Show ENT PL G COWBOY MAYOR LOOKS HIGHER james 0 dahlman the cowboy mayor ot omaha flushed by his success in securing ng tho the nomination for governor has haa widened hla his field ot of ambition and it Is said may become a candidate for united states senator senater dahlman was born in 1850 in the of yorktown York lown a place that was wag then right in the range country As a boy he be received an education such as the town where he lived afforded but when hardly out of short pants ho he straddled a horse and became becaro ft a cowboy all over the state until 1890 1800 ho be rode the range in 1890 and when tho the settlers commenced to encroach upon the big stockmen stoc sto kmen climen ot of texas the drive to the north commenced dahlman was among those who moved and during that year followed a big bunch of cattle across tho the country Nebraska to driving to dawes county well beyond tile tho outposts out poets of civilization in the extreme northwest corner of tho the hero tie lie rode tile the range for several years serving ft a portion of tho the time as inspector of brands tor for tile tho cattlemen of nebraska and wyoming with the building of the northwestern rail railroad roRd toward the black ellla there waa a rush of settlers and tho the town of children chadron was established it was a typical frontier city a large portion of its inhabitants being gamblers suro sure thing men and thugs who terrorized the reputable inhabitants one day when dahlman was in town a committee of cili citizens zens called upon him and offered him the position of mayor ile he laughed at the idea dahlman rodo rode back to camp whore where lie ho lay awake all night and thought when morning broke ho he arose and ato ate breakfast as usual but he bo did not go out with the boys boya instead ho he bade thorn abom goodby good by remarking that he be had quit the range saddling biscow pony dahlman rode into chadron where ho he called upon the city council and told them ho he was ready to accept the position of mayor jle he was waa immediately elected and that lay day took charge of public affairs he organized a police force and soon chadron was as aa quiet quie tand and orderly a town as aa there was in the tha state |