From “History of Kansas,” by J. N. Hollo-
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

killed a good many men in his time, one at Carlisle and one or two since leaving here. There is nothing of the braggadocio or “bad man” style about him. He is plain, unassuming and gentlemanly, and until the last trouble, has always had the law and justice on his side. From “History of Kansas,” by J. N. Hollo- way, A. M., 1868, the information is learned that, according to the record kept by Messrs. Hays & Co., at Council Grove, Kansas, the lead- ing member of the firm being a brother of May Hays, of San Miguel county, there were en- gaged in the New Mexico trade in 1860, 5,984 men; 2,170 wagons; 464 horses, 5,933 mules; 17,836 oxen. The wagons were loaded with 5,500 pounds each on an average, making an aggregate of 6,000 tons. The capital employed in the carrying on of this overland transporta- tion for one season alone was not far from $2,000,000.— Optic. Loved His Wife's Sister Arthur Baker Comes West To Grow Up With His Pretty Typewriter