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RlrbSehl The 8'f Contention of Buklpesn and Prof. lm I IVum'i elul will I luld at ball Lake, May h Ix-hl'- s i Sy CIMO LCOTT WATION RC!tS rrornily ctrtilrlKj tbt dmlb In Japan of Dr. Henry F. I lo t m on Lla ay horn ho from the riillippltiea a her he had hrea revisiting the otriei of hia career aa chief euryeon of the United State army there during thtPHIpIno Insurrection. 1h brief mention ahlrb thee diptrhe mail of hla earlier career In the Went gav only a alight Intimation of the thrilling atorlea which ha could tell of the eld daya when them araa a frontier In America. Fortunately, however, for a picrlty of Americana who aeemlngly ran never learn enough of tboae epic dya, ha left behind him a record of hla part In tha winning of the Went," and In the hook. A Frontier Doctor," pubtlahed recently by the Houghton Mifflin company, there la additional proof of th fact that frontier history wan made quite aa much by lew picturesque hut more Imd portant personage than the longhaired, Itllla and Dicks and 5am of dime novel fame. claimed the Ilefore hla death Doctor unique diatlnrtlon of being the only man alive who had had dinner simultaneously with two character who come nenreat being the American Ilobln Hood" Jeaae Jamea and Mlty the Kid. Ilut hla claim to fame de not rest alone on tlila dla tloctlon, which to aome might he a doubtful one. Indeed. That was hut a minor Incident In the career of thla frontier doctor" hut It la Indicative of the wealth of experience that waa hla. For ha waa a polneer In more aenaea than one. lie waa the eon of a pioneer and Sent a pioneer boyhood on a farm near what la now the city of St. Paul, Minn. He aerved aa a rodinan In one of the pioneer aurveylng partlea along the northern frontier. 11a waa the first doctor to locale and practice hla profeaalon In the Texas Panhandle. lie was a paaaenger on the drat stage coach to run from Mamarck, N. D. to I Hut d wood, 8. D. lie opened the flrat drug store In nernnllllo, N. M . a typical southwestern frontier town. lie waa the only chief surgeon wounded on the battlefield In war and he waa the first th Spanlsh-Amerlcn- n peraon to utilise Chinese coolies as litter hearers In tha United State army. Around that framework of pioneering achievements can be built a life story which symbolizes pretty well the history of America during the last sixty years. Few passages In the writing of today, wither fact or Action, have summed up more adequately or more dramatically the amuzlng transformation of a country from a raw wilderness to a modern, highly civilized community than the opening paragraphs of "A Frontier Doctor" .which read as follows: During Stata Fair Week In September. 1927, I visited a flying-fiel- d at tha southeast corner of Snetllng and Larpentaur Avenuee. St, Paul, Minna ota. Ptanea were humming through the air In arery direction, when suddenly a young woman dropped from one aa it passed over, a parachute unfolded, and aha made a graceful landing but a few paces from the spot where I first appeared on the screen of life. In 1(54, thla flying field waa a typical Minnesota farm, owned by my father, Lorenzo Hoyt, who had arrived in Minnesota, aa a pioneer in 1849. Our farm then was practically a unit. Not only did we raise all our own food. Including w coffee substitute composed of several varieties of parched eereals, but wa even provided our own clothing by raising and (hearing our own sheep, carding the wool and spinning It, and on our own loom making our own cloth. There were no railroads In St. Paul In those early days. AH our transportation waa by stage or steamboat. Two of my uncles were rivermen and one of my pleasures was driving down to the levee at the foot of Jackson Street to meet the boats from New Orleans. Sometimes as coming my father and I eat In the buggy watching the unloading of the boat, very often a fine looking, trongly featured young man would come over and chat with us. This waa James J. Hill, then workdollars a month. ing as a freight clerk at forty-fiv- e Many years later, when, by his remarkable foresight and acumen, he had risen to be one of the great railway magnates of the country, the head of tho Great Northern Railway lines, 1 became chief surgeon of all hla properties Young Hoyts father was not able to provide funds for a college education, so the boy set out to win one for himself. Ills