Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1892-05-26
Arizona Cowboys.
A PECULIAR WAY THEY HAVE OF
MAKING A TOWN LIVELY
IN THAT COUNTRY.
Many Missourians Net - The Editors
Having jolly GeOd Time
joke on Jehnny yaeks-Wal.
ter Williams Weary
Indian Snake
Dance.
EDITORIAL Correspondents of the Ledger.

Editorial Correspondence of the Ledger.
THE NEEDLES, CAL, May 16.-#
Arizona is inhabited by Indians and
Missourians. We did not have time
to find out what the Missourians did
before they left the States. The
Missouri car carries banner on
either end and at every station we
have callers who used to live in
our State. Most OF them came out
here because they had to. They
were either sick unto death or
wanted at Jefferson City or by the
hangman.
We were informed to-day by DR..
Dryden, cousin of Nat Dryden, of
Missouri, that it is so healthy here
that no one dies and that doctors
have very little to do. On asking
about the grave yards We noticed, a
citizen said that they were filled
with people who were accidentally
killed when the cowboys were in
shooting up the town." "Shoot-
ing up the town. is what they call
the circus which happens when the
cowboys come in and shoot out
every window in every house or
store in town. A man who does not
die with his boots on in Arizona has
very lonesome funeral and his
grave is left unmarked.
The petrified forest is quite a cu-
riosity and all of our people have
secured samples of petrifed wood
weighing from one to ten pounds.
Petrified wood, like the little $3
Arizona horses which are often
brought to Missouri for sale, grows
without irrigation.
Our party to-day received no.
tice that Col. Stable, of the
Gettysburg, Pa, Democrat, was
dead. He was quite a favorite with
all who knew him. He was mayor
of Gettysburg during the war and
''they say" after the big battle he
had all the soldiers arrested and
fined for shooting inside of the city
| limits.
Walter Williams, of the Columbia
Herald, last night attended an
| Apache snake dance. The Indians
stroked the snakes ON the back of
their necks with an eagle feather to
get them in a good humor and then
stripped themselves. The snakes
dance is big thing with the Indians,
almost as big as the Frisco Noun
tain, which is IA 500 feet above the
sea. A little whiskey mixed with
the snakes makes the ''snake
dance" a ''ghost dance" We
would rather attend Marechal Mel
Club dance than either one. The
only difference we notice between
the Indians of to-day and those we
read of is that most Of the modern
Indians do not wear even paint.
The old time Indians used to kill
the whites; those of to-day get even
by selling worthless curiosities at a
high price. Everything from sand
rocks to rattle snakes are offered to
the tender foot for cash as memen-
tos. The Indians won't allow you
to take their pictures; they fear a
kodak worse than the devil. We
don't actually believe an Indian
would steal a kodak. Some of the
Indians live in trees, some in caves,
some in holes in the ground and
some know not where to lay theil
heads, while others enjoy houses
like those located in Flat Rock res.
ervation of Mexico. As Indians dc
not eat either climate, scenery Oh
mining shares, they are not very fat
nor happy.
| We took on several cases of the
celebrated Ginger Champagne a
Colorado Springs and out OF this
grew quite joke. Johnny Jacks
of the Montgomery Standard, for
merly of Mexico, and well known t.
you all, received a telegram from
home containing political new
which delighted him. Jacks is yer!
staid and sober, but he said, 81 be
lieve I'll celebrate by taking on
little Jag" and went to work on tn
champagne. He drank six bottle
before he found the stuff was in
vigorating but not intoxicating.
The ginger eat his stomach as ful
of holes as Digger Indian is Q
fieas.
i Walter Williams, of the Columbi
Herald, is enjoying himself with tn
Indians, girls and other curiosities
and gets as much fun out Of the tri
as any one; but all the time yo1
| can't help but think he looks an
acts as though he had forgotte
something or somebody, or rathe
THAT he had not forgotten somethin
or somebody, but that he regrette
that he did not bring along some
thing or somebody whom he hs
not forgotten. We may be mil
taken, though.
Has anything been done abot
/, paving the streets? Bon WHITE.
; Il