hand, and those who sympathize and shield the…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

line. The lives and pro- perty of our citizens must be protected at all hazards, and the thieves and outlaws put down for once and for ever. It is either one side or the other. Men who believe in maintaining law and order should come to the front and show their ( 95 ) hand, and those who sympathize and shield the thieves must be classed with them. There is no half-way ground. The fact that it has almost impossible to convict a thief in this county for years past makes the situation all the more aggravating, and if our people are made of the same ma- terial as those of other sections they will soon rely soley upon themselves for protection, and in that event the rustlers will go, and will not stand on the order of his going. The little child of King Holstein, of the NAN ranch, being left alone for a few moments last Saturday, got possession of a bottle of Fowler’s Solution and drank fully an ounce of the deadly drug. The little sufferer was brought to this city, and Doctor Stephens was called in attendance. Everything was done that science could suggest, but in vain, as the little innocent died on Monday night. The parents have the sympathy of the entire community. John H. Mattocks, a recent arrival from the east, father of James A. Mattocks, has open- ed a blacksmith shop in the Broadway block.