The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-16
ARIZONA NICKLETS-
Things Always Lively in the Far
West.

West.
Our annual passes over fifty-four
/ different railroads have been received
for 1905, and if the president of the
/ United States can do any better we
should like to see him try.-it on
During the cold snap last week
we burned up $50 poems that had ac-
cumulated on the editors desk during
the last five years, and the whole bill
ing of them did not raise the tenn
perature three degrees. We have al
ways contended that there is mighty
little in poetry.
Mr.. John whalen. sporting editor of
1.-The Kicker for the last five months,
had three bullets shot into him over
at Green Valley the other day, and will
probably. die of his wounds. The sit
uation is open to some first class man
at $40 per. We furnish guns, cart
ridges and tombstones-
AS secretary of the local Vigilance
committee we feel it our duty to warn
Steve Taylor that If he should stop
in the Gulch two weeks longer moth
ing on earth would prevent him from
being taken down with pneumonia and
buried at the public expense. Stephen
is too playful with his gun.
We always endeavor to sail close
to the ethics of profession, but it
does seem to be our duty just now
to remark that the editor of the blue
Hill Banner" is a liar, a thief and a
coward. Should he differ from this
statement, a telephone message will al
ways reach us and bring us to any
appointed spot
We understand that the quack doc
tors and shyster lawyers of the Gulch
held a secret meeting the other day
and passed resolution to the effect
that we ought to he brushed off the
face of the earth in the interests of
humanity. The trouble with them is
to find somebody to do the brushing.
The GuIch was aroused from its
slumbers the other night to see a poker
room damaged to the extent of $500
by the devouring element, but we are
too cosmopolitan to permit such an
incident as that to jump the price
of real estate.
This is our regular day for lying
about the circulation of 1.-The Kicker,
and we therefore announce that 1t
took "a presses three days to work
off our last issue, and over 5000 per-
sons were employed day and night in
the mailing department. 1t now takes
lat mills to supply us with the white
a heap of Teller, and that the Rotchs-
childs limited to Russia to apply to US
for a loan.
rupted in our postal or editorial work, |
we shall set Saturday afternoon as a
sort of holiday for people who want to
shoot at US to drop in and pop away |
Last week no less than eight callers |
broke in upon us at odd times, and |
though no damage was done our work |
suffered from the interruption. From |
this date on, Saturday is the time, and |
would-be assassins, disgruntled sub |
scribers and frisly cowboys can begin |
calling as early at 1 o'clock.
Jim Watson, who used to hang out q. |
great deal in this locality, was buried
the other day in New Mexico. OF
course, he wasn't buried until he was /
dead and this leads to the statement |
that he was hung by the neck for rid |
ing away on another mans cayuse- Jim |
had some good points about him, but |
he never knew when he had q good |
thing and ought to let well enough
alone.
If we were a Chicago drummer and
had an overcoat with fur collar and
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