The National tribune., 1880-08-01
Poilucs on Bob Tail Creek.

hev'' said Sathers Johnson he mounted barrel aud
looked around the miners. We want city govern
ment-common councl-a body to make ordinances an
enforce 'em--a--a ''
The rest Of his speech was drowned by the cheers of the
crowd 1t in '56. and Crowbar City collection
of shantes and huts Bob-Tail Creek in Nevada We
were doing well enough and the camp was very peaceful
and quiet sathers Johnson was the LATEST miner in the
camp but was looked upon great politician. Back
in the States he had been constable of highways
tax collector school inspector and on, but yet his
hankering not satisfied.
1t finally decided that Crowbar City be divided into
eight wards and that each ward be entitled Alder
man. while mayor treasurer, and clerk should be elected
at large. There about four huts tents ward
with constituency of from five to eight persons for each
alderman.
"How shall proceed to elect9H bandly inquired
Slathers he remounted the barrel
There dead silence for minute, and then Rae
Bill of the bloody sixth ward threw his old hat on
the ground, pulled his six shooter and kindly inquired
''Ar thar any buzzard here from my ward who don't
think I'd make howlin old alderman? If thar ar, let
him edge up this way fur about ten seconds
No edged and Raccoon Bill declared the unani
choice OF the electors of his ward Several others
elected themselves in the off hand manner and
there trouble until Blue Clay Smith said he thought
he could represent the eighth ward about well any
other resident vuture Ii not why not Three resident
vuures at once stepped forward to contest his election
and there was fourhanded fight which lasted ten
minutes and decided the election favor of Eyed
Turner of Ohio Slathcrs was then elected MAYOR by ac
camation, also the other general officers, and
largest hut in town cleaned out for meeting of the
common council.
The eight aldermen sat on the ground in a circle and
the mayor sat in the center on bag of meal and opened
the session by saying.
81 'spose moshun that this ere honorable body pro-
vide itself with bar of whisky at the expense of the
city would be in ORDER, remarked the alderman from
the third
Not by burned sight brawled one Of the crowd at
the door
Order order or I'll bust dozen heads out there ~
shouted the mayor.
'sse here old hoss han't you putin on heap Of style
fur the fust meetin g asked the alderman
as he leaned forward.
There's moshun pendin' y answered the alderman
from the third
Which ERE motion as olers remarked the alder
man from the first he hit the chap from the sixth
the
4 There little performance of eight hands around
and mayor in the middle and it was fifteen minutes be-
fore order restored Then the alderman from the
fourth showed his bitten finger into his pocket and
My constituents, who ar among the heaviest axpay
ers in the city, believe that the price of wahin too
blamed high, an they demand
"When did you have any washin done % de-
manded the alderman from the seventh
Git the drop him, Bill = yelled at the
door
Order The mayor commands order y shouted
Slathers
Three shots fred four five men knocked down
on his knee
When interrupted we about to take up the order
OF unfinished business remarked the he nursed
II move that we ADJOURN
Adjourn be blowed -
i "Ayes ard noes I"
i g Order -
4 Some onery coon out thar has kicked my dog said
the mayor the yelps of the the canine rose above all
other sounds.
'sot down, you old he wolf p yelled some one and
then the light was upset and the circus began Weocked
the door on the crowd and under of the rocks
but that house couldn't hold them In five minutes they
We're lighting all over town. and every ward had rally
and knock down 1t four weeks before all the
bullets dug and broken heads healed Sathers
lost an and two fingers and his farewell message was
brief. He wrote:
II aldermen Fame is mockery office is degradin'
and resign in favor of any coyote you kin agree on
Romans farewell. came saw, and got chawed.'
i But Crowbar City had had enough of politics.