Mohave County miner., 1902-05-24
JudiciaIlY Appraisea.

the faker publisher of the "rat" sheet
known as the Mineral Wealth, has been
judiciously appraised at 25vS. This
appraisement was at the hands of
jury in the district court, at Prescott.
he had asked for a 5O,000S appraise
ment on the ground that be had been
libeled by an editorial estimate of his
character in the Phenix Republican
last fall on the charge that he was a
"hlatherskite", man who had to be
liked" on every measure in which his
vote was desired while a member of
the legislature, disgrace to journal
ism" and other choice terms. He
feared jury rating on this count and
refused to have it heard when the trial
was on, and in the midst of the trial
asked permission of the court to with
I draw the demand. What his rating
would have been had the trial pro.
| gressed would not be hard to guess.
The fellows rating, then, is just 25Os.
1t is high price for such a small thing.
Now let Boss Mike and Boss Feeny
have rating on their character that
every man may know their true worth.
/ When they come to pay back the
money they owe the county their value
will, undoubtedly, 10 far below
their present estimate indeed, it
may fall as far short as did the faker's
when he placed the estimate of his val
liable (?) parsonage at 50,0OCs and got
25JS, and even this was gotten under
false pretense. BY inuendo and other
wise this taking "rat" printer ~ tries
to besmirch the character of every
person who refuses TO contribute to
the support of the. "rat" sheet. If
inuendo will not suffice no lie in the
takers category will be overlooked to
adorn his tale of villification. At one
time it was agreed between the news
made for the publication of all articles
of incorporation, but he crawtished
out of the agreement because he knew
that all things being equal he could
get none of these publications. The
MINER then established rate of 2.5 8
an inch for all these publications and
has been paid that amount for all such
that appeared in this paper 1t is 2.25s
below the rate allowed by law and a
just charge. The statement made to
the Treasure Hill people that he tKean
st. Charles) never charged more than
20s for such publication was a delib.
crate falsehood and was made by him
with the idea that be would benefit by
it. The sum of As was paid by w. II.
Taggsft to Kean St. Charles for the
publication of an article of iucorpora.
tion to our own knowledge, because il
was toss up between the papers as 10
who should get il. The bids from both
papers was 49S aud il was left to the
publishers to decide. The charge OF
35s for the publication of "a inches OF
Treasure Hill article of incorporation
in nonpareil type was the usual charge
of this paper for the same amount OF
matter to any and all comers. Our
patrons know this and are satisfied
with it. The service they get cannot
be duplicated in the county. If the
same matter was published for Mohave
county by Kean st. Charles under the
! - Of On
! visors last month for the same time, il
would have cost the people the sum oi
\ l63.20s. st. Charles charges 2US fol
7 these publications aud offered to pub
] lish this one for that sum, yet the
! county gets mulcted in the sum o
l63. Dos to pay for his loss on competi
tive matter. Why, a few weeks ago ST
Charles bid the sum of l3S for the pub
lication Of an article that had it beer
published for the county at his rate o
contract would cost 72S. Yet be want,
= the people to believe that be is bene
factor of the county. When be get
. any piece OF commercial printing h'
has to cut the rate so low that he mus
needs be reimbursed by the county TO
the loss. The faker is hard put for al
excuse for the award of the printing
to him by the board at an enormou
: increase over the bids of his competi
tors, but the people see through bi
sham.
I Stand Like a Stone Wall.
Between your children and the tor