Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-22
CALIFORNIA STORIES.
Efgitips j oe Hooser's Due'-Heavlly TILED
Laud-The Gotd state 9iT,.

spent some time in CaltforGia and the
southwest, says the Minneapolis S:ar, Gnd
IS loaded down with experience and
stories.
One Of these stories he tells Shout
"fightiag Joe" Hooker has never been II
print, God is worth repeating. Olc 9!
General Rockers cid staff has been sur
v-ying for railroad IN MeI c., ard Il
wssfrcn rim that Mr.. Fairbanks got his
Information.
Just osfore the wa, IN the rough and
ready days Of Cal!foInia's earlF history,
| General Hooker was located for time ST
he scroggY little town Of Los Angeles
TIE very tough citizens WAC inhabited
hat place IN those primitive days we've
slwsTs ready for row and its consequent
funeral, and every man csrried seven
shooter, as kino Of chest protector, ir
ais hip pocket, and did not scruple &c
draw sud defend himself. Joe Hooker
was Rjman among the Romsns, and OBJ,
| aimed G reputation for inst msgplfcen'
courage that msde him the idol Of his
soldiers few years later. Ols day al
tie hotel Joe got into controversy with
q certain Jew over certain mstter, aud
after some Ugh words challenge to .
duel wsS the outcome. Both CT them HAD
been ssmpling some oc the stomach
corr0ding whisky, which was one CT the
! EeCessarIes Ct life in tie new country,
snd which could always be found, even
when bTesd Vas q luxury. TIE jaws
| feelings lA1 been very much hurt, ard BE
claimed 20 Be eager fer gore. Seconds
TeTs quickly chosen, Hoo kar selecting
the m:n VITO Te.2.as the story and W"J
6as af.erWard ca his staff, HirAlphY By
nsHe.
He, with friend CT the Jaw, retired 10
consult uVac t4e weEpuES. o. course fhe
American wespon par excellence, tie re-
yolyer, WAS CHOSEN.
Bal as Hirslphy thought the matter
over, the more the pity ees med thsl there
should lie b!oodsaed becsuse Of few
TASTY words, win 70 reei ground for
quarrel. He hunted up the jews bssi
man, and as 5 result Of conference tae
pistols were loaded with h(ank c.rIidges
Tie duel was fou HI .crDss billiard
table, snd Cre CT tie seconds tossed up
The CUin 10 zee WHO saOuld have the first
shot. Il fell TO the Jew. HGCker sto.d
up on the oeaeF size OF the tAbe with Iii
srms folded acrCss his 0rf6st, presenting
magnificent marx for his 6ctsgj1is.,
without sign CT filchlug. This J5w,
wa by this tine lad consumed mOra liQ-
ucr 2hsn IVES CAD tJr him, 9.eAlil ID him
'elf VITA ore one bZLd or tle table, while
the other hand crashed the pistol, which
TavG. cd in an ulcerlaiG Inc, elGaDgeriue
the lives OF everybody IA the room After
I he discharge Of The wespun Hooker, II
Course, stood Unclaimed. Ii. urfolded
his arms, reached for his revolver and
said:
I.'s my tura now"
Tlis VS. toC mech Tor tie Jew, who
tried to get down under the table, clearly |
frightened within sn inch CT his seven |
SENSES J!e Looked DOM G: him d Sec
ond ard IGen threw his revolver ONO the |
liable.
"rn be id Phi shoot such thing |
anyhow"
a ror- Of laughter OF approval arose
ard the crowd absolutely rsu the Jew cut
Il lowa and pu: in the nigh drinking |
Hooker's EeAith. Ths hero OF the en- |
tsgemaDt cid ret kGoW OF the Dlsuk |
carGijge past Of the sffslr TIL Hlrelphy !
told the story 20 delighted audieace, OF .
y hich GsLegsl Hooker was Que, on one
Of his Celebrated c2npsigns during the
war.
NJ. Fairbanks aiso has fac assert
ment Cf California stories, such SIS how
Los Angeles has produced alem0n weigh
'ng three sQd three. quarter poundg, that
500, 600 orange trfeS nave been planted in
tle slete the past year, Erd that hundreds
Of olive trees nbve been planted. Bug he
agrees thlt the bottom has fallen out of
the land boom, which WAS grossly over
dcne, and has been practical harm 10
he stste..
In Southern CsliiorDia land titles gre
very mucl mixed. The cid Spanish and
later Mexican grants Gle found TO
cover most CT the good land. In some
cases the titles ere three deep, so lsx
led been the system If keeping
records before American occup1-
on. Many tracts will have three-c,r>
1ar2d legs! fights IL the eforss t fix the
lDcient boundaries and rights, watch
Jverlspped each other in great coniu .icn,
nd Whlch are, no doubt, responsible for
much OF the profanity tGaJ distinguishes
ne average California layer. TIE ragu-
sr deEaut for deIlvercICG from lie Cal
lese and from railroad eXtOrEion has hseu
ucceedgd By 3 cry for the division Of
sud. There are many rhncd2s OF 5 0GG
nd 10 600 ceres, sTd some OF even l00,-
100 acres. On TIE SACRAMENTO Tiv5r, only
60 miles from Sacramento, "a Sos
amcu9 Glen ranch OF so 600
.c-es. But the increase in popu.a ion I
sac BUSINESS and the exhaustion Ct
h. soil t:om successive crops Of wleat
I'D barley witnous seasons rest bid {
aiE to seatia thls question. TIE cost Of /
management aEd taxation continually IN
;reeaes, and large holdings will sGol
,3sse by hsavy interest aad taxes.
Travellers have noted Of late
'ears that California seems to be r
producing neR type CT I
American character. The children OF the
I'D '49 ers sDd thosa who went 10 the Pa ;
J flc coast before the var ere more Itaiizn
= their views and tastes. They ere ill
Inclined to eni y The setter side Of lie,
G De enthusiastic over the opera. TIE
!ardless and solidity of character |
hat the vigorous northE es.ern win !
er ard the struggles for existerce gives
S LICKING. But some day California will (
produce an artist or poet OF which Inc
lation may be proud. Tom KeeEe's
eputaticn WAS made on the Pacific
I1a5t. The enthusiastic Californian I
took him up" with enthusiasm. {
Tie California girl is product OF the :
Innate 10 whom exception cannot be S
akea. she is altogether charming sud I
lxNr9us IN her tastes. Y ser vlgor I
as ancestry shows It's trecSs, She Goes q
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