Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-11-17
THE OFFER STILL GOOD

Replying to the JOURNAL-MINER' three propositions in regard to those capitol addition lots our con- temporary says:
 "The column put up or shut up" declaration in the Journal-Murphy of last evening sounds big but means nothing"
 It means exactly what it says and the editor of this paper is prepared to borrow the money to make the offer good just as soon as public or private notice Is received that the offer has been accepted. In the same sentence almost with the above our contemporary says:
 The Courier knows that offers of lots have been made to newspaper men, and gives it for the benefit of those who know us we'll enough to know that we make no false asser- tions."
 Such being the case why not ac- cept the JoUsNAL-MNER's three propositions and aid the Prescott colt Mining Exchange, a most worthy institution, to the extent of forty dollars. Give the name of the person making the offer the time, place and circumstance of so doing and all details concerding. it. Again the Courier says:
 'The Journal Murphy says that it does not believe that either MT. Collins or MT. Sherman have offered any loi5 in the capitol addition to any newspaper men. However this may be, there are other men who own lots in that ueighborhood and one of them did make such an offer and used the name of another large lot owner in that connection, and said in surprise when the lot was refused that other newspaper men were in the habit of doing this sort of thlng Of course where one man talks in confidence with another without witnesses there Is absolutely no proof, except the individual word of each man and the man who would make such an offer would not hesitate to swear that he did not do it."
 So far as known to tie JOURNAL MINER there are only two newspaper men in the territory who own lots in the Capitol addition of Phenix, and they, presumably, purchased and paid for them. There may be others, though.
 The editor of our contemporary, no doubt, in his younger days read about Satan going to the top of a high mountain where he could see over a great stretch of country and to the one who was with him offered everything in sight if he would only agree to serve him. Now so far a: the records show the willy old bribeI did not own a single foot of all that he offered, and had the proposition been accepted the old devil would never have fulfilled his part of the contract.
 Now the same kind of an offer may have been made to our contem porary by degenerate descendant or disciple of old Satan, the point being that the offer made to hin was by a man who does dot own { single lot in Capitol addition, hence had none to give, and did not rep resent any one who had. A bona fde offer of any kind must come from some one who possesses what he offers, or who represents the one who does. It would be an easy matter for our contemporary tC name the individual who made this offer and then, though he might not be able to prove his assertion the public could judge as to the transaction. The JoURNAL-MNER': wager is that NO PROPOSITION OF THE KIND WAS MADE BY ANY LOT OWNER D CAPITOL ADDITION, OK BY ANY AUTHOR HE'D AGENT OF SUCH.
 By way of a postscript our con temporary says:
 "Later.-Since writing the above a gentleman friend says he will swear that he overheard the mau say, who offered the lot, that Al you newspaper men ought to have lots down there. other newspaper men are getting them, why don't vouT Now if the JIM will go be- fore a justice and take oath, we will be there and do the same and the public will be convinced; will he do it7'
 A Phenix man also said to the editor of the JoURNAL-MINER, ''you ought 10 have a Merganthaler lino- type machine. The Phenix Repub- lican has one and the Herald has ordered one," but the remark was not understood to convey the idea that the aforesaid gentleman from the capitol city had serious inten- tiols of thtusting such an accept able article at this office. The things which newspaper men ought to have, as measured by services ren-