The Meeker herald., 1891-05-30
MEEK ER HERALD.
urrksr, Colorado.
fRONl'iER JOURNALISM.
An Old Journalists Entertaining
"reminiscences.
Tlr Trouble. ant Trloi, - T.mps.tu.
or5 g-an? Typpgrlphrr ri. IN
ri4inti-, Of Itor,i-r
journalism.

Journiii,n.
II recall time In the earlier SOS,
said na>d newspaper man, ''Nhcn
WAS working on the Las Vegas Gazette
The plpcr II dead now and buried.
wasn't Fcttlng the pay OF u prince, but,
after all, my debts weren't increasing
Innrs than ten dollars "a week, and. as
that's low for me. l was satisfied. OEc
ia, however around came the gruaping
rg p.tflist who owned the sheet aud sgiii
t.at ~ times wcra hard and all tAc
other common usual reasons existed, h.
had concluded To make horizontal r..
ductiun On salaries. took some tim
tr,iny u make clear u him WHY BE-
could not horizontal my stipend. but III.
tsla!. head refused somehow Ia prasp H.
20 I wound M 10y dlsc'ur.,lng him.
~ had just hung abou, three column
q copy on the hook for the wc ~
i-ii,lon and being III disposed to allow
.uch ingra'cs ~ the Gnz.ttc people u
,oss-'Ss this pri!ac, withou, money and
without price, E,cpp,'d into the con-
,'osins-roum and tors II up. II would
have b-cu better II l had stolen @
horse, or murdered IA man or comia.l
49, HHHsfs' 'A'fA' AAAHA NA HAaANtAhHH %"
Gaz-ttc's was uHiua on.cc and a..
iarrr matter II taking this copy oil a.,
hook AMI tearing Il, II would seem from
the attitude aud language %
The printers then and thcr, o.
.embled. that I WAS, under ~
ri-irs Of their onion, guilty Of at lra
eighteen different crimes, all puniH-
able ~ death. They all lcf, the.
-a-es and gathered around with eye
il.at BODIED evil, and Il looked Tor
iaiautr a. though th-rc was suin' o.
b. a lynching and tho Gazrt,c won,
~, r. scoop On II. Hut tho foreman ~,
i'rfcr'd and plrilcl them with the lG-
suFsEe- that the copy would h. charged
IN composition To tie paper, just a. u
u hf.i bcrn hri M, and the umpru;
divided ~ mi, the flames died W
their rgel AID they returned - their
peaceful gfi again, while escaped.
III ing a1w a person 81 leisure -,
pairc,l q tie plaza and gaining Acssas
without trouble "a on, u the maay
drinking shoir which line this his,prlr
sIuErc, became very Merry and kept
90 uuiii about hrcc o'clock a. IN. II
was . tn,i hour null being IN NO mou1
fpr travel, cpnriudrl not to ~ To iay
hotel, tie 1t, Nicholas, away over In i.1ai
Las VEGA, and 10 camps,i down on az
unused monte ,ablc and slept very sound.
Is until day.
The next noon found me k,ili mrr-g
and ai1rtiing sca, Ia front II Bii
i~lindy's hotel over Ia front ~ the d
pot. I had Jus, purchased bottle Of
nr' water frin Mr. Nviiudy. not b.
c,ier needed II, bn, on arc1un, Of Il
'H'luf, - H., assured me. 81 very par
tic-.Ir and sacrcd sort aud inycf,rd
with grca, power Tor good and evil.
when The passenger train bound north
Jailed In for dinner. This sight sug.
srss'-d travel and I at onc- cliuibcd
aboard IN happy col~pr; with my plat
from Nilinw Run. li.i no especial
town In mind IL favor with my appear
Hucc and concluded - Frt oil ut Wat,
Tuus. ;'ic next station. To make surc
would !e,'t OH ani t. invoke spcclal a.
tcu,inn To- ;!int end from the train Dli.
Clals, | declined ,o pas ny iarr. II T.
u~cillrfs to tay was very successful 10
thi.. and when the train dp-w up NJ
Ha;roas 'hrn, wcEc ,hnrc bralsymeG
Ead the conductor all there 10 scc that
N4u not koi C1fss'h bNs
''wcll.i got OH al RICH, and 70 iii The
willow, i;un. and - the Journey hug
fatIgaci M greatly ut once sou 20;
an - riblc nook Ia the scenery and lsg
glc down t. rest. some thrive hose
p4srd over my head when was Hw.'.-
cucd by the rough tongue OF tanr a..
tsippr. who stood over me lickiug my
uauutcuaucc, and with whom ! hIl
..ruHn vary popular even ia my sleep.
- looked about at the collection col.
'tlol-' houses. with which the plain 49,.
splFl,ly huwu, SAW big sign which
.aii. '.alpou.' Ia lAr.ac. calm letter. !
was glad to sec this sign. No midnight
mariner when he secs the coast liga.
that marks TIC hnrbor ni his homc agu
isyc. icCls any better. | resolved l. s. H
hers fur information. Inside was Dc.
li.fhicd - find In the b-Elsrcp Hn old
and treasured friend. When snw hII
ia uyIninE sumc months before. he wf0
called 'IIlaei, jacls. and he told me- hc
g,i.l bon that name; although sc'in
tIat he was going over t. Wagon
mound ia e. few days hc might chaaT'
%: as gcrs1n bearing that ngnr four
rrags b,frgc ha'l been The author ot
snmr very lively history In Wn-us
rtllnl which the inhabitants still ~.
called. gnd he didn't care TO be mis-
taken by them for the historian.
while convcrsing with .Iacl. my cyc
f,ll on handsome cigli;-pagc weekly
lying on poker table which bor1 the
name; The Mora County Pioneer. Jack
pointed out the 'dobc from which thc
Pioneer had cmanat!on. and l at once
went over. Here | found two gcatle-
mon named Alvnh and Jnclmnn, who
combined in their persons the editorial,
1lsincas and mechanical forces Of The
iGpcr. They were glad TO see me. ant.
90 ten minutes was installed rs editor
With third Of the profits for pay.
"Wcll. we 20, out the paper all right
and ] rcmuincd there some six wuols
anil then shook hands all round and
won't down 70 Socorro. We made
money. too, but got tired of II. Each
week we would pick out some ranchcr
who lived somewhere as near MS twenty
n,lca and give him very nattcring
personal about two columns in length.
Thea Juclsman would borrow horse Of
thc corral man next door and ride over 10
tdc ranchcr in casual way. show him
tie notice and borrow "a hundred from
Linn. never knew it to fail. wanted
s. write three or four personals every
i,suc, but II wouldn't work. ns JaclSman
6..s too lazy to collect on more than
enc. The last | heard of the volatile
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