Tombstone epitaph., 1913-08-31
Charac cteristics of
 Our Former Editor

The following editorial from th {: pen of Joe Chisholm, one of Ariz 'ns'
 most versitiIe and fore most jolrpalists
 recently appeared in the Daily silve
 Belt. published st Miami. and is res
 produced :n thess colum DC, e otheri
 of the many kindly remembrsnces re-
 gently printed by the ntwspspel
 fraternity of Arizona. relative to the
 retirement of William Hsttich ss
 editor of tie PKosPEcroR.-
 The passing of Bill Hsttich from
 the editorial tripod of the famous old
 Tombs' one Prospector has elicited
 many . kindly word and reminiscent
 paragraph from the editorial tribe
 throughout the reachss of the Hs .ssy-
 ann, for Bill is SD amisble soul and ie
 60 imbued with the aura of the cage
 brush realm that his loss to the TO
 mantle mo. aic of fact and legend that
 we put between covers e the history
 of Arizona ~en!d te ;ncs!cu,sble.
 For 6 quarter century Bill has been
 identified with the Prospector iu every
 possible capacity from ink bespsttered
 devil to proprietor, and for nearly
 half that time be has been sccredit d
 with the semi impossible :ask of get- ting out metropolitan daily on . cider press with nothing but shingle uails for type. Also be has been htrslded to the world ss the mani- pulator of the shortest leas, d wire in the world. from Fsirbanks to Tomb stone, nine miles. Csrpine and en- vious cri ics even have declared that | Bill got his telegraph by freight. Be that as it may. one thing is certain, and that is that he hss kept the Pros- pector on c paying basis and given his community an honest and we'll edited newspaper through yesrs ot diversity to the grand old mining camp that once was the proud metro polio of the south sest, the bivouac of the Aryau pioneers, whence they spread throughout the fertile reaches of the San Pedro. San Simon and Sulphur Spring valleys and the rich mineral m"untsin ranges between. to found white man's industrial em pire more enduring than Rome.
 So the passing of our old friend Bill Hattich would be nothing short of ionrpslistio calamity, . bereavement that would wiring tear from every Hs.saysmper from Bill Will lisns' Fork to Naco. Bu, w,ll Bil pass?
 Listen while se whisper ~hy we be- liese that Bill has not drawn . psss ing hand. We know that there is only one thing desrer to the heart of that came William Hstticb than the PROaPECTOR-and that is the ARI- ZONA KICKER To the many his- tories of the Prospeetor; of it's weekly siition, the EPITAPH. and Of the quaint and historic old press upon which it fret was printed. no mem ton has been made of the KICKER For yesrs the Sunday edition of the PRO5PECTOR wss iseusd under the name of the ARIZONA KICKER, . newspaper that many believed to exist only in the imagination of "M Quad" If Hsttich does not at Some future time issue semi-liteFsry Ari- 2 3na publication under that name and fiil it with the wealth of ofiegendsry snd historical romance that he hes { lived through in wonderful old Tomb. second "loved old Pagan city of the Areonsuts" who were de- Hected soutbward into Arizona from their f f'st beloved San Francisco-we have guessed wrongly.
 While on the subject of Bill Hat. itch, it will not be smis. to record an snecdote wholly characteristic of the mao: During the recent frscas be- tween the iederais and constitutions e. lists st Asna Priets. Bill wrote for the "s,ory"s head line resdir 2 REBELS EvACUArE AQUA PRIETA." and lei. it to George Warrington McFar- lin to set up. George, being in bur. ry to get up town snd wage . game of pitch with some crony, and Bills hand writing being somewhat vogue, be eet it up with indifferent attention. When the Prospector got out on the streets, Oscar Coll. who is surely some war correspondent. and Judge Owen Murphy got the 6rst copy and imms distely started bunting Bill to cell him lss usuai) that he had gotten out les ususD sbe all fired rottenest dshrag ip the uni cree. As usual, Bill listened with bland and respectful istersss to thsir phillipic and then wanted to know "Whst the-l smstser this tripi"
 "wby look st that dsdbinged head line, ;" ho~led Oscar. "you've got is REBELS EXCAvATE AGUA PKI-