El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-26

famous old Arizona saloon viii
- pass out Of existence when the
statewide prohibition amendment goes
into effect Many a grizzled pioneer
Is deeply mourning the fate Of the more
or less gllded, and more or less palatlal'
palaces where he and his cronles were
wont 20 fOregather in the golden days
that are TO be no more. The same
grayhaired, tough handed old miners
and VaquerCs are complaining that
Arizona is not what it used to be be-
fore an ultra-moral population moved
in from the east and began 70 run
things. Some OF them are even threat
ening to drift to Nevada, Mexico and
other realms where one can still imbide
something stronger than lemon pop
without running afoul Of imported
law"
deprivation Of their favorite beverages
did they not know that prohibition viii
mean the closing Of the resorts that
FOR so many years nave Deeh tneIr
social centers their clubs. Some doc
tor lIp I'm Flagstaff is going to intro
duce in the legislature bill providing
for a social center in each incorporated
town, GQuipped with blizzard LaDless poor
tables and bowling alleys. such make
shifts may satisfy the effete tenderfoot
but they will not be frequented py the
pioneers who fought Apaches ana rsd-
eye with impartially and equal pleas
ure.
Arizona has contributed much to the
language of the nation New conul-
lions in the southwest led to the COM
ing of many words ana phrases, S SIS
Gerived from the Spanish, some from
indian dialects and some from nlShIy
stimulated Anglo-SaXon Imagination
There is something in the dry, clear
air Of the southwest that inspires
picturesqucness luridness and orlgl-
nality of language. In no way " as
this originality so strlklngly displayed
as IN the naming of saloons Anyone
that the given
saloons in popular western fiction are
wholly invented by panny-a-nners
need only stroll through a few Arizona
mining camps to be convinced JhaJ
the imagination OF the IlcIoneeIs IS al
~ There are two Buckets of Blood" in
full blast in Arizona today one is at
Jerome and the other at Pearce. 1nS
one au Pearce is owned by Joe Big)1,
who is arranging to turn II mp
moving picture house When pIohlDlIioL
does its worst 1t is understood that
the name of the establishment there-
after will be the Orpheum.
In the early days there was a sa-
loon at the Fortuna mine, in Yuma
county. named Three Buckets of
where Bennett Fell.
The"Hoof and Horn" is in the dive
district Of Prescott but is known from
one end of the state to the other De
cause of the many stirring events that
was only five or six years ago that
Dick Bennett a wealthy cattleman,
rode his pony in at the front door,
fired a few bullets carelessly into the
glassware and ordered everybody to
line up at the bar and drink with him.
Someone behind a whisky barrel
plugged Bennett before the first drink
was served. Today there is a silver
dollar. cut in the shape of a star, nailed
TO the floor where Bennett fell
There is no more unique place OF It's
kind in the world than the "Stope
OF the Yavapai club, Prescotts most
fashionable and exclusive social organ
fzation The "StOpe" is underground
and is walled with rough pine logs.
Everything is as primitive and from
tierlike as possible in appearance. Sir
Gilbert Parker and other nOtables who
have been entertained there have car
ried the fame of the 'Stope' to the
ends of the earth.
When Prescott Was the Capital.
In pioneer days Prescott was the
capital of Arizona, and the Sazarac sa-
loon was the real capitol. No one ever
thought of looking for a territorial Of
ficer in the official capitol, on GurIey
street, before going through the Sa-
zarac. How the Sazarac got its name,
of what that name meant, in one Of
the unsOlved mysteries.
TucsOn's Famous Bars.
Tucson is well supplied with historic
drinking places Best known OF all per
hapS, IS the Legal render Con
gress Hail." at one time the most IA
nous gambling house of the southwest
was closed a number of years ago. A
quarter of a century ago, shooting
scrapes occurred almost nightly in
Congress Hall" and a nashlight
photograph taken there had an impor-
tant effect on the political history Of
Arizona.
It was at the beginning of Cleveland's
first administration. "A Democratic
governor was to be appointed to sue
coed the Republican incumbent The
leading candidates were L. c. Hughes
and a man named Parker. Parker
had the endorsement of the Demo-
cratic territorial central committee,
the chairman Of which was Fred G.
Hughes-no relation to L. c. Fred
Hughes was a faro dealer in Congress
Hail." but in those days that was re-
garded as q perfectly legitimate oc-
cupation in Arizona. One day a photo
grapher employed by l. c. Hughes un-
SYSTEMATICALLY entered the place and
set up his apparatus in a corner
where Fred Hughes was dealing faro
70 a ChiHaman, a negro and two
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