first Inclination was to become a civil engineer and his first Job was with a surveying party sent out by the St. Paul and Pacific railroad. In 1873 he secured a place with the government expedition which was sent out to survey the boundary line between the United States and Canada from the Lake of the Woods west to the foothills of the Rockies. The military escort for this party was a company of the Twentieth Infantry and two troops of the Seventh cavalry, commanded by Captains Weir and Keogh. Three years later Doctor Hoyt was to learn of the death of Captain Keogh at the battle of the Little Big Horn and to hear that his horse. "Comanche," which young Hoyt admired so much during this surveying expedition, was the sole survivor of Custer's command which rode into that Valley of Death." After a series of exciting adventures with this surveying party. Including several attacks by Indians and narrow escapes from death in both prairie fires and blizzards, young Hoyt returned to his home and decided to become a doctor. After ompletiDg hla course of study In that profession dlsi-afrl- 2123. Richmond Cat h county dairy nxn received 77jW less for llo-l- r product In January than In January 19- - le'U whUker growing remind, which started February 19. will I on of Ih feature of Ih old timer' Forty-niner- " celebration her. Iadil Effort are being mad In cure lb annual rnrampmrnt of Ih Indian War veteran fur (hi rity during the summer. Ogden Build tig under construction for Ih D. 8. Chunk In Ogden represent an rxpendliur of more than a third of a million dollar. Riverside Weber county grammar grad schools bold an old fashioned spelling bee" at Weber couuly high B A a - be Ihkud looking around for aome live town" In which to start his practice. Ills selection was Deadwnnd In the Black I lilts which was at that time (1S77) at It heyday as a gold camp. But In Ioadwond men did not die of lingering Illnesses. They usually died quickly and with Ihelr boots on. So It did not take jhe young doctor long to decide that protqvectlng offered more opportunities than doctoring. Accordingly he tried, his hand at that but after a short lime tired of It and drifted south Into New Mexico. Arriving at Fort Sumner, the young doctor's first patient was William Maxwell, son of Luclen B. Maxwell of the Maxwell Land Grunt fume, who was suffering from a case of malignant smallpox and whom he wns unable to aave. Further down the Pecos valley he mnde the acquaintance of John Chlsum. the Cattle King of New Mexico, famous for his part In the Lincoln County war which Rtarted Billy the Kid on the road to notoriety. To young Hoyt the cattle king said: Doc, over yonder Is the Panhandle of Texas, a big country, full of people, an epidemic of smallpox and no doctor. Theres the place you're looking for." So to the Panhandle the young doctor went and began practicing in Taacosn, one of the wildest of the wild cow towns In the old days. But he soon found that Chlsum's prophecy was too optimistic. The smnll;ox epidemic wns soon over, the Panhandle was not full of people and there was little for him to do. So the next Incident In his career was securing work as a cowboy under W. C. (Bill) Moore, former outlaw but now the superintendent of the LX ranch. The senior foreman of the LX was an even more famous character Charles A. Slrlngo, later noted as a peace ofllcer, detective and author. After a short career as a cowboy, noyt returned to the practice of his profession In Taseosa and In the fall of 1S78 he mnde the acquaintance of Billy the Kid, who was Just then assuming the leadership of the gnng which wns so soon to spread a trail of red across the Southwest. Of this Doctor Iloyt writes: Bitty Bonney was then eighteen years old, a handsome youth with smooth face, wavy brown hair, an athletic and symmetrical figure, and clear blue eyes that could look one through and through. Unless angry he always seemed to have a pleasant expression with a ready smile. His head was well shaped, his features regular, his nose aquiline, his most noticeable characteristic a alight projection of his- two upper front teeth. . . . Billy was an expert at most western sports and dissipations with the exception of drinking. Much haa been published of his exploits during drinking bouts, but It Is my opinion they are mostly fiction. I never knew of his taking a drink of liquor all the time he was In the Panhandle. To tell