Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-04-02

the white boss Of Gospel band my
face is ag'in all s-ch social an moral
laps~s; but it was Bob's way an we'll
let it 20 at that. | mind the time
the Missouri 9amblin' law went into
effect. Nj an Bob was runniu' a
house in Kansas City, an we has to
hire = room over III Wyandotte and
pack our lay outs an tables over
there.
"This is tough on two native Dor.
d r ruIIians," says to Bob, Amin to
keep up his splits, this havin' to 90
over to bleeding Kansas to deal bank
"'rom,' said he, this is the worst |
ever got it in the neck. I've seen
this town grow from Westpor,:l. andin',
a wood station for river ferry boats, TO
be the young giant Of the West, an
now she's relsp.in' back to the prime.
vial ways. I'm = niRger if we don't
live to see grass GROWN in Mai"
street. This yere towns sure loser
from now on. It's . dead rabbit
$50 we goes to Wyandot,s; but
luck was dead sgin Us from tho start.
Bimeby Bob would get so sore on
himself that he'd 60 an tank up iii
he's clean oblivious. ! used 10 ex-
tort him and labor with him, but no
good. One day arter about three
years an we was both down he fills
up more than is his prevailin' custom,
an reckons he'll 60 ost for walk. 1t
was about ten o'clock an | never did
know no good come 10 q man as gifts
drunk that early in the day. held
out inducements fer him to lie down,
but he wouldn't listen to me. | had
. prrsent'ment that somethin' was
goin' to drop. Two hours later some
uneasy critters walking along the
river bank finds his hat an coat an
white vest, and on lookin' for the
owner strikes ole Bob IN three feet Of
water. He'd been drowned an hour
an half. was off my feed fer two
plumb weeks an after we got Bob in
quested an planted l swore I'D never
turn another card in tho town. There
was a hoodoo on it. So | sold out,
an, after knockin' around 4 whole lot
went up again Trinidad.
"There's the tin>hornest town or
the wide expanse of the 'Merican con
tinsnt. Nothin' but gamblers an
worse. An the skin games the,
deals! Why a gold brick man is ,
angel o light alongside a Trinidad
card sharp. Bein' sort Of Roya
Prince Of Jerusalem ut SIGH things
they didn't git none the better o me
and one TELLER caught tryin' {
work in brace box on meme, ole
Tom North, that was foxy whe,
Hoyle was boy-but its unbecom,n
Of me to gas about SIGH things nov
an s-fillin' up your young mind will
varieties. Besides, Pm away off from
the subjec' Of my conversion.
wants to say, though, before goin
furder, that they had to carry THU
we're crop-haired son of>a-eun from
Philad~lphy to the Vagas Sanitariun
in cot, an they held out the mi
once month for four months befor'
the cuss was selfsupportin'. | sen
my assessment up regular from Tss
cosa, where | went about two weeks
after this little affair.
81 was at one town an anothe
through Texas, New Mexico, ano
finally brings up at my 'riginal hold
out. Tascosa. There wasn't mucl
there but kind Of a corral they
called y jail, course of saloons. ane
maybe dozen or two houses beside
the hotel and grocery, which was hotl
likewise depots for the rum that per
ishe,h. We now has church-min'
IA school house, and two saloon
which is both respectable and II
shootin' at the corks permitted. Whe
| located there permanent the met,op
oils though small WAS vigorous, q,
the inhabitants did their duty accord
in to their lights. There wasn't q
able>bodied man in town but hel
; himself open for any pastime for
stranger, from swaprin' shots to TAXI,
: drink. All goes quiet aud peace
5 able in this Arcadia of ourn, m
/. a-makin' what | considers to be
} honest livin' dealin' Mexican mont
: an high ball for my fellow townsme
t and the hoys from the ranges, an a
I of US payin' off large sums of I'll
: Nashnul debt daily consumin' Morri
> liquor.
r zone day in the fall Of 'S5 To-
!, Bruce comes Into town with 81
/ months pay IN his war bag and pr
y ceeds to git drunk an then goes agi
:. my game. lie pounded away
e high ball for awhile, an then bel
5 some what Of an epicure in his gan
+ bin, he saws:
"sI see, the last time took stse
:, to Chicago a man as was might
y handy at a throwin' three cards. Il