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? AGE SIX
THE HANDERA BULLETIN
Friday, May 25, 1956
The Bandera Bullet in
fight, was with a party of sur-
veyors who were laying out the
route for the railroad which runs
! within a mile or a mile and a half
! of the Loss Valley battle-ground.
__________ i They were told by some cowboys
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mountain where the light took
place. >
When the party investigated
they found eleven graves placed,
in a circle, presumably with their'
heads together and feet pointing
outward to form a circle. Several
other skeletons were found in
crevices nearby where they had
been covered with rocks. Count-
ing the nine that were seen to fall
and the fourteen discovered later
made a totul of twenty-one. Dur-
ing the ambush at the beginning
of the fight Robertson’s horse had
been shot from under him leaving
him afoot. When the Rangers left
the battle-ground his saddle was
put on a captured Indian pony.
(Hass's body was strapped in the
saddle and carried back to Lov-
ing's ranch, with Robertson walk-
ing and leading the horse. Glass
was buried at Loving’s ranch the
next day. the Rangers taking
hoards from the smoke-house to
make the coffin. The next >lay
after the fight Maj. Julies (at'jtl
relief returned to the battle-ground
and found Bailey’s body. It was a
terrible sight, having been hor-
ribly mutilated, and he had been
scalped. Fourteen or fifteen ar-
rows were taken from his body.
Loo Corn after he was shot, and
FARMERS MAY SOON GET
REFUND
Farmers will soon be able to ol>-
V % L1-1 n a refold of the Federal ex-
cise tax on gasoline which is used
on a faint for farming purposes
under a new law. Present Federal
tax rate is 2 cents a gallon. R. L.
Phinney, Director of Internal Rev-
enue, Austin, Texas, announced
today that under the new law
first refund payments will be made
after June JO on gasoline purchas-
ed and used during the first six
months of 1956. Thereafter, re-
funds will he made for a one-year
period from July 1 to June 30.
To get his refund, a farmer will
have to file hfs claim after June
30 and before October 1. Claims
are to be made on Form 2210 and
„ I are to be filed with the United
f on fusion growing out of the Sfutt,„ Distrk,t Director of Intern-
LOSS \ \LLF1 FIGHT , f...... Following -on into the Val-
foltowing account of the ley the R-uigtirs were ambushed
Vii[cy Fight was related by by ' ther Lillians, who were hidden | a man from Coldwell's company
, M Robertson of Austin,! hi-the tGiods and behind the boul-jWheeler, and Porter, had
.. . i | taken refuge in Loss ( reek. WhiMe
v' '1 u'iu hi- ce|nia<le, \ u-idei . 11hey wer found by Maj. Jones and
I.' wi , ot Memird. were, i lie Inmans charged tin* white ] j hey were found hy Maj. Jones and
j\| ,J• ,1m II. Jones’ men, who were on the prairie, and ranch and Dr. Nicholson of
died li".n Company D d 3 bad not he'll for the coni- 111(. rt attended them. Bailey's
Battalion. Beginning h ad dues- id Maj. Jones and ( apt. |,.,dy was carried to Stewart's
• toiy uf the Adobe Walls Stephens, who cnmmanucd the .men ranch and was buried near the
in June, '" sa.y together and not to he ^-ravc of a young cowboy named to interpret the program so as to
on eparnted. they would have prob- J Meath, who bail been killed by I allow l ull credit to feed dealers
W.
' t d
itier
t he
g- t which tools plan
7-... as- related to Mr. Roberts
1954 Emergency Drouth Feed Pro-
gram was in some measure clari-
fied last week in a letter to me
from Assistant Secretary of Agri-
culture McLain. 1 had previously
conferred, on two occasions, with
McLain, one of which was attended
by J. II. McCord and Ernest Wil-
liams. President and Secretary of
the Sheep A Goat Raisers'Associa-
tion, and Jim Daniel of Eden.
Much of the difficulty resulting
in tile filing of scores of claims,
approximating upwards of a mil-
lion, dollars against feed dealers
in our area arose from alleged
irregularities in delivery dates of
feed.
Under the Government's 1954
program, Dr out li Committees
■ranted purchase orders valid for,
SH.O0 as' part payment on a hun-
dred pounds of feed. Feed dealers
who accepted the purchase orders
turned them in to CCC and got the
equivalent in feed from govern-
ment surpluses.
