Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-04-14

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# attempting to mechanically
rob us of our post Office and mail
rout; he commences all sentences
repudiating the statements Their
Elm made, with the prefix eff"
In one Of his doubtful moods he
states: ''lF, in the history of Dem
ver's growth and development
any undermined methods, to the
detriment Of any other town or
the Prairie generally, have been
resorted to, we would thank our
eotemorary for showing them up
at his earliest possible conven-
fence" Mote the wording; Sin
the history of Denver's growth
and developments *any under
handed methods have been.*
All we can say is, that we feel
for our sister town, in having an
editor who comes out through his
own columns and asserts that
his town (who's broad. expanse
DER laps the earth, and consists Of
a total number of less than score
of buildings) has reached its
"growth and Development All
we can say is, that we had not
for moment, supposed that
Denver had gone SO far. The
history of all nations, towns and
people has been, that when that
point is reached, sure death must
follow. We regret to think that
the editor of the Tribune, who
has set himself up as a judge of
business principles, and the
thoughts and characters of men,
should SO soon announce, that
the people Of Camas Prairie are
to attend the funeral of his own
town.
Again, in answer to the accu-
sation, that Denver was making
undetermined movements to in
lure Cottonwood and Camas
Prairie, he ASSERTS
eve have anticipated an out
burst for some time; the pressure
was great, and we knew the thin
cruet above could not long resist
it."
Virtually admitting that for
some long period he has known
that not only such undetermined
methods were being carried on,
but that the time was not far
distant, when the richeous rath
of the people of the Prairie would
fall upon his beloved followers
Again in one part OF his epistle
to the REPORT he accuses the ed
itor of being San ass of the first
ORDER" and advises his being
"caged until the mill is built"
thereby acknowledging his belief
in the certain results of the prop
osition. We would suggest,
brother editor, that if the bray
of the Tribune is hushed for the
present, the mill will soon be
built, when all asses of the Pra-
RE can be fed, even to the extent
of taking in the donated SUBJ
scription of the Tribune.
Again, he accuses the editor of
the REPORT, as acting as "the
Great-I-Am', of Cottonwood, and
at another place the ''hya s-tyee''
Our brother editor evidently be-
heves in the transmigration of
souls almost instantaneously, or
else, perchance, it may be typical
OF his idea of the rapid change OF
growth of Denver; from berth, to
manhood, and to the grave.
Anothe clause, in this remark.
able fight of the Imagination,
reads: "There are social ties
the recollection of hospitality
and kind treatment-<for which
we would sacrifice much foolish
pride The meaning of the above
to us is vailed in allegory.
To the careless reader, the eff
feet of the article in the Tribune
would be to denounee and ton.
tradict every assertion; but to
him who reads with care, it will
at once become evident, that tbs
editor not only refuses to deny
any assertion made by the Re
PORT, but goes SO far as to corob'
crate them.
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