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And nere is the v\ agner act which ; law he wrote, ana what has flowed j bor act needs amendment, will you (Copyright. im*. Mew York Tribune InejLynchings, Dog Fights, Races Are| revenue to' the youngster when 1 overdose of laudanum. Blame fof he drove a rig. He had left school doping the horse was never fixed,las a youngster to drive for his Wilds says.Recalled by.Doc Wilds of Blair SoirfSSS__I Wilds recalls one notable af- ' js his recollectionliveryman. Vivid in the aged man’s memoryIS........... of the onlyfair, scheduled as a dog fight, lynching ever to occur here. AnLAIR, Neb. — There are convictions. They might hve which gaVe observers a full meas- itinerant farm hand had shot and9 0]Her Blair residents than ,, n .more d«vilish, he says and ure of excitement. The (own bully kiiIed a (armcr and was draggedf f knew nothing of inhibitions had a 40-pound brindle bulldog (rom the jail by a howling mob.r Wilds, but by voca- j blowing off steam whenever and that had whipped every dog it had Wdds waa an observer only, heinclination there is ! wherever they chose,” there wasn’t * ever met, and the owner readily sa vs|Ed Doctioil and mciuicmoii mere us \ »*.•-»»• ».«*-.»» • ever msi, ana u« uwnci u^unj say,! none living so well qualified f-uch “*enu!Be cussedness, pet- put up a $10 sidebet when an -.It waa about 7 o’clock in the 1 «roedine» and laziness”; undersized little fellow with an morning,” he recalls, and the| to speak authoritatively of that he thinks characterizes life undersized terrier issued a chal- killer didn’t flinch as the rope was •Blair of the 1870s than the 78- today. * w lenge. . . put around his neck. He only said,year-old veterinarian, who , ;he «eif”t of Blairs boom The terrier. Wilds says, caught j-isn’t it a little early in the morn* came here as a child with his d?ysVhe rec«lls. Blair boasted 13 the bulldog by the throat and held ing for a hanging, boys” came nere a, a cnua wnn nis churches and 13 ^loons and he on untii the bulldog’s owner called I *lt;At least 50 men to. k the rope parents 74 years ago. never heard of a minister com- , -quits.” Then the terrier’s owner j and pulled the man up so fastIn ill health and unable to visit .plaining of poor collections, nor j pulled off his coat and bet the , his head struck the limb across town frequently', Mr. Wilds has;of a saloonkeeper taking bank- }bully he could whip him. He did, which the rope had be°n thrown, ample time, after an eventful and ruptcy. He feels there was less too, “Doc” says, for a $20 bet. |jn the excitement they had for-checkered career, to reminisce drinking then than now . » Horse Was Doped' gotten to tie his hands and heover early-day Blair affairs and Dog fights view with horse , F grabbed the limb and shouted,although from 1872 until 1880 “the races in popularity and even to) Walker avenue was used as a Gi me more ro|je you can’t day wasn’t complete without a 1 intimate that a man’s horse lacked lt;ra,,lrdog fight, fist fight, foot race or I speed or' his dog courage called forstraightway race track course and ^ tAiT way *the customary wager was $100 by i ,(|K ' _ ‘ (v *'They gave him about, 10 feet.with a shooting, lynch- ;an immediate challenge, Wilds the owners, in addition to what- he tightened the noose around his ing, or suicide thrown says. At the stockyards an arena ever race enthusiasts cared to put j _ .® , dr0nned to his deathhorse race,ing, stabbing, or suicide tnrown ;says, at me stocxyaras an arena lever race enmusiasis vavcu l” »JUI neck and dropped to his death.in occasionally,’' people weren’t as was built in which scores of ca- ; up. There were at least half a • 1 «lt;t ater jn ft.* d.,v the leadernines battled for their masters’ I dozen bets with $500 the stake, . . Jrv.rnwi vvhat lav bo-honor — and a substantial side;but racing declined suddenly in}.. . .. shooting He dtod of bet. Carrying passengers to the | popularity after a1 promising thor- tfripf aw)fe latf,r and thevThat’s one of Mr. Wilds’ positive fights was a profitable source of oughbred dropped dead from anbad then as now, he asserts. More Devilish.Dreams, books, are each a uorld; and books we know, Are a substantial uiorld, both pure and ^ood-. Round these, urith tendrils strong as flesh and blood. Our 'pastime and happiness luitl grow. IVordnuoriHgrief three weeks later and they' say he didn’t speak another word to a soul after he had learned the truth until he died.”Most courting was done locally in rigs rented from the Wilds barn. The evening rates were one dollar tor two hours, A trip to } Omaha, with driver, cost $10: to Tekamah, $7, and to Fremont, $15. In bad weather, rates for distance drives doubledMr. Wilds recalls one particularly interesting drive to Fremont.