The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
The Editor Reasons with q Subscriber who
Wants His Paper stopped.

wants 1Rpcr Stoppcu.
HAD TO COME DowS..-when we find q man
within thirty miles OF this town who is not n
subscriber to the Kick, we feel that there is
something wrong somewhere and we proceed
TO Interview him. When a subscriber lets 20
Of the paper without what we consider n rea-
sonable excuse-such az death or removal to
Alaska-we interview MIN some more. Last
week tho copy sent to Col. Jim Kelso. whose
Post ONCE is ut Bitter Creek. was returned to
us marked. Refused. and BIO burned to you.'
We telephonod over for tho Colonel to come
In. and he told us over tho wiro to go to.
We then wrote him for an explanation. and
he returned our letter unopened. saturday
morning we strapped three days's ratons and
250 cartridges TO our saddle. mounted our
regular canvassng mule. and set on TO ma
out what was the matter with Col kelso. Tho
Colonel is no spring chicken. He knew what
would follow his action and was expecting u.s.
He had laid in 200 cartridges. weeks pro-
visions. and a barrel Of water. and was bnrri-
caded in his adobe. Wo sheltered our muls
In ravinc. and opened fire. We bombarded
the Colonel from every point OF the COM
pass up to y o'clock in tho evening. and
then went into camp. We were after him
again Mt daylight. and kept it up till noon.
Then the wind came around right. and We pro-
pared to set fire to n haystack on tho north
side Of tho house and burn him out. The
Colonel called our hand and surrendered. lie
had refused our paper. he explained. because
we devoted so much space to politics ana 50
little to accounts OF murders and executions.
1t didn't take us five minutes to dcmolsh his
arguments and make him come down with
three years subscription in advance. and he
took II az u great itvor that we allowed nm To
accompany us part way, home. We hay. sev,
eral other cases on our hooks ana shall attend
to them in regular order ns soon as possible
As an experiment. we have y letter from a
man over in ! tab who SAYS he IS u grSater *.
hOrtcr than sam Jones or sam Small. aud he
wants To come over here and have Il shy At our
population. We shall neither encourage nor
A. Mayor OF tho town We have its best interests
At heart. rs editor and proprietor Of the
hmS% W" have always worked t,iI Tor moral I'M
"" are inclined to doubt the success Of IN. eX.
pertinent referred to-, We don't doubt that
and PERHAPS the majority of them would re-
move their hits and become more or
ninety-n.ne to ' ono that hat an emergency woHii
arise. All of n sudden old Bill bradshaw
would remem Der that Pete Davis sold him u
would rscollect that Dan simmons got the
drop on him last Fourth Of July. and in loss
their ie"t and BEGIN shooting il. Just posi- j.
hle that it might not turn out this way. and
that some of the boys might be- ed to see the
up no must take the chances. II we attend
tie first few meetings we shall take two guns
along with us and try to get seat with our
back to the wall
YES. WHY NoT?-Our esteemed contempo-
rarv down tho street publishes a lettor this
week from an alleged subscriber asking why
lie do"s not take the law int" his own hands
and remove us to more halmy cline.
Our esteemed replies that it is because he Is
an advocate Of law and order. and that if let
alone Justice will sooner or later pull us M to
Limb. Bosh. Our diaries for tho past three
years give the dates of fourteen I'll f!erent at
tcmpts on the part OF our esteemed to accom-
rlish the removing act. Why he hasn't dons
it and will never I've able to d. it unless he
gets us in front Of a cannon is because h"
can't shoot. iio has fired at us at all sorts OF
distances. from five feet to twenty rods and
the only damage he ever did was to our
hat, and that was accidental. We have Il
standing oilcc to let him have ten shots ut us
from Il distance of nifty feet and give him SlOO
for every bu lot coming within carshot. As to
his advocating law and order. wher" does he
do it? His editorial page is sot w with eight
eight ounce tacks and harbed wire fencing.
and Ia absolutely unreadable. However. we
do not wish 10 COMPLAIN. When there are no
cowboys in town and no terror lodging about
for a shot at us We can always count on little
fun with our esteemed. All We have to do is
to send our Office devil over to toll his office
devil that the hmter is expecting a whole keG
OF ink at once. and ten minutes later our es.
teamed Is blazing away at ths front door OF
our Office and hitting the shingles on the roof.