CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-06-30


give the position to the next appli-
can't
THE young feller thought spell.
then he said: 4 can throw straight
enough. was pitcher for the univer-
afty team and was counted the best
pitcher the nine ever had
THE young man had the edicatton,
though the -ext applicant knew how TO
fan the hammer and all quick shoot
in tricks. but l'arnin' was out Of his
line. Gallagher tux the college man
and set him TO work at onct
-The next mornin' there was siz-
Kiln article referrin' to a certain man
who had shot the local editor. goin'
over his past history like a harrow
over u field. Blackieg. vagabond.
drunkard. murderer. was the terms
used Soon as the feller saw the arti-
Gle he went to the Drill office. climbed
the stairs. and the FIRST thing the new
employee s.w was the muzzle OF
cooked revolver comm through the
door. The next thing was an arm and
the next mans body. OF course they
was comm mighty quick but not too
quick for the editor. He caught up an
iron inkstand and. Jest as the mans
face showed within the door, let ny.
takin' him plumb In the temple
well, the next moruin' there was an
obituary in the paper recountin' the cir
cumstance and warnln' the man who
had killed the managin' editor that
enough of bis record was known at the
Drill Office to land him In jail. When
the new editor met him on the street
IA a.. f.Nl TO-
out OF the Metropolitan gambiin' ga
loon with two rcvolvers strapped to
his hips. The editor had his pockets
full OF stones and. seein' bis enemy
reachin' for his gun. got out q two
FOUNDER rock and landed IL In the mid
die OF his forehead. The feller dropped
like lead. but got OF with concussion
OF the brain. when he got well he was
warned by the committee to light out.
and he lit
But the end hadn't come Jet The
toughs didn't like the idea of q new
Teller comm In with what they consid
srsd a barbarous way Of nghtin'. 90
one Of 'em-the meanest. low lived cuss
in the territory-give out that he was
goin' to down the editor with the old
fashioned weapon-the revolver. The
next day the pcwspaper man was walk
in along the street when he heard q
sharp cry, Look out. He had to do
q pretty quick job OF thinkin'. which
was this way: Not seein' an enemy in
front, be concluded there was one be-
hind aud bullet was comm right OF.
He wheeled like a lash. takin' a stone
from his pocket as he turned. got his
eye on a man bringin' a revolver to
bear on him and put stone right
ag'in the weapon. knockin' 1t twenty
feet away. Before the Teller could
draw ag'in the editor sent another
stone that broke his jaw. This ended
the scrimmage.
THE fact that the editor set an ex-
ample OF goin' about unarmed-stones
wasn't considered arms-had a fine ef-
feet on the community. The best citi-
Gems declared that carryin' OF weapons
wasn't necessary or civilized, and the
committee posted notice for all to
disarm. Any man that was caught
with weapons on him would be shot
down in his tracks. The Diamond
Drills circulation increased, and as the
town became safe and respectable trad
ers came In and advertisements flooded
the paper.
"ThAt was the way the young gradu-
ate got his start In life. and l reckon
that when a man has got his start
the better his education the more lifted |
he is TO occupy important positions.
The youngster became part owner of |
The paper, and when the territory was
admitted as state he went to con-
gress. The reason why I've told the |
story without bringiu' In his name is
that he's got his eye on a bigger thing |
still. and he don't like In these civilized |
days to have It brought up that he
aver killed any onA-