We have urged the Department
for all deliveries that were made
in good faith, regardless of the
exact dates, where the drouth vic-
tims actually received the feed as
authorized under valid orders is-
,1 esse Cas.-j and Torn Woplery, ably, all been kilted. I Lone Wolf and his band the day
took part ill'the fight. Cass ' (apt. Stephens said to Maj. j before the Loss Valley fight. Af-
1 Wmdery were buffalo hunt-j Jones. "Major we will have to get | ter burying Glass at Loving’s
;,ri(l personal friends of Mr. lo cover somewhere or all he kill-j ranch the thirteen or fourteen
*■ ts.m and both were Travis oil.'' The Indians having coin- Rangers who had been left afoot
e'.ty men whom he often metjplctely surrounded the white men, by having their horses killed dur-|sueil by Rical Committees,
t they talked of theii experi- , cutting them off from the creek ! ing the fight put their saddles] McLain has expressed sympathy
,,()I1 Die frontier. (and water, Maj. Jones replied that jin a wagon and were driven toller this approach. Details of the
Firing the summer of 18“ 1 there j they would charge the Indians Stewart's ranch hy a mail' named clarification ffre now being pre-
more buffalo killed by the vherc they were thickest and get Reed. I pared and .should bo released soon,
in Hie Staked I I" the timber. 1 lie charge was | Led Corn and George Moore :
successful, tin* I ntliaiis won* routo<l j wore cariied in the shhh* wniTun ! ^ loit* r lj°ni I »:ir i >«i i ji Stianoli,
I' tho Senior class of
Milos Hijjli School, informs us tho
(VCC of tho day. While in Jacksbor,, the men i„ '‘bghteen 195d grads will arrive in
[Washington on May 28 via ohartor-
! ed bits for a 4-day educational tour
I of historic points in the D.C. area.
hunters
CS e
of lexa- than any year be-1-uccessful. tbe Indians were routed j were carried in the same wagon.
lT ,j after \ party of Apache : n<! the Rangers got to cover, | |t, Jacksboro and put in the Gov- S«‘cr**t;,iex
t in.- wi re seen by the hunters, I from which thej fought the hal- j eminent hospital there.
n ..majijy on their way ’’ '"...... 1 '" 1
/»•• Mexico to the Indian Terri-1 It must he understood that Maj.
. The Indians stopped and Jones’ escort was composed ot
d the. incut from the! men from each ot the six Ranger
While in Jacksboro the men in
tile escort who had lost their
horses bought' new mounts, hut
the nn a from .■••, 'phens' company
it' buffalo killed hy the' Companies, seven men from each j returned to tic n camp on Sait
and proceeded on their way , 'inpauy. Dining''the ambush :it'i Creek, where they got new lim.-es. "
I'. , i * . . i lli; i . 1 in •. ! ^ 1 i ■ 1 i. ■ < >■ 1 n 11 I 11 (»■ ill tilt* I I W*l 1 t I A '( ' VV’ • i I t i • VI I ' I it • i' t - . . i i wit.. t , I 1 - ^
were actually seen by | Corn of Coldwell's (Ymipany. was his experiences during tbe L<
through badly wounded in tIn* shoulder, his i Valley light was horn in An ■
.'augers as they rode
otitl.t ry
in.
The class will be our guests at
breakfast the following morn-1
g. An elaborate tour of the area,
'•hiding visits to the House and
Senate, is be.ug arranged for them.
I' is so fai tioiii 'Texas to Wash
There were .-o many arm bcinv.v.jieai Iv shot off, George |Texas. July 2d. 185."., at the *'Id M U(. n ( ^i(V( ( |
i ot \la,tb\ ( ompaiiN, wa jl uni Embassv. Hi was a nit m- vjsj(s )i|<t. Uiis very often.
tho wnhi ■ and buzzards could Moore of jjaltby's Company, was j Flench Embassy. He was a mem
eat them and they were left to also severely wounded below the | her of an old Texas family, his
and dry up. When the party knee and ivmaiued a cripple the { fatliei coming to Texas in 1837.
Apaches reached the Territory j rest of his life, i His father, Dr. Joseph W. Robert
eported to t-lu ir friends the | Reing cut _ fn»m water, after son .was ;,i member of the Cot*
gress of the Republic of Texas, ?,VT . *7. .mui
during President Lamar's ndminis-| ‘ll ongiiss
tralion, was Surgeon of the U. *S.
