Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-12-07
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sents the little ring and clique that opposed the
division Of Benton county, and which has lost
no opportunity TO belittle Lincoln county and
publish false statements concerning her and
her citizens ever since the bill creating Lincoln
was passed, has again opened its columns and
turned its broken down ammunition wagon on
us, this time loaded with personals and rotten.
insinuations, using nugwump attorney WHO
has also taken pleasure, in his quaint Irish way
Of throwing mud at us ever since the 18th day
of February, the day the bill passed cutting us
of from the dirtiest ring that ever infested Il
decent community; therefore will YOU kindly
allow me space in your valuable paper to make
a few corrections and offer IL few srygestions;
Now es to the author Of the inisrepreSenta,
tiOns that appeared in the last issue of the Ga
zette, we will guess at the name and call him
"Mack, for short. who, by the way, isa smooth
writer when occasion demands, as eye- came
from the land of butter-milk and potatoes-the
little Emerald Isle However there isnothing i'm
a name 80 long as we know the intention of IN
article, viz: to gain sympathy for the Jobs, and
at the same time vent his venomous spleen on
the citizens Of Lincoln County. This they have
been continually doing ever since last winter
when they spent time, wind and money down
at Salem in the interest Of the poor "CIam dig
gers,' as they were pleased to call us. Yet after
suffering an nglOrious defeat, and after coasoI-
ing themselves in various WAYS, some bu filing
up on rot-gut and some holding midnight .es,
sions Mt private boarding houses, at whieh tlrne
they became 80 elated as to soil certain hIsni,
ture, earpetsand wall paper belonging te eeT,
tain widow lady who when they had gone to
their respective homes, followed them up
with All extra bill for extra seyviceR-Working
In the Interests Of the poor "splmoR eaters the
balance OF the outfit have continued to use THAR
time, wind and warped brains In writing sensa-
tional falsehoods and publishing them in the
remnant of poor old Billy CaFter's paper, a pa.
per that In the days gone by was clear. cut,
out and out republican paper, owned and con
trolled by no clique OF ciap aud was run for the
best interests of Old Benton But alas, alas, It
has been stripped Of Its virtue and left dying by
the wayslde. Other high functionaries have
spent time that might have been used figuring
out the probable effect an Oregon winter might
have on the work done by road machine, in
devising plans whereby Benton county officials
coUld cOlyCt la~eS %. LIncOln county property,
and that, too, after the county clerk of Benton
county had certified to the tax roll and for
warded 1t TO Lincoln county Benton county
people have paid their taxes on Lincoln county
property to Benton county sheriff and ON tho
18th of December the sheriff of Lincoln countv
sheriff viii sell the same property for taxes mn.
der and by virtue of the law. who is IN b,aro
for this? We say a few officials of BENTON coun.
ty backed up by a few attorneys who want
finger in the pie, and not by the farmers and
n " nuts IN . No,
Prominent and at the head of this little pro.
cession, who are shedding their very life blood
as 1t were, for dear old Benton county and her
good people Is the man whose heart throbbed |
30 warmly for the welfare Of us poor Gland |
gers, among whom he at one time seemed con. |
tented to live and take his chances and clans.
and we have no doubt hut that at times he had
% take his soup without crackers. However he
has, In trying to carry water on both shoulders
Upset the whole kettle and the CLANS have gone
Ipck on him, and the ring IN aster on the other
ide cracks his whip and laughs at the man
Who one week with flourish and trumpet drew
lp the bill creating Lincoln county and the
Iext week signed remonstrance against IT,
Some Of the Corvallis bar seem to derive con.
lderaDle satisfaction from the fact that Judge
ohn kelsay has been working for Lincoln ooun.
y professionally. Sour grapes But it will be
cold day when "A Lincoln county man hires a
enton county attorney hereafter.
The last effort of Mack's seems to be for the
urpose of belittling and abusing the Lincoln
ounty grand jury, and to east reflections on
ur citizens at large for the purpose of creating
for the Jobs. This may be all right,
Professionally, looking ut 1t through his ewes,
Q eheVer thought that an attorney would come
own of his high perch and tell bare faced lie
'er so small thing as the politics of grand
lry' Hut their case isgetting desperate, Some
the old standbys In the ring have been In.
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