a source of Irri-
tation, thus often relieving bladder
weakness.
Jail Salts Is inexpensive, cannot In-
jure; makes a delightful c -rveseent
llthlll-wnfcr drink, v, Itlclt everyotm
should take now and then to help keep
their kidneys clean and active. Try
tills; also keep up the water drinking,
and .to il'Ulle J "tl will Wii^jr what
bream# of j ar kldncv trouble nn-l
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