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About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1947)
Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, September 25, 1947 reminded G il of a sim ilar band Cass was proud of his record st which assembled each evening to ■ gunman and a tighter. He often Jenny Lind’s Concert Tour watch the train go through the Ohio boasted that whoever could lick Created Greatest Furor village where he had spent his him, either on the draw or with flats, youth. could be the next mayor. Mort •ß*A- A m e ric a ’s greatest fu ro r was A nearby cafe beckoned and Gil Cass wouldn't stay in a town where th a t created by Jenny L ind, the went in to have a cup of coffee he had been whipped. Swedish singer, d u rin g her concert before going to a hotel. The waiter Two men he had bested at gun tour (1850-1852) says C ollier's. had barely slid his brim m ing cup play were asleep on Boot H ill, at Its extent is indicated by n col down the counter, when one of the the edge of town. The only man | onlookers from the stage depot took who had ever fought him barehand lection o f L indlan a owned by the the next stool. He, too, ordered cof- ed might as well have joined them. New Y ork H is to ric a l society w hich The stage for Benson's Gulch was I fee and took a deep drink before His broken bones had not mended j contains, am ong its thousands of j Item s, scores of the countless ready to leave Tucson. Gilbert Brad- I turning to Gil. properly after the beating he had ly hurried up the dusty street and “ Haven’t 1 seen you some place received and his six-foot body was a rticle s on w hich her name and climbed aboard just as the driver before?” he asked. "You look real shrunken and misshapen. p o rtra it w ere used as a trade- whipped the horses and the coach fa m iliar to me.” Virginia and G il were making , m a rk o r decoration, such ns bon lurched forward. “ I don't recall meeting you," an- their way across the street one day nets, beds, w hiskies, w allpapers Once settled comfortably in his swered Gil. “ I'm new to this sec to dine at the Western hotel. Cass ar.d even m en's fancy vest b u t | £ lie sure you g e t A m e ric u s fa v o rite ric e cereal, seat, he casually took inventory of tion of the country.” swaggered out and moved toward tons. . Q . the one and only Krltuugi Klee Krlaplesl " It's a good country, but 1 can't them. his fellow passengers. Besides him self, the coach contained two people say too much for this town.” “ Well, if it ain't the pretty school —a g irl and a man. "D on't discourage me like that, marm turned editor and her pasty The girl's eyes reflected the color | when I've only been in town ten faced Don John." smiled Gil. “ What's of the violets which trim m ed her minutes.” Anger seethed through Gil. but he bonnet. Her dress was of gray lin j wrong with the town?” couldn't quite help being amused at The other grunted. "You've met the flagrant mispronunciation. He en. Beneath the brim of the bon net, several curls of auburn hair escaped to flutter in the draft from the partly open window. The first thing G il noticed about the man was his agate-hard yellow eyes. They were set close together under thick black eyebrows. The man was heavily built, with huge shoulders and hands. He wore twin gun belts crossed at his waist and the black handles of his six-guns protruded from open holsters. "Since we're all going to Benson's Gulch, we'd just as well make our selves acquainted,” he said, flick ing his yellow’ eyes over G il and then resting them on the girl. "I'm Mort Cass, mayor of Benson’ s Gulch.” The girl's pale face turned even w’hiter. Her lips quivered ever so slightly as she looked with loathing AU (he different brands people That's how thousands of smokers straight into the yellow eyes. smoked during the wartime learned from actual smoking experi “ I ’m Virginia Holmes. My broth cigarette shortage? Naturally, ence that cool, flavorful Camels suit er wrote me about you shortly smokers compared. them best! before he died." The two had forgotten G il’s pres ence. “ I was mighty sorry, ma'am, “Sorry," the girl flashed. "William was fighting you and your corrupt when your brother met his untimely friends with his newspaper. end." said Cass. “ Sorry,” the g irl flashed. “ W il our mayor. If you