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VOL. 1. l’- DAWSON, NEW MEXICO-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1921.
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DAWSON SCHOOLS T
CAMP FIR’S NOTES—A.O-K1-YA
!s A DAW50N ti151ToR
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) Mr. T. C. Patterwn tio lefi Daw-
“School \vill open Tues ay mo~nin~
lHilhry Morrow. )
son about four ye- ago is s~nding
September 6th. The kc 001 ce~su~ Tho r?~lar meeting of ~he A-o;
n few dmys iz ton viffltin:g with old
j,, st cc),llplctcd, sho~vs th .t there arc
?rfen is.
i~iTV?.C~:np ~-;asheld at the }.o!n,: -of
m-r: chi!dre]} of school Age in saw.
Fmm Dawson Mr. Pa~eMn went ~;-13 Gm.don on T~,egday evening,
sox tl~~[1 ever before. t record en-
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a Seattle and enWred th employ oi !~lf~ust 23rd,
rollment ii predicted. n, order “to-
,he hcific Steamship com~y, and
tnke care of the large attendance
The businernBof the evening was
rbr a time mrked betwren Sea~le
the Board bns added three more
tha arranging of a schedule for the
%ndNome, Alaska. Later h= went tQ
teachers making a total cf thirty-mix.
Tennis Tournament, for the week bc-
Ms Angeles, whore ‘he #dea d the
Ths buildingv are in exct!Ilent cO]ldigirrning
Monday August 29th. The
>nesent time, wd became enga2!ed in
tity to Friday night on acco””t’
build-
He stxtes that Mrs. Patimn’s
ings have been revarnish ,?dand those
of the opcnin~ of school. We also
qealth ,has been much improved since
in the other ‘buildings wil 1 be worked
planned an over-night hike for Au-
Iwving for the mawt, and tiw that
over later. A commer (:ial depart.
gust 26th.
~11the membm of the Dawwm cQlment
will be added to the high BChOOl
We adjourned to meet a< the-home
~ny aTe doing fine: the Jewdi, AIU-
Courtie.
of Irma King next week.
rjc,h, Secord, Rog’=, Bpnm, Sitio,
The text ~ook contract of ih~ state and Ha~din families, now r~iti,emts of
(Lo~llse Tccple)
of New’ Mexico with the different the coast city,
Frid~Afigelee their camp near the pump house
school di?trict and there will be no Call., &nd invit~s people fmm JJamT above Lorita, This camp afforded
changea from last year i T Dawson. h mall on him, as he mlwaw likes k nice shade trees and a .finc place to
The Eteady growth of the Dawson we, home people.
swim. . me cry from the tima we ar.
schoo[ system make~ it r ecesmary to
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rived there until time to eat was
CAMP FIRE NOTES
have u more .c:n~plete.: crganizatfon’ ,,
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“he ~a~t zcverai--yiir=j:t~”e~ iTa—-
,~rg> l~u]>~berwho camo up the carion
(n the early days on the old stage
:oncb~ who have lived tbru the early
Period of the camp devclo~ment and
who are hem today to tell the story.
We who today enjoy the plmeure
~f wnlklng over the trail~ blazed by
Lhe.sc ~rly pionqcm, hold in high
veneration ind esteem the nlen
whore sterling qualif~c~ of fair-play,
!ndurntry, nnd perseverance, have
made possible the pu~hing back of
the frontier until we say today,
‘there is no frontier.”
One of these men was kind enough
LOcome into the office of tk Daw-
?on News tind tell us mmebhimg of his
boyhood days, and r,omething oi the
early days of Dawson. With Klg permission,
we are pleased to publi~b i
part of this interview.
In the year which marked the
close of t~e Civil War, there was
born on September 7th, on a farm in
Morgan Cbunty, Indiana, a boy who
was vamed Frank,—Frank Shelton,
who is tiw numbered among Daw-
SCM’Sold-timers.
Mr. Shelton spent his boyhood
(]aYs on a farm, apd still thinks that
it is a pretty good place to live. At
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than in tbe paeti, “The ;:oihwing .in -- ‘tHeiw Fr~=s’Repo~etJthe
p>an to be follQwd tiis y~r: AhmIt fotlr o’clock Tuesday after.
About -~-a’r!~ckthdtm ening we
“built a large fire and cool~cd our
Iou.rtocn years Of ag$i’ h~”” “moved
with his parenti to -Arcolai 111. Here ‘
Principal’s meet{ng
morning at ten o’ clock at
building. “
Raturday
the old
noon eight CamP Fire Girls: Rut}
Vickers .-Nellie Scribner. ,. Mary CO
vert, Margaret Pearce, Bianca Beruupper.
, When. aU were rnady to eat, he was employed at farm work and
there were no ‘(slackers~] because the in a brick an’rf tUe factory in 1S86
swim had made U8all hl~nmy... After Iwhen his narents moved to Dodge
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General teachers’ meet,”g Mondny game, Elizabeth Shcnvood, Irene $upper another dip” and we were ofi City, I{ansas.
mol.lling at ten o,clock i:, the hjgh Petty and Relen Frazcr with two to bed.
His desjre to ~eemore of the we,t
nchoo~asgcmbly room, Douglas build.
