The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-10-09
w, r, Warner.

About 4 year and half ago we sold the
HOPE PIONEER to R. Fl. Simpson, with the un-
derstanding that he would pay for 1t according
to contrast. He did not do SO by any means,
and our noxt best move was TO either take the
PIONEER back, or part Of the material and
let him pay for the balance. We did not want
the PIONEER for reasons best understood when
explaifAd to printers SO took the greater part
OF the material from said Ol1iCe.-TF L. Uur-
ner.
To read the above one would suppose that
Warner had been wrongfully abused by us.
But lie has distorted the facts to suit his caso rs
we propose to show. In order to proper under
standing Of the matter it is necessary to 70
back to August 1889, when Warner purchased
the PIONEER from the Red River Land cem-
pany, giving his notes for the enti,e amount Of
the purchase price, giving a chattel mortgage
on the Office and second mortgage on a quar-
ter section Of land as security. Warner paid
one note out Of the money Oh the books at the
time of purchase, and in the spring following
we purchased from Warner, he allowing the
mortgage to remain on the land, we paying
him cash to reinburse him for tile note paid
and assuming payment Of the notes remaining
to be paid. The first of these was paid. The
| next note fell due in the fall. The price Of
wheat was very low and the business outlook
extremely dark. Under the advice of friends
wo proposed to e. H. Steele to make a new
deal, paying the note duo with interest to date
and giving new notes for those Of Warner for
smaller amounts and at longer intervals, re-
lease the mortgage on Warmers land and give
| him other security, explaining to him that the
business Of the office would not justify the
| payment of over $1,000 year for principal
| and interest. Mr.. Steele declined to make the
change, remarkng that it would cause con-
fusion and trouble, and that it was best to al
low matters to remain as they were and pay
as promptly as circumstances would permit.
Shortly after this Mr.. Steele found it advan-
tageeus to use the notes in trade and did 50
The parties at once made a peremptory de-
mand for payment. We were willing to pay.
but did net propose to be pushed to the wall,
We renewed the proposition made to Mr..
Steele and wrote informing Warner Of the fact.
After an interview with the purchasers of the
notes Warner came to Hope bringing eoun-
ter proposition from the parties which we de-
| clined. Warner was anxious to get his land
released, alleging that he desired to trade II
! for material with which to start job office in
| Minneapolis. We finally made him PROPOSE
ton to sell him the PIONEER job Office, he pay
Ing for it with his land, we paying equivalen,
to $500 in cash, il the parties would accept the
same and deliver up the netes and mortgages,
thus clearing up the whele business, the under.
standing being that Warner should remove the
material to Minneapolis. Warner eagerly en-.
braced the proposition, for he knew that it wa,
more than generous on our part. He was vel
aware that we had but to remain passive ant
the only remedy the parties had was a fore
closure OF the mortgage on the land and theE
on the material, in which event the aohole effic.
would not probably bring AZ much as we wert
Offering for part. Tho parties accepted anc
the trade was made, all the time with tho un
derstanding that the material was to be re-
msved from Hope. After the trade we left fol
a short trip to Chicago, Warner asking us tt
write and inform the party in charge to aIlsu
him to pack up and remove the material In
our absence. Judge of our surprise on return.
ing to learn that Warner, instead Of renewing
the material to Minneapolis, as agreed, had 70.
moved it to another building and was about to
start another paper. We leave tito any candid
man to say whether this was honest or honor.
abk. We then applied for legal advice and
were informed that we had geod case fol
damages against Warner, and we instructed
our legal friend to notify Warner that w
should bring suit against him, which was don't
by letter. Later, in locking carefully at til,
chances for recovering, tia lawyer summed
the mattes up by saying that while he was sat
ishsd an action for damages would hold good
closed with the very forcible If inslegant OK
preston, "But why sue 4 beggar and catch