The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-09

Vi august prepared to do all kind
OF work in the dental line.
The Mackay Telegraph of the
9th inst. resorts to the lowest
possible traits known in journal
ism in its endeavor to reply to
an article in the MESSENGER of
June End. The truth makes our
second hand, junk shop and
would-be disciple of Christ
squirm down at Mackay. He
first leased the Telegraph plant
of Mr.. Darlington about six
months ago and promised his
master that the Telegraph would
be a good, clean, Christian news
paper and signs were posted to
that effect, and he, the slave and
muzzled mouth piece, promised
to run the boom rag strictly TO
correspond with the views of his
owner, hence this is the reason
why Trego has to bow down and
follow out orders as directed.
He is hireling of the lowest
type ready to do anytime to
make five-cent piece. His very
nature is grasping for any old
thing that comes aloag-even
collecting old trash for his Junk
shop, which reminds one of the
Mountain Wood Rat. His writ
ings in the Telegraph speaks his
silly and childish. He still
bewails about some cuts owned
by this Office, but at the same
time Trego, if he could borrow,
would not purchase a cut or any
thing else. We own our own
plant-every dollars worth of
material in it-consequently do
not await the dictation from any
source as does the Telegraph
editor. Trego appears to be
panied about the Prospector also.
If the Prospector has any griev-
ances we presume it is able to
fight its own battles without aid
from the Telegraph. Trego is a
noted character to '.toot his own
horn. and by his unlimited gall
is a bore of the worst kind. be
sides he is stuck on what in
his feeble estimation is his own
smartness. He says the Tele-
graph gives employment to
large force of men. We presume
it does, as there is a man named
Potter working on the paper, and
besides the paper is set up in
double-leaded Long Primer type,
(eads and the cast-off scent cuts
to fill space), it must require
vast amount of help, and the pay
roll must be a grand affair.
There would be no necessity of
employing this one man if Trego
knew anything about printing,
but he does not. Printing is not
his professionals is learned in
law $50 he thinks) and every once
in awhile he gushes forth through |
the columns of the Telegraph as
he terms it THE law, and from his
opinions he believes there ought |
to be no question of doubt. The |
q. S. Supreme Court is trifing |
thing compared with Trego' S |
Justice of the Peace court in |
Mackay. Some say that this
fellow Potter does the writing
for the Telegraph, but as his
name does not appear as being
in any way connected with the
paper he is not responsible, nor
does he sign his name to any of /
the articles. so Trego has to
father all the silly trash that APP
pears from week to week in the
Darlington organ. Let us for
moment refer to copy of the
Telegraph of Jan. 81, 1908, and /
in that issue, under a cheap cut
or photograph of Trego, appears
this item "Mr. Trego insists
on managing his newspaper near
ly on the lines drawn by Chas.
NJ. Sheldon of Topeka. Kansas. .
Has he done this ? Why fiaunt i
such hypocrisy to the public =?
He proposed to manage the Tele-
graph ''as though Christ were
managing the Telegraph, or,
in other words. to follow In His
Steps," We quote the above item
to prove our former assertion
that Trego is merely a hypocrite,
proclaiming and pretending
Christianity as a disguise and
for policy. A frank sinner is an
angel compared to a hypocrite.
Note again how this sycophant
whined when Mackay was trans
formed from a dry" town to a
wet" town. He bewailed. yet I
his unlimited cheek and wonder
full imaginations could not check
the affairs. Now see how he
falls in line and dares not open
his mouth-which is continually
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