Army post during the Mexican
' i" '1 <-' 11 1 • ’ ' * ■ limit; in ^ i '’in i . •
blc slaughter and waste tak- ‘several hours of hard fighting in
place on the plains and the.j the hot July sim. two young men,
ms. becoming enraged, hand- j Hailey and Porter, of Stephens’
together and started to Texas Company^ under took to get to the,
' punish the buffalo hunteers.1 creek for water. Bailey was kill-(War of 184(1, and took active part
punish the buffalo hunters. I t,,p j)Ut Porter escaped hy aband- , in the life of the Republic and
nah Parker, Comanche, and „ning his horse and getting into Stale of Texas until his death.
• Wolf, the Kiowa chief. The the cr'eek bottom. In the mean- Major Jones, who commanded the
•nl. .was made up of Kiowas, | time the Indians, beriming trouble-1 Texas Frontier Battalion, compos-
n.a'iche- and Apaches, number- some from the rear. Maj. Ji'mes ed of six companies of 'Texas
about one thousand men or .tsk<■*I for volunteers to hold the
(.......... hack from the rear, while I each company, was a cousin
I no Indian- came upon the buf- .he rest of the men fought them j M ailer Robertson. In
f ■ hunters, who numbered only imni the front. William W Lewis, 1873 the Indians became
. - it thirty-five men. m ar the later of Menard, and Walter M. menace to the settlers
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Hollingsworth
f ’Coleman were here last week
attending the National Rivers and
in its annual
meeting. A member of that or-
ganization. Mr. Hollingsworth was
aide to report on damages that re-
sult from flash floods such as that
which occurred in Coleman and
neighboring counties recently.
Ll. James R. Brown, an
•)\< ‘ e.
•is ’^n”
asked for volunteers to hold the i Rangers with seventy-five men to "''I"1'.1" giadii.i11 liinn ,Dt;l Rio.
I Indians back from the rear, while | each company, was a cousin of IJV,**, ,.'11 jet‘,'in''Ar!!I!'d ' F.-rceV Day
!“■ i demonstrations. Now stationed at
'in ' tliidr l’ll'sipie Isle. Maine, Jim has be-
i be Walls, and the hunter- re- Robertson of Austin, volunteered raids into Texas murdering and.'"”" •"1 omplislu d 11> ei.
•• t*ij to that place for protuu (to yo ahout oiu* humlrcd and fifty . stualiiij* during' the* liyht of | ,S(’||()()| (iK()( I'S VISIT
Then drew up their wagons, \ard up on a ridge, which was nioon almost tin* year round. In i knvriKlf ti\hv \ir<Kr\l
■■i were filled with meat and j bare with the exception of one J 18(3 Gov. ( oke asked the Regis-, p.st Thtirsdav the Senior I
. -. forming a half circh The "ak tree about two feet in diame- i latlire to appropriate enough mon-|... line llii.l,
. and oxen were placed within I ter. Maj. Jones went with them j‘‘Y to organize the 1' rontier Bat j T;1hoka I,vim coimtv cmni' to
■ i cle and tlie hunters who were to see that they wi re in the right ' talion to lie used as a protection i • •• FVont'ier 'Times' Mas.....
iped w ith long range, high position to hold the Indians hack, b’1' the whites, stop the depreda | Thcrt. were some thirtv" in the
led buffalo c nos, withdrew to; and as he left them he said. “Hoysjtibns and rid the frontier of the (.|.lss ,|n(j W(l|.(, accompanied by
stay here until they get you or
until the fight is over." After
the fight was over the Indians had
retired it was found that the tree
behind which the two men had
stood for five hours was literally
protection of the Adobe Walls.
