The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-05-21
A MALIGNANT MlsQuoTATioN.


that he is in anyway eann''c'ed with it
still he poses as its editor aud for rea
sons best known to himself 'nl others,
refuses to have his namo appetr-Ina'
liciously ACCUSES us OF having mis-
quoted his utteranceso about the util
ity OF the automobile, an. in 80 doing
has convicted himself OF th. slme
heinous crime by putting the wrong
construction on what we said, so as to
make it applicable to the business men
of Cherry Creek and its mining indus
tries. The last Salt Lake publication
of that valuable, technical and iuve-
nile vest-pooleet sheet. y contains long.
accurate, technical ~ and original"
write-up devoted to complimenting us
and incidentally espousing the merits
and influence" OF its own publication.
No one will protest the "original" mat
ter found In the Minor-its originality
is too disgustingly apparent for that.
Nor shall we attempt to refute the
insinuations of the Minor on this line,
but shall leave our case before the peo
pie of the county, abide by their de-
cision, and remember that 'self-praise
Is half scandal.
The following paragraph, which ap-
peared in the NEWS two weeks ago,
seems to have upset General Lees,
equilibrium, and occasioned him to
wrongfully apply its contents as casting
reflections upon the entire community:
.'It might be we'll to inform the edi-
tor OF the Cherry Creek Miner, who is
endeayoring to do $50 much" for that
town, and who pronounced the auto
mobile impracticable, that it will be the
means OF bringing more prosperity and
more capital and men OF Influence into
Cherry than he can ever succeed In do
| ing by writing columns OF fanciful and
glowing stories OF its great possibil-
| tiles. ~
Is there anything in the above that
is not absolutely true? Is there any
thing there which has a tendency to
| uestion the integrity or yeracity of
the business men of Cherry? Is there
anything there which is slurring or be-
litting to Cherry Greek mines? Is there
anything there which tends to cast any
reflection upon the people of Cherry
Creek, other than upon the editor Of
the minor? Can it be possible that
this self-conceited, ,all-important and in
significant importation constitutes him
self the entire population OF that COM
munity? Since he chooses to classify
our sayings as ''slurp, and appears to
be perfectly willing to take them as such
they we're meant for him, and him
alone!
Slur the people of Cherry Creek J
How absurd and knavish is the ex-
preston and accusation. Slur the peo-
pie in the town in which we were born,
aud among whom from babyhood to
our present age we have been reared
and educated! Yes, my friend, these
very people constitute what you malig-
nently call "the Kindergarten in
which we received our instructions and
under whose tutelage We have grown
up to manhood! Slur them! Most en-
phatically, No! Their interests. their
advancements, are personal ones of
ours. Whatever tends toward the bet
terment of their condition will also bet
ter ours.
In the face of all these fact the slur-
ring, conceited and Insignificant editor
of the Minor chooses to call us "the
Ely Kindergarten ''the Infantile
critic", "the White Pine Weakling'
''the Embryonic Mining Editor" and
numerous other very mplimentary
names, for which he has our thanks;
but II he really though these small
things OF US, how "passing strange ii
is" that he should devote column and
half to our interests and add mater
tally to our publicity and subscription
list. In answering the remainder oi
his charges, the following selection
from "Pitt's reply to Walpole" covers
all OF them aad gives more force to oul
own Sentlmenbs'
1.-THE atrocious crime of "being 6
young man. which the honorable
gentlemen has with such spirit and
indecency charged against me, shal
neither attempt to palliate or deny; bu
shall content myself with wishing
that may be ''ons OF those who's
follies may cease with their youth" "ant
not of that number who are ignoran
In spite of their experience" Whether
: youth can be imputed to any man as
reproach, | will not assume the pro
vince of determining; but surely sag
may become justly comtemptible II tn
opportunities which it brings hav
, passed away without improvement, an
vice appears to prevail when the pas
sions have subsided". The wretch
"who after having seen the conse
S q uences of thousand errors, continue
still to blunder, and whose age hs
Y only added obstinacy to stupidity,
: surely the object of either abhorrenc
4 or contempt, and deserves not that hi
!, more advanced years should secur
i him from insult or Injury. Will
: confessing 10 the crime OF being youn
we will give the "ger tleman" our wor
: of honor-if he will accept Of it-ths
6 as each day goes by we shall lessen th
enormity OF the. crime, and II the A