Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-11-17
PUT UP OR SHUT UP.
Opportunity for Our Immediately Honest Contemporary to Aid
 the Mining Exchange,
By Diyulglng a Few of its Professed Secrets in Regard to Alleged
 Corrupt Propositions.

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 repeats its assertion, "that donations
 of lots were held out 10 various
 newspaper men," as an inducement
 to secure their support for the cree
 tion of a capitol building, at Phe-
 nix. It is a safe wager to make that
 no such offer was ever made to any
 newspaper in the territory by any
 man who has or had any lots in cap
 tol addition to give or sell. The
 JoURNAL-MINER has three proposi-
 tiods to submit to our contemporary
 as follows:
 Proposition first: The J0URNAL-
 MINER will wager S25 that no dona- ton of lot or lots has ever been made to any newspaper in the terri tory on conditions as intimated by the Courier.
 Our contemporary has repeatedly made the assertion that such is tue case. Let it put up the above amount which the JOURNAL MINER will also do, and then our contemporary can offer its proof. The JouRNAL-MIsER has no knowledge on the subject whether such transaction has or has not been made, hence offers great odds against the professed knowledge of our contemporary.
 Our contemporary also intimates that it has been approached with the offer of a lot or lots in Capitol addition in exchange for its support ot the capitol erection proposition.
 Proposition second; The JoURNAL- MINER will wager $l0, that no such bona 6de offer was ever made to it, or any other newspaper in Arizons, by NJ. E. Collins or NJ H. Sherman, who are the owners of the Capitol addition lots, or by any authorized agent of them or either of them of any lot or lots in Capitol addition on the above terms.
 In this, as in the former proposi- tion, the offer is made without the possession of any knowledge on the subject, but on general principles, that, the above gentlemen are shrewd business men, who want value received for their property aud hence they would not thus reckless ly give them away.
 Proposition number three. The JOURNAL MINER will wager 5 co that | no owner of lots in Capitol addition. l and no authorized agent of any lot | owner in said addition ever offered | the Courier, or any paper in Ari-- zona, lot or lots in Capitol addi- | tion for the support of said news paper for the erection of 6 capitol building.
 The conditions of the above prop ! are to be as follows:
 Each party is to deposit the amount of the wager with Prof. J. F. Blandy, secretary of the Prescott Mining Exchange, and the failure, on the part of the Courier, to sub stantiate the charges heretofore made by it, as indicated above, the money put up by that paper to be forfeited to the Mining Exchange. Should satisfactory proofs be sub mitted to substantiate the charge or charges, then the money deposited by the JoUsNAL-MINkR to be forfeited to the Mining Exchange.
 The money deposited in either ,lse by the winner to be returned 10 the party so depositing it. The alleged "whispers of little birds" are not to be taken as competent evi- lence.
 The assertions having been made oy the Courier, it must be m posses 'ion of evidence to substantiate hem, hence it must be apparent hat the advantage in these proposi- ions is all in it's favor, as the IouRNAL-MINER has no evidence. and imply makes the offer to back m | ts judgment, as we'll as to get Town to facts, and, of course, it will lave DO evidence to offer.
 The privilege is accorded to the Courier to accept all three proposi- ions collectively, or to accept any me of them separately, and on ither private or public notice from Prof. Blandy that any or ali of tho have been accepted and he money deposited with him by ; he Courier, similar deposit will 'e made by the editor of this paper Zach party will then select referee {, nd the two thus chosen to select a hird to decide the case.
 Proofs must be made and the dues- l ion decided within twenty days ] rom this da'e.
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