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Doc Holliday holds a unique
sition in the folklore of the
lid West. Unlike most west-
ern badmen, he never robbed a
bank or held up a stagecoach,
Doc was a dentist by profession
and a gambler by Inclination.
John Henry Holliday first
saw the light of day in Georgia
in 1852, As a teen-ager he was
intrigued with guns. By prac-
cing every day he became a
crack shot. His family sent him
to Baltimore, where Holliday
took a course in dentistry. At
the age of 20, John Henry re-
turned as a full fledged dentist,
and opened a practice in Atlan-

ta.

The slim, blond, good-looking
young man with the infectious
smile and twinkling blue eyes
appeared to have everything in
the world to live for. One day
a persistent nagging cough ne-
cessitated a visit to a doctor.
The routine visit turned out to

climate might give him a few

years,

Holliday took the advice and
moved to Dallas, Texas. As the
cough grew worse, Doc's prac-
tice suffered. Dentistry, crude
as it was in those days, wasn’t
enhanced by the dentist cough-
ing in the patient's face. Soon
Doe had to shut down his prac-
tice. He looked around for some
way to make a living, and de-
cided to become a gambler. ~

Doc studied the various card -

ames for months, until he felt

e knew how to detect the-
cheats and sleight of hand ar-
tists who took their lives’ in
their hands every time they sat ~
down at a table. Many a con-
frontation was settled right
then and there with revolvers
roaring at close.range. Doc
didn't have to brush up on
shooting; he was already a
lightning fast draw.

Fast draw

In 1875 Doc killed his first
man over a card game. While
charges were never brought
against him for the shooting, he
thought it would be in his best
interest to leave Dallas. Doc
moved on to Jacksboro, where
he promptly killed two men in

DOC HAD THE

gunfights. Now constantly on
the move, he touched down in
Denver, Colorado, where he
managed to put three addition-
al notches on his gun.
As a doomed man, Doc Holli-
day always shot first and asked
+ questions later. His disregard
for his own life was nurtured by
the fact that he felt he didn’t
have long to live anyway.
Doe drifted into Fort Griffin,
Texas, where he met a dance
hall lady who answered to the
descriptive moniker Big Nosed
Kate. Kate fell hard for Doc
Holliday, and while Doc didn't
exactly reciprocate, he didn't
discourage the big nosed one
either,
At this time Doc met lawman

throughout Doc's life.
Doe was at his regular table
laying poker one night, when a
local man, Ed Bailey, accused
him of cheating. Bailey drew
his gun. Doc leaped across
the table, brandishing a razor

LAST LAUGH

tody. To protect him from a
possible lynch mob, he was
temporarily stashed away in a
hotel, with a deputy guarding

* him around the clock.

Big Nosed Kate sensed that
Bailey's friends would attempt
to lynch ‘her man. She decided
to take matters into her own

During the
the fire,

They didn't stop running until
they hit Dodge City, Kansas,
ised den-

Nosed and Doc didn’t get along.
They fought like cat and dog.
but Doc always was susceptible
to a- reconciliation. He never
forgot that Big Nosed most
probably saved his life.

Dodge City was a rough,

was the end of the trail for ~

thirsty, sex-starved cowboys
who had just been paid off. As a
gambler Doc flourished in
Dodge City, It was here that he
again ran into Wyatt Earp, who
was now deputy marshal of
Dodge. >;

On one occasion, a group of
drunken Texas cowboys — shot
up the main street of Dodge and
cornered Earp in a saloon.
Wyatt figured he was a goner.
Just as the cowboys were about
to kill him, the saloon doors
swung open and, there behind
them, stood Doc Holliday, with

wn. As the
|. Wyatt drew
his guns. The two friends
marched the cowboys down to
the jail. Next day, with every-
one sober, Earp issued the
Texans their guns as they were
ushered out of town.

From that incident on Wyatt
Earp and Doc Holliday were
bosom buddies. When the dis-
covery of silver brought pros-
perity to Tombstone, Arizona,
Wyatt Earp and his. brothers
accepted various law enforce-

Asa local gambler with a bad
reputation, from time to time
Holliday was accused of crimes
he knew nothing about. Once,
just outside Tombstone, some
masked men. held up
coach which was carr:
bullion. The bandits didn’t get
the gold, but managed to kill
the stage driver and a passen-
ger. Doe's enemies spread the
rumor that he was the trigger
happy gunman.

When Big Nosed got dead
drunk after one of her frequent
spats with Doc, some of his
adversaries vot her to sign an
affidavit stating that Doc had
taken part in the robbery and *
had, in fact, killed the two men...
Next day Holliday was arrested
and charged with murder. His
buddy, Wyatt Earp put up $5,-
000 in cash, a fortune in those

days, to secure Doc's release .

on bail.

At the inquest which fol-
lowed, Big Nosed admitted she
had signed the affidavit, but
swore she was so drunk she had
no idea what she was signing.”

together at the time of the rob-
bery. Doc was released, and
the one was returned to
a

Boe’ Holliday never forgave
Kate for signing that affidavit.
She had saved his life once, and

+ now was responsible for almost

having him: hanged. Doc ‘fl-
gured the slate: was clean. He
gave her $1,000 and sent her
packing. i : x
At this time Wyatt Earp and
his four brothers were deeply
involved in politics. All of them
made thelr living as law ‘en-
forcement officers and, as a
result, were active in local
elections. ‘Like most. politi-
clans, they had some enemies.
Two sets of brothers, the Clan-
and the McLowerys, thelr:

spised the four Earp brothers
and Doc Holliday,

In Oct. 1881, the whole kit and
caboodle found themselves in
Tombstone at the same time.
All day the Clanton-McLowery
faction hurled insults at the

