, 1922-02-18
ManyTales
OfViolence
mold West
Just Yarns
Bad Men. Gun Plays and Bauoom
Battles More Creations of Story
Writers and Makers of Moving
Pictures Than Characteristic
Events EarlyDay Editor Says

NoUGLAS. Arix@The southwest
in the early days OF the gold
IL rush was never as wild as II is
portrayed by the modern movie
hero. according to Major George II.
Kelly. publisher OF the Douglas Daily
International who has been a news
paper editor continuously for Sc years.
"a Of which have been spent in Ari-
IONA
Major Kelly began his newspaper
career at Poular Bluff. No. in July
1859. when as a boy OF fifteen years
he started in as devil and within
three years. through tho help OF
friends, berr-c editor and owner OF
tho Rick River News. upon which he
had <erved his apprenticeship.
With the exception OF the years OF
1855 and 1889. when he worked on
newspapers at Tucson. Arlz-. Hajor
Kelly has been g newspaper proprie-
tor and editor.
His first exciting newspaper experi-
ence In the wilus Of Arizona was In
connection with tho hold up and rob
berry Of Major wham, an army pay
master. who. with his escort, was as
sailed by a band Of outlaws on the
road from Fort Grant to Fort Thomas.
both in Graham county. Arizona IN
the spring OF 1889.
The outlaws ESCAPED with SIS, 900 in
gold. and Major Kelly. then a young
editor. Joined a posse OF soldiers and
civil officers in a search for the
thieves. 1t was n trying search.
marked with numerous adventures
and dangers. Nine men were cap
tured and held for the robbery. They
were tried in Tucson. Ariz.. the trial
lasting several weeks.
Law and Order Ruled.
Law and order marked the trial and
the major in recourting the early days
in the southwest. declares hat al
though no has had many desperate
characters, known as bad men"
pointed out TO him he never saw them
In action. or in any OF his experiences
he has never seer one of them able 10
hold off a whole barroom full of cut
Threats as the modern movie hero
does.
1t is the consensus OF opinion among
tho old timers OF his acquaintance. he
says hat when the young tenderfoot
from the east came west and connect
ed with one OF the outlaws who in
those days frequented the saloons, he
had his hands full.
In 1890 Major Kelly bought the Ari-
zon Bulletin. a weekly newspaper
published at SolomonviIle, Ariz., and
published it for IS years being sufr-
ciently prosperous TO give a colle-e
education to his two children. w. B..
Kelly. now editor Of the Clifton Ariz)
Copper Era. and Mrs. C. L. Rawlins.
a resident of Globe. Ariz., and the wife
OF n prominent lawyer.
In 1908 he sold his newspaper in
Graham county and established the
Daily International at Douglas, where
he las since resided and is yet active
in editing and publishing this paper.
According to the major. the news
paper business is very different now
from what 1t was 80 years ago. Then
advertising was not regarded as n bus
mess proposition and those who paved
for advertising space usually carried
the same copy for months. and in
sumo no change would be made
in their advertisements for n whole
year. Running a newspaper in this
age, he says, is strictly a business
prorcsition. and because II has BEEN
put on that basis publishers arc Mt
last making a fair profit from the cup
ital Invested.
Plenty Of Live News
Ia the early days in Arizona there
wero many exciting accounts Of train
robberies. holding up of messengers
bearing mine payroils and other large
sums OF money, but declares the
major, ct have never witnessed my
thing like Bill Hart and other movie
stars Gsrict on the screen as stories
of the early southwest During my "a
years in Arizona 1 have never wilt
messed even a fist tight and iavc new
err seen a man killed in 4 gun battle.
These things happened. Of eaurse,
but the southwest wab the bat
tie ground for the hundreds OF thrill
ers small boys used 10 buy at 10 cents
the copy or that the film producers
make US believe"
Major Kelly although a successful
editor and publisher, has never &c
CURED riches. He is comfortably sit
uated and declares him self satisfied
with a paying newspaper. a comfor'
table home ami the friends which sur