;• p as the Indians made one charge
. • r another they were literally
i'• oped to a frazzle by the small
\ if nun and their powerful
_ . It was an all day fight and
t' t Indians soon found out that
t, < could not dislodge the hunt*
for as they retreated the long
i .. ge guns in the hands of the
\* ■ men continued to pick them
" ‘ long after they thought they
out of range. They gave up
'• fight and the.ham] separated.
r ,.y ah Barker taking as many of
‘ii d ot 1 "ina'i- tie- a- would during a lull ill tlie fight Lieuten-
vitli him Rncl; to tin- Indian | apt Wilson came up to see how
‘or;,, and l.onc Wolf taking J they were getting along. When
"iiiaindei ot the hand, about 'he came up to where they were
nyiflg them '
Erl;., 'r
Ivi'thi,. "iv. Vhi, ,7" ,7i].'7 i I}1." "r J1"";:.
of Austin, .he state capital.' When I 1 • K>' S«h°ol came tn the atternoou.
the Texas Frontier Battalion was fm.,lh,s „
orgadiked in 1874. Maim John B. . ' atternoon the Sen-
riddled with bullets and the hark Jones was made cmnn'iande, wi,h ^ J S
was all torn awav on the side next the privil^e of selecting the cap- . . ' u . "
to the enemy, while some of the | tarns of each company, which he j an holu 1)1 molt
smaller limbs were tying where did.
they had fallen. It was near this
tree that Robertson's horse was
shot and killed. '
Sometime after Robertson and
Lewis had taken their position,
i
•amc
he was swearin'g’at the Indians in
a strenuous manner. He was
carrying his hat Oin his hand and
sat, down behind the tree with the
I he Rangers had recciv- other two men. Lewis said. “Lieu-
■ -id that tin Indians were in tenant you ought not to sweat like
hundred men,
as,* ('.mint dies and Apaches,
,g on down into Young Coun-
vhere they met the Texas
in the museum. These young
! people spent Friday and Saturday
I at the Mayan Ranch.
When we look at what we want j On Tuesday, another group of
and compare that with what we j Seniors, about twenty-five, of th<
1 . S. BOIWLA TIO.N RISES
TO 167,110,000 MARK
Washington. The Census Bu-
reau Monday estimated the U. S.
population on April 1 at 1117.440.-
000, including aimed forces over-
seas.
The bureau said this was a gain
of 10,308,000. or 10.8 per cent, over
the 151.132,000 on April 1, 1950,
when the latest census was taken.
It estimated that ahout 10 per
cent of the net population gain in
the hist six years was accounted
for by a net civilian immigration
of 1,700,000 during the period.
The bureau said approximately
23'g million babies were horn in
the period 1950 through 1955. This
was almost as many as the total
number of births in the decade
1930-40. A total of 4,091,000 births
have, we shall he unhappy. When.'t'alallen High School, with their year was a record high, the
we think of what we deserve, then i teachers and sponsors,
of what we have, we shall thank very profitable hour in
God. —Christian Observer. Time- Museum.
spent a
Frontier
How About That!
f a on a raid and Major John
i '.ines and hi- e»<ort of ahout
> xt— ty-five nen were about sixty
from CaptairuStopfren’s Vom-
tru!
p my on the mornnig of July 11,
L’fJ > They made a forced march,
t a*.cling all that day and up until
a'v.ut ten o'clock that night to
rv-m-h Capt. Stephens’ company,
w hich was camped on Salt Creek
lie hr tlie line of Young and Jack
that. Don't you know that you
might he killed tit tiny minute?
Wilson who was fanning with his
hat said, “That is so boys,” and
became very quiet. Just about
that time the Indians fired a vol-
ley cutting a good sized dead limb
from the tree overhead. It des-
cended with great force right on
top of Wilson’s bare head. He
put his hand quickly to his head
;ii . On th" morning of the arid bringing it away covered with
i “ at day break, the scouts were j blood he said, “By God. boys. I'm
-"■'ted "tit tu find the Indian shot, sure as hell.” He got up
land went down the hill to where
Lieutenant Wilson of Stephens’ . the other men were still thinking
iipuny, with four men. two from that he was shot until Dr. Nichol-
'* «i Jones' escort, Walter M. Rob- son told him better. During the
• - r-on tind Ross James, and two evening John Holmes from Com-
* from Stephens’ company, pany D, and a man from Stephens’
Tra1. ding east for about four miles ' company were detailed to go to'
(m y found the Indian trail, which | Jacksboro for relief. However, the
• as very plain, showing that the relief did not arrive until the next
•wd consisted uf snferal hundred , morning. It was then too late,
r<<< r:ted men. Lieut. Wilson sent for the Indians had withdrawn
♦ if the men back to inform I during the night. Robertson and
M i Jones and Capt. Stephens , Lewis remained in their position
i i in Indian- were in force j on the ridge for ahout five hours,
. tj to come at once and bring I until night came and the Indians
• f\ available man. The detail j withdrew. After the Indians ro-
r miincil where they were until tired the Rangers prepared to
!», .limes ami HypT:—Stephens , leave the—hwttlogrnnnd. There
j*rnved, in about an hour and a were only two men killed and two
half Tho entire party of only j seriously wounded during the
:i mot thirty- evi l m“n started out ] fight. Billy Glass and Baijey
at once on the tr il of the Indians, i mentioned before, were killed and
following il in a Lo - s Valley, where George Moore and Lee Corn were
the fight took place. On the way I wounded. The Indians’ loss was
the Rangers passed within sight I figured at about twenty-one dead
s*r the monument erected by the I and a number of men and horses
11- S. Government in memory of j wounded. Nine dead Indians were
1»«' government wagon train and counted hy the Rangers during the
ortMters who were killed and burn- first part of the fight. Some years
by the Indians a few years be- later Grooms Lee, who was in the •
Jn home-dyeing, removal of the old color 15
necessary, when be fobric is unevenly faded
or spotted, when you're chanqmq from a ■
dark color lo 0 hqbjer shode or
tuhen switching to a different color.