don't already ! could smell liquor on Cass’ breath. liam was fighting you and your cor know, you’ll soon find out.” The man had been drinking heavily, rupt friends with his newspaper. He By the time G il had been in town but was far from drunk. He pushed more than hinted that if an accident befell him, you would be behind it. two weeks he had made friends with between G il and Virginia. "Run along, tenderfoot," he said, I fiaven't the slightest doubt that you Virginia Holmes and incurred the enmity of M ort Cass for that reason. i " I 'l l take Virginia to dinner and see killed my brother." S I V I N T I I N THO U SA N D D O U A IS from The yellow eyes narrowed grim ly. Cass had learned that G il was in if I can't change her opinion of me 50 acres of tingle cross hybrid seed Arizona because of his health and a bit.” “ Some of those words are mighty he never failed to make a remark corn! That was one of the accomplish He started to take the g irl's arm. harsh, m a'am .” ments last year of Cham pion Farmer “ I shall print some just as harsh,” about "lungers” when he was cer She drew back and slapped him full John J. Gannon and h it father, W illiam said Virginia. “ You see, you didn’ t tain to be overheard by the smaller across the face. He started menac stop his paper. I am going to Ben man. G il found that not many of ingly toward her. I*. Gannon, on their 7H5-acre (arm near the townspeople liked Cass; but, one 'T i l learn you to slap Mort Cass,” son's Gulch to publish it.” Valeria, Iowa. Hog sales totalled over Virginia Holmes settled back into and all, they feared and obeyed him. 1 he said. 400 head. In a recent month, 16 pure Gil tapped him on the right shoul It was common gossip in Benson's her seat, turning her body to face bred Guernsey cows, three of them the window. Gulch that Cass had either fired the der. As Cass turned, G il drove a dry, returned $504.7H over feed costs. Gilbert Bradly had been about to shot that killed W illiam Holmes, or hard left into his face. The crowd, Seventy head of purebred Aberdeen- introduce himself, but he saw that ordered it fired. The body of the which was beginning to gather, gave Angus cows, and their calves, provide a a startled gasp. Cass charged at neither of his companions was inter young editor had been found in his profitable outlet for roughage. So does a ested. G il would have been the first shop one morning. A group of wild Gil and for a moment it looked as flock of sheep. T h e Gannons hale 7000 to admit that he wasn't an impres cowboys from a Cass-controlled it he would pummel him into the hales of hay annually. Careful pasture sive figure. He was slight, barely ranch had been drinking the night ground. Gil's rapid foot work saved five and a half feet tall. His gray before and done a lot of wild shoot him. His weaving body i£ade a management, manure and commercial eyes were m ild and his clothes ing in the town's main street. One poor target for the larger man's fertilizers, and a soil conservation pro marked him as a newcomer to the of the bullets had broken the glass bear-like blows. gram keep the farm highly productive. Cass soon realized that this fight desert country. window of the newspaper office and For economy and efficiency in operat The trio rode in silence to Ben lodged in the owner. The coroner was not going to result in the easy ing their farm equipment, Cham pion victory he had expected. He stepped son’s Gulch. had given a verdict of accidental Farmer Gannon has found it pays to A rriv a l of the stage was evidently death. As Cass was all-powerful back and w arily eyed his adversary. depend on Firestone tires. W hen hr an event in the town. The group in Benson’ s Gulch, no one openly Then again he charged at Gil, who and his father buy new tractors, they eluded him. of men gathered for the occasion questioned the verdict. specify Firestone Cham pion Ground Wild cheers rang from the crowd Grips. In the photograph, Shelia Ann later, when Gil stood with wide spread legs over the sprawled figure Gannon with her grandfather, W illiam of M ort Cass. I’. Gannon, and her father, Cham pion Farmer John J. Gannon. "Oh, what a lucky punch,” some one roared, as bystanders rushed to congratulate Gil. “ Lucky punch, nothing,” cried a deep voice. 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