| Show the 69 2 a 01 W VIA FM E DI REM 1141 H X the story of a frontier and a great frontiersman 0 0 editors note in the last chite articles article artl clea 3 we took the tune time of out oui story back seve al 11 years to bria in the eaily history of brown park its notorious bands of out laws and cie c part pete Dill dillmo ml played in the capture ot of lant and tracy the final article appear lag in this issue carries on oil the life of HI dillman as ganie game waiden of uintah county where lie loit left oft off ahlee weeks aso ago in concluding clouding cur ciar story of the life of this tile hue old caracter chir chr acter peter dillman the standard editors ale aie glad to say that tho the work has been one of the best and s id most interesting te resting things wo we hive done pete served as deputy gains waiden of U atah bounty lor for two wo te Is ms from 1906 to 1914 lie he was ve vey very y fond ot of his job and ana loved the horseback trips over the mountains and aid through the stio sti elins ims seldom he stayed it at the daae sa ne pl place ace two nights in succession and lie he travel with a pick hose I 1 ose but apanged his hia taps to spend the night with wita friends and relatives continuing on the next morning he had sold his home aid a id orchard in vernal after the of julia the place that he 1 nd iad built for her haunted pete and lie he was never happy tl there I 1 ere the ca e free roaming life 0 of f the hills suited him best and his chil dren were all grown and able to take eara cira of themselves but when hs term of office 1 pete found himself with gothing lochin lol hin nuch much to do no lani ii arm and no wok to do for him who had never had time between and sunset to get his vork done this was a mlis erable life lie he looked arcond at farm landi land ray who had set up a liw law office li 11 roosevelt told him of lie bidding that was being done for indian lands each indgin indan owned certain aror properties artles wad a id when he died the land became the property of the government who sold it to the wan nan offering the tha nio per acre for it pete and ray traveled over the reservation together looking over of land for sale they rhey finally de aided to purchase a fort east ut ul whiterocks pete built an eight room house on the po property perty cleared it oft off and ploughed sloughed hed a reat part of it ana an he be was happy for lie he was wasat at work again soon aie ie bought an adjoining forty and aad ad land or ar a real farm this trip ws w s later sold to petes daughter and her har husband who are still operating a fine farm on ahe he old indian holdi ig ag onze one aann pete was restless with little to occupy his time and his mind he had heard of the I 1 1 4 1 A WIN pete dilim dillman fertile fields of idaho and so one day set out to the north lie ile purchased a quarter ecton oi 01 0 1 the h snake river built him film a small mil dut comfortable dwelling and f work on oil his ground water power assessments wei 0 extremely high and lie soon discovered that thai he was losing money on the he farm he was lonely an I 1 disc ouia ov and decided to ive it alp ilp A family fayed ii ia a shack on the adjoining land just before be aio oio louvill lo leaving avill pete paid them a call and told than jhc thc n they could move into hla house it if you yet ever get a sale let me know and ill shaie wit you 0 so o saying e left the strange tor for I 1 home t tile the uintah basin he lived in ili white oclus a few weeks but could not long ions bo be sep rated fron froal the soil and wok ills his next purchase pui chase was an eighty one mile east ail aad one m mile lle sout of roosevelt As usual lie he built a home on the property cl cleared aafred 1 oft off and anted it to a fanner petes last pur pu euriase abase of land wa a acio acie strip in fit ouray valley which he claing is the fadiest land in the basin if only water lor was available petes life nas beba one 0 of easer activity th illing adventure and great enjoyment L because cause hp as always ready to always anxious to dahis dohis do his duty acif always willing to faco face danger daiser when he was seventy years old lie he dug eighty post holes and aad set up seventeen posts in a fort forAi Moon oon on a piece of his p po perty when i he was seventy nine the ds distance tance from Rc rusevelt sevelt to way was a pleasant walk for him ile ho icyl al tho the mountains and up to tic time he gozt iii his les leg there was no or no more willing ins ing colip rion to be land tia t a pete dillman ile iia aou would il d so go any who c e viii anybody E n to CIO los loss 0 I 1 acs og wili acs ics baited t f a i a b d casi cas of in faienza fi ienza that pete suffered in ida ro co could lot bilm ilm kij nij an ani biton bit or still hi hl hii i activity bhea pete was etting ais is ta fa in in into shape in ida ho lie ho cu baush ii cold wh alir i 1 turned into influenza ile he was wa anxious to set get back to work ana got get tie lie farm ii condition ondi tion bofo bo 0 e c snow flew and rot got up too n cn his HAS foot fert and loss legs were tender alid could not no stand th the I 1 arain from that lai alas on pete buffered Euf ruff ered uc bearable bc arable pail a the teres aes ot hia feet ond ind ica just over two years a aa 0 o one ol 01 of LI legs was amputates amputate atel I but lo 10 3 E ralli loves life and tile the oen oden country and is never happier than whon when ie is doin doing elvei if it is only just the end |
