The Clifton clarion., 1889-04-26
County Capital Chat.

The principal. and it might be said
 the only. topic of conversation among
 the residents and visitors here for
 the past week, was the report of the
 late grand jury on the action of the
 board of supervisors in regard to the
 printing contract. When the Bulle-
 tin, their organ, appeared, it was cX-
 pected that an able deferse for their
 conduct would be made therein. but
 to the surprise of every one it de-
 voted all its space to abuse of Fatty
 Fitz." and under the head of "The Gist of It" succeeded in placing the
 unfortunate members of the board.
 whom it was trying to defend, in a
 ridiculous as well as corrupt light be- fore the people. Because Fatty Fiiz
 did this, ergo: the board Of scrubs
 must do that.
 ! MT. Blue Dick Futile, Solomon's
 factotum, probate clerk and probate 1 judge. clerk of the board and the
 board itself, deputy county treasurer, and last, but not least, editor-in-chief of the Valley Bladder: Your pecu- | liar manner of reasoning, to use an expressive phrase, won't wash, and you will have 10 adopt some other means besides abuse to make people
 believe space is worth more in your paper than in THE CLARION. You make great howl about leaded non-
 pariel, cottonwood for fuel and doors for the county hospital. What you do not know about spaces and quads, leads and slugs, and what you do know about stealing, would make q large book-in fact 8 library in itself. It is reported of you, Blue Dick Tut with the United States army-quar- termaster for a short time only. but sufficiently long to place you in po- sition where you had to resign or stand court-martial. You, believe. preferred the latter and left the service of your country for your country's good, and without a char acter. It is also reported that you applied for admission to the ranks of the G. X. R., but in consequence of the peculiar circumstances under which you left the service this admis- sion was denied you. You were also administrator of one or two estates in this county. Do you remember Bill Young and his property: also Domingo Senogs and his estate! These arc leading questions, and you can refuse to answer without preju- dice to yourself, and as truthful an- swers might duplicate others it is probably best not to insist upon re- ply. However, Blue Dick, bear ill ! mind that you are not the saint you would have people believe you are, 1 and remember the old sdage about people who live in glass houses. Fstty Fitz always obtained his con- tracts honestly and honorably, and filled them to the letter, and defics you or any of your clique to truth fully say anything to the contrary. Contracts were awarded to him be- cause he was the lowest bidder, and the various boards preceding this were just and incorruptible. No in- dictment hangs over his head neither did he have to periurc himself to avoid it. The man who hires you, Blue Dick, to edit forgive the term) the Valley Bulletin played Fatty for sucker once and got nipped to the tune of S2500. He is trying to get even now, but it will be some time before he can get twenty-five hundred gold dollars worth of consolation out of the trashy articles you indite.
 Messrs. Mclean and Jentzcn of your section are here preparing for prospecting trip in the mountains on the north side of the Gila.
 ". R. Mccormick, who has been very i'll, is recovering and will be on his feet again in very short time.
 Crops are in excellent condition and grass is plenty.
 Deputy United States Marshal Un- derwood visited Thomas securing wit uesses in eases coming up before the District Court in Tucson. Ills ap- pcarance has not changed much, al- though I understand his political opinions have. presume he goes on