Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-17
ssDOndent All That Was Left of
i Moiave Indian Alter Mix
Up With Dynamite.
nHN'S JOKES FELL FLAT
lapper Named Starlight Was Co.
ssDondent and Jury Included Such
prorlnent Citizens as Rattiesnake
Charlie and Gold Tooth Nellie.


natman, Ariz.-This town is just
aaier.uz down after the decision in the
s8Ferre case of Oatman vs.. Oatman
1ohu Oatman, u Mojuye Indian. was
mel by his wife Estelle. They were
A. in 1903 and have ten chill
ufen Six years ago John used dyna-
mid ID working claim in the CAT
nlar gold mining district Through
IN misunderstanding with the dy-
nanue John lost one eye and most Of
Lis scalp ana was obliged to call in
p0e Ioag- Painless Hoag' pull
eut an tuut were left of his teeth and
se him Il set of artificial ones.
H.. with glass eye and a lux
urio lis Wig, made John practically as
gool as new But Estelle seemed to
feel from that time on that some
thlng was missing from the husband
she once knew
Johns Little Jokes.
something a little less than love
Beelned to fill John heart too as the
yeas rolled BY Bootleg peddlers
fsiald John a willing customer, and
hrtasted deeply as Estele said after
Ward Of coffin varnish, forty rod and
sheepherder's delight. Buoyed up by
fAese John tried to make EsteIle's
life less humdrum by sneaking up be-
hin, her in the dark after lie had
ssripped and rubbed phosphorus over
his body Instead of being pleased.
she screamed. He then tried to amuse
her by doing the old tribal dances of
the Mojayes This also fell fiat. Moth
ing seemed to please her.
Jbe ten children We're little better.
From time to time John would sud
deny remove his glass eye and snatch
OF his wig, exposing his dynamited
scalp, but they only bawled Even
this harmless amusement was denied
hin al last, for he had been in the
habi of putting up his glass eye in
q poker game. If he lost he simply
er1ered another by mail But event
val the firm thar sent them to him
refused to give him any more credit
ano he was obliged to 20 about with
no glass eye at all.
Nhiie he was in this pathetic con
dition his wife cooked up dinner of
1acl rabbit for him one day and he
ate hinder the impression it was
ISL What made this truly serious
was the fact that the Yayapai tribe, to
which Estelle belongs, always eat jack
rabbit, but the Mojaves never do. This
has been understood for hundreds of
yea by both tribes and never To-
late until Estelle's act The subst-
tution preyed on John frightfully, and
he worked late at night making home
brew from cactus.
about this time John ana his wife's
father, the OLD gentleman known as
Geo. Forest-of Cattle, sat down on
sAe dirt floor one night during Is
tel e's absence to stage a friendly lit
sse battle between tarantulas and vim
agf0nes. which bite like tarantulas or
NO coping the contestants in Es-
tel Is best sugar bowl. John alleged
afterward that the old gentleman Sc
sSe Is sprinkled ant powder all over
Jon trantuI0s, thereby causing
tle TO curl UP and die at a critical
molucnt in the fight and that as re-
sui If this underhand work BE lost ia
nis father-in-iaw al the money me
na &c panniug gold during the preyi
Gus summer.
Aversion to Wife's Mother.
When Mrs Oatman returned home
Jehn annoyed acr by scratching
mar ches on the soIes of his bare feet.
She wanted him to be nice to her
mother Mary Forest-of-Cattle. but
~ replied that no orthodox Mojave
1naion ever looked at mother-in-
laV pointing out that he hadn't
aeoked at the old girl since their
naarnage in 1903 and stated further
sha he didn't intend to look at her It'll
-Ie Colorado river froze over
! ortIy after this Estelle began to