The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1900-01-31
A ROAST FJR A ROAST.
Mr.. Hunsaker Drives Mc0inty's Or.
gan Grinder Into His Corner.

Tue upper valley, IN a letter 10 the
Western News, signed IA Happy
New Year, took strong ground
against the $4,000 court house prop
osition. Although Mr.. Hunsaker's
views on the court house question did
not accord with our own, We were !
very glad to publish his letter. be-
leving that everyone has a right to
express his views to the end that the
best possible solution Of any public
problem may be arrived at.
Mr.. Hunsaker at the same time al
SO sent letter, signed, Gan Old
Timer" to the new Ravalli County
Democrat and which refused to pub
Gsh it. As to why it did not, ''char-
lity forbids an uncompllmentary
guess
Last week the new paper gave Mr..
Hursaker a dirty roast for writing
the two letters, that contained un-
mplimentary reference to Supt.
McGinty. The fellow that Supt.
McGinty brought out from the east
a few weeks ago to mould public
opinion in the Bitter Root and to do
the company's job work attacked Mr..
Hunsaker for expressing his honest
Opinions, alleging that he was not an
old timer and that his (IIunsaker's)
name is still unknown to the tax
lists!
i The Western News has taken the
trouble to look the matter up in the
4 public records and finds that Mr..
Hunsaker not only paid taxes last
year. but that he pail taxes on an
assessed valuation. on property own
ed IN Ravalli county, that was just
fifteen times larger than Supt. Nc
Ginty's assessed property valuation.
! We found that, as matter of fact,
Mr.. Hunsakers paid more tai es on
Ipropersy within Raval'i county than
. the entire bunch Of company superin-
tendents put together.
When he appeared before the
county commissioners recently to
oppose the building of any kind OF
! a court house at this time, Mr.. Nc.
; Crackin said that he represented
interests that paid one third of the
\ taxes in the county and hence in his
: opinion those interests should be- en-
} titled to as much weight as the com
, bined opinions of over 800 small tax
payers. Now if Mr.. McCrackin' s
! theory is correct Mr.. Hunsaker's
opinions are entitled to as mucE
weight as those of just fifteen Nc
4 Gintys and probably more than tha
( for the reason that he Is permanent
!: fixture here and not in perpetual an,
2 imminent danger of being hit from
Z behind with a copper jacketed tim'
+ check.
Mr.. Hunsaker's letter follows:
Darby Mont. Jan. Is, 1900.
: To The Western News.
). Ha! Ha! He is after the man VIII
j: lives near the ''Mcdicine Tree" on ths
:: road from Darby to Ross Hole, a mar
!. whom he says came to Darby only
se year ago and whose name is still III
known to the tax lists.
The new country paper fellow say
= all this. l hardly know his real nam
8: he seems to have so many of them
: Some call him "McGinty's Mouth
E piece others say it is the 'Dal
s Sucker" Bat never mind the name
s He is just simply this new lad tro'
E the east that knows more than all c
!: us common chaps put together T.
:: furthermore says that this nlan-th
:: Medicine Tree man may have bee
: authorized to speak for the people
s Darby. May also consider that
~ has the righ, to sign hinlselt An .
Timer That he attacks under lyir
signature the motives of such men
John L. Robinson, ]. l.. Humble, '
B. Harlan, J. D. Miser and others wi
favor court house. Young man
will leave it to the county newspap
readers who is the liar. I am the or,
man living near Medicine Tree al
III. quite naturally take it for grant
you refer to me, the undersigned.
who says that l came to the Bit
Root not more than one year ago
co certainly either liar or d joker,
an ass. He who says that my name
still unknown to the tax lists of +
valli county, is surely one of the thu
or more likely all of the three. A
is not he fool when he says that
attack the motives of Mcssrs. Robe
son, Humble, Harlan, MiSer aai OF
III. crs. When he says'others' suppc
he means Days McGinty aud