East Orcgonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition.
Pendleton, Oregon, Saturday, September 23, 181S
A Tale of Old Weston, Given in Verse
Twwty-Four Pages
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Town."
(Under the name of David pupu
nioxmox, a Seattle resident, evidently
a pioneer of Umatilla county, has sub-: Hay-lnktum-da; Old Davy yelled
mltted to the Kant Oregonlan the fol
lowing verses which, thinly disguised,
tell of the historic gun fight whlcii
Hank Vaughun had with a man nam
ed Long.) .
AT OIJ HESTOX TOWN.
Three old fellers wan a gallopln' down
The dusty trail to old Weston town,
One rode a 'pinto,' eye and all;
One rode a Spanish 'hosB," rawboned
and tall;
The other rode un Arabian steed,
Known in Siwash as "Appaloosu''
breed:
And the three of 'em gallopped along
the road
Unconscious of how their riders
"blowed."
It was three miles from the "Wild
horse brink'' j
To where these fellers could get a
drink,
For Weston town was known near
and far
As the home of Harney lTones "pio
neer liar."
And "Barney" kept "Poison," both
cool and hot,
And was always ready for a hand at
"Jack-pot."
So the trio rode like "Broncho Kids"
Over the hills on their foaming steeds.
Along the trail the sunflowers grew;
Along the trail the curlews flew;
And the sun was hot that August
morn
In the land where the first coyote was
born.
The mouths of the riders cotton spit
Until they was choKing chock full
of It;
Ftom the top of the hill the three
looked down
On the shady streets of "Old Weston
As the fumes from Harney's his smell
er smelted;
I golly-livin: And old Dock Scott
Found a "Koyal Flush" in a big Jack
pot"; For afar in advance the game he play
ed, i
Where the stakes were high and the
boys all "stayed."
But old Louie was mum, and, with a
frown
He ventured again Into Weston
town.
They rode to the creek where their
steeds could drink,
Then looked about, heard the glasses
clink;
It was "Barney's Bar' and soon was
tied
Three sweat covered '"kuitans," side
by side,
And the riders strode Into the room
With Jangling spurs . and roseate
bloom.
The smell of the liquor was something
fine,
And old Davy "hollered" "Git up in
In line."
They looked about to see who was
there;'
Old Tom and old Ben, and a quartet
fair
Who sat at a table rattling chips
And never a smile played about their
lips;
They were shuffling the cards In
.professional style.
And time was so precious they cared
not to "smile."
"Excuse me," says Barney, ':'but Isn't
it tough
To have you old fellers destroyln' my
roof"
Then the feller who wore the gray
coat buttoned tight
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"It Isn't The little duce of diamonds.
J I'll Just be dod'ghast
Well,
Allowed to his "partners'
quite right
Tu sit idly by and see. "beer" go to And that was the card he had draw
wa-ste," ed. Jiminy!
We'd better Join in, and take a small ' A straight diamond fluth: Delightful
tame.' to see.
Allow me, Hank, this is Uncle Dave: There was "fiz" in the air, for John
Strong: Long was hard hit
Dave, litis is Hank King; and this id: And he sat at the table for quite a
John Long. long bit;
These other two fellows Is strungers.i Then suddenly rising he flashed a
I see;
Whut'll you have, boys? This one's
on me.
big bun
And the "popping" commenced; we
other guys run.
I'd heard of Hank King, but never: They had the house clear, and
divined counted the shots
That he waj a gentleman, smooth and, They had emptied their guns exact-
refined: I 'y ten snots
But somehow I fell to the cut of his' A minute of silence, and then once
Jib
The style of his hat and the dash of
bib;
again
The pop of the pistols made every
thing plain.
But John Long was a stranger, having They had each reloaded their guns
no "reo " and once mpre
And the other tw0 fellers hadn't1 Were shooting away as they were be-
COLESWORTHY'S
learned to "set up";
So we all took the drinks about sev
en times round
To celebrate rightly the new frlenU-i
we'd found,
Ha-inktum-da: 1 was spoiling for fun,
And soon we got busy and lung stor
ies spun;
but it wasn't lor stories or things ot
thai sort
We a.- out looking alter; we wanted
twill jport;
And there's nothing so enticing as
hold.ng the mane '
Of a "Bucking Pinto- in a big poker
game.
So chips, cards and table were
quickly shook down
In Harne.v's Lack room, in "Old Wes
ton Town.'
Say, fellers, 1 never played poker before?
