Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1894-12-07
That County Printing.

OF the Arlington Record on the subject
OF county printing proves conclusiyely
that its editor is either in his dotage or
is so full Of conceit that he doesn't
know which end he's standing on.
There isn't word Of truth in his article
and shows that he is developing into a
/ pTevaricator Of no small dimensions.
The fact Of the matter is, the Record
I prints only ten qnires-240 sbeets-and
being at the extreme end Of the county
it is safe to assume that fully one-half of
his edition goes outside Of the county.
OF the few copies Of the Record circnlat-
ed in this county, not one-fourth Of
them are bona fde subscriptions-three-
fourths or more being forced onto the
people who never subscribed for the
paper and do not want it. We know
this to be fact from hearing the par
ties thus imposed upon complaining
about it. 1t is good deal like the story
Of the "Old Man of the Sea''--when
once the Records editor clutches their
necks there's no getting rid Of him or
shaking him off. We can name many
instances Of parties in this county that
had the Record forced onto them in
this manner, and the first chance they
had, paid its editor for the paper for the
time sent and ordered it stopped. But
it didn't stop, and the justly indignant
citizens had To 20 into his office and
threaten to whip him if he didn't stop
it. His answer was: swell, thought
I'd send it to you anyway, and if you
want to pay for 1t, all right, and If not,
all right" And yet he has the gall to
say that his list is "bona fide." The
general opinion of the public is that the
Record comes nearer being no news
paper at Ill than any publication that
ever claimed the title OF newspaper. II
its editor had as good judgment as he is
full OF self-conceit he would be able to
see that his effort at journalism is only
the laughing stock of.the community.
Instead Of his false assertion that the
GLOBE prints only 324 copies, had he
multiplied that number by 2 it would
come nearer being the correct fgure-as
our books can prove. Even if his bundle
OF paper did weigh "a pounds that par
ticular time that he mentions, he must
have bad IL or 10 pounds Of blank
paper shipped in that bundle, as his
regular edition Of 10 qures would not
weigh Y what he says it did. As the
Record editor has such a mania for in
serting his nose into other peoples pri-
yate business, we will grant him the
privilege Of opening the GLoBE's bundle
at Arlington and counting the number OF
sheets himself II the express officers
there allow him the liberty to meddle
with the express, why not let him tam
per with the U. S. mail as well? We
believe he has as much right to tamper
with one as the other.
Were we to follow the Record editors
plan, and send the GLOBE to every ad-
dress in the county we know OF and
trust to luck to get pay, or tell them
that ''if they want to pay for it, all
right, and il not, all right anyway" the
GLOBE could easily have list five times
its present size; but we do not wish to
prostitute the profession in such an un-
principled manner.
The various postmasters OF this coun-
ty are disinterested parties and, from
hearing remarks made by their patrons,
they have fair idea OF the number of
bona fide subscri bers at each office. We
are willing to leave it to them to decide
as to which paper in the county has the
largest number OF bona fide subscribers.
What could be more fair than this
proposition?
We ask the indulgence OF our readers
for having devoted SO much space to
this matter this week, but the Records
falsehoods are too brazen to let go by
without correction. We will not waste
any more space keeping up a iangle
with anything SO Insignificant and un-
worthy our notice as the Records child
ish whines.
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