-A stranger approached him on a stormy night, laid down $20 an,dTHE WIND. she has cunningly combined the; bed in the afternoon learning * Jr'*BY ANNE MORROW LINDBERGHHarcourt, Brae* and Company, New York“Listen! the wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves—”two, so that an amazing amount j poetry of pertinent information onweight, takeoffs, e m e r g e n c y equipment for forced landing either on wa er or land, and a WT1NE years or so ago, rarely beautiful and sympathetic hp walked to the pier. “There’*when Anne Morrow be-: pagination are fused into a su- enough wind to lift a handker-I , , , t . j perior piece of writing. She has . ■came the wile of Charles Lina- tbe ultimate common touch, meet-bergh, his idolatrous public j ing all persons in a story, aptlymont. Outside the city limits, he pulled out cigars, a bottle of whisky, rope and a gun. saying only ‘Help yourself during the three hour drive.SI5,000 lit Cash.At Fremont he asked to be taken to the railway yards, then Not too easily—but they were Itold Wilds he was carrying $15,000 Natal bound.” Anne Lindbergh, in cash on his person. In the v . 4 4 4’ I . iN a La i IJtJvlIlll. fTUltJC , in tacu t mo 1 ocogitated upon what part Mrs. and neatly and unostentatiously. 5itling quietly while “my hus- yards was a huge boiler on a flat Tindberoh aDDearing so tiny • 1 S3U#enJ01?' band” {she seems to like that car, consigned to Montana. “HeifSSJT: i,an„d-.°- th„e„phra*) t«* »f( Witt,. WI»Um .he rope and let him.beside the tall airman, would 11„ Natal, Brazil, is shorter by■ ;ng e„glne and scant bree£e sel. 5e|f down in the boiler, - Wildshave in his world. Cogitation 200 miles than from Dakar to the ^es berse]f to her tasks. “This j says. “He’d warned me that if helong since has given way to J°uth1 AmeiMm mamlaiM. me little cockpit of mine became ex- were captured, ho or his friendsISmirrrRrZ Shenot onlv has ’ I f iiSn T ^ u J « w i traordinarily pleasing to me, as would ‘get’ me I didn’t report itadmiration, bhe not only nos bop to MOO miles, taking off much so as a furnished study at until I got back to Blair.” W.ldsbecome competent m hs aerial the lon^ jump from Porto Praia. | home My work had begun...} is certain the $15,000 w.s stolen.world, mastering both the con- In that lay the difference between how njce to be in your own little ; Early day revivals were an in-tr^U and the difficult business caln: ad„c „8 I room to pull your belonjings terestin* arcnmntmimcnt of pio-trols and the ditticuit dusuims mark close, for the d-fference wm ^ p t0 'Jr„. in likc a ineer life, but Wilds doubts if theyof communication, but she has .Mrious matter-In 1 mail in sheri, to work! were of lasting benefit. “Themade a very sound place for , The island also had a *iencn sea- Thp Jon njgbt had begun. But] same people were converted againherself by her own ability in Iba^’ ! even there* Pushin^ into clouds, land again,” he said, “but invari-nerseii cy ner u y la The harbor they had been rocking a little in the plane, oc- ably they fell from the path ofthe art of let er . , forced to choose by casionally looking out into the righteousness before a month hadsecond volume; establishes her i mto great_foaming crests; the wind ; southen/ night ,he author dis-: passed.”in clear, definite, and inde-j thdth^^rwarfed teem from plays one of her most human, ap-I He recalls one winter tmmer-, Azores became a menacing force, pendent outline as a person ol, changing their program, exquisite imagination and able W’hen they passed the harbor se-comprehension. i^ctcd blin.d7 ,ron’ lh,e than forK the somewhat comparat ve quiet of“North to the Orient, detail-* tjie jj^je COVe at the base, a sicking the iLndberghs flight by the ; mcchanic and two negro boys in a ,Great Circle rou e to the onen , j tjny boat made up the welcoming tun #;**«• rlrOiohtfill im- ’ ....... ... Natal,pealing, and distinctive traits —Ision in Fish creek north of Blair, the touch with her childhood. She]when 21 were baptized. Twodid it in her earlier volume; she j minutes after they were out of does it in this, tracing the journey the water their clothes were from Englewood to New York j frozen, he declares. The twenty-(the curve here, the white house j second convert reneged as he wa*there) on that final hour into being prepared for immersion, Ar-firct deliehtful im- ' “'T* ***^rv .r*' 7‘ I Natal. icording to Wi’ds the man ' houted,|.| w’ tj,e Anne Lind- jc°mm O-1 the shore, the c - Their flight is over. The book; “It’s ton damned cold, I’ll wailpression. it was me Anne j pgny was represented by the]Kortfh who ea^ed -wide-eyed at ! JfTv. a u 1 r' a*^ n 'i Jo closes. And the reade- wishes J ’till summer,” and prayers of the cameras smiled shyly, /‘rL ♦ •S'!'v! c ah fhere might b- more, more of evangeli t and the crowd on theslipped quickly’ Into the Pjar£ • inlodS- ! Anne Morrow Lindbergh.___Jcreek banks failed to move him. ^mnt of that flight ________1_____4. J
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Lincoln Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sun, Oct 23, 1938
Page 84
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