the truth, this fact helped to make me friendly with the outlaw, for I was a teetotaler myself. Reared In strict Christian principles, I had never touched liquor. Redoubtable as was this notorious outlaw, there was one accomplishment In which the young frontier doctor excelled him. He tells of It as follows: On a beautiful moonlight night a balle (dance) was In progress at the home of Don Pedro Romero. I and Bonney stepped out to enjoy It and Incidentally strolled across the plaza, at out one hundred yards In width, to Rinehart's store opposite. Returning I challenged the Kid to a footrace to the dance hall. I found he could run much faster than the Sailor" (a local sprinter whom Hoyt had defeated In a race some time previously) but I Jed him all th way. As we neared the door I slacked up. while Billy kept on at full speed through the door. Mexican adobe houses, for aome reason, have a threshold about a foot high, and as the Kid flew through, the heel of one of his cowboy boots caught on It, landing him at full length on the floor in the middle of the ballroom. Quicker than flash his prostrate body was surrounded by his four pals, back to back, with a Colt's forty-fiv- e In each hand, cocked and ready for business. The Kid's unconventional entrance was to them an Indication of something wrong, and their lightning exhibition of preparedness showed wonderful effi kind. How or where gun were conciency of cealed was never quite understood, but their owners oil registered chagrin when they learned they were barred at all future Romero balle. The acquaintance between the young outlaw and the young doctor ripened Into friendship of a aort and Iloyt won the regard of the Kid by presenting to him a ladles' gold watch which he had won In a poker game and which the outlaw Atwished to give to hla Mexican sweetheart. tached to this watch was a long chain of braided hnlr and In the only known photograph of Billy the Kid, two strands of this chain can he plainly seen crossing his shirt fronL The result of this gift was a somewhat surprising one. When Hoyt decided to leave the Panhandle and go to lots Vegns, N. M., Billy the Kid presented him with his favorite horse, Dnndy Dick," and In order to protect Iloyt In case his ownership was ever questioned, also wrote out and gave to him a formal hill of sale. Tills bill of sale, which Doctor Hoyt preserved to the day of his denth. Is one of the few known specimens of Billy the Kid's handwriting In existence. At that time, the origin of Dandy Dick." a fine Arabian and locally as a race horse, was a mystery. The Kid never would tell where he got him although he did admit that there's a story connected with him. Tears Inter, Doctor Iloyt, through correspondence with Charles A. Slrlngo and James Brady, court Interpreter at N. M., learned that the horse had once been owned by Major Murphy, one of the leading figures In the Lincoln County war, who had presented It to Sheriff William Brady of Lincoln county. Brady was riding Dandy Dick" when he was killed by the Kid I When noyt arrived in Las Vegas, he found that boom town at the "end of steel on the Santa Fe railroad, which was then building through New Anxious to secure Mexico, was full of doctors. money to continue his medicnl studies he put aside his scruples against gamhllng and threw In" with two nien In opening a faro game. But at the end or a month all three were broke and Hoyt next took a Job as a bartender In a hotel. While engaged in this occupation he bad a part In the historic dinner with Billy the Kid and Jesse James. Near Las Vegas was a famous hot springs and a hotel, noted throughout the country for its dinners. Sundays always drew a big crowd there. Writes Hoyt: I rode out one Sunday and found at a corner table the only vacant seat In the room. Glancing at tha three guests already there, I waa perfectly amazed to recognize the one on my left aa Billy the Kid, urbane and smiling aa ever. We shook hands, but neither mentioned a name. We were chatting away of old times In Texas aa If wa were a couple of cowboy friends, when the man on Bonney's left made a comment on something he said. Whereupon Bonney said Hoyt, meet my friend Mr. Howard from Tennessee." The fourth man had nearly finished his meal when I sat down, and soon retired. Mr Howard He had piercing had noticeable characteristics. steely blue eyes with a peculiar blink, and the tip of a finger on his left