The Arizona champion., 1886-10-02
The Why Country EdI.er.

now l want you to give me a pass" "You say that you have done con. siderable traveiingp"
 "Yes, sir"
 "And you have always paid your fare'"
 "I have."
 My desT sir," said the superin, tendent, five cannot give you pass. "Whyl"
 Because you are too valuable to lose. You are ,he only man along our line who hasn't 2 pass, and upon yon we mainly depend fer our revenue. If you were never to ride might give you pass, but as it is must refuse you"
 The ediini, after moment's refec. ,ion. replied: "To tell you the truth. l have never been over your road but once. When 1 spoke was thinking of another road"
 "Dld you pay your faref'
 "Slnce nave come to think about II, don't think l d,d."
 "Well, now, you can't expect us 10 give you a pas, when you have never done anything for ps"
 "All rlsnt, SIT, keep yoir pass, bu, jf l don't warm you ur, l'u be Wllhng to go wilh 'ut cati $ tor l week, '
 "Wha,'s your circu.Iuon2"
 "Fiiteen hundred."
 ''l mean your sworn circulation. "Well, about thou,anG. send at least one copy to every post 0'hce in the state"
 Got good local circulation, tool"
 "Splendid." "
 WlIl you swear that you send one lo each post office in the stalef"
 "Yes."
 The superintendent, ,af,er tptn,ns ,o ] postal guile, s,l; "Flere ,r@ LI.4 post ot1ces in ,Ae sl4ie a.Ia, ,u only nave d oirculiiiJ4 D, I.oIo. }Jt o.Ita;niy hayep'i aJQye hat CUyy lor yo cur iowa.
 "IhaI's all rIsnI, Ptrtn-r. q9'As 60 g,ve me that raso'
 "Not immediately"
 "Then I'll warm you up"
 "Wilaw," called the sup riateaI. ent, go down and send aa osfoer u,. here. 1 want to have ihl, man al rested for perjury"
 "Give me pass down home and I'll call II square"
 Civilians -"
 "All right we Il let il drop. va, in town and thoIgnt I'd come around and see you. The people down my way say that you are the pest superln. ,er3ent the road ever had, and l santed to see you. The road i, in better condition now thin Il ever wa, before, and the other day when there was some talk of your remova', the people along the line. -"
 rSlt down." sad the suprrinten dent.
 People along the line." continued the editor, seating himself. "slid there could be no truth m the runor. Tney held meeting in our town and gur up petltlon asking th, oS ,erS oi Inc road to-
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 "Ashiug lie o~aeIs o. n.e ,v.a n. fetain you" cupuuu-i .c edH1,, l, he accepted the fan "rley al,o drew up memorial which ,as, r.ql-,". ne 10 publish. l,w', u.J.j.u,.,} crosded oul ol my last i,,uc A.yo that II was no, oi much 'nPulJu,e {, ycu, as you ate ia denipd 1t rt.. ut COu'a-, scs urc d.Io. .c, P'>o,,, ., q much better aa,4.s Wct mnI ., go,ng,as i've so, cH.s .-.a.l. k locs ing around 10 d"."
 !Let me sec, sad the rpi,o, nan. "Wnd, IS yorr na..,?"
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 "Trarks. Wat q m5m-ur. Il Beckleton, alwy- l<c J, me, . man wno can under taoi d jps-, NJ .. Becklcton," crIed the sIpcrmlr. d., as he began 10 write on cat0. "Son~ me4 haven't sense enough t1 take d joke. have Iedd your r'per. H,J one here thIs morning, ''-iopsi, ,s ayolnd--"but my wife sent fir r. Great isvorlte with her. Here's all annual, MT. Becklemaa. On, np, you needn't thank me. for 1 assure you