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cimsT^avutv. m h, *, nzctMVH f.advised by his doctor lo Uve In a lower aJUtudo because Ms hoarl mlglit havn boon affected by his Lnjurles.Having worked aa a cowlimid for tfio Diamond A Catllc Company lr Grant County, he applied for employment wUh bie Kern County Land Company, parent organ! Will on of the Diamond A, and moved to Dakar afield, Calif., company headquarters, Arriving in loio, he soon bo came superintendent of Slockdale, one of the company's ranches near Bakersfield, where ho remained until his reUremcnlln 1948, He. movod lo Monrovia to be near his nauglitar, Mrs. Paul Garbor.The ilolson family arrlred In Silver City In 1872 from Capital City, Colo. Thomas W. Ilolson, the father, was drawn by activities aL Chloride Flat, laler on-gttgod In a sawmill in the Pinos Alloa Moimialns and settled In Uio Lone Mountain community whoro lio followed mining, cattle ranching and dairying until ho ratlred In 1008 to live In a homo north of 5Uvor City. Ho dlod In 1023, his wlfu in 102$.Dolbort, always known as Doll, and his older brother, Charles, wliou not working on Ihe homo riuicli, worked for tho Diamond A and olhar major ranchers. ThQy wore married In a dbuble wedding, Feb. 12, IDOL. Doll's brideLone Mountain, The family returned after a threo-day sojourn in a stockade In Sllvsr City to And one of Iholr cows slaughtered by Ihe savages, who had removed only the choice parts of beef.Later as a cmwhand he covered a wide range of tho county and hiB accounts ar« studded with place names such as Apache Tejo, Whitewater, Cow Springs, Soikler’s Farewell and Faywood Hot Springs.Hiding for Lhe Diamond A, ha and Charlie were members of a crw knovm as the Green Fly Doys, who naturally considered themselves superior to any other outfit, and strove to prove Lt in horsemanship, tinr.se races, roping and similar contests. However, rodao events as they arc known today had not been developed.Chi roundups, these hlgh-splritod Jellowshad lo make theLr own entertain men I, as hdprovision was mado beyond perhaps a deck of cards. If some cowpoke or visitor lo die evening campfire could be persuaded lo sing, his hearers would walL until he was In full voice, ihen burst Into mocking, Coyoio-Uke liowls. An unsu6p0cting sleeper would sometimes be quin Uy roped Into his bedroll, then awakened with a voLley ol shots and banging af koitles wldlo Lho prankstersbrand U Bar and among Ids possessions are sllU a number of articles marked with the brand on which lie looks with fond sentiment.Among his neighbors in the Lone Mountain community he recalls the Frosts, the Brahams, the Hogsrses, the WooLfords, the Fleurys and Gephart George. His sister, Mamie, married Walter Page, brother at Mrs. Lora Newell, long-time Silver City resident.An exploit in Silver City recalled by Dell when he was a young blade proud oI his horsemanship was a ride to the rescue aver the ’* swinging bridge. This slender span was fi pedestrian bridge suspended on cables over the big ditch, about where the College Avenue crossing Is now. During one of the disastrous floods cif the period, a. mother and daughter on the eastern bankCZ^s^rToo^ in the ^ nation af the Sliver City Dally Press.up Ihe young mother and child and took them safely to higherground.Concerning the injury that led to his departure from Silver City, Dell remarks with a chuckle that his heart, treatened so long ago, is still going.”PAPERBACK SELLS FAST NEW YORK CAP) - Tho !»* erbeck bock, The Godfather, sold Its first printing cf three million copies within the first two days. The second printing, 1,350,000 copies, came out 10 days utter the first.The book already had sola four million In hard cover.
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Silver City Daily Press
Silver City, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jul 03, 1970
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