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Show PARTICULARS DF flCGlDQlf : MTISi TO ILUi liii'S irs. Ha The town of Caliente was Is Wednesday afternoon on 11 the sad news of the sudden "an, expected death of Wm. Lamb for the who, injured from being th ', U trom a bucking horse at the l j The round up of cattle being held at V UftenuH Springs near Groom and wha. fc I vCrv i) known as Bald Mountain, from, -' John effects of which he died at his Julius a ence in Alamo early WedaeJ invCeila-morning. invCeila-morning. d' j 1!oni, From what could be learned fro Pectol, friends of the family it seems th"! babe l0 Mr. Lamb was employed as cook f. the Alamo cattle men who were ' their spring round up and were a ious to finish branding that day Toqu possible, and being short handed '! piuty ' one of Mr. Hale's men had been L-Nil.cg jured, Mr. Lamb volunteered his ser Phs'll,s; vices for the day to assist them ij -Mr-am finishing their branding at thai 'Ul point. There being a horse ahead! " S1'C1 saddled, he mounded him and -while 'ial1 th in the act of throwing his rope on a 1lt:nty steer he intended to brand, the horse MVS' suddenly stopped, throwing- j!t b;u,lb Lamb to the ground. Uninjured at CriendS this time he mounted his horse again hom" ' and from some unknown cause the fr horse suddenly began to buck, which t! resulted in the deceased being ""'".t thrown heavily to the ground, re-ceiving re-ceiving internal injuries which later proved fatal. After a few moments "he' rest, he again mounted the animal t0 . ... . i"iuidt baptist and rode him to camp a short dis-' tance from where the accident had taken place. Summoning Mr. Wra p tce c T. Stewart he informed him of what here v had taken place and knowing that Mr he was badly hurt, he v asked Mr. are jn Stewart to take him home. A runner run-ner was dispatched to his son, Wil- liam, Jr., who was several miles away Wfni and arrangements were quickly made K to rush Mr. Lamb to his home in I Alamo a distance of 50 miles, where 1 everything was done by his faithful w wife and neighbors to relieve his suf- B A fering but to no avail and he passed y A out of this life into the arms of his g 0 creator a few hours later. Mr. Lamb, "Bill" as he was affec- 1 tionately called by his friends, was B one of Lincoln county's most pro- 1 gressive citizens and farmers, being I well and favorably known through- aSSSE out Southern Nevada, having been a . resident of State Line, Fay, Pioche, and Delamar in their boom days and during his long residence in Lincoln county his veracity and integrity were never questioned. After tiring of the mining game he moved his family to Alamo where he resided at the time of his sad and untimely demise. de-mise. Throughout his residence at Alamo he had gained the respect and confidence of his towns men and was a highly honored and respected citi- zen of that progressive town. Through his kindness and pleasing disposition, his readiness to assist those in need coupled with his, pleasing pleas-ing personality endeared hirn to everyone whom he became acquainted acquaint-ed with, his word was his bond and his motto a square deal to all always ready to relieve the distressed and administering little deeds of kindness to those less fortunate than himself, his happiest moments being when he had assisted a friend, no one ever left his place hungry, and in the death of William Lamb Lincoln county has suffered a great loss as he always took a keen interest in the building up on his county also taking great interests in civic matters which pertained per-tained to the upbuildng of the town in which he lived and Alamo, his home town, will be deprived of his . many deeds of kindness, his every readiness to assist his neighbors, bis fatherly advice and a friend they could always depend upon in the hour of need. Mr. Lamb was a hind and loving father, a true husband and a loyal friend who will be greatly great-ly missed by his cowboy friends who say there is not a water hole in Lincoln Lin-coln county that hasn't something to remind them of his handiwork, and his fatherly advice to those boys will never be forgotten. Residents of Lincoln county extend ex-tend their heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and relatives in these their saddest hours. Mr. Lamb was GO years of age at the. time of liis'Y ath and leaves a loving wife and , a) children to mourn his loss. TTie funcra.' was held at Alamo Saturday and was largely attended., several car loads of friends going from Caliente to attend at-tend the last sad rites of their departed de-parted friend, the sorvio's were beautiful the casket being buried under a mass of beautiful flowers. The beautiful tribute that can be bestowed upon a departed friend and . neighbor in any community May he rest in peace. Caliente. (Nev.) News. |