Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-03-12
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Haid an old newspaper man, when I
was working on the Las Vegas Gazette.
The paper is dead now and buried. 1
wasn't getting the pay Of a prince, but,
after all, my debts weren't increasing
moro than ten dollars week, and, as
that's low for me, was Satisfied. One
day, however, around came the grasping
capitalist who owned the sheet and said
that as times were hard and all the
other common usual reasons existed, he
had concluded to make a horizontal re-
'iuction on salaries. took some time
trying to make clear to him why he
could not horizontal my stipend, but his
thick head refused somehow TO grasp it;
so wound up by disc!larging him.
Il had just hung about three columns
Of copy on the hook for the weekly
edition and being i'll disposed to allow
such ingrates as the Gazette people to
possess this prize, without money and
without price, stepped into the COM
posing-foom and tore it up 1t would
have been better if had stolen a
horse, or murdered a man or commit
ted Some more trivial offense The
Gazette's was union Office and the
mere matter of taking this copy off the
hook and tearing it, it would seem from
the attitude and language of
the printers then and there as
sembled, that 1 was, under the
rrlcs Of their union, guilty of at least
eighteen different crimes, all punish
able by death. They all left their
cases and gathered around with eyes
thut BODIED evil, and it looked for u
minute as though there was going to
be a lynching and the Gazette would
get scoop on it. But the foreman In
terfered and paeifed them with the as
aurance that the copy would be charged
in composition to the paper, just. as if
it hid been set up, and the amount
divided. At this the flames died in
their eyes and they returned to their
peaceful art again, while escaped.
Being now person of leisure re-
paired to the plaza and gaining access
without trouble to one Of the many
'irir.ing shops which ike this historic
square, became very Inerry and kept
so until about three o'clock u. m. It,
was n bad hour and being in no,mood
for travel, concluded not to go to my
hotel, the st. Nicholas, away over in East,
Las Vegas, and so campcd down on IN
unused monte table and slept very sound
ly until day:
"The next noon found me still merry
and adjoining seat in front of Billy
Melindy's hotel over in front of the de-
pot I had just purchased a: bottle OF
FIRE water from Mr.. Mclindy, not be-
c;;use needed it, but on account. of it's
.:aing, as he assured me, Of very par
tic 2la-- and sacred sort nnd invested
18th great power for good and evil.
T~llen tao passenger train bound north
pulled IN for dinner. This sight sug-
f:estcd travel and at once climbed
aboard in happy consort with my pi.it
from Willow Run. had no especial
town in mind to favor with my appear
nnce and concluded 60 get off at Wat
rous, tho next station. To make sure
wouh get off and to invoke special ut
tention to that end from the train ofa-
Gals, declined to pay my fare. It IS
needless to say was very successful in
this, and when the train drew up at
Watrous there were three bral1cmen
and the conductor all there to see thatI
did not get carried by.
"While eonvcrsing with jack my eye
fell ON handsome eight7page weekly
lying on poker table which bore the
name: The Mora. County Pioneer. Jack
pointed out the 'dobe from. which the
Pioneer had emanation, and at once
went over. Here l found two gentle
men named Alvah and Jaclsman, who
combined in their persons the editorial,
business and mechanical forces Of the
paper. They were glad to sec me, and
IN ten minutes was installed as editor
with u third of the profits for pay.
"Well,, we got out tho paper all right
and remained there Somo six weeks
and then shook hands all round and
Uhens down Co Socorro. We made
money, too, but I got tired of it. Each
weals,1Ve would picle out some rancher
who lived somewhere as near Us twenty
Hdles and give him very hatterirg
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