Way Back!
From the March 21, 1903 edition of the Silverton Standard:
NIGHTWATCHMAN ‘HOISTS WHITE FLAG.’
St. Patrick’s evening was ushered in with a sensational upshoot and down-shoot but with the modus operandi of the brawn.
The Hub saloon was the scene of the action and when our nightwatchman, John Dreyer, stepped into the resort to quell some loud talk he was made a party of the third part and came …