The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-13
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Notes Social, Political and General
From a Wild Western Town.


We take the following from the last
issue of the Arizona Kicker:
A Disappointed Mana tough from
New Mexico, who called himself The
Terror of Bloody River" struck our
town the other day with wild yell
and started in to foreclose on mort
gage. The boys were mostly asleep or
out shooting jack rabbits, but it wasn't
over seven minutes after the Terror
uttered his first whoop that he lay a
wilted daisy on the street. The coroner
counted eighteen bullet holes in his
body, and humbly observed that there
WIS no call for an inquest.
The age of The Terror has passed.
There was time when it was consid-
cred real funny for tough to captures
town and pop over 8 dozen leading
citizens, and his picture was certain to
appear in some illustrated paper as a
hero, but that time has gone by.
Terrors have become dog cheap, and no
one wants to buy.
The coroner has our thanks for his
kindness toward us in this particular
case. We are trying to grow some cat-
nip and asparagus in our back yard and
he gave US The body of the Terror as a
fertilizer. We should like three or four
more, and trust that our friends will
be on the lookout tosupply US.
Not Our tauit-We want it distinctly
understood that we had nothing what
ever to do with the unfortunate Incl
dent that occurred on Jackass Hill last
Tuesday evening. Mrs. General Fea-
therstone issued cards for high coffee,
and most of the elite of the town had
gathered at her two.story adobe, when
the sheriff swooped down and took
away seven prisoners, mostly charged
with horse stealing.
We neither gave them away nor knew
that such q raid was intended, but this
proves anew the FOLEY of such gather
ings. Society wants to show off. OF
course, but what's the use in collecting
a crowd for the benefit of the sheriff {?
He Must Go-While we have no per-
sonal feelings against Major Bigdon,
the present postmaster. the fiat has
gone forth that he must 60, and it
would be useless for US to defend him.
Indeed, when one looks ovey the past
year, he must conclude that the major
has only himself to blame. The charges
against him are:
/. Run Mug the Office on the one-man-
power principle. In new town like
this all the boys want hand in run
ming the postoffice.
2. Refusing to circulate among the
saloons and poker-rooms and show that
he didn't feel above the boys.
Putting on heap of style when
ever an inspector is here and refusing
to introduce the boys.
He must go. He might be an orna-
ment to New York or Philadelphia, but
he is too rich for the blood OF q new
western town.
Becoming Ssrious-Those young men
who make practice of firing into the
Kicker Office on their way up and down
at night may be extracting a good deal
of fun over it, but we are not. As long
as they fred high no particular dam
age was done, except to the stovepipe,
but of late several bullets have whistled
too cloHe to our couch for comfort. We
have been patient and forbearing, not
wanting to deprive the boys of any
legitimate amusement, but this firing
must be stopped or we shall take vigor.
Gus measures against the shooters
hit Us Wrong.-We had several times
announced that We had our ''on" spells
and our 'of spells in regard to fight
ing, and that citizens who tackled US
must take their chances. Last Friday
the old broken back hyena who edits
the opposition sheet, saw US get letter
in mourning envelope at the postof-
fee, and he concluded it would be an
"off" day with US and pitched in to get
satisfaction. The mourning envelope
inclosed a letter from the bank at Tue
son giving notice that draft sent for
collection had been. much to our as on
ishment, cCllsc Ell.
The old reptile above referred to
therefore hit US dead wrong, and he had
no sooner put up his dukes than we
went for him and had him hollering for
mercy inside ofifive minutes. He says
in his issue of yesterday that he thought
we were trying to draw gun on him,
but that is too thin. What he really
thought was that we had hit him with
q t. of granite.
We Had To-We understand that
some of our leading citizens blame US
for the arrest of Colonel Jim Drake,
who was pinched and taken to Omaha
the other day. We did write letter to
tu0 SucLlA budI ILL was uclC anu COuAu
be had any day in the week, but we had
to. He not only persistently refused
to subscribe for The Kicker. but he
avoided our grocery and dealt with
In addition to this
Jim was getting pulled up and con-
ceited. and he had an idea that he was
running the town.
We want to be friendly with all bat
we must be used right The first duty
of every man in this town who knows
he is wanted by the sheriff anywhere is
to come in and subscribe. Price 50 per
year, invariably in advance.-Detroit
Free Press.