The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-02

While horseback riding in the vicinity
of Silver Creek last Sunday We were
lGordons cowboys. who have been seeking
our life for the last three months. We
did not stop to sing any songs or make
any speeches. and by good luck and the
| speed OF our cayuse We arrived home
to continue to edit the great and only
dollar family weekly. Ii couldn't
shoot better than the boys did we'd give
UP the business.
| We were eating dinner at the White
! Eagle Hotel the other day when little
shooting occurred. A guest named Tool
ey. who is from Denver. found shirt
button in his soup and raised such row
about il that mine host could do nothing
less than shoot him through the shout
der 1t was as everybody agreed.
small matter to raise a row over. But
| tons buckles and things OF that sort are
apt to get into the soup in the hurry and
ri sh. and your true gentleman VIII put
Mr.. John Williams is receiving the
coincidence of his friends because his wife
has eloped with an Eastern ,n,a man VINO ,he
desert AS this is the fourth or min
wife who has done likewise. We think
Mr.. Williams must be used 10 IL we
believe he starts for St Paul next week
| to get another.
| The coroner of this town had three in
quests in succession last week. and as
| consequence he got big head ana mag
| ined himself bigger man than the
mayor He started in to give us orders
as to how should run things. and
there was little riot. IN which In, .ns
oroner lost a quart of blood and had
| his knee cap broken. We are not
! puffed-up mayor but we know our gait.
and anv advice from the coroner, $ ofice.
especially offered at the muZzle or a
gun. will be promptly resented
! About two weeks ago an Eastern man
by the name of French arrived mere 10
invest in a silver mine. He didn care
what sort of a mine it was so long
as he could get out a prospectus. Or
ganizc "A company and float his shares
him an acre of land on Bill Williams
mountain, and Mr.. French went up
there to make map or II. Ihat vas
ten days ago. Yesterday as ne GIoh
| reappear a party went In search OF
him. and found one of his legs. The
rest of him had been eaten up by
bear. We trust that he died happy
and we also congratulate the publlc
whom he would have swindled.
News reached us yesterday Of the
death OF Joe Rathbone. formerly OF
the last year. Joe was good -hearten
man but lacked judgment. That lack
of judgment brought about his demise.
Mounted on a mule which could DO
only ten miles an hour. he figured on
keeping ahead of herd of steers
making at least twenty-five. AS an
angel Joe may have more sense In MS
head. We wish him well in his new
occupation.
Editor Jack Nixon. of the Primrose
to pull our editorial nose for saying
that his weekly was dish-rag and
that he was jackrabbit Editor
Nixon had two guns. a tomahawk and
n he mistaken IN hlm
self AS he stood face to face with
US his sand petered out. his knees
as snow. We took him by the ear
and led him back to his mule and sat
him in the saddle. and we felt for him
as he rode away with tears in his
eyes. 1t is more in sorrow than IN
triumph that We reiterate that Editor
Joe Nixon is a jackrabbit.
AS secretary of the vigilance COM
ed contemporary calls the mysterious
disappearance of man named Dan
Ridder. Mr.. Ridder is headed for Utah
He is on foot and making an average
of three miles an hour and he doesn't
look back when he stops to rest. He
left here. We assured him he would
his ways. and after a little thinking
he decided to go. There is not the
slightest mystery about the case. He
will assuredly be hung in Utah before
he is four weeks older, but that is
none of our lookout
Acting under instructions from
Washington. we shall close the post
office at 10 o'clock at night after this.
and any one kicking on the door after
that hour will have to take his
chances on what may happen. Hereto
fore we have been routed out at all
hours of the night. and on several
occasions have been grossly insulted
by late callers. One kick on the door
,fta will nS TNrn Giol
will get US out of bed. Three kicks /
will cause the gun to be poked out
of the window. and the fourth kick. |
followed by threats of death IL We |
don't open the door. will start the |
shooting. II the intruder cares to
have the bullets dug out of him he |
will find a doctor on the block below.