Hitherto, packaged jokx remover
ujorkedwell only on natural-fibers
like cotton.silk. linen and wool.
How Tirrfot Home Economics Bureau
reports development of miracle formula"
color remover, which
15 effective on both
mtural and man-
fibers A,
nyto
■Ni 11 r* /
acetate and
Lurthoul boilinq/
Neuj -formula has two
color- sVippinqaqen+s. one for
'•friendly natural Tiber’s, the other
^ for hostile' synthetics. It's the second
oqent that does the trick, qoinq into
action when resistance is met.
bureau said.
During the - ix year period there j
were more than nine million I
deaths. The total last year was j
1,531,000, or 9.3 deaths per 1,000 t
population. This was a slight rise j
over the record low mortality rate
of 9.1 deaths per 1,000 population
in 1954.
The population rise from March .
1, this year, to April 1 was csti-J
mated at 259,000.
HERE'S A UTT! E HH> \ CHUM
■ - rt. =~ — - ■■ —--- -
„ o
al Revenue for the farmer’s dis-
trict. Forms will he available af-
ter June 1 at Internal Revenue
offices, county agricultural agents,
and at some hanks and post of-' }
fices.
Refunds will he limited to the.
Federal tax on gasoline which is I
used by a farmer for farming pur- j
poses, in carrying on a trade or!
business, on a farm located in the j
United States.' A farmer may
also request a refund of .the tax
on any gasoline which is n n*d on
his farm by a custom opera' >r or a
neighbor in connection with cul-
tivating the soil, or r-ising or
harvesting anv agricultural or ffor- j
ticultural commodity.
R. L. Phinney explains that gaso-
line shall he considered used for
farming purposes if it is used:
(!) By the farmer or any other
person in connection with cultivat-
ing the soil, or raising or harvest-
ing any agricultural or horticultur-
al commodity, including the rais-
ing of livestock, poultry, etc., on
the farmer’s own farm.
(2) By the farmer in the opera-
tion. management, conservation,
improvement, or maintenance of
his farm or its tools or equipment, j
(31 By the farmer in handling,
drying, packing, grading, or stor-
ing any agricultural or horticul-j
tural commodity in its uninanu- ;
factored state, hut only if the I
farmer produced more than one- 1
half of the commodity which he so!
treated during the period for which!
the claim is filed.
(4( By the farmer in connection
with the planting, cultivating, ear:
ing for. or cutting of trees, or the:
preparation (oilier than sawing'
into lumber, chipping, op other
milling) of trees for market, but (
only if the planting, etc., i> inci-
dental to his farming operations, j
No refunds of tax are allowed |
o:i gasoline liseiLoff the farm. Such j
as gas dinc used on public roads
or highways in transporting family j
members or workmen, equipment, t
livestock, o ops. feed. etc. Also, |
no refunds are allowed for tax on I
gasoline used in processing, pack- !
ing. freezing, or canning opera-
tions.
Farmers are also given special
relief from the Federal excise tax j
on diesel fuel and special motor
fuels used on a farm for farming
purposes.
“Farmers who expect to file
claims should keep sufficient rec-
ords to enable tlte Internal Revenue
Service to verify the accuracy of
the amount claimed,’’ R. L. Phinney
cautioned.
fit
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