Show the life and F times 1 a aarom of 1041 PETER ewt TOLLMAN D LM AM AN N op an the story of a frontier and a great frontiersman pete been in ashley very long iong before he found work again but this time it was a very different kind ot of work A little 14 log school house had opened in the heart of 0 the town of ashley about two miles north and one and a halt half miles west of the present bovyn ot of vernal bemal pete who had a good knowledge of letters was asked to teach a three months term which began in april lie he iad nothing better to do and could well use the which was the isamary paid for or a school term in those days As utah was not yet a state the territory to which that country belonged paid half the expenses and the people of 0 the district paid the other half and so it was spring of 0 1881 when pete opened the doors of the one room log school house to some thirty five pupils or of all sizes and ages who came felcin the settlement of ashley tg learn the three Rs pete taught reading writing wilting arithmetic geo graphy and spelling ile he stressed the of lei learning figures figurea tig to the boys and grammar gt ammar to the girls spelling was an ajl important part ot of the days curriculum u ari tor for both boys and girls friday spelling bees were the social event ot of the school week and everyone practiced and studied so as not to meet defeat before tila ilia best girl ol 01 his bis playmates of the class room during the school term pete boarded in the village with alt alf johnson and band his wife ivle 13 ritts place was too tar far from rem the school house and in order to devote his whole time to ills his work pete moved in town mrs johnson Is still living in vernal and though she Is 92 she is spry andl and alert and reads everything she can get hold of without the aid of spectacles when the school term was finished pets pete had found thirty five faithful new friends he had gotten along very well with his pupils although he enforced strict discipline measures he had bad won the respect admiration and love of the boys and girls lie be worked with that spring during that spring pete bad fiade some extra imaney buying low and selling high it was rumored that a post would be established at ashley pete bought crops with all his extra I 1 cash and when the soldiers moved in they rose rase to twice the amount they had cost hloi the post fort had been built up at ouray the headquarters of 0 the uncompahgre band of utes but it was difficult getting in supplies from ashley and the were a peaceful band under the leadership of the great ouray after the meeker trouble the white river utes had been ordered to white to loin join the uintah utes A number ot of them went willingly but some two hundred of them banded ban dedi together with red lied cap in charge and refused to go they first made camp on an lake fork and then when food ran short they moved over to the mountains north ct cf ashley there their camps could be sen seen fr artt f the village below jack the ilver war chief refused to be moved to whiterocks and made his hid way up to fort wash kai in wyoming ills his evil doings at meeker were notorious among the soldiers of the warning post and often as he passed along they would jeer at hirn him no longer able to bear the mockery he be tired fired a bullet bat one of 0 the fun makers and killed him instantly lie ile then fled to his hia tent where he remained until a small detachment of soldiers came tor for him come out or well shoot the soldiers ordered but buit no jack appeared finally they were forced to shoot the moment la 13 shot sounded tiring firing began within the tent tho rho soldiers continued to shoot bior tor an hour or more and always their bullets were returned TI the tent was full pt bullet holes and a id till jack continued to shoot realizing they could gel ge nowhere dy by this aimless firing a solder was ordered to go latter after AT an explosive V W petg e to mim paiman aa which was a small shell with a luse fuse attached to it the eold soldiers lers lit the fuse and hurled the little bomb at the bullet ridden tent with a resounding bang the tent was blown to pieces arid and jock with it when they investigated jacks hiding place they found that he had dug a deep asle hie in the floor of the tent and therel there sought refuge ge the soldiers bullets could not hit him aud and neither could he take rim aim nt at them from hta hla subterranean hide out and thus the life ike of the vicious blood loving war lord the fate of douglas white river chief was even worse for his part in the whiteriver White river massacre he was sent to fort dawn U wen woith in kansas hut but prison life was not agreeable to a roamer of the western hills and little by little douglas lost his bis mind realizing his plight joil officials cals returned lim bm to his hia people most of 0 whom lived at whiterocks Whlter but it was too late ho he was already insane in riano he wandered over the country always with a gun cn him ehlting and frightening whites ube wherever rever he went once he agent critchlow and after that lie he was not allowed at the agency ile he then made his way to meeker leeker 11 on way back he encountered an indian and a man talking over a trade of horses they were about to make inake douglas approached and drew hla his gun on the white roan man quick as a flash the indian with the white man grabbed the gun and it exploded instantly kit killing ng douglas the once mighty chief of the White rivers and so sans home sans bans country saris sans filand and sans grave the two redskin warriors met their end ammunition andl anal supplies later they moved to wyoming but soon they ran short of fee food and money and and began ma and plundering they killed hilled the farmers cattle and were causing no end of trouble the governa enit ordered the post of ouray to be moved to ashley to quell the still troublesome White rivers the soldiers so came in from wyoming d living diving tae rhe indians before them and they settled down around whiterocks rocks A lew few buildings were built and the post was established at shley ashley A after that there was no trouble tabi chief of the Uinta hs way a peace loving man and refused to fight with the White rivers and allow hla his people to enter emter their bloody combat with jack and douglas gone there was ric nothing thing for the White rivers to do but settle down peacefully with the uin tabs pete watched closely the movements of the general population of the town ile he bought accordingly and during the spring summer and tall fall of 81 lie maile a few hundred dollars on the mar ket as it were this he invested in land and spent p t the month of july cutting g and n J hauling logs from tho the mountain for a cabin and fences on hla hia new property in august ho he jaent to work tor for nathan davis davia cutting grain it was davis who alio had purchased petes first homestead and now was ready to harvest barvest a good crop peto pete knew the davis family very well anti and thought highly of all of them ile he had bad met the father la in the business transaction and had heard during his stay that there was a very high toned daughter at the davis household pete when ho he heard the remark sald well if theres a high toned girl in this country ashes the one im going after and go after her he did her namie name was julia ellen julia of the black wavy hair arid and black eyes the spring he taught school la in town he spent several evenings at the davis home or took the fair julia to dances in the settlement often pete had to play the violin for the social gatherings gathering but this did not prevent his dancing a round or two with julia julias father knew what a worker young dillman was ano and so go when harvest time ro rolled ilea around he engaged pete to cut grain for him bim for twenty six days straight from dawn to sunset pete swung a cradle up and down the grain fields dave blizzard was also employed in the fields and the alie two worked together cutting wheat was their first job and dave came with a a light cradle while all pete peta could get hold 0 of was a turkeys cradle tor for heavier grain you take the lead eaid dave to pete and so they started out but dave cut so close to petes heels beels that he was worried every second of the time if he could only keep a little ahead of dave but he with every swing pete imade dave made a longer one keeping always at his heels but the wheat field was cut in a few days and they were ready to start on the oats pete had just the right kind of a cradle tor for oats once more pete took the lead ant and swathed to his right and to his left after he had worked a while he turned to see where dave was and discovered him at the beginning of the row this was just the revenge pete wanted he kept on cutting as fast as lie could he boardly stopped to get breath mr davis carne came along and take rake your time dave cant keep up with you at this kite ile had the cradle cr a d le for the wheat but you h have a v e it ft for the the oats it if you keep this up dave dav e will give up and have to finish the I 1 job alone but pete paid no attention he kept on outline cutting as hard as he could their davis took the cradle ills his arms were longer than petes and he cut a wider swath than ever dave just have a chance though lie he put forth his best efforts to keep up ile he wu was completely worn out at sun down andi the next day did not appear tor for work pete had his revenge pete worked all tall fall tor for davis and d along in november he was again summoned to take over the job of teaching the village school he stayed on at davis during the school term and spent a very happy winter enjoying his youngsters in the class room and enjoying the company of julia ellen in the evenings continued next week |