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Show Jimi kCUIITLni HAS REASON TO FEEL PROUD Has at Last Attained to Dignity of a Newspaper That , Is Unique and Startling - . The latest newspaper to arrive In this city is the , Thunder Mountain Newi,Jy Wished at Roosevelt, Ida, Under Un-der date of October 29, number one of volume one came from the press. Its columns are replete with all the ear marks of a mining camp publication. . Its news Items eparkla with person- aaesfcaaasaas. I ' ' - " alitlea coming from an ' Intimate acquaintanceship ac-quaintanceship between the editor and his townsmen. . Among the advertisements the following fol-lowing appears:. v "The Packer's rest; " In the woolly West Is at the town of Randall. Of gin and beer and Bug Juice here, ' None but the best we handle. Come, drop your tools. And leave your wagon. Unhitch your mules and Get a Jag on." In one of the personals is this: "Tom Jones was sober last Saturday. N. B. As we go to press we learn that the above report is untrue." .If you wish something that savors of the wild and woolly West of former days, "New and second-hand afttshooters for sale at Pat McMahon's." One is moved to pity J. Cunningham. The startling news is stated thus: "J. Cunningham was kicked In the Mlddlefork by a mule." , Jones A Shaneour's is certainly the place to buy a good load of mining camp peaches. Here Is their "ad": "A bracer before breakfast, during or between meals, before or after bedtime. bed-time. Best old "Bug Juice," "Juice of Giant Powder," and fresh home-made whiskies." The "Log Cabin Club" is the only place in Thunder where you Can get a highball. . Of course a new Western mining camp would be incomplete without such characters as "Diamond Dick" Thunder Mountain has him. He advertises ad-vertises this way: "Meals, Lodgings, Liquors, Cigars, Horsefeed, etc. Our whleky is never less than 95 per cent proof." If a man comes to Thunder Mountain Moun-tain and wants to stay. Julius Lacks seems prepared to provide him with Just what he wants. If he dies he will provide for this and If he wants to get away he will be furnished with a vehicle vehi-cle of some sort. The worthy provider advertises himself as a carpenter prepared pre-pared to furnish "window glass, doors, sashes, coffins and -wagon making." How would you like to take your best girl for, a buggy ride In Thunder Mountain. Hay Is $200 per ton. If it takes so much hay at so much per ton to feed a horse so long, how much will the ride cost? Figure it out and let The Telegram know what your solution solu-tion Is. Here is where extremes meet, for sure. A local brief announces: "Five wagonloads of boose and a bran new piano have arrived at the Big Amusement hall. Contracts for the T. M. C. A. building, are still In abeyance." . Sam Gilliam's store no doubt presents pre-sents a unique appearance. His shelves are loaded down with a varied assortment assort-ment consisting of, "Liquors, case and cask, warranted not to contain cayenne pepper, fusel oil, boxing gloves or tobacco." The paper is edited by Clarence E. Eddy., the poet prospector. He says in his editorial greeting. "We hope to make it a publication unique and .distinct from all others." After reading the columns, no one will doubt that the publishers have attained at-tained their fondest hopes. Their purpose pur-pose Is to upbuild the town of Thunder Mountain, as It deserves. It is Impartial, Impar-tial, independent and progressive. The paper will no doubt prove one of the most valuable agents in attracting attention at-tention to the greaf camp. |