The sun., 1908-05-03

Mine after his favorite brand Of chewing
tobacco; Waldemar Young had his front
yard labelled the Angelina, after his wife
who got a divorce from him notwlth-
standing his plea that he never beat her
when she didn't deserve it there was the
Mamie Taylor, the Forty Rod, the HOgwash
and the Yellow Baby right on down 10
Perkins, general produce and hay and feed
store, The SUNS correspondent had only
boarded in MOjave since he came here,
30 he could DO nothing but take quarter
interest in the claim which the hotel pro-
prietOr set out in his cellar.
Inside OF a day all the town lots in
Mojave except that belonging TO the par
son Of the Methodist Church, who was
up at Callente, were converted into mining
properties, and Pinkey Perkins had the
opportunity TO refuse three 6f1ers OF over
S3O, 900 each on his chicken yard and ad ia
cent property up as far as the back porch,
with an option on the land under his front
parlOr. That night when the 7l5 Over
land from the Fast pulled IN Tor the
usual twenty minute Atop for dinner at the
Harvey eating house there was nobody
TO throw the fried cold storage chicken
and the orange marinalade, all the walt-
resses and the head China cook had quit
and were out In Overalls stalking out claims
back Of the ice house.
When morning came Mojave from bird e.
eye view resembled a group OF toothplcks
in a hotel tumbler The crisis came, as the
noYelists say, about noon on the second
day OF the rush, when the fast freight from
Bakersfield dropped down over Tehachapl
grade and dumped a crowd Of about thirty
Of the night flying Bakersfieldians on the
station Platform
They had picks, wheelbarrows and chain
nd Ity 10
properties wherever found. But there was
nothing left within a mile radius OF Pinkey
Perkins, post holes except the post ONCE,
and Postmaster Jennings himself was
caught coming up from the cellar beneath
the Office with clay in his finger nails,
Nobody paid any too much attention 70
the BakersReldans all being too busy
looking for dips and strikes out IN the dump
| heap or sinking holes In their back yards
II was along about noon when the hIe
bell began 10 ring and all OF the. boys
Of the Phoenix company felt the call Of duty
stronger than the lure of gold. They ran
10 the fire house, and there they found Mayor
Billy Standish waiting for them, his sleeves
rolled up and his pick still in his hand
Mayor Billy held up his hand to check the
rush and then spoke:
"Boys,' said he, industry is industry
and seeking the elusive wheel OF fortune
is all on the level But there are some things
which civilized citizens OF Mojave VIII nor
brook Mayor Billy really used brook. J
! Our graveyard, where the hallowed bones
Of Christy Patterson and his two children
| Of Slippy Ike johnson. Mrs. Amanda Winter
\ green, and last but not least, Johnny SKIN
/ ner, lie is sanctihed ground and no place lot
stalking claims. Yet what do we find!
sWhy here come a lot Of yaps and rufiians
from Bakersfield and already they are
/ stalking out the graveyard into forty rod
/ claims and they will take the liO train 10
| Dagget TO file their claims. We can I
stand for this sort Of thing.
No sooner had Mayor Billys words been
| spoken than they were acted upon, All the
| boys Of the PhPnix company hitchei a
| few weapons onto themselves and went
up to the graveyard, where lie the bones OF
! the six people who have ole in MoJaVe
| without first ordering their bodies 10 be
| taken to a q cooler place TO reside, There
| they found the Bakersieldians running. a
line between Slippy lke's mound and the
! feet of Christy Patterson's two children.
! The Phoenix boys had little argument
! with the Bakersfeldians; they simply
persuaded them. That was ALL All OF the
| Bakersheldians went back 20 Bakersfield
on the night express and the sanctihed
ground OF MOjave remained inyiolate'
But In the month that has intervened
between that crisis and the present date it
has been pretty well determined that the
streak that ran through Pinkey Perkins
| Rfth post hole broadens out and gets richer
| In the graveyard. Mayor Billy is going TO
propose to the town trustees tomorrow
night that the graveyard be moved up the
| gulch to drier spot.
Fa, as Mayor Billy argues. II II ever
should rain in Alojave most Of the water
would seep down into the present grave.
ward and become a total loss for household
and other purposes.