Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-07-25
$500 Per Year
SI1l1l NO NOISEll
Things are Coming to Pass Just as Ex-
pected.
BEHIND THE SCREEN.


On Tuesday Of this week jerome was
highly llattered to receive Il velvet foot
visit from Roy Jones, Frank X. Good
ing's candidate for state senator, and
Jawn Thomas, who banks bit in the
village Of Gooding, and after banking
hours does the caddy act for the ex-gov-
ernor when that gentleman feels he must
engage in game OF 'big sticking
pon his brawny vest Roy wore re-
splendent shield heralding him as First
Assistant to the First Assistant OF the
Deputy Game Warden, thus giving him
authority to erect screen behind which
Jawn and he could work. Jawn and
Roy make the Gold Dust Twins look like
couple OF buns under Il water tank dur
ing the haying season. In the little
satchcl. along with his diving snit, Roy
carried some trading stock, but the Je-
rome exchange has been shut down dur
ing the heated term, and trades were de-
clarcd ont OF order. Then Roy said he
wished he'd made his home in Jerome
anyway, darn it all, Said the "pickin'
wasn't what it used to be, and wotinel
is the country comm to anyhow, and
how old was Ann when the fish ran away
with the spoon. Roy is sure the wise
old trout, and Jawn quickly got on To
the fact that We are too tender hearted
To be Il party to Il scheme to throw down
Il couple oi hard workers even though
those workers are against our interests.
such motherly consideration, however,
: finds no resting place in the bosOms of
Jawn and Roy vino hear the keen swish
ing OF the oyerSeer's lash as il whistles
above their struggling shoulders, and
( the oyerSeer says; III yon can't win her
t straight, then trade. Ii you can trade.
5 win somehow But VIM
a SO back again behind the screen went
Jawn and Roy. by crickety,' says
= Jawn. or Roy, Lets spring the other
t bait. They wont rise to u fly; lets try
worms. so they Jared forth for another
t cast. ''If you poor. abused people down
g here will only vote the way the eX-gov.
s has told us We must vote, that'll leave
d you in county with Shoshone so you
it can have saloons All we ask in return
it for this tremendous favor bestowed upon
ID you is that you name Il cocktail after
10 our leading citizen, Bissell. AS thi,
st drink will he impossible to retain on tn,
h. stomach you will have to drink more q
Id them. That means more money for thu
sr community, see? Amt this proposition
lie a pippin, what?''
as Still nothing doing And to prove tin
ne bait was not alluring in the least ). Ticl
as took the two fishermen to the rear OF hi
On wickyup and showed them his hedg
ed fence of desecrated kegs. Once more il
IS. the rear of the screen the persplrin
ne twain went into excited session, Will
VS. Jawn cooked couple of fresh pills.
at amt no use says Jawn to Roy
is or Roy says to Jawn, I'VE gotta sprin
en- the trick that made Gooding famous
ire I'm Mutt. You're JEFF. Now, Roy,
Sc it must have been Jawn talking aft'
hS all No Will dolht tlldl Npu Sah WI
ire on your merits. Now this NonPartisa
IA Voters League is publishing ticket eaC
Ter week in the papers. Now, we'll spres
will some tickets just like it, same names II
of all, and slip the monicker of LEROY
JONES in the bunch. You see it's ju
the like slippin' cyanide capsule TO bl
en- pup encased in hunk OF raw meat.
nds does the business nice and quiet like n
the don't musS up the carpet none. Mo-
re- jeff the tickets, quick"
ath 80 that's what Jawn and Roy up Al
i'm done. The left u lew tickets-otherw
the hunks of beei-in which reposes the cy
ter hyde capsule, otherwise, the name
in LcRoy G. Jones. The proposition
s.. trade was the cause of 4 mirthless q
nty in Jerome. The Bissell cocktail drew
giggle The cyanide capsule raised
rasping gutiaw, also a ha. ha., also
ION tut! TUT. The only thing to compl
lew the round OF merriment thus injected
eek. the identity of the local distributor
ong the poison.
.S Promulgated by Lincoln County NJ
Partisan Voters League.