On Oct. 25, probably the most
* famous wild west gun battle in
history took place.: The Battle
of the O.K.- Corral has
immortalized in stories, songs,
plays and movies. z

Flying lead
The entire gunfight, involy-

ing nine men, tock about 30
seconds. After it was over

Ing on the ground. Ike Clan-
ton and Billy Claiborne turned
tai] and too HN

the left shoulder. Doc Holliday
had a superficial bullet crease.
across his back. Wyatt had
emerged uninjured. .
After the battle Doe and
Wyatt had to get out of Arizona.
They went to Colorado where
they decided to go their sepa-
rate ways. Eventually, Doc
was arrested for the murder of
a man, Frank ‘Stilwell. Ironi-

Doc arrested for a confidence
swindle, which effectively held
up his extradition to Arizona. It
was felt that Doc’s enemies
would have him Killed before he
ever got to trial. Later the gov-
ernor of Colorado flatly refused
to extradite Holliday, and he
went free.

Doc drifted to Deadwood in
Dakota territory. By this time
his reputation as a killer fol-
lowed him wherever he went.
Shortly after arriving in Dead-,
wood, he added fuel to the fire
by killing a bartender. He
moved on and tried his luck in

worsened, he was constantly
coughing. Finally, in Septem-
1887 he was confined to

closed his eyes for the last time

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According toFrank Stasila,
' the key word for the Castlegar
‘Selkirk ‘Lions’ “third annual
| West Kootenay Trade Falr at
{Castlegar's Regional Recrea-
{ tion Complex Friday and Satur-
Tday is “diversification.”
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Castlegar Selkirk Lions’ West Kootenay Trade Fair

try's Good Times 1979, theme.
“We hope to be able to provide
that good time to the people in
the West Kootenays, We've got
8 lot to answer.”

Sharing tho spotlight along .

with Premier Bill Bennett —
heduled to

j the 1979 ‘trade fair, said this
i week the booking of attractions
{ranging from Nork-Nork’ the
¢space-age robot, to an animal
{petting zoo indicate’ the club’y
qouceess in providing ‘“enter-
taining factors we've never had

in this show before.”
a» “AllT'm waiting for now is

the good weather,” he said,

citing the B.C. tourism’ minis-

Pp ipate in the
fair's opening ceremony — will
be Nork-Nork, a light-sensitive
android robot capable: of hug-
ging children and answering
questions about himself, Stasila

said, Presented by KWR Enter-,

prises of Rossland and. owned
by Deltair Solar Systems of
Winnipeg, he said, Nork-Nork
is one of two models developed

the North American Space
Agency. i

The robot is “a real enter-
tainer" who has pleased crowds
at the Calgary Stampede as
well as shows in Ed: and

lem of providing something to
entertain the'children.” -
Stasila sald such ‘attrac-
tions as the D-Bar-D petting
Z00 and display of acrobatics by

Kamloops, and is just over four
{eek tall, the trade fair chairma:
sald, ¢

“That's why I think every-
body likes him,” he said. “He
can. be approached without
caution.” b

: ‘One thing we've strived
for — and I'think we've accom-
plished — is diversification ‘in

by a scientist associated with

reflect

the Year of the Child theme the

club has adopted for the 1979
trade fair. Zi

* New exhibits will include a

B.C. Hydro display which is a

total length of 48 feet, he sald.

He said trade fair mascot Lucky |

Leo will travel throughout the
West Kootenay early this week
with the Carling O'Keefe com-
tunity service caravan to pro-
mote the fair, :
Products on display will
include’ mobile homes, ‘recrea-

” tonal vehicles, home furnish-
ings, garden equipment and .

supplies, latest automobiles,
motorcycles, boats, trailers,
motors, heavy equipment, cloth-

ing, sporting goods ‘equipment, |

televisions, radios, stereos, mi-
crowave ovens, office equip-
“ment and ‘supplies, dairy. pro-
ducts, toys, bicycles, specialty
shops and swimming pools,
Kootenay West MP Bob
Brisco, Rossland-Trail| MLA
Chris D'Arcy, representatives

|’ -of Castlegar and other area

municipalities, as well as the

: premier will.participate in the

April 20 ribbon-cutting -cere-
. mony. *
The fair is scheduled to

open at 12:30 p.m. Friday with
@ ceremony featuring Gina

Federico of Grand Forks, Miss:
Interior of B.C. queen contest —

winner,

A Bavarian garden will
feature musle by Bob Ailman,
and a troupe of familiar TV

‘puppet characters will be on’

hand to greet, their fans later in
the afternoon,

The Brad Jacks Bluegrass
Band has been engaged to mak
evening music. i

On Saturday, Bob Ber-
tuzzi’s boys will stage a variety
show, Bob Ailman’s puppets
will perform, and a kiltie band
will entertain. Castlegar's own
Twin Rivers Band will be an
afternoon highlight.

The best exhibitor among " bitor-donated prizes in dra
the many commercialindustrial held every hour on the houf
entries will receive atrophy in during the fair, and there'll
mid-afternoon, $1,000 special prize draw bot)

Fairgoers may win exhi- evenings. i

See You There!

iz!
Wyatt Earp testified that Holli-
day couldn't have taken part in
the holdup because they were

sharp knife. Within a minute,
Bailey lay dead on the saloon
fldor. Doc was taken into cus-

tough shipping point for the
Longhorn cattle which had
been driven up from Texas. It

ment positions there. Doc and
Big Nosed Kate followed them

on Nov. 8, 1887, he said,-"This is
to gun totin’ Tombstone. funny.” oy

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