hand waa missing. I mentally classed him as a railroad man. He proved to be congenial, was a good talker, had evidently traveled quite a bit, and the meal passed pleasant- I ly. After dinner we separated and Billy, taking me to hla room, gave me, after pledging me to secrecy, one of the surprises of my life. Mr. Howard was no other man than the bandit and train robber, Jesse James. I waa skeptical but Billy soon convinced me It was true. Some other unwritten history which Doctor noyt reveals for the first time in his book In recording this incident is the fact that Jesse James made Billy the Kid an offer to Join forces. But Billy had no desire to engage In bank or train robbery cattle rustling and horse stealing being his favorite diversion. More than that. Joining forces with the Missouri outlaw would take him away from the magnet at Fort Sumner" (his Mexican sweetheart) and for these two reasons he turned down Jesse James offer. It requires a vivid imagination Indeed to visualize the pos aibie results If these two redoubtable outlaws had Joined forces I . well-know- n Car-rlzoz- le-twe- coun-cilme- e e Tremonton A new has been built by Tremonton. New equipment, including more than 300 new rent boxes, has been installed. Murray A new school building, containing six class rooms and an auditorium, will be constructed on the campus of the Murray high School. Duchesne Hearings on the application of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company to acquire the Denver and Salt Lake R. It. have been set for March 24 at Denver and March 27 at Salt Lake City by Interstate commerce commission. post-offic- OEXs 74 GLY MPIESI r f f Ki.ies. Trsl? rela, ( nWful nsoiie latie Um eloe eleeeslse. Isfc- Is MTV ataiOV-tofeel- , Bte lseeneMst.erMnlofm im (ruKentiki, n try MIMm4(sIiuUm, el4rsskV. bSe B4.nh.ni)nrnt'i niL UKK A trnJJON. TAKK I hoot. Plan for three Indrprnd-en- t summer camp for Boy Imre made by , I he Boy 8cout council of Cache valley, Iirlgham City The annual Unsolder County Farm Bureau social and banquet wa attended by more than three hundred person. Ogden The third shipment of cars for use in the metal mines In South America has been made by an Ogden fnetory, 8;rlntrvllle The 1030 convention of tho Utah Peace Officers association will be held at Nprlngvilte, June 27 and 28. Wen lover Active repair work on the Western Pacific railroad line 8nlt Lake and Wendover has begun. More than 5,000 persons will be engaged In the work during March. Ferron Dairying, boys and girls club work, poultry raising, marketing were the subjects dismissed by experts during the Emery county annual leadership week. American Fork A pool of CO cooperative western turkey growers pools Is planned for Utah which will handle millions of pounds yearly of turkeys. I'arowan Investigation of sites and methods of financing the construction of a first class modern hotel Is being conducted by the Fnrowan chamber of commerce. Gunnison A number of prize will be awarded Junior beet growers by the Gunnison Sugar company, in cooperation with the extension division of the U. A. C. Irovo The second meeting of the scout leaders of the Tlmpanogos Council was held at the B. Y. U. in order to produce greater cooperation and uniformity of scouting In the district. Morgan A poultry grading plant is being built at Morgan by tlie Poultry Producers association of Morgan and Summit counties, at a cost of $10,000. Coalville It Is expected that storage of water in the Echo reservoir now under construction near Coalville for the 1930 Irrigation season in Davis and Weber counties will be possible. n .Murray The mayors and city of Bingham, Murray, Sandy and Midvale met at Murray to discuss the methods proposed to Insure proper inspection of milk, meat, water and other foods. Capitol Airport Ceremonies inaugurating transcontinental air service to the northwest by the Varney Air Lines, Ine were held at Salt Lake and the points of contact along the line of service. from physicians Carbon county, Salt Lake and San Francisco were guests of the Carbon Medical society recently at the largest medical fraternity meeting ever held here. EAR (nets'. Snercme Mhr as ne LEONARD. Ine. A. 70 Rlik An. New IV I1JS M &MaM0NiwbHT Ilynim lljt up-riv- er eve is - m t MdlMO a. Inuk-akln-cla- self-suffici- pro-da-lio-n The Tryst We'll meet at eight o'clock, as usual. 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