The Washington herald., 1915-07-25

sight. He will have to do ii with
club then, as he can't tell one end o
a gun from the other.
We learn that Roaring River Jack
formerly resident of this town, wa!
shot in row in Utah last week. w-'
he would be hung.
The Eagle restaurant put on tabl.
which Followed MIR Werner. the pro.
prietor. received bullet in the shout
; der He will let well enough alone
1t is currently reported on the street
that old Jim Hewson was devoured py
bear on Bill williams mountain last
sunday. That bear won't see another
well day for six months to come. Jim
was tougher than pounded glass.
1t may have been us who killed Col
onel Jackson's old mule on the street
Wednesday evening. AS we were COM
ing home at midnight something or
darkness. and we let go with six bull
let's. This colonel should keep his
mules penned in.
A band of searchers were out yes
terday looking for the remains of Joe
Babcock: who got in the path of a
da Seors 1 T6e Of found oG ons b ns
a boot -heel. and were not sure wheth-
err that belonged to Joe or some one
else. He was good man. but lacked
Judgment.
From the door OF the Kicker" office
we can count seven saloons and three
ton. and the price of real estate is
advancing so fast that one has to
he on horseback to keep up with it
The COED old sian times are mere again
in the statement that we have seven
teen victims in our private graveyard.
There are only thirteen, and in each
walked beside the hearse with our
hat OFF. Only thirteen. and things are
We learn that Major Jackson. of
Grass Valley. has been arrested for
assault with intent 10 kill. We can't !
believe it We saw nine different men
even protest. II he has tried to kill |
anything. it was rabbit.
There are rumors flying about that
eny " noehins WE @ ar %f out nf fore once
and if We don't land in the White
House some day II won't be for the
lold now simply sharpen our appetite
There is a certain element in this
own which is deep and lasting dis
Who haven't the sand to strike from
he shoulder or pull gun and let
ticker. when the Kicker pitches into
man and rubs his fur the wrong
way we want him to show up with a
Tub or gun, and have il out with
is. and most of 'em are men enough
Now and then. however. when we
observe that such and such man
hould be strung up by the Vigilance
to make more room for
oyotes and rattlesnakes. he hunts up
Tank Brown. the one-eyed. one-horse
hyster lawyer and sues us for libel.
AN a $4,000 suit against us yester-
ay for defamation of character Ye
DDS. but think of it, A capper, a
hief: liar and ex ,in injured in $
lred $4,000 worth, Why don't the ;
Id coward come in with a gun or
Tub and show his manhood? Why /
n sight and then SIX p out of town !
II the pretense that his mother was '
wing? II
it's our turn now. We give him
nree days to withdraw the suit. If e
e doesn't do II we shall go buckle +
errying. He will be our huckleberry. !
rown we shall gather him in as we'll a
rough had better leave town, or We
ZEN very patent and kind With wi this
bel business. We've let twenty diff T
rent people sue us and bother and "
lnoy. We've got through now. This h
/. but we won't be bothered with T,
wsuits. If you won't shoot we will A
Wednesday afternoon when ajori b
lomas rode into town and brought is
e news that an unknown white man W
as lying dead on the hill. our Cor VI
Ter was drunk that he couldn't
Ike charge of the case. This is only 10
e of several occasions, and we think tc
e time has now arrived for us to b,
serve that If Dick Blodgett doesn't ed
ace up and head in a new direction d,
will happen. Out this way "a
: never wait to impeach an incom pa
tent official. nor is a committee APP ~
inted to ask him to resign. He is W
lied up to limb and let down three vi
four times. and then given chance
git. II he doesn't take it. the next
II leaves him up there.
In this instance, the dead man turn so
out to be old Jim Carnahan. who D,
ght to have turned up his toes long tn
o and who went out and died to get tn
of his own company. But that's In
excuse for Dick. Business is bust CO
SIS and he has got to be sober ar
ough to tell the dead body of an
N from a mule. and proceed ac- re
or a shadow will fail across We
path. blu