Gunnison news-champion., 1904-01-15
Tns VIA UnsAsnSs Ce~panches.
rsnHz


che hrst caw camp d Was lseaiei
uEiu here ai the Iuuct.u & fam-
chs and GuuHlsaH uvers Thincs
we're WIld and Waulv. buf the camp
was ALWAYS a hpWllng sliooess
The general Eusernmeut vas lab
eral a. the Indians IA thc matter q
beef Mast 81 It came up from lex
a.. bat occasionally herd was con
trscted ga IN New Mexica The lat
ter were sometimes called SLOW
Elk. a popular term among miners
and praspcct8rs for al unbranded
government beef Nevertheless, most
II it could outrun a horse
Roundup Dlstrict Number One
was counted hard placc Beef was
Issued every ten DAYS Do the ltes
Ca one occasion the beef thus l.
sued did foi have streiks af fat stf
6eIeutly thick mixed with the lean
NOT properly marblci. So o. speak
and, therefore, they threw It into the
camp ditch t,ame al all kinds was
plentiful in those davs aId tie Dtes
were particular as ta various kinds
1f ten1erioiu aud portcrh1use
The c5mmissarv Steve nJlf weni
t1 the agent General Adams and
inquired what b. should a. about
the said beef aud Received answer
from hjm that De- simply proposed
doing what The boy shot al uathiuL
and be- could inform the ltes thai
the beef was theirs o. dispose d az
they chose, and whether they threw
1t into the ditch or down the
threats was a matter 0i iuiIfercuca
ot0 Moor- since known 90 fam,
was chen the champion beef con
tractor 40 times Mexiraus did his
herdiug and az other times this en-
pl9ymeHt WAS given to Americans
The average Mexican in those ddys
was always a Greaser and. at best.
lived only from laud Co mouth, and
prapaul1natc t1 Ills busted c1ndi-
ZION, duly appreciated SLOW Elk
it was popularity understood that All
such steers, etc, came under the
operation ol the maverick laws. and.
by the same token, they were NOT
over particular whether the beef So
taken came out Of Aears pocket or|
the government : and Mears WAS
getting onto those Fellows lie used
% say. Il don't care how much
Uncle sam gets robbed but ! hate
like h-ll 90 gel robbed myself.
One night at NagJarHe some Mex
leans gave grand -Ge-ta Whom
the dance came oil, Near- promptly
arrested the Door manager. who
proved t5 be am Aztec 90 Nar8gd0-
ches descent and hurried him oil
to place where distance lent en-
chautmeut t0 the view. His name.
f1r short, was Mr. Jose Maria Jesus
de Auuuncro "y' de lHs Santos Cha
ucz N0ucloyia.
When brought before the cal.
calde aa American ha uala--ei
t0 be lame iu lis n1h. arm. where
upon the cross examination come
mpuced
Now Mr. Ja-a Hafia, &c.. yru
-Iy iu defense af yourself that YOU
butcherod vour own naal am NOW
about t9 convene this honorable
court Everything shall De called
by its proper name Tine highest
and most solemn obligations are inn
posed upon u- and it is this court
boundol duty t1 hear aII the evil
deHne SD help mc Cod before /. acts
.Uu your ua~e
IIav IJd ra1 c"ma ta Iraak your
arm. uf which ygu now cmuIaius
Il teII YOU dis mIuu. ~u1r AZ.
cllIc, began the Aztec. You
know ] bin good bucua-ma- o..
mcnus am me au un au plenty
c1mpaler1s BIN cmiu dis way Oh
~agmcIa t1 great fiesta ue bin I'M
Fire tu an we git So we want some
corHe. some bIt yHu know. and whom
me 60 La--1 de biE INV clbelI0- my
hn-s vou know -ha truw me am
brlk my awm
Whose beef were yuu irving to
rope asked bv-flndor
Quiel >lhe-I Ia. know. re-
piled t.a noble scion aI Nmtazumr
DE HlI He uo -.t BRAN. an de hf
he be iar am my aomuaner0s like
hif am be Hrk my awm Wild mr ca
baIla my ho-- rru. rru- -an de top.
De upside of ue. Dat was why
lin lame iu my awm, sa.
From the Fah1s point ul view. the
above explanation was pertinent
but the AleaIda had other views and
fined the Mexican twenty-five dol
lars and COSTS. and En- default IF pay
ment, the prisoner was sent 20 the