Show the kicker man old steve bridgeman who has several times to m these columns as the meanest white man in arizona has stopped his paper because we did not have a column editorial on the fouch of joiy he says we are no patriot and that a man who cant whooper up for independence day is a cussed rebel we have scratched his name off the list and if he quit lying about us well scratch his carcass off the face of the earth As to the of july we were bom on that day As to the patriotism weve got more in our heels than old steve could hold in his whole body the man who intimates that we dont take off our hat every time we hear the name of washington is a liar and horse thief our editorial on the fourth was a solid chunk of patriotism weighing twenty five pounds but was crowded out to make room for the advertisement beaded how to cure a bad breath we know our gait and we think we know the great need of most of our townspeople As to old steve bridgeman we are expecting two or three of his six or seven wives to drop in on us any day and furnish us some powerful reading matter dont be uneasy stephen well get to you in a few days heretofore as our readers know the kicker has almost entirely abstained from publicly criticizing criticising critic ising the evils which all know to exist under our nose we have become tired and disgusted with ourselves for the lack of spunk and next week we shall open a red hot campaign on the mayor the common council the firo department all secret societies the saloons the gambling dens and on various other organizations and institutions reeking with corruption it will bo a spicy issue it will make more than a ton of human hair stand on end it will make a thousand hearts thump like pile drivers chicanery deceit hypocrisy theft robbery arson and murder will be properly tagged off and the tags pinned to the right coattails coat tails order your extra copies at an early date advertisers should abend in their copy by saturday dont neglect this golden opportunity another may never come arizona kicker |