Why Hank King would raise u
clean out oi uie uooi ;
And the way that we "tinhorns''
would bet ami "lay down,"
Will be long remembered in Old Wes
ton Town
fore.
Ten more shots we counted, and then
all was still,
But none of us cared to go into that
"mill."
Ten minutes passed by before we
went in
To see what was done and gin up
up again.
Hank and John were stretched full
length on the floor
John at the back Hank near the
front door;
They were covered with blood, and.
each of them grim
With reckless 'don't care,' knew their
chances were slim;
For their bodies were riddled with
bullets. And then
We learned w hat it cost to be desper
ate men.
But Hank King got well, and so did
John Long;
You see Hank said right, "My time
hasn't come."
And many the daredevil prank he yet
played;
But between him and Long enough
had been said.
we haunt tne nerve 10 ui.i " Thev ttV0i,led each other, and after
I r',lse' , , . a time
jAnd was learning to smile at Hanks Ilank figure(, that John & ,
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While he ruled at Weston with gran
deur and spleen.
While old Davy still wobbles around And stood up like men who never
bent and old. knew "cants";
His memory lives through those For many have gone and many have
"mills' hot and cold; come
And whenever he thinks of long hills Since old Davy Strong made Weston
slopping down, h's home;
He goes back to the days of Old But of all the great places where sor-
Weston Town. i rows ne er frown.
I5ut time has wagged along in her.
flight,
And Old Barney Prone has fought his
. .... i lesion lown. i
last tlgnt; j The (alrest oli pace )s "old Weston
Hank King met his fate from the fall, Hay-inktum-da! But I'd like to see- Town."
of a horse; Such times again as there used to be. DAVID POPUMOXMOX.
.... ,-iiiuiit hanuened that' cum umra usum as mere usea to oe. ua xu -,.4iu.,ua.
vtnen un ,Ilt ' v j Whrf could reign down at Prineville And John Long died nione at the end. When we put on our guns along with Seattle, April 13, 1911, 1430 26th
The Feed Store
of Pendleton
"tore off the roof
MJohn Long had Oalled Hank and
found it a bluff "
Avenue.
Carrying a full Stock of
HAY,
GRAIN,
STOCK and
POULTRY SUPPLIES
Rolled Barley, Shell
Bone, Grit, Laying
d Remedies
l-T-l .
Ionics art
Don't think of send
ing elsewhere for your
stock and poultry sup
plies when wou can
save time and freight
by buying in Pendle
ton, the central dis
tributing point east ot
the Cascades.
C. F. COLE
129 E. Alta Street, Opposite City Hall
Telephone- 131. Pondleton, Oregon
n gioiy .-eienr; i 01 mes course: our pants
found it a bluff " i
lyou ouslu to have, seen Hank's ! Ef
But nea word, 'as he lit hi, olu g '0
He sat there and looked at his cards, g ; fa H
and kept mum, p 3 g jl
Till he picked up four diamonds. r ! E E
Then some ' pa E
Hetting commenced, and it went all; g ft
around, C P cj!fc
For each "Unkum-poop" had got in &s S j p.
on the ground. g M g
When it come to "discarding" Hank p U j Z
only took one, ? g Dj r"l"',l'M"MiM ih
And that was the s.snal that a blult K S H l " I W'S:d
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I had two old queens; and the card
that 1 dr.iwed
Made my heart feel like quitting It!
froze and it thawed;
For as shore as shootin' two more
queens and a king
Looked up blandly at me. I had quit?
i a sure thing.
Well, four of us stayed in that pot till;
me snow.
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I u siaiveu U 1 liuu turn bu n-m j,vvv- ,
And John Long and Hank King was
betting like well
Old Barney said things was "hotter'n
hell."
Such games are worth seeing; but I
felt I was out, ,
For surely them two knew what they
were about;
But not till John's money was all In
the pot
Did any one lisp, whether playing or
not.
Old Barney and all of the ftst of the
gang
Stood up on their toes and watched
the "Shebang."
"I guess you three fellers can show
for the "side,"
And I showed my four queens with a
good bit of pride.
When I showed down four queens
Dock tore up his "papes,"
And cussed at himself for a damned
jackanapes;
Then John Long calmly turned his
five little cards
Four aces, a duce. Guess I've won
It "pards;"
He waited for Hank. He turned over
a "tray"
The three spot of diamonds. A bluff.l p
did you fay?
Then slowly he turned the four, five o!
All diamond!- (My little old queen M'S'Pt 'IIMJUJ
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