, 1889-05-16

crowd f people. I j" not want to ge
myself disliked by naming over fe
that were present. bnt If ! tell ypu tha
from the boy who believed it for hi
mother Fo'd him So, up the oldest inEat
liant, you may get at it best. A yer
good feature of the day was the clar
bake aud every one seemei % eni " IT.
That chap on tue corner was taIkiuj
to Motor Dooley yesterday after his ar
rIVai from the east Dooley IS somewba
OF mystery; L have met men who ;aIkel
a great deal more than Mr.. Dooley bu
nore who say less than be. Tie rail
Tor the motor line havc been shipped ana
tie road will soon be in running order
| That chap on the corner read in YES
terday's impression of the Evening Gal
| a communication sHid TO have been
signed bv eighteen business men and re.
hSctlng upon the editor Of this paper in
the matter of giving the public news.
|
the writer of this that the letter was
slgned by prominent business man, and
men whose patronage the ARGUS could
not afford to lose; in that we agree with
him. The ARGUS is grateful to the peo-
pie OF Port Tow asend for their aiVertis-
ing which has in many cases been most
generous, but We would ask, that all
doubt be set aside, that the Call pub
lish the letter again with list OF the
names OF tie business men.
1t is difficult for an editor of a paper
in town as small as this to please every
one. He has tried at considerable
loss to give the dispatches ard he did so
at the earnest solicitation OF number
OF business men who assured him that at
least four hundred new subscribers
could be added to our list. TIE ARGUS
tried it and failed. Not one word has
heen said in these columns regarding the
business men not advertising. Our lack
OF support came fro n citizens who would
rot subscribe. The editor did not ex-
pect 10 make money and his expectations
we're realized.
Regarding the publication Of tue pro
ceedings Of the Ananias club, those ar
tic!es would never have seen light the
second Sunday, had it not been request
ed by old as well as young citisans. The
writer of the club articles realized the
inability to do them justice and would
have preferred to let Them remain uu-
published, bad it not been, as is stated
above, requested by different people,
and if It is the wish Of the maj jlrity OF
our readers that they be discontinued
their request will be complied with. The
allusiou to 'coTuer lOafers yarns" re
quires no answer. If in the publication
of any so-calied yarns we have quoted a
''corDer loafers" sayings We are not aware
of it. The persons TO whom these stories
have been credited are the grieved Par
t!es, not the ARGUS
| The social matters are the most diff
cult to handle and do justice TO all the
parties interested. In several INSTANCES
the reports were brought 10 the Office for
publication, ,n others either the editor
or the reporter was present and made
notes, and in one instance at the request
OF ladies present special mention was
made OF certain people present, and just
here it might be well to state that an
old resident censured the editor for not
mentioning the name of lady as being
present at the inaugural tea. 1t lust
happened, however, that the lady had
not been at the hall. When the editor
decided not to give list Of names OF
people present he was told that il he did
not it would kill the ARGUS as Social
paper. Now eighteen business mem
find fault because any space is gwen tc
social events,
The editor has not asked anyone for g
subsidy. The matter was broached by
a real estate man and afterwards by one
the leading business men OF this city
If the citizens of Port Townsend wish tC
subsidize the paper such generosity
would be appreciated. There is not {
dollar of benefit to be derived ffom 1t by
the editor, nor would there be for {
long time, while it would be q good ad
Evertisement for the city.
! Regarding the Standard theatre no
tees, it is customary for all newspaper
to give such notices when the show i:
worthy, and We have heard many people
speak well of the performance. From
the writer's standpoint it is first-clas:
variety show, and its presence here add'
money, not snly to the Golfers of thu
ARGUS, but to most of our business peo
pie. Mr.. Cort's bill with the ARGCs ha
averaged nearly $l5 per week, and th'
editor feels Justified in publishing an &C
casional notice, even though the Call de
clines to. The ARGUS does not pose as ;
Sunday school paper any longer, it pub
fishes what it believes to be just.
Mr.. Willoughby, OF the Call, stated b
the writer of this, that the business mai
who handed him the letter mentioned
informed him that it had been hande'
to the ARGUS for publication and de
clined. 1t is hardly necessary for us /
state that no one in the ARGUS office eve
saw it until it Was published in tn
ECal.
1t was the writer's opinion that tn
eighteen business men existed only IL
the mind of some one connected with tn
Call. If they have the communication
we would be pleased TO have the name
published, Notwithstanding Mr.. Viii
loughby assures us that it would take til
"wiAd out of our sails"
BYSTANDER.
From Tuesdays Daily.l
When l learned that a boat weul
leave late Saturday night for Victoria,
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