The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-11-05
THE SUCCESSORS OF CALABAsAA
Incidents or . Humorous a.d Startling Char.
acter In You Bst-1dlers On the Frontier
Making q. storek eeper Dance.

| lou DEF, Arizona, OCt. 25.-Sin0e CalabaSaS
reformed. this settlement has become one Of
the liveliest in the Territory. There was
time whom the first citizens OF Calabasas were
the saloon keepers and the gamblers; but OF
late miners merchants and railroad men have
usurped the places onco held by the boys"
and there Is no fun there any more. You Bot
Total Wreck. and Bob Tail are now getting the
cream OF the business Of the frontier and each
has metropolitan aspirations. True. some Of
their palatial stores and temples are made
simply OF canvas stretched over poles. but the
| canvas Is first class and the poles are war;
ranted to hold anything from camp kettle to
Greaser cattle thief. All Of these places con-
tain bars and gambling devices, and few
| have small stocks OF shop-worn groceries and
dry goods. The supplies received at You Bet
| during the past summer have come I'm barrels
| principally. which may account for the great
prosperity enjoyed here. Railroad building,
mining and prospecting bring many curious
people to this country. The mao sex pre-
dominates. OF course. but there are women
who come TO tho frontier as well as men.
And queer tobacco-chewing, cigar smoking
SWEARING brpwing lot they are, too. In youth
| they nave the hard lines about the eyes and
mouth which old age brings. In middle life.
for they rarely live beyond the thlrties. there
nas one 81 h '9 2a%t WIKI hsh
attachments sometimes, they are often treach-
sr9us. and Invariably fond Of a fight. particu-
| party in indiscriminnte cannonadng IL the
height Of their ambition. A look. u word. q
refusal TO drink or to dance. is enough to pre-
good many Of, the men who come to this
| country have no idea OF working for living.
As general thing there is plenty of work here
for everybody. but one would think, from the
be- hat Tines we're nTSed Il Is S
impossib ility to got this INDECENT. lawless class
to do honest work, They viii hang around
dntions until the lending citizens" get tired
are run out Of town. One Of these fei-
Lows WIS rs, caught up in tho country the
very very searce' and an EFFORT 't was made "I to
persuade him to so to work. Meeting with
ss ss e ta to
promptly took to his heels, pursued by four
contractors. After a desperate chase he was
month. That night he watched his opportu-
nifty. swan river and made good his escape.
steady demand Tor able bodied iaborers. Hun
dredss of the young men who come West from
make a living in this country without work.
and that actual wealth may be achieved with
the slightest eSerti2n majority Of these ad;
reach the West, ordinarily with very little
in climate. water and habits often results in
IInriously, and IN many cpses produces genuine
Illness. fluil eau lttl. tuN ftWCpDler IL
likely soon to lind himself without friends.
money. or health. He may be able to get along
sn fsf Chance ins people do here %shhay
FOR himself; but after he -. has besssd.
h borrowed i and checked it few weeks hs
himself some day an outc;,st with the, whole
camp against him. He then has the alterna-
poor fellow used 70 better things in the States
has met a miserable fate In the gold country.
perishing of cold, hunger. and neglect. or bring
ing his unhappy life to II desperate end by n
plunge into some roaring torrent. OF course.
don wealth vanishing in thin air manage in
some way to exc out An existencs. They are
to nhsx ,bs air d
A mSVe on When frOniisr camp Sl10h ani t.
hsmany Il is not to ba ApG at that
public meeting is sometimes held and formal
mers. tramps. and ahle-bodied men and boys
soliciting aid from door to door" to clear out
kind signed by order OF the committce, . or by
some significant iigures as 3,T-7" or
or two copies. written in n cramped and awk
ward way by some one moro used to handling
barber pole, will answer. every purpose; An
hour after the posting Of the notice the nzza-
| solves over the roads leading to the next camp.
| Frequently while thu, trav.l ing in II body they
encounter II man or two and relieve the way
| farcrs of their money. and perhaps murder
| them. Fighting among th.msaiyr, md with
vigilance committees is apt TO thin ont the
| ranks OF the outcasts when they travel in n
| body and as n rnle they split up int" small par
ties again and drift around from cnmp 10 camp.
! Grotcsque rs TO excite tho wonder OF many
people in far distant States is. now scattered
toughest characters among them arc here.
| Three or four oi them ran faro game NJ Gala
s town ro s the tsT
| valley. and concluded 70 play the
chips. and called for the cash The bankers
found to their sorrow that there were 5000 in
CHIPS, and that they had only, 500 in money.
and informed the Mexican that they would pay
him the 5000 the next time he came to town.
! The winner departed well satisfied with him
sell. and. hiring five or six men 70 guard him.
the BANKERS h9rried around SI town barroWed
800 and lost it. Fa ing in thnir attenpt to Dor.
row more money, they, studied NJ II financial
and started for the Barbacomar. Arriving at
A. NJ. they ordered him up and informed him
tEat hths ns b had come to ay him the money
house, and was there compelled. at the muzzles
oftwo or three rcyolvers. to deliver up the 800
With N which he had ,ss, reached home Having
mounted their horses and returned to Gala,
ssif hoTss or hsy
lists" for their luck has turned, ana they are
now on the high road 10 prosperity.
Three Calabasas bloods got drunk here the
other night and agreed to have some fun. Co
ing into II, store with rcvolvers in hand they
ordered the proprietor and II man sitting near
him to dance. Both were rather cranky AT, tho
joints. and they demurred IL little. Two shots
from the revoyers in close proximity TO their
feet convinced the men that somebody must
dance. They therefore set up sort OF n hop
ping and jumping which they hoped, would
satisfy the boys. But it didn't Fasterl"
yelled one with an oath. punctuating his com
mnnd with Il shot or two from his revolver
Faster they danced. A crowd gathered and
unani mously decided that it was great sport.
The drunken men wanted to keep 1t M forever
but the citizens finally concluded that the fun
had gone far enough and interfering in behalf
of the two victims. the humorous newcomers
from Calabasas were persuaded to let up. After
the mob had dispersed one OF the men who
was compelled to dance loaded himself with
arms and ammunition and started in pursuit
of his tormentors. He was joined some time
aferward by a SheritTs posse. and one OF the
desperadoes was captured. On being taken
before Justice Of the Peace he pleaded guilty.
and asked that he he permitted TO go home for
an hour or two before being sent to jail His
request was granted, and II constable accom-
panied MIN to his cabin. several miles from
camp. After attending to some business the
desperate announced himself ready To return.
The constable stopped over 10 filsten his spurs,