The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-09-25
THE EXCHANGE EDITOR'S
RETROSPECT OF tLKO RODfO


The Invitation
To the scribe who rules the Press Club
Came the cry from Elko county,
Cne fine day in early autumn:
Come, all We newspaper editors,
Bring your wives and bring your
sweethearts,
Bring your near and far relations,
Here your money will be bogus.
Come and view the Big Rodeo."
The Preparation
Said the newsman to his helpmeet:
F" Lo, these many moons and years long
We have toiled and we have struggled
With the flaming editorial,
With the scarce and poor collections,
With the carriers and printers.
Let us go and see the white lights,
Ere we re gathered to our fathers
Let us see the Big Rodeo.
Pack the family war bag, pronto;
Don t forget my other collar;
We will spend the week in seeing,
Feasting, having much enjoyment.
We will not take John, the Mascot,
For the Press should not be muzzled.
When we see the Big Rodeo.'
The Journey
On a Sunday after luncheon,
Bathed and dolled up a whole lot,
Started these two pencil pushers,
To the scene of their near downfall.
Peanut butchers, porters, con men,
AID saw something good a-coming;
Each one strove to beat the other
To the purse and to the gripsack,
Till the editor he prayed low
For the mercy shown to no one,
Leave us but single peso,
o. we II miss the Big Rodeo.'
The Arrival
All too soon the journey ended,
And the lights of Elko city
Purst upon the astounded eyeballs
OF the pilgrims from the sagebrush;
But their joy was all too rt-lived,
I'or there was no room or shelter;
Thought they of their pleasant quarters
And resolved to start home, forthwith
Looked about and saw but strangers,
Hearts were full of sad forebodings,
When a voice of silver sweetness
Said, "I've pitched a man from his
room.
Steninger, the friend of strangers,
Helped them out when all was gloomy.
The Rodeo
Skeeter Bill, of all the riders
Known to fame throughout the West
lard,
Bit the dust without a struggle
Tsmbled on the broad camino,
At the third jump of his cayuse;
Caldwell grabbed off the dinero.
Both could get points from Humboldt s
champion,
Both could learn to ride from Minor.
This is not for publication,
Said lady to her escort,
Both the ladies We're handsome
women,
But they could not ride a little.
I could take a stove-up eowhorse,
Spur him soft behind the shoulder,
SPUR until he took cat-hop,
And pack off that fifty dollars.
If the money is so easy,
| next year the lists shall enter
At Garcia s Big Rodeo.
The Banquet
At the Editorial Banquet
rendered to the handsome, highbrow
Moulders Of the state opinions,
Thoughts so brilliant, thoughts so
clever,
fingered in their owners think-tanks
Not word or thought was uttered,
Save a short toast ''To the Ladies.
Thinking parts had all the men folks
And the ladies held their silence.
The Baby Show
At this show native daughter,
Quite unbleached, but somehow charm
ing,
Unexpected, but quite welcome.
Took a prize among white babies
Taking ways have all Piutes.
L 'Envoi
| could wear out Noah Webster,
Eunting adieetives to fl the
Wonders viewed in Elko City,
Planted by the treacherous Humboldt
But the Boss with fierce blue pencil
Hovers anxious in the offing
Saving, "You had better get us
Back home to Winnemueca,
For we must get out the paper.
Catch the five o'clock train for our
Uncle Sam is rather testy,
And we II lose our mailing privilege.
Home we came and here located.
Ewes have not assumed the normal
And re looking forward, eager
To behold next years Rodeo.
LANDER COUNTY TREASURER