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Friday, July 3, 1970'.emennui EditionSILVER CIT V DAILY PRESSSilver Pioneer Remembers Old DagIiy T, W, HolSOn A native son of Sliver City whoso UfoUmo aparin almost toe onurs century Df the town to existence Is living quietly In Monrovia, Calif,Ho is Delbert John Holson,95, bora In Silver City Sept. 10,1874,He might 8tm be a resident of Utc area had It not been for an unruly horse which threw and trampled Mm about 1910. Following Ms recovery he was advised tiy his doctor to live til a lower alisiudo because bis heart might have been affected by hts injuries.Having worked as a cowhand for Iho Diamond A Cattle Company tn Grant County, he applied for employ menl with the Kern County Land Company, parent organ! ration of the Diamond A, and moved to Bakersfield, Calif., company headquarters, Arriving to 1010, ho soon became superintendent of Stockdals, one of the company's ranches near Bakersfield, where ho remained until hts retirement In 1948, He, rnovod to Monrovia to be near his daughter, Mrs, Paul Garber, The Ilolson family arrived In Silver City In 1892 from Central City, Colo. Thomas w, ilolson, the father, was drawn by acllvi-Uoa at Chloride Flat, later engaged In a sawmill In the Pinos Alios Mountains nnd settled In the Lonu Mountain community where ho follow ml mining, cattle ranching and dairying until hu retired in 1008 to live In a homo north of 5Jlvor City, Ho dlod In J923, Ills wlfu In 1025,Delbert, always known as Doll, and Ills olilor brother, Charles, when not working on the homo ranch, worked tor Urn Diamond A and other major ranchers. They wore married to a dduble wedding, Fob. 12, IDOL Doll's bridewas Lillian Clayton and Charles' was Bertha Craig. Dell Is the only survivor, but his wife lived to observe their 68th wedding anniversary in 1989. At the Ume of the wedding Dell was operating the Tenderfoot Corral on Bullard Street.Although he has not returned to his birthplace formanyyeare, Dell delights to recalling Ms younger days there. As a child he was forced to flee with his family from an Indian raid near Lone Mountain, The family returned after a three-day sojourn In a Blockade In Silvar City to find one of tholr cows slaughtered by the savages, who had removed only the choice parts of beet.Later as a cowhand he covered a wide range of tho county and his accounts are studded with, place names such as Apache TejD, Wiutewater, Cow Springs, Solkler’s Farewell and Faywood Hot Springs.Riding for the Diamond A, ha and Charlie were members of a crew known as the Green Fly Boys, who naturally considered themselves superior to any other outfit, and strove to prove It to horsemanship, horse races, roping and similar contests. However, rodao events as they arc known today had nol been developed.On roundups, these hlgh-spirltod fellowshadlo make their own entertainment, as noprovision was made beyond per-'haps a deck of cards. If some cowpoke or visitor lo die evening campfire could be persuaded to sing, his hearers would wall until he was to full voice, then burst Into mocking, coyoio-Uke howls. An unsuspecting sleeper would sciniotlmes be quietly roped into hts bedroll, toon awakened with a volley of shots and banging of kettles wlillo too prankstersroared with glae at his frantic efforts to rise. Thesa are only examples of the antics recalled by the storyteller,Bedrolls were composed of blankets and quilts which ware known as soguns, usually mispronounced ''soogin. The bedding was rolled to a canvas tarpaulin, a term shortened totarp, but Lf used to full was pronounced tar-pole-yon.”Later a rancher himself al Lone Mountain, ha took for his brand U Bar and among his possessions are slill 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, toe Brahams, the Rogerses, the Woolfords, the Fleurys and Gephort George. His sister, Mamie, married Walter Page, brother of Mrs. Lora Newell, long-time Silver City resident.An exploit to SUvar City recalled try DeU when be was a young blade proud of his horsemanship was a ride to the rescue over toe '*swlngtogbrldge.”Thls slender span was a pedestrian bridge suspended on cables over toe big ditch,” about where the College Avenue crossing Is now. During one of toe disastrous floods of the period, a. mother and daughter on the eastern bankSTJ‘to^U to die rectal centennial edition of the silver City Dally Press,were to danger of being swept away. Seeing he would not be able to save them on foot, Dell rode ids horsa across the swaying footbrldgo above the torrent. The horse was reluctant but his rider says he “talked him across, ” after which he pickedup me young mother and child and took them safely to higherground.Concerning the injury that led to his departure from Stiver City, Dell remarks with a chuckle that his heart, treatened so long ago, is still going.”PAPERBACK SELLS FAST NEW YORK CAP) - Tho Paperback bock, The Godfather,” sold Its first printing of three million copies within the first two days. The second printing, 1,350,000 copies, came uut 10 days alter the first.The book already had sola | four million in hard cover.
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