, 1879-04-03
Mn.lcIl.2 fnlSsNOODS.


trying To make - sa'r Of the ARGUS prop
rrty. aud that Mr. ralrurire aud another
nrr spoken of n the probable purchasers.
We would regret very much to see the
ARGUS - UlDtrr, AMI are of the opinion
that Mr.. laIicntire, with either Mr.. Kuhn
or Mr., liaIIcr. would work quite a change
for the better IN that paper"
Ex. from the democratic Press"
of March 2rth.
"Ihe Tad effects Of evil associations
may be seen in the case of Rev. Allen
Weir, of the ARGUS Whp is said to have
the Custom House Rng.-"OIympia
Transcript of March 20th.
Blanchard KNOWS, or can ascertain
in five minutes time, that DR.. Minor
does not own "A dollar in the ARGUS
property-and that no one else does.
save onrsell. Because the "Press'
has failed to compete with the AR.
GUS, even although i: employed the
basest undermining business lodges,
it now descends to the more despic-
able means o: downright malicious
falsehoods 1--WE know OF no other APP
proprlate tcrm) in order to injure
our business by weakening public
confidence in 1t. The gentlemen
spoken of as probable buyers or in.
terested parties, are none of them
connected in amy way whatever with
our paper; nor are they likely to be.
We do not wish to sell or dispose Of
the ARSUS, and 40 one else CAN do
SO, unless misfortune Uvartakas us in
a way hitherto unsupported. The
ARGUS has, by legitimate business,
paid off $500 of its Indebtedness
within the four months last past
besides promptly meeting current
expenses of all klnds.'a We do not
aIluds to this in boasting spirit (al
though we are by no means ashamed
Of it) but to show how reasonable( p
Is the assertion that we are about 10
be sold out, SC.
The facts are that we came 20
Port Townsend with but little ready
money, having just spent several
hundred dollars of hard. earned cash
at school; that we have been sus.
pectsd Of being mere figure. head
for some one else, and that Blanch.
ard, Wilson & Co., after finding out
that we really meant business. have
availed themselves Of this last resort
to weaken and injure US financially.
Whether or not they we're at first
serious in believing that we repre-
sented some other person, they have
long since known diffe, emily; but
they evidently believe a die faithfully
''stuck to-" is as effective as the truth.
AS to Blanchard, we have So lre-
proven him falsiisr that
repetition is sunnecessary.
The Olympia "Trsnscript," twin
brother Of the Port Townsend de.
formity, thinks it legitimate and
proper 10 use every idle rumor to
our detrjrnspt, whsthsr,boras ON the
wings Of disreputabIs birdiike the
Press" or coming from = RELIABLE
sourcc--and why? simply because
we do not join in its cowardly and
malicious attacks upon good men.
la the present instance, Gum knows
the character and standing of the
"Press" well enoughto justify US in
branding his silly paragraph as much
q wilful lie as though it were not re.
dashed from the quotation just above
il.
To publish falsehoods in order to
lnjure ones business is more despic.
able and cowardIy mean than to bur,
glarize his house, and we have quite
enough 70 chtend with in lhs way
OF legitimate aud unavoidable 'ob.
s'aclss without being subjected to
such ungenrlemanly attacks. We
'SRrs' the necessity Of makiug'a de.
isnsiVe Showing, and hope our read.