The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-23
The Phantom League

ealtnly pilgrimage At san Miguel. Parks had small
general supply store, and managed to make living,
mainly through the large orders which Kbourne gave
had been Carlisle and sometimes liked to remember
ean es ne & mad played center field with the fastest ball
teTesting He took Kilbourno and Moegau on long
rides through the reservation, and Kbourne pretended
gave him slender interest in life. ---
n ong n Fenn Nesgan @ and Parks sit
persisted in naming his house. He said it had home
IKE sound They had exhausted sevenup cineh and
ssPS5eRSss sPd Jsssnz ~ wish We bad
K,iilibourne laughed until no coughed.
N Johnny lThlnk Of the things We could put into it.
sSRE af f ad Sbos Sy editor " howl Why
LIT wouldn t pay, - said Parks solemnly whereupon
tried it once He must have been nutty. He died. !
S s whsn M oS dPoo @ ps of
LOOK the works for small debtan old army press,
..wiero is that stuff nowf'' demanded Kilbourne.
"Oh, It's down there yet said Parks easily. ri
never bothered with it, and there ain any market for
Klbourne looked at Meegan and together they
Right here this very spot said Kilbourne I'M.
Pressively 1--WE found create institute organize and
do is furnish the money. That lets him OUT
"And IN show these folks around here What real
sporting page looks like, believe me-
print 1t. You It got thing on me- Im as game as
yosn. are And as much Of a damn FOOL he added
Pop Frisbee had several good friends among the
newspaper men, and whenever he in Chicago he
was oldtimer, and had record which reached back
to the days Of tho Brotherhood. Pop had known him
The big league pennant races were drawing to a
close when Pop dropped into Chicago his way west.
While he did not mention the fact he headed for
intended reach
principal city Of New Mexico in time for the great an
after the close Of the big league season This tourna
msnt is the great attraction Of the state fair and the
the country to represent them in the annual struggle
for glory and the th9usand:doaT purse Pop Frisbeo
he know he would find the flower of the southwestern
diamonds.
Charlie Hough was glad to Pop, and chatted with
managing EDITORS Office and left Pop alone beside tho
roll top desk.
pile Of papers lay upon the top of the desk, and
PoP ran through them gancing at the sporting pages
San Miguel Messenger. It queer looking sheet,
and F hsP Pop nf that k published Iii in San Me
pocket. There might be some of the coming
tournament.
That night at his hotel Pop remembered the Mes
senger, and drew it forth 1t not much of news
paper it contained only four Sheets and under tho
title line appeared a peculiar motto:
vim, vinegar and vitrol; frijoles not regarded
legal tender
Pop glanced at the front page Leading the paper
was an amazing news item:
''We regret that We must call public at
tention to the habits of esteemed fellow towpsman
Senior Juan de Ia Cruz Juan at Tony's again
last night, bathing bis vitals in liquid tumuit After
Tin Can pbbl Boulevard Until he reached his 5ungaloW
where he was greeted by the charming and popular
Sonora de la Cruz the beautiful and talented society
matron and leader Of San Migue's -Four Hundred, In
the of his alcoholic exuberauce, the ebuton of
his spirits Senor de Ia Cruz settled right haymaker
upon the delicate smeer of his queen consot Sonora
de L. e Cruz did mot quit gu dT 5 s5 She % h
tween the eyes with copper kettle, Senor de Ia
Cruz took the long count, and is around town this
morning with his lamps trimmed low.
'tWe have frequently deplored the prevalence of
such in our best circles and it would
ons Of our social fabric The fundamental principles
Of our {T social str structure re- are thEfsened 9E,s
verse poem entitled 'Tbo Demon Rum but our staff
poet sought his inspiration in the subject of his lofty
confined in the Bastie until such time he to
herds Of red white and bno elephants, pink mice
This gem appeared under the heading: 'soAKEDp'
On the same page there was another startling item
APACHE UPRISINGl
''It rumored that, upon Wednesday last there
was uprising among the Jaca5ilas This we wish
to deny in the strongest terms We were the inside
of the nsuTIeesiop etc 20 10 speak OF at least we had
explain the whole sad affair.
'togr late printers devil, whom We ehristoned
efaes as
aged Apache Of the Jaearlla tribe He claimed TO
be the second cousin Of Henry Clay Geronimo formerly
in Washin gton. After the late Socks had concealed
about pint OF squirrel booze, tho family resemblance
became most strlBlng
'sLast Wednesday, being thirsty, the aforesaid
soekalexis p Bender horned into the editorial aqcum
Celebrated SPAWN Cure, believing the same to be rye
whisky. Citizens who our late employee throwing
handspring in the middle of Lafayette boulevard
placed the wrong construction upon his actions The
uprising personal affair and entirely internal
The interment yesterday was private
tWe oss yet it is not for the late Sock
alexis P Bender that weep. The spirit of the
,oud cousin Of II, O. Geronimo is at large in
the sweet fields Of Eden. His tepee is pitched on
other side Of Jordan. The smoke of his camp fire
the soul of Sockaleyis p. Bender is
''sleepng in light, like the green birds that dwell
In Eden IS radiant fields of asphodell -
ono do not for Sockalexis =. Bender We