Carbon County news., 1937-08-27

cally enough called the Breeze
and for the same reason Redondo,
Calf, also has a Breeze. Coop
erstown, N. Y, has a Glimmer-
glass because one of its most ia
nous citizens was j. Fenimore
Cooper and he ir1nortalized a
lake by the name of Glimmer-
glass in his Misunderstanding
Tales.
Down in Arizona there is a
newspaper called the Epitaph
which is appropriate because it is
published in the famous mining
camp of Tombstone. And Tomb
stone got its name because old
timers in the region tried to dis
courage a prospector, named Ed
Schieff1in, from going out alone
in the Apache-infested land and
warned him that instead of gold
he'd "find his tombstone if he
didn't watch out" Bisbee, Ariz.,
has a newspaper named the Ore,
which tells instantly what is it's
principal industry just as the
Nome (Alaska) Nugget and the
Tonapah (Nevada) Bonanza sug-
gest the riches of those famous
mining camps.
Out in Taft, Calf, there is a
paper named the Midway Driller
principally because Taft is located
in the center of the: Midway oil
fields. Oil City, Pa, also reflects
the industry on which its prosper
ity is founded in the name of it's
paper-the Derrick.
Several years ago a Kansas his
torian began digging into the old
files of the newspapers of his state
and reported on his findings as
follows:
The Kansas Prairie Dog lived nine
months, at Lake City, Barber county. The
Pawnee Rock Crank stayed a little
longer, while the EIbing Hatchet, named
in honor of Mrs. Nations implement
of warfare, survived two years. When
E! !ndale had its first natural gas. excite
ment, a fellow moved in and estab.
lished the Gas Jet. In 1867 reform
movement swept over Chase county.
It was backed and sponsored by the
True Reformer, at Cottonwood Falls
Two years previous in the same town
Scalping Knife worried through six
months. The Chanticleer croWed Justify
for Niotaze before it turned up its toes.
1.-THE Champion Liar of Kansas went
forth under Perry, Jefferson county,
date line. In the eight months it lived
it proved and established tscontention
1t glorified Kansas and exalted its good
name. In that particular it did not live
up to its own name.
''In those days of freak names there
was a Spy at Chautauqua Springs, a |
Cashier at Cash City, Firebrand at |
Clay Center, Cyclone at Clyde, and |
Little Casino at Burlington. Chapman
Founder, Howard its Broadaxe, and |
Grenola its Hornet The Kansas Sod |
Home went forth with its message from |
Ravanna, the Mustard Seed from Otta-
wa, the Razoop from Ensign, and the |
Rszooper from Cain City. Coolidge on
the Colorado line, started with the Bor.
der Ruffian, and wound up with the Un-
muzzled Truth. ~:
"The Circlevi1le Kicker wore itself out
in ten months, while Lucifer the Light
Bearer lived through seven years at
Valley Falls. The Light of Liberty blazed
at ESbon year. The Kearney County
Coyote made it's headquarters at Hart.
land, and the Infant Wonder stuck to
Parsons two years. In the '80s Emporia
had its Fanatic, Beattie its Boomerang
and Blue Rapids its Lyre. Sweet Chariot
was the name of a negro newspaper at
Dunlap, in Morris county, and in 1873
the Star Of Hope shone in all its bright.
ness at Urbana. The Sixteenth Amend.
ment struggled for few months at Ness.
and the Ray Baby talked the Greenback
language at KirWin. Cullison was proud
Of its TomahaWk, Sawyer its Saw. and
Grigsby its Scorcher.
''In the Wichita newspaper graveyard
lives Jerry Simpsons Bayonet, and
Jibber-Jab. Gone, too, are the Fargo
Springs Prairie Owl and the Springfield
Soap: Box. Topeka's Whim. .Whann and
durry-Kane were shortlived, and d. the
Sherman County Dark Horse ran his last
race at Goodland in 1894. The Mocking
Bird sang SWeetly at Oxford for siX
years before it quit.
"Those most familiar with ton.cats
Jay their average life is six years. That
1eleI - pOTHe OUT ny LlS existence of the
Thomas County Cat at Colby What be.
:ame of the Cat, do not know. Jude.
ng from its picture under the heading
Df that northwestern Kansas rewspaper
am of the opinion that It pof fired
lighting and died The Cats back is
lrched, its tail stands out at an angle of
S degrees, and the whole thing suggests
/ bundle of skin and bones"
Unusual newspaper names are
~ no means confined to the ngood
I'D days." however. Recently it
vas announced that the Jefferson
Texas Jinplecute would be re-
rived as daily, succeeding the
emi-weekly Jefferson Journal
md that brought up the question
# the origin of that name. It
vas then recalled that the name
anne from the papers motto.
vhen it was founded back in 1865
-''Join Industry, Manufacturing,
Labor, Energy and Cap
tai in Unity Together Everlast-
ngly."
Similar to this name is the
implicute, published in the town
{ Illno in Missouri, the origin
4 which is obscure. The same
tate has an Unterrifed Democrat
1 Linn and the fact that it was
stablished in 1866 is sufficient
xplanation for that unusal name.