Show COWBOY MAYOR LOOKS HIGHE rt 1 l james aarnes C dahlman the cowboy mayor ot of omaha flushed flush ci by his success in securing the nomination for governor has widened his field of 0 ambition and it Is eald may become a candidate for united states senator dahlman was bom in 1856 in the village ol of yorktown a place that was then tight in the range country As a boy he received an education such as the town where lie be lived afforded but when hardly out of short pants he be straddled a horse and became a cowboy all over the state until 1890 herode he rode the range in 1890 and wh when en the settlers commenced to encroach upon the big stockmen stoc kmen 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 the country to nebraska driving to dawes county well beyond the outposts of civilization in the extreme northwest corner corne of the state here he rode the range for several years serving a portion of the time as inspector of brands tor for the cattlemen of nebraska and wyoming with the building of the northwestern railroad toward the black hills there was a rush of settlers and the town of chadron was established it was a typical atypical frontier city a large portion of its inhabitants being gamblers sure cure thing men and thugs who terrorized the reputable inhabitants one day when bahlman Da lilman was in town a committee of citizens called upon him and offered him the position of mayor he laughed at the idea dahlman rode back to camp where ho he lay awake all night and thought when men morning broke he arose and ate breakfast as usual but ut he did not go 90 out with the boys instead he bade them goodby good by remarking that he had quit the range saddling his cow pony dahlman rode into chadron where he called upon the city council and told them he was ready to accept the position of mayor he was immediately elected and that day took charge of public a affairs ff airs he organized a police force and soan soon chadron was as quiet and orderly a town as there was in the state |