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guests, Cecelia and Doris Sherwood,
and Miss Mccrear!? left for an OVer-
The next morning
!i:,r !>renkfast, and bcga,, clean. in~ year, he hired out to help drive u
call of tbc principals of the i-espec. WC biiccd about two miles up DXXV-I,~g up our ‘camp so that wo could btlnch of horses and mulas from Wative’
build in~s.
son Canon arriving there about five come home. . ,.,
“gonbed ‘Springs, Kansa@,
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to El PaRo,
Enrollment of all child~en belon o’clock. While we were waitini for I The gir]s who enjoyed th~ outing Texa~~ It ‘Qs du!ing the Indian
the seventh grade at 9 ojclock Tue~ our food to come we made our beds. 1,Vcrp: Jlllia Flaxer, E,teIla Mumay days, ?nd the trip Was not Without,
d,ay ]norning,
TWO of the girls made a Pine bOugh EF,n~ King, pearl DuPont, NarceU8 ‘the realm Of ~dven~ure. fie h*r~s
bed and next morning reported th~ ,~itchell, c~et~ FRp Crawford, .HilarJ arid mules were used in connection
Enroilnlellt of- seventh ~nd eirhth
bed to be soft as a feather bed— ,~~op=om, ~am ~~orrow, ~er”or \vitN the grading of what is now
grade pupils at 10:30 TV Bday morn. ~itho”t the fcnther~,
Mays, Louise Teeple, Elizabeth Bren: known IISthe El Ps~o and Southwesing
at the Douglas buildi g.
Enrollmc]lt of high s hool pupil. ~ .
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Abot}t six thirty Mr. Brennan nnn, and the gu=di ano, Mm. MbTMrn
tern road out of Ei Paso.
?O1lghtOLI?eats out but ye had such and Mrs. MayS. After delivering the horses and
at 1 o’clock Tijesday afte noon at the
a lot it took a telephone cali and two
mul?s, Frank struck out into Texag,
Do[lglas building.
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i,rips in the car before it all arrived.
and finally landed in t$e town of
parcnt~ arc llrged tO nrOl~ their On the last trip Mr. and Mrs, Bren. CAPITAN PLAYS AT SPRING,ER ~,~id~and, ~here be hi=~ ~nt n~ + .
children the first day an have \ hem ~an br~llght “~ some gingnr ale —.
co\vhoy. He rode the range for over
attend regular]y. If the haya” tom- Iwhich helped a lot.
The Capihn ball team met with ten years, ten years during which the
Plaints ibey should bav them ad. I After SUPPC=we built a-big bo~ hard luckat Springer an Sunday af. events, ifrew~ded,wotil~~=d fikeg
jl~sted as soon as possible fiospect~ fire and sat ~Wupd ik ~nd -E ~ng~ tern~~n, ~“d lost the game by a ~=or~ novel, ~ri~ ~aree~ =~ ~ cowboy
arc bright for” a good sc 001 year. I“fitil ,ve were sleepy+ It was not a of 8 to 4, ..vould also constitute a ‘chapter in
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.—icold night and tie sl.pt fine. In tbe first inning it looked a. if the life of another mnp~oyce of the
DEATH OF J. P. F OYD I We got up the next morniag as it was going to be a walk.away for Phelps Dodge Corporation, for bY k~j
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~soon as the stin came uvto us. Each the Capitan boys when they put ~vC= side rode Jim p,lckqtt, Manager of
Mr. John Pinkerton loyd died 10f us helped tO Eet br=kfaat =nd It four rnns, b“t Springer pulled to. the Phelps DOdge Supply Department
Tnesdny afternoon m ~: o p. m. at surelY tatted good too, because we gether and registered ~ ~h~t.o~t for at E! Paso. The yeare,?n the rnnge
the home- of his daughti Mm wan. had been ~mclling b=cOn and co ffce - the nemnincderof the game. Engl’ieh ~verenOt OnlYyears of adventure, but. . “
nie I,ee Wamen,, for a half hour or more. Mrs. Van b$owed up mod at third ba~e for the also yenrs Of mman~e, and he wa8
hlr. Floyd came ‘b p ,~n Mme Dorn was evidently getting break%~t Capi:an tenm, a]~~ SantiUa, ~hO happily married.
six month~ am from S“ der, VeXaS, at her home.
ponnded out three hits out of four In the year 1897, Midinnd county
whre he was pmviounly ~ngagti i“ We carried our own bedding but times at bat, _Fo= springer, Salazar was in need of dependabl~ ,her~ff,
the fuel businege. Mr, Rrennan came about nine ~’cIOck on the fritcher,n lno”nd played a ~ood and it was Frank Shelton who was
He is survived by his wo tiu~h. for our camp outfit. The packing of ,game.
elected to fill the office. He sewed
ter~, Mrs. Fannie Lee Wa n of Daw. our bedding gave cwh one uf us an
The box icore was au foilows: for a pey~d 01 eight years, While
wn and Mrs. Lola Mc~ ~hli~, of ~onor.
~, ~. ~ in the Offlco of sheriff, he drOve the
Minneola, Texae. Inte ~t, was
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It was quite warm hiking home.
‘ last herd of cattle of any importance
made in the Dawmn ~em, ~ Th”rg. we ~mived abO~t eleven tiyed but ICapitan ---.400 000 000—4 11 4 through tbe Pa+ndlo country of
day afternoon. ha!)py and all wanted to go again. / Srringer . ..L 202010 030—a G 5, ( Cmitin,ued on, page 6.)
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