The Washington herald., 1915-10-17

| Ono OF the funniest things that ever
happened in this town was pulled off in
good shape Tuesday afternoon. On Mon
| day We got keg Of red ink from Chi
| eago, oeInS tie first thing of the sort
ever seen IN this par. If Arizona. Our
esteemed GontetnDorar, down the street
has mad a great many things to bear
| from us. ana the red ink was the last
| straw. He sent us word thai he was
going to shoot US on sight. but we'd for
| gotten abou: 1t when We started for
the postoffice at O'Clock. AS we passed
Santa Fe ailev We heard a pistol go Off
| followed by several successive reports.
tusilade OF that sor, we kept on. 1t
was not ua:. Ne had entered the POST
| office that Col. Irwin came running in
to inform us that VIC had been shot az.
! ambushed las at the alley and fired his
first shot. Then he followed on and
plugged away five times more without
suspecting it and finding he could not
barrel and cried line boy. When we
understood the case We went back anC
offered to stand against the wall and
let him pep away OF for half a day.
out even thanking us. Poor old daddy:
A word to Maj. JonesJ We understand
that Maj. Jones is making it his business
to circulate around town and tell every
body that We have deciued not to run
for mayor even if the nomination Was
offered to Us by acclamat ton. In tell
ing this the mayor lies. No one has
authorized him to make any such state
nentc and ne is actuated only by rh''
ba: est motives. We not only want the
nomination but We want to be elected,
and We shall work tooth and nail to
get her.
a word with you. Major-If. after
your attention has been called to this
notice. you persist in your malicious
insult. That is. we shall strap on our
gun and meander around town, and as
we mearder We shall look for you. II
but II you don't You had better have
instructions written out as to where
you want to be buried.
It's our way-There are over 200
subscribers on our books who are ow-
ing u for two years subscriptions.
Most of these are Eastern people who
have been accustomed to paying for
probably astonish them to know that
we run things on a different basis out
here. We don't want TO be too sudden
with them and therefore nns,nr; announce
During the next thirty days the delin-
quents can settle up with hay. oats.
corn. live stock, or whisky After that
them up, and we decline 10 be held re-
sponsible for results.
EXplanatory-We understand that
Col. Childers is making a great blow
around town about the little affair of
last Saturday, and that he has induced !
some of our best citizens to believe |
that Wss SsSe lived to bsfs iae
long for any solid business man to be- ,
lieve any such thing of US. an explana-
tion is perhaps due to all parties.
The colonefs wife is poetess. That
is. she has copied poetry from stand !
ard poets and brought II to us as orig
inal. and it has been published as such |
have suspected that all was not right. !
but We are kind-hearted and willing to |
give a poetess show. Saturday morn
inf she 6sd 659Esn' %sEs5 Rnnkst nH thnught
we'd heard it somewhere. but she as
sured us that II was strictly original. ,
She hadn't been gone half an hour
thought he had heard of such poem. !
found that our suspicious were correct.
The poetess had stolen the whole
thing !
The colonel happened to be passing /
by. and we called him in and broke
the news Is gently as possible. He
iew mad in a moment and attemp,ed @
ever. that he had left his gun at
home. and we held him up against the
wall and slit his right ear and let him
ment of all the facts, and We chal-
The Right Thine-we told Bin
months ago that the climate of this
ocality would wear him out. and
strongly advised him to travel He
hought he knew the town better than
We did and the result was hanging
ast Friday night. Bill kept on drink.
ng and fussing until he put a bullet
nto Indian Mike. No doubt Mike
,ught to have been shot long age. but
he boys concluded Bill was getting
90 careless with his gun, and he was
invited to go out and be hung. it
We were early on the spot. OF
,ourse. while our contemporary didn't
ven hear of the case till next day.
Ne expected Bill would be a little
ore on us, but he wasn't He wanted
q shake hands with us before he was
led. and during the fifteen minutes
flowed him on the head OF the barrel :
le spoke in the highest terms OF us
s a citizen and as the editor of the '
Kicker. declaring it worth five times
he subscription price (s1 in advance).
nd added that II he had needed the I
,ood advice found in every issue he ! I