Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-17

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y For the Good Of the Town
Getting the names Of sundry city
officials from tina, invaluable foreman.
complained In a broad way of their
morals, both I'm and out Of office.
intimas.d that their shortcomings
could he readily guessed nj, without
being stated. BY anyone who under,
stood the bad effects of infemper.
ance. The crying call u the hour
WAS for a total abstinence society ar
a vigilance committee, the Optic
didn't care which, In order that the
Official life Of Las Vegas might be put
ON "a higher plane. What the officss
OF Las Vegas needed was elevation:
aud " the prayers nj the Optic aud
the Christian Influence of the church.
O. couldn't move them. the '.strang.
iefs" ought 10 take them up.
Looking from the window. I iotted
down the names Of a bevy of gin mills
R~ehcarsing their names. | called for
their suppression. saying the liquors
they sold were meFe'&d death warrants
put up In bottles. Remembering in
time the urtaniiy Of my bar.keep
friend Of the morning. | MOI only ex.
cepted his establishment frun my roll
Of gin-miii dishonor. but gave his
goods n boost.
ITO those Of our readers" said.
who must drink. our advice is 20
visit the Silver Nugget The whIsgey
sold there Is at least pure. and the
w~ife-beating element. so prominently
n part of the liquors Of those bar
rooms heretofore mentioned. n hap.
pity left out"
Rounding off my days work. I IN.
vented u cloud of personals. I told Of
eiots aud elumns of men from all cor.
ners Of the union. And everyone Of
them had millions. Their PURPOSES
variously. were to buy ranches. and
town lots. put IN hotels. and erect
stamp mills on ~"OM Badly" OF a
verify those personals were ~calculat.
cd 90 make the most lethargic s't up.
Personals done, I fired n few time.
ly insults at a newspaper In .Alb'quer.
que and rested. The delighted fore.
maj avowed that he had copy
enough 10 get out next days Optic.
Stretching about. with the con.
seriousness Of duty well performed.
] read the revises, and stood over the
makeup while he locked several Of
my choicest articles into the forms.
Had ] no fear for my safety? None:
emphatically none! The paper would
print al 5 p, IN. and | was TO leave on
the five thirty train. What had to
fear?
While waiting for the press TO start.
| walked into the business office and
stirred up the Doc with my foot. AZ
ter eight hours he still lay dead 10 the
world. ! began TO fear my endorse
ment Of the silver Nugget" had been
premature. However | caught the
crash Of the press; II was too late 20
talk Ut corrections.
The foreman brought me the first
paper off the press. damp and cling.
ing with ink. He gave 1t 10 me with
every indication Of profound respect.
while the printers stood In the door,
opening 10 the composing room, and
looked at ne with eyes of reverence.
Yes. I had conquered their good opin.
ion, and the knowledge warmed the
cookies OF nv heart.
Its a great paper today" said the
foreman.
Shaking hands with The foreman.
and the reverential printers. | went
my way. first exactins a promise that,
If the Doc continued dead unit! six
O'Clock. they would cover him with
buckets of water. As I passed the
kistler door on my way to the train,
there came to me the strains Of
Wearing Of the Green" and knew
that my friend had ceased TO he Ger.
onirnc to become an lrishman. Little
did the singer realize how ! had Ia.
bored In his vineyard
1t was two weeks before I received
n communication from Mr.. kistler.
He said that he had ceased singing
Wearing of the Green" that Is To
say in three or four days af:er- my
departure. he resumed his duties as
publisher of the Optic. The first
thing to attract his notice was a per.
sistent call, on the Mexican part. for
a certain issue of the paper. Twenty
Mexieans a day would Turk in. dark
and seowliGs. and ask for a copy of
that particular Optic. There were
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