The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-07
THE GALL OF WATERyILE.

ing.
Not content with shamefully and
unfairly conspiring to defeat an nom
est Public Measure like the Bridge
Bill. they now plume themselves IN
that isolated inland hamlet and pride
themselves on their outrageous con-
duct
We are astonished at the Douglas
County Press.
The Columbia River Free Bridge
project is referred to as a Graft and
Steal-which virtuous, unselfIsh,
honest Cd Waterville could not
permit to come to pass-so they Kill
ed it.
Stop, Ben Spear, and listen to this:
The Two Men your city Paid to
go to the Legislature and KNOCK
the Bridge Bill are Ashamed OF
Themselves.
They Have Said so to Wenatchee
People.
All Eli l. he IN EAN VI 'AA
MEASURE WAS EXPLAINED TO
THEM-AND WHEN 1T WAS TOO
LNTE-THEY SAID TO WENAT-
CHEZ PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE
ASHAMED OF the PART THEY
HAD TAKEN IN WATERVILLE'
PREJUDICED OPPOSITION to one
of the most important bills of the
year.
When your own hired men say you
were wrong, is it not about time to
recover from your deluslon.
And in passing-why did the
Douglas County Press wilfully at
tribute to Senator Gum utterances
which were not his, and which were
not attributed to him by this paper?
Why was Gum wilfully misquot-
ed?
We don't know-but We have One
Guess Coming. And it grieves us
that the editor of the Press is so
influenced by Waterville sham pol
itics that he should adopt this fiimsy
excuse for an attack on a public man
of Senator Gums reputable stand
ing.
Shame on you, Douglas County
Press,
The World stands by its news
g, inf nf
Brother Spear and his cohorts would
say that the same was not inspired
bv Senator Gunn-nor "a few selfish
real estate spectators
The big BENT Empire, another
paper with patent insides which bears
a date-lne at Waterville, also takes
fall out of Wenatchee, on account
of her fair stand for the people in
the Land Office removal question.
The headlines, unsanitary and I'M
fit for home consumption, we omit;
the least improper portion of the ar
ticle We reproduce:
"A special meeting of the Water
vile Commercial club was held in
the club rooms Monday night, at
which time the attention of the MEM
bers was called to the attitude OF We
natchee in the removal of the L. 5.
land Office from this place.
Several extracts from the Wenat-
chee papers were read which caused
a general discussion among the buSl-
ness men as to the better method of
meeting this revengeful spirit of the
Wenatcheeites.
During the discussion it was sug-
gested that every business man in the
town hereafter refuse to purchase
anything in Wenatehee and refuse to
sell their goods, but others thought
that this would not be right as they
did not believe the business men gen.
orally had anything to do with the
agitation of removing the land Office.
However. after further discussion 1t
was learned that certain parties at
Wenatchee said that Wateryille
should pay for every cent that was
spent in lobbying Ter the bridge bill;
that they would first remove the land
Office and later would cut of slice
OF Douglas county and add it to Che
Ian.
1t was finally decided by the bus
mess men that before taking any
steps in the matter they would write
some of the business men of Wenat-
chez to ascertain what they intend to
do. Furthermore. they may in a
short time, not only refuse to buy
any goods at Wenatchee but will
have all express from the east ship
ped via Coulee City as well as all
freight.